to compare the product topology and box topology on the Cartesian product pi x alpha, alpha belongs to J, we started with the following example namely it take our space r power omega this is nothing but r cross r cross r dot dot that is we have each xn say equal to r n 123 natural numbers then r power omega is nothing but pi xn n belongs to our index set is set of natural numbers and we have defined a map A f from the domain is r with usual topology to r power omega let us see what will happen if we consider the box topology on this product define this function as f of t equal to t, t, t dot dot this is an element in r power omega let us see what will happen to this function whether this function is continuous if we give if we assign the box topology on r power omega so here it is interesting to note the sets of the type a minus 1, 1 cross minus half, half cross etc open interval minus 1 by n for the n coordinate space this is nothing but this is pi unn varies over capital N such case we also write pi unn varies from 1 to infinity where each un equal to the open interval minus 1 by n to 1 by n which is an open set in our hence this let us say u an open set in the box topology. So let us recall that is box topology mean if we call it script beta suffix b set of all pi u alpha belongs to j where each u alpha is open in x alpha. So we are given is a collection this is a collection of topological spaces x alpha tau alpha then this will form a basis for a topology on the Cartesian product that topology we call it box topology. So here our index at j is set of natural number and for each n belongs to capital N un is open interval minus 1 by n to plus 1 by n. So hence this u equal to pi un n 1 to infinity that is same as this open interval minus 1 comma 1 cross minus 1 by 2 comma 1 by 2 cross etc. So this is an open set in with respect to box topology I mean if I did a basic open set but this need not be a this we cannot say it is a open set in the product topology. What is the basic open in the product topology mean x of finitely many the remaining u alpha should be equal to the whole space x alpha that mean here the whole space is r. So if we consider the box topology this is an open set in r power omega with box topology that is this u belongs to tau suffix b. Now what will happen to the inverse image if it is a open set mean we want that our this is an open set f is continuous in inverse image of every open set is open. So now consider this particular open set what is inverse image f inverse of u by definition that is an element in r. So we have u open here then the inverse image is set of all t belongs to our domain r such that the image f of t should belongs to u that is same as set of all t belongs to r such that by our definition f of t is t, t dot dot this belongs to u u is nothing but pi u n is minus 1 by n, 1 by n n belongs to n or we can write n varies from 1 to infinity this implies hence t belongs to here mean this will implies that is set of all t belongs to r such that t belongs to see each image. So belongs to minus 1 by n, 1 by n here all are same so t belongs to open interval minus 1 by n, 1 by n this is true for every natural number for all n in capital N. So that gives this is that is t belongs to here, t belongs to r such that modulus of t I mean r this modulus of t is less than 1 by n, this is for all n and this is possible only when this imply t is 0 this such a t that means this set is nothing but singleton 0 so which is not an open set in r with useful topology. In fact no countable set will be open because some subset of r is open means each point is open is an interior point in fact 0 is the only point it will not contain any neighborhood any open set containing 0 will be an interval containing 0 and contained in that set but that set is singleton 0 which is not an open set. So inverse image of this particular open set u is not open in r with useful topology and this imply that is this is not open in r and hence this gives this implies here r with useful topology to r power omega with box topology cannot be continuous is not continuous. In fact that is the reason is we allow the even component very small open set when n is large this is hence to in fact this approaches to 0 may not still contain small intervals. So with respect to box topology even such a nice function is not continuous now let us see what will happen let us see what will happen when we consider when the same function when f is r with useful topology to r power omega now we change here our topology is product topology. So now in fact not only the domain is particular r and here r cross r cross etc now in place of that take any topological space y. So take any topological space y and a collection of topological space x alpha so y any topological space say y tau topological space this is given x alpha tau alpha alpha belongs to any arbitrary index set a collection of a collection of topological this I am writing for topological spaces. Now consider a function f from the domain y to the product Cartesian product ix alpha alpha belongs to the index set j and what will happen if we consider the topology tau on y here we consider the product topology. So we will use the another notation here let us say tau prime y tau prime and this tau product topology product topology on our x that is the Cartesian product sometime we just write pi x alpha and the index set is understood. Now we already know that what is the for fixed for each fixed beta belongs to j we have this p suffix beta this is the beta coordinate function that is defined from pi x alpha alpha belongs to the index set j to the component corresponding x beta this we have seen that this defined as p beta of an element here is f that images f at beta normally this we also write x suffix beta that belongs to capital X suffix beta. What is the relation between now this f now we have we have f from y to pi x alpha alpha belongs to j. Hence for each alpha belongs to say that for each alpha for each alpha and for here we fix y in y for y in y what is this f of y the image this belongs to the Cartesian product f y belongs to pi x alpha alpha belongs to j that mean f y itself a function any element here mean that is f y is a function from this imply this f y is a function from j to union x alpha alpha belongs to j. So this we call it this is denoted by this imply this f y if we write this as x each element here depends upon f we call it f alpha at y this belongs to where I mean this is essentially for f y at alpha. So that is an element in x alpha so where f alpha y belongs to the correct finding x alpha. So that is for if we fix an alpha that is what fix alpha then we have a function f alpha from y to capital X alpha which is defined as given by. So f alpha from y to x alpha which is defined as defined as f alpha at y equal to this x alpha if we write the notation f alpha y this f y if we write f y equal to x of x alpha alpha belongs to j that mean x alpha this element this is nothing but f y at alpha equal to x alpha then this will be x alpha that is we have for each alpha we have a function f alpha from y to x alpha. So f is so in this sense we say that that is f can be written as f alpha alpha belongs to j. So now if we take the like when we take the co f we have a function f and then take the p suffix alpha the composite function p suffix alpha composition alpha composition f for fixed alpha belongs to j take y in the domain small y belongs to capital Y. So for y in y this is nothing but p alpha of f y f y is we have for again we will change here when we fix let us say beta belongs to j then beta composition f at y equal to beta composition f of y f of y is x alpha now the beta coordinate this will be x beta. So this is nothing but our this is what our f suffix beta at y correct so that is this is true for all y for all y in the domain capital Y. So the domain of this function beta suffix p suffix beta composition f and this component function f suffix beta for both function domain is y and the image p suffix beta composition f at y is same as f suffix beta at y this implies these two functions are same. So hence what is the result is so result now it is in a way trivial if you assume that f is continuous and we know by the definition each projection function p suffix beta is continuous and it is easy to see that composition of these two function is continuous. So f continuous f from y to pi x alpha continuous here we have the product topology here the given topology tau. So this we have called tau prime here tau. So then this is f continuous implies each function here we have denote each f suffix beta is continuous. Now in fact see what will happen the converse suppose each coordinate function f suffix beta is continuous will it imply the f is the given function f is continuous. So here we use the fact that how we have defined the product topology. So if we again recall how we define the product topology is union of s alpha alpha belongs to j where s alpha equal to set of all p alpha inverse of u alpha such that u alpha belongs to tau alpha and we call this as union of such as alpha over script s this will form a sub basis and the topology the smallest topology containing script s is our product topology. So and also we have seen that a function f from a topological space x to any other topological space x prime is continuous if and only if inverse image of sub basic open set. Suppose we know that there is the topology on x prime is generated by a sub basis then it is enough to prove that for each sub basic open set in x prime tau prime that inverse image f inverse of u is open in x with the given topology. So let us take any sub basic open set if we take a sub basic open set u let u belongs to script s then u will belongs to script s alpha for at least one or some alpha belongs to index set j.  