Welcome back to Exotic Wine Travel. I am your host, Matthew Harky. Hi, I'm Sherene Tan. Welcome back to the show. We have a fun episode today. We have a Brazilian wine and a Cypriot sweet wine today. Are you excited about this? Super exotic. So it's really cool. Our first Brazilian wine. Actually, our friend, Luis Felipe, brought this to us in Croatia. And it's so funny. He brought this wine. He is Brazilian-American. He brought it from Brazil to Chicago to here to meet up with us. It's a funny meeting internet people in the flesh, for real. A couple of years ago, I remember I was reviewing Mexican wines in Vevino. And he was mentioning, oh, I probably will never taste that. And then on the blue, he messages me and says, I'm going to Mexico next week. What do you recommend?  Well, you met him. I'm sorry, I couldn't make it that day. That's right. Let's taste this. So we have Guaspari Cera Vista da Cera. Now, what he told me and what I've found about this producer is it's actually a coffee producer. And the coffee producer wanted to start planting vines. I mean, it's high elevation. I think this is growing at 1,200 meters, aged 18 months in oak. We'll see how this goes. What do you think? Do you know when they planted the vines? I have no idea when they planted these vines. Let's check it, sorry about it. So we'll check it later. So, Brazilian wine, for you as you don't know, there is wine made in Brazil. It's in the south of the country. It usually at higher elevation because of, you know, of course, that Brazil can get quite tropical, but towards the south, towards the border of Argentina and Uruguay with elevation or further south, it's less tropical. From what I know, the wines are expensive. I think I've seen that this is a $45, $50 wine. So we're not playing around here. Let's give this a smell here. Lot of oak. All ends of oak. What do you think, right? It smells very right, but it's still true to Sera with like a little bit of blueberry, maybe a little bit of popo flour, maybe not violet, but orchid. It's so funny when these emerging countries, sometimes the oak can just be a little bit too much, but, because the fruit doesn't take it, but just the fruit takes it here. Yeah, I don't find it too much because I still get the fruit.  No, I think the fruit can take the oak. Let's give this a sip here. I do think this wine will open up and get better across the hour. 2014, you definitely get the Sera meaningness. The spice, it is nice, but there's a ton of oak laid down. What do you think about this one? Pellet is much nicer than, much more interesting than the nose. What do you think about it? Good and novel acidity. I find it's kind of heavy. I would say tired, but it's a little bit dull right now and it needs the oak to integrate further for it to become brighter and more vibrant again. I do think that it's a pretty good wine, but as of now, it's just so much of everything. Pretty nice wine. It does show a lot of oak. I'm not super high on this. I think it's nice. But also a lot of nuances. Yeah, there are nuances. It's not, you know what? It's hard to score this wine because there's a lot of oak, but it's just not sloppy. It's actually pretty well done. To me, I'm still a hard critic with Sera. I'm like a 3.8, 3.9-ish on this wine. What do you think? I'm going to reveal like 3.8 flas. I do see that you will get better about for now. Yeah. It's like an 87, 88 point type wine.  You want to grab a glass so that we can stop this? And I'll cut it out. Or I'll just entertain here. So it's shrimp. While shrimp grabs a glass, I'll just blab around a little bit. I guess this is one of the premier producers. I know nothing about Brazilian wine. I would like to go. It's so funny. I was talking to Luiz and I said, out of all the countries, one country I'm kind of freaked out about is Brazil. I don't know why. I've been to a lot of crazy places. Pakistan, the Middle East for some reason. I'm just a little bit worried to go. But I have to wash the glass with it. Okay. I think we can just pour over. I was worried about it. Let's get started. This is a wine we've actually been to. They sent us a sample. This is La Gria from Cyprus. This is the La Gria Sun Wine 2016 made from sun-dried mavro. So it's like a Cypriot-Vincento-type play. Cyprus is famous for comandaria, which is made of mavro and zinestady. This is sun-dried mavro. Something was wrong. You just looked at me funny. What's happening? Too hot. Well, it's 14-5 out of- No, no, no. The temperature. Oh. So sun-dried grapes, I don't believe it's age-no because I remember a lot of their wines, they just age in stainless steel in the bottle. When I get, you know, Cyprus, I was talking to one producer and they actually said, even though they make dry wines, they said, you know, if it were up to me, I think Cyprus should only produce sweet wines because of the sun and the power of the sun. Cyprus is an island. If you go west to Lebanon, it's there, south of Turkey, gives you an idea about how hot it is. They get a lot of hot air from Africa. We spent two weeks there. Actually, there are some lovely wines being made there. What do you think about this wine? Quite fun of it. I think it would be a lot better if it's served at a right temperature. Really velvety smooth with a very nice toffee and straight-up raisin flavor on the finish. I'm surprised by how balanced it is. Again, I don't have the tech sheet here, but I think that the acidity and the sugar balance is very good and that's why I appreciate about it. Not a ton, not a super long finish, but the finish is clean and fresh. It's nutty. Caramel. Got the dried apricots, some honey. Recently complex. Not super complex. What do you think about this? I just say everything that I want. In terms of quality. Because Commandaria can be fantastic, of course. We know that, right? Straight up, if I don't know anything about this wine at a tasting of sweet wine at a competition, I think this should get a silver, a 90-point wine because of the balance and the complexity it offers. I'm 4.0, 4.1, so to me, I'm by 89. So it'd be like an 89-point type score. I think it's very good considering the fact that Lagre, we like some of the wines, some of the wines we did not. I think this is pretty impressive. I have no idea what the price is. No idea what the price is. So I guess we'll have to seek it out. Anything you want to add on these two wines? Quite exotic showing, right? Well, guys, check that out. I will put some of the links in the description box. If you like this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel, Exotic Wine Travel. 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Okay, friends, welcome. So here is a question. This is again on kinematics and I think this texts the concept of displacement. So whenever displacement word comes, we will immediately recollect that displacement is nothing but shortest distance between the two points, right? So now in this case, what is given the initial and final position vectors of the point, all right? So if you try to visualize it, in the coordinate axis, what you'll get here as, let's say this is the first position vector, okay? And this is the second position vector, okay? So this position vector is the first one, this one and this position vector is the second one. So let's say this is R1 position vector and that is R2 position vector, okay? So we need to find the displacement of the particle. So particle is going from this point to that point, right? So displacement is what? Displacement vector is this, okay? So let's call this as A vector, all right? Now you can see that there's a triangle getting formed. So you can apply triangle law of addition and you can say that R1 vector plus A vector is equal to what? R2 vector, fine. So A vector will come out to be equal to R2 minus R1 vector, all right? So you can get the displacement vector as R2 is what? 9i plus 2j minus 8k. This is R2 minus R1, that is minus of 3i plus 2j plus 8k, right? So if you subtract these two vectors, you'll get the displacement vector A to be equal to 9 plus 3, that is 12icap, okay? Then your j vector will go off 2i minus, sorry, 2j minus 2j will become zero, right? And then minus 8k minus 8k will become minus of 16j, okay? So this is what you'll get this vector A, which is also that vector along the displacement, fine? So we can say that this is the displacement vector and hence option number C is correct over here, all right? Thank you.


