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Do you happen to have the tithe and do you share? The time? Yes. 7.36. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you all for coming to Gumball. To come down here. The red couch is fairly large. You want to sprawl and laugh? You have a lot of space here. Business first. Cell phones. In case of an emergency are no doors this way. I want to thank you for coming. Gumball is a festival of things in process. You have a lot of new work. You have a lot of new ideas. Everything that's happening tonight is in a different stage of its developmental process. It's all moving forward to something else. So please recognize it as a moment in the light of this piece, not as a piece that is done. I want to thank you all for coming once again. I'd like to introduce Dave White. He's the artistic director of Word Words to talk a little bit about the plays. You're about to hear red. And a reminder, if this is all done, you're going to pass by some lovely people with hats. While we offer everything, we offer free to you. Nothing is free to us. So if you'd like to drop something in the hat on your way by, please do. Thank you very much. Good evening and welcome. This year's Gumball has a little bit of a theme that we've been working with. One of the things that became a great interest to Generous Company in the past year was some of the connections that are being made between neurobiology and art. It was a company that began thinking about this in a group of us and thought, it's nice and fun to talk about this in a small group of people, but what if we got a big group of people involved in this? So as our artistic director of Word Bridge, I thought what better group of people to approach about this than all the playwrights we've worked with over the years. Since 1994, Word Bridge has worked with over 70 playwrights developing 86 plays. So he sent emails out to all of these playwrights and said, hey, what kind of thinking about neurobiology in theater? Would you be interested in thinking about neurobiology in theater? We heard back from 18 of our playwrights and they agreed in one month to look at a prompt based on neurobiology. Sometimes it was a chapter from a book. Charlie Rose did a great series. So it may be an episode from that. And we asked him to write new plays based on something about neurobiology that inspired him. So what we have this evening are readings of three new plays that were written in the past 60 days by three Word Bridge playwrights. Our first piece that we're going to see this evening is Big Bots Beauty Queen by Will Fanter. We also have Psych Unseen by Kevin MacPhillan and Perception Play by Deborah Yarcho. So we're really thrilled to get to have these new plays this evening so the course of the whole festival we've been reading and presenting 19 new plays that are connecting neurobiology in theater. So it's a really exciting conversation. We're thrilled to have you here as part of it. Once those three plays have been read this evening, we have Deborah Yarchon will be signing in with us for a brief conversation from Iowa where she is finishing her graduate degree at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. So stick around again with questions. She'll be happy to answer any questions you have and I think she may even have some questions for you. So we'll see how all of that works. So without further ado, I'm happy to pass you on to the very capable hands of the Word Bridge reading company and Mr. Bob Harris. So thank you very much. Big Will Fanter is a playwright located in Chicago, Illinois. We attended Word Bridge Playwrights Auditorium in 2009. Big Bots Beauty Queen, a play by Will Fanter. City of Parker, small and cluttered. The front door of the dishes in the knob in general has four more locks to fix to it. A large sheet of butcher paper sticks to one of the walls. On it is written, New Job. And underneath that, the cover. There's nothing next to standing. Another wall is a blown-up snap backing upside down to the middle of the wall.  Matt will pace this and speak some time. Hello, uh, Stan? Stan, yeah, hi. Yeah, I'm real excited to start in, Bob. Excited to start in Pave, yeah. Yeah, so, do you mind if I ask you a favor? Uh, it might sound a little weird, but I promise I'll explain it tomorrow. It's a lot easier to get into it in person. So, okay. Uh, do you know what you're going to be, maybe you've got an idea of? I'm sorry. And I promise we'll get straight into it tomorrow. Is there, um, is there anybody else working there? Name Stan? Or anybody that kind of looks like you there? Like, same hair color, body type, age? Okay, good, good, good. Okay, great. I can't wait to start. Sorry, um, one more thing. I'm going to think of a phrase or something. I'm really not. When I see you tomorrow, just in case I, like, could you say, picnic elephants? Just say that. It's on a picnic. But don't say elephants on a picnic. Say it like I said the first time. Wait a second. Pick something funny. As it waits for the other end to pick up, we hear a thundering from behind the door. What did you say? Open the door. Please, just, what do you say?  Close the door. Come on, sir, close the door. Betty stands there. She carries a suitcase in one hand for the lockbox in the other. How long were you standing there? I don't know. Let me in.  At my sister's. Your sister's? I can call her a verify on that?  What do you say? Please, just say it. Jesus Christ, when you can hear my voice, you see my hair, but you know what I look like. Keep your hands off me. Don't back down. Why are you going to your sister's? You have to ask. I'm just worried. What do you think the government got me? Don't laugh at that. You know not laugh at that.  I'm done with it all. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm done. I just came to get the stuff I had over here. I can't anymore. I can't. The job's for a week and then gone. Guys, the only thing worse than the nights are the days. No, the websites and the theories. The petitions to the president.  He's black. Yeah, so is everybody. None of that is my fault. Some of it is. Enough of it for me to know that you're not trying hard enough to make this better. I'm sorry.  I gave you goddamn shot, okay? That's more than I should have ever been asked for. Okay. Look at you. All self-righteous. Yeah. Now, let's all feel bad about you. Who tried living your life from inside someone else's head?  I won't get roped into this again. I'm getting my stuff from the bedroom. Just don't get in my way. He walks through the bedroom. He reaches around for it from behind. He can't do this. He pulls it close. He sticks it around. Don't leave it. It's too good. We're not. Please, don't put it in more. You can't help it. You know that. Yes, you can. Some things you can't do. You know good. It's so good. What do you mean? What's I mean? Don't blame me. You want this to work? I need your things from you. Anything. Go back to VA tomorrow. Tomorrow. First thing. I can't. You don't know. Yes, I do. It's a hospital. I trust a hospital. It doesn't crack locks. It's a government hospital. There's an agenda. There's always an agenda. You can't afford it anywhere else. It's done or nothing. You want me to stay there. What's your second? This. I'm sleeping with you. You've got no clothes in here. Only I have a key. Again. Is that what this is all about? All of this is about you putting guns in my head in the middle of the night. This wasn't my fault. Yes, it was. Having you gone under your bed is entirely your fault.  I don't put my life in that kind of danger. Why are you asking me to do this? Because I love you. Why are you asking? Because I love you. Why are you asking me to do this? I bet he knows what danger we're in. She understands that tyranny begins when they strip us of our arms. She could never ask me to do this.   Raps are approaching the ground. Fulls of pistol from under her shirt. What's that?  What do you know about it? Have you ever been scared of anything in your life? They don't risk me. I can't see everything but I can't recognize it. It's worse than if they've taken my goddamn eyes out. I didn't do anything wrong. It's what they've done. Plenty of my buddies took a bullet somewhere else and not one of them had this happen. They picked me. They picked me to stop me. And they made it so I can't see where it's right in front of me. My whole life is waiting for this goddamn trap to spring.   See how you like it. Swamps to the floor next to any burst in the tears. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. He gathers himself up on the stands. Goes to the lock box and puts the pistol inside. Watches when she stands up. Eyes locked on each other. She locks the lock. I didn't call my work. I just got a little bit messy. I didn't tell that when she was in the bathroom. He taught us a story. Man, this is Malcolm. I'm supposed to start. Yeah, that's right. I'll have to pick him up. Yeah, so I'm sorry, but I can't come in tomorrow. Yeah, it just came out. It's real working like a doctor's appointment.  At a hospital. As he talks, Betty walks in front. He walks in through the bathroom. She's dressed the same. She can see clearly the viscous of different actors. He stares at her. We can see recognition fighting with confusion. She sees it too. Think of the CD Creative. Yeah, I'm still here. And play it. Our next playwright I think we have, Kevin McFillett, is a playwright and teacher based in Columbia, Missouri. He was previously a two-time regional body listener at the Kennedy Center's American College Unipressable, One-eyed competition, a national semi-finalist with a John Cowell-sort-of-play-order and a finalist with a high number. Sight on the scene, Henry played by Henry Cook. Harris, Henry, mid-fifties, owner of a failing magic shop. Eight, 12, a customer. Time, present day. Seven, Henry's store, Henry's house of magic. Lights up. Henry enters from backward, carrying several sealed cardboard boxes. He places them on the shop's counter. The shop is full of empty display cases, boxes labeled trash or stuff. He picks up a clipboard and checks off several items. Places of staggered, unloaded magic trick set in the box, checks off several more. After a moment, Henry enters from the shop's door, a small bell in the door. We're closed. Oh, there was no sign on the door. Sorry, we're still closed. But that's okay, I wasn't gonna buy anything anyway. Hey, he looks around the shop with his snake faces and several open boxes. Can I help you with something? No, I'm fine, thanks. I'm just looking. Well, if you wouldn't mind looking somewhere else, we're closed. The door was open. Yes, I can see that. But that doesn't mean the shop is open. We're out of business. But you've still got so much stuff. Exactly. What are you selling? Not enough. You know what I said, you were selling? Henry's house of magic. Magic? Like tricks and stuff? Like tricks and stuff, yes. Oh, can you show me one? Look, kid, I have a lot of merchandise to sort out. I need to cap on everything that's going back to the warehouse, being sold to other stores. It's just one, crazy. I wonder what these places are going out of business. This place is going out of business because of kids like you.  