Now so what is enough to prove is inverse image of this sub basic open set is open in our domain. So now take consider the inverse image of our function f now f inverse of this sub basic open set p alpha inverse of u alpha correct this is same as can prove that this is same as p suffix alpha composition f see that is here we use p alpha composition f the whole inverse this is easy to prove that this is nothing but f inverse composition p alpha inverse.  So what is u alpha u alpha is open in x alpha and we have if hence our assumption is suppose each f alpha is continuous. So then that will imply f alpha inverse of u alpha is open in y. So that will prove that the function f is continuous see so note that it is not that we do not know when we start with a sub basic open set depends upon u we do not know u belongs to which s alpha it is not that s alpha is fixed this varies or it depends upon that u. So hence it is essential to have not just one particular f alpha each f alpha is continuous that is what we have proved is this is continuous if and only if each f beta is continuous that is inverse also. If f alpha from y to now we write only i okay if we write here alpha we can change the notation here x beta beta belongs to j this is of there are variables only here the product topology.  So this what in the previous example we have consider a particular type of function f see so let us go back to what is that function we discussed was we have our y our y in that example is r our index at j is set up natural numbers and y alpha this x alpha for alpha belongs to n. So that case we use the notation n for n belongs to n xn is r and this pi xn n belongs to n we call it r power omega omega for the natural numbers. So with here and we define f from r to r omega is defined as f at t equal to now let us say this is an element that is what f1 of t f2 of t dot dot fn of t dot dot so here what is our f1 of t our function there here we have taken particularly f1 of t is t identity function f2 of t is t and so on fn of t is t dot dot so that is our function each component function is identity function fn of t is that is here fn of t equal to t that is we what is fn from r to r the identity function which is continuous hence from this result each fn is continuous will imply f is continuous not only this way even if we instead of this function we can take f1 of t let us say t say t square t power n dot dot etc. So each component is continuous then that f will be continuous even such a symbol function is not continuous if we consider the box topology on r power omega hence we observe that they are totally different so that is the product topology is always a sub collection but they are not equal so in fact you can this open set so you leave it as an exercise so this check whether this interval by open interval minus 1 by n this what we have used this is a basic open set with respect to box topology check whether is this pi on open set in r power omega with tau is product topology just enough product topology on this phase so this in many results see now here afterwards so you give any topological space so we can have a collection so we have seen for example this property called that is called host of topological space host of topological space so right now we have seen this definition so that is a topological space x is host of mean you give any pair x y x not equal to y then that can be separated by open set we will get some we can get an open set u containing x and open set v containing y so that this intersection is empty so then such a space we call it host of topological space so now what will happen now take a collection of host of topological spaces so we are given I mean we call it as a theorem that is product of host of topological space is host of see later we will see what will happen to product of next we will see when you say a topological space is connected that is what we have seen connected mean if we we should find the the whole space x and the empty sets these are all always open and these are the only sets which are both open and closed such a topological space is called connected topological space so if similarly we define compact separable and different type of topological spaces then we will ask the question you are given a collection of topological space having certain properties like here each x alpha top of alpha is host of then what will happen to the product space so same question we can ask what will happen with respect to box topology so some are comparatively easier easy to answer but some may be mean highly difficult rather to know the answer so here just to illustrate how to use the product topology or the box topology we will give this following result later we will see other interesting result so if let x alpha top of alpha alpha belongs to some index at j be a collection of host of topological collection of host of topological spaces topological spaces then and tau be the product topology and tau be the product topology product topology on x is pi x alpha alpha belongs to j tau be the product topology on this then each x alpha is host of implies that mean then this x with respect to tau is a host of space this is also a host of topological mean we simply say that host of space so we can ask what will happen to whenever we introduce a new concept the natural question is whether that concept or properties valid or too far on product space see here what will happen if we consider the box topology here it is trivial see what we have f not equal to g that is in the in our Cartesian product pi x alpha that then using that we got an open set u and a open set v belongs to our box topology with respect to we have got already with respect to product topology but what is the relation between product topology and box topologies this is weaker that is sub collection of tau suffix beta the box topology so what is the notation u v they are open with respect to box product topology see this we have proved already but u v belongs to tau imply u v belongs to tau suffix b with respect to box topology also hence we have got open set in the box topology having the same property that will imply even this result is true even in the with respect to box topology so that means product of house top spaces house top even in box topological spaces so as a symbol exercise see this is easy to see result that is we have that is if a 1 a 2 or that is we have x 1 tau 1 consider only two topological space x 2 tau 2 topological spaces consider a 1 subset of x 1 a 2 subset of x 2 then what will happen to a 1 x a 2 and take the closure and a 1 closure and a 2 closure now ask this question whether this closures are same your time or so yeah let us see that whether these two sets are same thing will stop and we will continue in the next class.


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okay we are awaiting our commercial our voiceover artist and screenplay writer extraordinaire William H. Morrill III but I know I had we have we're gonna have more structure but this week's show in terms of sir William we have some topics that that we covered this past week oh god can't win man can't win either is somebody busting my balls like Esmeralda or it's the dog or by the way you still mad at Esmeralda yes yes because I explained I explained to her just how important this show is all right this is not this is not playtime on the internet this is not a chat room this is not Facebook this is this is a show with a very serious agenda that she obviously does not take seriously and she knew that you know and I'm not I'm not one that is into the the brat versus the receiver of the brattiness I'm not into that I get very upset especially when I'm doing something that's extremely important and somebody trivializes or undermines it like she did that time it took me a considerable amount of extra time to edit that the video to edit the part out where she calls it's really gives me extra work when I don't have anything to really when I when I have nothing to remove from the good sir William very good before we begin oh by the way how you feeling sir I hope you tried that a leg ride gave you when he gets real bad what do you what are you waiting for 2014 that's good well I'm speaking loud but again back to the Allegra it's only a dollar for five pills you might as well take it why suffer if you could take an Allegra when one pill is good for the whole day all right I know you have something to say about the newsletter that the very backbone of our organization is this newsletter 1977 was founded by Reverend Dr. William J. Isman yes this is the very best way to join our organization you have to speak louder William I'm having a hard time here and you know no pun intended yeah it's reversed now yeah just you know for our listening audience just you know just speak louder all right we're gonna we're gonna go over the topics that you and I wonderful wonderful now yeah you're okay and he's about the same you're about the same volume but just try to speak louder all right pins and needles needles and pins it's a happy man of grace the searchers now why am I mad the searchers what are you talking about the honey pins the honeymooners the searchers saying needles and pins who is the searchers a group from England oh from the 60s needles and pins the searchers the searchers okay okay yeah remember now okay I William I am going to go over the topics that we discussed this past week okay number one we were talking about San Francisco General Hospital a patient found dead 17 days later in foreign in for a UTI please explain that situation yeah there seems to be a lack of competency in the in America today with them with businesses you know incompetent employees where water to security exactly right yes it's unnecessary to have these things you know there's there's there's so many there's thousands of cases of even in fact a hospital induced infections with patients where patients you know I get sick by just being in a hospital and my father right exactly great doctors and they said what I'm out of here quick oh yeah death annually 650,000 really that's the concern right it's more like It really sounds like you can take you go to a place where you were left, sir. True. You don't know what will happen, because I'm sure both of you and many others out there listening have heard many stories, before the provider, and behind. What about cutting off the wrong leg? This should not happen. Cutting off the wrong leg, yeah. Cutting off the wrong leg. Operating on the wrong side of the brain. Why are we thinking about it? Hey, Bill, you would think since the fees are so high, and they're ripping off the insurance companies and Medicare, you would think they would be perfectly competent. No, there is no way. They aren't ripping off Medicare and insurance companies. Damn capitalist system. Well, you hardly see them. If you marry a doctor, or somebody working for a law firm, you won't have that much quality time to spend with your spouse. Well, that's why I've all been away from the fast. They're finding out the reason for more and more workplace affairs.  