All right, here we are, Proverbs 27. We'll begin reading here in Proverbs 27 at verse one. I'll read verses one through three and we'll get into our study. Proverbs chapter 27, beginning at verse one, reading to verse three. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.  A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them. And so, as we look at this, beginning at verse one, when he says, do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. It's a warning. He's giving a warning against living as if you're in control of your own destiny. This is actually what has been referred to as the sin of presumption. And the sin of presumption has at its heart a lack of submission to God. Now, there are many scriptures that teach us to depend on the Lord. There are many Bible verses that command us to seek his will. Jeremiah, for example, in chapter 10, verse 23, says, I know, oh, Lord, that a man's life is not his own. It is not for man to direct his steps. In James, we see in the New Testament, chapter four, verses 13 through 15, listen, you who say today or tomorrow, we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, make money, why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life?  Instead, you want to say, if it's the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that. So the scriptures teach us that we're to follow his spirit, to know his word so that he might direct us. We're to trust in the Lord with all our heart, lean on unto our own understandings in all our ways, we're to acknowledge him that he may direct our path. And so man is called to submission, to submit to the Lord. Now we need to remember what he has already stated in Proverbs 19 when he said, verse 21, many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. And so what we have been called by God to do is to seek the Lord in his word, in his word and in prayer and be sensitive to the leading of his holy spirit. And that's how you do things. You don't just rashly decide and say, oh, I'm gonna do this because like he said, you don't know what tomorrow brings. You may have a great idea to do certain thing and you think it's gonna be the best idea, but in fact, that may not be the will of the Lord for you. If I'd have done what I wanted to do, this church wouldn't exist because when I resigned, I went to my wife Marie and I resigned on a Monday night and I came home and I said, it's over, I resigned and I told the story to her of how that I was requested to be the counselor of the church and that I was an pastor and all of that. I told her that story and I said, but this frees us up. It frees us up. We can move because we were living in hell. I mean, Ontario and also known as purgatory. We were living in Ontario at the time and we had three kids, three kids in a two bedroom house, 969 square feet, no air conditioning and all of you know how hot and uncomfortable it really can be and it was getting more and more crowded and we were out growing the house and I told my wife, you know, I said, Marie, we can move. I can move to San Luis Obispo, which is where I wanted to live since I was 18, since 1968. I wanted to live there and Marie and I would go on vacations as a young married couple and we would go there just to spend a couple of days. I to this day, love San Luis Obispo and so I told her, we can just move. Nothing's holding me back. I don't have a job, you know? And I'll never forget paraphrasing but never forget how my wife looked at me because I had said to her, you know, my friend, I have a friend named Nick who manages a bread supply company. I said, I can drive a truck there because I always wanted to be a truck driver. I like driving trucks. And I said, you know, I can drive a truck.  And I said, listen, I'll be delivering bread. What's the difference? The bread of life, Parisian bread. I really did. I said, I'll still be delivering the bread. And she said, you know, you're not called to do that. You know, you're called to pastor. It was my wife's encouragement that kept us here. And it was my wife's encouragement that supported us. See, I had plans in my own heart but God's plans were different. And it's wise for us to yield our plans to him. God's purpose prevails.  Don't fall into the trap and the habit of boasting about your own accomplishments. Let your accomplishments and your abilities be spoken of by other people. The sin of pride and boasting is very unattractive, very unattractive. And it normally reveals a deep insecurity on the part of the person who broadcasts their accomplishments. If others are blessed by what you do and they speak of it, that's to be preferred. Seeing that we know our own hearts, it is wise to not commend ourselves. Now, on occasion it might be necessary to share about what the Lord has done. Paul had to do that when he spoke concerning his ministry. He had to do it in 2 Corinthians. You see, when you read 2 Corinthians, it's my favorite New Testament book outside of the gospels. But when you read 2 Corinthians, you'll begin to notice that he's actually answering a series of accusations in the way that he's writing. I've noted something like 24 accusations that he had lodged against him, that he had to answer. And so he goes through 2 Corinthians, sharing concerning his ministry and various other things, giving explanations. And he had to stand up because there were false apostles who were referred to as eminent ones who had entered into the church and were calling into question this man's credentials. And they were saying things about him, things like he lords it over the sheep or he's not worthy of compensation. They even got to a personal, speaking personally about him. And they said, you know, that he's not a good speaker and he's very homely to look at.  And so they were calling into question everything about him and he had to deal with these false apostles. He had to respond in 2 Corinthians, chapter 11, verse five. He said, I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. I'm not inferior whatsoever. So throughout the chapter, he listed his accomplishments to remind the church of who he is in 2 Corinthians 11 verse 12. He said, what I do, I will also continue to do that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. In other words, they were comparing themselves with Paul and wanted to be regarded with the same kind of respect Paul had been given. But ultimately he knew that God is the final judge of how faithful our lives have been. No matter how someone commends themself, it's God who makes the final judgment. In 2 Corinthians 10 verse 18, he said it isn't the one who commends himself who's approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. There may be times when you have to say, now wait a minute, you're saying this and you need to remember that I've done this. There are times when I as a pastor will have people who will call into question my ministry and not often, but there have been times. And one of my replies has been, can you please tell me what the Lord has done through you? What has he done through you? Because normally it's somebody who has keyboard courage. You know, it's sitting behind the screen and just writing and saying what they think and their opinions. And so on occasion, not often, I will ask them, can you please let me know what you've done so that I might know your credentials so that I might listen to your advice. And as much as you're saying to me that you know more than I do, perhaps you do, I've only been teaching 45 years, perhaps you know more. I'd like to hear. And a lot of people will do that. We find ourselves very courageous today behind our keyboards, don't we? We have never accomplished the thing ourselves, but we can tell other people what they're not accomplishing. We're pretty good at that. We've learned to scrutinize and judge very harshly, haven't we?  And so we're being told here, let another man praise you and not your own mouth.  Don't speak about all the things that you've accomplished. And sometimes we'll say, oh, that's just confidence, you know, maybe it is and maybe sometimes it's pride and arrogance. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes. So it's always wise to let somebody else say, you know, I really appreciate what the Lord has done in your life. And should somebody say something like that to you, be careful not to fall into false humility. You know that false humility. Somebody says, I was really blessed by what you had to say.  It's all Jesus. Just give Jesus the praise. And my response to that is I already have. I'm just thanking you for your part.  Just take it and walk away. You know, because sometimes we do, we can have false humility. All you need to do if somebody's blessed by you, thank God, that's called encouragement. That strengthens you.  I get letters too that are nice. And I always write the same thing. Thank you for the encouragement. It goes a long way in the body of Christ. Isn't it? For somebody to say, I appreciate you. So just say thank you and move on. But you don't have to say, well, thank you for praising me for this, but in case you need more to praise me for, there are other things. Let me tell you my accomplishments, no. Let a stranger praise you, not your own lips. Verse three, a stone is heavy, sand is weighty, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them. When he speaks concerning a wrath, when he says a fool's wrath, the word wrath speaks of something that a vexation is the word. It's grief, it can be provocation. He's saying the mental fatigue in putting up with a fool's outburst of anger is emotionally tiring.  Well, that's what he's saying. It's emotionally, it can be emotionally draining to have somebody just angry and just won't stop. At a certain point, you wish that they would, but sometimes they don't. So he's saying, it's weighty, it weighs you down. Verse four, wrath is cruel, anger, torrent. But who's able to stand before jealousy? That's an interesting one. Wrath and anger.  A storm of anger, as wrath came on like a storm. They can rage like a storm.  But storms stop. They will stop eventually, but jealousy doesn't rest. Jealousy continues. You can get angry, and I'm not saying you should, and I'm certainly not preaching that you should, but you know, and I know that something can bother us, and we can have an outburst. We can't, we can say something fast. We didn't mean to, whatever the case may be, but it subsides, you know? And then later on you say, you know, I'm sorry. I am so sorry, you know? You know, no excuse, I was wrong, and there was an outburst, and I'm so sorry. You can do that. I do that. I'm sure some of you've done that. Most of you never get angry, I realize. But jealousy's different. Jealousy doesn't stop. You can be jealous of somebody today, and a year from now, still be jealous. You don't want to hear anything good about them. You don't want to hear any accomplishments that they have performed. You don't want to hear about any awards that they might have received. Jealousy doesn't stop. That's why it's such an evil sin. It just doesn't give up.  And if you for some reason have had to deal with a jealous heart, we yield those things to the Lord and we ask God, please cleanse our heart, Lord. Verse five, open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. That's a proverb that we probably would do well to memorize. It's not that many words, but it means an awful lot. Open rebuke is better than love carefully revealed. Honest criticism is more valuable than a love that is afraid to bring a word of correction. A love that doesn't encourage a person to live a godly life is morally useless. And I believe that this failure to encourage one another to live for Christ is one of the great sins in the church today. A well-known to some well-known musical artists I'll leave unnamed recently wrote a letter of forgiveness to a pastor who refused to water baptize her. And it's an open letter. And I read that open letter because it was posted. And she was forgiving the pastor because he didn't baptize her when she was in her teen years. Even though her family and all showed up for a baptism and the pastor waited till everybody was there apparently and then shared with the people who assembled that he couldn't perform the baptism and apparently wanted them all to hear it from his mouth to their ears, which is in some ways a wise thing to do. I can't make a judgment as to whether or not that was a proper thing, but in some ways that's the wise thing. That way gossip, if you wanna have gossip you can start from what you actually heard him say and not what was alleged that he said. So he waited and apparently the people showed up and he said, I can't perform this baptism because this young woman here is an open lesbian with no intent whatsoever to repent from her sin. And so she wrote a letter saying that that had embarrassed her and that she is now forgiving this pastor for embarrassing her. And Christian started chiming in saying how bad the pastor is. Listen, this is where the church is today, where we apologize to sinners for telling them the truth. That's why many people don't preach the gospel because they're afraid to come off as harsh, judging and unloving. What is more unloving, not sharing with somebody about God's grace and allowing them to perish in eternity, in judgment or taking the chance to love them enough to tell them the truth?  