Welcome to the Tuesday, September 3rd meeting of the Mapillier Design Review Committee. I will let members and staff introduce themselves. Liz Bridget, Meredith Crandall, staff. Steven Everett. Eric Gilbertson. Seth Mitchell. Benjamin Cheney. We are an advisory committee to the Development Review Board. We will review the applications on the agenda. As a matter of fact, do I hand pass them on to the Development Review Board? And do I hear a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Second. All in favor of the agenda, raise your hand. And unless anybody has any other comments, we'll move forward to the first application for 12th Hillside Avenue. Tom Taylor and Vicki Koskowski. Do you want to come up to the table and describe your project? I apologize. I do not have a copy of the materials with me. Sorry about that. That's OK. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Sorry. So I'm Tom Taylor and I live at 12 Hillside with my wife Victoria Koskowski. Thank you so much. And so we are embarking on the process of repainting our house. And I was here earlier in the spring, actually, to submit an application for a yellow color scheme, which was approved. And then we had kind of a drastic change of heart about it. Before, without even really starting, we kind of had a complete change of heart about what colors we wanted to paint the house. So I'm back, hoping to get our revised blue and cream color scheme approved. We had gone with a yellow and cream the first time. Are these colors representative or should I go down and get the actual paint chips, right? Yeah, I submitted. Should I go get those? That might be good. Yeah, it's not an inconvenience because I would say that reproduction is a little different to my eyes. The blue looks more like an aqua reproduction. I would say, yeah, to me that it's not, the chip is not that a little less bright, I would say. The darker you go on the base color, the easier it is to maintain the cleanliness. Right. Not that it'll be cleaner, but it looks cleaner. The lighter color, if you're near a street, particularly during the summer, the road dust really kills the colors unless you're going to hose them off regularly. Right. Yeah, that was actually one of the factors or something I learned about the original color scheme we went with. I didn't realize it was actually the base color was, at least in Obashan's system, it was one that they actually just purely in terms of where from the sunlight it was one they actually didn't recommend as, or just I guess one that would tend more to change noticeably over time. So yeah, I didn't know that apparently blues are one of the colors that are less apt to change. Yep, that's the actual. So the blue is for the body? That's right. Yeah. So the white is the window door trim? Exactly, yeah. Window door trim and eaves. Oh, I see up there. So yeah, I don't know. I actually haven't looked at the chip in just a little while, so I kind of forgot exactly how close it is to the tree. It's not as far off as some copies. Did you ever get a small sample from them and literally paint it on the house on the sunny side and take a look? Yeah, we did. We tried that with just painted a very small area with a few blues and yeah, there were a couple other ones that we tried that it was amazing. It didn't look that loud from the chip, but even just getting them on several square feet, it was kind of like, whoa. And this one to us at least, even after painting a section of the house. I mean, we did, we kind of ended up, when we changed our minds, we decided we wanted something with a little pop, but you know, definitely not like an electric or something that would look really aqua to. So yeah, hopefully. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, yeah, sorry about that. Also, do you have any areas of the house that have any particular issues with peeling or flaking? There is, at this side, although you know, it's definitely starting to get a bit, you can see from the, sorry, we don't have a photo.  This is kind of the south side of the house, and this side of the house, which gets very little light actually has the worst. I think it's the side, you know, we're right up kind of right up against the slope there. And this side gets very little sunlight and I think it just stays really damp or something. And that's, this is the only side where we have a couple sections with sort of bad, where the peeling is kind of a significant, not huge sections, but... The other areas that frequently you'll find it will be a chipper peel or outside of kitchens and bathrooms because of the moisture inside trying to get out during the winter when it's cold and dry. Oh, interesting. And the reason, the other reason I ask is a way to minimize that, and there's some special primers that you can put in those areas. Oh, nice. And all the shots are, sure, and when you saw the paint stores carry them, all the shots has one, one that's called Matt, it's actually a funny name called Mad Dog. Oh, I've seen them, yeah. It's a sexual primer and it's really, it'll make your paint job last a long time if you do that in the trouble areas. Nice. Thank you. Actually, because I had a former coworker who specifically recommended Mad Dog, but he just said it's fantastic. But he didn't specifically say why it's, yeah, it's in those like problem areas. Any places you have weather issues, whether it's on your soffits and fascia board, you know, where the water comes off the roof or on the shady sites of the house, it's really worth using. Yeah. Yeah, I had balked a little bit. I saw that it was, you know, like significantly more expensive than the regular Benchman more primer, but for those, I would, for those areas, like, I would definitely go for it if it would, yeah. Because you, I mean, you can see just in terms of the challenge of staging certain parts of our house, like, I really, we don't want to have to do it. You want to make it last. Yeah. So the fascia, soffit, rake boards, underside of the soffit, that's all the yellow. Yeah. And then when it comes to the window sashes, are you doing the sashes yellow or just keeping those white? Sorry, the sash refers specifically to the body of the window itself, right? Yeah, I think we were just those, yeah, sorry, this doesn't show up very well. We have the pretty much all, like, newer Marvin windows that have, they're like that kind of, it's kind of a gray brown, like darker gray brown color of the window. It's bronze. Yes, thank you. Yeah, that's, so yeah, we, I don't know, we liked. It's hard to see the industry. Yeah, sorry. We, you know, we like that. So we were just going to leave the sashes. Are they like aluminum, or are they a metal? Yeah, it's, yeah, the insides are paintable, but the outside is definitely like a, it's a planting. Yeah, a metal or a fiberglass planting, one or the other. Yeah. So how about the door? Oh, yes. How does that all shake out? But yeah, those, you're right. I'm sorry, we hadn't actually, I think for the, like this back, I think we were just going to do this. But yeah, that was actually one thing that the kitchen door, sorry, when we changed our minds, we hadn't, we hadn't really thought about, I mean, I know often the door is a third color. So yeah, I'm sorry, we actually haven't picked a third color for the door. You could either do a darker version of your body color. So in contrast with the trim color, because all the trim around the windows and doors, all the casings would probably be your trim color. Right. Sun. So you could use either a dark color in that same shade, or you could do a dark bronze to match your existing windows. Oh yeah, that could be nice. Yeah. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, because we actually, we really do like the color of the cladding on the windows. But yeah, also the idea of a blue that's, you mean one that's different enough that you kind of, there's contrast. But it shows the contrast, but in the same color family. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, I'm sorry, is that right, if I write on this? Yeah, that's yours. Thank you. You can add notes about the mad dog and everything else in there. Somebody has the name. Santa Clara. We just said you have the option that if you can get options on the criteria sheet. And an option, your option is to paint the doors a darker version of the proposed body color, which is the Santa Clara. Or a dark bronze color compatible with the color of the carpet. And the sashes, any other suggestions or options? Any questions, comments, suggestions regarding the proposed colors? It is in there to lead the doors. Okay. Morning, son. There he is. What's up with this one? Oh, yes. Sorry, I should have mentioned. Yeah, so that, that came up last time. And we're definitely, so we're planning to replace that clab, like feather in the clabbers there. But that was when that window was replaced. Like, they ended up just, I don't know why. There was something, something was done under there, I guess. And that was just how, like, I don't know why the clabbers didn't get replaced there. Looks like it might come up. So you have the sheeting, so it wasn't the door. Yeah. Oh, thank you. What? Thank you. I forgot. Okay. So we've been in the house for about seven years. There used to be a deck. Sorry. There was a deck over the, going out from, that was a door. Thank you. I totally, not before, before we lived there. It was when the door became a window. Yeah. It's a, you know, it's on the register, but it's non-contributing. Yeah. It's been, been messed with, I think, a little too much. I don't know. Yeah, we love it, but it's, it's pretty funky. I just made a comment in the section that that frame section will be filled in. Yes. Thank you. I'm sorry. I meant to, yeah, I think that was a, came up last time and I, that's definitely our plan, because, you know, aesthetically, we don't love that. Okay. So, I'm going through the criteria. Number one, preservation or reconstruction of the appropriate historic style of the proposed projects in the historic district, or involves an historic structure, acceptable. Harmony of exterior design, whether the properties of the district, the paint job is acceptable. Compatibility of proposed exterior materials, acceptable. Compatibility of proposed landscaping, not proposed in this application. Prevention of the use of incompatible designs, buildings, colors, games, or exterior materials, acceptable. Location and appearance of all utilities, no change in utilities. Do you have any lights? Is that a light above the triple door? Yes, that is a functioning light. And is there one beside the single door on the left? We don't have a light there. Should we? Is that? What we can do is... Yeah. What? We would need to have the specifications and all that stuff back in the office. Could we give them an option to put either an overhead light matching the other one, or a side light, a wall matted side light? Yeah, we would just need to have the cut sheets for it. Okay. Yeah, no, you can do that, because it's a single family home, so never mind. So we should, sorry you're saying because that's a requirement? No, it's an option. It's an option. It's just something that they can improve here, so that you don't have to come, because it's something on the outside, you don't have to come back to the designer view to them about light, as long as you do it with lifespan and apartment. Thank you, that's great. And it makes sense if you're going to have to be painting and dealing with the clabbered, adding new clabbered and other pieces anyway. Right. You may as well cut the whole of that light in, if you want a light over that. That's the kitchen door, right? This is actually a weird little, like separate side room that's, at one time, maybe it was part of the kitchen, but like now it's kind of its own weird little mud room. But it makes sense to have a light in the kitchen door. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, so thank you. So you're saying you're able to kind of improve that as part of it. Yeah. Just a, normally what you would do is you could either put something overhead, or you could put like a little side light here. A little sconce.  