Absolutely, absolutely.  Yeah, that's more of a family than your family, because you're there more. They're there more, exactly. Now, we've got to move on, Billy, to the next topic. Billy, we've got to move on. What really ticks me off is in America, where the American companies, my opinion, built-in obsolescence in American products, where the item burns out way before it's time. No, all the time. Within a day, it looks like they know almost to the exact moment when the laundry's off and outside, you need to do one. I mean, you know how many blenders, not blenders, you know how many fans and appliances that my sister bought, that my sister bought, coffee percolators, coffee makers, whatever, how many of them, even radios, like boomboxes, how many of them just failed to function early, not too long after owning them, and they were, some of them were even Japanese companies, but for the most part, it's not only American companies. You've got to speak up, Billy. Because they're money. Yeah. You will like it. Except, except me, because I don't have that problem, because I buy Wilkinson Sword blades for the old-fashioned razor. It's a steel, stainless steel one. You've got to build-in obsolescence. Stop making what they introduce. I've had that problem numerous times. Yeah. Or to look at, look at, you make blades of people like this. Look, look, look at light bulbs. How fast they burn out. It blows. Yep. Absolutely. Okay. All right, Bill, we got to move on to the next topic. Yeah, it was absolutely. We got to move on.  Well, no one, I've had this wise to be good for no of us. I know of that recording celibacy, maybe that it's odd. And I know it's about all the, that skeletal remains they found. Some of these honor theories, some of these nuns. They killed the babies. It's strange and it's odd. But I'll get them back to the original why. You know what kind of meat the priest eats on Friday? None. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's absolutely true. Now, you know what's sad, William Morrow, what's very sad to me and very upsetting is also the fact that the veterans who came back from Iraq and Afghanistan, you know, they come, they're not really well paid to begin with. And if they come back alive with their body intact, if they're that lucky, they come back to find nothing in return when they come back to the United States. They, there are no jobs. They end up living in a tent, homeless in a woods in Florida. The VA hospitals don't want to take care of them. No, it should not. It's despicable. It just doesn't make sense and we are disrespecting our veterans.  Yeah, cutting the school nurses. Yeah, it's really sad. Now, moving along, we were also talking about how come they don't have, since everybody, every culture, every race, people of color also, everybody, even gays, everybody has their own special holiday with parades, like let's say in New York City. How come we don't have a European pride parade? Why not? You gotta speak up, man. There is no white history month. That sounds like, why can't we all get along? No, sometimes you gotta be tough to get what you want. Why do they want all this? They want all that and these people want all this but it's for whites to it? Because the whites have no spine. They have no, they have no, they have no balls. They should say, they should say, how come we can't have a European pride parade? Well, maybe because the whites are classy enough to say, it's not worth arguing. Classy enough. Yeah, but that's how you lose, that's how you lose debates and you lose fights by being too, too, uh, um, what's the word, uh, too diplomatic.  You gotta get, you gotta get tough and raise your voice, I'm sorry. Yeah, I was just gonna mention that they want to take, they want to, they want to take the traditional Indian off the helmet, Washington Redskins. No, no, no, no. Yeah, people are, people are very thin skin.    Don't give them time. The American media. Why? Can't say boo.  You want to know the Kardashians' part? I don't care what these people do.  People are so boring.  They never talk about what's happening, the serious problems in America or the world. It's always a boy, I turn off my chat. I heard, I heard a chat go on and on and on about the virtues of macadamia nuts. All right.  I can't afford macadamia nuts. Neither could I.  On chat? In general. You know, Bill, yeah, they're, they're, they're ostriches. They, they got their heads in the sand.  Nobody cares about that. Yeah. And, and you know, the same, the same, the same small talk people, Bill, the same small talk people are the ones that would vote for one politician, for president, because he's better looking than the other. Just like they do with Kennedy versus Nixon. They come personally, they're not fully even the right to vote. It's like you just said. Earned the right to vote. Why? Yeah. Yeah. I, I, I realized that, but we don't want, but, but we don't want, we don't want the wrong corrupt people to get elected, Billy. Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws. I kill. So that means we should live on the fascism? That's what the conservatives like. Yeah. But isn't that So how somebody looks Prevent the blacks from voting? It's not, it's really voting for the Billy. Whole time. The whole time. Better change your whiskey. Candidate for this country. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, but isn't that fascism, Billy? No, no, it's not. It's making it actively put down in the room. Inherit 20 building years all of a sudden. No. No, it's night off on everything. Well, the acquisition, the acquisition of money does not guarantee does that does not mean that that person has earned or accumulated the money based on intelligence or talent. It just means they got lucky. Well, they say that about they say that about Bill Gates, for God's sakes, and he's one of the crookedest slime balls around. I'm glad you said that. He's a phony. He's in bed with Monsanto. He's pushing vaccines. He's oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, you know what, you're only reading certain newspapers. You got you got to this guy is in bed with Monsanto pushing vaccines on poor kids. He's charitable. He does it for his own agenda. Save on taxes. He does it to save on taxes like like a labor is tax deductible the cost of labor.  They never knew. How could you not know it? Well, Kathy Lee Gifford was crying crocodile tears and said she didn't know that children in Central America were making her clothes. I don't believe her. I don't give any rich person the benefit of that. Yes. Now, absolutely. Now, the most important thing to learn about when you call here is the fact that more people should be independent free thinkers with an open mind. Do not be afraid to question anything. Question everything. Don't be afraid to question anything and everything. Yes. Yes. Stop questioning. Stop living. Living in the living. Always have questions. I tell you to learn. Yeah, of course. Why are you investing in wonder? Always ask. Always ask. Yeah. Why did you do that? How are you doing this? How was this done? I don't know. So if you question if you get the stop response from people, what are you writing a book? Well, if you question your college professor, you disagree with one thing. Then he has it in for you. Yeah, they don't like that. They don't like that. You don't dare do that. Don't challenge me. I know everything because I'm your professor. I'm better than you. Yeah, that's how they are. Well, teachers have. Do it again as always. Yes. Yes. The show went, the new format went well. It was more structured this time, William. Yes. And I put a new superman on the Facebook page. Yeah, it's nice. Yes. Yes. Bye-bye. Yes. I like his bye-bys. He, uh... Singing, this will be the day when I die. This will be the day when I die. Let me tell you something. I saw he had a birthday the other day. Who? Him. Jim Crouchy? No, the singer. Not Jim Crouchy. What's that? He didn't make it. That's the guy who sang this song. What the hell's his name? I thought Jim Crouchy sang. Jim Crouchy ran in the south side of Chicago or whatever. No, he sang him. Didn't he sang him? No. No. He's talking about Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Yeah. Baddest man in the whole dance town. Vincent Jim Crouchy didn't sing Vincent. You know? I don't know. Well, anyway... Yeah, name will come to me. Everybody's got a birthday sometime. One day a year, yes. One day a year. I don't really feel comfortable with birthdays because it's like... Nobody really cares. Who cares? Only Pharaoh and Houtigu, King, Herod, are to be interested in birthday.  