Great, welcome to Jill asset news today is Sunday. My name is Rob and we got a lot of things to go over So you're probably here for the title and thumbnail which talks about why I paused all my crypto buying spree or my DCA until Friday We're on 6 36 45 a.m. And we're gonna talk about exactly why that is We're also gonna go take a quick look at Voyager and Luna 2.0 and then we're talking about the sweat coin wallets how they went from 0 to 1 million wallets in 11 days and then the very end will go into the Q&A. So first of all if you're here for the live stream Thanks so much on a Sunday. Look at you. So I want to say thanks so much for stopping by We're gonna go over all these things But first let's take a look at the little market recap and do this as as quickly and concise as we possibly can So first up, I will just say this though Everybody's a little bit perturbed that we're in a bear market I personally am pretty happy that where we are at because that is where I've made pretty much all my money And I will just say it's like this I know people think it sucks and it's awful and it can be but think of it like a Big workout regimen, you know, we've gotten kind of fat on these glory days of the bull market Nothing could go down. Everything was going up and we get like that.  So just something to keep in mind and Here's the market. So the market is a little bit of a bounce. We're up 1.2 percent I'm not going to congratulate anything because we're a long way from where we need to be and There's no big winners. No big losers. Well avalanche stuff 7% so good for avalanche, and that's what we got and there's one thing I want to Correct and that was yesterday. We took a look we're using the on-chain analysis crypto quads great website There's a link in the description and we took a look at the MV RV or the market value. It's a real value ratio and What we could see here all the other members two numbers 3.7 indicates a top a price top and one indicates a price bottom I'm gonna blow this up so you can actually see what the heck I'm talking about and when I was talking about yesterday. I talked about How around all around here when that coronavirus came about and we dip below 1.0 and that was pretty much the bottom you were getting Bitcoin at $5,300 then it went up over one over the the ratios of the over one everybody's happy And we pretty much maintain that for quite some time even down here, which looks like it's a low one But it's only 1.59 and now we're almost at one of the lowest points. We've been in the quite some time at 1.2 7 1.2 6 1.2 2 some around there and We were talking about how this could be like leading up to the bottom, but I want to Make sure everybody is is is Frightingly frighteningly aware of just how low we can go so even though we like on-chain analysis We love it. It's great. We can see it But sometimes people cherry pick the data and I can't do that So I got to show you the real deal, which is if we go back to November 2018 The ratio was 1.14 which was lower than of course where we are right now And that was during the bear bear bear market crypto winter You might call it and then I just want you to notice that it dipped below 1.0 in November 2018 and it stayed below 1.0 all the way And I think it actually bottomed out at six 0.69 Which is well below that 1.0 and that was December 2018 and it stayed below one all the way up until Around April so November to April people could have said okay. This is the bottom. Oh, no, this is the bottom Okay, maybe it's a little bit pump. Okay, that's the bottom. That's the bottom. Here's the thing Nobody knows nobody knows what the bottom is so when we take a look at this You look now all the analysis and everything else nobody has that I mean they have a pretty good Guestimation but nobody nobody knows so the thing is I've made all my money by Selling before the tops and buying before the absolute bottoms. That's just how it really goes time in the market It's more important than timing the market So I hope I made that crystal clear to everybody just want to make sure everybody knows exactly what's going on Which leads me to my next point or the story of the day This is why I'm pausing my crypto buys or DCang until Friday 645 that roughly around 636 45 Sentiment or the logic of DCang is you don't really care You just start throwing money in not throwing money in but you cautiously or this is what I'm doing I can't tell you what to do. I'm not a financial advisor But you just buy along the ways and of course everything kind of evens out and usually, you know at some point you'll get ahead as time rolls on and I have talked about this for since I've pretty much done my my channel That's where I've made all my money and it has worked out pretty well This is the one of the few times I'm going to pause And I'm gonna pause until Friday because of these two factors one No, we're talking about right here CPI numbers. I notice there's some people that don't think that the macro Economics of what's going on globally really affects the crypto market both people. I think I think you're crazy I think we have to take a look at the bigger picture and of course, this is what people are gonna be talking about all week long These CPI numbers. So what do you do with this? So the CPI just so everybody is on the same page Is a measure of the average change over time and the prices paid by consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services So you see like all items foods energy and then they get some food besides energy or items all items less food energy In April the consumer price index for consumers rose 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted That's a big thing and it rose 8.3 percent not seasonly adjusted. We want to make sure it's seasonally adjusted because You know for energy energy consumption goes up a little bit in the winter and kind of drops down and then people buy a lot around Christmas and maybe they lay off certain items and after that so seasonally adjusted is very important, but it still rose up and May 2022 CPI data are scheduled to be released on June 10th 2022 so That means June 10th 2022 at 8 30 a.m. So what are we looking at here? So 8 30 a.m. Is eastern time? I am mountain time. So around 6 30 a.m I'll be up waiting for these numbers to be released and if those numbers come out and it says that yes all the Fed hikes That they well, which wasn't that many the Fed rate hikes that have increased have not really affected inflation too much And the CPI numbers are elevated you can I Can't guarantee but it's a pretty good Estimation that you're gonna see a little bit of dip in the market You're gonna see a dip in the crypto market because we are correlated to Nasdaq and also S&P 500 and that happens I think that would be the time to actually buy now the reverse could happen. I don't see this happening But I mean I've been wrong before I'm not perfection We all know that so when these numbers come out Maybe it's the exact opposite. They're like, you know what the Fed what they were doing was was great And the rates actually have decreased and inflation is under control rah-rah, we're good to go and also miraculously The supply chain issue has also improved and And of course we have that I it's laughable But I mean the supply chain really does just have to improve the Fed even though the Fed actually increased the rates Doesn't mean that they can actually help the supply chain, which we could have all you know Goods to be transferred over here from China and there was a lockdown that just a release that's gonna take months to do So I think for right now, I think there's gonna be a dip. This is one of the few times I'm actually going to pause my DC angst I think there's some volatility on the horizon, but I will tell you that is just my play now I could be totally wrong and You know everything to take off the races and these five days. I didn't dollar-cost average into Bitcoin Ethereum Well, you know, I may take a five or six percent hit I'm okay with that because I think there might be a little bit more downside And there is that issue and also don't forget that the Fed reserve The Fed meetings comes out and of course after there the CPI numbers released They are going to have a meeting on June 14th and 15th to talk about if they're going to raise rates hint They probably will Especially the CPI numbers show that their inflation is not under control and you're gonna see more of a bump now Some people will say this is already priced in so it doesn't really matter. So really in my Mind what I see mattering is this the CPI numbers now Both could both could matter and you could see a double dip if if you see the CPI numbers say yes Inflation's there and then you also come over here and you see that the Fed goes You know what we're gonna raise rates not half a basis points Maybe a full point maybe three-quarters of a point then you're gonna see even more of a tumble So it's up to you to decide how you want to play that by ear Do you want to actually go in here and say I'm just gonna keep dollar-cost average That's up to you. It's not a I mean Slack in the grand scheme of things in 10 years. Who cares right? Do you think Bitcoin still gonna be 20,000 in 10 years? I don't happen to think it's gonna be at least triple digits trip six digits. Excuse me But only time will tell so this is just a very short-term play I hope that makes sense and I will answer all your questions in the Q&A afterwards But let me show you think about that in the comment section and let's move on to our next piece the Broke Ridge Voyager and Luna 2.0 So I don't like to talk about Luna too much I don't think any because people are sick of hearing about it, but it is a good reminder that This was a tweet that I put out May 29th. Oh just about a week ago or so and I saw that my Luna classic. I Was down I've lost over a little bit over 12,000 Nothing that's gonna crush me, you know, I still got two kidneys. I can sell at least one so I'm okay don't cry for me, I'll be alright and It's just one of the reminders that to take profits and in the past. I hadn't talked about that too much I talked about intermittently, but I will definitely be on everybody to remind them to take to take profits So Luna classic is in my voyage account and today or a couple days ago. I got this thing called Luna 2.0 and It's like we're six bucks and it was worth a whopping $600 From my $12,000. So I mean look it's something and I'm very thankful that that actually happened So I want to say thanks to the invest Voyager team for making that happen. There's also some some lock up Luna some Luna Tara Stable coin I think that's also locked up in there and just so everybody knows to be crystal clear on this one I sold this as fast as I can get my as fast as it was in my wallet I sold it as fast as I could get it. Here's the thing I know people will say that Luna is going to rebound and it's going to be awesome and things like that but For all the things that I've heard in the background These are projects to me and to you it could be totally different.  