Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced today that he has prostate cancer, revealing the diagnosis hours after collapsing while delivering his state of the state address the night before. Dayton was about 40 minutes into his annual address Monday night when he began stumbling over his words and trailed off, shaking after taking a sip of water and crumbling behind the lectern where he struck his head. The 69-year-old Democratic governor said he plans to finish the final two years of his term. Dayton says he still feels up for the job and also says he doesn't believe the recent cancer diagnosis and his fainting were linked. I believe there are two separate issues. I'm not a doctor but I don't believe there's any connection. My health is a legitimate public issue. People deserve a governor who's on the job is qualified to perform the job intellectually and physically. I believe I am. I believe my performance is demonstrated that I am. But I expect to be judged for how well I perform. Tests on what caused Dayton to collapse were scheduled for this afternoon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He'll return to Mayo next week to determine treatment for the prostate cancer. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Hi welcome to on-going election coverage by town meeting television this is one of many forums that we're bringing you in advance of local elections and town meeting which will be happening on the first Tuesday in March that's March 2nd 2021 that's your opportunity to weigh in on local government representation we have a mayoral election in Burlington a mayoral election in Wynuski school budgets city budgets local ballot items candidates for school board and town select boards and city council and we are doing something new this year with Burlington ballot items there are six charter changes that we will see on the Burlington ballot and we are inviting the city councilors who have promoted these charter changes tell us a little bit about them and today we're going to talk with bill ward Jen Green and Darren Springer about the thermal energy ballot item that we will see on March 2nd Jen can we turn it over to you and you can give us a rundown sure thanks Megan and I feel like it's important to start by just acknowledging the important work that channel 17 does for us and we're town meeting TV now oh excuse me town meeting TV and just to sort of how important it is for for voters in Burlingtonians to have a venue by which they can get through the latest news and updates on what's happening particularly in relation to March so thank you so much and thanks for inviting the three of us so I think I'm going to play the role as informal facilitator if that's okay I'll just start by saying that my name is Jennifer Green and I am the director of sustainability and workforce development at the Burlington Electric Department and I'm here today with Darren Springer who's the general manager of BED and bill ward the head and director of the department for planning and inspections so we're going to talk about this charter change that you referenced Megan but I want to first sort of Darren allow you introduce yourself in more detail and then ask you specifically about sort of net zero energy more broadly because I think that will lay the table for a conversation on this charter change so to you Darren thanks very much Jen and and again thanks for having us on today to town meeting TV Darren Springer general manager with Burlington Electric Department and in terms of you know our broader net zero energy goal in the city of Burlington our goal is to take the accomplishment we've already had of being 100% renewable when it comes to our electricity and also now try to reduce and eventually eliminate fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal and transportation specifically ground transportation sectors and when we talk about thermal we're really talking about fossil fuel use in buildings being a significant component of our work in Vermont thermal sector emissions are the number two source of emissions with transportation being number one in Burlington buildings is roughly 60% of the work that we anticipate needing to be done to reach the net zero energy goal relative to other sectors and we are working on that from Burlington Electric's perspective in part by offering incentives for things like cold climate heat pumps and other efficient clean energy technologies that can help heat and cool buildings efficiently and keep them comfortable as well. Thank you Darren so I think this is a good segue over to Bill actually Bill if you don't mind introducing yourself a little more detail you know we've had the pleasure now of sort of working in conjunction with DPI so the BED DPI team will you just describe your your office a little bit and and tell us who you are. Sure so my name is Bill Ward and I'm the director of the permitting and inspections department that's probably a relatively new term for some residents because previously I was the director of the code enforcement department what we've done through the mayor's leadership we've created a one-stop shop for permitting now it's been stymied a little bit by the fact that we were shut down a little bit for the pandemic and had reduced staffing but what we have done is we now have the code enforcement office is joined they're a division within the department together with the zoning team and the trades division team so the department is responsible for issuance of the zoning permits the trades permits and inspecting all of the rental housing in the city of Burlington and of course all of those buildings can potentially use fossil fuels and that's where permitting aspect comes into the connection here. Thank you so much Bill so sort of back to you Darren so there is a charter change being proposed you've just described net zero and BED's rolling net zero can you talk a little bit about the charter change so that folks get the high-level understanding of of what's being proposed? Absolutely and let me just say as context when when we're thinking about this Burlington Electric is kind of sharing the broad view from an energy policy climate policy perspective Bill's department is the department of the city that would regulate and enforce these types of provisions so I just wanted any viewers to be clear about the division of labor here relative to these policies in terms of the charter change language what it what it's seeking is for the city and specifically Bill's department would have the ability to issue regulations around thermal energy use broadly in buildings and that there would be authority as one means of meeting those regulations to have either alternative compliance or carbon assessment fees as one option for buildings to meet those potential regulations and importantly I believe the current language also mentions that any such fees would have to subsequently be approved by voters prior to going into effect so there's kind of a multiple stage process laid out in this proposal as it stands. So Darren in sort of four or five sentences can you tell people