Nobody to my knowledge likes it. Who wants an open rebuke? Who wants someone to walk up and say, you hurt my feelings, what you did is wrong? All of us would like to think that we're better than that but guess what? Starting from here all through all of us, we all sin with our words or our attitudes, that's why we need a savior. No excuse, it's just reality. There's none righteous, no, not one. Only God, only Jesus himself is. And we were in process. Again, not an excuse for continuing in sin but the reality of the fact, none of us is perfect. And so someone will on occasion approach and say, I need to tell you something, it hurt me. What you said hurt me.  And the writer Solomon would say that the open rebuke is better than love that is carefully concealed because we need to be willing to not only share the truth with others but also receive it ourselves. And when somebody tells me and yes they do that I have hurt them or I have done something that has injured them, it's wise for me to hear what they're saying. So I don't repeat it so that I don't do it again so that I can say forgive me. You know, sometimes it's their perception. I must be frank with you in that and say sometimes their perception is incorrect and so we will converse and I'll say are you sure? And then we'll talk it out. But I prefer someone speaking to me saying to me something rather than to somebody else that can do them no good. And so open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. And then he goes on and says in verse six, faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. A friend, a friend who is to be trusted will share things with you even when they do wound. Again, it's because correction is intended to make us into a better person but an enemy will not do this because an enemy doesn't want us to be blessed and an enemy doesn't love us. And so faithful are the wounds of a friend. If you have a friend who is willing to take the chance to say to you knowing what it can cost because sometimes it'll cost a friendship, knowing then you've got a good friend.  Now, if they do it every day, that's not a friend. That's a difference. But I have to tell you that a friend will share with you the things that are necessary because they love you and I do have friends like that. I do have friends like that starting with my wife. I do have friends who are more than willing to tell me things that I need to hear. And I thank God for that. But there are those who pretend to love you but in fact, they're just deceiving you. Again, the greatest example of someone who is deceitful and like it says, the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Well, who's the greatest example of that if it isn't Judas himself? You know, in Luke chapter 22, verse 48, Luke tells us concerning the fact that Judas had entered into that garden where Jesus was and as he had come in with that contingent of officers and soldiers, he had said the one whom I kissed, this is the one take him. And so he walked up to Jesus.  A lot of cultures have a greeting, a kiss of greeting. You know, Greeks will do that, Italians do that. Some people in the Spanish culture do that.  That's a kiss of greeting. It's a polite thing. It's a welcoming thing. It's a symbol of friendship and respect and love and all of that. And so I mentioned to you how that Judas approached Jesus to give him that kiss but when you look at the word and it speaks concerning that he kissed Jesus, it literally means he smothered his face with kisses. It wasn't just a respectful kiss on the cheek or anything like that. It was like he was, it was like a daddy just loving his baby and just smothering that baby's face with the kisses of love. That's how he did it. And that's why Jesus said to him in Luke 22, 48, Judas, are you betraying the son of man with a kiss? Is that how you're gonna go about doing it? And so as he speaks here and all he says, the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. There's no doubt about that. Pretending to love you when in fact they don't. Verse seven, a satisfied soul loves the honeycomb. Rather loathes the honeycomb. But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. When you're satisfied, he loathes the honeycomb. When you're satisfied, you can be less appreciative. I mean, if you eat, I've done this. Marie's bringing something for me to eat and it's good. And, but I'm hungry. And so I'll go and I'll find some chips and I'll throw some cheese on it and put some sauce on it and eat more than I should. And then she comes home with the meal. I do this quite often. She comes home with the meal. It's nice, but I'm already satisfied. And I can't eat something that's as good as that because I've already satisfied myself with something else. So when you're satisfied, you can be less appreciative. When you're hungry, things that are not that appetizing can be greatly appreciated when you're hungry. And that's a fact too. I was in England when I was 24 years old. I was living on $10 a day. That included how much I was spending on a room. Now this was a long time ago. You could actually do it then. And so you just need to go to know what hostel to go to. You just need to know or you need to just budget. Now it was an average of $10 to $20 a day. I spent three months doing that. So when you would eat, I would order a meal. They brought coleslaw. Now my memory of coleslaw is the cafeteria food in elementary school. That's the stuff that you throw to the pigs and the pigs walk away from it. I mean, coleslaw wasn't something that I liked. But guess what? I grew to appreciate coleslaw. To this day, I'll eat my own and Marie's too. I mean, I like it. How'd that happen? Because I was hungry. And so you can develop a taste basically is what he's saying to a hungry soul. Every bitter thing is sweet. You can actually acclimate yourself and actually appreciate it. Somebody said poverty has this advantage over being rich in that it makes people thankful for the smallest blessings. And that's true, absolutely. Verse eight, like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place. When it speaks of a bird in a nest, that's a picture of a home. And so a home would be the man's place and homes represent security. And so the point he's making is a man who wanders from his home is unstable. Verse nine, ointment and perfume delight the heart. And the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel. So good friends give good advice. And that can sweeten your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 10, do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity, better as a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. So this is actually a picture of longstanding friendships. He's saying don't abandon friends who have been blessings for a long time. My son Joseph and his wife Karina have friends that they're very dear friends with and all. And a while back, not that long ago, but a while back I was speaking to them and I said it's neat to see your friendships and I love to see how you love your friends and all and I do. And so I was telling Karina, I said you realize honey that I have friendships with people that we've been dear friends with for like 37 years. And I said, which is years longer than she's been alive. And I'll say all you have to do is ask yourself where are you guys gonna be 37 years from now? Long-term friendships are good things. The friendship that I have that is the oldest friendship that I know of is my friendship with my friend Bill. Bill's watching us right now. I'm sure Bill, you're listening and you're thrilled to hear your name. Just remember, let another man praise you and not your own mouth. He has, he watches us every Wednesday and on Sunday too. But I went to kindergarten with him. Kindergarten, he lived across the street from me all of my young life and I still see him. And I also meet with a friend of mine named Bobby. I've known Bobby since he was 14. I've known him 53 years. And so it's just a great thing to have long-standing friendships, isn't it? It's great to have that. And it's a picture of long-standing friendships. He's saying don't abandon friends who've been blessings. Why? Because when you're in a difficult season godly friends are great to have. Because in the end a friend who's available is better than a relative who isn't. That's what he's saying in verse 10. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. So it's wise to cultivate community. It's wise to have relationship, especially in your church. We need to remember that the early church was a close knit community and the early church cared for one another. That's the design that God has so that you might have friends who are there and they can be even closer than a brother. Verse 11, my son, be wise, make my heart glad that I may answer him who reproaches me. A wise son makes it possible for a father to defend himself against critics. We need to remember that fathers are teachers and teachers often are held responsible for their pupils. That happened in the life of Jesus. Remember, he was the rabbi and his men were calling out and praising him and all. And according to Luke, 1939, some of the Pharisees called to him from the crowd, teacher rebuked your disciples. And so fathers are teachers and teachers are held responsible for their pupils. And so the point is very often a father's judge by the behavior of his offspring. And that's absolutely true. It very often, if they say, well, if that man were a man of God, then his kid wouldn't be doing what he's doing. And so they're that way. So very often a father's judge by the behavior of his offspring, that's why in Proverbs 23, 15 and 16, we read, my son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice indeed I myself. Yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak right things. So be wise, make my heart glad. Verse 12, a prudent man for sees evil and hides himself, the simple pass on, and are punished. That's a proverb that had already been given. If you remember, it was found in chapter 22, verse three. And he's saying, wisdom produces an ability to see what sin does in a life and avoids it. All you need to do, I'll say this briefly. Let's look at the life of the person who's trying to give you counsel. Think about the society that we live in and count the cost when you're making decisions. This young woman had kept herself pure and one of her girlfriends had said to her, what's the big deal? Why don't you have relations with guys?   Why are you keeping your virginity? You don't need to do that. It doesn't make any different. And you ought to go out and experiment, find out what life's all about. And finally, this friend had been saying to this young virgin, had been saying that for so long that the young girl who had chosen to remain pure said, you know, anytime I want, I can become just like you. But you can never, ever become just like me. And that is something to think about. That really is. So be careful. Yeah, there you go. Overwhelming, I'm being blown off the stage by the applause. But it's true. It's true. Just be careful who you allow to influence you and think ahead of what will happen should I take this advice.  The simple pass on and are punished. Verse 13, take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger. Hold it in pledge when he's surety for a seductress. That again has been addressed in chapter 20 verse 16. Taken a garment is one way of holding someone responsible to pay their debt. So he's saying people should be held to their obligations. Verse 14, he who blesses his friend with a loud voice rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him. We've seen this again in the past. Loud greetings, especially in the morning, are they appreciated when you're asleep and someone's going, hey, you know, what's going on? Wake up. I don't know. I do not like that. And so he says loud greetings are not appreciated. But there's another picture here and it would be the picture of a hypocrite calling attention to themselves with loud blessing, standing on a street corner, if you will, saying how wonderful they are before the Lord of thanking God out loud, drawing attention. He said, that's not a good thing. Verse 15, a continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. He had marital problems, didn't he?  