You can believe that I personally don't believe that's going to happen Because the community is heavily fragmented and I think in crypto and digital assets What really bribes things is the community the utility the team and the tokenomics and this one has to me has no trust So that I want to say again, thanks for Voyager But I sold that as fast as I possibly couldn't put it right into Bitcoin So there is that piece and then also to talk about Voyager is they just released their loyalty program so before if you had the Voyager account There was only three tiers and it was like I was like 500 Voyager tokens and then it was I want to say 10,000 tokens and then 20,000 tokens Which when it was, you know back in the day of like three two to three dollars that was quite a lot of money now It's under a buck So they've come out with loyal Voyager loyalty program 2.0 and it looks pretty good Just so you know So just to be at the very base level, it's just 100 Voyager tokens then 500 then 5000 and the other three are 10,000 Voyager tokens 25,000 tokens or 50,000 Voyager tokens And this is the information That they have and just to break it down because I'm not going to read that that thing like this Base tiers They've got a inclusive program rewards you with with Voyager So they're going to pay you on Voyager for setting up like direct posit Complete recurring buys swiping your debit card. I have mine myself I know people are waiting for it and also with a debit card you get 3% cash back So that's not too bad You also get in kind rewards based on bitcoin the higher the rates the more the the pump is the pump Let's see Crypto back on price improvements You get one one to 8x rewards on price improvements for every trade They're going to be burning more Let's see starting in June will burn 50,000 Voyager monthly from withdrawal fees until the fees is live And 3% cash back Oh, and then also Depending on which tier you're at So like just for the the first tier you get if you refer a friend you get 50 bucks And then 60 dollars for the second tier which is 500 tokens 75 for 5000 Uh 85 100 and 120 but that's a lot that's a thousand Voyager. It's 25 000 Voyager is a lot of token That's 25 grand. It's roughly So just let you know but as time goes on just like everything else and they're gonna work out pretty well If you would like to sign up Uh, there is a link in the description. It's called wall and exchange fees. It'll take you to this spreadsheet And you can get that Actually, I think it's give you 25 dollars for for bitcoin. If you can't stand affiliate links, that's fine. Just go right to Voyager Voyager explorer.com or something. I think that's what it is. Let's see Ah, just use the affiliate link. It's much easier anyhow. So that's what we have for Voyager Looks like they're doing the right things Let me know what you think about that in the comment section. Let's finish this up with sweat coin And one million wallets. So I've been talking with this like all the time I hate to tell you but uh, if you've been on the show, you know, I talk about this all the time. So Again, this is this is a free app. It just tracks steps And it's just you get these things called sweat coins. They don't do anything for you right now You can use you can use them like like reward points to get like, you know, things that they sell in their In their shopping cart, but in q3 every sweat coin that you earn will be transferred over into sweat tokens The cryptocurrency type, but just so you know, they're not going to initially do that with the americans because Americans, uh, they don't like the whole regulatory issue. So they're going to leave that out until perhaps later But the rest of the world you're fine Uh, and just so you know if you want to go against me download the app Here's my steps. It tracks them in the background. No big deal And uh, if you're one of three people to beat me, which you won't but if you do Uh, you can either come on the show. We'll chat up whatever you want to talk about Or you can get a portfolio review or I'll send you 50 sweat tokens, whichever one you want So that's what's going on And uh, also the reason why i'm talking about this all the time all the time Is stuff like this so I've got the light paper and i'm going to do a A deep dive into it on my second channel Dan d gen which is the more risky channel. This is the basic channel But just so you know uh It took them 11 days To create 1 million crypto wallets It took axi infinity 69 days It took steppin roughly 150 Solana 270 in the near protocol 350 almost a full year. So if that's any indication Of first of all what I like to call will it make the cut? How big is the community? What's the utility? What's the team done before and what's the tokenomics and those things I think are pretty darn big. I think it's going to be the best token generation event Uh of all time So that is what we got for today and uh, that is it.  So look, thanks so much for stopping by I do appreciate it We're going to do the q&a if you got to go it's sunday spend time with the family get outside It's a beautiful day wherever you're at. I mean it's beautiful here. I know where you're at But uh, if you want to stick around we're going to the q&a right now And I'll answer all your burning questions to the best of my abilities and that's it So thanks so much for stopping. I do appreciate it and then I'll see you on the next one now Let's get to a little q&a


Have a look at these two images. Can you tell which bulb which light source is brighter or are they of the same brightness? Take around five seconds and and think of which which bulb you think is glowing brighter. Alright, well if you're like me when I first saw these images, I thought the left one, the left one is glowing brighter, right? But turns out both of them are of the same brightness. Both of them are glowing with the same brightness. Now, how could that be? Why do we perceive the first light source to be glowing brighter than the second light source? Turns out the key is in the amount of light present in the environment. The same light source appears brighter to us in the dimly lit environment. That is the first image. The room is dimly lit. There is not enough daylight coming in. But in a room with abundant of daylight coming in, that is the second image, the light source does not seem that bright, right? It seems a little dim. How could that be really? Does that mean that we cannot trust our eyes? Well, turns out, yes, you cannot really trust your senses. Our eyes are adapted to the lighting conditions in each room. And so our perception of the brightness of the light source is relative to the surrounding environment. So the surrounding environment in the first case is dimly lit. So it seems to us that the light source is glowing brighter and the lighting conditions in the second the second image The room is very well lit. There is a lot of daylight coming in. So it seems to us that the light source is not glowing as bright as in the first image. The light source in the second image is a little dim. But in reality, both of them are glowing with the same brightness. So we can't entirely trust our eyes. Let's let's take one more example. Here I have three glasses of water. The glass on the left. This one has cold water. You can see some ice cubes. The glass on the right. This one has warm water and the glass in the middle. This one has room temperature or normal water. Now what I'll do is I will put the index finger of my left hand in the cold water that is on the left and the index finger of the right hand in the warm water on the right. And I will place my fingers in those glasses of water for around two minutes. Then I will place both of these fingers, left hand and right hand in the glass of water in the middle like this. Now what I sense is what I perceive is that my left hand, the index finger of my left hand is telling me that the water in the middle is warm. And the index finger of the right hand is telling me that the water in the middle is cold. So this experience of heat that is hot tense or cold tense of an object through the sense in this case a sense of touch is not completely reliable, right? Let's compare this with the images that we saw in the beginning. The blue dot at the top shows cold hand and the red dot at the top shows hot hand. Okay, so if you look at this image, the room was very dimly lit. So the light source appeared brighter to us just like the left hand is very cold. So the water in the middle up, it seems warmer to us. And if you look at this image, the room was very well lit. There's a lot of daylight coming in. So the light source appeared dimmer to us just like when our hand was hot, the water in the middle seems colder to us. So turns out we cannot even completely rely on a sense of touch. Then how can we ever measure anything? How can we ever know if an object is hot or cold? Is there a way to do that? Think about what do you do when you get a fever? I'm sure all of us have used a thermometer, right? A thermometer that might look like this. And we use it to measure if our body temperature has gotten a little high. So the exact measure of coldness or hotness of an object is expressed by a physical quantity which is called temperature. And to measure this temperature, a thermometer is used. So this is a clinical thermometer that we can use in our homes. Now we can see the markings on this thermometer. It goes from 35 to around 42. We can see those markings. And the unit of these markings is degree Celsius. So the numbers that you see that will be 35 degree Celsius, 36 degree Celsius, 37 degree Celsius. Our body temperature is 37 degree Celsius. But this clinical thermometer does not cover a wide range, right? It only starts from 35 goes to 42. And for laboratory purposes, you need something like a laboratory thermometer, which has a very wide scale, very wide range. So a laboratory thermometer, it starts from zero degree Celsius. I hope you can see the marking. It starts from zero and goes still 100 or 110 degrees Celsius. Yeah, now it's visible. So it starts from zero and goes still 100. Okay, now we will measure the temperature of the water in these three glasses. And for that, we will use something like this. This is a digital thermometer where you can get the reading digitally. You will actually just see the exact reading digitally. You will be able to tell how hot or cold an object is. So to start with, let's measure the temperature of the water in the first glass, which is a cold water. So it will take some time to arrive at a reading. And when it stops changing, that should be the temperature of the water in that glass. So it's around 15.5 degrees Celsius. Okay, now let's put the thermometer in the warm water. Okay, so it's around 44.3 degrees Celsius. Now let's measure the temperature of the normal water that was kept in between. So this comes to be around 31 degrees Celsius. So in this activity, we saw that in order to exactly measure the coldness or hotness of an object, which is called a temperature, you need an instrument like a thermometer. You cannot rely completely on your senses.