And usually you could put it, if the novel of the door is here and the door opens that way, you could put the light here because then the light switch would be, as you open the light switch would be immediately on your right. Right. Nice. Yeah. You could also use, they make them now nice side lanterns with a motion effector. So you basically leave it on so when you come home at night and you walk towards the door, the light automatically comes on. Nice. And the wiring, like doing it on top or on the side is kind of the same deal. I mean, Well, if you do the light on this side, on the outside, the switch is on the inside somewhere down in here. And depending on if you have basement underneath, it's easy to bring a wire up inside the bay to your switch and then up inside the bay to your outside light. Right. Yeah. I'll just say optional. This side. Another advantage of the house, you can find some easily that's compatible with that. The one that's already with the age of the house. Oh, right. Right. And lastly, recognition of and respect for view quarters and significant vistas, including gateway views of the city and state house probably not applicable at this location. With the options and the fill in of the clack words, all in favor of the application, which you just signed this one. This copy on the lower left above my name. Thank you. You have a pen. Okay. Thank you. Thanks very much to all of you. Good luck with your project. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. Sorry. That's okay. And yeah, thank you for all the good ideas as well. Okay. For the next application for 60 Main Street. Welcome back. Thank you. Just a reminder to make sure that whoever's talking has the microphone at the best you can. Sure. Now that we have enough people, I will have to accuse myself from a vote as I am participating in creating the sign. I just want to say that. Okay. What's that? What else? We've been discussing having me get all the letters cut and how I've been screwed to the bill. It feels like that should be publicly said before. Okay. And introduce yourself. Oh, yeah. We're very... And introduce yourselves again. Hi. I'm Talia Stoneroff. I'm an architect here in town and an architect for Ravel Rouser. I'm Jacqueline Reakey. And I'm one of the co-owners of the business, Ravel Rouser. Thank you all. I'm Bill Kaplan and I'm the landlord. And describe your new application. So we're happy to be back. Thank you all. The sign has been re-envisioned to really capture what Ravel Rouser and Nutty Stuffs want the building to say about their space. So it's really about making it... It's about clarity, about making it as clear as possible for the people walking down the street to know exactly what's going on inside. It's a really multifunctional space, so it was important to them to make that as clear as possible so everyone would understand what was everything that was happening. And there's so many things that are exciting inside. So we are proposing to do individual letters, simple aluminum individual letters that have a bit of a standoff. So you get a shadow behind them. There's quite a bit of contrast with the back. So it's easy to read. Each letter is two feet high. And we did precedent research within the town to make sure that that was within what was normal for the letters. We found that many letters in town you have those numbers. 31 was what we were seeing in several applications. So it's actually quite a bit smaller even though it has a boldness to it than many of the signs that are existing in town. And then on the side that you can see this came up at the last meeting that you all brought up and recommended and we really liked the idea. So we moved forward with that of recognizing that in fact that alley is street frontage. And so that should also be able to have that signage. So we have just the simple logo on that side. And then the idea of street signs in a way going down on the left there saying florist chocolate spirits and espresso again just highlighting what's happening in that space. Talk just a little bit about how this is laid out how people get to the floor as the chocolate spirits and express all one big space.  And we would love you to come visit any time it's open please come in. You come in the main space and to your right are couches and a bar to sit at and work in the windows. There's a lot of activity and excitement in the window. We're trying to just enliven that whole street you know that part of it which was empty for so long. Straight in front of you is a beautiful display case of all of the chocolate confections and please jump in anytime if I'm not right.  So that's another area and then the other part of the street frontage this storefront here that has a beautiful florist in it and she is a separate business but it's all sort of being run as under one register one register. And then in the back there's another area for standing and having drinks and their sitting area and I think that covers it. Then we have a wall that is the only thing that bisects the space at the back and behind that is where all the chocolate making is happening. So there's a whole factory happening back there which is really exciting. And then of course the bathrooms at the back right one that's ADA. Hi Paul and I wasn't at the last meeting but I couldn't come but I know there's some large signs in town but this strikes me as being really oversized and we lost the sign van isn't defined as all the black paint so there's a distinctive sign van on the building and I think some kind of a border would help. It is the sign van is the existing sign van that was there and we just painted it to have something be more cohesive with the whole building and it does stand off so there's a difference in elevation there so you see a shadow and material. So this you're right this really I think the print it washes it out a bit and you don't see it but you do see a very distinct sign van that you can see if you just look across the street too. I apologize if that's not as clear in the drawing. This font looks a little different I mean it's a little it's not as crisp I like this I'm just curious is this the one you're using the little lettering it's a little sort of fuzzy around the edges you see what I'm saying whereas this is sharper. Yeah we sharpened it for the size. So you go this is the one. A little bit of that will be dependent of course on what you're cutting the material cutting so having it but it's a classic old typewriter font. I'm interested in the relationship between rabble Roseter and the rest of the businesses here just for you know talking about the sign I don't care what the businesses are but sort of clarity as I look at this kind of confused about what it is. I think that I think that one of the things that happen with this space is that it's a very large space for this town and one of the things that we worked at in trying to understand how to best use the space is kind of how to do a lot in the space that would actually last and so when you go in the space it's very simple design it's very wide open and simple and so it is important to have these the list of what's happening in there and the cohesion is you know you have gifts you have chocolate you have flowers you have you know drinks and things and it's one kind of community gathering space where you can both socialize you can pick up a gift you can have your morning coffee the idea is that you create places where it's simple not confusing relaxing and can stay for a while. In terms of the size we did do a calculation to make sure that it we did do a calculation to make sure that it was within what was allowable per the code the zoning code and it is allowable would be 48 feet and three inches and we are at 39 feet four so that was certainly taken into account and I appreciate that comment. Many other shops in town use their sign ban to describe what's inside as opposed to the business name. Are there any? Oh yeah, yeah. Are there others? Do they? I thought you said many do and I agreed with you. I said no. I said are there any other businesses in town that the sign ban describes what's inside as opposed to putting their business name on the sign. The sign banned not just in the windows. I understand, yeah. So when you look at Walgreens, half the sign is dedicated to pharmacy. When you look at Obashon, a large portion says paint. Hardware. Hardware, you know. So I do I think that's pretty common. But you know whether the name integrates their use or it also shows ancillary uses in that sign ban. We did walk around and look at a lot of that. And many sign bans actually aren't even used. I think that the expense of kind of using a sign ban, you know, many have just put decals. I was surprised actually when I looked. There are a lot of there are a lot of just blank sign bans with kind of decals in the windows. So this is kind of taking it back to using the sign ban as a side ban. Are you going to be promoting in his browser? Well it does have in this window here. It's kind of. Yeah, promotion otherwise. I'm thinking about people coming down the street and recognizing that okay I found what I'm looking for. Right. Because I mean the signs in downtown you can't drive in downtown outside. It's too dangerous. So there are mostly street levels in the observation. And I think that the letter is just being so big. And it's such a big sign ban. It's not a small one. But I just wonder if somebody walking down the street on either side of the street is going to be able to figure out they have arrived at wherever they are. I think the street experience you will see rabble browser at eye level. I think the drive-by experience you will be able to see what's going on in the building. And the other thing to be noted is that each one of these letters is smaller than any of the letters that were in the one more time sign. Those were 31 and 28 inch letters. They were too large and not approved by everybody who was here. I don't know the history. I'm just going by facts. There was a lot of that was a mistake. The idea for the sign ban is you don't have to fill it. The idea is to put lettering on there that's a classy look in. It's contrast and it's readable from the furthest distance which is across the street on the opposite street. It's opposite sidewalk. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I go ahead. Just to your point about you said classy. We've been really focused on quality. So all along the way there are obviously cheaper things that one could do. There are much cheaper materials that you could use but throughout this entire process both Bill and Jacqueline have been really committed to using both local artisans and fabricators and local materials. There's no question of quality. It's just a sign. Right. I'm sorry to bring this up. Because normally for administrative permits for sign permits Audra usually does a calculation on this. The front sign on the sign ban the total width is 39 feet four inches. Yes. Okay. So yeah.  I almost think this is bigger than you're allowed anyway.  