This video is brought to you by Squarespace. Click on the link below for your two-week free trial. How's it, how's it? Photography has the capacity to move us in a great many different ways and of course one of those ways is to make us feel disquieted and to feel uneasy that something's not quite right. Some of the spookiest images that have stayed with me in my mind certainly have been not paintings or or unusual illustrations in books but photographs that have burned themselves into my consciousness and even now in the dead of night will linger and float into my mind's eye. So a nice simple one to get started. So we have a lady here, a German photographer called Loretta Lux. Now her photography is of some children and you know unusually surreal worlds and I love the fact that there's just this kind of a disquiet going on when you look at the the faces of these kids that they are certainly you know normal looking children but the world that they inhabit feels slightly unusual and a lot of this is down to either way that Loretta Lux has photographed these things and she's constructed a world using a blend of obviously traditional photography and digital manipulation and I know in the past I've given digital manipulation a hard time but you know what it's not a major thing when it blends together so seamlessly like this does. So that's your starter the strange weird world of Loretta Lux. Ralph Eugene Meat Yard. Yes and there's a word that you may not have heard before but I know some of you have because you've been asking for him and here we go. So we've got this is his monograph dolls and masks and I'm not going to get too much into his background and why the photographs are the way that they are but this is a classic example of photography that is odd I think is a word that especially in this book he uses a great number of you know of masks on these these kids and and photographs that have a sense of unease about them I think that's always a a good a good word to use when talking about Ralph Eugene Meat Yards photography unease yes Ralph Eugene Meat Yard is definitely a photographer who has slipped through the cracks somewhat I feel that and this is hardly surprising because his work is very challenging and and I'm sure that a number of you watching this will kind of go I really don't get it it seems just a bit odd it's one of those photographers who when you show somebody outside of photography this kind of book they sort of look at you and go you know you're just just weird and maybe that's what is in these photographs they appeal to my inherent sense of weirdness you know I was I I was a student you know art student I wanted to be weird I was a goth and one sort of thing so all of these things tap into this kind of thing of going look how strange I am look how awesome I am because I like Ralph Eugene Meat Yard if that's you hey welcome to the club but obviously if it's not for you that's perfectly fine because we're going to move on to the next photographer so a complete change of pace here because we've got bom bom bom bom this is if you can't see Erwin Olaf now his world that he creates in his photography isn't the weirdness of Ralph Eugene Meat Yard it's not the the subtle disquiet of Loretta Lux but it's this hanging conversation that sits just above us where something odd is going on something weird is not quite being resolved here which is a odd odd thing to say but that's the point I think that in Erwin Olaf's photography is I can't really put my finger on the story there is something going on and it confuses us and it makes us feel slightly uneasy because it's almost like we are kind of voyeurs in this world which is drifting into the realm of Miesel talking about you know things in a kind of arty-farty sort of way and now we don't really want to do that but I like this his photography reminds me of Samus of the Japanese and the Asian sort of horror films where they're they're they're a lot more cerebral that there's things going on under the surface there's not slasher and blood and gore and stuff it's psychological horror that and in him there's psychological stories there's place for us to lose ourselves all to discover ourselves and we're moving on into the scary world of fashion and Tim Walker especially now I don't think of a single genre in photography where people can create weirdness just for the sake of of creating weirdness and and I love the fact that in Tim Walker's world that there is some dark stuff going on that that is acceptable because apparently it's it's fashion like Erwin Olaf Tim Walker's photography isn't necessarily like kind of spooky or scary but it's unusual and it's and it's bizarre in the worlds that he has created I love photography's capacity to create these worlds to be able to be able to craft them because unlike in say a painting that has you know like Edward would just scream or something like that where it's quite clearly you know it's a painting that represents a world in somebody's head a photograph especially when it's a well constructed photograph an elaborately staged photograph feels like it is lifted from real life like this is a scene that actually happened and that's what I enjoy about Tim Walker's photography is that we can almost almost imagine that somewhere in this world there is a lost country where this kind of thing happens all the time a bit like the the series The Prisoner granted Tim Walker is a fashion photographer but I feel that his photography opens up the door to a world that we're not supposed to see as mere mortals we need to be part of the the the fashion illuminality allow me if you will to step into the world of processing just just very briefly to illustrate the point about creating artifice for this we're going to use Rankin yeah I a photographer again though I don't really talk about too much on the channel but certainly worth checking out and again all these photographers I will link to in the description box below Rankin is a well known British celebrity photographer but the photograph that we're going to look at today is this photo of Marilyn Manson and for those of you who don't know Marilyn Manson is that that shock rocker from America and he's very good at creating his own spooky or a mystique thing but this photograph and I love you know the way that the colors and everything on this looks because they feel so fake and that's what I'm talking about with processing here often processing when it's done badly looks ridiculous it looks like it's not done properly it just it's bad or it's overdone what have you and in this case though we're looking at this photograph of Marilyn Manson and he is a the crown prince of being a fake personality he has made and constructed something I mean his name is Brian not Marilyn Manson but you know and and of course the way that that that Rankin has processed the image so everything about this is smooth plastic you know just it's it's an inorganic material I suppose that might be the way of looking at it is reminding us that the very figure being photographed is odd and weird segway neatly on and talking about processing is this photographer called Joyce Tenson who might have featured on the channel previously now her photography is this weird mixture of practical effects within cameras but as far as I can tell like a lot of photography it's extremely secretive about her approach but what I love about her photography is that it taps into something that is a very source of a lot of kind of spookiness and etherealness and that's the idea of of religion as it were and it's the hardest part because she grew up next to a nunnery I believe so within her photography there has this kind of I would say spooky feel to it but certainly in otherworldly quality to it possibly like these are spectres rather than ghosts of people from the past that within there like the photo you like Renaissance paintings there are elements that are there to be discovered to be teased out of a photograph and I love this about her photography it's certainly the first time that I was ever exposed to it it was it just had a haunting quality there's the word the word is haunting that these figures like so many of the photographs that we looked at today don't exist in our world they exist somewhere that we kind of recognize as our world but not really and that puts us on edge that changes the way that we feel about the photographs in a previous episode I talked about finding inspiration for photography and I think 