Watches have become more than a simple accessory. Today they serve as a fashion statement, a fitness tracker and much more. In today's video, we're going to be discussing the top 11 watch products for dropshipping in 2022. So don't go anywhere. Quick intro and let's go. Since watches have multi-purposes now, there's a rising demand for them in the e-commerce field, which you should definitely be taken advantage of. According to Grandview Research, the global watch market is expected to grow from $50.1 billion in 2018 to $117.8 billion in 2025. So it's safe to say that dropshipping watches is definitely worthwhile the investment as it's projected to offer a higher return on investments. Now we're just left with one question. What are the reasons for such a high market growth? Notably big brands like Apple and Samsung have been driving watch innovation and further promoting them in the market. Regarding e-commerce, dropshipping watches reflect approximately 25% of all e-commerce sales. In addition to that, the middle-class population incomes are on the rise, which means more and more consumers are able to afford and purchase such products. It can be a very competitive market to enter, but that's why we here to help and offer you advice on what are the best watch products to dropship in your store. Before I jump straight into these watch products, keep in mind that for each mentioned niche, there are different types of watches. So without further ado, let's dive deeper into the explanation of each niche. So our first niche is smart watches. Smart watches are wearable devices that have been gaining increasing popularity over the past few years. According to Statista, smart watch shipments are expected to increase from 37 million units in 2016 to 253 million unit sales by 2025. In the overall growth of the watch market, smart watches are amongst the top driving factors of the market share. And here's the thing, the smart watch market isn't growing solely due to them being a trend. Here are the top features that motivate consumers to purchase these smart watches. These top features include GPS, health monitoring, fitness tracking, instinct with your smartphone, touchscreen display. These are all features that improve the overall customer experience.  Our next niche is fitness watches. So fitness watches, much like smart watches, are gaining more and more popularity. A fitness watch is a wearable device that consists of a fitness tracker, which is used to monitor and track fitness related metrics. These fitness related metrics consist of calories, steps, sleep measurements, and general activity done through archer day. So what are the key features of fitness watches? Pulse tracking, measuring running time, tracking steps and distance, health monitoring. The only downside to fitness watches in comparison to smart watches is that it lacks other features such as syncing with your phone, calls, or messages. However, they still remain a big hit with fitness and health conscious consumers. Our third niche are the sports watches. So a sports watch is a rugged and waterproof wearable watch that is offered with digital and analog displays. Sport watches are highly popular and recommended amongst the athletic community. So generally a sports watch combines the functions of an alarm, stopwatch, and wristwatch all in one technological wearable. Some of the best sports watch features include integrated chronometer, strong and rugged material, water resistance, and shock resistance. Although sports watches aren't as enhanced as fitness or smart watches, they greatly benefit those athletes who need just a few simple features to complete their training experience. Our next niche are the luxury watches. Luxury watches are high-ticket items with a higher profit margin. In this case, since we're profiting in percentages, the higher our price, the higher our profits. While some consumers may pay for the brand name, others pay for the quality and artistry that comes with a luxurious watch. Some of the most sought-after features of luxury watches are automatic movements, a synthetic sapphire crystal that is scratch resistant, chronometer rating, and stainless steel. Our next niche are fashion watches. Fashion watches are inherently designed for the sole purpose of being fashionable. These watches start to obtain visual appeal rather than the generic functionalities of a watch. They're timeless pieces that reflect current trends and individual taste. The three most common features of fashion watches are minimalistic, trendy, and aesthetically pleasing. With that being said, consumers choose fashion watches for multiple reasons. However, the main attribute of these products is its visual appearance. We all have our own style and it's a great way to express who we really are through fashion watches. So, up next, we have skeleton watches. So, skeleton watches are very similar to luxury watches. The only differentiating factor is that skeleton watches have a unique look. A skeleton watch shows you the inner mechanisms of the watch commonly referred to as the bare-bone watches. Down to the last and tiniest bit of detail are what makes these skeleton watches highly desirable amongst consumers. As such, the prominent features of these watches include visible mechanical movement display, it's a conversation starter for like-minded watch enthusiasts, and it simply just looks and feels luxurious. The niche coming in at number seven are wooden watches. At first glance, wooden watches seem strange and very different from the standard watches that we're used to seeing. However, this is precisely what consumers love about these watches. It sets them apart from the crowd. Not only that, the use of timber to create the wooden watch is both environmentally friendly and practical. This results in a unique timepiece that is highly desired amongst a large group of watch lovers. The three top selling points of wooden watches are lightweight, sustainable and hypoallergenic. Up next, we have ultrathin watches. Ultrathin watches have become much more trendy as of late due to their sleek and minimalistic look. These watches are often below 9 millimeters in thickness, giving you a completely different feel than the classic bulkier watches that you find on the markets. The key features of ultrathin watches include being lightweight, comfortable and versatile. They're timeless and classic products that will definitely grasp the attention of any watch lover. Up next, we have pocket watches. So pocket watches are truly a timeless piece. They have become an excellent way to make a statement and show off our unique personalities. Even though they're often hidden in our pockets, these watches continue to be desirable amongst consumers for their vintage effects.  Therefore, us dropshippers should definitely take advantage of this opportunity. The most popular ones include open face, hunter case and full hunter. Styles are continuously changing, but the pocket watch is here to stay. The niche coming in at number 10 is iStarth watches. iStarth watches are the perfect way to stand out and to get noticed. I mean, is it not obvious? These watches are characterized by shining diamonds that are embedded into the watch. As a matter of fact, these watches make great gifts, only for those who deserve it, and add that perfect extra touch to our outfits. iStarth watches are known for diamonds or other precious stones, giving a luxurious look or being flashy. Although we won't be able to sell big brand names, we can still earn a higher percentage when dropshipping iStarth watches. Finally, the last niche is custom watches. Custom watches are watches that are customized for each buyer on our websites. Using pod services, print on demand, we can create our own watch designs and sell them. This gives it the personalized aspects that more and more consumers are growing to be more interested in. Print on demand is a process where dropshippers work with white label product suppliers to customize products on a per order sale basis and makes it much easier for dropshippers to make their customers feel special with their customized watches. Now that we know the best watch dropshipping products to sell, let's see which suppliers are the best ones to use in order to get these watches from. Before I start listing these suppliers, here are some key things that you should keep in mind when choosing a watch dropshipping supplier. First, the warehouse location is important. For example, if we're dropshipping to the US markets, we want to look for a reliable US supplier who is able to process fast domestic shipping, as we don't want our customers waiting for weeks on end for them to receive their watch. Secondly, we have to ensure that the supplier has positive customer reviews. This will allow us to assess whether the quality of these products are up to proper standards. The last few essential factors include shipping speed and costs, quality of customer service, communication speed and efficiency, return and refunds policy, as well as payment options. Now that we know what to look out for, let's see which suppliers made the top 10 list. Number one is, of course, Aliexpress. The main benefits of having Aliexpress as our dropshipping watch supplier includes low competition, worldwide shipping and low prices. With hundreds of watch types out there, we're not limited to which watch products we'd like to sell in our e-commerce stores. The best part is that the products are low cost and we're able to reach our customers on a global scale, making Aliexpress a great dropshipping supplier. Second on our list is CJ Dropshipping, which is a China-based dropshipping supplier. These are the top reasons why CJ Dropshipping should be your next supplier. Global warehouses, a wide range of watch products to choose from, no minimum order quantity with wholesale prices, quality inspection on any product. CJ Dropshipping makes for a great option as they have over 10 worldwide warehouses, making their service faster and safer and overall providing better product shipments for our customers' orders. Up next is Banggood, which is another