Okay. Hi everybody. Welcome. So good to see you all. Thank you for joining us. Yeah, we've got a beautiful online retreat weekend ahead of us. So I'm Peter. I'm going to be the host this weekend. And yeah, we have the theme heralds of eternity. So it feels like a beautiful theme just welcoming in the light into the mind. And yeah, we have, we'll have a few different sessions this weekend. So this evening we'll have Kirsten and Jason and music too. And then we'll have the movie workshop tomorrow. And then today to start with, we're going to be joined by David Hofmeister at the monastery in Utah. And we have Francis Zoo here with us in Mexico. So I'm going to pass it over to them now. Hi, everyone. Hi, Francis. Hi, David. Hi, everyone. Such a cozy way for us to talk about heaven and eternity and the heralds of eternity. What a title, what a theme we have this week. Pointing directly to heaven. It's beautiful. It's kind of like if you imagine going to the ocean and you're standing on the beach and you have a choice whether to look at the ocean or turn inward and look at the land, the, the trees and the buildings and the people. We're talking this online retreat weekend about heralds of eternity. So the ocean is kind of a symbol of, of endless water, no beginning and no end. It just circles the globe whereas it's punctuated by little continents we'll say of land. And to turn away from the continents and turn yourself toward the expanse, the vastness of eternity. That's what we're all about today. So Francis and I have been had a little chat. We just had a happy chat before we started of just our joy at, at this calling. Yeah, it feels, you know, like 2000 years ago when Jesus called each and every one of his disciples to follow him. Disciples means, you know, followers really. It feels like he's still doing the same thing today because each and every one of us just basically saying, follow me, follow my teaching, follow a pathway that I point to you because I'm going to take you there. Just follow me. And I really feel this, this is really our life is about. And that's the purpose of every single time when we come together is to remind ourselves. Yes, we said yes. And it's like Matthew the disciple, I remember in the chosen series, he just walked from his, because he was a text collector, he, he just stood up, walked away from his desk, walked out of the gate. And that's, that's the his reaction after he heard Jesus saying, follow me. It's like immediate, no goodbye to, to his career, no goodbye to his, just, and I feel that kind of joy inside. When Jesus Christ calls us, say, follow me right now. Yeah, this is so much joy. Yeah, I think all of you who, who've studied and practiced the Course knows that, that Jesus uses a distinction. And he says, you have a right mind, which is where the Holy Spirit abides, and you have the wrong mind where the ego abides. But when I was thinking of the title of this, this online weekend, heralds of eternity, it reminds me of a quote that Jesus made where he said, the time and eternity both are in your mind and they will conflict until you embrace one and let the other go. So obviously, if time and eternity are both in our mind, and he's saying, why don't you embrace one and the conflict? Because it's a very sharp conflict. Time is broken up into seconds and minutes and hours and days and weeks and months and years and so forth. And eternity doesn't have such distinctions. Eternity is just pure light, pure love. It's called infinity. It's called eternal life in the Bible. And so he's saying time and eternity will conflict until you let one go. And of course, he's encouraging us to let go of the time and to embrace the eternity. Because Jesus awoke and he realized that the eternal life was actually real. And the temporary sequencing of time that we call the cosmos, the linear time space cosmos, was an invention that actually wasn't real at all. So occasionally, he uses a strong word, even a psychological word in the workbook. At one point, he says, hallucination may be a better word. He actually tells us that what we're perceiving through our five senses is a hallucination. Recently, I went to see a movie that just came out. It's called Don't Worry Darling. And again, another movie based on simulation about being tricked into a simulation. And the simulation always involves hierarchies and control. It always involves attraction, repulsion. And I think for me, it wasn't just coming into the teachings of a course of miracles. But I was so curious about how do you practically live the teachings of a course of miracles? That was my biggest question. How do you live it in the present moment? How do you live it in your daily life? So I don't know. Some course teachers and students don't do this, but I went digging through all the lives of the mystics and saints throughout history to read their journals. Some of them didn't even consider themselves a saint. I was reading Gandhi. He didn't really like the term Mahatma because the term Mahatma meant great soul. And Gandhi said, please, I'm just in process here. Don't call me Mahatma. Listen, there's plenty of others you can call Mahatma, but I'm just trying to do the best I can here and live a nonviolent life. And I'm not the Mahatma. But I read his autobiography to see what was he struggling with? What was he wrestling with that he was against being called Mahatma? Also, I read the autobiography of St. Francis because St. Francis was dealing with intense shame and guilt and fear. And I thought, this is good. He's trying to follow the Gospels that Jesus laid down. And he's really giving his whole heart to it. He's left his family. He even went to the Crusades because he thought he was supposed to go fight and kill Muslims. But then he kind of had a big fever after he went to the Crusades, which, of course, the Bible says thou shalt not kill.  So St. Francis had to go through a lot of compromise and people pleasing. He did with his parents, with his church, with his community there in Assisi. So I think what Francis and I wanted to talk about too a little bit today is that we're both interested in the practical application of living this experience more so than theology, more so than philosophy, more so than education, more so than just kind of a theology. Because Jesus is saying in the Course there is no universal theology, but there is a universal experience. And he's encouraging us to go for the experience. If you find things in theology or metaphysics helpful, great. If you find things in psychology or education, poetry, the poetry of Rumi or Kabir helpful, great. But what our focus is, as we're talking about the heralds of eternity, is we're focused on a direct experience. We're not focusing on the concepts. We're not focusing on the scaffolding because the Spirit can use lots of different scaffolding. There's many pathways to God. And we're not even saying that there's anything completely unique about a Course in Miracles because as soon as we make something in form like a book unique, then we have to say, but I would rather have the direct experience than call the Course in Miracles a unique path. You see, I don't want to have pride in a Course in Miracles. I rather have a direct experience of who I am as the Christ. And I want a direct experience of God. So in the end, that's why Lesson 189 says, forget this world, forget this Course, and come with holy, empty hands unto your God. You know where Jesus is going with this. So we're just a band of seeming people around the world who are like focused on the experience. And Francis, today, you know, you brought up, you said you were guided to go and I think it was the real alternative section in the text, which is pretty far back in the text. But maybe we should talk a little bit about that because I think of all the references you could have been guided to in this big book of 31 chapters and a manual for teachers and a workbook, the real alternative section, it's something, a line jumped out when you were reading that. Yesterday, I was reading it asking for praying for a message for this retreat. And that's where the real alternative section, I was guided to read it. And the thing is, you know, like David was saying, we are aiming for an experience. And Jesus says, you know, even religion at the highest level is an experience. Psychology at the highest level is an experience. So they're the same. At the highest level, it's all come down to a real experience with God, direct experience. And that chapter, when I was reading, I was looking for a message that points to the direct experience. And yet, as I was reading, all that Jesus was saying is, give up this world, give up this world. And he says all the pathways of the world leads to death. But that is not the lesson. Because if we stop there, it feels such a depressing lesson. But that's not the lesson. That's the beginning. That's the beginning of the real lesson. But that has to be, has to be the beginning. You know, without that, you can never pass that point to the real alternative. So I read and read and read. And I thought, okay, what is the real alternative? Very, very minimal. No mention, hardly any mention at all, because Jesus saying the real experience would come to show you. But your part, your part, that's, let's just talk on and on about your part is not seeking for the real alternative, but let go, let go of what is not it. Keep, stop hoping for just something here, another choice of the same thing, another form of the same choice. Give it up. That's the whole session was on and on about. So I thought I have this real message gained from reading it was that yeah, the direct experience cannot come unless we willingly let go of what we value. That is not God. That's not eternal. That's the real message there. Yeah. And the ego has made up this whole world of time and space out of one concept. And of course, the ego is the belief and the concept that this entire world of time and space is made up of is sacrifice. So what do I mean by that? Well, when the mind felt, seemed to fall asleep and it became accustomed to this projected world of time and space. It thought that the world of time and space was reality and that God became the unknown. Remember, there was an amnesia. God was forgotten. So God now becomes the big unknown. And this world becomes the known. And Jesus is just teaching us, you got it backwards. God is the known. Heaven is the known. And this world is unknowable. He's saying, I'm not asking you to give up something real. I'm asking you to join with the Holy Spirit to see the unreality of this world in its entirety. That anything that you are attracted to in this world can hold your mind back from waking up. Anything that you are repulsed by in this world can hold your mind from waking up. The Holy Spirit sees the world as neutral. The Holy Spirit is kind of like neutralized the world. And therefore, the symbols are just like leaves blowing in the wind. The Holy Spirit can use all the leaves to help your mind unwind. But the Holy Spirit sees nothing positive or negative, valuable or valueless about the world in the sense that basically there's nothing to attack or to fight against, and then there's nothing to pursue. So I found that when I was reading the Lives of the Mystics and Saints, that's what I found Gandhi had in common with St. Francis, with all the Mystics and Saints, Buddha, Ramana Maharshi, all the modern-day mystics. I saw that they basically didn't really hold a value for time and space. They were more into prayer and meditation. They were more into stillness. They were more into