Whoever restrains her, restrains the wind and grasps oil with his right hand. I don't really have to say anything about that. People can be irritations. That's for sure. Continual dripping, contentious woman. It's pictured here as a source of irritation and that's just a basic thing. When it says whoever restrains or restrains the wind, she's uncontrollable. And the thing that causes people to become submitted, it's always gonna be love. It's always gonna be love. It's always going to be love. Sometimes people say, how did you get her to do that? I've had people say that to me concerning my marriage with Marie. I was on a ministry tour and we had stopped at a place to eat. It was a large tour that were at least 200 or so people in the tour, at least 200. And I sat down because I don't like to stand in line. I'll be honest with you. I spent time in the military, don't wanna stand in line. So I sat down at one of the benches. I just waited because there's 200 people in line. And one of my friends sat with me and Marie had disappeared. She was in the line and she came walking up to me after about 15 minutes of me just sitting there longer.  She had stood in line to get me something to eat. And she places it in front of me and I just look at her and I said, I didn't want this. No, I away with you woman, I want meat. No, she, I already ate my nachos, I'm sorry. No, she places the plate in front of me. I'm not even thinking about it. I'm not, she just puts it in front of me because that's what my wife does. That's my wife, she does that. My friend is there next to me and he looks at me and he says, how'd you get her to do that? I said, how'd I get her to do what? He said, no really, how did you get her to do that? I said, do what? He said, to serve you. You see, his wife was at a table eating. I'm not kidding. I don't care either way. What works for you is fine with me. What do I care? You know what I mean? So I said, how'd I get her to do what? He said, to serve you. And I smiled. I said, I love her. And he goes, no, really, really? He really, he said, no, no, really. Yeah, yeah, no, really. I said, no, that's the secret. I love her and she knows it because she knows how deeply she's loved and this is one of the ways she responds. Submission is love. That's what it is. When you love the Lord, you submit. It's not grievous. It doesn't make you less. It makes your marriage strong. It makes relationships great. We submit one to another in the fear of God, Paul says in Ephesians five. And wives submit to husbands, but together we work before the Lord submitting to him. And so it's just a wise thing for us to learn to love one another and to submit. And it's sad when somebody is just contentious because it just takes the joy out of relationships. Verse 17, as iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. Once again, similar thoughts about counsel and encouragement. Friends can be sources of encouragement to live better lives. Friction produces character. It stirs people up and helps us to get right with the Lord when necessary. Verse 18, whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit. So he who waits on its master will be honored. The keeper cares for the tree and over time it produces a bountiful crop. As he cares for it, he casually reaches up, picks the fruit, enjoys the fruit of his labor. The fruit doesn't belong to him, but he is free to eat of its fruit. And so faithful service receives reward. In 2 Timothy chapter two, verse six, the hardworking farmer should be first to receive a share of the crops. And so you serve the Lord and the Lord provides for you. It's that simple. Verse 19, as in water, face reflects face. A man's heart reveals the man. When it says as in water, face reflects face, we need to remember at this time that part of the way people would see themselves is by looking at their own reflection in the water because water was used like we use a mirror. But it's interesting how it says a man's heart reveals a man, our thought life reveals our true self because we ultimately live out what we think about and what we love. If you dwell on evil long enough, you're gonna live that out. And you might have a certain appearance. You may look in a certain way that people would never think you could possibly do something. But in fact, if you dwell on evil long enough, you're gonna find ways to do it. So be aware of that.  So the eyes of man are never satisfied. There's always gonna be people dying and there will always be graves dug to receive their bodies. And so be aware of that. It's never satisfied. Somebody once said no man dies and has one half of what he wanted. Somebody says, how much do you need? And the answer is just a little bit more. The eyes of man are never satisfied. If you have a million, then you want two. And if you have two million, then you want three. It's just as long as you pursue that which does not satisfy, you'll never be satisfied. Man's life doesn't consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.  Nice clothing is good to have if you have it. There's nothing wrong with it. Doesn't satisfy forever. Possessions never can because possessions never reach the spirit. The material never satisfies the spiritual. So when you learn to have satisfaction in the Lord that's the best thing you can have. And the secret of contentment is found in the joy of being saved. Verse 21, the refining pot is for silver, the furnace for gold. A man is valued by what others say of him. A person is actually tested by what others say about them and how they react to what is being said. Because a person's true value is revealed by the way they react to what people are saying. Your character is actually going to be revealed. Listen very carefully, I'll say this quickly. One of the reasons why it is counts, we are commanded in Scripture not to lay hands on a young man and place him into ministry is because if that man is successful he will have as a youthful person the tendency of taking credit for all the accomplishments and can fall into the snare of the devil through pride. Begins to think he's something special and that people need to listen to what he has to say. And if there's anything that concerns me for the church today, it's the honor that is given to so many young ministers who have yet to prove their ministry. They may be enjoyable, they may be eloquent, they may be capable of holding your attention, giving great stories, being very dramatic. Some guys that I've known over the past, they're not only people who are capable of speaking, wow, but they can sing and they sometimes sing during the sermon. And people say, man, this guy is a triple threat.  And what happens, it goes to his head. It really does, it goes to his head. He begins to believe what is being said about him and be very careful. And I say this with as much sincerity as I can, who you give your honor to, be very careful who you listen to. And I was sharing this the other day on Facebook Live, I said, there are things that you may hear someone say that is so dramatic and it's done in such a theatrical way and it's so entertaining and you walk out energized and all I said, listen, if you wanna really test the depth of what you're hearing, write down or get a written manuscript or a transcript of what was said and read it two months later. Just read it. Because if you read it, I was saying, you will discover that you are not being moved by what's being said. You're being moved by what's being done. And because this person is getting energetic and moving up and down the stage and drawing your attention, standing at the very lip and leaning towards you and you're just drawing in, oh, oh, oh, and he's got that tight t-shirt on, you would not wanna see me in a tight t-shirt or that cool swoop and everything. But he's not saying anything. He's entertaining you. It isn't making your soul strong. It's entertaining you. It's an amusement. Do you know the word amusement? The word amusement is a word that is taken from the word muse, M-U-S-E, muse. The word muse means to consider or to think about. You muse on certain things. You're thinking and considering. You're taking into consideration what is being said, analyzing that, meditating on it and understanding the point. Do you know what amusement means?  It means to not think. When you're being amused, that's another way of saying, you're being encouraged not to think. Keep that in mind. Because ministry is not amusement. Ministry is not intended to make you not think. Ministry is intended to make you meditate and consider and think through and ask for God's help to apply and then to develop. You will never grow deep in Christ if all you desire is entertainment. The Jesus movement is a powerful movement because the songs we sang were not entertainment. They were worship. And the messages that were given were from scripture, not our testimony and experience. And that is being lost on the church today. The day has come when men will no longer endure healthy teaching. They will heap unto themselves, Paul said, teachers having itching ears. They will turn aside from the truth and they will be turned unto fables. And that has happened in this generation. When people are saying, I already heard that, give me a different story. I wanna know more about things that help me right now. That's because they're immature and they don't realize that the foundations have to be strong for the building to survive. But what we're wanting is prefabbed palaces and they don't work. American construction. Well, you can go to Israel and you can see a wall that was built 4,000 years ago. Try and find a wall that we build here in the United States that will last 40 centuries because we don't develop and construct with an intent to endure. America moves quickly. And if it isn't the latest thing, we're not interested in it. But truth is different. Truth is settled and it's forever. Forever thy word is settled in heaven. God's word is a settled thing. And it's what we build our lives on. You have to be aware of that if you're gonna grow in the things of the Lord. It's very important to know that. And so a person's character is tested by what others say about them and how they react. The value is how they react. And they ought to be being taught the things that help him to be a developed person. Verse 22, you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. A person is tested by what others say about him. Excuse me, I'm sorry.  You can't force a new nature on a person. And then finally, verses 23 through 27, be diligent to know the state of your flocks. Attend to your herds, riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations. When the hay is removed and the tender grass shows itself and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, the lambs will provide your clothing, the goats, the price of a field. You shall have enough goats milk for your food, for the food of your household and the nourishment of your maid servants. Basically, don't neglect the things that are most important. You may one day not have the things that you once had and you're gonna realize that you took those things for granted. So if you neglect the things that have provided for you, you may one day lose them. But if you care for them, they will continue to provide for you when you have lost all. From a pastoral perspective, if I was sharing with other pastors, I'd be saying, take care of the sheep because it's the sheep that God uses to take care of you. And that's the truth. Many years ago now, I can still remember being in this auditorium right here, this right here on the stage. And I had walked out. It was a Saturday. We were having a servant Saturday, 17 years ago. And I walked out and I stood here and I spoke to those who showed up for that meeting. And I asked this question. I said to them, how many of you have lost through death? Someone you love very much, your father, a mama. And hands went up and I said, I joined your fraternity because that Thursday, this was a Saturday, that Thursday my father had died. And I stood up here to do my ministry as I always did. And I said, I just joined your fraternity. My father died on Thursday, two days ago. And this church, this church cared for me. Excuse me, I'm sorry for the emotion. I'm just remembering. And I walked in on a Thursday night. The night my dad died. One of the brothers, Jeff Sears, whom I love very deeply, was in the back. He loved my dad and he already knew. Jeff walked up to me and he hugged me and told me he loves me. My brother-in-law, Matt was there. Matt walks up and hugs me, tells me he loves me. And going through the pain of a sudden loss, my father died suddenly, we didn't expect it. It was, there was no preparation to happen. Taught me some things that I've never forgotten. Take care of your sheep, I would say to pastors, because in your time of need, they do take care of you. I had people who didn't know what to say. They didn't know how. They would walk up and just touch my shoulder. I remember a very dear saint, a woman in our church who walked up and she said something about the sorrow of your heart. I still remember saying, Pastor, I want to pray for you. And she touched my heart and she said, dear Jesus, please heal his broken heart. Those are the things that matter in life. It doesn't matter how nice your house is. It didn't matter how nice your car is. It doesn't matter how well you're dressed. What matters is love. What matters is concern. And a pastor needs to take care of the sheep. And there's a benefit because one day they take care of you. Keep that in mind in your relationships.