Show me something I never buy, OK? I'm not here for your amusement. Now get out. Henry, kids, I should be hanging out with you. Wait, wait, look, look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Look, what if I buy something? Oh, like you've got to need money. I forgot. No, really, I'll buy something. Show me one trick, OK? Henry walks back to the counter, and disappears behind his place for a moment. When he emerges, he is holding a long silk scarf. One trick. And he represents the scarf. He pulls the scarf out to his full length. He makes a fist with one hand, and slowly pushes the scarf into the closed fist with the other. He shakes the fist like that, glows on it, and when he unclosest fingers, the scarf is gone. See? There's your watch. It's in your thumb. The scarf is in your fake thumb. And he grabs Henry's hand and moves it in the classic thumb, over his real one, and pulling out the scarf. Nice catch. Well, that was your trick. Now, what did you want to buy? That doesn't count. What? Hold on, that doesn't count. I was laying my finger down. Whether or not you buy with a trick wasn't a condition. You said, show me one trick, and you would buy something. If you're not going to buy something, then you can get up and let me get back to work. Look, there's no way that counts. It wasn't even magic. And what exactly do you think magic is? I don't know. Stuff appears, stuff disappears. Yes, and how exactly do you think that happens? Magic? I don't know. I don't know. You said it's Henry's house of magic, not Henry's house of fake thumbs.  And some bone out of business anyway. You want to know the secret? Sure, I guess. Isn't it real? See anything? It's all perception, deception. It's all about getting the audience to look the other way while you're doing something else. You're watching one hand, right? When you should be watching the other. You're watching the scarf. You should be watching the fifth. I wasn't watching the scarf. Yeah, yeah, well, most people do. Don't you have like one good trick, one really good one? It was the first really, real trick I ever saw, actually. Only way I'll show you this trick though is if you buy it. I can't see it first. No, that's not the deal.  Finally finding the correct moving box. He opens it moving a small card with a box, which he places on a counter in front of him. My own brother took me to the fair. He just wanted to smoke behind the grandstands and try to pick up girls. But my mom wouldn't let him go without taking me. Right off the main strip, past the corn dog vendor in the broke-out pinball machines, there was a smooth stall. I don't know whether the canvas had with a few tangles real. And aside, Jeffers' magic imported. All Jeffers, you gave him a quarter. He'd show you a trick. Over and over again, I defend my mom to make my brother take me to the fair. And I hope he did. All my quarters went into Jeffers' pocket. The last day, when I went to find him, old Jeffers was gone. I ran all over the place before I caught up with him, packed his stallow away in the back of something rusted out over there. I begged him, begged him to teach me, take me with him, like I could learn magic from him. Be a student. He said he couldn't. I'd have to learn on my own. He'd give me something to learn. Something that his teacher gave him, the source of all his powers, this old wooden box. But, he said, it could never be opened, or else all the magic would run out and be gone for good. It had to remain silencing if you wanted the magic to last. All I had to do, all I had to give him an exchange was all the money I had. And I gave it to him. Every second I had left, and what? And what's in the box? How should I know? I never opened it. Did you never open it? If I'd opened it, all the magic would have spilled out and you'd have lost forever. Why would I open it? How is that a magic trick? It's the greatest magic trick of all. He sold me a trick that can't be solved. You open the box, all the magic is gone. You leave the box closed, all the magic stays in there, same inside. It's even dumber than the first trick. Hey, hey. That's real magic for you. The box is full of magic only so long as this stays closed. Magic is about how you see things, not how things are. Maybe I could open the box and prove to you it's in there and then let it be gone. Disappears forever. And I'm stuck with something in the old box. But anyway, that's not my problem anymore. You tore it down, you bought it. This, yeah, this. Are you going to go back out on a deal? It's not even a magic trick, it's just trick me. Well, you asked for the best trick I had. All I did was show it to you. Now, fork over the cash. Ever said that Henry's house is a magic. I just hoped I'd really see something. I've taken this. Look, forget what I said, OK? Magic is real. I can prove it. One more trick, OK? Henry brought his fingers together slowly producing the coin. Real magic always costs a little something. Henry slaps the hand with the coin down the counter. When he moves his back his hand, the deck of cards has appeared. Henry hands Hank the deck for inspection. We haven't had so far. Henry takes back the deck, removes the cards from the box, and taps on the counter's glass cup. He places the deck on the counter and slowly begins rubbing the cards across the glass. One by one, the cards slowly pass through the glass and are seen dropping down into the counter's empty display case below. Did you do that one? That was magic. But I mean, how did you do? Seeing isn't believing that your box is the way out. Henry moves behind the counter and resumes checking items on this clip. Hank picks up the wooden box and begins to act. He stops and returns to the counter, which posits what little money he has. Hank exits. The light slowly fades, the ringing of the door spell fades out. Blackout and the clip. Finally, the player of the devourer's argument is in her final year of her MFA Iowa, where she is an Iowa art scholar. Her plays have been produced at the Philadelphia Furnished Festival, Theater Masters, and Off-Broadway at the Dumb Playwrights Festival. Her awards include the Kempley Center's Gene Kempley-Smith Award and the Richard Mulligan Playwright Award, Perception Play, and Experient by Deborah Yon. Time, July 17, 2011. Place, the mattress stack is in Pittsburgh. Characters, broke, 24, female. The figure in the dark, in darkness, broke seats. The room darkens even more. I have no sense of my space. It could be a small as a walking closet, or as vast as a vast dungeon, or a free lecture. And it sets. The light from the slide illuminates the space. Root sits in a chair. She's 24.  One first slash black satchel sits next to her. I'm alone. One installation, Museum of Pittsburgh. Insulation like every art museum in search of recent breakups. Art third one. The first time it was him, the last time it was me. I keep going back, which is why I'm here. I'm hoping in all this art, and the answer will appear. Also, it helps to be around other people. Mattress Factory is museum number 32. But well before I hit the dark for a while, I noticed something odd. Besides receptionist and woman at the cafe, there are no other people. No docents, no security guards. Like, there are more people at MoMA. Museum of mad art and denim of Massachusetts. Go ahead and write in the conversation. Here, as I wander into the space, I take a lot of photos. Mattress Factory has all kinds of spaces, but the YouTube self-reflection, all this one, perception play. I'm standing or lying on the floor. The image is the perfect cradle to James Burrell, the crafter of my next experiences.  See, his cute floating face, if you step closer, it's revealed to be just light, projected on the wall. Turrell is like this electromagnetism. Exhibit I enter is pitch black, it's called Clea's. The pamphlet outside the door warms. Clea's is a dark piece where the realm of night vision touches the realm of the eye's closer vision. Where the scene that comes from out there merges with the scene that comes from in here, where the scene develops over and through dark adaptation, but continues beyond it. Maybe six meters long into a pool. No, not so much a pool, as a space. The space where you have no sense of space.  And for 15 minutes, until your eye adjusts, and then you see it, whatever you're supposed to see. Bam, it forms on a wall, like this galactic guillotine. So there are some kind of light here. And I think this is it. This is where it all comes clear. I enter the darkness. There's a chair. I enter railing and silence. I'm the only patron at the museum about two minutes past. And silent breathing. I'm thinking maybe it's part of the exhibit, right? Terrell focuses on light, how the town. Breathing. Thank you, but I'm the same. Not enough to see the thing I came to see in front of me, but that's still 10 minutes away, but in the corner to the right, I see this round form that appears to be a new light that turns on. With the 5 or 6 you can wake up. There's a figure in the dark, close to the hallway. He sits on a chair. The breathing grows louder. The figure in the dark reaches into this quote with his love to hands. It pulls out a sign and holds it to the audience. Open the note that takes beneath your chair. This time, please open the note that takes beneath your chair. Stranger, I'd go for my phone. I feel as if my eyes will never adjust. In nine minutes, I will see. I'm fine. We'll try to turn our light on. Ready to laugh at my battery. On the floor, I was standing a lot on the floor. I was standing a lot on the floor. This is not what Terrell intended it to be. The figure stands. The broke, broke, 80 more gumption stands. She moves towards the center of the stage. So is the thing. They stand close. Several of us apart perhaps. They don't touch. They breathe in the same rhythm as this. All in a state. Breathe, a flash is through my mind. Good idea of time. You just send it to the run. Eyes here. Alone is I've been in. Actually, this is the only one there. I'm not alone. The nominees are also the most romantic. Change you. With each of the following slides, the figure moves closer. There's this thing that I need about echo chambers. A chamber made to block all sound. They use it to test things like the sound displays on cell phones. And if you sit in an alleyway from the chamber with the absence of noise, you can hear yourself. You become the sound. You tune into the sound of the blood, and the veins, and the heart, the inner part of my thick chamber. But in the darkness, I start to hear the sounds of our hearts beating. The sound of a heartbeat, or perhaps two in sync. The rushing in my ears. By now, I know, whatever it is, it's close. So close, it must feel the vibrations in my heart. The sound of my blood freezing. The moment I told you this hope is good ever and well. And I know what you're going through. That if you're in the hallway of all that's between me and the exit then. That even if these eyes have already adjusted, they can probably hold. Instead, I know there's probably a new form in the felt I meet. Somewhere in Arizona, in the rainy desert, we're all in a crater. Two miles wide. As I sit in this dark exhibit, he's building a massive escalation that uses natural light. He's standing in the light. He's standing in the light on the floor. He's waiting to know there's something missing. And it's just a bit of a vision. That thing, that maybe, maybe. Oh, wait, I see. I sure, I, it is in possible shapes, paintings. Ever made me fall in love with art. Almost 15 minutes in. Form on the wall. As I finally adjust it. The light suddenly increases with the power. He knows we're on the way to the platform.  In front of me on the wall, there's a great shape. Not a galaxy. Not the answers to my life. The floor is gray. On the side. The light's out. Part of the hall is a simple space. The figure is no longer behind her. The seat next to her is empty. The space behind her is open. The sheet is alone. This factory, I've passed the insulation by Harry Piles. Then my reception is laying my act. The light is blinding. A cat from a house is on the lawn. I think of Harry Piles' compilation. I don't think about how those who dream can also dream of monsters. The answer to my visual rhythm, by the way, on the floor. But it sure looks like it should be again. And her perception, by the way.  I hope you enjoy reading each other together this evening. And we really appreciate all the time that you all put in this incredible space here. To give you a little bit of an idea, one of the little fun things that we have been playing is getting different.