And they want... Jesus was never interested in birthday. No, it's like you're paying homage to a person who was born on a certain day. Everybody was born on a certain day. Big deal.  It's not even positive to celebrate birthdays because you're one day... I mean, you're one year older. Who wants to be one year older? You know, it's a wonder that the conservatives have never come up with the idea that if life begins in conception, as they want all to believe, how come we're not all nine months older? That's a very good point. Thank you. Free independence. And it ain't on top of my head either. Free independent thinker, my friend there. That point. Well, a bubble-headed Barbara Bachman. Barbara? No, I'm sorry. Michelle. I'm thinking of Barbara Bono. Bubble-headed Barbara... Bubble-headed Michelle Bachman.  You can move out. Which means they support fascism. Totalitarianism. Totalitarianism. Fascism is the marriage between corporations and the government. I'm sorry. Totalitarianism. Clearly simple. It has nothing to do with Nazism. It has nothing to do with, you know... Totalitarianism is free stadership. A dictatorship. Like Hugo Chavez, Castro, Saddam Hussein, right? Hugo Chavez was supposed to be a socialist. Not a dictator. He promised to give land to the poor. Okay, okay. Et cetera. And give free oil to America. Okay, now what about the old Soviet Union? Was that totalitarian or socialist? It became totalitarian. So a corrupted... Started off as socialist. So corrupted socialism will turn into a totalitarian... Doesn't have to. You mean you can be corrupted and be socialist too? You can be socialist and not corrupted. Well Chavez kind of like was self... He was a socialist but he was very self-centered. And he, I'm sure he kept a lot of the mula to himself and didn't disperse it. Yeah, but what does that have to do with being, you know... Well, everything has to have a specific scientific definition to it.  Just like a plant has a botanical Latin name.  You know, what was Chavez? He was a communist country that was in reality, what? Venezuela was communist. Well, he, what was it classified as? Well, then Cuba was communist. Who was there before Hugo? Well, then Cuba was communist. Yes, Caldwell is communist. But... And that's why we haven't had any dealings with Caldwell for over 40 years. Well, how many, how many communist or socialist countries were run the way Karl Marx intended it to be done? None! Okay. Would you say that most of them ended up being totalitarian? Yes! Well, that's it! Well... You keep on saying, yeah, but this, no, this, no, that, no, this... Like Billy, you know, Baba... Why did a democracy, ours, turn into fascism? Because the Republicans were already in control of Congress and GW Bush helped it. Oh, oh, that happened only recently? No, Reagan, well, Reagan started... Reagan started the shenanigans when he shifted the tax burden. And this is, and I want to emphasize this because this is a show in itself. The idiots who are constantly defending the conservative version of capitalism have to think about what it means to have a country totally controlled by conservative capitalists. And the only good that comes out of it is for the rich. I can't think of one positive thing that that is good for mainstream.  My ass! The jobs are outsourced. And the ones that are here, you're lucky if you get a retail or fast food restaurant job. They're outsourced. For the last 30 years, those are the jobs that we're being created. The office jobs, not just inbound, not just customer service. And murder flipping. Not just customer service, not just inbound call centers. Office jobs in general are in the Philippines and they pay these poor souls 50 cents to a dollar an hour.   All of that can be prevented. Justify it. By one word. Regulation. Regulation. All of that can be stopped in a heartbeat. It prevents corporations from being underhanded and wicked. But the last 30 years. And break the law. We have done the opposite. We have deregulated and allowed them to do what they do. That's what Republicans do. They deregulate companies. Is that the first thing on the Republican agenda? No, the first thing supposedly is smaller government. Yes, smaller government. That's the first. In conjunction with not arranging it that the rich don't pay taxes. That comes next. Right. But the reason for smaller government is. The reason for smaller government is that they view government as the problem, as Mr. Ronald Reagan said. And they view the private sector as the solution. God's heaven, the private sector. The private sector fails most of the time. It's not a matter of failure. What is it a matter of? It's a matter of power. Why have we come to a place in our society, democracy supposedly, where we allow cooperation this much power over us? Right. Yeah. Right. But I mean, I mean to the little guy, privatization doesn't get the job done. Well, of course not. Whoever said it did. It's a little bit. It's propaganda. But it's about power. Just like Michelle Bachman, if you don't like our interpretation of the Bible, get out of the United States. Right. It's like the old fashioned America lover to leave it, which means if you don't do it our way, leave it. It's the highway, baby. Hey, if the Democrats, if progressives or Democrats take over Washington, lock, stock and barrel, and you Republican elitists don't like to pay your fair share in taxes, then leave the United States. Leave. You don't like it.  Go to Dubai. Go to Dubai. And see if we allow your products into the United States. You could say the same thing to Bachman. You don't, you don't like paying your fair share in taxes? You don't like to say to Bachman is Leave. Bachman used claim to get your stuff about religious and the Bible.  You're wrong. They don't understand this kind of logic. Of course they don't. You got to give it back. You got to give them what they give you. You don't like it.  They like that. Because then what is going on now with the shutdown? Why, why, why do so many progressives are so passive and they don't want to fight? You're interpreting it wrong. The shutdown occurred because of the Tea Party, correct? Yeah. Now who's to blame for the shutdown? In my opinion, the Republican Congress. But they're saying it's Obama's fault. They want to sabotage Obamacare. So this is what they do. And they're saying- If you come back to Michelle Bachman with the same thing that she came for you with, the evil, what do you get? Impasse. Are you going to, are you going to win by having the gentle diplomatic intelligent approach? That was under-mining. And that's how you win that argument. Undermine her idea of religion.  I'm not talking about taxes. I'm talking about religion. They don't know the Bible. Well then how come you just didn't allow that as an argument? Because I feel that their ears are closed to logic and intelligence. So what about the people in the audience whom now you have proved to them, prove all things whole fast, that was just true. You have proved to them that Michelle Bachman doesn't know what she's talking about.  No, these people will not be changed. Stop trying to think, you can change them. Then why try to educate morons? Why not just, why not just- Your job is to educate the audience, not the morons.  And only a minority will ever do that. That's why only 50% of the lay of the seaans who were once God's people will repent in the great tribulation. 50%. 50% who knew God's truth at one time and then threw it away will in the great tribulation repent. But those holding the right wing conservative Christian ideology do not hold your breath or any one of them to repent. There's something about the conservative politician that has these people's spellbounds. There's something about them where they don't question the conservative politician. Because they have these fixations in their mind. They have a part of- They have a fixation in their mind about people who are lazy on welfare. Plus they go- They used to say like the blacks, they sit on the caribbean and eat watermelon. Plus they go to a cultist church out in the red states. They have cultist ministers that don't really know what's in the Bible and they believe- What they say they do and they go about preaching it. And they preach it with great emotion. They love that!  