But there's a whole separate square footage calculation that's in the figure three dash 16. I almost think you have too many square feet because if you're talking this is I can tell you what the square feet are but what well I mean it would take a minute anyway. Great. I mean I think you came out at four the second week. We don't have the square footage marked on here but I could figure that out for you. Well I'm figuring it out right now. I'm just double checking that you're actually complying with this figure three dash 16. You don't have those numbers in here. Because that's a separate calculation from the 80%. Right. You're looking at each florist is a separate sign chocolate. The ones. Yeah. Well. Without the definition of the sign. The sign band of any really looking at the square footage. I mean are you trying to understand what's happening here. Is it that you don't like how it looks. Is that is that what's happening. Well there's there's criteria for the signs. I understand that. So I mean I think more of the ones you're talking about is the harmony of exterior design with other properties in the district. Yes. Compatibility. Right. Compatibility of proposed. Well that would be the exterior materials. Right. Yeah. I think those are the big ones. Have you seen the city escape. Books. Sure. I think. I think what we're trying to do is to fully understand the project and why you're doing what you're doing. It's. I've got it. I mean it looks huge to me. I wasn't here for the meeting. I'm painting in black but not a big fan of that. So and that's not entering into what was today. That's a done deal. I'm just looking at readability walking the streets of Montpelier. Trying to figure out what the business is. You mean what the like what the name of the business is. What the name is what you can get there. And that's what we're on the stage. Yeah. I think that's exactly what. What's trying to be this is what you can get in here. Because it's. It's got a lot of different uses even though Bravo Rouser is everything except the florist. That's all within the scope of what. How high are the letters. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24.24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 24. 25. 25. 27. 27. 27. 27. 28. 29. 30. 27. 28. 20. 29. 30. 30. 250. 37. 38. 39. 40. 70. 28. if you look to the previous application. It just, that, you know, I think. Didn't convey your message. Yeah, Rappel Rözer really felt like they wanted to, and I'm not speaking for you, but, you know, really wanted to say, this is what is happening in the air. You can get chocolate, you can buy flowers, you can, you know, have beautiful drinks with friends, and you can have incredible coffee and croissants and baguettes and all those things. So it's just, you know, it's out that clarity. Yeah, I guess to me it seems big, too. I like the font, just to me it seems awfully bold, but, you know, that's the message you're trying to convey. Just make no mistake about what you can get here. Yeah. Can I just ask a question? Sure. So you have, there is just the one door entryway, right? It's clear that there's only one door. So I kind of see how if you had two different names up in the top, it might get confusing because people might start looking for things in the forest. How do you get two doors? Right. Yeah. And when you walk in, there's a Rappel Rözer sign and then there's a really cool florist sign. So it's clear that both those things are, you know, okay. Well, there's several businesses in town that have a front doorway and you can go in and it's either split or open for one business on the left, one on the right. Obviously for a smaller storefront, a lot of spaces had to be divided. I almost liked the direction of that. The previous proposal had with the regal on the left and the Rappel Rözer on the right and then on the windows putting what each one, like on the floor side, you could do whatever the description was here, flower design, gifts. And here on your glass you could do chocolate spirits, espresso, you know, whatever else that you had going on there. The sign bands designed to describe a business that's inside. It's not these groups, it's not supposed to be a dictionary of everything that you're doing inside. And to me, it's overkill. I look at it in terms of compatibility and in terms of the criteria. I look at it in terms of compatibility with other properties in the district. Curtis, do we have a definition of sign band? Well, why don't you just pull that up for Google Maps? Anybody wanted to look at it? Sign band. I think one thing that's hard for us is it's one. One long sign band, but they're like two separate little storefronts and it's just different than what we're used to in our mindset, I think. So we do have a definition of sign band. It just means the flat horizontal area on a building facade usually located immediately above the storefront and below the second-story window so where signs may be attached. It doesn't say what kind of sign and it just says sign. It doesn't say like store names or anything like that. I think there's another reason it's not just about what's inside that, and please correct me if I'm mis-speaking, that they're choosing to have the name of the business be supported. It's that there's a humbleness about this business. This business is about the community down to every single way they run every piece of it. So it's co-op owned and there's just this, it's not about saying putting rabble rouser first, it's more about saying here's this community space, here's what you can do here, come join us. And here's the name of our businesses, which is also important. But I think that's, is that my rate? Is that part of it? But it's really about the community saying, please come in. But just because you put forged chocolate spirits in espresso doesn't, I don't read that into that. I think that, I don't know how to express this, but you're obviously having community space, but I don't know how you could tell that from any rabble rousers in the name of the community. I think that, I think rabble rouser's a great name. And I would think that you'd have pride in that name, you'd want that the largest, because sooner or later people are gonna identify, not as the coffee shop or the chocolate shop, where do you have a chocolate shop?  That's sticky. And I would wear that with pride. That's really sweet. No further explanation necessary. I stored them at the calendar. You do a great job, you have a great business and I just, I would love to see rabble rouser like you had proposed before. Like super big. How do you guys like the alley side? I like your, oh my God, I like that it's really, it's really, very nice. Thank you. See I think people walking down the street are kinda like, I mean if I'm walking down the street and I level description inside the glass, which you can put anywhere you want, change it any time you want, describe if you add something, you can put another sign inside the glass so that people walking by can see that. I mean storefronts said they do clothing, they put their mannequins, they put their samples out in the glass. So if you're not looking at what a description is inside, you see what's actually inside in the storefront. That's your window display. And if you had chocolate, spirits, espresso on the glasses you're walking by, I noticed that more than it would driving by and seeing that up on the sign bank. I know you obviously have a different opinion. I think the alley's okay. Yeah, that's fine. I think it's subtle, it's readable. And again, your design is to be readable for people walking by. Nobody's gonna, you may notice lettering on the side but you're not going to necessarily read that as you're driving down the street. Do you intend to leave the lights where they are? That was the intention, to use the existing lights. We did want to put one, just a safety light over on that alley side. We'll need a speck sheet on that end. A speck sheet on that end. That'll have to be added. Yes, absolutely. It is noted, but we didn't have a speck sheet yet. I'm kind of happy we do that. The light on the side would be over the rattle of the insertion sign. That would make sense. What do you think? I don't think it's worth trying to go towards the street because there's a street light there that lights that up pretty well. I'm just wondering, too, if people see this and think, well, is it a store where you can buy chocolate spirits in Espresso?  Yeah, yeah, which is not really obvious here. You're going to serve music, maybe sweets and baguettes and stuff. I think that a window sign or somewhere by the door so people know that they can come in and sit down and eat because otherwise you walk by there and on the glass you could have it, you know, in the area, on the glass in the area where the bar is, you could have Espresso bar. Cheesecake. Oh, yeah. I mean, whatever your specialties are, you could put on the glass and, again, as you change that, you can change that. Well, I've been seeing, since the precedent, maybe pop-ups of different types of food being served as well, something along your slides or another almost a cafe restaurant option in there, too. Is that wrong? I've just been different articles. We're working with Cool Runnans, Jamaican food folks. Yeah. I mean, that's a whole other aspect. It would be totally different. Right? Right? So how do you describe, how do you describe what they do when you're signed in? In a place there. Again, inside the glass, you can change that. As things come and go, as you change, as your business moves, as you are in there and people make suggestions of what they really like, if you tweet the business to suit the clientele, you can make all those changes inside the glass any time you want. You can make lettering, put it up there. I'm gonna just say this once, maybe like that. I don't mind this. I think it's a little bit oversized. I don't mind this. I think there's nothing that prevents you from doing it. That it's, you do whatever you want. I mean, it's the defined use of that purpose. I hear what you're saying, certainly. And if I were to do it, I would certainly go that direction as well, but this is what you like. My own comment would be to not make it as large. And then they have to come back because they need to change their signed ban. They have to come back. Right? Could it be that two feet or less was approved as long as it's this way?  I see, I'm sorry. All right. You gotta come back, okay? I think you're ready to do that. I'll tell you, as someone who's looked at a lot of downtowns in my career and was very hesitant to invest in Montpelier, I think that when I found a group that was as committed and as bold and forward-thinking as this group, I trust their judgment. I trust their business sense. And they are definitely doing things differently. There's no question about it. And I have chosen many times to just sit back and trust their judgment because they're doing something new. And if we apply old, we stay empty. If we try something new, we hopefully go forward with a really vibrant place. So I'd ask that you approve this. I think it's good for the town. I think it's good for everybody here. I think it's an exciting space, I do. And I think also to focus just on the sign, to do all the things of communicating what's happening in there is too much to ask of a sign. I think that you go by, you see the space, they've focused on the outside walk, experience with plants, seating, other things like that. The glass is clean and paired and fixed up and the lighting inside makes it so that it's warm. It's all cool up. I mean, warm tones. All the lights have been changed over so that it's a really warm inviting place when you walk by. You don't even need to know what they're doing to feel like you want to go in. So that, to me, is really great. It's really supporting the quality of the space. No, no, I'm just, I'm talking about the sign, but I think to ask the sign to do it. The criteria that we're supposed to judge an application by. And again, we're advisory. I mean, whether we approve it or not, you can still go forward to either in administrating it or, yeah, I understand. But I mean, I understand the conversation that's happened here, it's different. And so that's all. And I think that even if you do this, along with Seth, I agree that if the lettering was smaller and they were separate, it would be equally as readable, maybe more readable, because everything's not just sort of filled the entire space. You don't have to fill the entire sign with letters. Lettering, space, lettering, space, lettering. Gives it a different feeling than just filling it the whole space with lettering. And there's some signs in town that are lettering is too large, and not all of them got approved by us. Again, we're advisory. So it passes along to either an administrative approval or another toward the development review board. I haven't happened to walk by in the last few weeks, so can you see that they're seating through the