If you want to change the world, start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often.  If you do these things, the next generation and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one we have today. And what started here will indeed have a chance.


People have been asking a lot of questions about the Iron Warrior and the 31.87 mile ultramarathon. They want to know, why would you do something so challenging and put yourself through something so tough? Well, we ask, why not? You see, 50 years ago, a special group of rocket science taught us what it means to be Iron Warriors. Men from the 101st Airborne Division were told to take a hill that most claimed was impossible. But they said, why not? You see, Hill 937 was no ordinary hill. In fact, the locals called the hill Dong At Via, which translates to The Crouching Beast. These Iron Warriors travel half a mile uphill against the most dug-in and fortified enemy positions in the entire Vietnam War. Our battalion took nearly 70% casualties and kept fighting. The enemy kept hitting and they kept fighting. They never quit. In fact, quite the opposite. They conquered the enemy and took the hill. So this may will honor these men for their sacrifices, their dedication to a higher calling and their service to our nation. On May 15, we will travel 31.87 miles by foot to show them that Iron sharpens iron. So where will you be?


The COVID-19 pandemic has been characterized by stark racial and ethnic disparities in both incidents and mortality. These disparities have been attributed to structural factors such as socio-economic status, housing conditions, and access to health care. In Illinois, black and Hispanic Latins populations had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths than their white peers, even when controlling for age and geographic location. Additionally, the majority of these disparities were due to differences in incidents rather than case fatality ratio. Therefore, it is important to consider structural factors in order to reduce these disparities and improve population health. This article was authored by Tobias M. Holden, Melissa A. Simon, Damon T. Arnold, and others.


The House of Representatives on Westie at Plenary called for urgent investigation into the abduction of five engineers from Nilan Consultants in Effium, that Ohaku Local Government area of a Boeing state. They were supervised on the Abakaleke Ring Road project. The House also urged the IGP to ensure a thorough investigation into the disappearance of the Nilan Five Consultants. This mandated the House Committee on Police Affairs to ensure compliance. It was the broken heart that is filled with contrition that I rise to move for the call for an urgent investigation into the abduction of five Consultant engineers in Effium, Ohaku Local Government area of a Boeing state. The House notes that on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, five engineers from Nilan Consultants and engineering firm who were supervising the Abakaleke Ring Road project were abducted on the Ohaku Local Government area of a Boeing state. These of the missing Consultant engineers later briefed the press demanding justice for their kinsmen. The governor of a Boeing state charged the people to support the state government in providing adequate security for the workers during the 18-month period of the contract. The House is concerned that the Boeing state government, afterwards allegedly released a rather premature news of the deaths and burial of these Nilan Five to the general public during a security summit organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria, Abakaleke Chapter, without due consultation with the families of the victims first. Some few weeks back we received this message by social media and other media outlets that our said Nilan engineer had disappeared and was said to be dead and we felt it's not something that should be swept under the carpet and we brought it to the attention of our honoured member and also to the attention of the media and we want this issue investigated properly. As you are all aware, the right to life, the right to life, the right to personal property is the fundamental right. We are nice to the name and four of these colleagues who are abducted and since that time we've not heard any inkling of what has happened to them and suddenly from events unfolding we believe that the Boeing state government, because of the undue interference they've had on these projects, right from inception, we believe that there are still so many unanswered questions.


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So I bought this for people in my membership. And I'm doing the giveaway. I got to do that probably today. Oh, watching from the Dominican Republic. Oh, you're you're Kiwi there for a visit. That's so fun. How is it going? Tell me what it's like. I used to sell that product. I used to work at a big tour, biggest one of the biggest ones in the US. And I just had never made it to the Dominican Republic, but I have been everywhere else. But I was like, Oh, I never got there. Anyway, this pillowcase is so cute. So if you're in my membership, then you may be the lucky winner. I haven't drawn it yet today.  Not that I would do that, but you know, and so somebody's I'm not then I'll just ship it to it's nice and light. And of course, so I bought it on holiday. So this whole box is getting damaged. But how fun, how fun, how fun I wish I could have bought it for everybody. But by the time I bought it, because it's 20 bucks, but it's how I buy and ship them to everybody. That's a lot. Maybe if it was Christmas, you know, that might be a good Christmas gift, actually, because everybody in my membership is moving here. So it's we're wanting to move here wherever they are in the stage. But yeah, so I'm just coming on here. I don't have much time. Because lots of meetings today. So yeah, so if you are thinking about moving to New Zealand, you need to get in my membership.  I mean, I'm getting like people are pouring in, which is great. But I always because it's only me, I do everything. So I just don't ever want it to be like where I can't manage it very well.  But like, I can just I can tell like, I'm probably going to close it soon. So if you're thinking about it, get into that it's the link is in the description. And it's really great. So it's every training that you need to know on how to set up life and thrive in New Zealand. You also get access to a community of everybody else that's moving and you can make friends and figure out things together. 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I also have Amazon business out of the US, which is growing quite fast and that I should be spending more time on but I don't. So I'm doing a lot and then I have all the social media and YouTube channel and whatever. So it's fun. I love it. But if you are thinking about starting a business or have a business and need some marketing help, get in with me, I think I have five spots left for the $20 session. So that session with me 30 minutes, we sit down and get a marketing strategy cranked out for you. And they're going really well. You guys like I'm loving these people. I'm loving these small businesses. Definitely helping them like they walking away like holy cow, you know, which I love. So like giving you way more value than you know what you're paying for. So that's great with me. And then from there you can go and Google how to do that because there's so many great YouTube videos out there. Great information on the internet. Like you just like really what like coaches do or course creators do or just synthesizing information that's free for you. So you don't have to depending on your budget like you can just Google it for free. Like I am fine with that. Like I'm not trying to do everything for everybody. Because you know that would drive me nuts. But so once they get this strategy, then they know what they need to focus on, then they can upscale in that area. Or you can hire me to coach you. That's fine too. I try to do it in my group settings. And that goes really well. And I love that. And hoping to do a little bit more face to face this year. But the one on one has been great and the groups have been great. So that's there if you're thinking about doing that because here's the reality guys. If you have an amazing product, or you have an amazing service, like you got to know how to market it or it doesn't matter. Same thing with communication. Like you may have an amazing idea. You may be very knowledgeable about something. But if you cannot communicate it, what does it matter? Like it's sitting and doing nothing. I can't tell you how many people come to me and like they create the product first and then they think about marketing it. No, no, no, no, let's make sure that there's demand for it. Because if you need to create demand, then you are going to need to be like Nike, Pepsi, Starbucks, people that can afford to do that because that's very expensive. So I am I am a big believer in organic marketing, but that does take time. I'm not against ads.  But there is, if you can put a strategy in place, you'll just get there a lot quicker. And you can just focus on the things because it's so overwhelming. Digital marketing is so overwhelming. Like I love it. I live and breathe it every day and it's changing daily. So this is why I don't like to come up with, I'm probably going to be like a principal based course eventually, but like, it's hard for me because the tactics are always changing, the platforms are always changing. And I just feel like I don't want to create something that then is not valid anymore, watch you actually watch it or read it. So, so this is why I like the coaching because it's like I am updating you exactly where these things are at right now. So anyway, happy for you to put any questions in the chat and I will answer those. Yeah, and don't forget that you can get my American, I'm sure, do I have a meeting right now? Okay. Yeah, you can get my American cookbook. I have some left. I can ship it anywhere you are in the world to you if you want. I should have it right here with me, but I don't because I just put go live. That's what I did. So what do you guys do for Valentine's Day anything? This is a busy time because it's like Valentine's Day, then my husband's birthday is tomorrow and then my daughter's birthday this next week's turning 16. How is this possible? And yeah, so it's just, which just means work for me is all that that means. So, you know, you know how it goes. So I recorded a new video yesterday, which is good. I'm excited for you guys. Hopefully I can get it out to you this weekend because it's hold on. It's really good.  And I won't do it. And my editor is really good.  