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Act 3 of the Squire by Arthur Wing Pinero. Act 3. Goodbye. Scene. The same as in Act 2. Daylight. The curtains over the window recesses are drawn back. The fire is burning brightly. It is afternoon. The sun sets as the act advances. All lights full. Red lime right for fire. Red lime on slot behind cloth for sun. Amber lime behind transparent cloth right. Ditto left to be worked on at queue. Music for act drop. Clear lamp and book from table.  Left window open. Laughter and voices off left as curtain rises. Till Christy gets to window then a voice. There is Christy. She shuts window. Ah, we're not good enough for Christy. Merma's from all. Christiana enters upstaged or left. There is the distant sound of rough laughter. She looks out of left centre. What a lot of animals. Ugh. How awful. Common people look when they're clean. Comes down centre. Isod's head appears in doorway left. Christy. Merma turning sharply. Hello. Isod entering. What's wrong with a squire? Eel, she says. Hush. Pointing to door right. She's in there. What do you want, dear? Coin. Falls back up right centre as gunion enters door left, much perturbed. He is a tired in his grandest wearing a large rosette of coloured ribbons. We're a squire. That's what I want to know. Hush. She's in her room. What's the matter? Gunion, sitting on stool centre, wiping his forehead. Hum puntuality's the matter. A lot of them's not come yet. The fiddle ain't come. The mercury ain't come. I don't give them a single sentiment till mercury's here to take me down. He wants somebody here to take you down. Feldergrocer's not come. If he hadn't been asked, he would have held. Now he has been asked, he's from marching in late like a prince. Rising. On the master of ceremonies I am. Take care he don't find himself eaved out. You're quite right, gunion. Act up to your ribbons. Gunion going to door left. Oh, that'll do. The squires made me what I am this blessed day. I'm squires representative I am, and they'll find me darn unpleasant. He goes off left, muttering. John Parsley ain't come. Old Buckle ain't come. Moldy Green ain't come. Izod comes down right centre. Go away, Izod, and keep quiet till you're wanted. I tell you I want coin. Sniffing. I've got such an awful cold through lying under those ricks in the mist. I want coin. I haven't any. Then I don't open my mouth to the person about what I saw last night. I tell you I want coin. What for? Izod, reflectively. For, for, to buy a pocket anchorchief. Christiana hurriedly takes out her purse. How much? Izod, after consideration. Six and six cents. For a pocket anchorchief? I want a rather large-sized pocket anchorchief. Christiana gives him the money, then listens. Looking towards right. Somebody's coming. Go away. Izod slouches off left as Felicity enters door right. Now then you. Yes, Miss Christiana? Christiana takes a letter from the pocket of her apron and holds it up, then puts it behind back. It was a pretty thing, and a very pretty thing. I know it was the owner of this pretty thing. You shan't have it till you guess what it is. A letter for the squire? No. For me? Yes. Give it me please. She holds out her hand for it. Christiana puts the letter behind her. Oh, is it from? How am I to know till I see it? Yes. How did you get it? It was left here this morning by a common soldier. Felicity jumps with glee. Oh, it's from Tom. He's not common. He's a sergeant.  Christiana holds up the letter, reading the address. Miss Felicity Gunyan, image it. Image it. It can't even spell properly. That's a good match for a girl. Felicity indignantly. I can't spell it all. It's a very good match. She snatches the letter from Christiana and opens it. Aside. Oh, dear Tom. She crosses to sofa left. That's his smudge. He always begins with a smudge. She sits on couch left and reads. Christiana watches her grimly. Dear Miss Gunyan. Dear Miss Gunyan. Oh, Tom. She reads quickly. How is he? What does he call you? Lovey or Popsie? He smokes bad tobacco. I shouldn't cover him to kiss me. Felicity wiping her eyes in great distress, crying. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. She takes her earrings from her ears and throws them over the back of the couch. Hello. What's wrong with the earrings? He sent them to me. You are quite right, Miss Christiana. He is common. He's the commonest, worst man in Peggy Barracks. I'm glad of it. It serves you right. You shouldn't sneak into other women's shoes. She goes off left. The harvest people are heard again in the distance, singing a rough chorus. Offstage, left, up, centre, laugh. A song! A song! A song! Wrapping mugs on table. Silence, yep. The countryman's song. The charity enters towards end of song from door right, looking white and worn, without noticing Felicity. She crosses slowly to window left, enters the recess, opens casement and looks out. The villagers, who are supposed to be enjoying themselves in the court below, break off their singing as Kate appears and cry out to her. There's Squire! How are you, Squire? Are you better, Squire? Kate nods and closes window, murmurs gradually subsiding. She sits on the sofa, left centre. Felicity rises and crosses to go off right down and turns as Kate speaks.  Felicity goes to Kate with her letter. I've had awful bad news, Squire.  Patting Felicity's head kindly. What is it? Felicity kneels at Kate's side. Oh, Squire, dear, listen to this. Dear Miss Gunion, fancy that, Squire, from Tom Morris. The news have come to Pagley that our regiment is the next for India. Kate starts. The orders are posted that we embark in ten days from this present in the Orion. Stop. For India. Eric's regiment.  Oh! What's the matter, Squire? Nothing, dearie. Don't mind me. Go on. I have been thinking of the matter careful and have come to the conclusion that the climate of India would not agree with your health, it being a swelterer. I therefore let you off of your engagement, but have spoke to old Stibbs, the butler, Mrs. Thorndykes, who has saved money and wants for to marry again. And I have mentioned you as a steady, hard-working lass who would make any man's home a palace. Send me back the silver earrings you had from me, as they will only remind you of him you have lost. So no more from your heart-broken Tom, oh, Squire. Kate kisses Felicity on the forehead.  Felicity rises and dries her eyes. I'm sure I'm very glad of it. Oh, Squire, them soldiers are a bad deceiving lot. The king has their chests padded and so girls think they've got big hearts, but it's all wadding, Squire. It's all wadding. Goes up right. Gunnion enters door left. I'm darned if this ain't almost too much for an old man. Calling off at door. Come on, wee. Rob John's junior enters, attired in his best, and carrying his fiddle in a green bae's bag. He has a white hat in his hand. Oh, got him at last. Blessed if he ain't been dressing himself since nine o'clock this morning. Well, Squire, I'm truly sorry that I'm two hours and a half beyond time, and I hope it'll make no difference. No, no. But fact is, Squire, father's lingering in a most aggravating way, and rare work I had to get the hat from him. The hat? Rob John's, holding out the hat. Father's white hat, Squire, is full of earthly pride and wouldn't give it up. Rob John's goes to left down and takes fiddle out of bag, as fell the grocer, a stout man, with his wife and a little child enter. Squire, this is Mr. Fell, the proprietor of the grocer's shop down by Throne Lane. Fell advancing. I beg pardon. Not a grocer's shop. Stores. Maybe it's a grocer's shop, maybe it's Stores. But if the fells imagine that dropping in late is markets in field manners, they're darn well mistook. Dukes may do it, but not grocers, nor even Stores. Gunion. Well, on the monstrous ceremonies I am. Mr. and Mrs. Fell argue out the subject with Gunion. Up-centre Kate beckons the little child who runs to her. Kate rises and kneels with child-centre. Come here, Toddle. What's your little name? Stores. Gunion places Mrs. Fell on stall up-centre. Fell takes chair from left of bureau and sits beside her. Stores. No, no, no. That's not your name. Crosses to right with child. Felicity places stall beside chair, right-centre of it, and child sits. Felicity behind her. The shabby person, representative of the Pagley Mercury appears, supported on either side by two country-people, men. Squire, I mortally grieve to say this ear is Mercury. He's a little tired. We found him in the parlor of the White Lion. Come on, Drey. Enter Dame, her husband and son, with clarionette. Kate meets Dame. Ah, Dame, glad to see you. Long life to you, Squire. Kate, pointing to chair left. Sit down, Dame. Crowd follow, all bob and curtsy and say. Morning, Squire. How are you, Squire? Group formed, left of stage. Gunion arranging them. Kate sits right. The shabby person is placed upon the couch. The villagers and farm-servants, men, women and children, troop in and cluster in doorway upstage left. At the same time the parson, breaking his way through them, enters and comes to Kate. Kate, with the little child, rises to receive him. A parson? How kind of you.  No, no, not now. Whose child is this? Mr. Fells, the grossest little girl.  Nah, then, Joe Parsley, leave go of Jane Brodsley's waist. You don't see me lower in myself, will woman. Squire, the hour of his song. Go on, Drey. A simple, rustic chorus is sung to the accompaniment of Robb's fiddle. What have you got for me, good man? Say, ay, ay, ay. Laces and rings and womanly things upon our harvest day. A woman holding up a baby. What's for your baby boy, good man? Say, ay, ay, ay. Bobbles and milk and a robe of silk upon our harvest day. A woman pointing to the square. What have you got for she, good man? Say, ay, ay, ay. Men, stooping as if to carry a burden.  Everybody, bread and beef and milk in the can, and wood for the winter fire. Fire, a broken back for the husband bin, and golden corn for the squire. Squire, ah, ah. At end of chorus, a young girl comes from the crowd and presents Kate with a basket of fruit and flowers. Kate kisses her. The girl returns. Squire, verity. It was my desire for to have been took down in my words by Mercury. Mercury, however, is non-composite, as the saying goes. More shame for him. But what I have to tell you is this here, Squire. The men wish you a better harvest next harvest than this harvest. As much ops and more wheat and barley, not to say oats. Hear, hear. The women wish you a good husband who will love you and protect you and put a load of money into the land. And have all the cottages well whitewashed. Hear, hear. And lastly, if the portion will allow me that last word. Lastly, we all wish you may live among us long and happy until you're an octa, an octa, an octagon. I'm sorry, Mercury, can't take me down. Very good. Kate rising with a hand on the little girl's head. Felicity puts stool back and stands by Kate taking her hand and kissing it at end of speech. My dear friends, you are kinder to me than I deserve, which makes me very pained at what I have to tell you. You and I, who have been together for so many years and who have loved one another so much, have to part company. What? Part company? You don't mean to say you're going to put more machinery in the land, Squire? I mean that I am going away from Marcus Sinfield, perhaps never to come back. Oh, what would come of us? A murmur from the women. The lands will be worked by Richard Farmer and you and your homes will be the gainers. Know that they won't. They shake their heads. But what I ask of you is, don't forget me. A sob from one of the women. And to make sure of that, please christen some of your children by my name. Kate is a pretty name and when your babies grow up tell them why they bear it. She kisses the child and sends it back to the group, then sits and cries. Well, and all I got to say is, Squire, we're well nigh aren't broke. Turning to the group. My eye. I'll forego the rinse. Dorma, coming down. Be off, all of you.  