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Southeast New Mexico beautiful rugged terrain and open spaces dotted here and there with towns like Fort Sumner. The kid was shot and buried here over a century ago and folks joke that nothing's happened since. But actually every spring and fall Fort Sumner small airport becomes a base for scientific research. Investigators from around the world converge here bringing with them instrument packages weighing thousands of pounds. Their goal is to fly these large payloads 25 miles up near the edges of space gathering data about things like cosmic rays without the distorting effects of the atmosphere. NASA launches the instruments but not with rockets or planes. Even aircraft like the ER-2 can fly high or long enough and it's not cost-effective to put such large payloads aboard a shuttle. The alternative large helium filled balloons made of a special polyethylene that can withstand cold temperatures in the upper atmosphere. Fully inflated they can stand 900 feet tall about the height of the Eiffel Tower. Once a balloon rises above an instrument package it is released and the two begin their journey to 130,000 feet. Throughout a flight scientists and a NASA operations team track the payload continuously recording data it sends back. Because the instruments eventually returned to the ground recovery trucks are deployed. These crews often cover hundreds of miles a day following a balloon's path as closely as possible. Towards the end of a flight a small plane heads out and surveys potential landing sites for the payload. New Mexico offers plenty of unpopulated areas for safe touchdowns. Satisfied that no lives or property are in danger the air crew transmits a signal that destroys the balloon and the instrument package parachutes to the ground. Successful landings don't always mean easy recoveries. Getting transport trucks into the touchdown areas the first hurdle. Hauling out a three ton load without damaging it is another. Entry entangled parachutes can be a real challenge. But the people in the program pride themselves on good science at a reasonable cost and getting payloads back means they can fly again. NASA has been doing missions like this since the early 1960s. Although the balloons are larger and the equipment to launch them more sophisticated it remains a very reliable way to do studies in the upper atmosphere. It's also often the only way especially for universities and graduate students with limited budgets. NASA's balloon program over 25 years gathering science near the fringes of space.


The World Bank and other groups say about 40 percent of the drugs in parts of Africa and South America are either counterfeit or of poor quality. Experts say the use of such medicines can lead to treatment failure and even death. Experts working to stop this counterfeit drug traffic met recently in Washington. Louise Shelley heads the Terrorism Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University in Virginia. We're focusing much more on narcotics trafficking rather than on counterfeits that can do harm to many more individuals than consume illicit drugs. She says only an organized international effort can deal with this kind of organized crime. I think WHO, I think the law enforcement community, I think consumer organizations, civil society, everybody has a role in demanding greater quality control. You have no assurance of the safety, efficacy or quality of those products. Margaret Hamburg heads the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA controls the safety of drugs and food products in the United States. Recently, the FDA took action against thousands of internet businesses selling illegal medical products. Dr. Patrick Lucalé is with the United States Pharmacopia, an organization that sets quality controls for medicines. He says there must be an international effort. Even the United States, 80 percent of active ingredients come from either China or India into the U.S. And so U.S. companies are vulnerable. In India, you have about 10,000 manufacturing companies. So although the Indian regulators are making investments, it's difficult to catch up. Industry expert Andreas Seiter says many countries need to strengthen their rules. The World Health Organization's Michael Bates says many health experts do not understand the problem. This is quite a complex international trade and we need greater information on the scale and the scope and the harm and the economic damage that has been done by this issue to convince those policymakers to commit resources to tackling it. I'm Christopher Cruz.


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Hello, well it's been an extraordinary year for universities, academics have never had so much exposure to the public as researchers and as teachers we've never had to rethink so quickly how to teach in a completely different way. One lesson we have learned is that the already appalling inequalities in our societies have actually increased. There's a broad consensus now that what we have to do is use the experience of the pandemic to reverse that shameful trend to increasing inequalities. Universities are in a prime position in fact to contribute to change for the better. We're in the business of education which is a key force for good in the world and we have the technology, massive reach and newly developed experience in how to teach online. Well this is a good foundation for helping to build a better and fairer world but how best to use what we've learned this last year about digital education. Well my talk will propose that we expand our professional development programs on the large scale to create the communities of practice among professionals that will help them work to reduce inequalities. Academic research must reach all its end users via the professionals who need it in both teaching and in a range of other professional environments and then together we can do that using this new form of teaching online and that's what I look forward to debating with you is these kinds of issues as we all join the even conference. Thank you.


Welcome to a Rational Speak Easy. We're sitting here in the basement of the old Imperial Hotel here on 3rd and Main in Longmont, Colorado. Sarah the owner has turned this place into a true speak easy and it's wonderful. But first of all, let's talk a little bit about the history of the Imperial Hotel. Sarah, give us a bit of a rundown on the Imperial. The Imperial. The Imperial is a historic building. It was founded by Chicago Colony in 1880. They came here on horse and buggy with the idea in mind of doing Longmont as a western Chicago in the West. So 1880, it was Longmont's first hotel. It had 66 rooms, two blocks from 1st and Main. There was a lot going on in Longmont, Colorado. Very thriving, very thriving city back in the 1800s. Oh well, the gold rush, of course. Yeah, the gold rush. And there was a flower mining and a sugar mill. And there was a lot going on here in Longmont, Colorado. And it stayed that way until probably the late 60s, early 70s. It was then turned into apartments and has been a multi-use building. It's been apartments as well as the first level with restaurant and stores and bars and speakeasy and Longmont's longest standing coffee shop. The Java stop is also on the first floor. So, currently. Interesting. And of course, we'll let the cat out of the bag. Someone is turning this back into a hotel. The Imperial is now going to be called the Imperial 301 because within it, it's going to have all the things. It's going to have the restaurant, the Java stop, the Imperial Emporium, which this building once was named in the 70s. And it's going to have the Imperial Hotel on the second and the third floor. There will be five hotel rooms, traditional hotel rooms. And there will also be four hotel boutiques, suites, which are much larger in size. There's two bedrooms, living room, kitchen space, very unique. We're going to see those a little bit later, aren't we? Yes. Yes, we are. Very quickly, what made you think about turning this into the speakeasy? Is it something you've always wanted to do? I wouldn't say always wanted to do. Just the trajectory of my life has led me here. I had previously opened a bar up the street on third. And I was in business with somebody else, but then the opportunity came for me to be able to expand on my visions and what I would do if I was able to do it my way. So we came down here. Our primary focus is music and an atmosphere and an ambiance. And the speakeasy has done that. I feel like we've showed the community who we are and what we are. And it is the foundation of the Imperial 301 to come. It's absolutely perfect. I think it's time we had a quick look upstairs, though I have a funny feeling quick is probably the wrong word to use. Yes. I don't know how much you've got to show us. It's a great big building. It's a massive building. I don't think people realize just how big this place is.  