what will be sort of on the ballot so folks are really clear as to so what this means? Right I mean I think from from a practical standpoint what the what the focus is at the moment is particularly on new buildings you know making sure that as new buildings are coming in they're not only subject to the current state energy code which has the minimum standards for efficiency and other aspects of energy use but that really they can be designed and the city could potentially encourage them through these regulations to be designed in a way that they are compatible with the net zero energy 2030 goals as they're being constructed because we understand that going in and retrofitting buildings is a more costly enterprise than designing them right from the start and so I think if you're looking at it from a policy standpoint that's where the focus is right now is on making sure that new buildings are constructed with net zero 2030 in mind. Thank you Darren and thanks for being so specific about the division of labor because really this falls into sort of bills camp and the and the staff on bills team regulation and enforcement. Bill do you want to talk a little bit about that sort of maybe more generally and or in relation to this charter change? Sure it was a great sort of segue because in addition to just issuing the permits it's not as simple as most people realize there are regulations that go with everything that's very clear with rental housing there are specific requirements but when a person gets a building permit for example in Burlington there are already a number of other regulations similar to this sort of a checklist the inspector would virtually or in person sit down with the person who is applying for the permit and go through the list of requirements we already have things on the record for example is there asbestos abatement associated with the car project and that box is checked there are requirements that go with that are there led safe practices for the building if it's built before 1978 that box gets checked and the contractor has to comply with those regulations as Darren mentioned before the energy efficiency requirements whether it's a residential building efficiency or commercial building efficiency requirement the building officials in the city of Burlington check with the person doing the work to make sure that the work that they're going to do before it's completed complies with those areas for regulation so this would be similar to that that the building official would meet with the person who is proposing a new building and find out what the how that building was going to be heated so if it was not going to be with fossil fuels in this case they would move right on if it was going to have fossil fuels as a primary means they would they would essentially be sent to the electric department to look at what those alternatives were or to see if it met an exception where the Darren's team would work with the person to find the best way to help them gain compliance thank you Bill so curious Darren you know it once this perspective building owner a property owner person who's going to be building this new building sort of comes back to be ed what kind of guidance or support can the be ed team play to help ensure that this building owner of this proposed new structure is indeed in compliance what path might they take sure so you know one of the one of the things that Burlington Electric offers you know unique in the state is that we have our own energy efficiency team our energy services department and so when when new buildings are being constructed in the city of Burlington there's already a great process with our energy efficiency team working with the building owner developer offering incentives for going above and beyond the energy code for doing things like you know stronger insulation and weatherization you know sometimes in partnership with Vermont gas systems which is also has its own energy efficiency program so we partner in many cases looking at things like whether we can provide incentives for heat pumps for the building in some cases that might be cold climate heat pumps it could be centrally ducted heat pumps it could be ground source geothermal heat pumps which we're seeing in buildings even large buildings large commercial buildings in the city of Burlington helping to reduce fossil fuel use so our role at the electric company in this space is really providing technical expertise providing incentives and support and helping and encouraging building owners to go above and beyond whatever the requirements are and obviously if there are new city requirements that are put in place we'll certainly do everything we can through our programs to make those as accessible and affordable and feasible as possible. So it sounds like Darren and just to be clear to folks that are listening it's BED that could provide the technical support or guidance. Bill it's really your team that's going to ensure that enforcement happens and policies are being followed and you've mentioned already that you do a lot of work in buildings as it is obviously. Can you talk a little bit about how this folds into your other work and or sort of how this might change your scope or not? Yeah I actually don't think that it would change our scope all that much it would be relatively simple for our team to sort of follow through with these and I think the other thing that a lot of people probably don't realize that there are already a lot of heat pumps going into places without this as a requirement for the primary source and I don't know if I want to tip to Darren now to add that but there is a lot of work going already to increase energy efficiency in the city so this is just an extra step to get people thinking about when they're building a new building thinking of doing it without fossil fuels that's the that's really the direction that the city's taking with this proposal. Yeah thanks Bill I mean that's a really good reminder that a lot of new buildings are being constructed without fossil fuels to start. Darren maybe I can kick it back to you then and ask why this why this particular policy and the charter change focuses specifically on new construction. Yeah maybe I should you know just for the benefit of viewers just summarize a few of the different things that are that are going on because there's there's a few things that are going on relative to buildings and energy use. First just on the incentive side the piece that we really administer we have and the mayor and I announced earlier this week that we're going to be continuing our green stimulus programs through 2021 and so those offer tremendous incentives to support our customers and support the community and support clean energy jobs during this recovery period for things like heat pumps so that that is residential customers commercial customers you know multifamily buildings we have incentives to really help with heat pumps and other programs to reduce fossil fuel use so that's one opportunity. We know from the net zero roadmap that was produced and and launched in September of 2019 and it's