windows? Although a lot of our chairs are yet to arrive. It's hard to have everything 100% in place when you open the door. The outdoor seating is here. The outdoor seating is here. Just rained too much yesterday. And the church pews. I will say that I do see some of the argument of both its size and the fact that it's all capital letters feels a little bit like it's shouting at you. You don't like to be shouted at? It's not my favorite, no. And then with having lowercase letters in the sign, rabble rouser and whatnot, so there is sort of, I think that's when I look at it, what is coming through to me? Two kinds of people in my total. One are people that don't look at the signs because they know where they're going. And so they don't look at the signs. Then there's the other people that probably the signs mean more to are than considers from out of town that are around. There's a lot of people that, I'm telling you, believe it or not, there's a population of 20,000 during. We're on the double string of the day and it's a ton of 8,000 and so on and so forth. Then there's a lot of people that are visiting in town see things, so you have to be, I think you have to be very clear and I don't think this achieves, it's not part of our view criteria. I don't think that you can be strolling by there and figuring out everything you can get. I also don't think you need letters big and capitalized to somebody that's across the street or even down to the intersection of state and main walking that way in front of the bookstore. It's not like you're trying to grab somebody on the very montaillier road with a sign. We're going right fast, yep. You want to go ahead with the application as you're proposed. I mean, we can go down through the criteria and we'll probably would ask feedback from the committee on each of the criteria. We can vote on the end to move it forward. Oh, that's up there. If we can request it this way, it would be helpful to see where you stand. Okay. Fortunately, I have to excuse myself and thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Okay, I'll read down through the criteria. Number one, a preservation or reconstruction of the appropriate historic style of the proposed projects and the historic district that involves an historic structure. What is the, I'll just ask who finds the post sign applicable or acceptable for 1A? I'm thinking. I'm thinking too. I mean, I really appreciate what you said, Bill. I think it's exciting to people from necessarily in our, for all routines. I'll go for it too. So two yeses. I'll say no. And I'll say no as well. Again, just size, it's more compatible to do it in your original application, but with this one with the size of the letters I'd have to adhere to theirs. So we're. So do we get two yeses now? Many of exterior design with other properties at the district. Same harmony of exterior, I'm sorry, see compatibility of proposed exterior materials. Can I ask a question? Sorry. Yes. In terms of harmony of the design with existing in the area. So I have to assume that that's just based on what it's saying. First, because for instance, down home has a very similar painted signboard and then letters that are offset, different font, what it's saying, but it's a similar idea. And I think that's seen in multiple places of the painted signboard. And then letters, if you're lucky, the letters are nice and offset and metal. Some of them are just cheaper. So is it, I just want to clarify from my own understanding of the design review, is it not compatible because of what it's saying or because of the design? Size. So size. So if it was a little smaller, then that might be more compatible. And how big are the down home letters? I think they're 18 inches. I made those. 18 inches. On a one foot storefront. I think I'm harder than that. But that's a good point, scaling. But I don't know the size of the storefront, but I do feel like the letters were 18 inches. That should all be in the permit file. For me, this is such a big storefront. Many designed originally to have several stores occupying it that have doing it all in a model that just emphasizes the size and the extent of it. And that was the problem with the occupant sale before that sign was just big. I think it would be far better if it was broken up in some ways. Businesses were defined with some different kinds of lettering. I think that would help my reception. It's a very, with the font and the capital, it's a very aggressive, domineering sign. I'm generally in favor of all kinds of innovation and signs and changes and things being done, although definitely. But this is just so overwhelming on that side of the street that it fits. And there are ways to break it up on a designer. And again, we'll go down through the other. One just comment per Talia's question is I'm also doing the sign for one Taylor, which is 24-inch aluminum letters that we approve that say Montpelier. And it's sort of spread out. And it's very similar. Different scale buildings, different location, all those things. Huge building. Yeah, yeah. But it's a different whole different scale. That is, it's 10 letters, so it's like 20-some-odd feet to say Montpelier. This cover is nearly 60 feet. 60, yeah. But the size of the letters you have to do with, I mean, there's very little foot traffic there, some, but mostly vehicular traffic. And you're also dealing with a transit center that has buses that are 60 feet long. So I mean, it's a different scale than walking down the street with a sign. It's just teasing out a lot more. Comparisons and clarity of life has been approved. That's transportation center, people in their cars.  And it's also something that strangers likely to be looking for. One C was compatibility of proposed exterior materials. I don't think there's any issue with materials. But ability proposed landscaping, that was approved at the last meeting. So that's not applicable in this application. Prevention of the use of incompatible designs, buildings, color schemes, or exterior materials. And again, E, incompatible designs, buildings. I would not. Yes, on that or what you're reading out. I don't know if you can. Prevention of the use of incompatible designs, buildings, color schemes, or exterior materials. Again, my only issue is the design in terms of the size of the letter and crowded into the space heat. Whether it's formidable or not. Again, I'm looking at design. Again, everybody's opinion, that's how I interpret it versus the criteria. So you're good with it, you're fine. You're not, you're not. I'm all right with it. Same. Got another one at seven. Yeah, okay. We've got three more of these and then we still have to do the sign criteria. Location on appearance of all utilities. There's no change in the lighting for these signs, although there is an added. Yeah, you'll have to come back with a spec sheet. Sure. Because we don't have any kind of, we just cut ties from this. Recognition of, recognition of and respect for view quarters that's significant vistas, including gateway views of the city and state house. That's fine. Conformance with city's gate placement and design recommendations. Yes, on that? What is your? Yes, the placement is fine. One observation if you're sitting here looking at it is that this is a design issue and I don't know how to fix it. Somehow with all that sign band, this looks crowded to me. So again, that's a design issue. It's a design issue. So it would be basically the same. Compatibility with second property and adjacent properties. Same. Doesn't cool jewels have a, those letters are pretty big. Oh, don't go with that one. Well, I'm just thinking of. Don't go with that. What I'm just thinking about, you know, it's not. All the committee's got. It's less than that. Don't, don't, don't, don't compare anything to that one. Negative feedback from the entire community on that one. And I wasn't even in the meeting that approved it. That was years before I took the position. Even I know, don't bring that one up. But it was just about neighbors. About neighbors, right? That was just about neighbors. Yeah, yeah, no, not that it's what we're going for. Yeah, I'm not sure you want to be compatible with a sign that got so much negative feedback. Number four, shall not obscure significant architectural details. It does not illumination, not applicable for internally lead plastic signs prohibited, not applicable. Bannets and banner, pennants and banners, not applicable. Individual letters of fix painted or engraved directly on the building or structure are encouraged. And that's acceptable. All in favor of the application. I'm sorry, go ahead. Could we pose a straw boat on 18 and Chai? If that's acceptable. Yeah, so a straw boat on if it was 18 inches high instead of 24 inches high and appropriately spaced out, would that then obtain approval? Is that the question? Right, I'm just proposing. Straw boat. I would lean towards that more than the 24. I would too. So do you want to request an option of that instead or a four? I don't think we have the ability to do anything now that Jacqueline's left. I mean, if it's an option that could be taken or not taken, right, as in not definitive, but if it was an option. Well, because then you can come back and then we can sign off on it potentially. Do you like to table extra, just come back? No, I think we need to do this and get through this meeting and then do it because I know that the, it's a team that we're dealing with is not just Jacqueline and I think that people, I think morale and everything of that team operating without a sign and hearing that we went to another meeting without getting something resolved. I just, I think that she was very clear when she left that she wants to propose this and see what comes out of the meeting. But I clearly heard that 18 is more preferable. We'll talk to her about that. It helps me as the person who would be telling Andra whether or not to sign off on a permit. If they all are saying, yes, 18 inches we can do, that gives me something to you to go back and you can then talk to everybody and say, hey, would everybody be happy with 18 inches or do we still really want the 24? That gives me something to work with on deciding how to go forward. You don't, if they don't want 18 inches, they don't have to have 18 inches based on that. We can wait to issue the permit until you go back and talk to everybody else. So it's just a note that would say committee will approve. Yeah, committee, committee. Is there anything for us to do here? Are you okay with them taking a vote on, we would accept this at 18 inches, we don't, you know, it's a 2-2 tie vote on 24 inches. As far as signage to the, on the glass sign, the inside, that's completely up to you. So they can, you know, whatever, I don't know how much you've got up, but you can do that without, and that I think where the most important part of your signing is anyway, but that's... You can always have a couple of different votes on here. So you can vote for it as is, and then you can do a vote for it at 18 inches. Or do we table it? Rather than table it, we can have two votes. Rather than table it, they don't want to table it. Yeah, so you could do either one. So, so based on, based on the proposal, would the 24 inch letters in the sign ban all in favor? All in favor of the whole proposal. Of the as proposed, with this size. With the 24 inch in the sign ban. So what's the, is there another... We're gonna do two votes. Two votes. We're gonna do two votes. So what's the... But the only one that's real for this group right now, because we have no, the only one that's real that was asked to be voted by the applicant was the 24. If you guys want to do a 18, you can do that, you can do a 10. Wait, wait, Bill, my point is, this is not binding on anything until it gets to me. This is them giving me an option. And if they give me an option that's acceptable to them, you guys can take that option, come back to me, amend your permit, and we don't have to bring you back here. I see, I see. I'm trying to make this as easy as possible. I see. I see, I see. I'm trying to make it so you don't have to come back. So it isn't that I see. So if they, if 24 got approved and they wanted to do 18, they would have to come back and get approval for 18. Not if we do two votes. No, no, I know. If we didn't do the vote. Well, but here's the other thing.  