Are you ready? Absolutely perfectly. Yes. Let's go. Let's go. So Sarah, here we are on Main Street and as people can see, we're pretty busy today here in Longmont. Yes. It's always a thriving little metropolis. Right. So tell me, this used to be the grand entrance to the hotel. Is that correct? Correct. So let us do a grand entrance. So this used to be the old grand entrance to the Imperial. Correct. Wow. This is the foyer. This is quite a lobby area they had. Yes. It's beautiful. So this is the future use of this space. We are going to add little railing, beautiful wrought iron. There's wrought iron throughout this entire building that's been here, which is part of the nature of what makes it so ornate and decorative. It's going to, I have a secured a flat top baby grand. It's called a square baby grand piano from the 1800s, very ornate and decorative with little bistro seating and the little iron will be to separate the seating from the flow of traffic. So people are coming in, they're either checking into their hotel room or they are going into the restaurant, the juice bar, the java stop, the emporium and then later on in the afternoon they could go downstairs to this pique easy. Absolutely. And they may actually end up meeting me, poor people. So is the ceiling original? The ceiling is original. Oh wow. The ceiling is original. This beautiful staircase is original. We are working on bringing back the original stain of the wood. All the radiators that you see throughout the building, they're all in operating condition. Excellent. And they do a great job. Excellent. And I know you've been studying the plans of the old hotel because you're trying to restore it back to how it used to actually be. Correct. So. That is an undertaking and a half. It is especially because the plans were burnt in some fire that the city hall had in the early 1900s. Oh no. So what I did is I went to the museum and I retrieved as much information in a ton of photographs that were taken throughout this space, throughout history and the Longmont Museum does a pretty good job of archiving all these things. Excellent. So yeah. So we now know exactly what's going to happen here and of course we've all been admiring some of these beautiful old photographs that you've got hanging on the walls. Where should we go next? What would be the best thing to do? Let's go this way and we will walk into the future restaurant. Oh, let's go and have a look at the future restaurant. That's perfect. The cornerstone in the revival. You mean you're going to have two bars here and I now have to make a decision. Go and have a look at the restaurant, which I believe is through here. Yes. This will be the entrance. Excellent. And this will be like a waiting area, greeting area. This is the entrance from the interior of the building. This will be a waiting area and greeting area. Perfect. And I take it through here is going to actually be a restaurant itself. To the right, this is going to be the juice bar that operates early in the morning into the afternoon, but it will also be a bar that complements that caters to the restaurant with a very small menu. Very limited cocktail choices and wines. Right. Cotails from the 20s? I have no doubt. This is a wonderful room as well. Okay. So my favorite part I think about this entire project is this part right here. So these choices will be removed and what you will then have is an atrium that goes all the way to the third story and the roof will be a full size. The same size as the square skylight. Oh, nice. And these spiral staircases go up to the second and the third floor. And this will be what once was the Imperial Skylight Lounge. Oh, okay. I'm not calling it that, but that's what it was called. But it'll be beautiful. It'll have ornate, the raw iron, art on the ceilings, both on the second and the third, ladder green, live plants, foliage, and just a lot of beautiful. Right. I love the windows as well, they're beautiful. You don't often get to see that nowadays the way they actually design the old hotels back then. Right. Right. All the ornate. Also, I'd like to point out, this was the second original floor. Oh, wow. The original was missing too many large pieces of it to consider. So you could tell the original, this probably goes back, I would say, to the 30s or 40s by the way that they nailed the nails in the flooring. So we salvaged this little square here and we'll build off of this throughout. Right. But there'll be seating throughout here. Excellent. Excellent. And then... So where should we go next? I'm intrigued to find out what's happening in there. Yes, let's go in here. This is the great, this is the great room, which is the main dining space off of Main Street with the Main Street entrance. Oh, excellent. Let's go and have a little peek around the corner. So I would like to, for all the watchers, viewers, keep in mind, we are under construction. I think that's not an example. We are waiting for the tile to come from Texas for the kitchen. So basically the kitchen is in the dining room. But really quick, my favorite part about this room, from floor to ceiling, the original exterior was a storefront, which is all window, window, window, window. We're going to have French doors. There's photos supporting that, so the historic society should allow us to go ahead. We haven't got that far, but we should have that beautiful like it once was. And this is just going to be beautiful, circle both seating along the edges of the, along the walls and just little tables in the middle. Right. Are you going to keep the original brickwork? I am. Oh, excellent. I think that really adds to a place. Yes. I'm going to add a third column and make them columns. I'm doing columns throughout here. Okay. And a lot of the photos you see, there's columns everywhere. Yes. Okay. Yes. You are a girl of many columns. Okay. Some of this brickwork is just gorgeous and the way, you can see how old it is. What is interesting is you can see how they built the building in the additions and how it originally, the state of the building originally and then how it continued to grow. How it evolved over the years. There you go. It's unfortunate. There's not photos of it, but we could tell by being here and just kind of learning the layout of the land where you see there used to be a door. These were windows. I believe that this area was like a, like a courtyard. Oh, okay. Originally. Okay. The second dining room. Right. This is absolutely incredible. Where should we head for next? I think the kitchen. We're standing right next to it. We might as well. So we may as well go straight to the kitchen. Get a sneak peek. Yeah. Let's go and have a quick gander. So Sarah, talk about the kitchen area, which we're now entering and this is so different from when you first showed it to me. Wow. The kitchen, the kitchen needed a lot of TLC. It still needs so much. There needs to be a lot replaced. We're currently waiting on our permits and the final drawings from the architects and the structural engineer to do a lot of the things, but we, throughout this whole space that we have walked this far, there's been about five layers of floor in every space. Yes. So it's just pulling up layers of OSB and plywood and plywood and some more plywood. Even more plywood. So we've replaced the plywood. We got out the Chinese because it was a Chinese restaurant for a couple of decades. Their equipment is gone and this is just one great big magnificent kitchen that's going to produce some incredible dishes. You're not kidding. Yeah. You're not kidding. This really is quite an amazing space. This hotel has got so many little nooks and crannies that you can't believe how big some of them are. It's amazing. Yes. It really is. Yeah, this is going to be... And I take it that's going to be a walk in fridge. So yeah, we have the walk-in cooler. This is the freezer. There's a door to go outside over here. Okay. This will be prep and we're going to do some specialty things over here. Okay. That's wonderful. I love it. I love it. Quickly