laughter, joy. Some of them had very short lives like St. Teresa of Luzu. She had a very intense short life, went into the convent with her sisters when she was 15. Basically, the Pope had to let her in because they didn't let 15-year-olds become nuns. So she had to get a special permission from the Pope to even become, and then when she got in, oh, she devoted herself so much to the present moment that she's the best kind of nun you could ever have. She died pretty quickly, too. She didn't need a lot of time in the convent because she was going so much for the present moment that she wasn't here to dilly-dally. She wasn't here to dilly-dally with time and space. She just went right for the simplicity, right for the heart of Jesus, which is the goal for any monk or any nun. Just go for the heart of Jesus and let go of everything else. So part of what we'd like to talk about is that's the way it's gone in our experiences, too. I was inspired by the mystics and saints, and then after five years of study and practice with the Course, then Jesus took me on the road because Jesus says, basically, he was saying, you still believe that a house offers you shelter and security. You still believe that you're in control of money and food and exercise. You still believe you can run some aspects of time and space, and Jesus was saying, I'm going to have to take you on a ride through a set of experiences that will free your mind from believing that food and shelter offer you security. So, of course, travel was a big thing for me because when you're on the road, you don't know where you're going to sleep from night to night. You don't know where the food's going to come from. You don't know how the transportation's going to even work. When you put Jesus in charge, he does a power rinse of the mind, and he says, your only reason you're suffering is because you believe things about yourself and time and space that aren't true. God did not create the laws of economics. God did not create the laws of nutrition. In Lessons 50 and 76 in the Course of Miracles, he lays out everything that God didn't create. He says, these are all ego beliefs, and they don't belong in your holy mind. You're actually going to be joyful and free when you transcend these egoic laws and beliefs because the law of love is the only law that there is. There is no other law than love. Gravity isn't even real. Gravity isn't even real. But to earthlings, that seems like a pretty solid law, but so do the laws of actions and reactions and the laws of chemistry and the laws of physics. But once we get into quantum physics, it starts to sound a lot more like Jesus' right that these laws of past, the present, and future don't hold up when we don't hide them. When we let them up to the light, they actually disappear.  That's why he said, be of good cheer. I have overcome the world is because if you only listen to the voice for God, you literally must transcend the ego beliefs of time and space. Now that's pretty


What they gon' do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town. All these sisters, I'm hoakin' them down. Reachin' the smiles and the frowns. Gang hop out, then we clarin' the pr- Hey guys, we're in a new episode of Talk of the Town. Today, we got a special guest, J.E.B. Fax. So to get you warmed up, we're gonna play a little game. Okay, just answer first and then come to your mind or however you feelin'. What's your sign? Sagittarius. Three things you would bring on a deserted island? My fidget, my these right here. Any pair of fours, really, that I got? On a deserted island. And my big putty? Okay. Um, favorite lyric or punchline? Favorite lyric of mine? Yeah.  It's too many men on top of one another.  Favorite food? Probably steak and rice. Okay, SmackDown or Raw? SmackDown or Raw. Okay, Drill Music or Jersey Club Music? Um, Drill Music. You want Drill Music? Okay, how do you answer your phone? I'd be like, you're? Last person you text? Last, probably my girl. And, um, what's one place you want to visit? Tokyo. Tokyo Sound School. So, um, so let us know how you guys started into music though. So how I really got into it, fucking, I got held back in like eighth grade.  And I just, yeah, so like, so like I'm going to school and I'm really not like just making friends at that point when I got held back. So I was like more in my mind. And I don't know, I just started writing stuff down, watching like a lot of Eminem on YouTube and stuff. He kind of inspired me to just start writing.  And then I would say fast forward to me being like 18 years old, I started taking it more serious in 2017. And, um, I started recording by this studio by my school, by my high school. That was the first two you went to? Yeah, yeah. How was the studio by your high school? Yeah, shout out Portier. It was like some, some older guy, he had equipment in his basement and had people go record. But then I switched to a studio in town that everybody goes to probably right now. And shout out my manager because he owns that studio. Shout out Goon. And yeah, I started recording him OD, so I mean, and started taking it more serious from there. OK. And like who was it? So you said Eminem was somebody who was watching? Who else? Well, before Eminem, it was like 50, Wayne, Kanye. And yeah, I would even say like Michael Jackson, because like I just knew I was going to be famous for something kind of vibe, you know what I mean? Even like, whether it was playing football, because I was like my first love, I wanted to like really be a football player. So football was a double one? When I stopped growing. That is though, when I stopped growing, because I'm five too, bro. But on the field, like I was very skilled, huh? When did you stop growing? I found out I stopped growing at like 16, I think, around there. Yeah. When you turn 18, you're just like. I was just like, nah, because rap was always on the side, like on the side of my mind too already. Yeah. But yeah, football was really my shit. Like. Football, to say, got into music, started going to the studio by the school. And then like, I guess when did you start releasing usual music videos? Um, I shot like one cringey eyes music video. It's still out, we can see it?  But there's another cringey one too. That's out on my YouTube, Jay Eazy. Yeah, it's called like, whoa. OK. Why is it cringey? Why is it cringey? You ain't watching yourself like you're on YouTube. Yeah. I mean, I kind of looked the same from then. It's like, my looks like develop quick. Like I always had like beard. You'll see the beard and shit, but like. So why is it cringey? Like what? Why is it cringey? Just the way I was moving in the video, bro. Like, not not not. I was too comfortable. OK. And I was just like, nah, nah. OK, so you feel like you develop your swag now? Yeah, yeah. Like a more of a way of being here. OK. All right. So how did you meet your manager now? Because they're on the studio. How did you meet him? Because when he opened up the studio, a friend of mine, shout out TJ, he put me on to his studio. OK, so when did you come from? Like you wanted him to be a manager? Probably like the end of last year or beginning of last year or something like that. So kind of recent? Yeah, because it started getting serious because I'm. Started going viral? Yeah, I started going viral for like doing the running shit, and he's the one backpedaling when I'm running. So like we kind of do everything together in a way. He shoot my videos.  So y'all are coming already? Yeah, yeah. All right. So you're from New York, but you from Middletown? I'm from, well, originally I'm from the Bronx. And then I moved to Middletown. OK, so how was that move? I was I was eight years old. I was yeah, I was young. I was like in third grade. OK, so you didn't really remember much of the Bronx? Um, I've had some like moments that I remember in the Bronx. Like I don't remember living there. But OK, but like like obviously I didn't go through like the high school phases, the high school phases in the city for me. So yeah, but I definitely remember the Bronx. OK, so growing up in Middletown, how was that? Growing up in Middletown, um, it was it was calm.   OK, so getting to your creative process, though, like do you feel like Middletown helped you get creative with music or was you traveling more? Or like how did you get into your creative? I would say just listening to a lot of music.  Help me get there, especially as of recently. OK, uh, but definitely Middletown, too.   So how did you plan for your punchline to be funny or I like I like to think of it that way to a certain extent. But it's more like, I don't know.  OK, but yeah. OK, so welcome to when you first started blown up on. OK, so it was twenty twenty one October ish and I had this song called Pink Eye. And that one is a funny song.  But I felt like I just needed something to like that was catchy.  Like, why is he saying that?   So yeah, and then I winded up doing a heart. Where shout out my God, brother. I did in his building.  If they see they know what I'm talking about. Fill me with pink eye. You could look up pink eye on TikTok and you'll see me going like this with the heart. And it'll be the lyrics making a heart kind of thing.  And I was based off a girl that started going viral for doing that to my song too. So I kind of like remixed it where I did it almost in like a Disney Channel way. Like with the, you know, so.   And it just it never failed at that point. And I was like, wow, I could really. So it was the song. We think is what you was doing. We think is everything. It was everything. It was everything. OK, so are you more strategic when dropping there? Because that wasn't the first time. Um, a little bit like I'll try to like make sure I got one of them lines. That's like I'm leaving it there for you to like either think live, you feel me? TikTok started going up. So what happened though? Like was it like the song started streaming more? Yeah, with pink eye. Yeah, definitely. Well, at that point in time, I was still already like was playing with it playing with the app. And like, but in a strategic way, like fun strategic at the same time for me. Like I was taking TikTok serious in terms of like posting every day and like and showing people my music and just throwing it out there. So, yeah, but it's just pink. I was just the one that like crazy for service. So how do you feel about people when they call people like TikTok rappers and stuff like that? Do you think that's the thing that's possible? Um, I think it's definitely possible. I would consider myself one as of right now. You consider yourself a TikTok rapper?  But it's like, I don't think it's as bad as people kind of say like, oh, you just a TikTok rapper. Like, I don't think that's a bad thing. Okay, I was going to ask you, do you think it's a bad thing? Nah, nah. I don't think it's a bad thing at all because before it was SoundCloud rappers, you feel me? Yeah. And it's like, Soulja Boy, he blew up off of YouTube.  Nah, it's not. All right, I like the way you think like that. Okay, so like, so is your goal to like transition from that? Yeah, of course, of course. And it's getting there. It's getting there? I'm not even worried about that.  So like, um, so when did you first perform at though? Your first ever performance. My first ever performance? My first ever performance was at a friend's birthday party for me. And it was like some freestyle that I did to a song from Time by Jenae Aiko and Drake. And my friends pulled up and they knew the words and everybody else just started joining in. It was lit. Okay, so, okay, the song that blew up though, the Pink Eyed Song, you performed that song? Nah, I don't perform that song.  