on our website if anybody's interested at burlingtonelectric.com nz for net zero energy you can read the roadmap the roadmap really pointed to the idea that we need incentives and policies as a city to be able to achieve some of these goals and so we're doing what we can with the incentive programs the city is pursuing policy initiatives in several areas one of which is pending before the city council and and Jen and Bill have both worked on this extensively policy for weatherization standards for rental housing and so that's one area where the city is looking at policy. Another that Bill has referenced and is I believe under consideration in the ordinance committee is the idea that under current charter there could be an ordinance to require renewable primary heating systems in new construction and that could include things like heat pumps but it also could include other renewable fuels you know efficient biomass advanced or modern wood heat boilers could include conventional systems where the customer has a conventional heating system but they've signed a binding contract or a long-term contract for a renewable fuel whether that's biodiesel or renewable gas or even other renewable sources that may be available so that's pending in the ordinance committee and then the item that we're talking about most today is this proposed charter change which would provide the city broader authority to enact regulations in the thermal and building sector for the future and my understanding of how that works is that the language if it was approved by voters would then be considered in the state legislature and would need to be acted on by the legislature and and the governor and then the city would then have that authority under the charter but as I mentioned earlier if there were new fees that were proposed as a part of this I believe the language is clear that that would be subject to an additional vote by the voters so hopefully I've summarized accurately and well the various initiatives that are taking place right now in the city yeah thank you Darren so there is a lot of play and what we're really talking about today is this proposed you know the charter change and what's going to be on the on the march ballot is there anything you'd like to add bill to help clarify for folks the role that your office plays in this again with the understanding that BED provides technical support to those property owners or people that are constructing buildings as to what they can do to abide but you know it's your job to really sort of be in charge so to speak right on the permit issue inside yeah it's very straightforward for us and I don't think there are too many changes in that as other than an extra question for the trades inspectors to be asking for construction projects and I just want to tip my hat to Darren to say how great your team is to work with it's almost like another subsection of our department because we work so well with your energy efficiency team it really feels like the way departments should work together it's a really great sense of teamwork where we partner on these things to make Burlington better for everyone. That's very kind of you Bill and likewise I know our team appreciates working with with your entire team to advance these key initiatives and you know one piece you know Jen that we haven't touched on as much related to the charter and I think it's perhaps of interest as a broader policy topic is you know we mentioned that if the charter change language was enacted that buildings and in this case the particular focus is really on new buildings at the moment would potentially have regulations and potentially have an alternative compliance or a carbon assessment that could be one way of meeting the regulations and I just want to provide the context that around carbon pricing just broadly which is important which is currently for electric sector for power plants in New England and the northeast there is a carbon price on generation for fossil fuel plants through something called the regional greenhouse gas initiative known as Reggie multi-state compact where the market prices in at a relatively low value but still prices in carbon and what we're talking about is you know putting a price on carbon pollution telling plants that generate with fossil fuels that they're putting greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution into the air as a part of the process of generating energy and that there is a social and economic cost to that what's been discussed in Burlington and really is used by the state public utility commission as an avoided cost assumption is a carbon price of a hundred dollars a ton and the city is using that currently as a way to price the externalities of pollution into city decisions around fleet purchases for example so when the city is going to buy a new vehicle under the mayor's leadership and initiative there is now a process in place to ensure that carbon value is accounted for and what we've seen is I think in the last fleet purchase recommendation it's up to now a third of the vehicles and other other equipment purchases were being made with electric technology clean technology and so that's one tool that has been used by the city to increase the amount of clean vehicles and other equipment that's being purchased by the city many businesses use this type of carbon pricing seventh generation Ben and Jerry's to name a few local businesses in Vermont that use it and others around the country Microsoft for example so I think what what that language in the charter change is speaking to is the idea that there is a value to those emissions that could be accurately accounted for in new construction and just wanted to make that clear because I think that can be you know a subject of perhaps interest for viewers yeah thank you Darren and I think it's sort of a reminder that while Burlington is in the lead in many ways we also are acting sort of in tandem and in response to what's happening sort of in the market amongst our business community as well as what other cities are doing I mean although we are out front oftentimes we never do it alone we're always looking for sort of lessons learned from other places I know for example you know we've been looking at New York City and what their carbon fee is I believe it's $263 a ton or something of that nature so I know whenever the city sort of thinks proactively about policy and programs projects we often do it with an eye towards what's happening out there in the bigger world whether it's with businesses or or other city governments um Bill I guess I'll turn over to you is there anything else you want to add I think Darren did such a nice job talking about the carbon fee and this idea of never capturing negative externality um yeah I was going to add that for folks that follow city council it's been an interesting year there been a variety of different topics that have sort of pulled the city in a bunch of different directions but I was pleased to see that there was really broad support for this when we went together before the city council to have this charter change go