on going back on the floor, when I bought my house, my first house ever in Hollis, New Hampshire, we decided to redecorate one of the bedrooms and we went through eight layers of wallpaper and we went back wallpaper in time and we went back 100 years of wallpaper. Yeah. It was quite interesting, especially the Art Deco era. Anyway, good. So where would you like to take me next? Let's go into that. We're kind of going around, but there's a second dining room that is on this side of the kitchen. Oh, wow. So let's go and have a look. This is intriguing. So let's have a look at this other dining area that you're talking about. Perfect. Oh, this is beautiful. Give us a little bit. It's going to be so beautiful. This space, it comes in off of the entrance here. This will be more family dining, couple little nooks for couples coming to have a little date night. This wall right here that has this beautiful Damascus blue wallpaper that was behind some wood paneling. There's also another wallpaper that shows a different era that's to the side right there. Very interesting, though. This piece that drops down right here has an I-beam. This used to be the exterior wall or interior if you're standing up in this raised area. But that was the edge of the hotel, and I do believe that this was like a courtyard space just by looking at the brickwork of doors and windows. You can kind of tell what were exterior windows and which were doors. It was probably also a stable area. Correct. Because we shouldn't forget, we're back in the days of horse storm carriage, etc. Right. And I also have heard rumors of the well, you know, access to it where they get the water. So I don't really know. I wasn't here. But just from looking at the layout of the brickwork that is here, I believe we would have been standing outside in a courtyard area. I think you're probably right, 100% right on that one. Yeah. If you were here then, you'd now be a ghost, and that has me worried. But back inside, it's interesting, I'm sorry to cut you out. I believe that this was all one great big room. The men's bathroom didn't exist. You can tell there's reflections of that by the, there's two beautiful medallions up on the ceiling that is above the dropped ceiling that is hiding all the pipes and the sprinkler system and all the things that have been added since the building was first constructed. So that's just, it's putting together all the pieces of history. Absolutely. Absolutely. Is the false ceiling going? Or haven't decided yet? No, we're going to keep a drop ceiling. However, it's going to be replaced. Yeah, well, yes. But, okay. It's a shame because those medallions, you know. I think I'm going to leave out a couple of the squares and accent them in an artistic way. That's a very, very good idea. Yeah. That is a very good idea. As well as the wallpaper. Because that wallpaper is a print wallpaper. It shows its era. Right. Right. And then lastly, right now the only way to access the Emporium, which is going to be like a little bodega, we're here on 3rd and Main Street, downtown, and there's not a lot as far as running to the quick convenience store, like a 7-Eleven, somewhere to go grab a quick something to eat or to drink, some cigarettes, all the little things that might be needed or appreciated, like a 7-Eleven convenience store. So you're going to have a sort of like a mini convenience store right here in the hotel. Yes. And then from the hallway, coming in from the alley, the back alley. Oh, okay. Nice. Good idea. Yeah. I love it. So let's go and have a look at the atrium. Perfect. My favorite space. This is a rabbit warren. It's a what? A rabbit warren, passages leading everywhere, doors, et cetera. I'm not familiar with this term. I would like to once again point out the beautiful ornate decorative staircase. This is such a wonderful staircase. When you consider how old it is, it actually makes less noise than mine. Oh, this is the future atrium. Yes. This door and the drawings will be moved down a little bit this way. Okay. Are you ready? Oh, wow. And there of course is the infamous spiral staircase. Yes. That you did see downstairs. It's going to all be connected. Yes. With more ornate decorative. What we're seeing here is remnants of what I spoke on the Imperial Skylight Lounge. So the square got reduced so that it was a living space that was a woman's bedroom upstairs. And they called this the studio apartment, but it's going to, it's so beautiful. I want to share it with the community because it's the only thing like it in the whole space. It's unique. Right. Absolutely unique. So the whole square will then, that we looked at downstairs will be removed. It'll match the same measurements as this as well as the roof and the skylight will then be put back the same size. So the bathroom's going to go. This will all be, it'll be used as a common area with wifi, tranquil. You want to meet somebody, have coffee, go grab a juice at the juice bar, get something to eat from the bodega or maybe even the restaurant. It's just going to be a beautiful space to share. A beautiful little space for people to relax in. Correct. And enjoy it. Tranquil, very tranquil. Very tranquil. That is a good word. It's not used enough. This is a beautiful area. So the same space that is here is also upstairs. Right. And what I foresee and I have so many artists that are so excited just waiting for us to get to this phase, the art, if you could just imagine with me the art on the ceiling of the second and the third floor. So when you're on the first floor looking at, you're going to see two floors of decorative ornate right iron that's higher because these are not code. And alongside that will be all the art going all the way up to sun shining in and I'm actively looking for the most beautiful skylight, something with something really different. Perfect. Perfect. And I love the idea of the art, except for because it's going to be in 3D. Yeah. It really is going to be interesting with the spiral staircase with the spiral staircase and everything.  This is good. This is good. I'm going to assume that because this was an apartment that used to be a bathroom. Correct. So you're not going to stay or go. That's going to go. Oh, that's going to go. So you're going to square the room off. Yes. That'll make it even bigger. Yes. Wow. This is quite something. This really is. Do you have any more words about the atrium or shall we go and have a look at one of your new hotel rooms? I don't have any more words. The atrium is going to speak for itself. It really is. So I would love to show you one of the, I would love to show you first one of the boutique hotel suites. One of my favorites. Oh, suites. I like that word. Let's go and have a look. Let's go. Perfect. So why don't you show me, show us the executive suite.  So this is bigger than my original first house. It's a good. It's huge. It's huge. This one I'm going to promote for parties and families to come. And they will be able to entertain their own guests. This is a beautiful kitchen. It's going to have a beautiful island and the lighting. Just, it's a, it's a great space coming through here. You can't really see because there's trash, but there's frying stores. And I'm going to place a pool table in here. So it's going to be like a failure. You're going to bring up one of your Budweiser. No. So this room will be like a game room. Something for people to do. And then through here, this is a great big living room. So you could do all kinds of things in this living room. Oh my goodness. It's also going to be decorated very beautifully. Yeah. The word is just the word that I am repeating over and over because this building is just that we're going to refurbish or what is the word? Restore the wood floors. These ones are not in too terrible condition. These could probably be sanded down and restored. Which would be nice. So this is a two bedroom suite, one bathroom. And my favorite thing about this suite, and I'm going to promote and advertise is this suite conjoins with another room, another hotel suite. Oh, okay. So if you want to follow me. So two or three families could actually come and stay in these two rooms. Yes. And with permission, and obviously if both parties are here visiting together, they each have their own door of access and they can come and go. They can come from over here. I mean, this has got to be what? I mean, how many square feet? But this has got to be at least a thousand square feet. This area. I'd have thought. I mean, it's absolutely incredible. Yeah, show us the other apartment. So let's have a look at the second suite, which is adjoining the first suite. This one. This is wonderful. Oh my goodness. I'm going to have to go wow again. This has its own balcony, its own entrance from outside. Oh wow. Yes. So there is a little patio out here, a balcony patio. And I am going to promote this and advertise it is like, I'm going to be more creative, but the bride and groom room, because we have an event center across the street. There is a new one coming on first in Maine. And every weekend there's wedding parties. Right. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And as opposed to staying at traditional hotels, how fun would it be to block out the boutique hotel that we have here at the Imperial? Yes. You can have your own space, your own kitchen, your own entertainment. You can pass through the door. The family can stay here. The bride and groom have their own beautiful space. This room here, I'm going to do very specific for photography. It's such a bright space. You could really capture some beautiful photos in that room right there. That is perfect. Absolutely perfect. So this has what? The one bedroom. So this will be a one bedroom, correct? Two person bathtub. Beautiful little suite. Right. And again, of course, there are a couple of bunk beds in there. No reason. No, no, no, no. People don't mind that. They can call for a cut. All right. A cut. A roll away. Absolutely perfect. Again, I mean, two families could be here, two families next door. What a great way to visit. This is two of what will be for. And then I would like to show you an example of one of the bedrooms or just the hotel rooms, which is a king size bed and bathroom. Excellent. Excellent. Before we do that, though, let's have a quick look in this bedroom. Okay. It's not complete now. Not complete, but again, you know, it's a lovely area. It's going to be, it's also going to be incredibly beautiful. The bathroom is special. Yes. It's a work in progress currently. Ah, but I see that it's nearly coming up to completion. We're getting there. Oh, look at this. I love your choice of tile. Isn't that gorgeous? It's going to look very nice when the paint, when everything in it just flows. For some reason it's given me a feeling of art deco days just because of the gold ribbon and everything else. That's one of the things about every room and every space is going to be very eclectic. And with all the different eras that have been throughout this history of 1880 to 2023, I can use whatever era I want to decorate. Mix and match. I can. Each room has its own style, its own feel, and its own energy, its own vibe. Yes, it does indeed. So let's go and have a look at the, I hate to use the word standard, but let's go and have a look at one of the more normal hotel rooms that you're going to be creating. And I'm going to assume that this is the south wing. This is the south wing. Absolutely. I would like to point out in its original state, each one of these doors that you see was a room, very small room, probably twin size bed, a little nightstand with a water basin because there was a common area for this room. But these are part of the 66 rooms that were within the hotel. We managed to do 66 just by making them very small and squeezing as many people in as possible. Absolutely. So here is an example right here. Oh, perfect. So this will fit a king size bed. And you will have your own bathroom. Very, very nice. And of course, there is the original ceiling. That in itself is quite magical. And it's not often you get to see stuff like that. We took the drop ceiling down because it was sitting much lower on top of the window. You can see the paint line. And I wanted that extra room to see the arch. It's just the small things. You can see the bricks above. And it just gives height to it. It gives you a little bit more height in here, which is nice, really nice. And the five layers of floor that was on here. It's a little bit wonky, but I think that's what adds character to. Oh, absolutely. How old is the building? About 120, 130 years old? I think we're getting close to 150 years. Oh, wow. 143 to be exact. So, you know, we can expect the floors to be a little uneven. That is very, very normal on a building, especially with our expansive clay. I would like to also point out outside this window and throughout the backside that I have eager artists that are going to come through and mural some beautiful art. Oh, perfect. So looking out the windows, it's not going to be just looking out the window. No, there'll be something there. It's going to be a lot of photo opportunities, correct? Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Just what a wonderful building it really, really is. Yeah. So, Sarah, you've pretty well taken us around now the whole of the building on what you're going to do with it. I assume the similar things are going to happen upstairs as well. Correct. Okay. No problem whatsoever. Is there anything else you'd like to show us before we say goodbye? Wow. Can you think of anything? Or do you have any final words? Final words. Final words. Well, this project is very special. It has come about kind of organically all on its own. And I would love to involve the community and I would love for everybody to get involved. And if that means a donation, which is what we would love to see is people that want to donate to the resurrection and the restoration of this historic building. It's quite an undertaking that I've taken on. I think we need to read. I think overwhelming. I personally have invested all of my finances and I am still seeking to figure out the whole financing because it's a lot. Right. But we're going to proceed forward and I believe that within this next year and 2024, probably later 2024, we will be ready for a red ribbon cutting grand opening event that I don't think long, long I may not have ever experienced. No. Since the original grand opening perhaps. In its day, this building was very state of the art. Oh, absolutely. It was very exquisite. It was elegant. Anything you read about it, they had carpets brought in from the Venetian rugs. They just, they went the whole nine. They really did do, they put the imperial back into imperial. Exactly. So that's what I'm trying to copy and restore is the feeling that this building just naturally, I mean, it's so full of history. Oh, it is. And it's so special because it's one of the founding, one of the biggest structures, the oldest structures. It's right across the street from the opera house. When you put together the whole picture of this city and how it was founded and what happened then. Right. That has brought us to now. Yes. It's kind of all right here at 301 Main Street. Absolutely amazing. Which is the Imperial 301. The Imperial 301. Yes. In England we have an expression, gobsmacked means lost for words. And you know that I often don't get lost for words, but the passion that you're putting into this project just astonishes me. I mean, it really does.  Because I cannot wait to share. I know. I can't. It's going to be so between the restaurant, the atrium, the juice bar, the coffee shop, the little bodega, the hotel suites. And then you have the connecting door, which I don't even think we pointed out, but there will be a connecting door in the foyer area that goes down to the speakeasy. Oh, nice. You have these families that come and they have their wedding somewhere beautiful on their location. They could even do their reception here in the restaurant, but there is the event center here and down the street, like I mentioned. Block out the hotel. You have restaurant for breakfast, lunch, dinner, juice bar. And then you have entertainment for the night. We always have live music every Saturday night. Friday night we have a DJ. We might start up with live music on Friday as well. So it's all encompassing. It's all at one location. That's why it's called the Imperial 301 because it's more than just a hotel. Oh, yes. We're talking of a building that is full of history. So tell me, Sarah, how do you ever see the ghost? The ghost? Let me tell you about the ghost. Oh, please do. Every day, get to bed by three. Take good care of yourself. You belong to me. Be careful crossing street. Ooh, don't eat me. Ooh, cut off street. Ooh, you'll get a pain and row in your cum-cum. Keep away from bootleg. When you're on a street and take good care of yourself. You belong to me. You belong to me.