So with all those streams and all those videos, you just let it like be?  Be like, oh, for me, this is the one that started this, y'all remember this, but you feel me? Type shit? I remember there's one fan wanted me to perform it, but not that I said no, it's just like the DJ.  I think you should definitely perform it and see what it is. Nah, yeah, definitely. I think it's like an attention grabber, like, maybe if I get like some footage of it on TikTok, of me performing it, it would catch new people's eyes, probably, because they'd be like, what the fuck?  Okay, so, what's one song you dropped that you feel like didn't get enough love? One song I ain't dropped. I would say 30 Days. It's getting a lot of love right now, but I feel like, yeah, I feel like that should be like my second, my first or second biggest song, because that one, everybody be coming up to me like, yo, 30 Days, 30 Days, so yeah. So why do you feel like it wasn't, why do you feel like it's not moving? Well, it's moving now. Yeah, it's moving. It was kind of moving when it dropped. I just feel like it should be bigger. It's not, because I don't know, maybe I just didn't figure out the right way to show it to the people. Okay, so do you do all your marketing yourself? Yeah.  I kind of go based on feeling of when's the right time. Shit, when it comes to cover, I just be getting anything, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? But shit, I try to like, I try to drop a song five days after around there of when I first showed on TikTok kind of thing.  So step one, drop a song on TikTok? Not yet. I dropped the sound and I posted like three times that day for the rest of the five days and then it drops on the fifth day. And then you just run, score, and repeat kind of thing.  Nah, they could do it. I mean, they might not be able to do it like how I do it, but they could for me, try. Okay, so when is the project coming out? When is the project coming out?  But I'm gonna try this year. I'm gonna shoot for this year. Why try? Huh? You gonna do it this year? You said try. I should, right? You're looking, not tries and like, cause like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.  Okay. So are you signed or are you independent? Independent. Okay. Are you looking to sign a deal? I'm looking to see what's out there. If I, if I get the right deal, but I'm definitely open to signing. Okay. And what is it you think you're looking for if you do sign a deal? Well right now I'm looking for like a singles, like a singles deal. You don't want to lock in like long term. I don't want to lock in long term yet. They be wanting you to. The project. 15 years? Nah. Not a 15 years. 10 years. But some, all right. Not a single deal. 10 years is crazy. In five years I'm gonna be almost 30. Yeah. But like they kind of help you like want it up. Nah, they do. They do. That's the thing. And that's why I'm, that's why I'm open to it. That's definitely why I'm open to it. Like, because they got help. Yeah. But I'm saying like, what if you did like a this show deal project, 30 song projects? Now yeah, the distro, yeah, shit's in the, shit's in the, yeah, shit's there though. Shit's there. The distros is where it's. Yeah. Do you feel like, do you feel like the labels are necessary right now? Some people feel like they need them. Some people feel like artists can do a lot of stuff. What you think? I think it just depends who you feel like you are at this point in time, you feel me? Like someone like me say right now like I'm busy like hustling, posting on tiktok like in terms of like just going crazy with the content, figuring out how to get myself out there and it's working.  Oh.  It's either or. It's really either or. So you said where you at in your career, where you feel like you hustling on tiktok? Yeah.  But I would say first really stick out, stick out with the independent route until you feel excited. Right? Yeah. All right. That's good.  Whatever it is that you want to do, just be consistent.   But as long as what you're actually doing truly makes you happy, whoever falls out of your path is not going to matter, bro.  I'm not going to lie. So surround yourself by different people? Yeah. Surround yourself by like-minded people, of course, but I'm saying like through the midst of it being alone, just stick out, just stick it out. You know what I'm saying? Have faith.  You just got to go grab it, bro. What lesson, I guess, has the industry taught you so far? Lesson? Shit. The music industry, not like personal like that, music wise. Music wise?  And I feel like that's where anything, that's really where anything, but yeah, kind of thing, which is fine. And that's supposed to happen though. It's okay when that happens because it's like you develop your value.  I mean I've always learned to like, yeah, fuck.   So just being strategic about I guess, what's kind of help you accept. Okay, I'm just gonna give you some advice.  Because your first track, One Viral, you have something that go more viral than others. What if you feel like it's a good run for you? You know what I'm saying?  Because you have to have those moments of like learning that not everything is gonna be your biggest moment, not every moment. So I feel like in that area like, you gotta just roll with the punches for me like, because I got this one song, Tomi Yoko, right, and it's my biggest song right now. And then Nae is going up every day and for me, like I try to like throw certain songs out for me, but not every track gonna be that Tomi Yoko moment.  Watch. I'm telling y'all. Okay, so what goes through to making a Tomi Yoko? How was that? When did you make that? Is that an old record you was holding? It's kind of new.  I dropped it in July. So word. And recording that shit, honestly, like once I heard the beat, like the first four bars of the basically the hook came to my mind and from there I was just going and like, I punch in when I record. So you're not a writer? Yeah, I'm not really a writer. All right, so what else should we look forward to this year?  Something is gonna happen. Yo, every week something new happens, I can't really like tell y'all everything, but every week something that will blow your mind happens and yeah, God is good all the time. Oh, we got collabs on the way, like what that? Collabs. Um, yeah, I'm about to drop a Middletown remix with some rappers from the town. Okay. Yeah, shout out to Pacino and shout out to Chopper. So you're not big on features? You wanna like work on your own? Um, yeah, cause like I'm in a point where it's like, I like to work on my time type shit, but I'm definitely open to features and working with other artists.  Tell me a sense. Yup. Okay. All right. So tell the people where to find your Huckabay team name. Y'all could find me at jezz what? J-A-Y-E-A-Z-Y-W-H-A-T on Instagram and TikTok, jezz on streaming platforms, J-A-Y-E-A-Z-Y.


You're tuned into the COVID-19 Community Report here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California. I'm your host, Autumn Lab A. Reneau, and today is Tuesday, April 7th. We're sharing local news and resources, focusing on what's important in Davis and nearby cities in Yolo County during the COVID-19 pandemic. My guests today are Victor Lagunas, President of the Davis Teachers Association, and Winter City Council member Jesse Lauren. On Friday, we'll speak with Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza and Davis Mayor Brett Lee. This show airs live at noon on Tuesdays and Fridays and repeats at 5 p.m., both days and at noon on Sunday. You can also listen online at kdrt.org and find a compilation of resources there as well. So I don't focus on the COVID-19 numbers every week, but I do feel it's important to touch base with them occasionally. So as of April 7th, the Centers for Disease Control, the CDC reports a total of 374,329 confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationwide with 12,064 deaths. The California Department of Public Health reports 14,336 cases and 343 fatalities. And in Yolo County also, as of April 7th, our numbers are 50 confirmed cases and one death. But Yolo Public Health also indicates that only 612 tests have been performed in the county. So with numbers expected to peak in mid-May, we are strongly advised, encouraged and veagled to maintain strict physical distancing and to wear masks if we need to be out in public. For local information and links to both state and federal health agencies, you can visit the control panel at yolocounty.org. They have all sorts of information. And over the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom issued two executive orders related to COVID-19. The first provides expanded access to child care for essential workers. The waiver will allow eligibility for state subsidized child care to prioritize essential workers, including healthcare professionals, emergency response personnel, law enforcement and grocery workers. The order also allows California to take advantage of new federal flexibility to provide pandemic SNAP. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits to Children to Reduce Food Insecurity. The state is expected to release guidelines for the order today. Governor Newsom also launched Project Room Key, a first in the nation initiative to secure hotel and motel rooms to protect homeless individuals from COVID-19. Visit covid19.ca.gov to learn more about the state's ongoing COVID-19 response. And on Friday, one of the things we'll be discussing with Davis Mayor, Brett Lee, is how the city is working in conjunction with the county to protect the homeless population at this time. And folks, the Davis City Council meeting tonight will focus almost exclusively on items related to COVID-19. And you can get there in a variety of ways. You can tune in on Comcast Channel 16, AT&T Menu 99, or online at cityofdavis.org. They're taking viewer comments in advance, and you can also view the meeting by Zoom. And for all the details on that, I'll just direct you to visit cityofdavis.org. And Health and Human Services has new resources to help with unemployment benefits. Call<PHONE_NUMBER> Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. And unemployment benefits representative is on site to provide help with applications, troubleshoot any issues, and answer general questions. And Yolo County Animal Services can help with cat or dog food and cat litter as well. Call ahead to<PHONE_NUMBER> during their business hours, which are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 to 4, and they'll prepare it for pickup. The service is designed for those who are struggling and lack access to affordable pet supplies. On a lighter note, Monday is Teddy Bear Hunt Day in Yolo County. People around the community are placing Teddy Bears in visible locations so that families and others in need of distraction can go on Teddy Bear scavenger hunts. And you can visit the Yolo County Teddy Bear Hunt page on Facebook. As of this report, the group boasts nearly 600 members. And as we're getting ready for our first call, I want to share that in our neighborhood on St. Patrick's Day, they did a similar thing, and it was pretty cute. All right, we're getting ready to take our first call here. All right, area schools were closed weeks ago with the announcement made last week that Davis Joint Unified School District Schools are officially closed for the rest of the school year as the district prepares to launch its massive online instruction module next week. With us today is Victor Lagunas, president of the Davis Teachers