So I'm not a big like I do a lot of lives because it's just real and it's authentic and that's what people are thinking about and the questions that they have. So but like, you know, it's like, you also have to feel good about what you're putting out there. And so this is why I do editing a lot of people when I first started YouTube, I put out a lot of videos. And then I got an editor because I just realized how much I truly hate that. And like I wasn't going to be able to continue with YouTube if I didn't, you know, have somebody else do that portion of it because I hated it so much. And you know, you just have to be really honest with yourself about that kind of stuff. So yeah, so I ended up getting an editor and my videos were, you know, more better, I guess, and people did not like it. People were like, I liked your other videos because it was just so real. And yeah, so, you know, you know, and so I had to really think about that. And I came to the conclusion that at the end of the day, you need to be able to put out something that you feel good about. Because this is free information. I don't know this to anybody. I don't have to do this. This is all just, you know, in my own time. I don't make barely any money on YouTube. So don't fool yourself.  Now you don't. You get maybe $1,000. Yeah, so it's not great. But at least it's something not like the other channels give you anything. But YouTube is really great. But I just love it. And I get emails every week of people just like, Oh, my gosh, your videos really helped me and helped me solidify my decision. Or, you know, it's clear that's probably not the place for me. Like it's both ways.  So this is why you guys need to get into the digital economy, because it's amazing. You share your experience and you help people. That's what you do. And you can make money from it. Because like, why wouldn't you want to do this for a living? Why would I want to go to work? Now, not that I don't go to work. Like I have contracts that I'm writing courses right now. Because, you know, like I said, it says pay that much. But it's fine. So like, even being able to do what you love and talk about what you love part-time is good. And we don't need to tell you don't need to be like, I need to make a million dollars in order to be like amazing. No, no, no, you need to set the bar a lot lower. Okay, there's not many millionaires. Okay, like you need to just be like, if I could make $2,000 extra a month or could then go part-time, like that is a huge. That's like life changing for you. And that part-time that you're spending doing the thing that you love is, you know, is building something for yourself. And it's not somebody else's. And it's great. Also, if you have no interest in doing that, that's also fine. Like there's no like, this is the, I know it's cool to be an entrepreneur these days, but it used to be. And, you know, so, and that's fine too. Like there's no, there's no rules around it. And I think that that's what I end up helping a lot of people when it comes to marketing, because I think there's a lot of have-to's and there just isn't. You know, there's just not all these rules around it. The one rule that I think that you have to, you need to have for yourself is you need to be self-aware of what you, what is important to you, the life that you want to live and start making progress towards making that happen. That's what you need to do. Okay. What does that mean for you? And it can mean there's no right and wrong. It can mean different things. Some people just want to work less. Some people want to build something amazing and that's going to require working more. Some people want to have more time with their kids or their aging parents or their, their friends. They just like to go out to dinner. Right? So like whatever that is, whatever hobby maybe you want to be biking more or, you know, playing more pickleball. Right? So whatever you need to do to do that, like make that happen. Like you're not going to wait until you're 65 in retirement to actually do what you want to do. Like that's ridiculous. How many people do I know that have not even made it to 50? Okay. So it's time. If you want to move to another country, it's time. Here's, here's some advice to you. If you want to move to another country, this is what, this is probably the one thing that advice that I give to my clients that they're not necessarily asking for. Because I can hear it in the way that they're talking about things is when you come to another country and you get residency and they call it permanent residency, that doesn't mean that you need to live there permanently. Okay. It means that you now have the option of living there. Okay. So I think that that is a huge hurdle for people like to making that actual jump to moving abroad is because I think they have to do it and this is their decision and this is where they're going to stay put the rest of your life and you may and a lot of people do. I mean I move back right but like it doesn't have to be though. You can do whatever the heck you want. All it's doing is giving you options. It's giving your children options. Your children now can go to university in a different country if they want because it's a lot cheaper or they may want to move there.  If the world decides to explode you know you have options. Okay. You know like that's what it's doing for you. Like I just think that people get so overwhelmed with the decision to move abroad because I think it needs to be forever and it just doesn't need to be. Two years. It could be five years and you know what honestly probably don't even define it. Just say we're going and we're going to see how it goes and we're living today for today and we're not deciding about tomorrow till tomorrow. Okay. So that's a huge one. That's a huge one. And the other one is that people don't say directly but that's what they're hinting at is around other people's expectations of their lives. And this is what keeps them from doing it. You know and so I you know one thing that I've learned that is if I live by other people's expectations in an important relationship whatever that is you know I end up becoming bitter towards them and that relationship doesn't really grow or doesn't actually get better because you know you're doing what they want to do and what you want to do and you're just always frustrated and it's just yeah it's not good. So if you actually want to have a good relationship continue with this person like you are going to need to just be okay with what you want to do understand what your why is and just move ahead. So I'm just nailing it today. I am just helping you guys. What other questions do you have? I gotta take it right. This is like an energy thing that I'm drinking and it works. It like clears my head. 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Before we get to the golf course this week, I need to do a little bit of research. It seems I need to find a book by a man named Darwin. Not Charles, but his grandson Bernard, who was an elite amateur golfer, former captain of the RNA and a golfing journalist that would write many books about the sport he loved. But there was maybe one golf course he loved more than others. Now as you can see we are staying at some incredible accommodation this week in the most dramatic location. But first we need to get to the golf course that Darwin loved so much. It's an hour's drive so let's hit the road and see what all this fuss is about. This week's episode comes to you from my homeland of Wales. I'm staying in Bliney for Stinayog and that one hour drive takes me through Snowdonia National Park and some of the most breathtaking scenery you will see anywhere in the world. The last few episodes have been filmed in brutal conditions so it was nice the sun made an appearance. But I didn't manage to escape the strong breeze that seems to be following me right now. I've played here a number of times over the years but there have been some major changes in recent months. More bunkers, sand scrapes and new tea boxes. The question is would Darwin approve? Well I certainly hope so because the new tea boxes carry his name. Just made our way to the fourth tea and the sun has come out. Glowing as ever that's what you'd expect from this channel. But what a tea box this is as have been the first three to be honest with you. We're playing slightly forward of those Darwin teas that we'll talk about later on in the video but it's a nice backdrop and quite inviting. It's 106th centre. Extremely downwind and it's not easy. It's definitely easier off the tee with the wind in your favour but not as easy to play these shorter shots. I'm quite happy with that little bit of control. It's still running on a tad. I spoke with Nigel for a quick chat about the recent improvements at Aberdovey. Yeah so what we've basically done here, we've had an appraisal of the course and trying to improve its visual appearance. So when people stand on the tee the tee shot is a bit more evident. There's a bit more of a striking visual appearance of the golf course. A bit more definition brought in a new series of bunkers. There's 13 new bunkers. So in our aim to still maintain to be a championship course we've reintroduced a series of nine Darwin teas. So we haven't got a Darwin tee on every hole but the idea is again to change the visual for the shot change the whole dynamics of the hole and make it a championship course that golfers of a range of ability can play and are able to play but in doing so they feel they've got a real challenge. So in January we're going longer with technology because ultimately we're going to get all the courses, all the five tee block options course rated for men and ladies. So we're now moving to what is a more of a ability based tee structure than a gender based and it's all to give people of all abilities the ability to enjoy playing the course of their choice. The fourth hole has really got everything. Darwin tee, it's got plenty of work done on bunkers. Reveted bunkers look superb. The greens and the aprons all look immaculate as well. So four holes in and all the work that they've done here at Abadouvi which is a lot I can already see within four holes. The question is can we make good of the greens and get a bit of a birdie? Roll out, roll out, roll out. Oh, yes. The greens are good I told you. A huge thank you to PXG for sponsoring our off the beaten track series and make sure you go and check out the new PXG Black Ops Driver Challenge details can be found in the footer below and also over on my Instagram accounts. Abadouvi is a true test of golf and although the lengthening of this course might appeal to some elite golfers the introduction of those varied tee options based on ability is something that I very much applaud. The fifth tee is always a decent stop-off because you've just got a little bit of protection and I just want to ask you a bit of a question and might be a bit of help really. Darwin described this course as the one his soul of the best and I'm just trying to think of what mine does but I'd be more interested in what yours is and if you list below any courses that are your particular favourite and whether or not you'd like to see them featured in our off the beaten track series because I'm always looking for somewhere else to go so yeah, I'd like to know. I think for me the first thing that comes to mind is possibly Presswick as I've got a bit of a soft spot for.  