This song's called Breathe. It goes just like this. It comes down when you've lost your crowd In the clouds, it seems so dark It feels cold right down to your soul Just to find your core In the dark, of the air Gouch, it'll spree once again Say it once, say it once down You've almost drowned in the tears In the water blends It's hard to see where's the door Just breathe Just like the winter evening sky Just breathe It all seems so Just like that Vermont winter evening sky


Γεια σας, είναι Vicky εδώ με ένα νέο αργένα λέατο. Τώρα θα χρησιμοποιήσω πρόσπασες από Σταμπεριά, που είναι μια οικονομική στιγμή και έχουν μεγάλο πρόσπασο για μεγάλι, και κάθε άλλα τέτοια χαρά. Λοιπόν, μπορείτε να δείτε εδώ ότι θα χρησιμοποιήσω κάποιες πρόσπασες για το στιγμή στιγμή. Και μπορείτε να δείτε ότι είναι έναν μυαλό σκραππούκο με όλοι τα καταστασία. Έχω γράμει τα σχέση, φεύγενα, αυτές τα αλφαβέτια, τα αγωδιά, κάποιες μυαλό σκρατές, κάποιες παγκοδεύες, και δεν θα χρησιμοποιήσω να χρησιμοποιήσω όλες. Αν έχω έναν ιδέα στον μου, θα χρησιμοποιήσω όλοι τα πρόσπασια που μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω στον αγυναλό σκραππούκο. Και να έχω να σπαθώ όλα τα καταστασία. Λοιπόν, πρώτα, έχω ένα ιδέα φτιάχνω κάτι like a rainbow of butterflies. So for the background I will be using this rice paper, or you can call it tissue paper. So this is a great alternative. If you want to create quick and easy backgrounds, as you can say can move the tissue paper all around until I decide which part of this paper I am going to use. Once I'm happy with the placement, I'm going to cut out the part of this paper that I want to use and then I'm going to stick it down using gel medium. As always you will find a full list of all the supplies that I'm using today just below the video on YouTube as well as on my blog. And Stamperia is a company that I totally recommend for all my European viewers because it's a company that is in Europe and you don't have to pay all those expensive postage and packaging from the US. I am taking my time and using my gel medium to stick the tissue paper on my page and you can see I'm using my bone folder to make sure that my tissue paper is nice and flat. Once the tissue paper is in its place and the gel medium is dry, I am going to go ahead and enhance the colors of the background. I am using my distressing as well as blending tool and what's great about this tissue paper is that it's porous so it takes ink beautifully. I'm using only a couple of distressed colors and that's Broken China and Victorian Velvet. Remember that just because this tissue paper is quite porous any ink pad that you have at home would work great over this tissue paper. And just because I've used the distressing which are non-permanent I have decided to cover all this page with gel medium just to make it more permanent. So I don't really mind if I move the colors and blend them as I go all over them with gel medium just because my background is already meant to be blended. So I am going ahead and covering all both pages and once this is dry I am going to work with my scrapbooking paper. So this is a beautiful paper and for a while now I wanted to ahead in my mind to create a layout about a rainbow of butterflies so when I saw this scrapbooking paper I thought that now is the time. I am cutting out all the butterflies and you can see I am not paying any attention to the details like the antennas or the butterfly body. I am just quickly cutting them out and now I am going to place them on my layout. As you can see I am following the rainbow order of colors and once I am happy with the placement I am going to use gel medium and stick them down. My background is quite colorful and busy and my butterflies are also colorful so they are quite competitive against the background and in some areas they don't pop as much but once everything is down I am going to do a couple of techniques which will help my butterflies to pop more on my page. Now that all the butterflies are down and the gel medium is dry I am going with a thin black marker all around the edges of the butterflies. This is going to help the butterflies to pop against the background. Also I am going to add some white highlights with my white gel pen all over the butterflies and you will see how this is going to help them pop against the background as well. This is a crackled effect by Stamperia. It's a great stamp for all kinds of art journals and I am going to use some archival ink and stamp with this here and there on my background. This is going to add a little bit of detail and make it more interesting. I like how easy it is to get that crackled effect without even having to add a crackle paste and having to wait for it to dry and everything else.  One of my favorite techniques is using stencils with modeling paste. So I am going to use this Stamperia stencil which is really beautiful and I really like the size of it because you can cover up the whole art journal. The modeling paste that I will be using today is also by Stamperia. It's nice and I am using the white one. It's nice and thick and I will be applying it with a spatula. I am using the stencil at the edges of my layout to create a frame. You can call my layout finished but for the finishing touch I am going to use one of these metal frames so I have a piece of paper which I have cut out from the scrapbook paper that I had used for the butterflies and I am going to stamp the date. I am going to stick this paper on my layout and then add on top the metal frame. I am going to use some white glue to stick it down and at this point you can use any glue of your preference. And that finishes the layout for today so I hope you had fun and got inspired and if you did don't forget to leave me a comment as well as give me thumbs up on my YouTube channel. And don't forget that all the supplies are linked and listed below the video. So here are some close up photos of the layout. If you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel already make sure to do so because this is the way to tell me that you love my videos and you want to see more. Thank you all for watching.