Association. Welcome, Victor. Hey, Autumn, thanks so much for having me on the show. It's great to hear your voice. So I want others to know that in addition to your work with DTA, you teach eighth grade social studies and U.S. history at Da Vinci Junior High. So you're in the thick of it at that level, too. So I want to check in. I've seen a number of teacher friends post about long hours of training via Zoom meetings. How's that been for you and how are our teachers holding up? You know, I think that's a great place to start. It really highlights the amount of dedication and focus that teachers have been putting into this. You know, as the situation with COVID-19 continues to grow, what we've done is we've created a long-term plan in expectation for school closure. And that became official, you know, just at the last school board meeting on last Thursday, in which we decided to close down schools for the remainder of the year. And so it's really good that we've been in this discussion as a whole district going through this because we have a long-term plan for what distance learning will look like. And that means that we'll be able to have a framework that we don't need to backpedal off of so we have a clear system to work off of. And so with that, we were current, we've just finished what we called phase one, which like you said was professional development. So really thinking about what does distance learning look like? What are the technology tools that we need to be trained in? And then how do we plan our curriculum differently? You know, instruction is going to impact all of the curriculum that you deliver throughout the year. And so these first three weeks in phase one have all been focused around that so that as phase two, the actual distance learning begins, we have a really solid framework for every teacher to know what it is that they plan to do remotely. So what are some of the concerns about teaching online? And I also want to address, you know, there may be benefits there too, but is there anyone this is going to leave out? What are the impediments to some people participating, those kind of things? Absolutely. You know, one of the things as a union leader, but then, you know, every teacher has expressed these concerns is that there's going to be challenges that we have to overcome for access. And we want to make sure that this is something that's accessible to all that we and that we're delivering equitable and effective learning through distance learning. And so there's a few things that have been done, you know, that the district office has maintained the meals programs that have been offered through a few different sites around the district. And what they've done is they've tagged on to that also the checkout process for Chromebooks. And while the district has been doing that, they've also been looking at how to gain access, because it's not just having the Chromebook, but also having the Wi-Fi. And then as we do that, we're really making sure that the beginning of distance learning is also making sure that all of our students are checking in, that they are able to log on, that they themselves are training through the use of, you know, whatever digital medium, which is like Google Classroom or something like that in order to access the materials, because that's our number one concern is that the accessibility is there for every single student. Yeah, I think one of the things, the situation is highlighting is something I've written about for years, which is the digital divide. And you really touched on it, too. It's not just, you know, do I have a Chromebook or a phone or a device I can do this work on, but does my, can my family afford broadband? Do I have adequate, you know, access to process all this information? Right, right. Yeah, and I think that, you know, when we were rolling this out, that was something that was very clear to us, that we knew that that was going to be a challenge. But then there are varying circumstances for the home lives of individuals, both staff and students that are going to impact what this distance learning looks like, because if we state, hey, let's log on and have like a small team meeting to do like discussion around, let's say, a book topic, right? Well, if a student at home has two siblings, that maybe they are looking after, then they can't log on. Or if there are multiple Chromebooks that need to be used and the bandwidth doesn't, you know, give them access. So we have to also consider that whatever model we roll out is flexible enough to meet all of the needs of all of our students and that they can all access it. Because like you said, that digital divide is something that we're really budding up against right now. Right. So this all goes live next week, April 13th, is that correct? Yeah, that's correct. Yeah. So originally when we, when district staff, as well as Davis Teacher Association, started meeting to collaborate on this rollout, we didn't know whether or not we actually would return on April 13th to classes in the classroom, or if we were playing ahead, assuming that it wouldn't. And now it's good that it's really great that we've taken this kind of slower approach to it because now we have a framework that will last us through the rest of the school year. Whereas, you know, if we had rushed to put something out and had to, you know, edit that process, that that might look a little messier. But we are expected to start right now when we come back from our quote-unquote stream break, which has been a bit extended this coming Monday. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and we're in, you're in for almost two months of instruction online. So this is going to be one grand adventure for everyone. Um, I'm sure wishing all the teachers, as you know, my kids are aged out of DJUSD now, but I am seeing the post online every day of parents trying to homeschool and kids trying to, you know, come to terms with this new reality, and it's just not easy on anyone. Well, I can say that teachers are definitely eager to get back to working with their kids. That's one of the things I hear most of. They're just, they're really ready for it. Yeah. I'm looking forward. Yeah. Well, while I have you here, let's take a couple minutes to talk about Measure G, which it was looking doubtful there for a while, but it squeaked to victory. Yeah. So we are expecting to get the certified numbers or count tomorrow from the county. So the last update that was given, which had Measure G passing at 67.31, was still, you know, it was still preliminary because they were talking about 3000 votes. But like you said, and this is something that I've been trying to remain optimistic of, is that with so many votes and knowing the base of support that we had in Davis, I knew that it was going to continue to close the gap and that we would really be in the running the whole way through. So, you know, we still have to wait for the certified count for tomorrow, but I'm optimistic for the outcome. I saw, you know, a huge number of people and we had, you know, hundreds of volunteers quite literally helping us to get the message out and talk about the importance that Measure G could have on our school district. And I really like that we've been able to show in the most recent count where that support really was. Yeah. And I know you and the DTA and a whole bunch of teachers worked really hard on this and the district as well. And can you, for those who may not be familiar with what we're talking about, can you just provide some highlights of what the measure if passed, it looks like it's apparently going to pass, but we'll know tomorrow, as you said, just kind of recap the highlights of what that will provide for. Yeah, absolutely. So, Measure G is a parcel tax for within the boundaries of Davis Joint Unified School District at $198 per year. And those are paid twice a year, $99 increment. And the idea was that this is money that is directly allocated to teachers and staff within DJUSD. Our school district provides wonderful opportunities for education through the various programs that we have. But one of the things that our state funding formula does is it provides less funding to a district like Davis because of our student population. And when you pair that with the great education offerings, then what you really end up with is a budgetary shortage. And in Davis, what the main point that that looks like is that we have about a three to seven percent compensation gap with neighboring and comparable districts. And so the idea for Measure G was to have a direct source of funding for the purposes of teacher and staff compensation so that we can attract and retain teachers because we can have the greatest program. But if there's not a teacher in the classroom working with the kids, or as we're about to do this online, then that program is not going to be fruitful for the students. And so we want to make sure that we can continue to attract and retain teachers, particularly with the upcoming teacher shortage that's been on its way for some time. The number of people entering the profession is declining. So we need to make sure that we are able to compete for new people in the classroom so that we can keep the practices in Davis benefiting our students because we really do. Right. Well, I hope my congratulations aren't preemptory. But I look forward to seeing those final numbers and and wish everyone good luck as you move ahead. Any final thoughts as you get ready to teach your students online? Well, I have to say that, you know, it's been it's been amazing to collaborate with district staff and our own teachers that have volunteered time for this rollout. And we're really looking to make sure that we're serving every single student and that, like I said before, we really want it to be like equitable and effective across the board. And and the main reason for this is so that people can stay safe, because obviously that's our number one goal. And providing a little distraction from the need to be home all the time will also be a nice secondary effect. So with that, I want to give my thanks to all the people that have put work into this at the district office, the DCA, and then honestly, to the greater community for their patients, for taking time to try and educate their, you know, their own kids at home, trying to take that roll on and doing the best that they can. I think flexibility is key during this time. And and we really are trying to get a little bit of structure back in there. But it's just overwhelming thanks to everybody that's supported. Well, great. I really appreciate your time calling in today. And I want to wish you and all the teachers and all the district staff a lot of luck as as this plan is implemented. And, you know, just really, I've been thinking a lot about the the families and and the students, as I said, my kids are not at that age where I'm having to homeschool them. They're all in college. And it's a boy, it's been mind boggling to watch how folks are trying to cope. And I hope that there will be new respect accorded to teachers to as a result of this process. All right, you take care, Victor. Thanks so much for calling in. Autumn, thanks so much for having me. All right. We're going to be having another call in just a couple of minutes with Jesse Lauren, who is on the Winters City Council. I'm going to read a couple of more announcements, and then I think we'll we'll take a little music break while we wait for Jesse. So here are those losing your job amidst a pandemic is traumatic. Onward CA is a resource that's been rapidly deployed by a broad coalition