This thumbs up all the way round today. Abadouvi's been fantastic and I've got hot coffee. This was made about five hours ago. Right, let's have a look at the fifth. It does check all the boxes to qualify as classic links the terrain, the dunes, riveted bunkers, sand scrapes railway lines and a nine out nine in layout. Abadouvi is the epitome of links and should be on every golfers to-do list. So last week I mentioned to you that I was going to start having lessons which I have but also just wondered what kind of impact age has in terms of limitations and whether that be from a physical perspective so like losing clubbed speed or just the ability to retrain whether that be the mind or the body whichever one you think has the biggest impact when you're doing something for so long in a certain way how difficult is it going to be to change because I know I've got a really kind of quirky swing and the change we've made so far more about working with what I've got except in the clubbed speed thing I'm not looking to hit this ball further I'm just looking to get a little bit more consistent so really kind of eradicate that move at the top of my swing but the question is that I'm asking myself and I suppose asking you is you know how difficult or how much more difficult does it become the older get because I think it's a thing to be honest with you what I am liking is this I've been hitting forward off the tee and I'll be honest with you I think I've been swinging it quite well however to suggest that before the camera goes on it's maybe a bit dangerous or whilst the camera's on it's a bit dangerous nah, that's decent I'm hitting the ball good you know we're doing alright and live so far that we've just played 8 holes very much down breeze and at some point we've got to turn round because this is very much a 9 out 9 in type of course that means every hole on a back 9 is going to be into a fair old howling what I'm finding myself drawn more and more to benches on golf courses I'm not sure that's not a sign of age as well but I can say we've got a little bit of protection yet again because it is howling and we're about to face this is number 9 at the moment and we'll find our way in the other thing I'm contemplating is how much time I need to spend on my short game so with an inevitable loss in distance as you get older what I've noticed is I've played against a number of golfers over the years who when they were maybe 10, 15, 20 years older than me I used to knock the ball maybe 50 yards past them off the tee and then all of a sudden walk off at the end of the game losing 4 and 3, 5 and 4 and just wondering how did that happen well in the main it's because they've adapted to a very razor sharp short game and that can you know there's plenty of ways to score playing golf and it's not all about distance so I think I need to practice as well just making sure that short game is all in order but I can report more good news another hour or so further in and the coffee is still very hot so we'll play the 9th which is a super little par 3 and then unfortunately we're going that way now Hannah is back on the camera this week so make your choice and comment down below for folks of the week Abadouvi you'll always remember the 12th hole it depends how long ago you played it which green you'll remember because unfortunately I don't know maybe 10 years ago now they had a real unfortunate situation where the sea wall collapsed and all the green was basically washed away so I made a rebuild to the green that we're playing now from this tee box it's just 120 odd yards I'll be playing a 7 iron into what is obviously an elevated green and we'll see if we can get somewhere near because the wind is howling straight in I could be even needing one club more what a wind's got it sit down ball sit down it was a really decent effort you know but I don't know whether you've seen it at the top of its balls it rose much higher than I would have expected to and it just drifted over and hopefully we just stayed this side of the sleepers and I think we'll be pin high but that wind is so so strong bit more horse quite nice it was pin high like I said but just drifted towards the sleepers I'm not even sure I've had a rebound back off it but why it's such a great golf hole is that obviously you glance over that side and pretty much everybody takes a walk up to this high vantage point and has a look at what is an absolutely stunning beach at Aberdovey it's a bit nicer when the sun's shining we'll take it yeah that's okay I've almost found myself also playing better into the breeze but being a bit more committed with the shots when you're playing down breeze on the wedge shots in you're sort of dollying them up to land short and release a little bit when you're playing into the wind you're looking for a lot more solid striking contact so it seems to be a bit more positive as the wind started to chill it was time to get back to our rather unusual accommodation took the way in amongst Snowden's mountains it was time to light a fire get some warm food and start planning for tomorrow's adventure


We are now going to go over to a second category of two-dimensional experiments namely two-dimensional correlation experiments. These have been by far the most useful experiments for studying a variety of systems, large systems, small systems etc. and has been extremely useful in characterizing molecules. Then the fine structures in the molecules understanding the connectivities of the individual carbons in molecules and so on and so forth. And the typically started with homonuclear proton correlation experiments but today we also various kinds of correlation experiments which deal with proton or carbon 13 and proton with nitrogen 15 and so on and so forth. So first we will look at the proton-proton correlation experiments and this because in the initial years it was all homonuclear proton experiments only which were designed and they were used for variety of purposes. So this experiment is called as the COSY, correlated spectroscopy. So the abbreviation is COSY and it is very commonly used for all organic chemistry and biochemistry and biological chemistry and what not. So this experiment consists of simple pulse sequence it is experiment with the two pulses you start with a 90 degree pulse can be X or Y or whatever but conventionally we are simply sticking to X all the time and then you followed by a T1 evolution period then you have another 90 degree X pulse and followed by the detection during the period T2. So in this period of course you may have this what we call as the preparation this includes the 90 X pulse in the preparation then you have the evolution this pulse 90 X pulse here itself acts as the mixing pulse in the generalized context of 2D spectroscopy and this is the mixing pulse and then you have the detection here of the signal during the T2 period. Now we will see that this kind of an experiment produces a spectrum of this time this is a schematic experiment. So if I call this as F2 axis which is where we actually detect the signal and this is the indirect detection axis we call it as F1 and that comes as a result of Fourier transformation along the T1 dimension. And now let us see what is the information here if you generate peaks like this so I will have a so called diagonal here the diagonal will have the same frequency along the F2 and the F1 axis. So therefore this all these peaks which are here they have the same frequencies whether it is along the F1 or the F2 axis. Now then it displays correlations here it displays these are called cross peaks and the cross peak displays a correlation between this particular spin and this particular spin when you try to call this as protons it is this proton and this proton there is a correlation between these two where does this correlation arise from? This arises from the coupling from the J coupling in this experiment the correlations arise as a result of J coupling these two protons are coupled to each other and therefore it produces a cross peak here and this is called as the cross peak or the off diagonal peak. And now you notice that this peak is also attached to another proton and that is this proton is also coupled to this proton therefore we generate a cross peak here as well between these two protons. So therefore this forms a network. So you have a network of spins here these three protons are coupled to each other this is coupled to this and this is coupled to this and we produce peaks on both sides this will be symmetrical spectrum here and no matter which side of the diagonal we use the information is the same. Now if there is a proton in your molecule which is not coupled to anything it will produce what is called as a singlet and it will not have any correlations along any of the axis there. Therefore it will be easy to identify which of your protons or singlets which are not coupled and which of your protons are coupled and what sort of coupling pattern spin systems exist in your molecule. So this is an extremely useful information for characterizing your molecular structures. Let us try and understand this using our standard method of product operator calculation. So this is the cosy of two spins once again we choose two spins k and l. So at the time point 1 so I have written here time points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will explicitly calculate the density operator at these individual time points so that we know what is the information content here and how the information is flowing through the pulse sequence. So at time point 1 so I have the equilibrium agronization so the density operator is i k z plus i l z considering the two spins. Now individually we can calculate the evolutions of this through the pulse sequence but let us for demonstration we will consider only the k spin and whatever results we generate similar calculations can be done for the l spin as well and therefore we do not want to repeat that for the two things. So we consider the calculation for the k spin only in the further discussion. Now so if I apply 90 expulse to the k agronization I generate minus i k y as before. Now this evolves under the Zeeman Hamiltonian which is omega k i k z for a period t 1 yielding the density operator rho 3 at time point 3 in the pulse sequence. So now considering the chemical shift evolution the i k y terms are also in this manner the minus sign is kept out here so I have here i k y cosine omega k t 1 minus i k x sin omega k t 1. Now we have to consider this further for evolution under the coupling. Next considering evolution under the j coupling Hamiltonian which is 2 pi j k l i k z i l z. So density operator will be let us say rho 3 prime so the rho 3 prime will be given by keep this minus sign as before and now we individual terms these operators we have to evolve under the coupling.   