Felicity exits right. Downstage, Mercury assisted off. Felicity places his chair back as before. Dorma goes off through the group. The rest sorrowfully disperse, looking over their shoulders at Kate. As they leave, Gilbert comes through them and is left on the stage. He softly closes the door and crosses to Kate right centre. Squire. Kate, looking up quickly. Oh, Gilbert. She gives him her hand across the table. I've been waiting for a chance of a word with you. Squire, how could have you even to look at me? Don't speak so, Gilbert. What you think of me as I was. Squire, I had the devil in me last night and I would have shot the young lieutenant like a dog in this very room but for... I can't say it. But for what? But for the son of the thoughts that you wear as guilty a woman as he was a man. You didn't know, Gilbert. Thank you, Squire. I didn't know. Advances to her. Looking round to be sure they are alone. Well, Squire, I have seen Mr. Thornback this very morning. Yes? And I'm the bearer of a message from him. A message? What is it, quick? Checking herself. No. It doesn't matter. Don't tell me. Squire, you can't have heard the news. The regimen is going away to a strange country. It's duty and he goes to... Yes, no. Going away soon. Well, Squire, I parted from him less than an hour ago. He grips my hand and says to me, Gilbert, you're the only soul that knows our secret and you're my friend and hers and we trust you. God bless him for that, Squire. And Gilbert, says he, I'm packed off to the Roush Kirk station in India where many a gravestone marks the end of a short life. It's a good country for broken hearts, Gilbert. And Gilbert, says he, I want to wish her a good-bye. She won't refuse me that, Gilbert. She can't refuse me that. Kate goes to fire. Oh, Squire, I've got a man's heart. Though it's rough and all my poor disappointments and troubles are nothing to such a sorrow as this. And I'm here for your answer, Squire. Wait in. I can't see him. I must not see him. I am weak, ill. My answer? No. I won't take it, Squire. My heart goes out to him. I can't bear that answer back. Then tell him that you found me well, cheerful, with a smile among my people. Say it is better as it is that we must learn to forget. Say anything. She sinks helplessly in chair. Oh, Squire. Approaches her. Do as I bid you. Keep him away from me. That's all. Gilbert walks sadly over to left centre, then turns. Nothing more. Nothing more. The door left open, and Christiana enters with eyes on at her heels. Gilbert. The children are crying out for you to tell them your fairy stories and sing your songs to them. I'm coming. As Gilbert is leaving, Kate rises and calls to him. Gilbert. Squire. She lays her hand upon his arm. Gilbert. I... I have thought about it. Tell Mr Thorndike that the poor folks look for a glimpse of him today. That he shouldn't leave England without seeing the last of Verity's farm. Gilbert. Say that we need not meet. Go. Tell him to come to me. Gilbert hurries off. Kate sits on couch left. Christiana stands before her. Isod comes down centre. You're going to turn your back on Market Sinfield, Squire. What's to become of me? Crosses her arms. The poor servant's fortune always faults with the house, Christy. You're young and strong, and better off than your mistress. Christiana uncrosses and uses her arms. Ah, I see. It's the baby face and baby tongue of old Gunion's daughter that pleases you now. And why? Because the child can talk to you of the barracks at Pegley, and the jests they make, and the stories they tell about young Thorndike's lady love. Kate, raising her head.  Insolent I might be, but I'm not worse. What do you mean? That your precious love secret is known to my brother and me, that we can spell the name of the man who is the most welcome guest here, in broad daylight when doors are open, and in the dead of night when doors are locked. Kate, rising and seizing Christy's wrist. Christy? Christiana, throwing her off, placing her hands behind her defiantly.   All the ills of the world at one poor woman's door. Sits on sofa.  Isod, aside to Christiana. Coin! This. I've got gypsy blood in me, and that means all on none. Will you promise to turn Old Gunion's child away, never to have her near you again? If I refuse, what will you do? Tell the parson that there's a lady in Market Sinfield who needs as much praying for as she can get from him on Sundays. Tell him what Isod saw last night, and what I heard. Give him a new text to preach to the poor folks who call you their saint. You'll do this. Rises. Then I promise to be a friend to little Felicity as long as she loves me and clings to me. Say the worst you can. Isod goes up towards left downstage and remains. Christiana makes a movement as if going. Kate stops her. Christiana. Christiana stands before Kate with her hands behind her back. I'll give you this thought to help you. I stand here, the last of my name, in our old house, wretched and in trouble. I'm not the first verity that has come to grief, but I shall be the first at whose name there's a hush and a whisper. And this will be to your credit, to the credit of one who has fared and slept under my roof and who has touched my lips with hers. She comes to Christiana and lays a hand upon her shoulder. Christiana.  Remember that. Sits again. Eric thawndike enters quickly door left and stands facing Kate. Christiana and Isod look at each other significantly. There is a pause.  Isod passes behind and gets on steps. Christiana with a curtsy to Eric. Yourself and left in it. You haven't forgotten the harvest feast, sir. He makes no answer. Christiana and Isod cross quietly to door left. Christiana in Isod's ear. Come to the person now. They go out. Kate and Eric are alone. They look at each other. Thank you for seeing me.  I should have delayed this till you were stronger, but I was in dread that you would go without a word. I'll leave Market Sinfield to-morrow. I should not have said good-bye to you. You look tired and worn out. Eric advances to sit beside her. She checks him and points to Stool Centre. Sit down there. He sits wearily. Has your mother written? Eric with a short, bitter laugh produces a letter from his pocket-book. Ha ha ha! Oh yes, here is my conjet. The gates of the pack-mores are shut and locked. Stibbs the Butler has orders to clear out everything that spells the name of Eric. Poor mother. That needn't be now. You must tell her we have quarrelled, that I have jilted you or you me, anything for home. Eric rises. Home, Kate. Home. That's all over. Come Stine Centre. Hush, hush. I've been with Sylvester, our lawyer, this morning. He is going to raise money on the reversion of my aunt Tillcoat's little place, which must come to me. It is the Mirror's trifle, but it is something, and I've written to the agents in town about setting aside half my pay. Kate, looking up. What is the meaning of that? For you, Kate. I've no thought but for you, dear, and the little heart which is to beat against yours. Kate, starts up. Rises. Oh, Eric, unless you wish to make me mad, you mustn't be kind to me. I can't bear it. Advancing centre firmly. Why, Eric, do you think I'd let you pinch and struggle for me? They meet centre. Why, Kate, you wouldn't live in a fashion that doesn't become my wife. He stops short. They look at each other, then turn away. Kate sits again on sofa, under her breath. Oh, Eric, what made you say that? I slipped from me. I didn't mean to say it. Oh, it comes so naturally. Goes up to left of left window. It doesn't matter. It's all through wrangling about miserable money. Goes to right of left window. The lights are getting duller. The faint glow of the setting sun is seen outside the windows. Look, there's the sun going down. We mustn't stay here longer. She comes closer to him, looking up into his face. They stand with their hands behind them. There's time only for one last word. I'm listening. It's this. You may, of course, write to me. To the post office at bail for the present. Not to make it a tax upon you, but when you've nothing better or more cheerful to do, write to me, then. Oh, Kate. He moves Dan right towards her. She goes back a pace to avoid him. Kate leans against chair. No, no, I'm not going to cry. Smiling. A man is always so frightened that a woman is going to cry. And Eric, promise me, dear, never to gamble nor bet. Only very little. Will you promise? Yes. I promise. Don't listen to stories at the mess table about officer's wives.  Don't drink too much wine. There's no chance of that. Oh, dear, you haven't been in trouble till now. And lastly, always go to church and be a good fellow. Which means, Kate, try to do everything I should have done in the happy life we might have lived together. Sits. Eric on City. Kate Center. Yes, that's what I mean. And when you find yourself getting very miserable, which means getting very weak, I want you to say to yourself, Eric, old fellow, pull up. You've got a true love somewhere. You don't know where she is, but you'd better do everything she bids you, for she's a perfect tyrant. She breaks down and stands center. Eric puts hat on chair. That's your last word, Kate. This is mine. Music. When I get away from Indy on leave, I shan't know where to bend my steps, unless it's to the country that holds my girl. No, no. Oh, listen. He holds out his right hand and traces upon it, as if it were a map with his left. Suppose my hand's a map, and there are lines enough on it, and that you're dwelling in some pretty foreign place, say here. Well, then, when you're here, I could while away the time there.  You see, darling, never too near you where I've no right, but always about thirty or forty miles away, so that in the twilight's which are long and saddening in foreign places, you might sit and say to yourself, I don't want to meet Eric face to face, because he'd remind me of old times and old troubles, but he's not more than forty miles away, and he's thinking of his dear love at this very moment. Music changes. Kate, drawing her hand across her eyes. He mustn't speak to me any more. Eric takes his hat. Goodbye. Looking in her face, trying to smile. Why, I do believe I shall begin writing you my Indian budget this very evening. Kate, struggling with her tears. It doesn't matter how long the letter is. Goodbye. She holds out her hand. He walks down slowly and takes her hand. There is a pause. You are going away. I can't help it. Music ceases.  He folds his arms around her. As they part, Dorma enters door left with a stern face. Mr. Dormer. We meet, as we have met before, sir, in hot blood. Mr. Thorndike, you have no secret that is not shared by me, and yet you are here, sir, for shame. Let me remind you, Mr. Dormer, that one of the few advantages of being neither a popper nor a felon is freedom of action. Mr. Thorndike, I am without the smooth tongue of my class. I find you in a woman's house, where you are a guest by night as well as by day. I bid you be gone.  