China dropshipping supplier who offers over 250,000 products to choose from. Their top benefits include worldwide warehouses, low cost products, dropshipping friendly suppliers, exclusive discounts for dropshippers. By choosing Banggood as our dropshipping supplier, we gain competitive advantage. Our next supplier is Etsy. Now Etsy is an online marketplace that offers a vast selection of handmade and crafted products. This supplier strives for uniqueness and it could be a great option if you're wanting to sell vintage or custom made watches. So let's have a look and see what makes Etsy a good dropshipping supplier. Niche markets, supportive community, high profit margins and multiple shipping options. If your sales strategy is to focus on a specific niche market, Etsy is definitely your go-to dropshipping supplier. We can stand out amongst the competition with our unique watch product selection. Not only that, most of our products are custom made so we can optimize our profits by showcasing the rarity of these watches. Our next supplier coming in at number five is Overstuck. Overstuck is an American online retail marketplace offering a diverse selection in the jewelry and watches category. So Overstuck maintains the uniqueness through different perks and here are some of the benefits we can look forward to when working with them. Optimal customer support, competitive pricing, fast delivery, price matching and club zero program. So Overstuck's club zero program is related to a unique loyalty program but you can read up all about this via the article link in the description of this video. So Alibaba is an affiliate of the Alibaba group which is one of the largest dropshipping suppliers and here are the top reasons to work with Alibaba as your dropshipping watch supplier. High profit margins, custom labels, easy shipping options, hundreds of sellers and manufacturers and reliable customer support. Up next on our top supplier list is Wish. Wish is a fast growing mobile online marketplace that is specifically prominent in the US and here are some of your main advantages of working with Wish as your watch dropshipping supplier. Mobile commerce, over 300 million customers, niche markets and low prices. So Wish could be your dream watch dropshipping supplier if your sales strategy optimizes mobile commerce. Coming in at number eight is Amazon. As we all know, Amazon is the world's largest online retailer and a highly renowned dropshipping supplier and here are the top reasons why you should choose Amazon as your watch dropshipping supplier. Global warehouses, quick shipping time and excellent customer service. Overall, if you're looking for a secure and reliable supplier, Amazon is definitely the way to go. Coming in at number nine is Walmart. So Walmart is also one of the largest dropshipping suppliers out there and best known for their discounts, great prices and overall deals throughout the year. Let's have a look at what are the top benefits when working with Walmart as a supplier, free next day delivery, a large scale of products, price match policy and great customer support. The last supplier on our list is Target. Target is not only one of the largest retailers in the US but they also manage 45 private labels. These are some of the advantages you can expect when working with Target as your watch dropshipping supplier. Excellent customer support, quality products, fast and reliable shipping, free and easy returns. It's always best and recommended to work with multiple suppliers and stores demutaneously. With that being said, it can be hard to manage on your own, which is why it's best to automate your dropshipping processes. With AutoDS, you're able to run your dropshipping business smoothly and stress free. We can completely automate your dropshipping business by using the supplies I've mentioned to dropship watches. We specialize in the following, quick product importing, price optimization, price and stock monitoring, automatic orders for supported suppliers and so much more. So don't forget to head to our websites and check out our resources, our integrations, the supplies that we work with, as well as all of the features that we offer. Congratulations, you have finally reached the end of this video. I hope this video was informative and if you did find it insightful, please leave a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel if you'd like to keep up to date with the latest dropshipping content. Thank you for tuning in Dropshippers and I'll see you next time. In the meantime, happy sales!


Hello. Hello. Nice to meet you. Hello. You're welcome. First, I would like to start by thanking everyone who has ever prayed for me. I appreciate it so much. And I needed it then, and I still need it now, so please don't stop. Thank you to everyone who has ever talked to me as well. I may not have taken beat to your encouragement since, but praise God, they have not been in vain. I still remember those conversations and share something even now. So, before Christ, I had absolutely no sense of the danger I was in every second, every day of my life. I was living like a two. I didn't see the light of my sins. At school, I fell into the same things I obviously knew I shouldn't, because as soon as I got home, I turned it off. My friends and I had no respect for Christ. And as I've been attending this church all the time, even knowing the Bible was true, I never had to leave that example for not doing any of those things. Of course, I had a conscience that told me that what I heard every Sunday was true, but still I suppressed it, justifying my sin. Every week, I come to church with my parents and listen at least enough to take notes. Looking back, I believe that was really only one of the reasons that I'd be excited for church, was just to take those notes, like I was in school. Not a genuine interest. Another reason is one of the most common ones, my friends. Church was a place where I knew I could socialize with people I didn't see on a regular basis. This became even more real in my seventh grade year when I started coming to school. I looked forward to being around people my age at least one day out of the week. And during this time, my mouth may have stopped, but my disobedience certainly didn't. I would constantly try to do what I wanted to do, and it didn't matter if I got in trouble for it multiple times. I was completely leaving for myself and my own sinful desires, sinful and selfish desires. I was my own god. But eventually, my parents allowed me to go on social media. Oh, sorry. Now, I wish I would have obeyed my parents because the things they tried to keep me from doing are the things I at times wish I never got on in the first place, namely social media. But eventually, my parents allowed me to go on social media. And on July 26th, 2019, I was going on TikTok and came across this video by Elijah Lance. I don't know what it was specifically about, but I saw that he was live streaming that night and something drove me to join. I was shocked to hear someone my age reach the gospel to over 100 people telling us of the state we were in before that, how serious sin is, bring up its eternal consequence of health, and call each one of us to repent of the great and Christ. All things I had heard before, but that night, God gave me understanding and I truly felt the weight of my sin heavily upon me, realizing how weak and foolish I was. I was a sinner and dire need of a savior. Lord opened my eyes to cry out to him for a new heart that loved and obeyed him. I repented and no longer wanted to live my life in sin with enmity against him, keeping more judgment upon myself second by second.  After that night, I was on fire for God, wanted to soak in everything I've put from His word, amazed at how amazing He is and how rich His word is. But in December, I got terribly discouraged and fell off. I continued to fall off, I read less and less, I prayed less and less, I cared less and less. I'd fallen into a constant state of emptiness and hopelessness that lasted for a while. I didn't read for myself or try to read myself out of that pit as I felt deeper and degraded to it, and later I realized that I couldn't do that myself either. And the deeper I fell, the more discouraged I got because I told myself I wasn't saved and I thought if I hadn't been saved back in July, how could I ever? In my mind, my life was meaningless if I wasn't serving God, but still I lived like that for around five to six months. Until July 13th, on my way home from the beach, sitting in a passenger seat, getting pizza, I was convicted and told myself I wasn't going to continue in this state. It was foolish, I wasn't happy where I was during this month, yet I still did nothing to get out of it. In my sin, I enrolled to my sadness and disobedience during that time. But that day on, I began reading and praying again. I cried out to God to help me, to forgive me, and since then I've grown more and more all thanks to God for calling me out of that time. I've learned that my salvation is not based on my works, but only on Jesus' finished work on the cross. This past fall, I struggled with assurance because I was afraid to go back to how I was, and every time I wasn't reading my Bible any day on a fire for God, I would question it. But the difference is this time I didn't let that discourage me, I let that drive me to trust in Jesus more, to cling to Him and what He has done. Obedience became greater than the feeling of being on fire for God, and from obedience came my joy. It's when I'm serving Christ in a bank, Him that I feel the best and most fulfilled, and I can't help but thank God for that, because it is from Him. One of my greatest encouragements came from Romans 3 and 11, in the second part where it says, No one's extra God. I knew that God had to have been working with one heart in order for me to speak to Him as I was, and I wasn't all that God would choose me of all people. There is nothing good about me, and I rejected Him all this time, but still He loved me and died for me while I was yet still a sinner. Not because of anything I did, but according to His