So this is the density operator at the end of the t 1 period. Now what we are doing at the end of the t 1 period we are upto 90 degree pulse again. So here we notice that after we apply the 90 degree pulse these terms will get transformed into the particular manner.  The second term remains like this the k x is not affected so it remains as k x cosine pi j k l t 1 but here you see there is a change.  Let us look at this individual terms. So you see this one is z magnetization of the case k spin and now this is a mixture of the double quantum and zero quantum coherences and this is the x magnetization of the k spin. Now this one here is the l magnetization this is the y magnetization of the l spin which is anti phase with respect to k therefore you see the 90 x pulse the second 90 degree x pulse has caused a coherence transfer from the k spin to the l spin. So from the k magnetization we have generated l magnetization here so this represents a coherence transfer. Both these are single quantum terms although this is anti phase this is in phase whereas this one is z magnetization and this is multiple quantum transitions here you notice that these entire these operators do not lead to observable magnetization during the T2 period because the next what we are going to have is evolution during the T2 period whatever is observable there we are going to retain and what is not observable we will ignore because it is not going to lead to us any signal. Therefore these two terms here we can ignore because though these ones do not lead to observable magnetization and these ones actually lead to observable magnetization both these are observable terms. Now the first term which represents x magnetization of the k spin evolves during the T2 period with frequencies characteristic of k spin. So during the T2 period this evolves with the frequency omega k in the T1 also we have omega k in T2 also it will be omega k therefore this will produce the so called a diagonal peak which I mentioned to you earlier the F1 is equal to F2 is equal to omega k in the final 2D spectrum. The second term which represents y magnetization of L spin evolves under the T2 during the T2 period with frequencies characteristic of L spin. Therefore this will have T2 during the T2 period this will have frequencies of L spin but T1 it had frequency of k spin. So therefore this is this will be F1 is equal to omega k and F2 is equal to omega L therefore this produces what is called as the cross peak in the final 2D spectrum. Both these peaks will have fine structures which contain the coupling information and this we will we can calculate we can see that immediately from here that the Jkl term is appearing here and therefore we will have coupling information in the in this individual peaks. Let us first consider the diagonal peak term. The diagonal peak is arising from I kx the first term in this observable part. So a chemical shift evolution leads to the density operator rho 5D this is during the T2 period. So I call this as rho 5D and this is I kx cosine omega k T2 plus I ky sine omega k T2 and the entire modulation of the T1 evolution I simply write it as FD T1 and FD T1 is cosine pi Jkl T1 sine omega k T1. So you recall back and that is just this cosine pi Jkl T1 and sine omega k T1. So I call this as FD T1 and now we consider evolution of these terms under the coupling evolution under coupling generates the density operator rho 5D prime given by this formula here rho 5D prime is now coming from the evolutions of the individual terms here. The first term gives me here I kx cosine pi Jkl T2 plus 2 I ky I Lz sine pi Jkl T2 and cosine omega k T2 remains from here. The second one gives me I ky cosine pi Jkl T2 minus 2 I kx I Lz sine pi Jkl T2 and this sine omega k T2 is from here and then all of it is multiplied by FD T1. Now among these depends upon what signal we are going to measure and we will have to see what are the components which you have to retain. Let us assume that we detect y magnetization we will have to take the trace of the density operator with I ky. So when we do that we will only have this one here this will represent our signal cosine pi Jkl T2 into sine omega k T2 FD T1. Now put back this FD T1 you have here cosine pi Jkl T2 sine omega k T2 multiplied by cosine pi Jkl T1 sine omega k T1. What it is the pattern of this evolutions of the terms in the T2 and the T1 are the same here is again a sine cosine multiplication and again here it is sine cosine multiplication. So if you want to expand this further so this will give me so this is the same thing which is written here 1 by 4 sine omega k plus pi Jkl T2 it will generate 2 terms each right. So this will generate 2 terms each plus sine omega k minus pi Jkl T2 this is from the T2 from this one here and multiply the whole thing by this sine omega k plus pi Jkl T1 and sine omega k minus pi Jkl T1.  Similarly here along the F1 dimension also I will have 2 terms the nu k plus Jkl by 2 and nu k minus Jkl by 2. So therefore this entire diagonal peak will have 4 components 2 into 2 therefore this will produce 4 components and where this is the signal that we detect where do these ones appear now I write in terms of the frequencies removing the pi part so I will write in terms of the frequencies. Four peaks with a dispersive line shape why do I say dispersive line shape because these all have sine dependence and we have seen earlier that if there is a time domain signal which is sine dependent it will produce me dispersive signals. So we will have a frequency peak at nu k plus Jkl by 2 nu k plus Jkl by 2 along the F1 F2 dimension then I will have here nu k plus Jkl by 2 and nu k minus Jkl by 2 this is along the F1 this is along the F2 and this is again nu k minus Jkl by 2 and nu k plus Jkl by 2 and nu k minus Jkl by 2 and nu k minus Jkl by 2. So we will have 4 peaks these are centered around the nu k frequency nu k is my frequency of the k spin. So and all of these are positive because you see the previous thing they all have positive components here these are plus plus plus all of them are plus this is plus this is plus this is plus so all are plus therefore I will have all positive peaks and they all have dispersive line shapes. So how does the spectrum look like? So you see this is the way the spectrum will look like I have drawn the diagonal here so which is running through this. So the similar calculation for the L spin will produce me these 4 peaks there are 4 peaks here for the k spin I have shown you the calculation for the k spin. So all of these are dispersive line shapes and they all have the same sign and it will produce me a peak of this type and likewise if you did for the L spin you will produce a spectrum of this type and now this spectrum has been taken from one of the books and chemotechnics in organic chemistry and particular things have been dropped and this will come in the next class when I actually discuss the cross peaks as well here and those peaks are also present here at this point those will be the cross peaks. So I think we have discussed the diagonal peak here and in the next class we will look at the cross peaks how they appear. So you can look at this things once more at where this peaks appear and we have the peaks appearing at nu k plus jkl by 2 nu k plus jkl by 2 nu k plus jkl by 2 nu k minus jkl by 2 nu k minus jkl by 2 nu k plus jkl by 2 and here is nu k minus jkl by 2 and nu k minus jkl by 2. So therefore this produces a spectrum which is like this and we will see later that this sort of a dispersive line shape is not a very desirable thing and obviously one has to do something different there to get better line shapes in this point otherwise this will mask the signals which are close to the diagonal and that has been one of the problems of the normal Kozy experiment and developments which have happened to remove those and we will see of course in the next class how the peaks appear in the correlations which is the cross peak and we are considered one part of the density operator now we will have to consider the second part of the density operator at time rho 4 and which will then produces the signals which produce the cross peak. So we will stop here and continue with the cross peak calculation in the next class.


Mr. Speaker, during the presentation, the member for Swizzle, Salterboost, raised the issue that he is of the opinion that we should consider placing a member of the Asaferian movement on the board of the Regulatory Substance Authority. But Mr. Speaker, maybe what I need to bring to the members' attention that that would be more appropriate when we deal with the cannabis bill itself. Because we believe when you look at the objective of the authority, we believe that when you look at Section 22 that we have on 22 CD, we said a representative of civil society. Especially when you're looking at the objective of this bill, we believe that it might be prudent not to put a member of the Asaferian movement on the authority bill. We believe that it is more appropriate to put, let them be represented on the cannabis section, Mr. Speaker. That's my humble view on that that. That I'm open to the opinion of this honorable house. So Mr. Speaker, as I said, the work of the committee and the ministry continues as we try to bring this cannabis industry to life. The Regulatory Substances Bill is, as I believe, another move to establish a proper ecosystem for the cannabis industry and for other regulated substances. Again, I am pleased that we are doing this within Business Month, Mr. Speaker. It was not planned, but everything is coming back to this month of November. This is Business Month. And what we are doing there now as it relates to the cannabis industry is part of our business development. And just before that, the conversation we are having, the adjustment to the St. Lucia, in West St. Lucia Bill, all of it is saying that we are coming to age within the month of November. What I need to, Mr. Speaker, want to present here to this honorable house is to give all the assurance that the public conversation and stakeholder discussion continues. I think more than anything else. The public education in our schools, our police officers, with the Rassafarian community itself in terms of their role and how they benefit from that industry is something that we must do in a more aggressive way. And I am giving these honorable members a commitment that the next phase is for this. I want to also report that our legal officer and I will be traveling out next week to one of the workshops, again, the cannabis workshop, to try to learn all we can so that we can put the finishing touches on the cannabis bill itself. So Mr. Speaker, I present this bill to this house and I want to thank members for their patience and for bringing it together. Thank you.