The one where Pat Robertson is wearing the popat? I didn't see it. You didn't see it? I sent it to you. No, you didn't. Oh, by the way, what is that thing you sent there as some kind of link? Oh, that's a video of a particular billionaire who is capitalizing, exploiting the whole shutdown. Like, it's one of those, you know, NWO behind the scenes people. Super, super elitists that's causing things to happen for a reason. The system being rigged. You mean the puppet street in Fort. Peter Piper picked a pick of peppers. It's a very interesting video. It's very enlightening. And I will check it out if I remember. Because I try to put something in the title that at least tips you off. There was no title. It was only a link. You know, I'm having a lot. There's a lot of glitches with the new Yahoo mailbox thingy there. They have a new look there, but new functions. I sent something and somebody else's name appears and the person says, who's this person? I'm not this person. I says, no, I sent you a personal direct email with your name on it. Who? But there's somebody else's name on it. You know, I think that these companies, whether it be Yahoo or whether it be other companies like maybe YouTube. Google. Google. I think they're hiring total nincompoops, outsourced techies, outsourced IT people that are that are that accept low wages that are incompetent. That's why you have so many glitches. They don't want to pay professionals what they really deserve. Of course, they don't want to pay. Here you go. And they get another one. And they get, they get an IT person from a third world country to work cheap for them. There's your America, tea baggers. There's your American capitalism for you. Hiring incompetence for chicken feed wages. And they do it because they can. They can. And we can do what? We can stop them. Yeah. And also there's Americans that get sucked up into the whole the whole corporate, wealthy corporate elitist thing like when Bill Morrill was saying, well, Bill Gates, you know, he's very good. He's very philanthropical. He's involved with a lot of charities. Doing good. Yeah. So does that does that mean he's involved with charities for a positive reason or for selfish reasons? Yeah. So tax reasons. Tax reasons. Yeah. Let us sink our teeth back into these readings. This is another letter addressing the first one that we read before about the House GOP. I could not suppress a smile after reading the lengthy defense of the House Republicans opposition to Obamacare. Right. I will indulge and he names the columnist who wrote the original story. I will indulge Harrison the right to fulminate if she would likewise indulge me the right to purchase my own health insurance including only those coverages that make sense to me and my family, my company of my choice without interference from the federal government. Congratulations are due because the writer is complying with the sole requirement of Obamacare. Well, you know, that's one of the things maybe should be fixed. I'm not sure. Yeah. But without Obamacare requiring those people to get insurance, look, let's face the fact. Are they really going to find people who can't afford Obamacare? No. They're going to give subsidies. Or this is like a conservative propaganda. They are going to find the business owner who will not provide you with health insurance and that'll be $2,000. But providing you with health insurance may cost him $10,000. So he's getting away with murder, isn't he? By just accepting the penalty. So, yeah. Yeah, if it's cheaper for him to accept the penalty but if they penalize him over and over and over until he complies, then he will be punished if they do it over and over. So this information on the internet about the individual American citizen getting fined for not being able to afford Obamacare, this is a Republican lie. And they get away with it. You know, everything is not kosher yet. You know, everything is just coming out. People are confused. People are still confused about Obamacare. Right. But the point is that that thing you sent from your uncle last night. Man, do I suspect that thing?  And yet, what the hell? So it's a truck full of conservative propaganda. Obamacare never started out to cover people on Medicare. No. Or involved with people on Medicare. It's for 30 million people who have no insurance. Medicare, Medicare, or and Medicaid are forms of insurance. They're not insurance per se, but they're, yeah, they're, yeah, it's a provider. It's a healthcare. Well, Obamacare is not a provider. You will be under a private insurance company. Right. Whatever you pick. Yes. Okay. Obamacare is just the law forcing this stuff. Yeah. Let's say you pick, no, let's say you pick Blue Cross and Blue Shield, whatever.    You get a subsidy. Right.  It's at some hospitals. And you get a subsidy, I guess a subsidy to pay for a subsidy. The plan. By private insurance. To buy private insurance. So that is the compromise. Obama is still using private insurance companies with Obamacare. Yes. So that was one of the, that was one of the big business Alec and the compromises. That's a compromise right there. Single payer would have been so much easier. The single payer system. Why didn't he stick to his guns about the single payer system? The public option, you know. Because that's socialism. If it's the best thing for the poor, go for it. But it wasn't the best thing for the private insurance companies. Now it wasn't. Screw them. I have no- I think that's the attitude nobody has. I don't have any conscience about screwing them. The bribe takers- They screw us, don't they? The bribe takers cannot say screw them. Sure, I just said it.  They want to blow them. Blue? You mean as in blow job? Blow them, yes. You mean Felatio? Felatio. Philip, Mr. Philip, Felatio. Philip Felatio, yes. Oh, gosh. And Ben- Mr. Benjamin Dover. Speaking of Medicaid. Benjamin Dover. Ben Dover. Speaking of Medicaid. 26 states. Yeah. The administration wants to get a lot of people under Medicare payments. Well, Medicaid doesn't- So they are going to pay the states for two years in a row the full cost of getting their people, their poor people, on Medicaid. Well, private physicians- After that- Yeah, go ahead. It will be required to pay only 10 percent to the program. 26 states have refused this offer for their poor. And most physicians won't accept Medicaid anyway because they don't pay them much money. So then people would have to go to the ER and then the hospital clinics anyway. Well, you see, if we had doctors on salary like other countries do, you wouldn't have that problem. Yeah, healthcare should not be a business. A business for profit. And it should be a right. Just like- Just like water and air, Mr. Nestle CEO. Water, air, a decent retirement. Oh, well, decent. I mean, like, in other words, healthcare, good healthcare, a good education, just like the basic necessities of life itself are, or should be, or are originally rights, human rights, not privileges. They say driving is a privilege, not a right. They might be right about that, but not education, healthcare, and good, clean drinking water and- Well, that's because driving came under the state. I don't know if that's the right thing.  He's had donkeys and oxen carts for years. It's different. That's something from nature. Same thing.  Yeah, the same thing. Why Indian license? You show that you can drive, maybe. That's all the state can do, but it's not a privilege. It's a right. Yeah, well, of course the most- Because it's a restraint of trade otherwise. Of course the- You use your car to go back and forth to work. That's a restraint of trade if you can't drive. You can't do that. It's unconstitutional. Just like Alabama and their vibrator law. It's unconstitutional. Yeah, a woman cannot buy or own a sex toy in Alabama.  Read the new issue of censor. And it goes right into the commerce. And what the state can do and what the government can do. As far as commerce is concerned. And Alabama can't make such laws, even though it did. Just like the extremely preposterous law saying that hand handlers and homeless people would ever have to get a permit to beg. Correct. These are rights. Hey, why do you think- Listen, government and conservatives. Why do you think so many single mothers that are forced to go on welfare and food stamps. Why do you think a lot of these people get off the books part-time jobs and don't declare the income?  And why do you think they- You quote. But they would call them welfare cheats.  They don't. They do not expect you to get rich on welfare. No, not rich. Make ends meet. No, no, no. You shouldn't have to make ends meet. You should become rich so you're not on welfare anymore. Well, in order to do that- I just quoted the Bible. In order to do that, you have to have a job market that provides jobs for the poor. Number one, number two, the minimum wage has-


Welcome everybody to Lillian's Vegan World, huge aloha. I'm Lillian Kumic, your host from Think Tech Hawaii, and I'm so so excited for today's show. We're going to be talking about intermittent fasting. So to lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals, shed weight with intermittent fasting. I'm so excited to have on my show is guest Tony Harrison, who is a retired chef. Tony, welcome to the show. We already have another thing in common. Oh, yes, yes, family. Well, the fact that you are a retired chef and I am a chef, but I think there's there's much more that we do have in common. So Tony, aloha. Aloha, thank you for having me on. The pleasure is all mine. I'm so excited to hear all about your story. Tony, you have recently been introduced and are actually practicing what we're going to talk about on the show today, which is intermittent fasting. Yes. Yes, I started, I started exactly in March, actually, when they locked down. I had a couple of surgeries, hip replacement and knee replacement year ago, two years ago. And I put on a ton of weight. I sat in the kitchen for six months, literally sat 24 hours a day and ate, and I ballooned up to 300 pounds. And I was kind of desperate. I reached a place of kind of desperation with terrible arthritis, leaky gut. You know, I had a lot of ailments, bad skin, XMI, couldn't sleep. And I saw a movie about intermittent fasting. And I was like, I think I'm going to try that. It must be really hard. So I went to a Facebook site, intermittent fasting for vegans. And I'm like, all right, I'll try it. It was so easy. That's interesting that you call it easy, because I think that is far from what most people are imagining it to be. Tony, before we continue on, let's first of all tell the viewers what intermittent fasting actually is. Sure. Sure. Would you like me to explain sort of my take? Yeah, your take on it, definitely. So I think intermittent fasting really means any period of time where you have an eating window that sort of has a time frame to it. So I started with where you could eat for eight hours. And then you don't eat anything, only drink water. I cheat a little and have black coffee in the morning.  