desire, and knowing that this God who is working in me, Philippians 1-6, which says, And I am sure of this, that He who began to be working with you will bring it to completion on the day of Jesus Christ, who is also a great encourage to me. All of this still raises me with how gracious His God to us, that we are here under the teaching of this work and here in the gospel. As they remember, someone used to ask me and ask, and talk to me and ask me, What's holding you back? I never had a good answer, and there are none. The time that's earned a price is now. Not later once you graduate high school or college. I used to say that, and I probably would have kept pushing that day back until I died, and it was too late. Nothing else matters in this world if you don't know Christ, and nothing is better than knowing Him. We are all called there, can and believe in Jesus Christ, serving Him as Lord, and loving Him as Savior, no matter how young or old. His arms are open, and His grace is about Him. Going through that time in early 2020, made me grow closer to God and looking back on it and think before it. It taught me that Christ will hold me fast, and by His strength, I know I will cling to Him with all that I have. Even though I know I'll never do it perfectly, or to the grief it deserves, I desire to live my life to serve, well, praise, and glorify Him. Amen. I also love the testimony of friends coming to serve the Lord together too. The Lord saving friends together in that way. So, awesome to hear your testimony. Yes. I'm really grateful for that. I'm sure you're encouraged by Roy else's testimony also. So, based upon Roy else's profession of faith in Jesus Christ, putting your faith in Christ alone to save her, not in any of her own works, repenting of her sin, praying to Christ to follow Him by faith, and serving the Lord here as a member of poor or so Baptist church. It's our joy to baptize Roy out, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, buried with Christ in baptism, and raised to walk.


Like they always say, if you empower the woman, you've empowered the world. Not only empowerment in the aspect of giving us money to cook at home or staying in the house to tidy the house, but these days women need to be inspired and empowered to go into the world and conquer the world. You find that in the world, like the other speaker said, whatever you give to a woman, trust me, they tend to multiply it. So in equity, in empowerment, in financials, women need to be empowered and be given the opportunity to give what they have to the world. All right, Mrs. Ulubame, how can the goal of gender equality be achieved? Can you just give us some instances how this goal can easily be achieved, the goal of gender equality? When you talk about gender equality, you're talking of giving the women the opportunity to serve, to serve in an organization, to serve in the community, to serve in government. If we look at the percentage of women in government, yeah, it has increased, but sincerely speaking, we cannot measure it. And like I always say to people when we have such conversation, it's not a world of women trying to compete with the men, but it's a question of women demanding for our right of being in the right place where we belong to. Gender equality does not mean that we want to be placed side by side with the men, but like they say, what a man can do, a woman can do it. And you find that in the world, in the business world, women tend to achieve much better than men because we are much more focused and we look at this critically and we look at things holistically in such a way that by the time we place our judgment, we don't add sentiment to it, which for men, they will look at it from, okay, I don't want all the women, I don't want to do this, but women, we are always at the right place, at the right time, looking at it in the right perspective to life. So having a gender equality means that we should be given the same opportunity, like we've seen it in the world now, I mean, most especially in Nigeria, women are coming out now to vote for governor, to vote for senators and to go for the presidential. So I look forward to seeing one day a woman being the president of Nigeria, like in Rotary, as you are aware, we've had women taking the control of Rotary, the president of Rotary, the president governor of Rotary District 9-1-1 is a woman in person of Rotary and Ifi, and I mean, this is a good opportunity and if you look at the yardstick, she's done so very well. Okay, we also hear your strides in Baghdad though. So how can we increase the number of women in leadership positions in Nigeria? Given that in Rotary also, there are lots of women that are in leadership positions. So and also given also that the number of women in Nigeria, we are very high. So how can we increase the number of women in leadership positions in Nigeria? What advice can you give? Well, the honest is on you, it's on me. We need to take the mantle. We need to take the leadership by ourselves. The gender inequality, the gender bias needs to be faced by the women. If I don't come out to say, okay, I want to verge to be the president of Rotary Club of Baghdad, yet I could be invited, but if I don't have the will to do it, I might not do it. So for us to be given the opportunity, it has to start from a girl child. You need to train the girl child. You need to give the girl child the bonus to tell the girl child that it is your right to be a leader. You can do it. Make the girl child know that whatever the guy can do, you too can do it. Don't put your place in the kitchen. Don't put your place in the home. If a man or a guy can be a doctor, then you can be better by being a specialist in that field. So what we need to do is, one, encourage our children, the girl child to know that it is their right to take the leadership route. One, two, give ourselves the opportunity. We can form a community like we do have, and we need to push women forward, encourage ourselves, contribute money. If a woman is voting for Senate, have we been able to support that woman? Do women support women in achieving things? Those are the things we need to do. In Rotary, for example, apart from being a Rotarian, Rotary is gender in bias, but we see women in Rotary in such that if a woman is trying to do something in Rotary, we come together to support and make sure that the woman achieve it much more better than the other sex which is event. So we must encourage ourselves. We must stand by ourselves. We must not stand behind, but we should stand beside ourselves and make sure that we see it through that the woman achieve. All right. So recently, some women in position where I don't know, some people say they were witch-hunted. I don't know how you want to describe it. So do you think women are championing themselves for the opportunities that they have for the opportunities in leadership? So what more can women do to support each other? Well, I don't usually believe anybody can witch-hunt you or I can't be a witch-hunt.  And like I always say to people, you should always learn to see cup half full, not half empty. It is when I say that I look at it from the negative perspective that I feel that you are witch-hunting me. Now, if you now have the perception of being witch-hunted, what do you do? How do we come together to achieve the fact that, okay, this sector of people, it might not be the opposite gender. It might not be a gender. Women do witch-hunt women too. Let's get it clear. So if this is happening, how do you handle it? There are different ways to handle such. You can approach that person. It could be a perception. Madam, I understand that for every proposal I give to you, you truncate it, you don't look at it, you give me a negative perception to it. What is your view? That is engagement. You can engage whatsoever you think or with the sector that you feel is. You can also review the critics. If somebody criticizes you that what you are doing is not wrong, you need to sit back and check. Am I doing it right? Is the person really witch-hunting me or criticizing me negatively? Or is it that I'm doing it the wrong way? So by the time you review it, you review yourself. You become up with a holistic position to really know if it is right or wrong.  You can also get the women community, the cooperative society, the women society to join you and feel like, okay, I am being witch-hunted. I feel I am weak in this perspective and I need you to come and join me so that we can achieve this goal. And you find out that if you come together, I mean, they say one can run a mile and a thousand can run 100 miles. So by the time we come together and we look at it and we see the weakness and the strength in what we are doing or we have done, you'll note that we can forge ahead and achieve much more better in unity. All right. Now you've said it all. You've said some very basic points. So what is rotary doing to promote the course of gender equality? Okay. Thank you. In rotary, I must tell you, we call ourselves Rotarian. That is to diffuse the issue of men, women or something. So either a man or a woman, you are a Rotarian. So that brings in equality. And we recently started conversing on equality, equity, diversity in rotary. And this makes us not only in the aspect of gender, but even in aspect of age, not old, not new.  So in rotary, we don't really have the gender issue. A woman can be the president, a woman can be the secretary, a woman can be the treasurer, whereas we can have a man. We don't have OUI chief or you are a pope. We are all Rotarian. So we try as much as possible to balance it. Rotary is non-governmental, non-profit making and non-gender bias or non-gender related organization wherein we preach equality, we preach diversity, and we preach equity. All right. So as the world celebrates International Women's Day, we just spoke to a leader in the rotary club, Magada, Mrs. Olu Bumi Ogunsade. Thank you so much for joining us and have a good evening. Thank you, Destiny, and I wish all the women in the world, please go ahead and cook high in the next one yet. Happy Women's Day. Thank you so much.