Right, right. I understand. So I'm trying, I'm trying to make it so you don't have to come back here. I've never been here and I feel a little bit, you know, trying to represent someone who's not here. Yes, I understand that. I, my preference for process would be to table that and have you guys look at an 18 inch design and do a graphic on it and take it to council on the other comments that have been made. If that's what you want to do. That seems like the, the best way to get to something we can all agree on. Yeah. I just, they said they don't have the essential table. But as far as, as far as speeding it up for the applicant, I think we could probably, you know, based on feedback to two votes on a 24 inch letters in the sign ban and 18s. So we vote for one of the others, that's what you're saying? No, you can vote, you can vote, you can vote, so you can approve the both. Okay, I get it. So the first vote will be for this application as proposed with the 24 inch letters in the sign ban. All in favor. Raise your hand. The 24 inch. As proposed. As proposed. The 24 inch. As proposed. If you're okay with that. Yeah. Okay, so. I'm asking for a vote. Raise your hand if you're okay with the 24 inch letters. But if I would prefer the 18. You can, you can. You can vote for both. Yes, for both. It's not one or the other. Okay, we'll all vote for this one then. 24. Are you okay with the 24? No, no, so the vote for the 24 inch, I'll just put it here, the 24 inch sign ban letters. And remember, this is advisory. This is not the permit. Oh yeah, I get it now. Okay, just you. Thank you for that. I'm just, I usually go with the VR success, but it doesn't always happen. And based on 18 inch. Can we say 18 or less in case they want to do lower case? Sure. There. 18 inch or less. It gives you options. Sign ban letters. So you could do 18 cap smaller, similar to the rabble rouser, or you could do caps. All in favor of 18 inch or less, sign ban letters, raise your hand. No? No. Okay. It's not without seeing it. I'm not sure that's gonna, it's gonna reduce the sort of the face some, but it's not. Did we approve the? Oh yes. That would be a good tip. Yeah, and did we approve the, was anything? I have nothing to do with that, so I might. Yes, good. What about the Champagne Alley? The Alley is approved in both cases. The only difference being, the only difference being the size of the letters in the sign ban. And if these become smaller, would that be okay on this? Oh look. This. If they become smaller than they are? Yeah. On the end? Yeah, that list on the end. That doesn't seem to be, I mean that's. That's not a design issue. That's a. I mean that's fine, the way it is based again, based on the scale of the year. No I understand, just how about this at 18 or smaller, so I just want to. Yeah. It's really a smart place to put a sign there on the end. Yeah. And those aren't that large, I mean how large are those letters? It's in here. It's 12 inches. I think they're six inches high, and they vary, they're about average three feet, but they vary based on the height of the letters. Letters are six inches. Six inches. They're small. Yeah, that's fine. And again, that's very readable. And again, they're readable as much for contrast as they are for size. I think those would be readable for cars one by. Because they don't aren't for very fast. Thank you for explaining all that. I'll go inside and have a minute inside. Oh yes, yeah. Dude, we have to try the croissant, dip it in chocolate. It's so good. We should have brought croissant and chocolate. Should have put yourself up on your windows. People know they're in there, you can eat. So again, the sign ban letters that 24 inch above was two yes, two no, the 18 inch, three yes, one no. And then I signed down here, and the applicant, one of you needs to sign up here. Over my name. Well, I mean ultimately, one of you can sign, or Jacqueline can sign tomorrow. Well, I'm the, I was the official applicant, so I think it's good. You can do that pen there. Okay. Next meeting. Thank you all for the thoughtful. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for all your good work. Feel free to come down tomorrow. There's still a man for coming up. If anything's confusing, or if Jacqueline needs to come in and look great. Wonderful. Thank you. No, we wish your business all the success in the world. Definitely. I do tear. And your building. Yeah.  So we've got about six minutes. Okay. We have the minutes from, we're approved. Second. Second. All in favor of the minutes from August 19. Raise your hand. Minutes are approved. Next meeting, 916. Do I hear a motion to adjourn? So moved. Second. Second. All in favor of adjourn. Raise your hand. Meeting is adjourned.


Hello, hello, Aces. Welcome. Welcome to the Profitable Restaurant Owner's Academy.  It's something that I'm really excited and passionate about. I've been talking about it for years and I've helped hundreds of students build a profitable restaurant and which is the reason why I'm super excited that you are joining us today. Now for us, I understand that it may be a little bit overwhelming, especially when you look at the seven different modules and the lessons involved. And the reason why there are so many different lessons is because I want to be able to break it down into bite-sized chunks for you. Bite-size and each of the lessons are focusing on one thing that you need to take away and one actionable item. So as much as it looks overwhelming, it really isn't overwhelming and it is very, very achievable if you just take it one step at a time. And the beauty about this whole course is the fact that you have lifetime access. What does that mean? That means I keep upgrading content. I keep making it more relevant and I keep including bonuses. So then that way you get the latest information out there. And that's my promise to you to be in your corner. So never, ever give up on me and make sure you never give up on yourself. So today we'll start with module zero and I'm going to lay out the foundation of how we're going to progress throughout this whole journey together. Now let's dive right in. In the first month, we're going to be talking about the alignment phase. And as you can see here, in the first month, we're going through module one to module four. And this is super crucial and critical for you to be able to gain clarity in who you want to serve and why you want to serve them. Because if you don't have a strong enough reason to serve them, you're going to give up two months down the road, three months down the road because you forget your why. Because once again, mindset is everything. You have to believe in the fact that you're doing something good. And where does that come from? Where does that believe come from? It comes from within. And that's the reason why it's so crucial for you to go through the whole aligned phase in the first month, right? Module one to module four. This will help you develop the right mindset to make a very successful restaurant. And this is something that I'm sharing with you based upon my experience and the collective of experiences that I was able to gather. This will also help you choose the right concept and the right location. So something that you should definitely pay attention to. Next up, we have the connection phase. Connection phase is module five to module six, which is month two. In this section, you're going to be building out your core team and you're going to develop a community of loyal fans. With loyal fans, you're not going to only to have people that root for you, but also support you along the whole way. And that's how you can create a movement, a movement that would allow you to scale just like how we were able to scale to seven locations. It's because we have loyal fans. Now, I want to emphasize that within the first phase, it is super important that you lay the foundation that you don't jump ahead of module one to module four and jumping into module five and six, because module five and six is built on the backbones of module one to four, the alignment phase. And if you have attended the masterclass, you already know that without alignment, you cannot jump into the connection phase. I understand it's sexy. I understand it's fun. I understand marketing is what you really want to truly do, but without understanding the basics, without understanding the foundation, you're just going to be building a house of cards on a really, really wobbly foundation, and it will come crumbling down. The reason why you invested in this is because you want the step-by-step process, and I'm providing that to you. So make sure you follow that in that sequence. Lastly, we're going to be moving on to the explode phase month four.  This is where you get your financial freedom. This is where you get to have and stack explosive marketing strategies that's going to work in your favor. As simple as some of them might sound, these, when you stack it properly, you're going to get exponential results. That's the power in the strategies that I'm laying out for you. I'm not just giving you random strategies. I'm giving you strategies that we have used, and even in today's age, we're still using it in the people that, in the different ventures that we are in as well, across different businesses, not just restaurant business. For some of you that don't know, I don't really share this as well. I also run a supplement company. We have a marketing company, and we also have an events company. I am not just sharing with you how you can run a dessert shop.  This is basically a crash course on running a business. I really hope you're going to be able to enjoy this. Yes, this is going to be quite a bit of work for you, but you know what, if you are committed in building a restaurant, which you're going to be there for years, what is the first few months of learning and actually executing, having someone be in your corner to help you? That's the reason why you have invested in this course. So never ever give up. And one thing is you need to understand, whatever you give into the community, whatever you engage in, whatever questions you ask, is what you're going to get out of it for yourself. So if you don't engage, if you are like a creeper, leecher in the Facebook group in this exclusive one, you don't ask questions, then unfortunately you're not going to get as much away from it as you would want. Now, if you put in everything, if you engage all the time, if you are an active member within this whole community, then you're going to get back so much greater results. And that's what I see over and over again, because typically speaking, half of you will never ever attend the live calls. You would never ever leave a comment. You would never engage with people within the group. And that's the reason why you're not going to be ever successful. But for those of you who do engage, who do ask questions, and when we respond, that's the type of engagement. That's the type of me being in your corner and how it feels and how you're going to be able to have the support system to help you build the momentum. Because like what I was saying, to begin with, you start off with believing in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, then nothing is going to work. And that's the reason why we created this really tight-knit community. And when you guys are tight-knit together, that's when magic happens. So definitely, whenever we tell you to go into the group and engage and ask questions, share with us your progress and definitely just go ahead and do that. And I'll be there alongside with you. Jason will be here alongside with you to support you along your whole journey. Nonetheless, I really, really am excited to share with you and dive into the first lesson with you. I'll see you guys inside lesson one. See you.