Hi, I'm Governor Tom Wolf. In 2015, we began the important fight for education funding that will begin to reverse the damaging cuts of the last four years. Those cuts left our schools struggling, forcing educator layoffs, program cuts, and ballooning class sizes. I saw the negative impacts of this firsthand as I traveled the state during our schools that teach tour. But I was also inspired by the spirit of those educators and students who continue to do their best even without the valuable resources they needed. It shouldn't have to be this way, which is why we've worked so hard to change the status quo and make education the main focus as it should have been all along. The funding increase we are fighting for will benefit each of the 500 school districts in the Commonwealth. Not only that, but the investment will reach the classroom directly. We know this because we asked each superintendent to submit plans for how they plan to allocate the money. Their responses were overwhelming. Everything from expanding pre-K to reducing elementary class sizes to restoration of vital art, music, library, and summer school programs to college and career counseling. These are all valuable ways to ensure our children are getting the high quality education they deserve regardless of their zip code. Our investment will open up thousands of new slots for families to enroll their three to four year olds in quality early childhood programs like pre-K counts and Head Start. And it will provide for an increase to all state and state related universities as well as to Pennsylvania's 14 community colleges. But Republicans in the legislature continue to protect the status quo and refuse to support a compromise budget that will invest in our schools and begin to restore the cuts made to those schools. As I've said from the very beginning, Pennsylvania's economy will never get stronger unless we stop making our schools weaker. And I will continue to fight to fix our schools and improve education in Pennsylvania.


We just did a complete setup of this industrial laser and we'll show you how we did it right now. What is up? Welcome back. Do you like to do a builder to make it? So do we. And we have a new video each week. This week, we're dusting off an old flame. Literally. Craft season is in full peak production mode and we have a little bit smaller but yet still industrial sized laser just sitting in the corner. Not doing anything. So this week, we've got to get that thing set up and get it participating in some production so that we can produce more product so we can get some money at these craft shows. He's been like the Harry Potter of lasers under the stairs. Oh. We're going to do a complete setup. A to Z, soup to nuts, any other term that means beginning to end. We're going to do the entire install. Step one. We're going to gather all of our supplies. We added a couple of things because we're going to mod this thing out. We're going to make this thing a street rod. We are going to do a few improvements to make it kind of a little bit better, a little bit faster, a little bit cleaner. Rev just a little bit higher. We're going to need a laser and the laser that we're going to use is an omtech 80 watt laser with a 24 by 35 inch bed and it's pretty bare bones. We also need an industrial chiller. It's a water chiller. We got this one on eBay for a great deal. We'll need some distilled water and if you have a hard time finding distilled water it's in the baby section. We'll also need some algae control because algae loves hot dark water. We also need an air compressor for air assist and some pneumatic connectors and hose. It's mainly for the quick connects. We're going to need exhaust so we're using a portable dust collector that we got from Harbor Freight. We also need a couple of reducers because the back is six inches and we're going down to a four inch hose for the dust collector and we needed some four inch hoses. We also need an industrial power strip. Now Garrett tried to use the girls pink corded power strip when we were at the house and that's not going to cut it. You need an industrial one. Step two, we're going to lay down the laser. We're just going to install the laser tube. Because we moved ours from home to the shop we had to remove the tube and carry it separately. You don't want to transport a laser like that with the tube installed unless you've got all the... Unless you've got some kind of cushy air ride on this. Well, or some serious foam packing. Some of them come installed with foam packing but we didn't have that any longer so we removed ours and rode with it in our lap from the home to the shop. Our laser was riding in the brawl. We're going to start with removing the little panel on the rear right hand side of the machine right hand side if you're looking at the machine facing it. Now we're going to remove this because to slide the tube in the tube just fits inside so it needs to poke out a little bit to actually get all the way inside. We'll also use that little access door to finish installing the tube. You got to be real gentle. We're going to slide the back end of the tube in first into that little hole that we cut out that we just see and see how it's peeking out of the little back hole a little window. And then we're going to center it on the brackets. Try to get that nice and centered. Keep it level or as you call it balanced. Each bracket has two screws and this little allen wrench comes with a little tool kit that comes with your laser. These don't need to be super tight. You just want to hand tighten these. You're not going to manhandle or toss your tube around and the laser around but you don't want it moving or shifting. Next we're going to hook the electrical backup. To move it I went ahead and cut the wire to the negative on the power supply so I just need to reconnect the negative. We're going to splice it back together. Wrap it with some electrical tape.  This is just simply because we had to move it and there was no quick connect. Now we're going to take the positive end the little screw side and we're going to poke it through the hole that's at the back side of the laser tube. It's a little hole right below it. It's the access for the power supply so that we can power that tube. We're going to go in the side door and pull that down. Now we're just going to screw that together with the piece that's coming out of the power supply. A couple of twists screws right together. You can't mess it up. Next we're going to add the water tubes back to the laser tube. This is the water outlet. The water comes out the same place. The laser comes out and it goes in where the laser originates at the back of the tube. I'm going to use some zip ties to keep these in place. They have a little nub on the connector so I'm just going to use these zip ties and keep it nice and tight just to squeeze that rubber below the nub. I can do the same thing at the back of the laser tube. That's why we left that little access door open. I'm just going to plug it up and see the little nub. I'm going to squeeze that over and then put a zip tie over there below the nub, squeezing the rubber. Hopefully it'll keep it from popping off the nub. That's some good camera angles right there. Yeah, thanks, Kim. We're just going to close up the access door. We won't need this again. We should be done with this for the rest. I know we'll close up the laser tube. Step three, time to chill. I refuse to do that. We're going to install the water chiller. The water chiller ensures that the laser tube stays at an optimal operating temperature. We'll start by connecting our hoses so that water comes into the laser which is connected to the outlet of the water chiller. And it's going to come out of the laser when it's used up in the end to the water chiller. We're just sliding our little hoses over those ridge connectors. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time getting it on there. And then we're going to add those zip ties back on. You do not want hoses to pop off. It's happened to us. It was like a water fountain. It was a mess. So you want to put it on tight enough so that the rubber grips those little nubs on the ends. We're going to add the power connector to our industrial power strip. We're going to add a little bit of the algae control. There's a couple of drops. Little squeeze. I'm not even going to measure. And then look at me go. I'm going to add one and two-thirds gallon of distilled water without a funnel. Look at very little spillage. I'm like a pouring pro. And then you can see on the back, there's a great little indicator here that shows that we're full of distilled water. With very little spillage. Right. Right. We're going to get that paper towel. We're going to turn it on and 19.2 degrees Celsius. Well, let's see what it's set to you. 22.9 degrees Celsius. That's about 72 degrees Fahrenheit. That's room temperature. We'll leave that for a while. It's room temperature. We'll leave that for now. We're going to check the tube for any bubbles. And we're just going to squeeze one of the tubes to change the water pressure to loosen any bubbles that might be stuck inside. Yeah, you're looking right inside that laser tube. You can see the water flowing through it. And you'll be able to see if there's a bubble in there. Step four. We're blowing this popsicle stand. We're really just adding the air assist, which will help clear the smoke and debris and help that laser actually hit the material and cut right through it. And that's really going to keep that air blowing so that the laser has some really nice clean cuts to it. Now this was the original air assist. You could use the tube coming out of the top of that, but we chose to run a separate tube up from the bottom and through the power connections and alongside the original hose. I just zip tied it to the little track there. Looking back, I probably should have just spliced it into the other hose. This was our original upgrade. It's an air pump for a pond. But that didn't do it. So now we're going to use a full-size air compressor. That should give me a more consistent air flow and a little higher air pressure to get a cleaner cut and get the smoke and debris out of the way a little faster and a little bit easier. This is a quick connect for the air hose. I'm using quick connects because I might swap things out later or add a moisture catcher. The air tube goes right into the quick connect. Now we're going to plug the air compressor into the back of the power strip on the laser. And this is the power cable for the laser going into the