This is our new morning routine y'all. Last week, we finally completed our solar system. After 598 days and lots of hard work, we have power. It's still winter. This is our first week living with full power at our cabin in the woods. Thank you Squarespace for sponsoring this week's video. Coffee with a view. You and the panel. There's nothing we love more than being self-sufficient and doing things ourselves. Time to get to work. Unfortunately, there's two sides to our ceilings. Time to make that side look like the side. But the silver lining was we are finally good at the taping and the mudding. It's the hanging the drywall part that we are not so good at. Especially on this roof. I get amped up. Time to set up the work site. Grab the saw horses. So heavy. Here we are. To the garage I go. How many trips today? So this is the last. Number one? First and the last. I literally think this is the best line you've ever drawn. It's perfect. Lost to the exacto. Why do we only own one exacto? That's the question. We came down to business today. We want to knock this drywall out of the park. Out of the woods. Out of the woods. We're going to knock it all the way to Halley. It's going to be great. Halley. Are you ready? We're doing it everyone. First pieces up. We've been avoiding doing this for a few weeks. Not no more. Today's the day. Whoa, maybe you're not supposed to cut on that side, eh? We're not supposed to make any mistakes. Don't even worry. Your taper and mud are here. So we're going to get to work. Every piece that we're adding onto the ceiling is making us so excited. Because after this side of the ceiling is done, we will see no more purple anymore. Ba-ba-purple. Sing it. Ba-ba-ba! Wow, are we like a singing channel now? Listen up, y'all. Because this is it. The drywall that we're hanging is perfect. The first row is completely done already. That went up in record time for us. I can't even believe at the speed we're moving. We're on to the truss level. This entails cutting out every single truss on the ceiling. And the lights. It was a bit tough last time. I don't know what happened. Second time in a row? But I think we are gonna take our time today, stay focused on the measurements, and then once we get another, we'll have a heck of a time. AKA Jasmine, stop putting the camera on me. I need to focus. Yeah. And then that needs to be cut down. Probably as I'm only asking, because that's what we made a mistake on last time. I think I have cabin fever. What do y'all think? Should we do a segment where Izzy takes over the vlog each week? I don't think she likes that idea. This just goes straight up my back. Yeah, but we're cutting out the truss on the right side, right? We have this to work already here. I have Bella's favorite cookies. Oh, someone's here. I'm getting bored in the woods. Might be getting bored in the woods too. Go away, I'm busy working. Bald. Oh, listen to this beat. She's so focused. Real focused. Remember the little piece, Jasmine. Wasn't me. We're fine, we're fine. We've already made such progress today. It's not even three. But I'm pretty confident that by the end of the day today, come nightfall, this ceiling is gonna be 100% drywall. I believe in us. I believe in miracles too. Nice kitchen. Gotta make do with what you got. Put my hat. 15% of you hit the notification bell. Let's increase. I'll give you a carrot. Wait till you see these loaded pierogies. They are going to blow your mind. Wish I could share. After house off? Loaded pierogies. When we load the pierogies, we load them so much, you don't even know there's pierogies under there. It's our lucky day, four and a half pierogies. But if anyone knows how good pierogies are, you know you can eat at least 12 pierogies per person. However, if I eat 12 pierogies, I'm not getting back up there. Who thinks we're gonna get back up there? Who thinks we're gonna go? Wouldn't be a Van Wives vlog without the food dance and those eyes. I was just saying that I officially got cabin fever. I feel like I've been in here for six months. I don't want to be in this room anymore. But it's a home. Double decker is up. We have the last bit of scaffolding connected. This means that we are at the 90% drywall completion as a whole in the entire cabin. This is the home stretch. We may not be drywalling for quite some time. All right, so spell however you want to spell it. Chips are flying through this side. Literally it's almost seven o'clock. I have to say, slow and steady definitely wins the race on drywall. When we did this side of the ceiling, we married the edges perfectly. I know a lot of people don't like that saying but they were like this. This side however, we have some gaps which means Jasmine drywall canning may no longer be that. It's definitely gonna be a lot more challenging though compared to this side. Good thing I've had practice now though. I should get it. I'm already done half the ceiling. I got so excited. I literally didn't even help Crystal clean up. I just said, I'm taping and muddin' girl. And as you can see, I've been taping and muddin'. That's one reason why we love doing stuff ourselves is because even though it took us three ceilings in order to get it, we have now learned a new skill that we can bring anywhere in life. It's just a really good feeling. Great feeling. To finally get something. Okay, how cool that the entire ceiling is drywalled and we did it ourselves. All by ourselves. I just can't wait to look at it and be like, we did that. We did it. Cause look at it. It's lookin' bad everyone. Wow, eh? Holy smokes. I'm obsessed with it. I'm glad we attempted it. Done. I bet you thought we were gonna have day four right now in there. Not anymore. Only one day everyone. Welcome to the bakery. This morning we are putting on a special show for our girl. Done, look at that sniffer. Yummy. Oh my gosh. Today a very special girl turns 10. Double digits, Dobby. Double digits, my bear. I love you a little Wolfie. Are you crying? You were crying. I know. I think I just started crying when I saw you next door. As much as it's a happy day of Bella turning 10, it's also a sad day cause she's getting older. She's my first child. We've been through a lot together. I didn't know this birthday was gonna go like this. She has no idea. We have to be strong. Happiest 10th birthday in the comments because she's been celebrating her birthdays on YouTube with our community and our pack for so many years in Mexico, in BC, a little bit of everywhere. I love her. I wanna clone her. I gotta go. Good girl, Vera. You're gonna have a cookie. We'll see you later everyone. We're gonna just enjoy every minute today. What? The day we have been waiting for is finally here. You've been wondering why we've been hanging up in the ceiling for so many weeks in a row. It's because of this package. You had the happiest girl alive? Happiest. I am an eager, eager gal to get this out of these crates. An eager Cinderella? Oh my gosh, I can't wait. Oh, my fear was it was gonna go this way off the side as well. In these two big crates behind me, what is your best guess at its contents? Oh, it's amazing. Incredible. It's so nice. Oh my gosh. Feel this. Wow. Do you love it? I don't trust. All right, watch this. Sanding our seams. 