When I walk into the library, the light and the open space make me feel welcome. My favorite thing to do at the library is to sit, read a book and relax. I come to the Bayview library because of the computers and the Wi-Fi. If I wasn't at the library, I would be home and probably not doing my homework. I come to the library because I like hanging out with other people during the workshops. It's a cool thing to do after school. The Bayview library makes me feel calm and safe. I like to go to the library.


It's a mullet jig. All right. Well, I've done a lot of things in my life, but this is the first This is the dano mullet jig here. Let's see if we can catch some fish So now we caught our fish. Let's get cooking Let's make a beer bath one cup of flour three-fourths of a cup potato starch grab your spicy dano's That's the red top and we're gonna put about a fourth of a cup a little bit of extra salt and one miller life Add that in you're gonna mix that and this is the consistency you're looking for you're gonna need a cast iron pan Two pounds of lard Maybe just one First step dredge them in flour to our beer batter into our pan When you hear that cast iron, that's the water cooking into the oil cooking out of the fish when you start hearing that We're almost done. This is seriously the best fish I've ever had in my life I hope you enjoyed the video leave a like leave a comment follow us for more yum yum get you some Hmm


Hello and welcome to this video from iSchool Advising. Today we will look at how to search for special session classes through MySJSU. Though we will primarily be working in the SJSU Student Center, it can be beneficial to take a look at the offerings from the SJSU iSchool class schedules before trying to enroll. First direct your browser to iSchool.SJSU.edu. Then click Course Schedules from the Quick Links menu. Now identify the term you're interested in and select the special session listings for your program to see the appropriate schedules. Here we can see the courses being offered in the spring. You'll notice that course section numbers are all numbered 10 or greater. This is because regular session course sections are numbered from 1 to 9 and special session courses run 10 and up. When registering for courses double check this number to ensure you are registering for the correct session. The course listings on the iSchool website provide more details than the listings from the SJSU Student Center. Here we can see that some classes have mandatory Zoom sessions, while other courses may have start and end dates that are different from the university's semester dates. If courses have more than one topic, the topic will be listed here as well. Now let's return to the top of the page. You can use these arrows to sort by column. If you are looking for courses that do not have any mandatory Zoom sessions, you could sort those to the bottom and then review the listings. Once you've reviewed the course offerings and you have an idea about what you would like to take, direct your browser to the Student Center. Now head to 1.SJSU.edu. Find and click on the My SJSU icon. In your Student Center, open the Academics Enrollment dropdown menu and select Class Search. From here you can begin searching for courses. Your search will default to the current term. If you need to look at sections that are upcoming, you can click the dropdown menu to select a different term. In the Text field for subject, type info. That will limit the results to courses in the MLIS program. Leave the course number text box blank unless you have a specific course you are trying to search for. Select Graduate from the Course Career dropdown menu. To see only classes that are accepting students, check the box next to Show Open Classes Only. Next, expand the additional search criteria section. Find the Session dropdown menu and select Special Session. The parameters we have created will show us results that are within the iSchool MLIS program and open to special session students. Now we can click on the Search button at the bottom of the form. A prompt will appear saying, Your search will return over 50 classes. Would you like to continue? This is indicating that it may take a little longer than expected to load the results, but this should be fine. Click OK. You will now see all of the available courses. You can collapse and expand each course to view the different sections using the toggle arrow. Here you can see we have an option to view the required textbooks for each section. Clicking on the button will open a new tab in your browser for the SJSU bookstore. Fill out this form with the course and section information and select Retrieve Materials to view the textbooks for that course. When you're done, you can close that tab or navigate back to the course listings tab. When you've found the course you want to add, hit the Select button. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and select Next. You will now see that the course has been added to your shopping cart. You are not yet enrolled. To complete the enrollment process, navigate to the Academics Enrollment dropdown menu. Select Enrollment Shopping Cart. You will see your selected courses. Check the box of the courses you wish to enroll in, then select Enroll. Browsing courses in this way and holding them in your shopping cart is a great way to see and plan your upcoming term before finalizing your enrollment. If you have any questions, the Student Services team is here to help. Thank you for watching!


Hi everyone, this is Dr. Srijita Ghosh from Apollo Glenegals Hospital, Kolkata. Welcome everybody to today's session. Now, as we all know, we have covered an extensive MRI shoulder masterclass where we've discussed the rotator cuff anatomy, MRI protocols and techniques of shoulder imaging, a detailed lecture of rotator cuff tear and what exactly an orthopod wants in a perfect MRI report, MRI instability and accession of good cases. Today, our area of discussion is about a specific area in the anterior superior aspect of shoulder called the rotator interval, which is relatively less understood by radiologists and orthopedic surgeons. Before I go into details of the lecture, I'll tell you a few practical points that a radiologist needs to know. First of all, two questions come into mind. Why do we at all have to know about the region? Secondly, why is it called so complex? Answering the first question, persistent nagging pain of the shoulder is a very depressive condition for patients and equally challenging for the treating orthopedic surgeon who is puzzled as to what to do next, how to bring about the cure. Herein lies the role of a radiologist. Why? Because rotator interval structures are well known cause of pathological chronic nagging pain and as radiologists, if we can find it out in our report and tell our orthopedic colleagues, it will benefit huge number of patients. Not only that, our MRI interpretation may help the orthopedician to relook into their diagnosis and find out the solution. Secondly, why is it so complex? That is because of the complex anatomy of not only the capsule ligament structures here, but also because they are very small and delineating it is quite difficult. Let us go into the details of the lecture. Now let us come to the tutorial proper to see the pictorial depiction of what I told you just now. First we will talk about the anatomy of the rotator interval. Rotator interval is a triangular shaped space in the anterior superior aspect of the shoulder bounded by the coracoid process at the base. The superior border is actually formed by the supraspinatus anterior border and the inferior border is formed by the subscapularis superior border. So what did I say? This triangular space bounded by coracoid process, supraspinatus anterior border, subscapularis superior border forms the boundaries of the rotator interval. The rotator interval capsule is reinforced by two important structures that we have to know. The coraco-humeral ligament externally and internally by the superior glenohumeral ligament. So the coraco-humeral ligament starts as the name suggests from the coracoid process and inserts on either side of the bicepital groove keeping the long head of the biceps in position. And superior glenohumeral ligament on the other hand starts from the superior pole of the glenoid and merges to form the biceps pulley as we will see and discuss later. Two important things that we have to know that this coraco-humeral ligament has two slips before it ends. A medial slip which blends with the SGHL and finally to the subscapularis and the lateral slips which has extensions to the anterior margin of supraspinatus. So what do we have to remember that the coraco-humeral ligament has extensions and it joins part of the subscapularis and also part of the supraspinatus. So any tear that will involve supraspinatus or the subscapularis will probably extend into the biceps pulley. This is why this explanation is required. Let's see how these ligaments look on MRI.  What is this? This is the coracoid process. This is the humeral head. This is the supraspinatus muscle belly. This is the multi-pinate structure, the subscapularis. And this jet black structure extending from the coracoid process to the humeral head over here is the coraco-humeral ligament forming the superior water reinforcing the superior aspect of the rotator interval. So the coraco-humeral ligament. Now we come to the superior glenohumeral ligament which is actually seen in the topmost cuts in the axial sequence as we see here like this and this is the intraarticular biceps. Once model to show you the space again, this is the rotator interval, the triangular space which is bordered by the coracoid process. The supraspinatus above and the subscapularis below. This is the biceps tendon traversing through it. Another model showing you the same area, coracoid process, supraspinatus, subscapularis. This is the triangular area and what are the main contents that we are seeing over here? The biceps puli which is kind of traversing in between the coraco-humeral ligament above and the superior glenohumeral ligament below. The details of which we will come to later. Another picture of the contents showing the biceps originating from its intraarticular position traversing through a capsule ligament structure coming out. This is the rotator interval region between the supraspinatus above and the subscapularis below. This is one picture which will repeatedly come for our understanding. This is the biceps tendon in the bicepital group. This structure above is the coraco-humeral ligament and this structure below is the superior glenohumeral ligament. The coraco-humeral ligament is attached to the supraspinatus laterally whereas medially it is attached to the SGHL forming a complex which in turn is connected to the subscapularis. This picture will be described over and over again why we will understand very soon. We have to remember that all these structures in this area are very small structures and they require high spatial resolution. This is optimized by strong gradients, surface coils, high field strength scanners. PD-FATSAT and non-FATSAT sequences are used. Oblique sagittal parallel to plane of glenoid is best. Axial cuts show the biceps fully complex nicely. So, let's come to the MR appearance of rotator interval. This is the coronal section in a PD non-FATSAT sequence. This is the clavicle, the deltoid over here. This is the coracoid process. This is the supraspinatus which would be traversing like this. This is the humeral head. This is the subscapularis. This is the subscapularis muscle and this is the superior border of the subscapularis. And so in coronal section our area concerned is this area between the coracoid process. The supraspinatus would be coming like this from above and the subscapularis superior border is over here as we see. See the structures nicely in a sagittal plane. This is the supraspinatus muscle. This is the humeral head. This are the multi-pinate structure, the subscapularis. This is the coracoid. This black structure is the coraco-humeral ligament. This is the biceps tendon. And beside it this structure is the superior glenohumeral ligament. I will revise the coracoid process, supraspinatus, subscapularis forming the rotator interval which is reinforced superiorly by the coraco-humeral ligament and inferiorly by the superior glenohumeral ligament and its main constituent seen here is the biceps over here. In the axial section in the topmost we see the intraticular biceps nicely over here. One