A man who makes war upon weakness.  A coward, Mr. Dormer, is one who, under the cover of his age and profession, uses language for which a younger and a braver man would be chastised. Goes upstage towards fireplace. Kate crosses to Dorma. Person, you don't guess the truth. If you knew... I'll know no more. Ms. Verity, I am the pastor of a flock of poor, simple people who regard your words as precepts and your actions as examples. I will spare you the loss of their good will, but I demand, so long as you remain in this parish, that Mr. Thorndike be excluded from your house. Oh, sir, I can relieve your mind on that point. A moment later you would have found me gone. Goodbye, Ms. Verity. I shall inform you of my arrival abroad, if you will let me. Kate takes his hand and looks firmly at Dorma. Stop. Person, Dorma, this house is mine while my heart beats, for good or for evil.  That is your answer. And to think that yesterday your voice had a charm and a melody for me. It serves me rightly for forgetting my old lesson.   He goes deliberately to Bellrope left and pulls it. What are you going to do? My duty. What is that? To open the eyes of these blind people. Open their eyes to what? Your guilt. Ah! Eric gives an indignant cry. Kate goes to Dorma. Guilt. It's not true. Person, I am unhappy, with a life wasted, with hope crushed out of me, but not guilty yet. I am this man's wife in the sight of heaven, married a year ago at God's altar, prayed over, and blessed by a priest of your church. To be divorced by the cruel snare which made you its mouthpiece. Person, I am desperate and weak, but not guilty yet. Kate, Kate, look in my eyes. Is this the truth? Kate clinging to Eric. As true as at this moment for the first time in my life, I am in danger. Eric leads her to chair right. She sits. The village crowd headed by Christiana, Isod, Gunnian, and Felicity appear at door left. Christiana triumphant. Dorma faces the crowd. Friend, Margaret Sinfield people. Laying his hand on Chris's arm. You've been told by this good creature here, that I have a few words to speak to you. Very well, this is my text. Beware of tale-bearers. They destroy the simplicity of such natures as yours. They feed the bitterness of such a nature as mine.  Secondly, to believe nothing ill against those you love, and you'll love them doubly.  Pointing to Kate. Who is in some trouble at leaving the place where she was born. Go! Christiana snatches her arm from Dorma with a bitter look. The crowd makes a movement to go when Gilbert forces his way through and comes to Dorma, left of him. Gilbert aside to Dorma. Parson, you're wanted up yonder. What is it? Gilbert whispers a few words in Dorma's ear and falls back. Dorma raises his hand to stop the crowd. Before you go, I'll tell you why the squire leaves Market Sinfield. Kate rises and goes up behind table. To Dorma. Parson, no. She is going to be the wife of that young man there, our neighbor Thorndike. What? Married! Married! She is going to be married to him in your presence, in my church, and by me, before another Sunday passes. A cry from the crowd. But neighbor Thorndike is off to India for some years with his good wife, on duty to his queen, and that's why you lose your squire.  Say God bless quiet Kate and her husband, and bring them back to us, to Market Sinfield. Hurrah! Hurrah! Kate grasping Dorma's arm, aside to him. Parson, the woman at the White Lion. Hush! To Eric. Mr. Thorndike, you're a free man, sir.  Music. As the curtain falls, Kate kneels.  End of Act Three. End of The Squire by Arthur Wing Pinero.


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Welcome everybody to Lillian's Vegan World coming to you live from gorgeous downtown Honolulu. I'm your host Lillian Cumick, vegan chef and author of the new cookbook Hawaii, a Vegan Paradise. Today's show is intermittent fasting for weight loss, a journey toward health and hope. I'm so excited to welcome my guest today, Amanda Dolan. Amanda, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. The pleasure is all mine. You have such an amazing story, Amanda, and a truly inspiring story. So we're going to start from the beginning. First of all, tell us about yourself, what you're doing now and where you are coming live from. I am live from Denne, Texas, which is a medium-sized city north of Dallas and Fort Worth.  So it's my goal to help people become the best self they can be. Awesome. I think you're going to make an amazing life coach given the journey that you have been on. You recently, in the past few years, have been on a weight loss journey. You started off at what size, at what weight, Amanda? I was 322 pounds when I started. I had to look that up because I'm Australian and I don't understand pounds. That's for anyone else on the metric system, that is about 146 kilograms. Yes. So a lot. That is a lot. I had not been that heavy. And then I started a new medication and put on a lot of weight really quickly. And I saw some pictures of myself and realized that my size 28 jeans couldn't button anymore. And I just thought I have to do something. So I jumped right in quite literally. I jumped into the pool and started swimming. And that was my first attempt, or not attempt, that was my first, my starting point, my jumping off point into this weight loss journey that I'm on right now. Amanda, let's take a, if you don't mind, let's take a look at your before photo. This is when you're at your peak, your highest weight. This is actually about 15 pounds lighter than my heaviest. And how many years ago was this photo taken? This was about four years ago. Okay. Well, it was May three and a half years ago. Okay. There's one more, I think, which is also a before photo. That is actually after I finished a two and a half mile open water swim. Congratulations. That's, that's quite a feat. When did you do this swim? I did that last summer. I plan on, you know, over.  So, but, but yeah, that's, you know, swimming is, is what I do for myself.  You don't have a phone. There's no television. There's no kids. There's no dogs. It's just you in the water. And it's incredibly good for my mental health. Awesome. Okay, Amanda, let's go back to the beginning. So you're at this, this weight of 146 kilograms, 322 pounds. Where did you start? How did you start? How did you say, Amanda, I'm going to change my life? Well, it actually started about five months before I got in the pool. And I had woken up in the morning and it was a March, it was March, it was a Thursday morning and I woke up and I said, this is how I'm going to kill myself.  It was not a, you know, I think I want to kill myself. It was a, this is exactly how I'm going to do it. And that was a wake up call to me. And I started seeing a psychiatrist, got on medication. That caused me to gain weight. I went into therapy and I realized that I was just really unhappy. And I was not taking care of myself. I was taking care of everyone else. I was, I was just doing all of these things for everyone else and not taking care of me. And when I did things that, that I thought were for myself, it was a lot of food things.   Oreos are vegan so I can have a package of Oreos or, you know, I'd get a pint of vegan ice cream and I would eat all of that. And when I became, well, I became a vegan before that, that suicide plan, but I wasn't eating a well balanced vegan diet, you know, there's vegan junk food. So in August of 2017, I went to the doctor and that number was on the scale. And it, it was scary for me. I had high blood pressure. I was pre-diabetic. I had lots of pain. I had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia because they just couldn't explain the pain that I was having. And the doctor suggested that I move to a Whole Foods plant based diet. And I also have something called PCOS, which is polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes insulin resistance and also makes weight loss very difficult because of the way your hormones are. Essentially, you have too much testosterone for being a woman is a very simple way of putting it. And he suggested that to me. Like frankly, I blew him off for about two months, but I started swimming and I was like, well, see, I'm doing something. And then I said, this isn't enough. I have to have to be here for my kids because at the time they were nine and 11. And they deserve to have a mom that was available and healthy and could play with them and get up off the floor without needing help. I was 37 years old and I couldn't stand up on my own hardly. And I started making small changes, little things like instead of putting the sweetened almond milk in my smoothie, I got the unsweetened almond milk. And then I decreased portion sizes. And then I tried to cut out as many processed foods as I could. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. Because I genuinely believe that a diet, I mean, and a diet is not something you go on to lose weight. A diet is what you eat. Because that is so, yes, sorry to interrupt. That is so true. I think people misuse the word diet because diet can diet really is a lifestyle. You know, we refer to this plant-based diet or vegan diet, but I prefer to use the word lifestyle personally because that is exactly what it is. Your lifestyle is not only about food.  It really simply is not only about food. So you started off by cleaning up your diet, heading towards more of the whole foods plant-based diet, which is recommended. By the way, as a disclaimer, none of the information on this show is intended to be of the medical advice. So anyone who's listening out there, please do seek professional medical advice from your doctor or physician before changing your diet drastically, especially if you're taking any kind of medication just to make sure. So Amanda, you start taking these small steps. How's everything going? You start seeing the weight come off? I started very slowly. I remember it was about two months in, and I was finally, I stepped on the scale, and the first number was a two. And I got so excited. It was like the first number's a two, not a three anymore, full of soon. But it took a solid two months. And I know people that have done, especially that were as heavy as I was, that lost 40 pounds, 50 pounds in the first two months. And to be quite frank, I was disheartened that it wasn't coming off faster. But my doctor reminded me that, like you said, it's a lifestyle. It's got to be something that will last forever. That's part of your everyday living. And it's not restrictive to the point where it's not maintainable. Exactly. You need to find the lifestyle that is going to be easy to maintain for the rest of your life. Because that's how I think the fad diets and all this calorie counting kind of really screw up your ability to maintain a healthy weight and stay at the weight that suits your body, that makes you feel good. So Amanda, did you try intermittent fasting? I did. That was something that was suggested to me by my doctor at about a year in. So about two years ago, my doctor told me to give it a try, see what would happen if it would help me.  