98%. That is incredible. I've had so many things powering today. Fridge, toilet, internet, server, how to shower. And I'm sure there's a billion other things that I don't even know. Phones, camera batteries, drill batteries. At 7.42 at night. When people said drywall was messy, I didn't really understand until right now. I have never been this happy to see rain before in my life. Bye bye snow. Good morning everyone. All of you were right. Morning. Morning. A lot of you mentioned this in the comments. It's true. Sanding is the hardest part of drywall. Not necessarily the actual action of sanding but because it's a very tedious and meticulous job and we still need to sand all the seams three more times and mud them. Truthfully, I don't know if I can do that anymore. The hardest part also is living in this construction zone. I don't know if you can see my eyes but it's a mass drywall. I guess this is why they say don't live in a construction zone. Better news, looking fabulous. We are running our coffee machine off our house. That sounds so silly. Oh, it does sound silly but everything right now is running off of the solar system. It's an amazing feeling. It just doesn't feel real. Every time I plug it in still, it feels great. Plug these into walls in a house. It's so cool. It sounds so silly. What you've been craving? For a while. I feel like toast, fresh toast is a sign of summer, baby. And sprouts. Yeah. It's your birthday week, right? You can eat from the table. Birthday week. So obviously we're still obsessed with checking our battery voltage. You always will be. I don't think it will ever end for me. I think it's so fascinating. And today on a cloudy day, our batteries are sitting at 85%. And that's with everything plugged in right now. We're not in the negative zone, which is a good thing. And that's why you go heavy on solar in Canada and you have a big battery bank just because you have a lot of days that are gray.  A lot of snow came and now a lot of rain's coming. And it's like heavy wet snow. We may have to go check the road because I have a feeling it's not looking so hot. Hey, y'all, the sun came out. Can't even see me. Ooh, I'm a ghost. Ray bands on your face. It's actually like bright from my eye, too. Now you can see us. Woo! Every time I walk by this crate, I'm just reminded what's sitting in our house and I cannot wait to do. But duty calls. Our winch broke. So here we are. Tighten it up. Oh, God. Good. Got some clearance for road because we were notified that there was a lot of trees down. I've only seen two. But there are a few that are definitely gonna be in the way, especially if we ever wanna get deliveries anytime soon. Like this one, that is just hanging just low enough over the road. Oh, it's gonna go. Aw, it's so fun. You look so cute doing it. You're actually getting really good. Such a good time. To the next tree. We junked it up and now let's clean. I'm in. You in? I think I love the smell of... No, gas, you're weird. Oh, I love the smell of chainsaw out here. Who loves the smell of gas? I need to know. Because apparently a lot of people do. Yeah, I'd be like 50-50. You think it's 50-50? Oh, yeah, or like 70. It's 50-50 like hard shells and soft shells for tacos. That is quite the debate. Oh, yeah. Oh, in the winter you should deal them all because I'm pulling them out of the blanket of snow. Oh, yeah, get off. Whoa. Good job, Jazz. Well, everyone, we have our trail back. It's looking mighty fine. Now we can finally come down here with the UTV and the ATV again and the bikes.  Wow, I need to get my stamina back. I thought living in a van in Mexico made me weak. Living in a cabin for eight months made me even weaker. In the winter. In the winter. Whoo. All right, start by carrying my saw out of here. You got it, queen. All of you have been telling us you need a fan in that bathroom. We know, we know, we know. We're just a little slow. And we had no power until last week. So now we have a fan. Bent. Again? Bent. Again, sorry? Stop it.  Please extend. No, they don't. Yeah, they do. Another positive for your birthday. Officially understand why you were all confused if we were putting a ceiling fan in here or not. We probably, I mean, we 100% should have mounted this box first. We're learning. This thing isn't a perfect square. Like, why? We are making our own template because it didn't come to one. And? And? Where's Mark? Where's Mark? S-M-R-T. I am smart. S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-A-R-T. Good job. Thanks. We are absolute rookie builders. Sometimes I wonder how we even made it here. We're trying to put a fan in an already finished roof. We've made it as far as putting a hole in the ceiling but I think we might just have to pull the whole plywood down or find another way around it. But in the meantime, tacos. I had an idea during lunch. There we go. It's coming. It's got to get out there now. There's boring people out there. I'm just kidding. I'm excited and I'm allowed to be. We finally got it in the ceiling and I'm so excited. Look at this. In the ceiling. And beautifully done. And now I get to be an electrician. Jasmine is currently wiring up the bathroom fan up here in the attic. Well, Adam stole my Marat. We don't know that, guys. You can't say that. I'm not allowed to say that but I'm pretty sure Adam stole my Marat right now. I'd say you stole them. You haven't even looked to our number yet. I don't know. Let's go look for Marat. Yay. Marat. Sorry, Adam. Marat. I'll let you go into the house as a dream compared to a van. You're spinning. Oh my gosh. What do you want to be? Crush that guy. Housers. Welcome to the attic, everyone. I'm sitting on top of the spare room and I cannot get off these two bikes. Oh, I'm going to go right through our drywall job. But I think this is going to be your job. I'm already getting a little frustrated. Yeah. What fun is this? Yay for once. We have enough pieces for a project. I even bought a spare. What we're doing now is mounting the exhaust band. So that way, all of that moisture from the shower and everything else will get sucked up through the fan, through the ducting, and out of the house. Through this. Bam. All right, let me know what's straight, please, because I'm not very good at that. Looks good. Giver. The second-loss connection. Beautiful. Last but not least. Just so you can all hear it. That is sick. That is a fan, everyone. A fan install. Fan install. Crushed. Crushed. 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