Okay, we're down in the basement and we're actually in one of the little rooms in the back and we can see the wall up here has no insulation on it, so there's a lot of different options for there. I think some kind of a styrofoam insulation would be good. The fiberglass insulation, like you see up in the rim joist here, that's all done but that can cause some problems with moisture. If you're in a wet environment, you want to be real careful with that stuff, so the fiberglass will work but just make sure that it's a dry environment. The other thing, this little room here also is connected to the bathroom and there's a big gap in there which is going to allow moisture from the bathroom to get into this area and it's probably since it's isolated from the heating system it's going to be colder in this area and it's going to cause condensation, so that's not a good thing either, that should be sealed up. Since insulating basements is such a big area for heat loss, we wanted to come outside on a different house and point out a few things about insulating basements that you might be noticing. On this house you can see where they've actually taken a half inch of rigid insulation and covered up the concrete foundation to try to keep some of that heat inside the house. Basements are a huge area for heat loss because concrete walls are extremely inefficient at keeping heat in. They have the same R value, the same insulation value as a single pane window where this is a double pane, this window has more insulation value than a bare concrete wall. What they've done here is they've covered it with concrete type of material so you can't see the rigid insulation and it doesn't break down but over time you can see where this insulation has settled because they only have it right below the surface of the ground. So it's settled down, this is an obvious area for heat loss here and then if we step back a bit you can see where this entire piece has been lost and it's no longer there. So this concrete wall here, we can see plain as day with our infrared camera where this heat loss is going right through this wall here so it's absolutely vital to insulate basements properly. We're down inside the basement now of this house and we're going to talk about some of the things that you need to concentrate on and you need to focus on when it comes to looking at insulating basement walls and some issues that are involved with that. The big thing is moisture, health and safety because that moisture can really affect your health and safety. We certainly want to be concerned with the energy aspects of these basement walls but health and safety always comes first. But the thing to remember is that concrete is a terrible insulator that heat can pass right through this and right out through your house and if it's not insulated it's going to cost you a lot of money. A couple of different things to think about though, as we can see where this homeowner has taken some expanding spray foam insulation, obviously they had some cracks in the foundation here so they tried to fill those up to try to keep some of that heat in there but this basement here, this portion of the basement is not even insulated so that heat is going to be going right through the actual solid concrete and these cracks are going to be a little, you know, a big issue because it's passing air through. The other thing is the type of insulation, if you're looking to insulate this, you need to think about that.  Fiberglass is a good insulator but it's a terrible air barrier so that air can pass right through this fiberglass insulation. It does have the craft taper on it a little slow it down a bit but if you don't seal those gaps around it, it's going to pass right through, bring with it the heat and this insulation is in essence useless. The other thing to remember is with this fiberglass insulation that air passes through, it can take moisture with it and that moisture can collect and we can create mold and mildew issues inside of the insulation and then if I cover it up, if I finish this basement up, that's creating even more problems because if I see these cracks here, I know moisture is leaking through these cracks and I can see that in some spots and if that's covered up with drywall and framed out foundation, I can't see those problems going on behind there. The idea is I want to make sure that any wood, any framing members that come in contact with the foundation wall are treated wood. The other thing is if it's something that is mold or mildew resistant, kind of like this rigid insulation. I can put my rigid insulation right against the wall and then I can fur out my framing. I take my 2x4s for whatever it is that I'm going to frame out from and put it up against that so I don't have the problems of molding this mildew growing against that. That's a tough one to say.


Hi, this is Kristin Brooks reporting live from the Green Carpet at the 2018 Stevenson Gala here with Lauren Weaver, senior, beach volleyball, indoor women's volleyball. Nice to have you here, you look beautiful. Thank you for having me, you look lovely. Thanks, Lauren.  It really was a great season. It was the first time that we hosted regionals of Ensign Boys, which was really exciting. So tell us a little bit about how that meant to you for your senior year. Well, I feel like our team was as strong as it possibly could have been for my last year at Stevenson. And having that effort behind us made us feel unstoppable, especially for my senior year. I couldn't have been more thankful for having those girls on my team. Absolutely. And how would you describe the culture or passion and your team, the relationship that all of you guys have together? I would definitely say it's a very family-oriented dynamic. We're always there to listen to each other and talk to each other and always express our feelings, it seems. But at the end of the day, it's always, always supportive. And we always have the same goal of winning and doing our best. That's great. And you seem really involved in the Stevenson Athletic community. I know you're giving an opening address tonight, which is really exciting. We can't wait to hear it. So what is your time at Stevenson?  How much does it mean to you to be a Stevenson athlete? Honestly, I wasn't athletic growing up. So being a collegiate athlete has been incredible. I feel like I've grown as a person. Every single year of college, I've grown a little bit more. And I've learned more about my teammates. And while doing so, I've learned more about observing other people that I get to talk to. So overall, solid experience. Absolutely.  Is there anyone that you want to give a shout out to or to really think that has significantly impacted your time at Stevenson? Definitely both of my parents. I would not be playing a sport at all without them and the fact that they have put so much time into getting me to practices as a child and bringing me or coming to my volleyball games all throughout college means to the world to me. I wouldn't have any of it without them. That's great. Well, thank you, Lauren, and enjoy your night. Thank you. All right. Thank you so much.