And she thought that would be a way to lower my blood sugars. So I started with 16.8. So I didn't eat for 16 hours and I ate in an eight hour window. Amanda, let me just jump in for a second. Just for the people that still are not sure what intermittent fasting is, you just explain now intermittent fasting is an eating pattern. You set aside time to fast and you set aside time to feast. You just explained a typical intermittent fasting eating pattern, which is 16 hours fasting, eight hours of a feasting window where you're not restricted. So you can eat during that time frame. Now, that might sound like a lot of fasting time to the average person. But when you think about it, all you have to do is skip breakfast. Right. And then you're already going to have like a 16 hour fasting. That is what beginners or people who are new to intermittent fasting should do. I'm now up to 20 to 22 hours of fasting per day. And I eat between two to four hours. And that's during my eating period. And I feel fantastic. I feel good as well. I go, I do anywhere from 20 to 22 most days. And then I do a 36 hour fast every Sunday. So I stop eating dinner on Saturday.  And it's some of that is actually spiritually based for me. But also it's Sunday is an easy day for me to fast because I'm running all over the place. I'm running errands, spending time with my kids back and forth to church. And so it works very well for me. But like I said, I started with that 16 eight and slowly worked myself to where I am now. I think it's important to note, though, that with intermittent fasting, it's not about calorie restriction. If it really is about just limiting the number of hours you eat every day. Absolutely. Amanda, I do want to take a quick break and then come back and talk more about this intermittent fasting, your weight loss and your journey. So everyone stay tuned. We're going to take a break for a few messages and be back shortly. Welcome back to Lillian's Vegan World. I'm with my awesome guest, Amanda Dolan, who is sharing her journey with intermittent fasting and weight loss. Welcome back again, Amanda. Thank you. Just before the break, we were delving into intermittent fasting and how it worked for you. So to continue, what's your eating pattern like now? So I usually eat from about two to six or four to six. I choose to break my fast, typically with a lot of fruits and vegetables. Like today was green peppers, carrots, celery, blueberries, strawberries, baked tortilla chips, hummus and a spinach artichoke dip. Yum. So and all of that is I try to avoid oil that doesn't work for everyone. But that's where I feel my best. So all of that's oil free. And then tonight I'm meeting a friend for dinner and I'm probably going to have fried rice because I can. Is there oil in the fried rice? Well, I'm going out to dinner. So I'm making it at home. No, there's not. So that's what that's what I wanted to point out. Like it's it's not set in stone. Is it this these things like when you restrict yourself to the point where you make yourself feel guilty?   And you know, like I said earlier, it's got to be a lifestyle that's maintainable for you. And if I didn't get the chance to eat out with my friends, it would be I don't know. It wouldn't be the life I want to live. So that leaves. Yes, absolutely. Your friends want to hang out with you as well. And you know, dying with you. Amanda, how about alcohol? I do drink. I love whiskey. I grew up in Kentucky, so bourbon is like in my blood. So but when I do drink, it's one or two, two or three times a week. And it's not, you know, I used to drink a lot more because I wasn't happy and it was a way to kind of escape from life. And now I just do it because I like it, you know, and it's a big difference between drinking to escape and drinking to enjoy. Just like definitely, you know, I definitely binged because I was unhappy. I ate far more than I should have and one sitting because I wasn't happy. And then when I worked on myself, my mental health, it became a lot easier to eat well and to really show myself love with the way I was eating and how I was treating myself. That's amazing. You know, one thing about intermittent fasting, because friends around me are always kind of curious as to how how I can get through it, how I can, you know, stand not being able to eat or how I can stand starving myself. For one, I'm not starving myself. I'm eating what I want during my feasting period. I eat a lot of good food. I'm a chef, so I make sure I eat tasty food, food that works for my body and enough to make me full. The one thing about intermittent fasting that I do have to say, which I love, is that you're not obsessed with food every day like a lot of people are. What am I going to have for breakfast? What am I going to have for lunch? What am I going to have for dinner? That obsession just it kind of disappears because you're only you're feeding your body, but it's something that you genuinely look forward to. And when you are fasting for so long, it does make you kind of somehow subconsciously or something want to feed your body healthy stuff.  I I drink alcohol, too.  It's fresh fruit, fresh veggies, you know, get all those nutrients, antioxidants, all that good stuff in because I know that's what my body is craving after, you know, going without food for 20 hours. So I honestly have nothing but good things to say about intermittent fasting. And and I think a lot of people, I mean, I've heard from a lot of people, aren't you starving when you hit, you know, 12 hours? And I was like, honestly, that's why you start at that 16, eight or even, you know, a 14, 10. Like if you start low and then you work yourself up, I am not. That's why sometimes I go closer to 22 hours than 20, because I'm genuinely not hungry. I know I I choose to track my food because it helps. I don't count calories. I track my food and I think there's a distinct difference with that.  But just trying to think of something that. But but it's nice to not count calories, because for so many years, I was taught over and over that you have to count calories, that it matters the number of calories you put in, but not the quality of food you put in. And with intermittent fasting, I've learned the importance of the quality of food and not the amount or the calories. And I think that that's a big shift for me. And the reason that I say that is when I was eight years old, my mother had me join Weight Watchers. And so food growing up for me was good or bad. If you ate Oreos, that was bad food and you were bad. And if you ate celery, that was a good food. And therefore you were good. And as I learned over the last several years, that there's not good food and bad food, there's food. It's how you use it. It's how much you eat, too. But, you know, eating five pounds of grapes isn't good for you. Just like eating a bag of Oreos isn't good for you. You know, you have to have a well balanced, colorful diet that's something that you can enjoy forever.  Yes, most of my recipes are very simple. I'm a mom. I don't want to spend hours in the kitchen. And I like to sneak extra veggies into their meals when they least expect it. We have spaghetti every. I'm looking to make sure my kids don't hear this. We have spaghetti every Saturday night. I take a jar of spaghetti sauce and I put it in the blender with a bag of spinach. And I blend it up and then I heat that. So my kids are getting, you know, a cup or two of greens and they don't even realize it. And I think what exactly what an awesome idea and a great way to incorporate more, you know, especially the dark leaf greens, which is so important for your diet. That's the thing, yeah. And you can sneak those in so easily.   And that's it, you know, there's nothing fancy about it. But when you season food well and you make it look pretty, people want to eat it. Of course, vegan food is just food. That's all it is. No need to be scared of it. No need to be threatened by it. You know, as soon as people hear the word vegan, a lot of people are still on that, you know, vegan food. I don't I don't want that. One of my friends who I know, one of some friends came to my place for a little bit of a celebration last week. And when they took out some of the leftovers, it was just this vegan feast. And the parents said to me, I'll give it to my kids and their friends because tomorrow we're having a get together, but I just I can't tell them it's vegan because they won't eat it. Now, this is kids that are under the age of 10 that have already decided that the word vegan is a nasty, ugly, you know, horrible word that they don't want to associate with food. So it's just it's mind boggling. Amanda, we only have a few minutes left for the show, but I do want to quickly go through some of the photos that you did prep for us. Look at that smile. I can. Are you happy now, Amanda? So so happy. I'm probably happier than I've ever been in my entire life, not just because of the weight loss, but because of therapy and getting my my mental health on track. But definitely like feeling physically better, you know, like the weight loss. Is what got me to feeling better because there wasn't that pressure on my bones, you know, all of those things. I didn't have a hard time breathing anymore. Yeah, I mean, I'm just I'm happier now. Like I'd like to hear it and also I was I was going to say, what about self-esteem? Oh, I it's so different now. I'm very I'm so confident in who I am. And I'm kind of this. I used to be, oh, my gosh, what do people think of me? I want to make everyone happy. I don't, you know, all of those things. I think especially that all of us women tend to do. And now I'm kind of like, I'm pretty awesome. And I deserve. All of these things I deserve to be happy. I deserve to feel good in my own skin. Absolutely. That that's that's wonderful to hear that you are your your success. You've turned your life around and you did it all by yourself, really. It just takes you to fix you or to help you or to, you know, better you. So thank you so much for sharing your story, Amanda. We do have a couple more photos we can squeeze in. Gorgeous. This was about 40 pounds of weight loss when I was in Italy. I made I made horse friends at the Velomistique. And the next one, please. There's your smile again. This is one of my favorites. A friend of mine just snapped that while I was laughing at something. And I don't know why I love it so much, but you can. I feel like you can just see the joy on my face that it wasn't there before. Like, it's just this genuine happiness. And I love it. Yeah, you look like it really cool. They're my enchiladas with some cilantro, lime, rice, and then a cilantro crema on top. It's just cashews and cilantro doesn't be hard. And then this you take cherry tomatoes, slice them in half, cook them and like on the stove top. I think there's some mushrooms in there and kind of let them wilt and you do that while the spaghetti is cooking and then throw it all together and you've got a meal in five minutes. Awesome. Amanda, all of your food looks absolutely amazing. We we do have to say goodbye and close the show. But I'd love to have you on again sometime next year as time goes by to see how you're progressing with your your awesome journey. So I do thank you so much, Amanda, for coming on the show. Wonderful having you. Please come back again and to everyone else. Thank you so much for joining us for another episode of Lillian's Vegan World. If you're in Hawaii this Saturday, November 14, I will be at the Marine Army Corps, the Marine Corps base for my first book signing for my book, Hawaii, A Vegan Paradise. Hope to see you there.  Take care and Aloha.


Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another spoiler discussion. Sorry it's so dark in here. I can't figure out the lights today, so maybe this is gonna be more of a podcast than it will be a video. It might be just because I'm so bright that the camera can't figure it out, but sit back and relax. We're gonna talk about spoilers for Richard Layman. No, Richard Bachman's book, Blaze, which is of course Stephen King's pseudonym. Not Blaze, but Richard Bachman. Sorry, I'm tired. I'm trying to get these videos done before I go on vacation, and this is the 9th video of the day because I have some surprise videos for you. And these books are gonna be pop, these books, these videos are gonna be popping up every Thursday while I'm gone, so you'll have at least a video on Thursday. So anyways, this book was a lot of fun for me, and I've already talked about in the spoiler discussion, not spoiler discussion, in the book review, and in the Thursday theorist why I like this book very vaguely, but I went into more detail about why I didn't like it. Now I'm gonna go into more detail about the spoilers as far as what I didn't like and what I did like. The didn't like, I'm gonna go ahead and get out of the way, which is there's some plot, there's some very, very convenient things going on here, especially with the kidnapping of the kid, how he gets out of it, he had a problem getting into it, but he got out with a baby in hand, leaving the baby alonious, the baby gets hurt and whatnot. There was a whole lot of convenience, especially with the, there's a scene where the, spoiler alert, it's a spoiler discussion, I'm just gonna go and say it, there's a scene in there where the, I can't remember the guy's name, but it's, they're running their first gag is what they call it, George and Blazar, and it drops his wallet, nobody sees the guy drop his wallet, but nobody sees Blaze looking at him, nobody sees Blaze watching the guy, the guy picks up Blaze's wallet, even though he's picking up a wallet and looking around, he doesn't see Blaze watching him, which was weird to me, and then the whole time that he's taught, they're arguing, the guy barely defends himself, he hit at all, he just gives one line like, hey I found it on the floor and that's all he ever said, I had some issues with that whole scene, it felt like Stephen King was just trying to get through that part as quickly as possible, whereas he went into so much great detail with other things, that one kind of stuck out like a sore thumb, I'm not saying things like that don't actually happen, or that that wouldn't work, it just seemed a little too convenient, there were other conveniences throughout the book that bothered me, they are completely slipping in my mind right now, probably think about them while I'm talking about the other stuff, but the stuff that I liked is the whole deal with how Blaze became like he was, the dent in his forehead, the way his father threw him down the stairs, that part, the Ann part, the girl that he has sex with, who has the baby who grows up to go to Harvard, I think it is, I really loved that whole section, that was very well done, all the flashback stuff I loved, some things while it was happening is I really enjoyed Blaze and Joe's relationship, him and the baby, I really enjoyed that, there was a section where I was like, you're not supposed to feed a baby, well evaporated milk, are you? I had to ask my wife, my wife was like, no you're not, I had two kids, of course we never gave them evaporated milk, but it was one of those things that seemed, was it the character? I thought it was funny because of course the character is going to do something like that, canned milk or whatever, he's going to try that out, but he also goes to a baby supply store, so can you give a baby evaporated milk or maybe a sweetened condensed milk, either way, I thought that was strange or funny, there's the whole scene with Blaze and John Cheltsman, I think is the way you pronounce it, that whole section was fantastic, I think I even teared up when he mentioned John dying of rheumatic fever, I think it was later on, but John was a favorite character of mine, I even came to like George just a little bit, George seemed like that guy that had never gotten up in life and he was just utterly miserable, but also he had that friendship with Blades and maybe I was reading too much into it, George might just be an utter douchebag in the book, but I felt a little more forgiving of him this time around, where as the first time he reminded me of my father and I absolutely hated the character because I didn't have a good relationship with my father, but in this one, there seem to be a lot more, the politics in this book are interesting also because the bad guys as it were, Blaze and George, I keep wanting to call them Henry, I don't know why, George and Blaze, they're Democrats and I guess George is always complaining about Republicans, so I thought that was funny because this was written back when King's politics were much different. Another thing that I enjoyed about the book is the way it ends, it does have a happy ending kinda, in the same way that Insomnia has a happy ending, you have your main character die but it's for a good cause, I really honestly thought both times, I don't know how in the world that's possible, both times I expected Joe to die, I kept expecting, I remember the first time reading it, knowing, absolutely knowing that he was going to get smothered or crushed to Blaze's chest and he never did, it came close when he wrapped him up in the blanket, I was like, there it is, there it is, he's going to die, but no, he let the kid live this time, so I was taken aback by that, kinda like if you only write sad endings where everybody dies, the happy ending is a surprise, that kinda deal, I'm telling all myself because, anyways, but with this book, I kinda understand where people are coming from with all the hate for this book because it's not or it's barely even suspense, even though those last 100 pages are amazing and I couldn't stop reading, the whole plan when I read this book was 30 pages a day, that went right out the window once I got to the final 100 pages, I think I did the final 120 in the last day, but it was the last 100 pages that I could not stop reading, it is so hot out here, y'all, sorry, I know I'm wiping and touching my face a lot, but it is so hot out here, I think it's a 109 heat index right now, which is funny, it looks dark in here, but it's pure daylight, I think it's just because I have the camera set to auto and I'm so bright that it's darkening everything, I don't know, but yeah, so that's pretty much all I really have to talk about as far as the spoiler discussion is concerned, I really liked this book, if you didn't like this book, give me details on why you didn't like the book, maybe I missed something, maybe I caught something the first time that I completely missed this time because I was enjoying myself so much, it has been well over a decade since I read the book, I think I read it around the time it first came out, I actually got it at the library because I didn't want to buy it, because I read the inside, he says, hey, I want to catch you while you still have your store slip, I remember that much. Let's see here, let me go ahead and read this real quick section. Dear constant reader, this is a Trump novel, okay? I want you to know that while you still got your sales slip and me knowing what a Trump novel is in the Stephen King universe, I definitely don't want to buy it, so I believe that I read it as a library borrow first and then I ended up buying it somewhere down the road and I still have a first edition and then I had this writing paper back. If you watch the live streams, I was talking about how this one has chocolate fingerprints in it and of course now that I've mentioned that, I can't find a single one of them and I know for a fact that it was here, it was here, I don't know, okay, maybe this is it, maybe, no, no, well I don't even know if you can see it, you see that, yeah, you can see it, that stuff and someone was like, bruh, that's doo-doo, no, it's not doo-doo, it smells like chocolate, so yeah, there's chocolate fingerprints throughout, which is nasty, because now I guess somebody's chocolate fingerprints all through my book, but this is a, this is my reader's copy, I'll never get rid of it. I even did the writing just to go ahead and upset some people I wrote all in the book too. Ooh, what is he doing? Yeah, so did you like Blaze? Let me know, especially if you didn't like Blaze, please tell me why. Be respectful, of course, down there, they'll be like, oh yeah, I love, I hated the book he said, you know, that kind of thing is what I mean by disrespectful.   But until next time, I have been E, you have been U, this has been another spoiler discussion video, I'll talk to you guys later, bye bye.