before the voters I hope I'm not over characterizing that I felt that there was a great sense of support across the council for this and it was really encouraging for me to see yeah it's bold but I think it's not out of line with what the you know what the city has designated as a key challenge you know COVID we are going to get a handle on COVID and as the mayor says we still can't lose a dedication and a fight on the climate change front so I really think it is sort of this work sort of embodies looking ahead while we address the challenges that we're currently facing go ahead Darren well Jen I know we're going to be coming up on time in a few minutes but one other issue I want to address because I think it could be a misconception is you know under either the charter language or the the ordinance committee language that could potentially move forward that I mentioned earlier some folks have the misconception I think that some of these initiatives would require you know ripping out your your current heating system and having to go back to the old inefficient resistance heating that we took out of buildings back in the 1980s for example many of us in our in our homes I have here in my home in the new north end old thermostats that were related to a resistance heating system that was removed from the building Vermont really made an effort to move away from resistance electric heating which was costly and not as you know efficient as other sources I just want to be really clear nobody including us at Burlington Electric is at all interested in seeing a resurgence in resistance heating when we talk about electric heating technologies today we're talking about efficient modern heating like cold climate heat pumps and geothermal heat pumps that are way more efficient than the old resistance heating way more affordable and are much more modern in their application so I just want to make sure that folks had that understanding just broadly when we're talking about incentives or policy that that's a focus thank you Darren it's really important that you bring that up and I so appreciate how clear you've been in casting aside any of the misinformation around how this ordinance or the charter change might be construed so really great that we've had the opportunity to sort of bring that up Megan you're back on the screen which leads us to believe that you want us to wrap it up that's right you're coming to your time but thank you Darren Springer, Jen Green and Bill Ward for joining us to discuss the thermal energy charter change maybe one last time if you can just tell folks where to go for more information if they want to read about this or learn more about this item yeah I'm gonna actually defer to Bill and maybe Darren um Bill any suggestions of course you can go to the mayor's website yeah so it's gonna log in and go right now to see the quickest way unless Darren has one queued up and ready to go it's certainly of course it was discussed at the city council charter change presentation which is available on our website if you google Burlington City Council you can watch the meeting itself and I want to thank you all for joining us and sharing information about this and I want to thank the viewers for watching in advance of this vote which will be on March 2nd again and just like the general election you are encouraged and able to go to the city hall or contact your city clerk and request an absentee ballot or find your local polling place again we have a mayoral election on the docket in Burlington we have city councils for all of the districts we have school board commissioners we have a school budget to vote on as well as city budget and six charter change initiatives so get informed watch local and join us for the average of town meeting 2021 thank you all thanks Megan


It is Drew here from Lone Fox, and today I have a small bathroom makeover for you. And guys, you are in for a treat with this one. I am absolutely obsessed with the outcome. The before and after of this bathroom is insane. Like I think I mentioned in my last video, I typically fill my intros right at the beginning, but I kind of just dove right into this project and forgot to do an intro. So I'm doing it now after the fact this bathroom is done. And I'm also so super thankful because today's video is sponsored by Function of Beauty. And if you guys don't know, I actually worked with them on my last bathroom makeover. And you guys loved the product. I literally was like, would you guys like to sponsor another bathroom makeover because everyone was obsessed? And they were like, yeah, I'd love to.  It's gonna be a long one too. So get a cup of tea, get a cup of coffee and a snack. And lastly before jumping in, if you are not already, make sure to follow me over on Instagram at Lone Fox Home. I'll put it on the screen right here because I literally went through a lot of the design process of this bathroom and asked you guys your question. So you kind of get a sneak peek at the makeover before it comes out. But this guy is gonna be a long one. So let's rewind back to day one of this makeover. All right guys, so this is what the bathroom looks like before. But as you can see, there's not much walking space in here. So I would definitely consider this more of a smaller bathroom for sure, but it definitely serves its purpose. It has a really nice shower actually that has kind of a bench in there. Now we're not gonna do much inside of the actual shower area just because it's going to have its own bar here that kind of like separates it all from the actual bathroom. And we can't really redo the tile in here anyways. Over here is kind of like the toilet area. And there's like a good amount of space and good wall space as well. And this window is actually really unique. I kind of like it how you can pull it down and it opens the slots like that. But let me share with you guys the vibe I'm going for in the bathroom. So I have been obsessed with board and batten walls lately, whether it be in a bathroom or a bedroom, but it is essentially the boarding on the typically lower half or it could be full wall. I'm obsessed with this photo here in particular where there's wallpaper mixed with board and batten. So I'm thinking about including both elements with a mixture of brass and natural tones as well just to finish off the vibe. So the first thing that I want to tackle in here is going to be to redo this vanity. Now we got permission to fully paint the entire vanity. He told us that we can literally paint anything we want which is super nice. So we're going to be priming this first and then painting the entire vanity to start because this actually needs multiple coats and it needs a 24 hour hard cure in between coats as well. Now the primer that we're going to be using for the base of the vanity is this one by Benjamin Moore. It's a fresh start multi-purpose latex paint. Now this is my first time painting a cabinet and I will tell you guys that it is a lot easier than you might think. I suggest going in with a dry brush of paint. So don't apply too much paint to your brush and brushing it into all of