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Hi, this is Pastor David Rosales, and I'm the pastor of Calvary Chapel, Chino Valley, California. Today, I want to share for a few minutes concerning marriage, especially as it pertains to husbands. Issues related to marriage and concerns about how to have a good marriage are common in the church. And of course, they should be because, after all, we know that marriage has been established by God and it is our desire to not simply survive, but to thrive in our marriages. With that in mind, I'd like to share for a few minutes with the husbands, because it is an obvious fact that the husband has a tremendous role in responsibility in marriage. Sometimes it seems that some men enter into the marriage covenant unprepared, while others come into the marriage more prepared for what they are committing themselves to. I remember hearing a woman say that men who have had pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bodjilry. With that said, God designed marriage to have husbands take the leadership role. This role finds its origin in creation and is intended to ensure order in the home. In 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 3, Paul wrote, I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. The head of woman is man and the head of Christ is God. Man has been created to lead, but some men have a difficulty doing so. There are various reasons why this is true. Sometimes the wife refuses to be led. Sometimes a husband does not know how to lead. Sometimes husbands are simply afraid to take the lead, fearing that they will fail in their attempt to be what their wives need them to be. Others just do not want the responsibility and do not want to have to make decisions. Still, it remains that God has given men the responsibility of leadership in the home and is something that we husbands are accountable to God for. In 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 8, Paul wrote, if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. This is a serious role. And of course it is something that we husbands must learn to perform properly, to make it possible for our marriages to actually bring glory to the Lord. At this point, I would like to share a few things that might help us husbands to lead the home. In 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 7, the apostle Peter wrote, husbands likewise dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life that your prayers may not be hindered. In this verse, we find several things that can help us as husbands to have a blessed marriage. First, Peter begins by instructing husbands to dwell with their wives according to knowledge. The word dwell means to intimately cohabit with their wives. This would mean that we are to know the difference between a house and a home. Our home is not my motel. It is not my shop and it is not my office. It is our home and my wife needs to know I recognize this. In reality, dwelling speaks of living with your wife, causing her to know that you enjoy being with her. I do hope your wife believes that you enjoy her company and simply being with her. Second, we dwell with them according to understanding. In other words, we make it our task to actually get to know her. We take an active interest in our wife and in her life. We get to know her personal needs. We take an interest in the entire home's daily affairs. We are considerate towards her and are interested in her life. She is to be the focus of my studies, and I am not to allow intrusions that will diminish her importance to me. My hobbies, work outside, activities that eliminate her from my life should be kept at a minimum. By restricting outside distractions, I can concentrate on my development of a good relationship. Third, I need to be a husband who is giving honor to my wife. Giving honor means to assign dignity to her. I do this by the way I treat her, how I speak to her and how I speak of her. Assigning honor speaks of verbally lifting her up instead of running her down. The way I speak to my wife or of my wife either encourages her or diminishes her personal value. Because of this, we should tell our wives how much we love her. We should tell her how beautiful she is and how much we need her. And we should make a practice of valuing her openly. Notice how Peter refers to the wife as the weaker vessel. That's because she's normally physically weaker and is tender. The point he's making is that the husband is to treat his wife with gentleness, with tenderness. This means that he does not verbally bully her or physically abuse her. Some wives come from homes where verbal and physical abuse was common. And because of this, they need tenderness to be shown to them, especially by the one who claims to love them the most. Paul instructed husbands to love their wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her.  Help her to see that she is the most important person in your life. Yelling at her and being demanding is not the way to lead your wife. Bullying her and demeaning her destroys her. It breaks her spirit. Remember what Proverbs 12 verse 18 says, reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. As husbands, we must understand that we both are sinners saved by grace. We must also realize that we are one. And as a team, we stand together or fall together. Both husband and wife are equally called to enjoy the Lord and to enter his glory. As such, I have the awareness that my wife often reveals my true ministry. She is the greatest reflection and open expression of my walk with Jesus Christ. The fact is we are heirs together of the grace of life. She's not less than me, but rather we are equal before God. We are heirs together and we equally share in the need for the grace of God. I am to encourage her walk in the Lord. I am to be the man that she respects. If I minister to her, our prayer life will be fruitful. Our lives will be blessed. I must always remember that she belongs to the Lord and I respect her walk with him as his little girl. As such, I am to refuse to Lord it over her. I must conscientiously lead her in the things of the Lord. And as I do so, our prayers will not be hindered. My father and my mother were married for 53 years. My father suffered a heart attack and my mother called me to let me know and told me what hospital he'd been admitted to. When my wife and I arrived at the hospital, he was in the intensive care unit. My mother sat in the waiting room and began to share with me. She told me that when he had had the heart attack, they called for an ambulance. And when the call was completed, he took the time to pray. My mother then asked me, David, do you know what your father prayed? Of course they said, no, I don't know, mama. What did he pray? She then went on to say he prayed, father, take care of my wife. That was his final prayer. But that prayer was one of the greatest examples my father ever gave me. His concern was not for himself. It was for his beloved wife of 53 years. It was the last prayer that he ever prayed out loud. But it was the greatest example of what Jesus instructed the church to do. Husbands, love your wives. Let them know how important they are to you. Remember, if a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she'll never turn into an old nag. This is David Rosales, pastor of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley.


In this video, I will define stroke volume, heart rate, and cardiac output, describe the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect cardiac output, describe the FRONK Starling mechanism, explain how the autonomic nervous system regulates cardiac output, and define enotropic and chronotropic effects. Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute. Cardiac output is the product of heart rate and stroke volume. The heart rate is the number of beats per minute, the number of cardiac cycles, in one minute. And the stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each beat. Stroke volume is equal to end diastolic volume minus end systolic volume. The end diastolic volume is the volume of blood in a ventricle at the beginning of ventricular systole, and throughout isovolumetric contraction. And systolic volume is the volume of blood in a ventricle at the beginning of diastole, and throughout isovolumetric relaxation. A number of factors can influence both heart rate and stroke volume, and then lead to an influence on cardiac output. For example, the autonomic nervous system provides extrinsic control over heart rate as well as stroke volume. There are also hormones such as epinephrine that have an influence on cardiac output. Then fitness levels and age also have an influence on our cardiac output as our fitness levels are higher than typically the blood vessels are able to easily stretch and recoil. And the heart is well conditioned to work efficiently, and therefore the heart rate tends to be a little lower at rest than somebody who is very fit because they don't need as much blood pressure in order to maintain blood flow. And then with age our arteries tend to become less elastic, start to become more stiff, and this can lead to an increasing blood pressure that's required to maintain blood flow, and often heart rate will increase in order to help generate that blood pressure. So if the heart is larger, this can lead to a larger stroke volume. Often men have larger hearts than women corresponding to their relatively larger body size and larger amount of muscle mass. The contractility of the heart is a factor that will be influenced by the autonomic nervous system. The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system will stimulate an increased calcium concentration inside contractile cells during an action potential, and this will lead to increased stroke volume. So the duration of contraction, how long the systole lasts will also influence stroke volume. A longer duration of contraction can lead to a greater stroke volume, but also the endiastolic volume or preload has a large influence on stroke volume. We'll see that the relationship between preload and stroke volume is known as the Frank Starling Law. So the preload is the amount that the ventricles are stretched by the blood at the endiastolic volume, and as the endiastolic volume increases, the ventricles are stretched more. And this stretching can then lead to an increased force of contraction to increase the stroke volume in proportion to that increased preload. Now in contrast to preload, which is that amount of stretching from the blood filling the ventricles, the afterload is the resistance, or the pressure of the arteries that is making it more difficult for blood to move out of the ventricles during ventricular ejection. And so as the afterload increases, this will lead to a decreasing stroke volume by increasing the end systolic volume. And this is one of the ways that as we age or as we start to develop more stiff blood vessels as our arteries start to be hardened or less elastic with age, the afterload will increase, leading to a proportionally decreased stroke