But I started with an eight hour window where you can eat. I'm a vegan. So I could eat pretty much what I wanted is kind of like the idea to get used to it in an eight hour window. And then after about two weeks, I shortened the window to six hours. And I started to see dramatic weight loss results. And not only that, it was some emotional and sort of mental changes that came about. And so then I closed the window down to four hours. And I mean, the amount of energy I had, it was nothing. I mean, it was literally nothing. And the main thing that happened was all my life I've been obsessed with food, think about what I'm going to eat, or the other side, what I won't eat, you know, how much I'm going to diet, how many calories can I eat, and what can I cheat, you know, and all these thoughts, endless thoughts, this mind babble, 24 every waking moment thought about food. And at about six hour intermittent fasting window, that went away, completely away. I suddenly realized like, I'm not thinking, when I'm not in my eating, when I'm not thinking about food at all, which was brand new. And it was exhausting to be thinking about food all the time. So I went down to a four hour window. And then I went to a one meal a day, OMAD, they call it. And I really thought I would never be able to do that. And the truth is, it was nothing. It was nothing. So it was incredible to hear. Yeah, incredible to hear, especially from someone like yourself who claims to have been pretty much obsessed with food, to say that it was, you know, doable and not that difficult to do. Thank you so much, Tony, yeah, for explaining that that that is pretty much intermittent fasting in a nutshell. I have actually myself been practicing intermittent fasting for about a decade, about 10 years. And I didn't even know it was called that while I while I was actually doing it.  I don't know why my body was to me, I think it's strange that people still believe that, you know, you're supposed to eat three to five times a day, well, at least three meals a day, it's too much. And I think what intermittent fasting allows your body to do is to have that, you know, fasting period where you're, get you're allowing your body to focus on other things other than trying to digest all of this food that's coming in. So it gives it time to heal in a sense. Now you mentioned that you've gone down to you said one meal a day and 22 hours you're fasting and you're eating window as they call it or period is only two hours. What are you actually eating in your feasting period? So again, when I was when I finished with my surgeries and I really I couldn't put my own socks on I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs I was in really bad shape. And I was emotionally in bad shape. I was in a lot of pain. So I started kind of like looking at food. I'll be honest, I heard someone say food's either medicine or poison.  But then I thought, let me not eat anything. I heard another saying if it comes from a plant, if it's made in a plant, don't eat it. If it comes from a plant, eat it. And so I thought, let me try and be plant only whole foods. And so my first meal, my first part of the meal, I'll have flat or everything organic as much local as I can get. We shop at places where we can see how far away the food's grown, you know. So I'll do flax, chia, hemp, and cinnamon.  And I make a great big bowl of that and I'll eat until I really can't eat anymore.  I was so full I had to sleep for like two hours to be honest. Well, that's the beauty of it. In my book Hawaii a Vegan Paradise, I don't talk about intermittent fasting, but I do talk about how you don't have to count calories. In my opinion on a vegan diet. And when you add the practice of intermittent fasting, you're taking your health to a whole new level. So that's fantastic what you're eating and I'm the same Tony. I can pick out sometimes on exactly that pizza fries, but I am always making sure that I do get, you know, lots of whole foods, grains, nuts, legumes, etc. And, you know, in Hawaii, wine is very important at around 5 p.m. every day too. I tell you one thing I do as well. I found it's really kind of interesting. I work out while I'm fasting. So I do about an hour high intensity interval training workout. I do that five days a week with a trainer and I'm almost 60 years old. I'm 59 years old and terrible arthritis, just terrible.  Like I'll be working out with guys that are half my age and I'm not anything, believe me, you can't really tell from this, but it's a mess. This is a mess.  And you get so, I get so much energy from that agropathy, what happens to your body, that state your body goes into when you're fasting. And as long as you give it the fuel afterwards, you know, I, it's incredible the wave of energy I get in a second when working out fast. Yeah, that's exactly how it works. Because when you're in feeding state, you're actually not allowing time for your body to, you know, to go into the fat stores and start using the energy that's stored. I do wonder why we're talking about that, just to read something that I found from the New England Journal of Medicine. And it quotes, eating a six hour period and fasting for 18 hours can trigger a metabolic switch from glucose, based to ketone based energy called ketosis. This is what you want to do. You want to reach ketosis when you are intermittent fasting, and at least fast for 12 hours. Otherwise, your body won't reach that state. So in ketosis in that state, your body does start to break down and burn fat. This is why people lose weight on intermittent while they're intermittent fasting. And as you said, when you work out, when you add exercise during the fasting state, you know, people need to know more about this because you're absolutely right. People, people think that you need to eat lots and lots and lots to be energetic. But in fact, people who are practicing intermittent fasting are proving the opposite.  So that's fantastic. Tony, we have some photos to show our audience. Let's take a look at the first one. Tell us a little bit about it and where were you, what part of your life did this photo come from? That was about 35 years ago. I was a chef in the Caribbean and the South of France. I worked for celebrities. That was on a yacht owned by Chade. I worked for her. I worked for David Bowie. He had a yacht, Phil Collins. I did a lot of traveling. I had a lot of fun. And I drank so much that I had to quit drinking. So I found out I was allergic to alcohol and I kept breaking out in handcuffs every time I drank. So I stopped. And but yeah, that was a lot of fun. A lot of fun traveling with those people. So you've had, you've gone through a lot during your short time, but you know, here you are proof that whatever has happened in your past, whatever challenges and trials and tribulations, you can really turn your life around. And it seems to me, Tony, although we've only met, that during this tough year, this year of the COVID-19, that you have managed to find some inner peace. You seem very happy to me, very content with yourself and how things are going. Has your well-being changed since starting a vegan diet and intermittent fasting? Absolutely. So it's not only the weight. What are the benefits? Tell us about the benefits.  You know, you're putting on these gloves and it's kind of a breeding ground. So I got a little infection and for the first time in 20 years, I got an infection. I didn't need antibiotics if I got any cut, any lesion, anything on my body, especially on my legs because I had very poor blood flow on my legs, I would have to get an antibiotic. And sometimes I would have to go and get an injection and sometimes intravenous antibiotic. So my body's ability to heal itself has completely changed. My dandruff has gone away, my skin, I had eczema, that's gone away. I sleep, I sleep so well now. It's crazy. And, you know, of course, a sexual giant, which that's That is, and if anyone will see that your wife is reaping the benefits as well. Your beautiful wife. What's her name? What's her name? My wife's name is Zinnia. Zinnia, awesome. And great to have, great that you have that support from family, from your partner. That's really, that makes all the difference, doesn't it? But I do want to go into more detail after the break, Tony, about some of the benefits and continue on with your very awesome journey. So stay tuned. Everyone will take a quick break and be back for more of Lillian's Vegan World. Welcome back everyone to Lillian's Vegan World. I'm your host, Lillian Cumick, and we're talking all about intermittent fasting with retired chef Tony Harrison. Welcome back to the show again, Tony. Good to be back. This is so fantastic talking to you.  