the nooks and crannies of the cabinet to start and then covering the full cabinet with the paint then going over the top of it with a foam roller that's really going to smooth out the finish but make sure to go over it while it is still wet that way it smooths everything out and creates a cohesive look. All right guys, so it has been a couple hours since I added the first coat of primer and now we are going to go in with the paint. I feel like this is just enough to have it primed at the moment but the paint, you can't really see the color because it got ripped off because there was paper on top of it while it was drying but this color is called October Sky by Benjamin Moore and my friend Zenia on Instagram which I'll put her Instagram on the screen for you guys style it pretty home. She suggested using the advanced Benjamin Moore interior paint and I got it in a satin finish and this is going to be for the cabinets. Basically this is kind of like more for high traffic areas like cabinets or things like that. One, it is day two of the bathroom makeover and today is one of the most exciting days I feel like because we're adding more paint to the vanity which I already went ahead and did this morning so I added a full second coat to the entire vanity including the drawers, all of the edging at the side of the vanity and also the drawer or cabinet fronts of the vanity. So now as a second coat I do believe I'm going to be adding a third and possibly even a fourth but today we are going to be painting the walls and I don't know if you guys know the color yet. It is very similar to today's sponsor which is Function of Beauty. But I'm just super excited as many of you guys know I partnered with Function of Beauty on my last bathroom makeover and you guys were obsessed with the products. I got so many DMs like messaging me saying these products are amazing. I purchased them, I love them so much and I too guys am a humongous avid fan of Function of Beauty. 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So I went with the Mandarin Peach scent which is my favorite one. I went for a mild fragrance and lastly these products have no parabens, no sulfates, no toxins, no GMOs and they are 100% vegan and cruelty free so all around you're putting a ton of natural product in your hair which your hair is definitely gonna thank you for in the end. So these I just really, really love Function of Beauty products. I've been using them for months now and if you are interested in checking out Function of Beauty and taking the quiz and creating your own customized hair care products definitely follow my link in the description box below and you'll get 20% off your first order which is amazing. Anyways, we're gonna go ahead into the bathroom and start with the painting of the pink walls. I'm gonna share with you the color but I'm just really excited because we're also gonna be doing a DIY stamp which is gonna kind of turn it into a wallpaper. You're gonna see, so let's go in there. Little progress update. As you can see I applied the second coat to here and it's starting to get much more opaque but there still is some strickiness and more of this like cut out section here like the detail section which is totally fine. Here are the pink colors for the wall. These are Benjamin Moore, eggshell, regal select paints the same ones that I used in the other room and this is a light pink shade. This is the darker pink shade and the light one is called pink hibiscus and the darker one is called bouquet rose. So we're actually gonna be painting the entire bathroom with this tone here and then going in after and painting with this tone on top which you're gonna see but let's go ahead and start in with the pink. Good afternoon everybody. Normally I start off filming but as you might be able to tell the pink paint is gone and there is a light installed. So I'm gonna give you guys a little bit of a background of basically what happened this morning. So I woke up, I walked into the bathroom and I was like this pink is just not it. Yesterday I was literally so for the pink I was so excited for it. I don't know what happened. I just woke up today and was like this is not the vibe. Like I just am not feeling it at the moment. So I ended up kind of brainstorming a couple of new ideas and I have a whole new paint idea. I actually just got back from the paint store and got new paint. Thankfully I'm just gonna keep that extra pink paint for like future projects. We also have a contract that we normally contact for like random things. He came in and installed the light which is right here. This is from Amazon. I'll link it below for you guys if you're curious. I'll have to put the orbs and stuff on it still and it's currently plastic wrapped because I went ahead and primed over all the pink because we are actually gonna be repainting this. I still really am in love with the idea of like the half and half with the bourdon baton on the bottom and then the color on the top but the colors have changed. I really wanted to keep in the reality of this bathroom makeover showing you guys that I painted it pink first wasn't happy. I primed over it since I had a lot of primer left and now we're gonna be painting this a color called porcelain by Sherman Williams. I picked it up at Lowe's. I added the full coat on the upper half of the wall with that porcelain paint and I just love this color so much and I love how stark the difference is here but it's still very very neutral and then on top of here I'm gonna be doing a black stamp which I'll share with you guys once this fully dry. So the paint in the bathroom is now dry and I'm gonna start the stamping process which I am most excited for. Now the stamping technique I actually saw on Alexandra Gator's YouTube video she actually did it in someone's bathroom as well and I thought it was a genius idea. She basically picked up the Mr. Clean sponges I believe that's what they called. This is the actual packaging that it comes in. It's a Mr. Clean magic eraser and you wanna get the ones that are actually square like this because they have some that kind of have a squiggly edge on them. You want the square one because we're gonna be using the side right here as our stamp and the nice thing about these is that they are super dense so you're gonna get good coverage with them and then the color that I chose sadly they had no more quartz available at Lowe's. I would have just needed a quart but I got this gallon of black I figured I can use it later. It is the Tri-Corn black and I got it in a egg shell finish I believe which I think is gonna give it a really great wallpaper effect and it's gonna be a fraction of the price. All right guys, so here's the edge of the sponge and I'm gonna basically dip it in the black color like that. I got a separate paper plate so I can kind of dab off the extra. Guys, I am obsessed with this wall. How good does that look? It legit looks like a full on wallpaper. So far I've done this wall. Of course we were doing this wall as well and the wall behind me and it's gonna be all behind the entire light as well and it's just gonna look