volume. The heart is regulated by the autonomic nervous system. We can see here the sympathetic cardiac nerves are shown in the purple color, and these sympathetic nerves release norepinephrine as the neurotransmitter. So although the preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system release acetylcholine to excite the postganglionic fibers, the postganglionic sympathetic fibers release norepinephrine in the heart. And this region here is the SA node in the right atrium. And then this region here is the AV node. By releasing norepinephrine in the SA node and AV node, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates an increase in heart rate. So increased heart rate as a result of norepinephrine is a positive chronotropic effect. So any agent that can regulate the heart rate is a chronotropic agent. Norepinephrine is a positive chronotropic agent because it leads to an increased heart rate. In contrast, the parasympathetic division has the opposite effect. The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released by postganglionic parasympathetic fibers in the heart to produce a decrease in the heart rate. So acetylcholine is considered a negative chronotropic agent that decreases heart rate. The last thing I'd like to point out on this slide is that the sympathetic fibers illustrated in the purple color, in addition to branching into the SA node and AV node where they can regulate the auto-rhythmic cells to control heart rate, these sympathetic fibers also branch into the ventricular myocardium. And the function of these sympathetic fibers in the ventricular myocardium is to stimulate an increased stroke volume. And so an enotropic agent, in contrast to a chronotropic agent, will lead to a change in stroke volume. And a major positive enotropic agents include norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter released by postganglionic sympathetic fibers, and also epinephrine, the hormone that's released by the adrenal medulla in response to increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. And so sympathetic activity will lead to increased heart rate, a positive chronotropic effect, and increased stroke volume, a positive enotropic effect. In contrast, acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter released by the parasympathetic fibers only affects the heart rate. And so it's a negative chronotropic agent, but it's not an enotropic agent. So here we can see the mechanism for signaling from the beta-adrenergic receptor that leads to an increased heart rate. So the sympathetic postganglionic fibers release norepinephrine in the SA node and AV node, and norepinephrine will bind to beta-adrenergic receptors on the surface of auto-rhythmic cells. The beta-adrenergic receptor is a G-protein-linked receptor that, when it's activated by norepinephrine or epinephrine, will then stimulate an increased activity of the enzyme adenylyl cyclase that synthesizes the second messenger cyclic AMP. Cyclic AMP then binds to a site on the HCN channel. The hyperpolarization activated cyclic nucleotide gated channel, HCN channel, is the channel that produces the pacemaker potential. The spontaneous depolarization at the beginning of the pacemaker potential to generate an action potential. As more HCN channels are open in response to sympathetic stimulation, the slope of the pacemaker potential increases as depolarization occurs more rapidly. This causes the auto-rhythmic cells to reach threshold for the action potential more rapidly and leads to an increased heart rate. So here we can see a comparison of the normal or resting auto-rhythmic cell action potential. And with sympathetic stimulation, we see here the auto-rhythmic cell action potential has changed to have a faster rate of depolarization. So that means that the slope of the pacemaker potential has increased. So increased slope of pacemaker potential. I'll go ahead and just highlight that with the purple color here. So we increase the slope of the pacemaker potential. This is the effect of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. Nor epinephrine and epinephrine both lead to this faster rate of depolarization or increased slope of the pacemaker potential. And this leads to increased heart rate. Now we'll look at the mechanism that leads to a decrease in heart rate in response to parasympathetic stimulation. So post-ganglionic parasympathetic fibers release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into the SA node and AV node. Acetylcholine binds to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, which is another G-protein linked receptor. The beta-gamma subunits of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor are activated to then stimulate a potassium channel in auto-rhythmic cells. And so stimulating the opening of a potassium channel will lead to a slower rate of depolarization. As potassium moves out of the cell, this has the effect of decreasing the value of the membrane potential. And so open potassium channels will have the opposite effect of open HCN channels because sodium enters through the HCN channel. Represent that here. Sodium is moving the other direction through the HCN channel, causing spontaneous depolarization. But having an increased number of potassium channels that are open and potassium is moving out of the cell will slow down this spontaneous depolarization, leading to a decreased slope of the pacemaker potential and a decreased heart rate. So another mechanism that leads to the decreased heart rate following parasympathetic stimulation involves the alpha subunit of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The alpha subunit of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor inhibits the enzyme adenolyl cyclase. So inhibition of adenolyl cyclase leads to a decreased concentration of cyclic AMP. Cyclic AMP has the effect in auto-rhythmic cells of stimulating the HCN channels. With a decreased concentration of cyclic AMP, we're going to have a reduced amount of sodium entering the cell. So the rate of spontaneous depolarization will decrease, leading to a decreased slope of the pacemaker potential and decreased heart rate. And so here we see the auto-rhythmic cell action potential at rest. In contrast, here we see the effect of parasympathetic stimulation. So parasympathetic stimulation led to a slower rate of spontaneous depolarization by stimulating an increased number of potassium channels that are open and a decreased number of HCN channels that are open. There's a decreased slope of the pacemaker potential. So this region of the graph, the pacemaker potential, has a decreased slope, meaning it takes longer for the auto-rhythmic cells to spontaneously depolarize enough to reach threshold, and therefore the heart rate decreases. The Frank Starling mechanism, also known as the Frank Starling Law of the Heart, is a major intrinsic regulation mechanism that's controlling stroke volume. This graph here shows us the relationship between stroke volume and endiastolic volume. The volume of blood found inside of the ventricles at the beginning of ventricular systole during the isovolumetric contraction phase. If there's a larger endiastolic volume, that means that the heart muscle is being stretched out more. This is the preload, increased stretching of the contractile fibers in the myocardium. Now the length-tension relationship is that an increased length of the contractile fibers in the heart will lead to an increased muscle tension, leading to increased stroke volume. So an increase in endiastolic volume will produce an increased stroke volume under normal circumstances at the typical endiastolic volume and contractile fiber lengths that the heart is usually functioning with it. The Frank Starling mechanism is an intrinsic property of the heart. Stretching of the myocardium increases the number of crossbridges formed between actin and myosin, leading to increased contraction force, increased muscle tension, and this increased contraction will then cause that increase in stroke volume. And it's a proportional increase in stroke volume, so essentially the heart can pump the amount of blood that it's receiving. The endiastolic volume is influenced by the rate of venous return. If blood flows more rapidly from the veins into the heart, the endiastolic volume will increase. Whereas if there's a decrease in venous return, this leads to decreased endiastolic volume and a proportional decrease in stroke volume. So while cardiac muscle normally functions below the optimal length, enabling this Frank Starling mechanism, it is possible for the cardiac muscle to be stretched past its optimal length. And once the endiastolic volume produces stretching greater than the optimal length, there's a proportional decrease in stroke volume with further increases in endiastolic volume. So this is not a very healthy situation. This occurs during congestive heart failure as the venous return continues to increase. The volume of blood inside of the heart is increasing, but the force of contraction is decreasing and the amount of blood that can be forced out into the arteries decreases, which impairs the function of the heart eventually leading to heart failure. So the regulation of contractility by the autonomic nervous system is primarily the sympathetic division where the sympathetic cardiac nerves release norepinephrine and the adrenal glands release epinephrine. Both norepinephrine and epinephrine are positive inotropic agents. So an inotropic agent influences contractility influencing stroke volume by regulating the concentration of calcium inside of contractile cells during inaction potential because norepinephrine and epinephrine are positive inotropic agents. They stimulate an increased concentration of calcium inside of the contractile cells with each action potential. As a higher level of calcium concentration is achieved, there's a greater contractility producing a larger stroke volume. The mechanism of the positive inotropic effect of norepinephrine and epinephrine involve the activation of the beta-adrenergic receptor on contractile cells in the myocardium. The G protein of the beta-adrenergic receptor stimulates the enzyme adenolil cyclase to produce the second messenger cyclic AMP. Cyclic AMP then binds to the enzyme protein kinase A, activating it, and protein kinase A will phosphorylate L-type calcium channels. This phosphorylation of L-type calcium channels by protein kinase A stimulates the L-type calcium channels so that more L-type calcium channels open allowing a greater influx of calcium to stimulate increased contractility. There's also activation of the ryanodine receptors on the membrane of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. So the protein kinase A also phosphorylates the ryanodine receptor and this activates the ryanodine receptors, stimulating an increased flow of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum into the cytosol. So this increased cytosol calcium concentration inside of the contractile cells stimulates increased contractility leading to an increase in stroke volume.