look at the arthroscopic picture of how a rotator interval looks like. This is the benoid. This is the head of the humanus. This is the long head of the biceps and this region is what is the rotator interval. This is one area where the rotator calf does not reinforce the capsule. Along with this area there is another area which is the axillary recess. These are the areas which are not reinforced by the rotator calf. Another picture of the rotator interval, the biceps over here going within the pulley. This is the bony glenoid and this is the head of the humerus. This is the subscapularis. So, this finishes the rotator interval anatomy. Now to show the biceps pulley anatomy. This image is of utmost importance and will be repeated by many times why you will understand later when we discuss the pathology. This is the biceps tendon. This is the supraspinatus tendon. This is the CHL over here. This is the biceps tendon. This is the SGHL in the under surface of the tendon. Both these two ligaments have a communication with the subscapularis over here. So, the biceps pulley is a capsule ligament structure surrounding the long head of the biceps keeping it in place within the groove. In upper position, this biceps pulley prevents medial subluxation of the biceps tendon. This is the biomechanics of the pulley. The long head of the biceps originates intraarticulary from the supraglenoid tubercle of scapula and the superior labrum. After originating, the disposition of the structures is as follows. The SGHL and biceps are one beside the other and the coraco-humory ligament is above. As we progress distally, we find that the SGHL comes to the under surface of the biceps tendon. This is called the T-junction and the coraco-humory ligament remains above. Further distally, the biceps tendon is completely surrounded by CHL above and the SGHL below. Let us recap this one by one. This is the MRI picture showing the biceps tendon. This is the SGHL and this is the CHL covering it. So, the biceps tendon, SGHL and CHL is the first part of the description of the pulley. Next is the T-junction when the CHL is seen like this covering the biceps tendon and the SGHL has started coming under the under surface of the biceps tendon. So, the biceps tendon, the SGHL forms a slip going underneath it and the CHL remains above. Finally, we have the biceps tendon in the center and above is the CHL and below is the SGHL. The biceps tendon, the SGHL underneath and the CHL above. This is how a normal arthroscopic view shows the biceps tendon entering into the biceps pulley. This is the head of the humerus. This is the subscapularis area. A pristine looking biceps, normal biceps entering into the biceps pulley. This is the head of the humerus. This is the SGHL. This is the subscapularis. Now, one by one, we will be discussing about the biceps pulley lesions. The biceps pulley tears, rotator synovitis. Very briefly about anterior superior impingement. We will show you a few cases of biceps tendinosis. And I will just discuss in one line about slap tear extending into biceps and laxed rotator interval with instability. Biceps pulley lesions are as a result of acute traumatic injuries, repetitive stress, anterior superior rotator cuff tear or degenerative changes. Again, we see this picture and adjust a quick recap before it comes to the tear. The supraspinatus biceps tendon in the group subscapularis. The coracohumeral ligament above the tendon, the SGHL below the tendon, the CHL laterally is attached to the supraspinatus tendon. Immediately it converges with the SGHL and together this complex is attached to the subscapularis tendon. Why I am repeatedly hammering is we will understand that tear of important rotator cuff muscles like this can cause a biceps pulley tear and instability of the biceps tendon. As I have already told you, when the biceps tendon can be manipulated out of its position as it enters the biceps group without passing over the greater or lesser tuberosity, it is called subluxation. On the other hand, if it can be manipulated out of its position, completely out of the greater or lesser tuberosity, it passes over the greater or lesser tuberosity that is when it be called a dislocation. This is a Habermeia classification classifying the tear into four times. Now, you will understand the importance why I showed you that diagram so many times. This is the biceps tendon, this is the humeral head, this is the supraspinatus muscle, this is the subscapularis muscle, this is the coracogumeral ligament, this is the SGHL. Isolated SGHL tear is the first category where we just find mild medial subluxation of the biceps tendon. In the second category, along with this SGHL tear, there is a supraspinatus tear. Here the biceps tendon is slightly dislocated anteriorly. Next, this is an SGHL lesion along with the subscapularis lesion and the biceps tendon is dislocated into the subscapularis. Finally, this is a massive tear not only of the SGHL but the supraspinatus and subscapularis and the tendon is completely dislocated out of the groove. There are further classifications also but ultimately what I had told you before is we have to find out whether it is medially subluxed or whether it is out of the groove. Coming to a few cases. Case number one, this is the supraspinatus muscle, this is the subscapularis, this is the humeral head, this is the coracoid presses, this is the biceps tendon. We expect the normal SGHL here but where is it? It is not there. Also the superior aspect of the subscapularis looks relatively hibernated. Another picture, we are not seeing the SGHL where it is supposed to be. This is the supraspinatus, subscapularis, biceps tendon, SGHL not in place. Lot of fluid in this region. The SGHL is torn. If you go back to the lecture in the beginning part, you can view how a normal SGHL looks like then you will understand this is a pathological SGHL. Coraco-humeral ligament is supposed to be a jet black structure, traversing something like this. But look at this, over here there is a breach over here. Superior aspect of the subscapularis is not intact. We are seeing a small tear over here. These are examples of small tears of the biceps pulley. Again another example where the normal biceps tendon and SGHL as shown in the normal case here the SGHL is not existing. Neither are we seeing the coraco-humeral ligament properly. Atroscopically these patients may show a very lax biceps which can be easily suplexed. Another picture where the biceps is pathological and is partially being cut. This is the area of the rotator interval. Now coming to graver injuries. This is the normal anatomy showing the humeral head. The glenoid. This is the infraspinatus tendon, the subscapularis tendon, axial section with the bicepital groove and the normal biceps. But this is an abnormal subscapularis, maybe a significant case of tendinosis and tear and a medially subluxed tendon which is still not out of the groove remaining within the groove. But in this case there is a high rate of subscapularis and the tendon is out. The biceps tendon is out of the groove here. Here it is not only out, it is way away from where it's supposed to be at completely dislocated biceps. Another completely dislocated biceps. In this case only there was a torn SGHL seen nicely here. Another case of dislocated biceps with torn subscapularis tendon. This is an early biceps subluxation with a subscapularis delaminating tear. This patient also had a associated supraspinatus tear. A high grade undersurface tear of subscapularis with biceps tendon medial subluxation. This is a biceps where it is just perched over the medial lip of the groove with undersurface tear of the subscapularis. The biceps tendon in this has gone into the substance of the subscapularis, football and quarterback appearance. Anthroscopic view of such massive injury showing torn supraspinatus, glenoid here, the torn subscapularis. This would be the original site of the biceps but look where it is lying completely subluxed. Biceps tendonosis is inflammation of the biceps tendon. It may be primarily due to structural abnormalities of the biceparyl groove or secondary to cuff impingement, rotator cuff. What we see is change in tendon diameter, change in abnormal signal, whether it is tendonosis or there is an associated tear where there is proper fluid signal within the biceps. Fluid along the biceps tendon sheath, we have to remember that some amount of fluid is seen in biceps tendon if there is joint effusion but if we see repeated cases then our eyes will be tuned to understand that this fluid around the biceps is abnormal and this is normal. A normal biceps tendon as seen in axial view, an abnormal signal in the biceps tendon, suggestive of tendonosis, extremely thickened tendon with intra-substance signal changes. Now we come to another entity called rotator synovitis or adhesive capsulitis. This is yet another condition causing nagging, debilitating pain and gradual restriction of movement of the patient leading to severe, severe depression and problem. This is commonly known as frozen shoulder by most of the people. Why rotator interval is important? Because the earliest sign of this disease is seen as edema of the rotator interval. In very later cases we see thickened coraco-humeral ligament and joint capsule with obliteration of fat under the coracoid process. This is a normal signal intensity of the rotator interval but this is a mildly thickened coraco-humeral ligament with fluid underneath. Significant rotator synovitis, significant inflammation in this region, grossly thickened coraco-humeral ligament here along with grossly thickened inferior glen-humeral ligament here. Rotator interval synovitis with extreme inflammation over here along with sabacromial bursitis. Another case of rotator interval synovitis with thickened biceps over here, thickened coraco-humeral ligament and advanced case of adhesive capsulitis and arthroscopic view showing angry inflamed synovium over here. Now very briefly few lines about anterior superior impingement. This is a condition where there is a pulley lesion leading to biceps instability. Deep surface of subscapularis tendon along with the pulley lesion will impinge against the anterior superior glenoid ring in a position of horizontal adduction and internal rotation of arm. So deep surface stare of subscapularis dislocated biceps impinging on the anterior superior labrum causing anterior superior labral tear. Two other pathologies I will just add two lines. One is lax capsule. Now in multi-direction and instability is a condition where orthopedic surgeons can examine and see extremely lax capsule with sulcus sign positive which indicates that the lax rotator interval capsule must be present. The structures of the rotator interval prevent inferior glen-humeral translation because they maintain negative glen-humeral joint pressure. But if the capsule is very lax then we may not be able to see on plain MRI but our orthopedic colleagues will definitely feel a lax capsule. In those cases we may have to perform an MR-arthogram to see ballooning of the capsule in two specific areas. Auxiliary recess and the rotator interval areas. These areas the capsule is not reinforced by the rotator cuff muscles. But nowadays MR-arthogram is hardly practiced. A 3 tesla MR and clinical examination suffices. Lastly the slap tears are of many types. The labral tear extending into the biceps or the type 4 tears fall under part of pathology of the rotator interval. I am not going into details in this tutorial. So to summarize what did we learn? We learnt about the rotator interval anatomy how it looks on MRI the biceps puli anatomy the various types of puli tears how sub-scapularies and supra-spinatus two important muscle tears can cause biceps puli tears leading to unstable biceps. We learnt why the biceps is important a little about biceps tendinopathy adhesive capsulitis and tyrosine period impingement and as radiologist we learnt that proper interpretation can help solve nagging pain which is the most important complaint that the patient comes with when they have pathology in the structure. So to conclude several pathological problems can be resolved very smoothly if there exists a close working liazo between the orthopedician and the radiologist if the MR is done in the correct protocol a special thanks to many people without whom this tutorial would not be possible and finally a big thank you to all the YouTube viewers who are watching this tutorial patiently hope I could do some justice. Thank you very much.