really really cool. So I love this method that Alexandra did because it's really forgiving too. If you make a mistake it's easy to fix you kind of just line everything up and it doesn't have to be perfect at all and I also love how every single stamp is different from the last. So this is the pattern we're doing all the way around so cool. It just reminds me of a really graphical bathroom. Loving it so far. I've been looking so crazy in my videos guys lately. I hope you don't mind. Please don't mind. Good morning guys. It is the next day. As you can see the paint has dried overnight and I already went ahead and actually removed all of the tape this morning. It was a little bit challenging because a tiny bit of the pink that was originally painted actually kind of bled through on the underside. So I actually just went in and touched up all of the edging with a little bit of porcelain color which is the underside of the stamping. And overall the stamping looks amazing. Everything looks super, super clean and nice. I love the way the light looks on top of this. It just looks like that. I also added another coat onto the vanity area and the drawer fronts which are in the other room. So we're in a good state so far. But today it's going to be installing the board and baton which is kind of scary because I've never done anything like this before. I absolutely love the way that it looks. If you guys don't understand what I'm talking about you have probably seen this before. So I basically want the look of wallpaper on the upper half of the wall and then I want a more cleaner, sophisticated look with the board and baton on the bottom half of the wall if that makes sense. So that's what we're trying to accomplish today. I'm going to go ahead and start kind of measuring out some stuff and also removing the towel bar and the toilet paper holder and then we're going to start the board and baton. Wish me luck everybody. It has come time for the DIY board and baton. So keeping in mind guys everyone's bathrooms are a little bit different so your measurements are not going to be the same as mine but I first started off by measuring how high I wanted my board to be for the top of the board and baton and I cut that out using a miter saw and applied some construction adhesive to the backside just to allow me to press it against the wall and then use a level to make sure that it is perfectly straight on the wall but then this happened to occur. So I pulled out my brad nailer and I nailed this to the wall and that's just basically gonna hold it in place while the construction adhesive dries and also act as an extra stability factor and next what you're going to want to do is measure out your next pieces. So I actually went around the entire perimeter of the bathroom and did all of the top piece of the board and baton to start or like the top highest most point I guess you could say or the horizontal piece and then I applied all of the vertical pieces after these were installed because I find that it's a lot easier to cut the vertical pieces to match up with the horizontal pieces rather than vice versa just because sometimes it just won't match up perfectly. So you're just going to apply some construction adhesive on the backside and use your brad nailer or nail gun to nail it into the wall to make sure it's nice and secure. So far so good. I have the board running all the way around the whole exterior of the bathroom. Here's the piece here. There's a piece that kind of goes behind the mirror here and then also a piece that goes here. I have to cut one more tiny little sliver to go right there and then basically we're going to be adding the baton pieces which are going to go up and down. This is a board. Then we add the baton like this. So we're going to be adding the up and down pieces now that are going to be connecting from the base board to our board here. So now we're going to want to create our vertical pieces. So I'm doing the same thing and measuring each piece as I go and bringing it out to the miter saw and cutting it as I need to. And then I'm using my level construction adhesive and nail gun to attach it to the wall. Now we are going to be using some caulking later to fill in any gaps or crevices. So if pieces don't exactly meet up perfectly do not worry because it's an easy fix with paintable caulking afterwards. So I just basically nailed these all into the wall to make sure that they were all nice and straight and secure and I let it dry for just a couple of hours before moving on to the next step. Oh my gosh guys, we're adding the last piece which goes under the mirror. The board and baton is completely installed around the entire perimeter of the bathroom. Honestly, this only took about an hour and a half or so to do. It was pretty simple and quick but I did have to make another Lowe's run to pick up some more wood but overall it looks amazing. Now everything basically from this board down including all of the trim is now going to be painted Chantilly lace by Benjamin Moore the same five gallon bucket literally right there that we've been using on the entire apartment but that's just going to brighten up this whole bottom half. I do also want to mention that I went in and added a little bit of lightweight spackle over all of the little holes that way once I'm able to sand them just slightly the paint will go on perfectly smooth and everything will look kind of like one piece. So this is where you finish it all off and make it look perfect. So I'm using a paintable caulking and I'm caulking it down everywhere that the wood is going to be attached to the wall essentially and using my finger sort of to just maneuver out any of the excess caulking that way you don't have a lot of excess in there. This is going to make a super smooth and clean finish and your finger really provides like a nice kind of curve for it to smooth out and finish off the edges. So I even applied it to pieces like this where that you really could tell that it was not lined up correctly but you just pipe a little bit of the caulking in there use your finger to wipe away the excess and then when you paint this after it's fully dry it just looks like one completed piece. So it was super simple and easy and I highly suggest doing this part. Probably see based on my hair I already went ahead and started painting this morning last night I actually when I got home from dinner I primed over all of the like black sections that were inside of here that way today when I added the first coat of white it would look really good and crisp and it's already with one coat looking amazing. As you can see the contrast is so just there now before I feel like it was almost lost but now with the really stark white and then kind of like the tannish black wallpaper vibe it looks so good and it was a little bit challenging to paint but not too hard. Then we're going to go ahead and add a second coat of white in here let that dry and then it is decorating time so I will probably see you at decorating time once this has a second coat on it. So something else I actually had to do for this space was create a