of companies, foundations and humans who want to help help you get money or groceries or child care. Onward CA.org for more info and it looks like our call is coming through. So Jesse Lauren is a Winters City Council member located 15 miles west of Davis. Winters is a charming small town that's made a name for itself via its restaurants and wineries slash breweries slash distilleries and its small town can do spirit here to update us on how the community is faring is Jesse Lauren who was recently reelected to the Winters City Council. Hi, Jesse. Thanks for joining us. Hi, Adam. Thank you for inviting me. The last time we worked closely together was on the Paradise Campfire in 2018. Yeah, that raising money for all our friends up there in Butte County. Yeah, that's when we first met out at Barry Esa Brewing, and it was one of, I don't know, maybe three fire benefits locally that week. I do remember that. Well, first, congratulations on your reelection. Thank you very much. So I wanted to touch base. I've been doing the show for, this is episode eight today, and I'm slowly trying to get around to some of the communities that surround Davis. I'm talking a lot to elected officials who cover a broader area, but I would love to hear from you, given what I mentioned about the vibrancy of Winters's downtown and foodie scene, really, how are the businesses hanging in there? How are they adapting? Well, it's pretty phenomenal. We had the same day for the stay at home orders, and many of our restaurants are just scrambling for how are we going to adjust to this, and some great innovators stepped up and have had some really great success with their ideas. One of them is the steady eddies along with Turkovich paired up and made AM, PM isolation kits. You can order them online, and they deliver them to your house, and it's a coffee and wine. They also, at Turkovich, they converted their tasting room staff to delivery staff, and if you order a case of wine, they'll deliver it to Davis or Woodland for free along with Winters. They also have pickup hours at their winery, not the downtown tasting room, but the actual winery on Buckeye, and they time it. So if you want to get out and have a walk and then vineyard with your kids, you can, and then they space it out 15 or 20 minutes to the next grouping comes so that everybody's safe and nobody's all there at once. So they're doing that. Steady eddies is doing great service, and most of our wineries are just really doing great. Berry as a brewery has their usual hours Thursday through Sunday, three to five, and you can pick up out there, but they're also in Nugget, the co-op, the Safeway on Covell, and Lorenzo, so you could pick their stuff up there. We're just adjusting and adapting like everyone else and looking forward to the days when our friends from Yolo County and Solano and surrounding counties can come out and have a drink with us and a meal. I'm really missing those lazy afternoons out at Berry as a Brewing because as I think you know for KDRT, this radio station, we pair up with a lot of bands and do a lot of things out there, and the owners have, Chris and Laurie have been so great to all the musicians to the radio stations, so definitely missing that. I do think this situation, I'm seeing a lot of creativity come forth. I'm seeing a lot of good, I'm talking locally, I'm not talking from the national level. I'm seeing a lot of goodwill and people really reaching out a hand, and I know one thing I saw you post on Facebook was that you've been somewhat involved with the food bank deliveries in winters. You want to talk about that? Yeah, I actually have a couple of things I'd really like to get out to people. One is that Yolo Food Bank is doing a phenomenal effort getting food to people in need, and they're delivering over 63,000 pounds of food a week, and 1500 extra people have signed up, so they're coming out to winters and they're getting food to everyone all over town, but they're doing this special thing where the Yolo Bus, they were on the 17th of last month saying, how are we going to employ our drivers, and how are we going to figure this out so that we don't lose drivers, and Yolo Food Bank had a need for transportation and drivers, and they teamed up, they paired up, so some of the drivers from Yolo Bus are driving food bank trucks, and then also Yolo Bus is using their buses and their drivers to get food out to the far reaches of Yolo County, so I think it's really amazing, and I am so proud of Terry, who's the Executive Director for Yolo Bus and of Michael Bish, Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank for just getting the creative juices flowing and solving problems, and we're being really careful about deliveries in town we have healthy people doing the deliveries, we're having people stay inside, we put the boxes on the porch, knock and go so that there's no interaction, and we're just trying to make sure that everybody does things in a safe way, we're really proud that people are staying home, that people are using their sewing machines and making masks and making non-sew masks and supporting businesses, so we're pretty enthusiastic that people are working together and respecting each other's space and winter. Yeah, thanks for bringing in forth that shout out to the food bank, I'm going to have Michael Bish on the show in a couple of weeks here too, so we'll hear from him how that's going, so how is your city council, first of all how are you meeting, and then secondly every local government is going to be dealing with structural deficits and just kind of you know tax revenues will be down and all of that, so how are you beginning to wrap your collective minds around that? Oh it's a big question well and I'm really glad you asked it, first the way that I kind of envision like from 3,000 feet or 30,000 feet is that the trajectory for cities is kind of like a predator, a prey predator map where you know how the rabbit births go up and then coyote births go up and then rabbit births go down and then coyote births go down that kind of mapping. The finances for cities will follow the finances that is financial disasters if you will of what happens to businesses, so getting that cares money out to small businesses, propping up businesses as much as we can, finding solutions so that they're that they could get back in the game as safely and quickly as possible will all help cities, but for us we have two urgency measures tonight or urgency notices that we're going to consider, one is delaying transit occupancy tax from the Abbey House in our new hotel until September and what that will do is allow them to report the amount but not collect that or not turn it in they can collect it and they can keep it and they could use it well in this situation and we also have another urgency notice which is the temporary suspension of water water and sewer late fees and shut off for our residents that way you know people people can pay their property taxes and whatever else they have but we're not going to shut their water off and what we're doing as far as like this city in order to keep people doing things for the benefit of the city we're making sure our employees are safe but we're also on the agenda for tonight is beefing up our sidewalk repair so that when people do come out they'll have a more walkable bikeable safe community so we're we're trying to use the funds that we have in in creative ways and also give relief to our businesses great well thank you so much for calling in today we're we're just about out of time here but it's great to get your update and I'll check back in in with you in a couple weeks or or feel free to send me updates thanks can I have a second first shout out my my baby girl turns 25 Caitlyn's law she's a student at UC Davis she's in grad school now but on Easter and I just want to say happy birthday Caitlyn happy birthday Caitlyn all right Jesse thanks so much take care bye bye all right bye bye thanks for tuning in thanks to my guest today I'll be back on Friday with Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza


Welcome to Barbell Logic, Rewind. You know, I thought it'd be useful, just fun to do a little rap session to talk about my development, that what you've been doing with me since I started working with you, because I didn't get to a 605 deadlift overnight, right? This took four years, and during that time we changed a lot of things as you got to know me as an athlete, and as I advanced as a lifter. And so some other questions I get frequently, besides like, why are your feet so close together is, like, did you do that using three by five? What's your nutrition look like? What does your programming look like? So I thought, I know we can't get too detailed, but sort of give people a broad overview of like, what did I do when I started working with you? And then what was the philosophy in changing my programming as I got more and more advanced? And then we can also talk about nutrition too. Yeah, I actually think they're tied together. And so it's essentially two workouts, three times a week. So a workout A and a workout B. Workout A is squat three sets of five, press three sets of five, deadlift one set of five, that's work sets, and that's the same weight across for those, right? Workout two is squat three sets of five, but a little heavier than you did the day before, two days before. Bench press instead of press, three sets of five, deadlift one set of five. And then you just keep alternating workout A, workout B, workout A, workout B, alternate those every single week for as long as you can, adding about five pounds per lift for as long as you can. And that's exactly what you did. And eventually you can't do that. Or if you did, you would squat a thousand and deadlift 1200. That would be awesome. That would be awesome. It gets you super motivated for training. Cause like I remember when I first started working with you and the next workout, the night before I'd be super excited is like I get to go up five pounds. That's right. It's a PR every, every single workout as a PR. So that's like super, super motivating. So that helped really help establish the habit of training for me. That's right. So then as that starts to slow down and usually squatting heavy three times a week becomes difficult. So we often move to like a Wednesday or middle workout light day. So you still same sort of programming, but instead of going up on Wednesday, you would go to like an 80% of what you were doing for three sets of five. We ran that for a little while. So that stopped working. And then we moved to a four day split, right? And so we- So what's a four day split? So a four day split is two upper body days and two lower body days. And you're doing three full body days. Right. You're squatting every workout.  And so what you do when you move from a three day split to a four day split is you take really the same total amount of work and you just divide it up over four days.  