Once again, welcome to MSB lecture series on advanced trans-traumatic chemistry. I am sure you are having wonderful time in reading chemistry. Let me begin the lecture with an introduction to trans-traumatic elements. Before I start about the introduction and discussing more about trans-traumatic elements, let me give the course outline and of course I had already discussed history of periodic table. I am going to start soon introduction to trans-traumatic elements and their general properties. Once that is done, I would begin with an introduction to coordination chemistry that includes electro-neutrality principle, Keppert model, Werner's coordination theory in detail and then isomerism. Once that is completed, I shall begin with theories of metallic and bonding that includes valence bond theory, crystal field theory and molecular art build theory. I would give more attention to crystal field theory to explain all possible geometries and their splitting and then I shall tell you about metal-metal multiple bonding including quadruple and quintuple bonding and ligands are an important components of coordination chemistry. So I shall do the classification of ligands by donor atoms, there are several ways to do the classification but the most appropriate and the suitable method is to do the classification of ligands by donor atoms and then that can tell you about different type of ligands including sigma donor and pi acceptor and the corresponding complexes and preparation of important coordination and ergonomatically complexes also are included. And once that is done, I shall tell you more about CIDVIC rule and AT in electron rule and also effective atomic number and later I shall discuss two important reactions as far as the application of ergonomatically compounds and coordination compounds in homogeneous catalysis is concerned that is oxidative addition and reductive elimination reactions and also their significance in homogeneous catalysis. Once it is done, if time permits I shall tell you about synthesis and characterization of various ligands and ergonomatically reagents and also I shall tell you about reactivity of trans-terminal complexes and if time permits I shall briefly discuss about important symmetry and multi-nuclear NMR or interpretative NMR or interpretative molecular spectroscopy in order to help you in understanding and characterizing ergonomatically compounds and coordination compounds and at the end or in between I shall tell you about the application of trans-terminal complexes in industry and medicine. With this course outline let me start the introduction of course the books I have referred in framing this course are given here F. A. Carton's sixth edition advanced inorganic chemistry and of course who he inorganic chemistry fourth edition and another interesting and very important and informative book inorganic chemistry by CE Housecraft and AG Sharpey and also I am using inorganic chemistry fourth edition by Shriver and Ratkins and this periodic table is very very important for a chemist and once we know the periodic trends and also the position of each element in the periodic table and how these properties are varying about the size ratio and all those things understanding chemistry of whether main group elements or trans elements would be very easy and give more emphasis for at least remembering 30 elements in the periodic table and writing their electronic configuration. When we talk about these trans elements or metallic elements they have incomplete D or F shells and if any metallic element that has an incomplete D or F shells are called as trans elements. So, they make up 55 of the 118 elements that means we have 94 natural elements and 24 manmade elements out of which 3D, 4D, 5D series we have 9 electrons each that means 27 and we have 4 F and 5 F we have about 28 elements together we have 55 elements that constitute trans elements all those scandium and yttrium belong to the D block their properties are similar to those of lanthanides the chemistry of D block and F block elements differ considerably and of course structural aspects would explain these properties in a very clear way. When we look into D block as I mentioned we have 3 blocks 3D, 4D and 5D each group of D block metals consists of 3 members and is called a triad for example if we consider chromium, marbidinum and tungsten or if I consider nickel, palladium, platinum or copper, silver and gold or cobalt, rhodium, iridium in this fashion. So, each set is called a triad metals of the second and third row are sometime called the heavier D block elements and if you see the chemistry of 3D elements differ considerably from 4D and 5D series whereas 4D and 5D have lot of resemblance and they have very similar almost very similar properties and here ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium and platinum are collectively known as platinum group metals or platinum metals. When you see some book stating platinum metals you should not confuse it about only the platinum the platinum metals refer to these 6 elements together that is ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium and platinum. So, properties of the D block transfer metals vary not only within the triad as I had mentioned, but also in the left and right groups the group 3 to 5 metals are referred to as early transfer metals and they are generally oxophilic and halophilic. That means those having electronic configuration of D1, D2 and D3 they have up to 5 electrons in their valence shell considering 2S electrons that they are referred to as early transfer elements or almost having up to D5 electrons are considered as early transfer metals and once we cross magnets and go further towards the right side of superior table they are considered as later transfer metals. So, smaller number of D electrons in the early metals and the hardness of these elements explain their affinity towards hard donor such as oxygen and halogens that is the reason they are called oxophilic and halophilic. And metallic radii of scandium to copper that means varies significantly starting from 166 pico meter to 128 pico meter and this is smaller than those of 4D series. For example, yttrium starts with 178 pico meter to silver 144 pico meter and those of 5D series starts with lanthanum at 188 pico meter to gold having 146 pico meter. So, however similarities between 4D and 5D can be seen due to the lanthanite contraction. I shall show you more about lanthanite contraction later and when you go down a group the atomic radius increases markedly from the first to the second series as an additional electron shell is added. However, the atoms of the second and third elements tend to be very similar in size again this is due to the lanthanite contraction which occurs across the F block. F block elements contract as an additional F electron is added across a period and the core electrons are not really screening the outer valence electrons. So, this contradiction offsets the addition of an extra electron shell between series 2 and 3. So, this effect is most marked to the left of the D block just following the lanthanite contraction. So, after lanthanum, lanthanum of the scandium group and the atomic radius for zirconium and hofnium are almost identical and these elements are very hard to distinguish. I shall show you the plot then it becomes very clear. The effect has largely disappeared by the time we reached the copper group and although silver and gold have almost identical atomic radii their chemistries are quite different. So, cadmium and mercury have very different atomic radii and quite different behaviors as well. You can see the trends I had mentioned in atomic radii of transfer elements. You can see the atomic radii is decreasing steadily until it hits manganese and iron and then slowly this increases. And you know that as more and more electrons are added to the same shell what happens effective nuclear charge increases as a result valence electrons are pulled more towards the nucleus that resulting in the decrease of radii. But on the other hand once it is half filled we have the maximum of that one when you add more and more electrons to the D shell like D6, D7, D8 what happens you have to consider inter-electron repulsion also because of inter-electron repulsion what happens the size increases. So, the trends are clearly seen and the trends are very comparable among 3D, 4D and 5D series. So, the first period of transfer metals behave quite differently from the second and third period I had already mentioned. The second and third elements in each transition group tend to behave very similarly to one another since their atoms are of similar size whereas the first period have distinct behavior. That means when you look into physical as well as chemical properties of 3D elements they differ significantly compared to 4D and 5D series whereas 4D and 5D have remarkable similarities between them. To understand the chemistry of the transition elements one need to understand the effect that the D-electrons have. Consider first the very different shapes of the D orbitals when we have to understand the coordination chemistry and understanding of the shapes of various orbitals and their relative orientation are very very important I shall elaborate more when we go to the bonding concepts. Another interesting feature can be seen here. So, trends in standard enthalpies of atomization transfer elements is given here and if you see here yes steadily as more and more electrons are added to the D orbital enthalpy is increasing and once it comes to a half filled electronic configuration it dips and then rises again and falls considerably. That means enthalpy of atomization is steadily increasing and then it decreases one should explain this one by looking into the electronic configuration and to what extent matrimatial bonding is playing a role but the interesting thing is why it drops in case of manganese group having electronic configuration of ND5 NS2 that means it shows decrease in enthalpy of atomization. The reason is very simple here we have D5 S2 electronic configuration and when you have D5 S2 electronic configuration because they are half filled and they are stable and they are pulled towards nucleus more readily and they have very minimum inter-electron repulsion as a result electrons dislarging from their position is difficult as a result metallic bonding will be little weaker compared to others and hence the enthalpy of atomization decreases here in this case and if you are surprised to know what is atomization it is almost like you can see pomegranate picking one grain at a time and separating them is like enthalpy of atomization. Now they are all put together in the lattice if you start taking out that is very nicely comparable to the enthalpy of atomization and this decrease in enthalpy of atomization for manganese group is also reflected in the melting point. So, let me show you here why MN group shows decrease in melting point that means as I mentioned here the enthalpy of atomization also drops as a result what happens taking out this atoms or separating these atoms will be very easy and hence melting point also drops in these cases having ND5 and S2 electronic configuration. So, in the absence of bridging ligands the formation of metal metal bonds is difficult for these early transient elements the reason is very simple they do not have sufficient unutilized electrons in their D orbitals and bridging ligands such as halides amides alkoxides and aryl oxides have available lone pairs that can be donated to the metal ions metal is in high valence state and the empty orbitals are there and coordination number is small as a result they have all ingredients to expand its coordination number and to accommodate more electrons in their empty orbital as a result what happens if the ligands with sufficient lone pairs are available they readily use them as bridging ligands. Organometallic compounds of these metals are known strongly to activate CH bonds in hydrocarbons. The reason is they are electron deficient compounds and they have