Each home actually has its own little garden in the sky with grass and with trees. This project far more than any other project ever done in Toronto is bringing nature into the city in really interesting and creative ways. Elton John has found himself a new property to add to his already stacked real estate portfolio and this time it's located in Toronto's downtown core. His husband David furnishes Canadian hailing from Toronto himself so it makes sense that they picked up a spot here. During an interview with the Globe and Mail after his final show in the same city, Elton revealed that a luxury penthouse known as the Treehouse in the King Toronto Complex will be the couple's new and reported sixth home. Built by Danish architect Björk Ingels, the project expected to be finished in fall 2023 looks like quote-unquote stacked boxes of light and the penthouse gets its name the Treehouse because an actual tree grows inside the modern two-level space. Aside from this some of Sir Elton John's other lavish properties include a Sheik estate in Beverly Hills as well as homes in England and France. Also Michael and I have dropped our own house tour of our new home that we moved into this year so go ahead and subscribe to our personal channel if you want to see where we're living and more of what we're up to. In these videos we don't reveal any addresses and even though I've done a house tour of my own place please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Sir Elton John has purchased a Treehouse in Toronto Canada whereas husband David furnishes from and it's located in one of the city's most anticipated apartment buildings. In a sit-down interview with the Globe and Mail Elton talked about his new two-level home with four terraces that will be located in the King Toronto Complex right in the heart of Toronto's fashion district downtown. King Toronto has been heavily talked about and it's going to be built to look like stacked units or stacked boxes of light kind of like a mountain with live trees planted throughout the building too. Created by Dan Marks and Björk Ingels group, this condo complex boasts high-class amenities too such as two pools, a courtyard, suns and seam rooms, a fully equipped gym and four separate lobbies. Architect Björk Ingels came up with the idea for the project and not only does the complex resemble stacked boxes but Sir Elton John's penthouse here. It's called the Treehouse because an actual tree grows inside the modern two-level space. The King Toronto development actually includes four tower constructions known as mountains. Each design with a different take on nature. Developers said this about the vision. The penthouses are your own sanctuary in the sky. They're the opportunity to come home to a mountain top with the world at your feet. Each offer in their own way the deep integration of nature through the integration of trees, foliage and outdoor terraces, meaningful sustainability, a commitment to artistry and stunning panoramic views of the city. As we know Elton and David's unit is a penthouse and they'll share the space with their two young sons. Furthermore, the penthouses are the focal point of the entire building and each overlooks a different part of Toronto. Elton's penthouse or the Treehouse is said to boast custom brass details, arch wine cellars, private tea rooms, en suite tea rooms and custom libraries that cover two private levels. Their unit reportedly offers three bedrooms and three bathrooms as well as that live tree growing inside its 2,602 square feet of living space. Furthermore, the home includes four terraces making a total of 597 square feet of terrace space. In terms of its design, the Treehouse features a futuristic style by Eurot Sarenin. While listing materials also explain about his unit that custom brass details and uplates accentuate special moments throughout from a flowing spiral staircase to an inner courtyard with a mature planted tree as a centerpiece. Elton's kitchen will be finished in black and warm metals as well as custom lighting. Both levels have balconies stacked with lush plants as well and there's a ton of space to house the art the couple has collected over the years. When Elton was asked about why he bought a home in Toronto, he explained the main reason I'm coming off the road is to spend more time with my family. David's brothers and their wives and children are here we spent a lot of the summer in Canada. King Toronto is expected to be completed by fall 2023 so the couple likely won't move in until the end of next year. But in case you're interested in investing in a unit here, they won't be cheap. Holmes will start at $1.3 million and go up to $5 million or more for the most luxurious and spacious ones. Of course Elton, John and his husband David have a main residence located in Beverly Hills as well which they purchased in 2012 and the decoration is just about as personalized to Sir Elton as they come also boasting a ton of vibrant colors. The contemporary home was built in 1966 and recently redone before the purchase located in the trendy and very expensive community of Truesdale Estates in Beverly Hills. While the property was listed at over $7.6 million it was reported that Elton snagged the single level house for $7.3 million and it offers 4,200 square feet with four beds and 5.5 baths. The home offers old-school architecture and a modern vibe with pops of color and sleek furnishings throughout. Apparently one of the features that drew the couple to the home was its open floor plan with a spacious living and dining area since they love to entertain and this spot well it's perfect for that. The home is walled gated and additionally offers a staff bedroom with bathroom as well as a separate pool cabana with gym area and another bathroom. Also out on the ground there's a pool and spa next to a classy terrace decked out in white lounge furniture. Inside the home has a one-of-a-kind flare with different patterned wallpapers in many of the rooms while others are painted a fresh and crisp white. White oak floors and long gallery walls run through the main living areas where there's a formal living room with fireplace, dining room and family room with wall mounted TV. This space connects to the breakfast room and all white top of the line center island kitchen. There's also plenty of Florida ceiling windows and sliders in the rear of the home which offer amazing city views and access to the patio. One of the coolest parts of Elton's Truesdale Estates home has got to be his art collection displayed throughout. His art seems to have been a priority when designing each of the rooms such as the David Luscha Pell Snaps in the living room complimenting the zebra rug and pink coffee table. Other rooms offer neon artwork and even vintage rosace in the master bath. More recently Elton and David also picked up the property directly next door to their main Beverly Hills house creating a mini compound. At the end of 2021 Elton spent 8.5 million dollars and a half acre property beside his house in an off-market deal so now he has nearly a full acre of land altogether. The home was never publicly listed for sale so there aren't any interior photos online but we do know it's a single level mid-century modern style build built in the late 1960s but updated in the years since. There are also 5,343 square feet throughout with five beds and five baths. The exterior is painted a less than favorable shade of yellow but I'm sure that'll be changed soon if they didn't change it already and the property is walled and gated for privacy. While the landscaping seems a bit unkempt the spread has potential and the grounds consist of a grassy lawn and a swimming pool as well as more hedges for privacy. Being a native of England of course Sir Elton also owns a couple of homes here one of which is in Windsor and an additional smaller town home in Queenstale London. The first house Woodside Elton refers to as the hub has classic English interiors romantic gardens a dozen or more dogs roaming the property and plenty of guest rooms for friends and family. While we don't know the exact details about his two estates here Elton has described the Windsor house as quote-unquote tastefully over the top and there is vintage feel throughout with a beautiful 18th century orangery at the end of the driveway which is quote-unquote tech-free. His London pad has a European villa aesthetic that is classic and sophisticated. The Windsor estate is far from modest and has numerous rooms from a luxury library to a salon and even its very own chapel. Elton restored that orangery at the end of the driveway as I mentioned and now it's a complete retreat with no TVs no phones and only classical music. The space has a salon room full of antiques where you can enjoy some champagne before dinner as well as another library for writing letters. The chapel on his property is dedicated to honoring those close to him that have passed like Versace, Princess Diana and Elton's beloved grandmother. Also inside his Windsor estate there's a squash court that has been transformed into a skylight art gallery and an amazing garden with fountains and statues to the side of the mansion. Another living room has a fireplace and his decked out with more antiques and the formal dining room has a dark blue for the walls and drapery. Elton's London townhouse design was actually inspired by the star's friendship with the late Freddie Mercury. He acquired a taste for blonde wood furniture after seeing how Freddie used it in his home at the time and decked out his place in the same material. Elton, the star pianist, may have baby grand pianos at his other homes but he refuses to put one in this London pad because he insists that it'll never get used. Before we wrap this video up let's look at one of Elton's more recent property acquisitions, his charming 1920s abode in Nice, France, which he likes to call a summer house. This home is used as a vacation retreat as you might expect and it's located high up in the mountainside, both in views of the Alps and the bay. The property is close enough to the airport making for easy travel to and from and it's also easy for his friends to get to. The summer house is definitely a place for Elton to connect with loved ones where they can join him for a meal out on the terrace and have a luxury room to stay in. The sunny yellow estate was built in the 1920s as an artist's colony before Elton hired designers Fred Dilger and Monique Gibson to transform the interior with his flamboyant tastes. He wanted stone, glass and mirror, wood, wrought iron and linen used throughout as well as open spaces for the warm weather. Inside there's a mostly white color palette with splashes of color and plenty of vibrant art pieces. In the living room there's a neutral background with a glass and art collection with three ink blot paintings by Andy Warhol. In Elton's private master suite there's another Warhol painting above his designer bed and pink bed covers. Elsewhere you'll find an airy tower room which overlooks the Mediterranean. The property at Elton's summer home also shows floral arrangements all over and amazing scenic gardens. It looks like something straight out of the movies. Well I think after checking out Sir Elton John and David Furnish's upcoming and very unique Toronto Treehouse condo as well as some of their other homes that's going to wrap up this house tour. But before we go answer this question, would you invest millions in a luxury Toronto condo like the Treehouse if you had the money even with the steep real estate market in the city now? Let me know your thoughts in the comments or which of Elton's homes is your personal favorite. Otherwise like, subscribe and turn on your notifications. My name is Kier the Vampire Slayer, follow me on Instagram to chat more and I'll see you all in another video. Bye!