And so we did that. And then at the point that that stops working, you start doing things like manipulating one variable or one small change at a time, what we call the minimum effective dose change. So we look at your programming and we say if the programming has been working and it now plateaus, in traditional programming theory, what you do is you just stop doing that program and start a new program. And the new program looks nothing like the old program. But we never really did that with you. We took your program. We said, this has worked really well. It started to plateau. What's the smallest change we can make to maximize the return on investment? And what that did was that gave us good data about the change. I would be lying if I said that every change we made worked perfectly. It didn't. No, it didn't. But if it didn't, we knew what didn't work. And if it did, we knew it worked. And so we might start to reduce your volume, especially you say on your second lower body workout of the week and increase your intensity. So you might go from three sets of five to two sets of five to one set of five to two sets of three to whatever, things like that, back offsets, but making sure that the weight continued to go up on the bar. And on the other day, we might actually reduce the intensity a little bit or how heavy the weight was that increased the volume from three sets of five to eventually four sets of five to eventually five sets of five. So now we're doing sort of a heavy volume day and a heavy day that's low volume. And when we couldn't make progress every single week and hit PRs every week, by the way, PRs are the guiding metric that we use in programming, right? That's all really that matters. And I don't mean like a one rep max all the time.  Five rep max, yeah. That's the big one for me, one or five. Yeah, or three rep max. We can get three reps sleep. I've got clients that keep, this is my squat max in knee sleeves, not in knee sleeves, in a belt, belt hole four versus belt hole five. And that's fine because what we're doing is we're chasing PRs all the time. When you get to the point where you can't consistently make PRs every week, because the amount of work and the weight that you're doing gets so much and so heavy, then we have to allow for some periods of a little more recovery and we start to make progress once every two weeks and then once every three weeks and once every four weeks. And we get to that spot. We started to bring in some supplemental exercises like the deficit deadlift, rack pulls, box squats, tempo squats, squats with chains and deadlift with chains. We put chains on the bar and what that does is it makes the weight lighter at the bottom and as chains hang off the bar they get heavier and heavier and heavier as you get to the top. It works that strength curve, that kind of natural strength curve that we all have. So what those like, the supplemental list like is it allows you to do the movement of the main lift, but it's not so hard on your body.  Yeah, so what it really does is it's a partial movement with heavier weight like a rack pull like where you're doing a partial deadlift and you can usually do more weight or it increases the range of motion. So that sort of gives you more time under tension and more hypertrophy or more theoretical volume but the weight is gonna have to come down a little bit. So if you were standing on two inches of mats and you were deadlifting, you would deadlift a little less than you would deadlift without the mats, right? And so we do that for all the lifts. We do it for the squat. We'd have supplemental lists for the bench press. We talk about that on the Barbell Logic channel a lot. We go through a lot of those how-tos for how to do that. The key on supplemental lifts and for you, especially we did is our supplemental lists were very, very close to the main lift. So the further away you get from the main lift, a Bulgarian split squat, one foot, single leg on a Bosu ball squat doesn't really make your squat go up.  Pause squat will carry over pretty well. A box squat will carry over pretty well. Chain squats. Those are all very similar to the main movement. So that's what we did. How long was I into my training with you? This, so I did the three by five for like three or four. I mean, how long, I can't even remember. Four months. And by that point, we still weren't doing a lot of supplemental stuff. No, none. Actually, I typically do none. We're doing accessories, which are different. That's right. That's things like bicep curls, barbell curls, pull-ups. Chins, dips, some body weight stuff. Chins, dips, or lat pull-downs if you can't do chins, things like that. And what's the purpose of that? Just for additional slots, for additional fatigue or stress that doesn't stress you to the point of overstressing the body, right? So what we're really trying to do is we're trying to build some hypertrophy there as well. So hypertrophy is really based on sort of muscle fatigue and the amount of time under tension that hypertrophy occurs as the muscle fibers fatigue over time. And so we'd fatigue them as much as we could from the barbell lifts. Then we'd sort of further fatigue them with a little more work with the accessory movements. But yeah, very little supplements.  Yeah, probably between a year and a half in. And it starts very close. Think about a bench press. The first supplemental lift we're gonna do with a bench press is a close grip bench press. Right. So we literally take your bench press from here to here. Yeah. And that's the supplemental lift. I mean, how's that changed? So what that's gonna do is that's gonna close the elbow angle a little bit more, give you a little bit more tricep work, and then also elongate the range of motion, right? So if I'm here, now I've gotta go a bigger range of motion on the, so it's gonna take a little, it's gonna take the pecs out of the movement a little bit. That's gonna put a little bit more on the front delts and a lot more on the triceps, which for you, because you struggle with the lockout. So you could bench press to here. And so that's the other piece of the supplemental lift. We look at the weak point of the lifter. And for you, it was the lockout of the bench press.  And so I wanna work that so that that weak point becomes strong. So the old adage of you're only as strong as your weakest link, and it's very trite to say, but it's very much true when it comes to strength training for sure. So that's what we did. We just kept making these programming changes. Eventually you got into advanced programming, block training, which is really still a four day split. And then you get to the point where you can no longer make progress on just a traditional four day split. And we have to start adding volume. And when we do that, we typically add volume by adding frequency. And so we would add a fifth, either bench press or press. And now you're bench pressing three times a week and pressing two times a week. And we would add a third squat back to the mix and be a lighter squat, a less stressful squat. And eventually we added a third deadlift in the mix. And that's called daily undulating periodization. That's really probably the most advanced style of programming you can do. And by the way, this is key. You don't wanna do that if you're a beginner for a couple of reasons. Right. So I think a lot of people will see this thing, oh, Brett did this in the 605, so I need to do that. That's right. Not only probably not. Definitely not. Yeah, and for more reasons than you think, most people looking at advanced programming think that looks fun. Is it fun?  So the guy that makes the progress the longest on the most simple programming. That's what you wanna do. Why would you do complicated if simple works? So let's start simple. Let's stay simple. Let's add a step, literally just one step. Let's see if that variable change worked. If it did, we know it worked. If it didn't, we know it didn't and we changed the variable and we just keep making intricate, small, tiny little, tight-trading, minimum effective steps. And that's what we've done for the past four years in your training. Right. Another important point to point out is that you don't need to do this sort of advanced stuff if you just wanna be generally strong. That's right. Because I think a lot of people think, if I do three by five, then I gotta move on to this block training. Not necessarily. Maybe you do three by five sort of as a maintenance. Yeah, and you can just maintain. Because, and then you do like mud runs. Yeah, perfectly fine. Whatever you want. That's fine. But you have to make that choice. That's right. And I remember having that conversation with you. You remember having that work. Yeah, it's like, what do you wanna do? Yeah, I said, you are strong enough at this point. This is probably two, three, or two and a half years at this point. I said, you are strong enough for anything that life would throw at you at this point.  Do you wanna do mud runs with your wife? Do you wanna just get in better shape? Do you wanna do lots of cardio? And you said, no, I just wanna keep getting stronger. Yeah. I said, okay, well, if we keep getting stronger, then we're gonna move to more competitive things. If we do competitive, it's actually not as safe. It's not, yeah. I've been battling, that's another component too. Once you decide to go down that route, you're going to have to battle injuries. You have to. Just aches and pains. Sure, but. I've dealt with that. Now the question is, is it worth, is the increased strength worth the aches and pains for you? Yes, for me, because I just enjoy it. Yeah, me too. You lift with absolutely perfect form. So you don't hurt yourself because of bad form. Sometimes you just hurt yourself because of overuse, right? You just get some tendonitis and you've never had a major injury, right? No.  No, sprinting. Sprinting, which was not programmed by me. Right, I just did that for fun. Yeah, that's right.  I think it was like hamstring tendonitis. That's right. It was like a year and a half. That's right. And so we had to rehab that, but you know, you've had some adductor tendonitis and some elbow stuff and some shoulders, but in general, nothing major and you're really strong and you've put on 40 pounds of body weight and you've lost two inches in your waist. And you know, you're up about 40% in strength, right? Somewhere in that ballpark. It sounded like that, yeah. So it's been a blast. And we've done that all with small incremental changes along the way. You are probably the most consistent client I've ever had in online coaching. And that's the difference, man. Like you just don't miss. It's really, really rare that you miss.  And that means you've got a lot of blue collar days where you've got to just punch that time card and get in and get out. But here's that. I'm consistent because I enjoy it. Yeah. It's not just because like I'm super, there's days where I'm just like, I mean, I'm tired, but even in those days, I'm like, I'm just, I gotta go train. Yeah. I'm gonna go crazy. Even like when I have a low grade fever, I'm like, I gotta go train. We were talking about that earlier, that idea of motivation over discipline. Like that discipline's easy when you're already motivated to do the thing. Right, right, right. If you love training, then it's great. Now that doesn't mean that for most of us, there are times that you gotta do white knuckle discipline things for a short period of time, but that white knuckle discipline isn't very sustainable.  And there's times when I've had to change your programming a little bit where you're chasing numbers and chasing numbers and chasing numbers. And you got to the point where it wasn't super enjoyable. Yeah. Yeah, that happens. It takes weeks to make it more enjoyable. Like, okay, well, let's just have some fun in the gym and kind of maintain right now. And really, we approach diet the same way. You've done the same thing with diet. Yeah, I think nutrition's another important aspect of this because that goes hand in hand with the training. Yeah, that's right. There's been a lot of change there. So like when I started working with you, I was doing like low carb, higher fat, high protein. And we kept with that. You didn't make any changes with that with my diet. So let's just keep doing that. Let's see how it works. Let's see how it works. But then there's reached a point where like, I was bonking out during the middle session. And so we started making changes with my diet. That's right, one step at a time. And so we started increasing your carbohydrates and reducing your fat. Now, protein always stays high.  