custom shower curtain so I actually picked this one up from Target it's one of the new Casa Luna pieces which is just stunning the fabric is so amazing but it comes in a 72 by 72 inch square which is your traditional shower curtain size however we need a skinnier longer piece so I essentially cut off the bottom third of it and then I sewed it on to the opposite edge to make it longer and then I also made it skinnier as well and attached it to a tension rod I found on Amazon and that finished off the shower curtain it looks literally perfect in this space. Complete I just added all of the finishing details and I think it just came out absolutely incredible I think I've only done around three bathroom makeovers in my life and I have to say this bathroom makeover is definitely my favorite one for sure it is so fun and different and just like unique but still has so much like character and it functions perfectly as a bathroom of course I am just so excited with the outcome of this bathroom and I am really, really happy to reveal it to you guys so let's go ahead and reveal the bathroom in three, two, one. I have literally no words I am absolutely obsessed with the outcome of this bathroom and I hope that you guys love it too it is so fun and playful but it still has like that neutral palette I love the mixture of like uniqueness and it almost has like this vintage vibe to it as well there's just something about this space I absolutely love and I think that our DIY stamped wallpaper situation really created such an impact in the freaking board and bat and I don't even know how to do that but I thank you so much for watching today's video this was a six day process makeover and it was well worth it for sure I hope that you guys enjoyed and if you are not already make sure to subscribe to my channel because I post brand new DIY and home decor content and makeovers every single week here on the channel and I also wanna thank Function of Beauty so much for sponsoring today's video I've worked with them in the past and I absolutely love their brand and I'm a huge fan of their customized shampoo and conditioners I even placed it on top of the toilet here so cute and if you guys would like to get your own as well definitely use the link in the description box below to get 20% off of your order and last but not least I actually created a blog post around this entire bathroom makeover so if you guys would like more in depth detail links, a better look at some of the details in here through photos I'm gonna have a lot more detailed pictures and like some wording and all that sort of stuff about this bathroom makeover I'll link that in the description box for you guys but that is about all thank you so much for watching today's video and I will catch you guys all in my next one bye guys


All right, Sabra Trader is welcome on back here this Thursday afternoon, January 12th. Shortly after 2.30 p.m. Eastern time, great to see Scott and Chuck still with us here and as well as Nicholas and Mark, we had Elizabeth just before. A lot of us still with us here this afternoon. Markets have only been moving on and on up across the day, but hey, in an up market we make money, in a down market we make money, I always love proving that point. But nevertheless, it's not just because the markets are going up as to us making money. I mean, it's been one runner after another here. Great to see Mike and Mark joining us right now. So obviously CVNA, the big one to talk about, actually not to say the big one. There's a couple of big ones, right? Like I just said, so one of a few, but CVNA, it's still near the highs. So I'll definitely put this on our watch list so far to begin this meeting, but at least to go over this move from the morning, there was a lot of buying on this trade at a couple of different price levels. In fact, the first level to watch was roughly off of 550 and 544. So 550 was the closing bell print from yesterday. And after a couple of points of consolidation around there, it broke through that level on the way up, led to a really good rally at that point. And then really once it blew the roof off of a 577, that darker green line you can see there, that's when it ended up really taking off. So it's the gift that kept on giving, right? CVNA and still could keep on giving, but you know, this has gotten a lot more volatile of a stock now compared to during the initial stages of this run that we had. So just be careful of that, but we'll definitely put the Carvana trade back on our list. One of a few runners, obviously, we were focused on Bed Bath Beyond also today. We were focused on this, of course, from yesterday, but only continued to push up, ended up snapping back above resistance off of four. That went into like the late morning, the early afternoon right here as it broke back over four, but from that point, higher lows just kept giving. To have a four, five, six dollar stock, Bed Bath Beyond or Carvana, for these stocks to make a 50, 60, 70 cent move, if not a hell of a lot more, it's an absolute success. It's an absolute home run scenario. So hey, could it keep pushing up? Absolutely. And we'll look to jump back in should that look to be the case.   You know, you could always learn as to knowing why the stock continued to push up or rather where you could look to reenter on the position later on. So yeah, Bed Bath Beyond, I'll put with Carvana with putting these on our watch list. I like Carvana more though, it looks a little bit more active, a little bit more volatile in a good way. Bed Bath Beyond, not to say it's not volatile. You just saw this nasty shake going into 130 for as much as it had pushed up, topped off right around 475, 470 and a big shake to boot. So that could happen again, perhaps, but otherwise what you'd want to see is this to continue to show higher lows. And if this does break the highs and if this does look to try and make the push up towards 5, well, you'd want to see it make that move sooner than later. You know, we're going to be approaching primetime trading again, heading into 3 o'clock, 330. So you do want to see the momentum pick up more. And if it's not on this, then it's going to be on one of the others that we're going to go through. So yeah, Carvana, Bed Bath Beyond, we'll start off with those two stocks. Then let's just go from top to bottom here and we'll recap any of the other movers we ended up catching from the morning session. So BB AI, I guess I still have fib levels up on this, but nonetheless, this was a pop that we had after eight o'clock. It was a great pre-market trade, as you could see, squeezed up just close to four, but then it failed to break higher. It snapped down heading into the open and that was pretty much it since the only telling point of this trade. It ended up holding support roughly off of 275, 270 really well, but it never really gave you that squeeze that you'd want to have. And it's just more of a tease than anything because with the lower highs that you're seeing, you were expecting for this to crash and break below that 275, 270 support much earlier. Hey, if you're watching this and you're missing