I'm looking at your skin now. I cannot have a life of me see or believe that you had such skin issues. Your skin looks healthy. It's glowing. I find that a lot of vegans do really stand out in the crowd when it comes to skin. There is just that vegan glow or something about it. We've talked a lot about intermittent fasting. I want to ask you more about how it was turning, going vegan. People really want to know how you can go to a plant-based diet, go from being a typical omnivore on an American diet and then transition to just plant-based only. How did you do it? It was really an intersection of two things. One, I just one day was making eggs for my daughter right at Thanksgiving last year, a year ago. I cracked an egg and some of the egg got on my hand. I was suddenly found it just revolting. I was like, I can't eat eggs anymore. I don't know why I just can't do it. Then I saw this show called Game Changer, a movie called Game Changer. I understand that the information is cherry-picked and there's some confirmation bias. The message about veganism and how it would help was very clear to me. I said the day before Thanksgiving, I said, you know what? I'm going to be vegan now. That was it. Then I was a vegan. I had these surgeries coming up, the hip and knee replacement. I knew I needed to do something drastic where I would never have healed up. I went vegan. I had the surgeries and I can train again. I have no problems. I couldn't put my own socks on for like a year and a half. I could put the sock on. I was completely out of breath. I was completely winded from putting a sock on. That's crazy. How do your physicians or your doctor, how do they see you now when they meet you and see such a change? Do you tell them about? I'm getting away from the doctors pretty much. Every time I went to them, they said I had to get something cut out. I just stopped going. I've been much better ever since. The sad thing is, Tony, and I do just as a disclaimer, I want to say to the viewers, please, if you're thinking about transitioning into a plant-based diet or trying intermittent fasting, do seek medical advice or some advice from a professional. But having said that, I myself steer clear of modern medicine. I'll be honest. I'm exactly like you. I do a lot of, I have a much more holistic point of view. I just think, since I started intermittent fasting, I lost about 20 pounds being a vegan and then another 70 intermittent fasting without even trying. Not once did a doctor ever mention anything about either thing to me.  I was told so many different things.  It's not really much of a wonder. Isn't that interesting that doctors are not giving you this information? Luckily, though, we live in times where we can find it anywhere if we want to seek it out. Again, I've recommended the documentary that you mentioned earlier, the Game Changer. That is a good, yeah, it's an amazing place to start if you're just curious as to how it works. And it's this movie, this documentary, it's very mind-blowing, but at the same time, it's very informative about the plant-based diet. It's not as graphic as some documentaries, because people even now don't want to hear about the suffering and the animal things that happen to animals. And I can understand they want to turn a blind eye, but it is a very hypocritical world that we live in. But the Game Changer, it's a good place to start. And then from there, you can just go online. I love what you said about going onto a Facebook page. It was Intermittent Fasting for Vegans, which is where I, yes, which is how I actually found you. And some of the stories there are just incredible. But yours is amazing, the weight loss, everything. Tony, I want to go through some of the benefits quickly of intermittent fasting. So one of them, the obvious, is faster weight loss. You also experienced that. Very fast. Okay, the other one was increased energy. Yes, tons of energy. But I also sleep a lot more. And so I was sleeping about five hours a night. And now I sleep seven or eight. And, you know, just a completely different sleep. That is one of the benefits on the list, actually, is better sleep. How about mental clarity? They say it's going to clear up at some point. I'll let you know. Good answer. And again, this is a crazy year with all the stuff going on with COVID-19. I think if you can stay, you know, stay sharp during a year like this, then you're okay to go. The other benefit that comes up often in studies is improved digestion. There's no question. There's no question. Very regular. Everything's really comes out nice and smooth. Yep. No, that's, well, it is what it is. You know, when you think about it, why would you have a dead animal rotting away inside your body, sitting there for literally days before it gets out? I mean, that's got to wreak havoc in your system. So when you're on a plant-based diet, things just kind of go through and, you know, do what they have to do, and then they're out of your system very quickly. And I think that's one of the things about being on a vegan diet is you feel, I don't know, because I grew up as a vegetarian and then became vegan 14 years ago. I just had to give up dairy. So I'm not really sure how you experienced it. Like, did you feel, did your body feel lighter? Did you feel, it's got to be so different. I do feel lighter. There's no question. And I mean, not to get too graphic, shall I get graphic or shall I be not too graphic? Up to you, Tony. I think you can track your digestion if you eat corn, just to be plain and simple. You can see if I eat corn on Tuesday and I don't see the exit corn until Friday. That's an issue. But whatever I eat, my body's cleaned out every day. It's a new day, a new slate. What I ate yesterday isn't sitting leaking through my gut. The wall of your intestines is very, very thin. It's a membrane. It's a very thin membrane and just a chunk of steak, some factory steak, full of not just the poison that they brought to you, but then they packed it, that cryovac, the way they packed the meat. And I was a meat vendor for many years. My restaurant was a barbecue restaurant. It's so disgusting. I can't even smell it anymore. Like, even if I'm near, that smell just is revolting, the cryovac. So, you know, everything cleaned out every day is really, it's much better. I think that's part of where the energy comes from is my body's not spending days trying to deal with what I play in. Tony, can I ask, you mentioned that you, the restaurant that you were at, it was a lot of meat. How did people that you know, how did they react to this new health that you're just glowing with? I think the funny thing is, at first, some people were like, oh, here he goes on. Because, you know, I've gone on some different sort of adventures.  And then you just can't not see the difference. You know, so people now come with me and they're like, can you tell me about this intermittent fasting thing?   And he thought it was the greatest thing you'd ever ate. But it's with, you know, just good stuff. So, yeah, I think people are sort of much more seeing what's happened than trying to pay attention to what I was saying I was going to do. Well, you know what they say, we lead by example. 100%.  And that's exactly what I dislike in the community. So I'm very much for leading by example. You show what you've got, they'll come asking. And that's, that's a great, that's great to hear that people are interested in what you're doing. Tony, let's take a look at some more of your photos. Okay, I can't remember which photos they sent you. Like, spooky. Where, how far along during your weight loss, your intermittent fasting was this photo taken? That was a couple months ago. That was probably, that was in the summer. I think it was after maybe like five months, probably lost like 60, 65 pounds at that point. That's incredible. You must be so proud of yourself. I mean, I'm pretty pleased. You know, I never, I keep, I love t-shirts. And I've got some great t-shirts from back when they would fit me 15 years ago. So it's great to be able to put them back on. Awesome. Let's have a look at another picture. Uh-huh. Oh yeah, that's, that would be like part one of a meal. Yeah. Uh-huh. You've got a, it looks like a chaseless pizza or flat bread. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was something like. I think that was whole wheat non. And I can't really see the picture so small, but it was like whole wheat non. Oh, I know what that was. Those were rice noodles. Oh my goodness, they were so good. Oh, okay. Yeah, Korean rice noodles. Delicious. Sounds nice. Continue on. This must be the first meal you were talking about, your fruit and. Yes. And so a lot of times what I'll do is instead of putting liquid on it, I'll take a beet and apple, some carrots and any green I have, I have a garden out front. So I'll take the carrot greens or whatever I've got green, and I'll stuff it through the juicer and then cut up the fruit and the seeds and the grains and put them and mix it all together. It's such a blast.  Oh my goodness. And a chunk of lemon and rind. It's really, it's delicious. That's what we call feeding the body indeed. Like that is going to really, your body's going to thank you for that. And it's good to eat food that makes you feel good. I mean, yeah, fantastic. We do have another photo, Tony.  So that's just, that's just, I think there's some edamame in there, a lot of avocado, tomato, just a bunch of stuff. I eat a lot, I love avocado. I eat a lot of avocado. I had half an, I just remembered I had half an avocado today. Oh yeah, avocado, like, you know, healthy fats can't go wrong in a salad. Tony, if you don't mind, I do want to show that the last photo for today, and this is, this is my book that is actually coming out very shortly in a few days, we've had a little bit of a delay, but it's being, it's Hawaii, a vegan paradise. I wrote the book actually, finished writing the book this year during the pandemic as well. And what a great time for it to be coming out. So I hope that people pick up copies. I'll leave the link in the description box down below. Here it is in all its glory. So I hope, I hope people check it out. Tony, it has been a wonderful chat with you. I've really enjoyed listening to your journey. And I am going to make you agree to come on again next year for a follow up. Thank you for having me. By the way, your complexion is amazing, amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. That's, that's why I love getting, getting all this, you know, awesome information out to help other people. So intermittent fasting, do give it a try. Tony, good luck with your journey. It's, it's a fantastic, you know, new, new way of life that you're leading. So keep on it and keep shining. Thank you. Thank you for having me. See you again soon. My pleasure. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you everyone for watching. See you next time on Lillian's Beacon World Aloha.