And it works really pretty well. And so of course we make careful choices with your carbohydrates. You try not to eat processed carbohydrates very much. You eat a lot of single ingredient carbohydrates that don't affect your blood sugar in a negative sort of way. But it's the same sort of that minimum effective dose change with nutrition works well too because if we had said from the very beginning, Brett, here's the perfect diet for you, right?  It's just not sustainable. It's not sustainable long-term.  Is it'll work really, really well for two, three, maybe four months, which is great. And then you're gonna stop making progress and then what are you gonna do because you don't have any more cards to play. And so in nutrition, just like in programming, I kind of always wanna hold some cards back in my hand so that when things plateau, I can take that and play that card. And so we did that with you. And so the nice thing about your nutrition is that you knew you were in this for the long haul and you didn't have to, so you heard some of your fans a few years ago, we put some body weight, you got a little fatter. So I did a YouTube video explaining what happened to Art of Manliness videos. And everyone said, you got so fat. I did, I was chunky, but it was part of the plan. Art of Process, that's right. Well, I never had you drink a gallon of milk a day. Never did that. Wasn't for you. And then you put on the muscle, got really strong and it was really pretty simple to pull off the fat.  It was just a slow to moderate process one day at a time.  And now your shoulders were wide and you had that V taper and you looked like a professional athlete. And I hadn't seen that. And you went from skinny to sort of muscular and pudgy.  It made a huge difference. But it's that long-term thing. Yeah, so that pudge point, I don't remember how many calories I was eating, but yeah, my waist got to 39 inches from I think I was like 35, 36 inches. Weight got up to 220, 225, which is the heaviest I've ever been. But then, yeah, muscle, the progress in the gym was going up. But there reached a point where I just didn't feel good. Sure.  So you're like, we need a... Time to pull back. Time to pull back. So we reduced the calories, took a break from driving the weight up. Tried to maintain strength. Tried to maintain strength, lost the weight. And suddenly... It wasn't even that much weight that you had to lose, right? You had to lose about 10 pounds. 10 pounds. So I've been hanging around about like 215, 215. But at that point it was 10 pounds on five inches in your waist, right? Because you went from like 39 to back to 34. Sometimes 36. So yeah, then like I did a cut last year. You got down to 33 and a half. But then my gains started going down.  And I was like... And it crossed the balance. I feel good at 34 inches. That's right. True. But so yeah, I think that the takeaway from this is that there's not one thing that you can do forever that's gonna allow you to keep making changes, right? Or going... Making progress. Making progress. So you're gonna have to adapt to make some changes. But the way to do that is to make one change at a time. Because you've found a style to train that you enjoy, that it's easy to stick with it and it's sustainable.   That's not what I wanna do. But you have viewers that are watching. They're marathon runners. And they love it. It's amazing. I'm super impressed by guys who can do that. That's right.  If the thing you enjoy is running on a purple treadmill and reading Cosmo Magazine, that's not really training, right? That's exercise. Now if you're one of our moms or just somebody that's been said until your whole life start and do anything. I'm not making fun of the person that's doing the best they can on January 1st, but ultimately you have to train for a goal. And so you've got to set a goal and pursue that. And for you, it's strength. And for some people, it might be a half marathon or a 5K or a marathon or whatever those things are. Biking. Biking. Right, so. And we like doing that. We like biking. You and I like rucking. We'll ruck to that. Like those are fun and do that with our families and stuff. So find the thing that you enjoy, but that you work towards a goal. And if you're working towards a goal, that changes it from exercise to training. It makes it sustainable. And then do the same thing with your nutrition. Just find the one thing that you can change. It's going to make the smallest impact on your life, but the biggest impact on your goal on your return on investment. And do that. And then just track it for seven days. And if you did it perfectly for seven days, then add another habit change. And if you didn't, stick with the same habit change until you can get it. And if you find that the habit change that you're trying to make is something that you hate. Right. Change the habit. Right. You got, it's not going to happen. Yeah, for me with the nutrition, it was if it fits your macros, what's the game? Because like I want to be able to eat with my friends and my family. If we have, you know, if I go to a friend's house and they have spaghetti, it's like, well, I want to be able to eat spaghetti, not be the weirdo, sorry guys. I got to eat the chicken. But maybe there's some people who are like that and that's fine. And all your friends are keto, paleo, carnivore heads. Great. That doesn't fit my lifestyle. Sure.  That's key, right? And so it works really well. It's worked well for you and the clients of ours that have figured that out have found the thing that they really enjoy, they're the ones that make the most progress because they're the most consistent and consistency is key. And it's not about discipline, it's about motivation. And certainly there are days that you still have to get out there and do it. No, we're not doing it. The discipline stuff for me is like the conditioning. Like I don't enjoy conditioning or Metcons. No. But I have to do it because I know it's good for my, you know, cardiovascular health, metabolism, blood glucose. So I got to use discipline on that. But like the other stuff I just do because I like.  Right, exactly. And so, you know, you're like, man, I really don't want to get on an exercise bike and do an exercise bike for miles and miles. I can't stand it. So we, you know, we'll do circuit training and body weight stuff and, you know, do your accessories and circuit and get your heart rate up. And we can do things like that and works really well. And by the way, part of this is because I've been able to coach you so long, I've really been able to figure out what you enjoy and what works for you.  For program hopper. Yeah, or program hopper. That's right.  Like I've watched every heavy set that you've done for the past four years. Every heavy set you video them. I break them down, we train together some. Just getting programming is not the same thing and your coach can never truly learn about you and who you are if all they're doing is giving you a template or a program. And so for us, we've developed a relationship over the years where I know exactly how you like to train. I know how you like to eat. I know what's gonna make you struggle. And so, and that's not because I'm great. It's just because this takes that long a time to really fine tune your programming and your diet to get it to the point that we need it. And so. You're also kind of like a psychologist sometimes. For sure. Right, because they're just like, there's like a head game that goes on with training sometimes and sometimes you need some guy to tell you, no, you can do it, you're fine.  Right. Like do they need a butt chewing? Right, kind of Jesus moment. Yeah, that's exactly right. Or do I need to encourage them and just say it's gonna be okay. You did fine. It was just a rough day. You didn't sleep last night, whatever. And so. I'm super hard on myself. You are. You typically just encourage. I mostly encourage. Yeah. So I'll tell you like, well, I'll even make comments some of you like this, this set sucked. Yeah. Blah, blah, blah. You're also very in tune with and you give me good feedback on how your food was the day before. Right. How your stress is. Stress level. How your work, stress, sleep, all those sorts of things. And so that's, you know, and it's funny. Like over the years, like we started with a complete client-coach relationship and we're really good friends now. We hang out all the time. And I think part of that is there are a few people on earth that I interact with and you interact with probably more than we interact with each other. Because you're training four times a week and we talk almost every day.  And so it's a, it's been a good relationship. And that's the way a healthy coach-client relationship should look. Yeah. Well, that's another point too. Like you can do this stuff on your own. You can. It is possible. Of course. But if you're, I mean, I think a game changer was getting a coach. Yeah. That's like, I don't want to be like too salesy here. Sure. Because again, you can do this stuff on your own. But it's nice to be able to offload all that thinking about your programming and your training to someone else and just say, here's what you're going to do today. That's right. And I don't have to think about that. That's right. That's another nice component. Yeah. And the nice thing is for people who don't have a good coach in their town and their area, you now have access to a fantastic coach online. And so, you know, we've got a lot of people that live in rural America. They don't have access to a coach in their town. American military guys, British military guys stationed overseas, or just maybe you do have a good coach in your town and you just can't get your schedules to match up. And so you can train in the convenience of your own home or your own gym at the time that you want. And that's a big part of it. And so it's been a blast. It's actually been one of the great joys of my life. And then doing content for the Barbiologic YouTube channel and the podcast has been phenomenal. You know, it's just been great for us. We have a similar business plan as you do. And then I just want to produce content for free. I just want to give the content away. And a lot of that is just because so much was given to me that I want to be able to give that back out to people. I don't need people to pay me for the content. And so the service stuff online coaching pays the bills, but we're going to keep driving content for free. We're not going to charge you for the content. And so you can find all sorts of stuff about us there with Barbiologic. And we sort of try to walk people through in a systematic progression from the very beginning of where they start through these minimum effective dose changes in programming and training and safety and form and nutrition and conditioning. All those things start at the very beginning because it's a very good place to start. And we work our way through. Cool. Well, Matt, thanks for doing this little wrap session. It's a lot of fun. Yeah, thanks for having me, man. Thanks for being in my guest room. This is pretty nice. Fair pan shakes. Thanks, man. We'll do it. Look each other in the eye. Got it. That's the way you're supposed to do it. That's right.