out on Carvana or Bed Bath Beyond, who's that on? Come on. So you don't want to watch a stock that's just dead and flat. You're missing out on opportunity elsewhere, right? So for right now, I'll pass on this BBAI. Let's see what else we got though. In between the XPON, you could definitely say the same now on the XPON. Nice pop from the late, late morning early afternoon. Kern, I'll zoom out on this because this, you know, this afternoon move doesn't really kind of do a justice. Ended up actually having a good pop. It was trending down off the highs leading into the open. So that's a little scary because you'd expect to see trend resume at some point. But after it blasted up right away, it ended up building support. It became more of a drag at that point with a little squeeze later on. But yeah, right now this current trade we're going to write off. Yeah, GRE, G-R-E-E. I think this is a crypto blockchain Bitcoin mining affiliated stock, whatever you may want to call it. But you know, it's been pushing up pretty well today. Whole markets pushed up. Bitcoin obviously took off overnight into this morning. So, you know, hey, if crypto is moving, then that could definitely be a good, you know, good thing to let this run up a little bit more, right? G-R-E-E. You know, dollar stock, cheapy. You know, the fact it's near the highs right now. I don't mind slipping this just on our list here. Alright, I got out on Y-10 just in time. It looks like good. It was kind of low volume after I had called it out going to 1.30. I wasn't a uber confident of a new run all the way up to the highs. But I saw it making higher lows. And I was thinking, you know, it never really made that big pop after pre-market. So I wanted to give it a chance. I got like 12 or 11 cents out of it. But you know, I just saw the volume waning down and it's just never a good look. So I'm happy I got out and pulled back and the spreads are still kind of, or the order book is pretty thin. Spreads aren't terrible, I guess. But there's definitely better trades out there right now. Alright, we got AGBA. It's tradable by sense of price and volume total, but it's just kind of inactive right now. Spreads are pretty big. Probably going to find a few different blockchain crypto mining affiliates like Hutt, BTBT. I think there's one other off the top of my head, Hive. Oh, this one actually looks the best. Hive is up like 30%. I don't know if I didn't jump over this. Yeah, I guess I did. Number 14 on the gainers list. Check this out. Nearly nearly up 30% trading just over 3 million shares. We have this Hive trade. Don't get me wrong. It ended up making a big squeeze from the end of last week into this week. It's already up big. It's up over 100% from that point. But hey, we've seen a lot of these runners just BBAI today up over 232% in one trading session. So the way that Hive is moving right now, so long as the markets don't plunge and crypto goes with it, we'll definitely put this on our list. We've got Hive, we've got Gree. Now is Mara going to be as good of a move today? We look back on another crypto stock, Mara. The last two days I've been telling you folks and I've been correct with it, these stocks normally don't provide much in the afternoons like from 315pm to the market close. These stocks rarely make that good looking run that you'd want. Is it possible to squeeze out 10, 15 cents? Of course. But you know what I mean when I'm saying that big afternoon runner into the close. We've rarely seen these crypto stocks do that. So, you know, does it look good? Yeah, it actually looks better now than it did the last two days like together. So, I'll put this on our list. If Carvana, bet bet beyond, don't make that big push for me, then I'll jump to Mara personally and see if this gonna prove me wrong. DRTS, MMV, all duds right now. I guess I did skip over a couple there. My scanner had to have refreshed on me. BGRY, SI, forgot about SI. It's making a really good squeeze right now. How about this? Nice pop just recently off of 1370, 1375, blessed up nearly a dollar since. Yeah, obviously, we're gonna put this on our watch list here. How could we not with this SI trade? Ron typing out Coinbase in the chat board. So, I would have gotten to Coinbase. It's just a little rugged for a 46, $47 stock. It's having a great day up wise. So, if you're in from like 44, God bless. But you could be making better pun intended. You could be making better coin on another stock. Alright, for a 44, 45, 46 dollar stock, you'd expect a bigger, stronger, more volatile move. Don't get me wrong, we like up. But you know, there's probably better stocks that are trending just like this, that are cheaper, that are more worth the quote unquote opportunity. So, we'll take a look maybe in American Airlines could be that. You know, it's up 89% pretty flat right now.  Lucid, LCID from Nicholas. Yeah, Lucid's been a nice mover. Obviously, making a very similar trend to Coinbase. You know, this one approaching the pre-market highs, if anything, out of the ones that we're kind of talking about, I'd be more inclined to put Lucid on our main list. Let's see if there's anyone's looking even better. You know, obviously, you see all my lines on NEO right now. NEO, it's at the highs of the day, but it's not up nearly as much as Coin or up nearly as much as Lucid. So, I'm not as inclined to follow NEO right now. I think there's better trades. NCLH, check out a couple other sideless stocks here like GM, Shopify, Roblox. This is flat. What else we got folks? I'll check out YouTube or Facebook Live, see if there's anything from you folks on social media right now. Definitely let me know if anything. I don't mind that Lucid trade, Nicholas. That one, if anything, seems to be decent opportunity. I'll just check out Benzinga Pro before we wrap up. We have Express EXPR. This looks pretty dead to me. I mean, it's at the highs up 6%, but X4, same thing. Goev, GOEV. This is an EV company. This stock has been a big tease to us in the past. It's treated as well as at the same time off of news, but coming off that news when you'd want to follow it again, it's really lack luster. It's making a nice run right now from like 120 up to 131. It's up 10%. It's really hard for me to not include this and put this on our watch list. Maybe you could say the same thing on Sober, SOBR, former runner we ended up having from October of last year. As you could see, ended up making a beautiful pop and run for us day over day then. Check out ATNF. Let me see this from Benzinga as well. This one not looking nearly as good. All right. So out of those that we just kind of looked at, I'll tell you the Sober trade, that one looked all right. The GOEV trade, not bad either. Fubo's at the high. F-U-B-O. This one looks a little slow though to me. I'll pass on it. Sofi, not up as much at the highs. Pass on this too. All right. So we'll put GOEV on our list and the lucid trade. I like both of those in particular. All right, folks. So in total, we got two, four, six, eight different stocks that we'll be putting on our watch list here. 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