Late last week it looked as though the Thargoid Titan Oya was going to be able to dig in and hold off the attention of the community for a good few weeks more. We also weren't expecting a patch this week delivering a hybrid Thargoid Frameshift drive. It's funny how things turn out sometimes however and so here is a midweek news update. As we reported in witch based news on Friday following last Thursday's Thargs day tick, Oya had been able to generate over 20 new alerts in the space around it. This volume of alerts in such a wide spread of systems is counter to all previous observed behaviour patterns that we've seen across all 8 titans over the last year. If left unchecked these alerts would turn into invasions in occupied systems and Thargoid control in systems where there is no permanent human presence and if that happened the Titan Oya that had recently risen to the very top of the community's nanite infused early bath list would gain itself a significant defensive boost delaying its previously moderately imminent human sponsored please leave the galaxy party. An emergency council was convened between the various larger player groups that engage in anti-xeno operations and the other multi-discipline war efforts in the game to discuss what to do, Frontier or the Pilots Federation depending on how you choose to interpret Galnet news articles were at the same time encouraging players to go after the Orthros interceptors specifically in the affected systems. Orthros hunting does positively affect the war effort but it takes so long to find an Orthros encounter let alone kill it or steal its lunch money that it is hugely inefficient when compared to the current go to favoured activity of scout sampling. The AXI did conduct some tests to ensure that nothing had changed in that regard over their previous data and they confirmed that Orthros encounters had not been buffed in any regard. Scout sampling was indeed still the way to go when it comes to shifting system influence in the war. The end result of all this was a two pronged approach, attacked the Titan directly but also continued the scout sampling in huge quantities ignoring the Pilots Federation call to attack Orthros interceptors. As of today of the 30 alerts that were outstanding only two remain to be cleared that's an extraordinary accomplishment. The defence level of the Titan itself remained too high to move progress significantly on it and so now all attention has been redirected toward large scale scout sampling. You'll find the latest video from Commander Mechon of the AXI linked below. That video details the AXI's plans for the remaining two systems following the tick this week and the current estimate assuming no further surprises is that the attack on the Titan Oya will begin on Thursday 18th April. In a surprise move yesterday Frontier announced that the servers would be coming down today Wednesday 10th April to apply patch 18.02. The patch contains a few fixes and additions to the game perhaps most notable of which is that the pre-engineered 5A frame shift drive module can now have experimental effects added to it and support for hardware with up to 128 buttons registered as an input device has also been added. I've linked to the full notes below if you're curious to see the rest. The big headliner to the patch however is the addition of the brand new Thargoid hybrid frame shift drive from Achilles Aerospace that we reported on a few weeks back after its development was the direct subject of a community goal. The new Class C drives contain a new super cruise overcharge feature that is activated via your regular boost key when in super cruise. When the overcharge is activated the new frame shift drive immediately begins to overheat and it absolutely chews through fuel but in return you get a colossal increase in your super cruise speed and during the flight let's say things get a little wobbly like you're being interdicted wobbly except you're not because you're going so damn fast. In order to get the footage you're seeing on screen now I field every single optional slot in this python with a fuel tank and all the utility slots had a heat sink in them. When I landed at Shinrata I had half the original amount of fuel left and it cost me around 7,000 credits to fill her up. I did however do nearly 225,000 light seconds in about 60 seconds and easily obtained speeds in excess of 3,400 times the speed of light. There's a number of reasons this drive might be useful over the next weeks and months at least one of the Titans is a comedic distance from its parent star and travelling that far in super cruise all the while being chased down and interdicted by Thargoids in order to deliver a nanite coated cuddle to the mothership could swerve dangerously close to no fun at all. FDev have made it known that for the upcoming powerplay 2.0 later this year they are keen to see PvP play a bigger role so it's possible this new drive feature could be part of an effort by Frontier to get more folks in to open as we're assuming it's going to be much harder for a meta build further lance with a thimble for a fuel tank to keep up with you to maintain an interdiction tether. Science is very very ongoing in the community at the moment but we also know perhaps unsurprisingly that the new drives can't be engineered but regardless at the very least this is likely going to mean a change in tactics for AX pilots haulers and hunters alike and I'm very curious to see how groups like the bucky ball and elite racers adopt the new technology as well as how a speed record to hut an orbital might now be handled. You can purchase the new drives from outfitters at high tech star systems and also Jameson memorial in Shinrata Desira if you have access. Have you been smacking scouts in defence of the bubble? Have you tried the overcharged super cruise mode and just where do you think the drive will come into its own? Let us know in the comments below. If you've enjoyed this video be sure to like and subscribe so YouTube shows you all our content and if you'd like to support our work here at the burp pit you can also join us on Patreon links to that and everything else we've talked about in this video you'll find links below. That's it for now thanks very much for watching we very much look forward to seeing you next time.


Hi and welcome to this video tutorial on how to use custom sql queries in true set console. Custom sql query section is common in most of the database games. We are using Oracle Enterprise Database Game for creating this video. After specifying the environment configuration details, let me directly move on to the custom sql query section and see how to add custom sql queries in true set console. Click add to enter custom sql query. Enter a user different query name. This query helps you to know the name of the users whose expiry date is less than 7 days. Specify the query collection time. Select this option to display the query result as an orientation on the number of records metric. Similarly, we will add one more query to set a threshold for the value attribute to identify an increase in the number of inactive sessions in the database. This query helps you to set a threshold for the value attribute to identify an increase in the number of inactive sessions. Click OK and save the policy. To verify the configuration, go to the monitoring tab and click Devices. To see the results of the configured policy, you can see the results of both the queries. This attribute displays the execution status of the custom sql query. This attribute displays the overall response time of the query. Here you can see the result of the query 1. You can see that there are 34 users whose expiry date is less than 7 days. Let us look at the annotations. Here in the annotations, it lists all the users whose expiry date is less than 7 days. You can also see the names of the users. Let us look at the output of the query 2. Here, these are the number of inactive sessions in the database. For more details, log on to docs.vmc.com. Thanks for watching this video.


What's going on everybody? Got Kyle and Sean here with Layton Sports Cards. We've been three boxes, 2023 bum and draft choice. All three of these going to be from Mr. Harper B. Good luck Harper. Let's see what we got, my friend. Let's see if we can find your gator friend here. Good luck, good luck. It's the fanski on Flakow. He is fiery during games. What do you call a coach? He's fiery. An insert, Otto looks like. Is that? No, it's Ralphie Velasquez. Nice one there, class of 2021 Silver. There you go. Nice one Harper there. First pick for the Guardians in the draft. Nice Ralphie who can definitely hit nice class of 2021. Insert, Otto. Behind it we have a base Otto, Jay Sparofin. Jay Sparofin base Otto there for the Blue Jays. And on the back of the box we have, it's a 99. It's going to be Jay Beshears on the Green Lollifers for the Padres. Hey, what's up, Mark? Appreciate that, sir. Yeah, appreciate you rushing over, my man. What's up, Mark? Yeah, I appreciate that. We've got some 99 and 99 in the Green Lollifers, Beshears. I'm already Harper boxed too. I'm on now. I'm on. Where is Lankford? What is Lankford? Yeah, that's what Sean did too, he heard I was ripping. So he's like, I'm going to come in today. Yeah, man. I'm going to come in today. That's right. Yeah, man. It's going to be Xander Muth on the base Otto there. First Otto for Pirates. Xander Muth for Space. Take them all, I guess. Got 2-1-50. Nice one there. TJ Walton at Sam's Boy for the Phillies. 2-1-50 on the Choice Exclusive First. TJ Walton. And on the back is going to be Ty Floyd on the first Otto there for the Rettes. Ty Floyd. And last box here, number three. Good luck, Harper. Come on now. Nice. It's going to be a Gold Wave of Blake Mitchell. Blake Mitchell, Gold Wave. And one is a eighth round pick, or not eighth round, eighth pick overall. We'll get that in a mag for you. Yeah, I'm freaking taking them down a little bit there. And I had to pull you a gator, didn't I, Harper? Didn't I have to pull you a gator? Geez. Gold Wave, Blake Mitchell. This might be the best choice box I've seen. And Choice Exclusive First. Bowman Otto is Wyatt Langford. Boom. There you go, Harper. I know that's who you're looking for. Almost exclusively. So we'll take that, sir. Choice Exclusive First to 150. Let's go, Harper. The man out of Florida. Get that in a mag for you. Let's go, Harper. Let's go, Harper. Get that in a mag for you. Blake Mitchell, Gold and Wyatt Langford. Dang it. And green on the back is going to be a Max Anderson. Green Lava to 99 for the Tigers. Green Lava to the great box. Alrighty there, Mr. Harper. That will do it, sir. Had to get you a Langford. Appreciate you, my man, as always. We'll get it right out to you, sir.


So John, we're watching a host of different IPOs in the coming weeks. What are the main takeaways in your view? Well, next week's going to be a really big week for the IPO calendar. We've got a lot of companies coming public from a lot of different areas. There is a cloud-based tech company, Tintry, that's going to be coming out. I think that's going to be a hot one. There's a handful of biotech companies coming out, biotech companies with products for breast cancer, for heart disease, and other indications. And you're always looking to see what kind of partners these biotech companies have, because a lot of them don't have revenue yet. But the big one next week is going to be Blue Apron, 30 million shares out of Goldman Sachs. A lot of focus on the food industry with Amazon buying whole foods. I think it's going to be a hit on the early days in the market, but I think it's going to come out at a bit of a high valuation. So you might see it plateau in the few weeks after the initial public offer. And the Blue Apron CEO is also going to have reports that are suggesting quite a bit of voting power. Not exactly as much as SNAP CEO Evan Spiegel, but is that the new normal in some of these IPOs? I think the owners want the capital from the markets, but then they still want to keep control. So we're kind of seeing that play out. SNAP pulled it off. We'll see if Blue Apron is going to be as successful. Alright, John Eade, President of Argus Research, thanks so much. Thanks, Scott.