Having understood the operation of the metropolitan Ethernet networks in the context of the technology such as the Ethernet passive optical networking, we know that metropolitan Ethernet network is an amazing way to extend the coverage of Ethernet LANs. However, when it comes to different customer premises, different administrative domains, we actually have to isolate the metro Ethernets into multiple Ethernet domains. For that, the concept of bridging is important. In this module, we shall understand what these bridges do, specifically the service provider bridges to the customer networks, and then we look at the operation specifically. So the goal is to extend the scalability and the coverage of Ethernet networks for metropolitan areas. For that, the provider networks use the concept of provider bridges. These bridges isolate, like if you recall, the bridges be used for isolating the broadcast domains in Ethernet. So these provider bridges extend the network coverage to different customer networks. It means multiple customer networks can be connected to each other through various service provider bridges. The implementation of provider bridges is based on certain technological features. The first one is similar to VLAN ID, here an additional tag called the S tag is introduced. It is again 12 bits in length. So giving a total of 4096 different IDs of which two are reserved for administrative purposes. So it means using these identifiers, then the multiple instances can be created from the customer network to another customer network through the user-to-network interface. Here the user-to-network interface is actually the interface between the customer network and the provider network through the bridges. Since there isn't much change, as far as the addressing is concerned, so the source and destination MAC addresses remain the same. The source MAC, say, is from the customer network on one end. The destination MAC is on the customer network on the other end. So it means that these two MAC addresses remaining the same, the additional ID, the S ID is used to establish a link between these end-to-end networks. So we see now we have the provider network using these 12 bits in addition to the VLAN ID that is there in the customer network. The VLAN ID essentially identifies different customers belonging to different administrative domains, the VLAN, the virtual LANs. The provider network actually appears as one large Ethernet network to the devices within the provider. So it means the provider bridges are now going to utilize that S tag only to take the traffic from one end of the provider network to the other end of the provider network, that is from one customer network to another customer network. Consequently, we have two LAN IDs essentially making 24-bit VLAN ID. That is why sometimes it is also known as the queue-in-queue tagging network. Let's look at the figure of it. Here we see we have multiple customer networks. These customer networks are connected to the provider network through a user-to-network interface. Till the traffic stays within the customer network for the intra-customer network traffic, we have the source and destination MAC addresses. We have the VLAN ID here known as the customer VLAN tag or the typical VLAN ID as we know it. But when that traffic enters into the provider network, then in order to make the bridges within the provider network understand what to do with this traffic, then a specific S tag is associated as you can see in here. So this is the only addition that we see once the provider bridges are used to relay traffic between the customer networks connected to each other via a provider network.


Hello and welcome to my YouTube channel. My name is Sandy Olock. We haven't met yet. Glad you're here I am going to be doing an alcohol marker drawing with colored pencil details in it And that is because I have been working with these two mediums for weeks now trying to get some classes ready And they are ready So the first two minutes or so of the next portion of the video are gonna be about the classes You'll get a sneak peek into that a little bit about how it's gonna work And in the rest of the video, I'll be working on a drawing While I tell you about what a children's illustrator my dad and my business coach have in common Let's get started The drawing on nature series that just started begins with animals and this new category of classes aims to teach How to create realism in your art this first group of courses are in alcohol markers with pencil details on top They're all animals cute baby ones. They're a level four classes So you should have some good solid level threes under your belt and feel comfortable there Each drawing is going to be from a photo and I even provide you with sketches and notes about drawing some of the features You're permitted to trace. I even teach you five different ways to trace an image So no shade if you need to do that You can also practice your sketching skills to draw it freehand if you want Each lesson is taught in real time the voiceover continues throughout each no musical breaks even if you beg for one All of the marker swapping time is cut out So you don't have to sit there and wait for me to find a pen So it's solid learning time and the Copic colors are all on screen for you this time in these classes Now it might be confusing when I refer to these classes in the plural because you're probably used to me releasing Just one course at a time with five to ten lessons in it This one was planned as one but in the story ahead you'll hear how that changed It's still going to be offered as one big class with everything in it plus a bonus lesson That isn't available anywhere else for a really nice discount But you can choose your own adventure Pick out just a couple of these drawings you want to learn separately. You can take a few or a bunch You can take two a year. You can do it any way you want. It's up to you as Usual I'm going to offer steep discounts at the first launch. So go check out the pricing right away Plus in this series if you take two of the single lesson courses And then you think well, I wish I had taken all 10 Well, just email me and after you sign up for the full enchilada I'll refund the first two course fees that you paid So you won't be out anything by trying out a couple before deciding if drawing this way is up your alley Or if it's too hard or too easy or whatever it is you end up thinking about it Patrons in the five dollar and up categories are going to be able to get today's pricing on the big enchilada class for a year All they have to do is email me once they have saved up And I will make the arrangements to get them that class at this current price So if you have some budgeting to arrange becoming a patron might well pay off for you Everything in this series is on one page over on the website, which is linked down below The patron page is linked down below as well So check them out get yourself a nice big discount to snag these classes right away Now for story time First character is Ian Falconer Illustrator at the New Yorker Children's writer and illustrator and he just died on March 7th The world is poorer for the loss of him if you're familiar with the Olivia series Falconer wrote about a piglet with an independent streak There's one book called Olivia and the fairy princess which inspired this drawing It's about Olivia kind of wanting to be a fairy princess But not one who wears a pink tutu just like everyone else She's kind of emo and she doesn't really want to be like the rest of the world I gotta love that right Well Ian died and when I read about his passing I found out he was the same age as my dad when he died far too young at 63 But of course that got me thinking about dad my second character in this story His birthday is just a few days shy of my own birthday later this month and Thinking about making that Boston cream pie that I always still make for our celebration Just like we had all throughout my childhood best cake ever Well dad is who I got my playful streak from he always had a joke ready Love to tell silly stories and never took anything seriously much to mom's chagrin She is ever so practical in every step of life Enough to be kind of stifling sometimes and the two of them both live in my head So on one day, I'm on the crazy wild side doing all kinds of artistic nonsense and being goofy And then I leap to seriously planning out lessons that follow a structure and build on skills and Sometimes I feel like there's just two completely different people living inside my head The third character in my story is my business coach. He's an elderly gentleman who lives in the Midwest He's retired. He used to own a company that made widgets like little parts for machines Nothing like what I do But he is retired and he wanted to start finding ways to help small business owners and mentor them and We had a mutual friend and that friend hooked us up So I've now had this wonderful guy in my life and he is a complete and total data nerd Oh my gosh, I love him. He loves reading my profit and loss statements He loves advising me on things that he sees that are working and not working He notices trends that I'm too busy to stop and take notice of like all of a sudden an older class gets a whole bunch of new Students, which means somebody talked about it online and he goes to try to find out if that person exists And if so then we offer them like a freebie in order to thank them for doing such things So I love this man. He is just wonderful But the thing that he does the most that I really really love is Competitor analysis. He lives for this stuff He likes to go out and find who the closest competitors are for a business and in my case He registers for their classes. He watches them Takes notes about how good they are how much fluff they keep in their videos like marker hunting and pecking Whether they waste a lot of time on remedial Concepts when they're teaching something at a level four or five Because a lot of that he's like, well, that's wasted time that that person at that level shouldn't need all that stuff So, you know, he's he's comparing how many minutes are spent on what he's just crazy this way I would never have the patience or even the emotional distance to do this But he is brutally honest with me about his assessments Fortunately, he's also very much like my dad in his temperament. He's very hilarious So the brutal truth comes through with a spoon of sugar, thankfully But he is also deadly Practical which appeals to the mom characteristics that I have in my head as well So all of this brings me to the last couple weeks working on these animal classes. I had it planned out I started drawing and I was just in my happy place I wasn't paying any attention to how long the drawings were taking or Bothering to set my mind on to okay, how am I gonna set this up? What will my pricing be none of that and I was shocked when I choked my computer with over seven hours worth of footage That's several times more than my average class, which would mean I was gonna have to charge a bit more for it And I didn't have any idea how much so that's when I brought in the coach And he went out to do the comparative work What he found was that for somebody who teaches at my level the kinds of drawings. These are no backgrounds They're just an animal itself just an individual image with the amount of information imparted in each lesson He found that other people teach one image at a time for get this 40 to 45 bucks and I