Welcome to the John Stoltzrager show. I'm Joe Wamba joined now, of course, with John Stoltzrager, head coach of the swimming programs. And coach, you host the first event of three over the weekend at home and get a pretty good result on the women's side, at least splitting and winning the important one. Yeah, we split against Dickinson. We lost Dickinson, but beat like homey college. We swam really well, both guys and girls. The girls side broke a couple school records again. Melanie broke her own 100 and 200 free records. And Izzy broke her 100 fly record. We also had a couple girls qualified for the conference meet, Adriana, Elizabeth, both qualified. And so actually did Laurel, all three triplets qualified for the conference meet this weekend. Keeping theme with the triplets there. They seem to follow each other around. Can't get rid of them all. Yeah, if one makes it, they all have to make it. So I mean, it was the same exact thing last year. Once one made it, then the other two had to make it. And the total on qualifiers jumps from 7 to 11 now. You've got 11 girls going this season already versus 7 last year. Yeah, not only do we have more kids, but I think we're deeper this year than last year on the girls side. The boys side, we already have three qualifiers. And again, the numbers are low, but the quality is definitely there. Hoping the other two boys qualified before we break for December. And again, we could have another one or two girls qualify before the break in December. And beating, not only qualifying, but defeating school records over the week in the competition this last weekend. Yeah, the nice thing is, again, it's almost, it's nice to see improvement from the kids. And it's self-validating for them, knowing that they're hard work that they're putting in every single day at 6 AM. And then again in the afternoon, it's starting to work. And while they're still learning, I think, the process of swimming fast when they're tired, they're starting to get it. And we've said it, show in and show out, that we're a young team. And we have four senior girls and no senior boys. So they're relying on each other to learn and try to get through being really tired. Because last week, we swam Wilkes. And on the women's side, we beat Wilkes. But I don't think we swam all that well. The night before, we had an extremely, extremely difficult practice. And the girls didn't rebound that well from it. But the boys, on the other hand, did. They swam really, really well against Wilkes, winning every single individual event but one. But this week, the girls were bounded. And they swam really, really well when we swam at McDonald. But the boys swam, again, OK, but not to the level that they did the week before. And that's just, again, part of being a young team. Just trying to learn what works for them, what doesn't, how to push, where to push in the practice pool. Exactly. You have to learn what they can do and how they do it. And then you have to mold around that to make sure that you're doing everything you can to make sure that they're successful without taking away from the culture you're trying to implement and the hard work that they have to put in to be successful at the end of the year. And looking forward to this weekend, you guys travel up to King's College and compete in another all-important conference meet. Yeah, King's. It should be a great meet. Again, on the guy side, we're going for individual wins. We're going to see if we can win more events than we lose. And on the girl side, it should be very competitive meet. They're a pretty good team. We match up pretty well against them. Again, our goal was the end of the year. Not so much the middle of the year. But wins are always nice. But we won't sacrifice what we're doing in the pool. And I would anticipate another hard practice on Friday. And then trying to teach them how to swim fast when they're tired on Saturday. And put a game plan together to do exactly that. Well, Coach, we wish you the best of luck in the practice pool this week and their trip up to King's. And we'll be looking forward to talking to you next week. Great. Thank you very much. He's John Stoltrager. I'm Joe Wamban. This has been the Ston Sholtrager Show.


Hello, this is Bob Cook from the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy and this is a presentation concerning working with survivors of sexual abuse and I go through the presenting issues and also a treatment plan for working with sexual abuse. I've called this presentation those survivor to thriver because it's really a therapy of victory. Okay, so let's move on to the presenting issues. Clients from this population will present quite often an anxiety and panic attacks and palpitations, flashbacks, often of a cognitive nature as well as a feelings nature and sometimes they'll have cognition and no feelings and sometimes they'll have these feelings flashbacks and are concerned what they're about and they're often incapacitating with their functioning.  Okay, let's go to the treatment plan. So the first stage is establishing a trusting alliance which actually may go on through most of the psychotherapy as don't trust is such a big injunction here. Secondly, once they've got to a stage where they can trust you more, they'll go into making connections with their past and often it's this is about retrieval of memory work either at a cognitive feeling level. Third stage which often goes with the connections to the past and the retrieval of memory work will be what I call anyway the emergency phase and this phase is usually characterised by the emergency of feelings so they get flooded with feelings at this stage. So this is a stage when therapists need to be more accessible for them. What I mean by that is to be arranging phone contact or maybe going to twice or even three times a week in terms of therapy sessions. So this emergency phase will carry on for a while as they deal with the feelings they've suppressed and they need to be able to integrate their feelings and their thinking. This will help them understand their behaviours and also help them connect with their spit off parts of their selves. Okay after that it's about grieving and letting go often dealing with the loss of their childhood, the loss of their early memories and feelings perhaps and also dealing with their loss of life which they've often suppressed until this point. After that comes the re-decision process where they can start making new re-decisions and new healthy decisions in their life today and then looking at new integration of putting these feelings into practice, these decisions into practice, these new ways of being and then finally saying well dealing with how those really from the endings. Okay this is my treatment plan and please remember it's not linear. You may go in and out of these different stages. In some ways if I could have done on this presentation I'd put circles rather than a linear list because as I said you'll go in and out of the different stages. This isn't about a logical one-step, two-step, three-step, four-step, five-step whatever treatment plan. This is much more holistic, fluid way of working with this population. Okay I hope this helped and please remember that this is a slow process. It's not about overwhelming them. That's of course what usually happened to this population, their history. So this is about going slowly, it's about doing the don't feel, don't close, don't trust injunctions and about being there for them and helping them trust somebody maybe for the first time. It's very rewarding work and that's why I call this presentation from survivors to thrivers because part of the process is helping them celebrate their victories and taking ownership of their new feelings, their integration, their split off parts of themselves and helping them move through so they're finding a new way of living with people today and how to be in relationships in a healthy way perhaps for the first time. So good luck with this work and I hope this presentation has been useful for you. Bye!


The Institute of Architecture Inc. SLIA recently installed a new executive. The organization is geared towards protecting professional architectural practice, facilitating public education on architecture, and forge linkages to enable progress in the architecture industry. President Jamal Francis made an appearance on the NTN Morning Brew Friday. Myself and my vice president Howard Wells were on the executive from last year, so we carried over president and vice president. And our secretary is a new election, a new post this year, a new arrival to the executive, that's Dexter Myers. He's a fairly young architect, but pretty sharp, so he's joined us on the executive. We also have Mr. Keem Shalry as our treasurer, and then we have our fellow members Jeremiah Fulcher, who is the past president. He was the president before me, and Danny Delgado, he's a new member to the executive as well. The president underscored the importance of architecture to society, and its usefulness in climate adaptation and resilience. It is part art, part science, but architecture is all about creating a space to make humans feel secure and comfortable, that has been the history of architecture. When someone wants a house or when they want it, they want it for a specific purpose, so it's always functional. Now, there are three things that architecture must meet. It must be durable, whatever you design and construct must be durable, so it must stand up to the surroundings. It must be functional, so it must meet, it must be useful to the persons using that space or that building, because architecture is not just buildings, you have external spaces, et cetera. And then there's the beauty aspect of it, that one of the major issues with resilience in Saint Lucia has to do with the design and construction of homes and businesses. When a hurricane passes through an island, you find that the majority of the destruction is the small homes, apart from bridges and roads, you know, it's the small homes, and that is where the majority of funds has to be spent now to rebuild. Look at what happened in Dominica, you know, and that is because most of the time these homes are not designed by professionals. Francis said while homes should be built to accommodate the preferences of owners, there is a need to preserve the architectural language of the Caribbean. But I think that we definitely need to identify certain zones that are protected. You know, Souffretown is one that stands out to me, even Grosile. You know, there are certain areas that you have to sort of protect, and parts of castries as well. If you look at places like New Orleans, New Orleans is a very modern city, but they have their traditional district where the facades are protected. The interiors of the buildings can be as modern as you want, but you have to protect the facades, and that helps to maintain some of the architectural language from that area. So we can do that sort of thing, and I think it's important that we do that, and we do need a national plan. The Institute of Architects in Lucia, Inc. will join Global Counterpats in commemorating World Architecture Day on the 4th of October 2021.