industrial power strip. Now we're going to adjust the PSI going to the laser. We're going to set that at about 20. I found that to be good for me. Step 5. Smoke them if you got them. Or actually remove the smoke if you have it. We're going to add the exhaust to get all the smoke and keep that air clean so it doesn't have any smoke getting in the way of the beam. We're going to start by reducing the reducer. The 6 to 5 inch reducer was still a little too big for the hole coming out of the back of the laser. So I'm going to add some slits around the 6 inch side and then I'm going to use a hose clamp to try to get that to grip on to the little hole the little nub that comes out of the back of the laser. It worked pretty good. I gave it a couple of tugs. It was on there. Then we're going to add that 5 inch to 4 inch reducer and seal it up with some duct tape so there's no smoke that would leak through there. We'll use a hose clamp and 4 inch hose onto that last reducer. I love that this dust collector is on wheels. It makes it so easy to move around. It's almost modular. We're going to use the little clamps to secure the hose to the dust collector. And I got smart and used to drill this time instead of trying to do it with a screwdriver. And we're going to plug it into the back of the laser. Step 6 Time to give it an alignment. Put it up on the rack. Let's see if all of the mirrors tube are all aligned so we get a nice clean beam to the material. Now this is the tricky part of setting up an industrial size laser. It's making sure that you have those mirrors aligned. This can sometimes be a long process and take a while to do because you have to adjust 3 different mirrors and then the laser... The focus height. Yeah, the focus height itself. We're just going to turn everything on. We'll turn on the air compressor. We'll turn on the exhaust fan. I mean, we are ready to go. Power this up. I think I just blew a fuse. No problem. I've done this before. I've learned my lesson. The fuse is underneath the plug. You just pop it out and then we can check to see if I blew the fuse. It is definitely... It's definitely blown. Look at that. We're just going to run over to the hardware store and we'll have to pick up some fuses because I've already used the spare fuse. I've done this before. Now this fuse is just a little bit smaller than the fuse that comes out. So I have to hold it and try to wiggle it into place. That's a spare fuse he's putting back in there. Yeah, I'm putting back a spare fuse just in case. Watch, I drop it here in a second. Yeah, see? I had to hold it to get it back in there. The holder was just a little too big. Then I ended up plugging everything into that heavy duty power strip and we are good to go. Look at that. It's like a thing of beauty. Seven. Alignment. We're actually going to align at this time. Now that we got it figured out. We're going to start by bringing the Max Power down to about 20%. So we'll go into menu, select Max Power and both Max Power 1 and 2 we're going to bring down to 20%. It could be a little dangerous firing these things off at 90 or 100%. So for safety reasons and to make a smaller hole in our tape we're going to bring it down to 20%. We're going to use this clear packing tape and we're going to put this over the mirror so we can see where the laser beam pulses and intersects at the mirror. We're going to start at the back mirror or mirror number one, closest to the tube. We'll turn it on, give it a quick pulse tap the button. Now let's go see what we have. You always want to turn it back off before you open it. Safety. Now it looks pretty dead center. If it wasn't dead center and you did have to adjust it you'd adjust it using the brackets that are holding the laser tube. The brackets that we originally screwed it down to we'll just adjust those up and down until we get it center. Now for mirror number two we're going to move the gantry halfway and place another piece of tape over mirror number two. This is the mirror on the left side of the gantry looking at the laser. And quick pulse and you can see right where the laser beam intersected with the mirror and the tape. I mean that looks pretty dead center too. That's good. This thing traveled fairly well. These are the screws that you will adjust if you do need to adjust the mirror.  Now we're going to work on the laser head. We'll do the same thing. This is mirror number three. And you can see it's off to the right just slightly. More than slightly. So I'm going to give a quarter turn to the screws on mirror number two. Give it another pulse. I'll give it another quarter turn and we'll change the tape. Let's give it another pulse. That looks pretty good. I guess it could come up in right, but I think that's pretty good for now. Let's do the laser head. For the laser head, I'm just going to put the piece of tape right on the bottom of the laser head and then I'm going to pulse it. This took me a while to dial it. I was a lot of quarter turns. This thing was way off. But I would put the tape on the bottom. I would give it a pulse. Check it. Turn the screws. Put the bottom pulse. Check the screws. But I did get it. I did get it pretty centered. Looking good. Step eight. Time to turn and burn. We're going to connect our laser to the light burn software. This will be a new install. So we're going to install the software and kind of show you what that looks like. The light burn software is what you're going to use to make all of your cuts. It's like the driver. It's like the driver of the laser. Laser's like the motor. It's the operating console. I like it. We're going to take the USB cable that came with the laser. We're going to plug it in the slot that says USB to PC and then we're going to plug the other end into our PC. I'm going to Google light burn. We're going to go right to download. I'm going to download the Windows 64 bit version because I'm on Windows 64 bit. I'm going to install. I'm just going to click all the defaults. Let it do its thing. When it opens up it's going to ask you if you have a key or use the temp. I'm going to put my key in. The first thing I'm going to do is add my laser. I'm going to click devices. Go to find laser. I'm going to find the laser that I have. I'm going to use serial USB. That way I have constant control and I'm not just sending packets. I'm going to click laser. It's already red. My bed size and everything for me. That's great. I don't really have to put anything in. The next thing I'm going to do is go to edit settings. I'm going to make sure millimeters per second is checked. Not millimeters per minute. That could burn some stuff up. Let's draw a square and frame it out to see if we're actually talking to the laser. This is no power. It's talking. It's definitely talking. We are good to go. Step 9. We're going to get focused and do some testing. We're going to focus our lens from the material. Then we'll do a test cut to make sure this thing is operational. We're going to set the depth of that lens because we're using quarter inch MDF. We're going to see where the optimal focal length is by doing a ramp test. That's what we're going to do in this next step. We're going to take that square and make it a long and skinny so that that laser has plenty of runway so that we'll be able to tell where it cuts through the best. I'm going to do 10 millimeters per second. Then I'm going to do 80% power on both max power and min power. I want one pass. We'll bring the laser power back up to 95% for both max one and two. Now let's go line up some materials. I'm going to stack two pieces of MDF and lay a long piece of MDF over top of those creating a ramp. Hence the name ramp test. I'm going to do a nice long cut down and back once it's complete. I'm going to check it out. I'm going to visually inspect it and see where it came through the best, where it cut all the way through, where the line was nice and tight, where there was the least amount of flashback. Once I think I have my point, I'm going to set it back up on those two pieces of MDF bring the laser head over. I'm going to use a triangle to find how far off of the board it is. I'm going to mark the triangle. Not even going to try to measure it, remember number. I'm going to lay it flat, lay the triangle flat, and then raise the bed up to the laser head. That should be my focus height. Let's do a test cut. Now this is real time, so it looks like it's cutting like butter. Look at the air system. There's very little smoke coming out of the top. Yeah, look at that. That's beautiful. Look at that. That looks great. Very little char on top. Very little flashback on the bottom and no schmoots on my fingers. I mean, Kim, that looks good. I think we are ready to go. I think so. Time to take it to production. Alright, so what'd you think? Not that hard a little bit tedious but fairly easy to get it going, right? Yeah, not too bad. The first time we ever had to do this, we were very nervous, very intimidated. It took me a whole day. I was going to say it took a full day. But this one, once you've done it a couple times, it is much easier. It's less intimidating, so I'm hoping if you're looking to upgrade your laser to a more industrial size laser, maybe this video will help you and show you that it's not as scary as you might think it might be. No, it's kind of like kids. Like your first one, you really babied and your fourth one's eaten dirt. It's pretty much the same. Well, big thanks to all of our patrons. We love you guys. Thank you so much for joining us and we have a new Facebook page just for our talk to your patrons. Yeah, we get a lot of questions on what is Patreon. So if you're not familiar with it, it's just another way to support your content creators over on Patreon. We have our own application, Patreon.com. We have a link to our particular profile in Patreon down below. You can join us over there. We provide additional content. Our top tier patrons get a monthly Zoom call where we chat with everyone. It's very informative. It's other small business owners and creators doing exactly what you're doing, sharing tips, tricks, lessons learned. You get all of our past SVGs and future SVGs as part of our top tier patron group. And then you get one of these bad baseball teams. Yes. And don't forget, you get your own fancy Kim and Garrett baseball team. You can be part of the team. Well, we are about out of time. So if you're not going to join us for the patron after show, we will see you next time when we'll do it, build it and make it again. And there's absolutely nothing to balance. Everything is way too heavy.