literally gasped when I read his email. No way if I kept 10 drawings together That would be $400 and no one is foolish enough to pay me that that is not happening We went round and round and round I tell him classes have to be affordable or nobody's gonna sign up He reminds me that if my peers are charging more I'm doing my own skills in my business a disservice With my pricing and if I can't meet my monthly bills because of it that I won't be around to keep teaching anybody anything So fortunately he is all up in my business and he asks me really good questions, too And he asked a few that I had never really considered when we were talking about this Why do I think that all my classes have to have five or ten lessons? Is that magic just because I'd done it all those years in other classes? Why did that have to be the model for everything? Well, I had no answer to that Just because is not a plausible reason when you're talking about business So we talked through offering classes individually instead What would that mean for how the teaching would go and lessons would have to stand on their own rather than building on earlier lessons Like I normally do and then we got to the discussion of the price which honestly I still did not feel okay with $40 each just feels bunkers to me so I lowered that and Don't tell him. I put them on a steep sale for these first few weeks of the launch That made my stomach feel a little less queasy and Then the offer to refund your first two animal classes if you opt in later to take the full enchilada Also feels better. So nobody feels stuck if they just weren't sure about what they wanted to learn and if they were up for it So I did compromise with my coach despite the fact that he has zero stake in my business I do not have to listen to him But I do since he is very wise very knowledgeable and He's very good at giving me a kick in the butt that can also make me laugh While my mom's side is very happy with the practicality of the advice that I'm getting My my mom actually worries about me surviving as an independent artist. Why do you want to do this? And my dad though would be thrilled to know that this year this summer I am gonna be celebrating my 10th anniversary in business doing what I love and getting to be silly. Oh And did I mention that when pigs fly was one of my dad's corny phrases that he used a lot? He would have loved reading me Ian Falconer's sassy books if they had been around when I was little He didn't start writing till the year 2000 These stories encourage kids who are a little different and I'm still a big kid Who is well different and yes, I don't have kids But I still my children's books not just for the pictures, but for the stories in them So I can recommend checking out the Olivia books and read them to the littles in your life and encourage them to be who they are Alrighty, I hope you enjoyed storytime and my piglet drawing Be sure to check out the link for the classes in the doobly-doo because I would love to help you learn how to draw realistic furry animals and Then be sure to come back on Thursday. My schedule is a little different this week My stampers are going to be especially excited about the next video So make sure you're subscribed and you click on the bell and tell YouTube to notify you of all videos not personalized All videos is the button you want so you don't miss out on what is coming And I will see you on Thursday just a couple days away. Go out and create something every day


It's like a budget lockup. As you know, thanks very much for coming. As you know this morning, I hosted in this room my Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, for the foreign and strategic dialogue. A stable relationship between Australia and China doesn't just happen, it needs ongoing work. And this was the latest meeting in that process. As Minister Wang reflected in our meeting, it is both in both our interests that we have a mature and productive relationship. We discussed a range of shared interests and the progress we have made on outcomes agreed at the sixth foreign and strategic dialogue, including the recommencement of the bilateral annual leaders meeting. The Prime Minister looks forward to welcoming Premier Lee to Australia. I'm pleased that this is on track and we agreed on work to prepare for that meeting. We agreed to continue bilateral engagements on issues including consular cases, defence and trade, and to expand dialogue in key areas of importance such as the Pacific Climate and Energy Corporation and enhance understanding and transparency. The meeting was an opportunity for both the Minister and I to exchange frank views on issues that matter to us. We discussed the sentencing of Dr Yang Jun. I told the Foreign Minister, Australians were shocked at the sentence imposed and I made clear to him that the Australian Government will continue to advocate on Dr Yang's behalf. I also raised our concerns about other Australian death penalty cases. As you know, Australia opposes the death penalty in all circumstances for all peoples. I welcome the progress of the removal of trade impediments on barley, wine and other exports and again reiterated our desire for the removal of remaining impediments on beef and lobster. We discussed recent volatility in nickel markets and I made the point that predictability and business and trade is in all our economic interests. As you would expect, I raised Australia's concerns about human rights including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. I expressed our concern, our serious concern about unsafe conduct at sea, our desire for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in our region. I reflected the review of our region as outlined again and underscored again at the recent ASEAN summit about the importance of the South China Sea being governed by international law, particularly UNCLOS. Obviously, these topics underline that we do have important differences. Dialogue enables us to manage our differences. It doesn't eliminate them, but this government in the interests of Australia will always seek to manage those differences wisely. As I said in the outset of my meeting, China will always be, China, Australia will always be Australia. However, we want to continue to engage, to cooperate where we can and disagree where we must and to manage these differences wisely. I understand that there's been arrangements made to structure this media conference with the international media. We might adopt this in Australia. But the first question I might go to is from the Australian. Mr. Packham. Thank you. We learned today that the government has now dropped its anti-dumping action against Chinese wind turbines. And the Global Times says this shows Australia's distancing itself from the anti-China position of the US. Is this a quid pro quo? And could you update us on the latest on wine, beef and lobster? And will the government also adopt a softer position on China's bid to enter the CPTPP? In relation to the last part of the question, there's been no change to the position I've outlined previously. In relation to the assertion of the earlier points you made, there's no relationship between the wine dispute and the steel disputes. Obviously, the wine issue has been dealt with through the WTO processes and associated negotiations. Minister Huzek has made a decision based on the apolitical and evidence-based recommendation for the anti-dumping commissioner. And Australia has made clear the independence of that commission and our trade remedy system. As you know, there's an interim decision on wine. We look forward to the timetable that has been outlined for the Chinese, by the Chinese side, for the final decision on wine. And we can continue to express our view as I have since I became Prime Minister, that we believe it's in the interests of both nations for all trade impediments to be removed. Thank you. Phoenix TV, Lee Yee Ming. On behalf of Georgiang from Phoenix Satellite TV, many Chinese people believe that the bottleneck in Australia-China relations lies in Australia's lack of trust in China. What kind of threat do you think China will pose to Australia? Australia and China have large trade relations and go well, but there are many restrictions on science, technology and education. I'd like to ask in such an atmosphere, do Australia-China relations only seek uncertainty rather than development? Thank you. Well, the first point I'd make is, I think stability is a good thing. And we seek a stable and productive and mature relationship with China. This is consistent with what we have said that Prime Minister Albanese and Premier Lee have reiterated the importance of a stable and constructive bilateral relationship. And I think it's important for us to recognise how much progress we have made in a short period of time. We've resumed the foreign and strategic dialogue in the annual leaders meeting. This is really important. As I said, Australia will continue to be Australia. China will continue to be China. We are bound by geography, by history, by our peoples, by our trade. We know that there are differences that arise out of who we are. We want to manage them wisely. We've resumed trade talks and economic talks. We have consultations on consular issues, defence and climate. We've commenced technical cooperation on climate-related matters and our police work together to counter narcotics trafficking and transnational crime. We've welcomed the education minister here to Canberra and now the foreign minister. So there's been a lot of progress in the relationship in a short space of time and that is a good thing. And we'll continue to engage. We think it's an international interest to engage just as there will be issues on where we cooperate and issues where we can disagree. Sorry. Chloe Burrus from NetWord 10. Chloe. So you mentioned that you continue to advocate for Dr Young. Can you just clarify? What exactly are you advocating for? Is it for the death sentence to be lifted or is it for him to be allowed to return home? And obviously you discuss quite a range of topics and on a very different tone. I have to ask, as a South Australian, will Adelaide Zoo continue to have pandas for years to come? Firstly, in relation to Dr Young, we will continue to advocate on his behalf and I reiterated that Australians found the sentence imposed shocking. I don't propose to outline every aspect of what we put on Dr Young's behalf in the media, but I would say to you, I did as I told the media I would when the sentence was handed down that we will not walk away from our advocacy for Dr Young-John. On the pandas, there's obviously further arrangements to be finalised, but I think the news of the likely continuation of panda presence in Adelaide Zoo has been reported and I did say to the Foreign Minister that my children would be very pleased. Sorry, has the committee done deal with it? Well, there's further arrangements to be put in place, but I think we're on a good path there to continue panda presence. From TVB? Yes, good afternoon. So this morning, Foreign Minister Wang Yi mentioned China will announce the decision on the Australia wine tariff in May, so may I ask how impactful you expect it to be on the wine industry as well as the economy of Australia? Another concern will be lifting the trade restriction on lobsters, so may I ask what's the progress about it so far? Sure. Well, we think it's very, you know, we're very proud of our wine and our lobster and our beef, and we think Chinese consumers would benefit