So, here topic, that is the fertilization and its type. So, what is the exact definition of fertilization and its different types. So, fertilization, it is the process, it is a biological process in which there is a fusion of gametes, the fusion of sperms and the eggs, the penetration of sperm into the egg and if there are haploid gametes, then after fertilization, there will be diploid zygote and it will develop into the complete individual. So, if we look at a natural process for the decision and an artificial process in which we are outside the body or within the lab in a test tube or in a petri plate or when we call it a test tube baby, then in these two processes, there is a very little difference, there is a very delicate difference and until all the conditions can be duplicated in the lab, then obviously fertilization cannot be done. So, all the prerequisites of fertilization are like a very delicate difference between these two cases. In both cases, diploid individuals formed. So, stages of fertilization process, the first thing is the preparation of sperm and eggs. When we talk about preparation, it means within the reproductive organs, the sperm formation or egg formation or this is usually as a result of myosin or haploid sperms or eggs. Then the sperm egg recognition is very important because those animals which are aquatic animals which have a water body in which there are more than one species that are living and responding to fertilization, then there will be attraction in the gametes of similar species and there will be recognition in them and this is a very intricate process. So, this sperm recognizes the egg of its own species and then it fuses or zygote formation happens. Then there is a fusion of sperm egg membranes. So, an egg membrane or sperm membrane, it becomes continuous. There is the formation of an aperture or a hole through which the nucleus of the sperm enters and then fuses with the egg nucleus. Then there is a penetration of sperm nucleus into the egg which we have talked about. So, then the fusion of the pro nuclei and the activation of the zygote and this pro nuclei are fused in this and the diploid number of chromosomes is attained and the zygote formation happens and then so this is again a stimulus for the mitosis to occur. So, a zygote which is one cell divides into two and this is the process of the mitosis and then there is an embryo formation and then there is further development. So, there are two types of that is the fertilization. There is external fertilization and internal fertilization. External fertilization is usually in aquatic animals, in fishes and in many other invertebrates. In eggs they are laid down, that is in water and at the same time the sperms they are sprayed on it and the fertilization occurs. So, this is what is called as external fertilization and then there is internal fertilization which is usually in terrestrial animals and in aquatic animals. So, in this type of fertilization the eggs are fertilized within the female reproductive tract. So, sperms they are introduced into the female tract and then there are eggs which come as ovulation results and there is the union of these two gametes and this zygote is formed. So, these are the types of fertilization, so this is all about.


In today's video, we are going to talk about some interesting facts and myths about the German Rex Cat. The German Rex is a natural cat breed cat, which means they developed without the need for human intervention. These felines are known for being affectionate, loyal, and playful. The German Rex is originally from East Prussia and is characterized by its short and curly hair. They're the first breed of frizzy haired cats that have been discovered. Cats of the German Rex breed make excellent companions. They're tolerant of humans and other animals alike, and their strong social side means that they'll instantly fit in with your family. They're also smart kitties, so ensure that you'll be able to provide enough time and interaction to keep the cat satisfied and happy. It's recommended to give them an interactive cat toy and scratcher to keep your smart German Rex busy. You should also pick up this comfy, medium cat carrier for traveling with your furry friend. You may find these cats in shelters and rescues, so remember to adopt. Don't shop if you're looking to add one of these kitties to your home. Here are some of the interesting facts about the German Rex cat, which will give you some further insight into its characteristics and temperament. 1. German Rex's History The German cat originated from Germany as its name would suggest, in the 1950s. At the time, Dr. Rose Shorikarpin found a frizzy haired black and white cat in the hospital garden where she was working in Buk. She decided to name her Lamchen, little lamb in German and proceeded to breed her. To fix the frizzy hair gene, Dr. Shorikarpin decided to mate her with one of the male cats from her litter. This is how German Rex breeding began. However, the breed was still having problems, so breeders decided to cross it with the Cornish Rex breed. They were subsequently recognized by the International Feline Foundation. However, the Cat Fanciers Association, still associates the breed with the Cornish Rex. The breed to this day is still very rare, and certain German breeders are working on developing it and making sure it remains. To avoid problems with consanguinity, they aim to cross breed with smooth-haired cats. These days, you may find the German Rex breed in shelters or in the care of rescue groups. So make sure to consider adoption if you decide that this is the cat for you. 2. German Rex's Appearance The German Rex is a medium-sized, slim cat, similar to the European short hair with a round head, round eyes, and rounded ears. It has short, curly hair. It comes in all colors, like cream, blue-brown, red, fawn, platinum, frost, seal, champagne, lavender, cinnamon, chestnut, or chocolate, and all patterns, like bicolor, calico, ticking, tabby, shaded, pointed, smoke and tortoise shell. 3. German Rex's Size The German Rex is a small to medium-sized cat. As is always the case, exact size standards might vary. Most German Rex cats weigh in at 5 to 8 pounds. Some cats can be smaller or larger than the average for their breed. 4. German Rex's Breed Characteristics The German Rex has curly fur that feels super soft and velvety, like a stuffed animal. Exactly how you imagine a mole's fur might feel. It's supposed to be even softer than the fur of the Devin Rex. The fur of the German Rex is so incredibly soft because this animal has no on hairs. On hairs are slightly thicker at the end. When you pet this coat, you can feel the slightly thicker ends and this makes it feel more coarse and wiry. There is also camp in the plant world, at the top of ears of grain. 5. German Rex's Personality The German Rex is a balanced and patient cat. They are renowned for being sociable and adapting very well to their environment, appreciating the company of other animals. They are also known to become quite attached to their owners, bringing them cuddles and affection. In general, you can expect the German Rex to be a very active and very loving cat. You'll definitely need to be willing to provide your German Rex with a lot of attention, whether that's instigating playtimes or letting the cat come and snuggle up to you on the couch or in bed. This cat will form a very strong bond with the humans in their life, and they also enjoy being picked up and handled. But it's important to underscore that you'll definitely need to be very involved in this breed's life on a day-to-day basis. This is a smart feline that will happily learn to play fetch and will love solving problems to secure treats. If you're away from the home for long periods of the day, the German Rex might not be the ideal cat breed for you. But if you can commit to lavishing your cat with attention, you'll have a perfect feline companion. Hello. This video is sponsored by Beemix Pets. Are you looking for high-quality cat collars at an affordable cost? Check out BeemixPets.com. Use coupon code KittenLife, to get 20% off. 6. German Rex's Temperament. This is a friendly, lively cat that will brighten up your day. It gets along well with everyone, including children and another household. Active and playful, it can be taught to play games such as fetch. In fact, the German Rex is so intelligent it can be taught to perform acrobatic tricks on cue. Though active, this breed has tremendous patience and is extremely loyal. When not playing with its owner, it enjoys lying down and being petted. 7. German Rex's Health Concerns. German Rexes are generally considered to be healthy cats. As always, it's important to schedule regular wellness visits with your cat's vet. There aren't any breed-specific health problems associated with the German Rex, but always keep an eye out for signs that your cat might be in distress or pain. 8. Taking care of German Rex cats. As with all cats, it's important to keep up your German Rex's regular veterinary checkups to detect any health concerns early. Your vet can help you develop a care routine that will keep your cat healthy. Beyond scheduling yearly wellness visits with your vet, make sure that you pick up a scratching post for your German Rex's living environment. This can help promote healthy scratching and keep the cat's nails in good condition. The German Rex is an active and athletic cat, so it's imperative that their nails are kept in tip-top shape. The breed's ears should also be examined regularly for signs of dirt building up or possible infection. Talk to your vet about starting a regular tooth brushing regimen that will suit your German Rex. Your vet can advise you about specific brands and techniques. 9. German Rex's Coat Color and Grooming. The German Rex cat can be found in a very large range of colors, although versions based around black, white chocolate and fauna are common. The breed also comes in a wide array of patterns, including tabby, calico smoke and bicolor. When it comes to grooming, most German Rex cats are fine with weekly brushing sessions. This will help lessen the likelihood of hairballs and mats forming. Although as a breed with wavy hair, the German Rex often doesn't naturally produce enough oil to maintain healthy skin and hair, so you'll need to give the cat regular baths to prevent them from feeling greasy or suffering from skin irritations. In terms of climate, the German Rex is generally an adaptable breed of cat, although they favor warmer temperatures. You should also always make sure that there's enough shade and fresh water available during the hotter months. 10. German Rex's To Children And Other Pets. The German Rex goes great with young kids. They'll become best friends and instant play buddies. Just make sure that early socialization takes place and boundaries are properly set on both sides and supervise interactions between kids and cats. When it comes to other household pets, the good-natured German Rex fares well with many domestic animals. But again, always supervise playtime between the new cat and existing pets, especially smaller ones who might be seen as prey by the cat. Early socialization really pays off with this breed. Make sure to reward your German Rex for good behavior when you bring them home to your family. 11. Living With German Rex Cats. The German Rex is an athletic cat and will maintain her ideal weight of provided with enough space for exercise. Because the coat is close to the skin, you will easily be able to tell if your German Rex is getting too heavy. If you enjoyed this video, kindly press the like button. Also don't forget to subscribe with notifications on, so that you don't miss out on videos like this. Thank you for watching.