vacant D orbitals they readily undergo beta hydride elimination due to which they are more reactive and thermally unstable. For example, if you take tetra methyl titanium that is stable up to minus 40 degree centigrade and then if you consider tetra ethyl titanium that is stable up to minus 60 degree centigrade above minus 60 degree centigrade that readily decomposes because ethyl group has beta hydrogen so beta hydrogen elimination readily happens and that compound decomposes. That means if I ask a question about the stability of tetra methyl titanium and tetra ethyl titanium without any hesitation you can say tetra methyl titanium is more stable compared to tetra ethyl titanium because in case of methyl you do not have beta hydrogen and however both are thermally unstable. Late transient metals are soft and have high affinity towards sulphur or selenium that is the reason if you look into late transmelements including a group 12 they exist in nature in the form of sulphide words for example sinna bar pbs zinc sulphide et cetera. So let us look into the common axis states of the first series of trans elements you can see scandium group the common axis state is plus 3 in case of titanium we have d2 s2 so group oxidation is plus 4 and also we come across plus 3 and plus 2 and they are little unstable in case of vanadium we come across 2, 3 as well as 5 axis states and in case of manganese we can see all possible axis states and up to 7 and in case of iron we will see 2 and 3 are the most common ones in case of cobalt also plus 2 and plus 3 are more common in case of nickel we see nickel 2 and in some cases nickel 4 plus and copper shows plus 1 and plus 2 states and zinc shows plus 2 axis state. Let us look into the nature of early trans elements so that has an implication on their properties. So these elements are strongly electrophilic and oxophilic and few redox reactions with an exception of titanium and always less than 18 electrons will be there in their valence shell and hence they can never obey 18 electron rule. I shall tell you more about why some elements can never obey 18 electron rule when I will be discussing in more detail this effective atomic number. And early trans elements are polar and very reactive they have polar and very reactive MC bonds whether it is alkyl or r i and few D electrons are there as a result they are hard sigma donors hard acids and also they prefer hard sigma donors such as nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine and they form weak complexation with pi acceptor ligands such as olefins and phosphines unless phosphines are strong sigma donor early metals reluctantly form bonds with phosphines and typical catalytic process they promote is polymerization and one should remember always even with coordination number 6 and having octahedral geometry they can never obey 18 electron rule. And just I have shown you D orbitals and their shapes here and of course we have D z square, D x z, D y z and D x minus y square and D y z. Let us look into the ligands. Ligands are very important components of coordination compounds and organometallic compounds. Compounds of metal ions coordinated by ligands are referred to as metal complexes. So that means in order to collect complex it should have a metal ion or neutral metal coordinated by ligands. And most ligands are neutral or anionic substances they can be ions or atoms or a group or a molecule but cationic ones are also known for example nitrosyl cation or tropillium cation.  So I am going to show you the representative ligands. Common ligands are those with complicated chemical formula or long names are expressed in abbreviated forms. If we have to use routinely ligands having very lengthy name then probably it is ideal to abbreviate and use the abbreviation but somewhere in the beginning we have to give the expansion and detail about that ligand. So those ligands with one donor atom are called monodentate ligands and those with more than one donor atom are referred to as bidentate, tridentate, tetradentate or polydentate ligands for example byitra, tetra etc. If both the donor atoms are bonded to the same metal such ligands are called chelate ligands. The number of atoms bonded to a central metal is the coordination number that is secondary valency. So I have listed here the types of ligands of course negative ligands are anionic ligands are shown here fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, oxide, nitrito, sulfato, amido, imido and hydrido and here I have displayed neutral ligands. This is triphenyl phosphine and pyridine, astronitrile, hydrazine, amine, ammonia is also called as amine, water called as aqua, carbonyl, CS, thio carbonyl. Again CS does not have an independent existence but it can be generated in C2 and can be used similar to carbon monoxide and nitrosyl and ethylamine. Apart from this we also have several other ligands like oxalate, bidentate ligand or it can be one tetradentate ligand because of other two C double bond O oxygen atoms and glycinate and ethylene diamine, bipyridine. Again bipyridine we have 2, 2 dash bipyridine, 4, 4 dash bipyridine and this is bis diphenyl phosphinoethane and this is 1, 2 bis diphenyl phosphinoethane. The correct name should be 1, 2 bis diphenyl phosphinoethane because 1, 1 bis diphenyl phosphinoethane is also there and 1, 2 di aminopropane. And when we look into tridentate ligands we have di ethylene triamine or we also have terpyridine and also we have a hexadentate ligand called EDTA ethylene diamine tetra acidic acid. So, this is a symmetric bidentate ligand ethylene diamine whereas, this one having an amino and carboxylative group is unsymmetrical bidentate ligand and these are all ambidentate ligands where we have two different type of donor atoms are there and they can also exhibit linkage isomerism. And when we look into microcyclic ligands they are the important microcyclic nitrogen microcyclic ligands a chlorine ring, chlorine ring, porphyrin ring and crown ethers. So, valential electrons in particular D electron configuration controls the structure and spectral and magnetic properties as well as the reactivity of complexes that means knowing the valence cell electronic configuration of D elements is very, very important. The theory of electronic structure is very important to understand the properties and reactivity and also their application in various aspects. The nature of the metal ligand bond can be understood by analyzing the molecular orbital diagram. Molecular orbital diagram can give clear picture of relative energies due to the interaction between the metal atomic orbitals and ligand orbitals. Bonding, non-bonding and undeponding molecular orbitals assist in understanding the properties and reactivity of metal complexes. Again, I will be spending considerable amount of time in explaining the bonding concepts and also giving more emphasis for crystal field theory and molecular orbital theory to make you familiar with these bonding concepts so that speculating their properties and reactivity would be much simpler. And materials made of trans-metal show metallic properties. They are hard, malleable, ductile and good conductors of heat and electricity with high melting and boiling points. The utility of trans-metal range from simple substances and alloys to electrical and electronic devices. Of course, this explains malleability of metals. Let me stop at this lecture and focus more about physical properties and other important properties related to trans-elements in my next class. Until then, have a good time. Thank you.


Unify, 5.10.12 is out, and of course the most exciting thing about the .10 is Dark Mode. And that's definitely something I'm really excited about, like I said, it's pretty cool. We get all these security patches and updates and performance enhancements, but visual enhancements, there's where it's at. Alright, so obviously I'm excited about the Dark Mode. I really did like when it came out with the new controller and the new interface, but I was not thrilled with the color scheme with it. I'm much more fan of the darker, more contrasty mode. It just looks better. Anyways, also something new in the 5.10 is when you update, you get the new welcome screen. So if you haven't updated in your surprise going, what is this? Well, it's actually kind of neat. I like that they did this so you can right away jump into the what's new. And of course, the first thing I did, this is what the Dark Mode looks like is, when you click here to the three dots, there's the old schema, there's beautiful. There's ugly, there's beautiful.  So besides the one thing I'm really excited about, a Wi-Fi experience score. Keep your clients satisfied. This is kind of neat. It's telling you when clients are not connected as well to it. And this is sometimes a trigger for when you need to add another Wi-Fi to your network. So if you see a lot of clients in a particular area and they're constantly having a poor Wi-Fi experience score, basically, it's letting them, letting you know that those clients don't connect quite as well as they should. So that's probably your cue to say, hey, I should put another device closer to the area that the clients are. So it's kind of neat that they put that. They put it right on the front page of the dashboard. And the same thing we throw in with all the updates, security, stability, and performance. It's kind of like a buzzword, but you know, it is nice. They have some more features that they added. We're going to cover in a second like that. Wi-Fi score and auto enhancement option we'll show you in a second. But yeah, that's just kind of expected. Dark mode, of course, what I'm most excited about because visually I do look at this a lot. You know, when you're working on stuff and being able to see things in better contrast makes me happy. And I like that they chose green and black. That just, you know, even my terminal has the same color scheme. Auto optimize enhance your network. I do like this feature. So the enhancement is it's got some tuning features. Now these tuning features can be applied manually. Still, it's just an option to auto optimize.  So you don't get kind of like a lot of chatter and noise on the network. Those features are now one click away instead of having to go and set them on the switches. So I think that's really nice that they did that. Visual enhancements. We'll cover this too as it seems like there's a lot of visual things on there. Now the first thing I'll note is you do need to upgrade things. And that was right here. A minimum requirement and I'll show you what happens when you don't required firmware for access points to be 4.09 minimum and USG 4.434. Now I'll switch to a client site that hasn't been updated yet. And what happens is you can't view any stats about this. But what you can do is go in here and push upgrade. And I did that to this one already as an example. It'll upgrade it and everything comes back. So it's just a side note. It'll say unsupported because these are under 3.9 until they get on the 4.0.9 or higher firmware. You're going to get this little it's connected but an update required for it to work. So just side note of that and we're pushing upgrades to this client because we only recently loaded this weekend. We had to wait for some downtime to reboot all these switches with new firmware. So back over here to the dashboard. It says everything is good. Here's your my Wi-Fi experience is 80. Why is it 80? Well it kind of bounces back and forth and we have a couple devices that aren't connected. They're in the corners of our office. Whatever reason the Amazon dot it seems to be bringing it down. Sometimes it pops up in here. We're playing with it. We also were doing some Wi-Fi testing with here. The Wi-Fi experience score is kind of novel to me but it's not amazing. You generally still have to go in look at each client try to figure out why they're having a problem or what problems they might be having. So it's kind of novel. I guess it can alert you to some of the issues. I'm more for very narrower specific statistics. So I guess it's