from making, from those, all of those products having access to the Chinese market without any impediments. That's been the position we put for some time. As I said to your colleague earlier, on wine we welcome the interim decision. We look forward to a final decision as a South Australian. I'm particularly interested in ensuring that we get access for our fantastic Australian wine and also lobster, which I know is something that is enjoyed by all. We will continue to advocate for all impediments to be removed. We think it's in both countries' interests. Sorry, did I miss any part of your question? How about the lobster? Is there any progress about it? Well, I think that's probably a question to the Chinese authorities. We've continued to press for all impediments, including relation to lobster to be removed, but obviously we look forward to that occurring. OK, Matthew. Mr Long, Donald Trump this morning was asked about past criticisms that Kevin Rudd, Australia's ambassador for Washington, had made of him, and Trump replied, I heard he was a little bit nasty. I hear he's not the brightest bold, but I don't know much about him. But if he's at all hostile, he will not be there long. Does this show that it was a mistake or at least very risky for the government to appoint Kevin Rudd as ambassador, given his comments were well known and Donald Trump had already declared his candidacy at the time? And secondly, will the government keep Kevin Rudd as ambassador if Donald Trump returns to the White House? In relation to the latter, the answer is yes. In relation to the former, what I'd say is this. Even Mr Dutton has expressed confidence in Mr Rudd. Mr Rudd is a very effective ambassador. He is recognised as doing, across this parliament, as doing an excellent job in advancing Australia's interests in the United States, and I'd point you in particular to the phenomenal amount of work which has been done on Orcus in the period that he's been ambassador. He's been extremely active in engaging with members of Congress on both sides of politics, and he is a former Prime Minister, a former Foreign Minister. His experience and skills mean he will be able to work closely with whomever is elected by the Australian, by the American people as the United States President. Wang Shuo from CCTV. Hi, Mr Shuo-Wen from CCTV. Thank you for having me here. So my first question is, what are the major consensus that Australia and China reached today after the meeting with Mr Wang Yi, and what are the specific measures to both sides agree to further strengthen the relationship between Australia and China? And my second question is actually regarding to last week when you were at the AFR Business Summit 2024, I was there as well. So I remember the keyword you also just mentioned, stabilisation, so besides this keyword, I'm wondering, do you have any other keyword on your mind now after the meeting with him today? Yeah, so thank you. Well, look, I've gone through some of the points that were discussed in the meeting, and I would make the point that we were pleased that we are on track for a Premier Lee visit, and one of the important things that we did agree was to ensure that both sides work together to prepare for a visit, which, and the Prime Minister is looking very much forward to welcoming the Premier here. Those high-level visits and high-level engagements are a very important part of the relationship. The face-to-face discussion is... It's not just having a discussion. It's actually understanding where both sides are coming from. It's important to have that ballast and stability in the relationship. As I said, we obviously want a productive relationship with China. We obviously want a mature relationship with China. I think that is shared. I think that is shared. So I'm very pleased that the Foreign Minister made time to come to Australia. I know he has a punishing schedule. And I look forward to the next foreign and strategic dialogue in China. I did express to him that this time we might not try and go in the middle of the Beijing winter, because that was quite chilly, which I'm sure some of the travelling media will be happy with. Thank you very much.


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Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common clinical arrhythmia, meaning abnormal heart rhythm, affecting millions of Americans, recognized as a global public health problem due to its significant burden of death and disease resulting from stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure. Is there any particular diet that may help prevent or treat it? Well, recently we learned what not to eat. Low-carb diets are associated with increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation for a variety of reasons. First of all, people on low-carb diets may be eating fewer anti-inflammatory foods like vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Reducing intake of these anti-inflammatory foods may be one of the important mechanisms for the risk of getting a fib. Secondly, a low carbohydrate diet means increased protein and fat consumption, which may stimulate oxidative stress, the formation of free radicals, which was also demonstrated to be associated with AFib. Finally, the effect could result from the increased risk of other cardiovascular disease, which can set you up for AFib, and indeed, low-carb diets are associated with an increased risk of overall mortality, dying from any cause, as well as specifically dying from cardiovascular disease and dying from cancer. Dietary recommendations for patients with heart rhythm disorders is essentially the opposite of a low-carb diet, centered on a day-to-day basis around fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, and nuts, with seafood at most a few days a week, eggs, dairy, and chicken, on more like a once a week basis, and other meat on more like a once a month basis, in part because we're trying to cut down on saturated and trans fats. Whole food plant-based diets emphasizing whole grains, legumes, beans, split peas, chickpeas, and lentils, vegetables, fruits, and nuts, and excluding most or all animal products may play a special role, as they not only maximize protective foods, but also exclude potentially harmful animal foods. For example, there's persuasive evidence that avoidance of certain foods may beneficially affect atrial fibrillation, such as the avoidance of dark fish and alcohol. The dark fish thing comes from the Framingham Heart Study. By dark fish, they mean salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines, and they found in exploratory analysis that those participants who consume more than four servings of dark fish like salmon or sardines a week were at a whopping six-fold higher risk of developing a fib, though the intake of fish in general didn't seem to have any effect. We're not exactly sure why alcohol is so bad when it comes to arrhythmias, but we might have as much as an 8% increase in the relative risk of a fib associated with each drink one might have per day. The drinking coffee or caffeine in general does not seem to be related to arrhythmia risk. Where plant-based diets really shine, though, is in AFib risk factor management. Plant-based diets may reduce the likelihood of many traditional risk factors that are associated with AFib, including hypertension, hyperthyroidism, obesity, and diabetes. High blood pressure is one of the major risk factors accounting for about one-fifth of all new cases of AFib, which is where plant-based diets can come in, improving vasodilation to build up your arteries to expand naturally, in addition to the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant facts, and increased potassium intake, and decreased blood viscosity or sludginess. In terms of hyperthyroidism, excluding all animal foods from one's diet is associated with half the prevalence of hyperthyroidism, compared with those who eat meat, with vegetarians and fish-only diets associated with intermediate protection. Having excess body fat may be responsible for about another-fifth of all AFib cases, but the good news is significant weight loss is associated with a six-fold greater freedom from atrial fibrillation. You can see that of those with AFib, who started out overweight but lost 10% or more of their body weight, five years later only 10% ended up with AFib, whereas those who lost less than 3% or gained weight 60% ended up with AFib six times more. Here are all the atrial fibrillation risk factors that can be prevented, arrested, or even reversed with a health enough plant-based diet. High blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity, systemic inflammation, and heart disease. In light of these findings, dietary modifications are of paramount importance, but you don't know if it could actually cure atrial fibrillation until you put it to the task. Unfortunately, all we have are case reports, but this one is quite compelling. An 82-year-old man presents with polypharmacy, meaning on a bunch of different medications due to coronary artery disease, heart attack history, ischemic cardiomyopathy, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and persistent atrial fibrillation, who presented with memory loss, cognitive impairment, fatigue, and weakness. Now, if you're not going to change the diet and lifestyle that led to all the problems in the first place, then drugs can certainly be better than nothing. Yet commonly used blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering medications provide actually little absolute risk reduction and pose significant risk of adverse effects, as I've explored before. So this guy decided to start treating the underlying cause, so he started a whole food-plant-based diet with moderate physical activity, resulting in a rapid reduction of high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and the discontinuation of statin, anti-hypertensive, and beta-blocker drug therapy. The patient also reported reversal of impaired cognition, and symptoms associated with atrial fibrillation and ischemic cardiomyopathy, including lightheadedness, fatigue, and weakness. Check out these numbers. Started out on all his medications, started eating healthier in February, and his LDL-bad cholesterol dropped 37% down to 72%. And you say, yeah, but he's still on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. But even after his doctor discontinued it and his blood pressure meds, his cholesterol stayed down and his blood pressure completely normalized. Okay, but what happened to his atrial fibrillation? Completely resolved. Here's how the patient described it. In December 2017, I suffered a near-fatal heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. I immediately had a stent put in. The following day I was prescribed a number of drugs to manage my condition. My brain fog got worse and I felt tired all the time. I decided enough was enough.  I wasn't going to sacrifice more.  And now I have the strength to lift weights and walk and run on the treadmill an hour every day. I feel more alive than I have for years. I wake up each morning with a clear head and happy heart, grateful to not have to take a handful of drugs. Even though I'm not perfect with my diet, I've seen huge benefits from eating this way. My blood tests have shown remarkable improvement, which keeps me motivated to stay on track. Because of my improvement, my cardiologist suggested I could let go of his last remaining drug. Eating this food gave me an opportunity to reclaim my health.