nice because it puts on dashboard and gives you an idea. But what they did do is enhance the way this looks. So this is different than before but I really like it. There's something to be said about having the way this interface works and having good visuals on it. And it's rare you don't see this a lot in any type of commercial products. The UI always feels like a bolted-on afterthought like just enough to make it function and no more. Versus Unify takes the time to make these look a little bit nicer. Little mouse overs, little rounded edges on windows and they added this. So if we go over here the way the little rounded buttons are is really nice in this version. So that time and attention to detail is great. One of the things I do like about their UI and this has been common for a while for them and with the dark mode it enhances it more is you know I can glance at this and tell you right away what switch ports what's plugged into one. I can also say things like hey okay this was with a mouse over. All right this is the 10 gig plug-in to this or that's you know it's just easy easy to view and see without having to really stare at it. Same thing here if we pop out the Wi-Fi we show what Wi-Fi device is on there. And let's see we notice some pie connected users guess it's like I said you can go right to the Wi-Fi here and see everything in a really easy to read manner. So they've they've just enhanced this a little bit so it's pretty cool. And if you're not familiar why this is called Air Rectangle that's because this is the large base station XG idea to review on. We have one here in our office that's our beta one that we've been testing. It's a pre-production model that's what we reviewed the production model. This is a pre-production model that we've had from Unify for a while. Same thing with the 10 gig it's kind of cool. They're still white to show you that they're the 10 gig ports. This one is the uplink that's only at gigabit. But once again really cool. If we go over here to statistics and we look at the switch stats in our office. They did a nice job on this the way you can switch. I like the animations and by default it grabs only the ports that are plugged in. So I can add statistics for ports that aren't plugged in but obviously those are very uninteresting. But if you want to narrow it down and look at what's going on through a single port you can easily just click these and make that happen. Now under the settings this is where they added the auto optimize. And I have it turned on automatically optimize network and Wi-Fi performance. And what this does is it connects high performance clients to 5G only for all Wi-Fi networks blocks multicast and broadcast traffic for high density Wi-Fi networks. That's a feature used to we have to do manually. You have to go in and set the settings on there. They're doing it now through one click. Now if you have a large deployment and I've done these where we've had like 300 over 300 devices and switches all over the place. You know manually you define port profiles and push the port profiles but there's still things that are have to be done. Also I noticed they went with a slightly different blue or the menus over here which is pretty cool as well. I don't know it just contrasts great now. This is super easy to read and that's one of the things that makes me really happy. Now what they did do in networking that is a little different is configure IPv6 network alpha. So here is the alpha settings for it. Not even beta but it's kind of neat. I don't ask me to test it because I just don't do much with IPv6. I have no use case for it because none of my clients are currently using it. But it looks like they're jumping into the IPv6 world a little bit more with alpha. I don't recall this being here in the previous versions. So nonetheless they've added that. But overall I've been pushing upgrades and they all have gone fine. It's working great. I haven't seen anyone really have any major issues with it. So we waited you know not too long to do this review. Obviously I'll update if there's something I find that's really flawed or problematic with it. But all the updates we've pushed so far to different sites have worked well. I do welcome the enhancements. I especially of course welcome the dark mode because just well it's just as easy to read. Other than that it's you know still one of my favorite features of Unify is the way their software defined networking works. It just makes managing all of our client sites easier and it manages you know we're getting a good overall visual for what's going on. It does a great job of that. All right go ahead and go ahead download this. It's the 5.1.12 stable release. It was released on Wednesday. Today is Saturday February 9th. So go ahead and download it. Like it's been a couple days. I think it's I think it's safe you know I'm running it and I'm pushing it towards my client site. So go ahead and give it a try and let me know what you think. 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September along the fishing banks off the coast of South Carolina a good time and a good place for catching fish The crew of the dragger Dante know well that if you don't mind hard work and long hours you can earn a good day's payout here Maybe we should have a hold today captain. You're dreaming we got three four days out yet. Come on, let's get those fish in Another three or four days if the weather holds September can bring calm and sunny weather to these waters. It can also bring death and destruction Within the next 48 hours this tiny fishing vessel will experience the full horrors of perhaps nature's most terrifying natural disaster A few days ago off the coast of Africa a small event took place a Common thing that would be insignificant in most times and places, but not here It began simply as an area of low pressure But in this part of the world between June and November these innocent low pressure areas are known as weather breeders As air moves into the low pressure spot to fill a vacuum it begins to spin as the earth turns on its axis Little by little over a period of days the spin gathers intensity the winds grow stronger the storm area grows larger The center becomes tighter more violent as the winds top 74 miles per hour The storm becomes a hurricane Men of the sea have fished these waters since the days of the first settlers and Always they have lived in fear of being overtaken by the ravaging surprises of nature By the hurricanes born in the tropics far out of sight in the Atlantic or in the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico Throughout man's history these giant storms have arrived with little warning and more frequently as deadly surprises We can't stop hurricanes But now we can at least be forewarned more quickly and accurately and hopefully better prepared Since 1960 weather satellites have given us the ability to observe and track a hurricane from the time of its birth Predict its course and sound a life-saving warning These satellites developed and launched by NASA and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA feedback vital data that can be incorporated into forecasts and warnings The space age has enabled us to witness what no man has ever before seen The development of a tropical storm and its growth into a hurricane No, a national hurricane sent the marine advisory number 24 Storm Mimi changed gale warnings to hurricane warnings from marathon to Vero Beach Gale warnings and a hurricane watch remain in effect reports this morning indicate that Mimi strengthened during the night It's become a full hurricane highest sustained winds near the center or 90 miles per hour with gusts to 110 At 6 a.m. Eastern daylight time hurricane Mimi was located by satellite pictures coastal radar and reconnaissance aircraft near latitude 24 degrees north longitude 79 degrees west It is moving northwest to 10 miles per hour and is expected to reach the coast early tonight It is a frightening and wrenching experience to flee in approaching hurricane Nothing can make this any easier However, modern technology makes early warning possible and has helped save many thousands of lives Get down and buy a hurricane here storm sitting to the solid. We're staying out No, she ain't coming this way. You do the cooking. I'll do the fishing Mimi slams the shore with un-ladylike violence arises in a storm surge a wind-driven tide of rapid flooding It will account for nine out of every ten hurricane deaths Every now and then a tornado with even stronger winds will leap off from the advancing storm front and Lash havoc across the landscape The eye of the hurricane a deceiving love with gentle winds and almost clear skies Suddenly the full fury begins again With winds now howling from exactly the opposite direction sending objects flying like toy airplanes yet The hurricane's cruel energy is being spent as long as it remains over land The longer able to draw power from the warmth and moisture of the ocean the storm will slowly die But Mimi has some tricks left Instead of dying over the land. She veers back again to sea She leaves behind a battlefield of aching memories Fisherman like the crew of the Dante Mimi is still a threat Even as it passes far to the south of them for the path of a hurricane is erratic forever Uncertain it must be constantly watched No a national hurricane sent the Marine advisory number 32 Hurricane Mimi gale warnings and a hurricane watch are an effect from Charleston to Cape Hatteras Satellite pictures and reconnaissance reports confirm that Hurricane Mimi has veered during the night and now poses a serious threat to the Carolina coast The danger that has been distant and remote now comes closer to the men of the Dante The storm has veered back toward them The warning gives them no time to lose. They must cut away their precious nets and make a dash to the north Their only hope of survival in spite of advanced warnings. There are always some who foolishly stay behind It just came down through this area Just like an ocean wave more or less these people right in here They just didn't have a chance and just took area all these houses through here was anyone living in the house Yes, and there's all over boy and his wife and two little children The little children they got down In my house was under 12 feet of water And I've seen that if nobody all my family has to head destruction of their homes and it and we and I'm never I haven't ever seen nothing like this again. I'm out of your own, but it takes this hard blow It's down to be in here somewhere because all these are the houses that came from in this vicinity They're all ready in here in this neighborhood, but mine was wrapped on the corner For some the tragedy has been immediate for others. It is a time of suspense Thank God, but my husband's out fishing The storm came right through him before it hit shore and I can't get him on the radio All I can do is pray here the weather report and got out of there. All I can do is pray The rising Sun finds the Dante fishing her way toward home. The storm has died It's fearful winds dissipated at last many miles inland The fishermen through careful sailing escaped the storm last night just fairly Call the station 8, but daddy is calling station 8 Sure, I couldn't get you before I had to run to the east We're fishing again now one more dragon we come in Sure, soon we unload, but daddy is off Last night he had all he could do to keep the Dante from swamping But now that the storm has passed the captain has time to think to think about modern technology Ship to shore communication and earth satellites especially about weather satellites which far above his tiny vessel in the blackness of outer space Helped him and thousands of others on land escape from the horrors of the hurricane below. I hope everybody in town Takes it on the chin and starts all over again. It's gonna be tough I don't know but everybody can afford it or not, but I'm gonna give it a whirl Everyone seems to be in high spirits. Why is that? You got a beautiful country down here. We'll make it beautiful again