Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Did Bursa outperform the Daniel H9 and the new Staccato P at Shot Show? So let's talk about it, because there has been so much buzz about Daniel Defense and the H9. They bought the patents from Hudson and they made it better, so I'm told. And that recoil reduction system is very attractive to a lot of people. But to review it, and I've gotten many questions asking, are you going to review that when you are at Shot or how come you didn't review the H9? You have to understand something. When you go to Shot, I try to get to the booth that are not super crowded. In the past, I would oftentimes go in a back room to get a little more special review, not with a bunch of people around or have the rep for the company do the review. While I would sit back and ask questions. That to me does not make for a good review. If I had my chance to get my hands on the H9, I certainly would do that. I would love to check it out. But when I checked out the Hudson, and I did take that to the range, it just didn't excite me as much as some of the other handguns that are available out there. It just didn't do it. So what Daniel did to it may excite me, but I'm going to wait till I can either get my hands on one. I have no plans of purchasing it at this time. But if a friend of mine gets it or there's some way to get it, I will certainly review it. And I think I would enjoy it. And I'm sure they made it better than the original Hudson H9. As for Staccato, when you go to a trade show, whether it's Shot Show or NRA, the Staccato booth is extremely crowded. And when you go there to make a decent video to show the followers of YouTubers channels, it is very difficult to do. And I don't mind when people are lurking around or they're giggling while you're doing it. I don't mind that at all. I've gotten past that years ago, but there's one thing specifically that I know about the viewers of this channel. And that is they want to look at and potentially purchase firearms that they can afford. Not to say you're cheap. It's just that most of us are very careful with our money. We can't go out and spend $2,500 on the new Staccato or $1,300 on the Daniel H9. Or they choose not to. So did Bersa outperform those two handguns? In my estimation, they did. They came out with something new. They didn't take an old pattern and make it their own. They didn't take the new Staccato P and not change it too much from what they already offer. But Bersa came out with a full-size BP9. They came out with a subcompact double-stack nine millimeter. These are all optic-ready with tritium sights and decent magazine capacity. They came out with suppressors. They came out with drop-in triggers for rifles. They came out with a lot of stuff. Now, in terms of shot show, yes, the H9 and the Staccato P definitely outperformed Bersa. There were people rushing there with their cameras and phones to take pictures on Instagram. They definitely outperformed Bersa. When I went to the Bersa booth, which was tucked back behind where you can hardly see it at Caesar Forum, I said, hey, is anybody over here reviewing this? Because this is really something. They said, not too many, not too many at all. And I said, well, this is going to be the only video I do because it's not super loud. I'm not in the crowds of people trying to get something just to get those quick hits. And I wanted to show you guys because Bersa prices them in the working man's budget and they are made in the US now, which is very attractive to many buyers. They want US products and Bersa is doing that. So in my eyes, Bersa did outperform the Daniel H9 and the Staccato P. Did they do it at shot show? No, they didn't, but they actually offered things that you have not seen before. And that is what I look at. I typically say what I want to see if I was on the viewer's end of a video. And that is what I wanted to see as well as the new Berettas. Bersa Beretta, kind of a tongue twister when you talk about them in the same line of sentencing. But the new Berettas are super cool. The new Bersas are super cool. I made some great contacts, loved it, but I was only there for one day. So I want to talk more about this in a live stream tomorrow night on Sunday, 8 p.m. Easter standard time. And I hope to see you there. We could talk about it, do a little shot show, wrap up as well as some other things because with all the videos going out with shot show, I know a lot of people are fed up with it and they're just not quality videos. And so when I see some of these things, I can only stand to watch it for 30 seconds and that's really not what I'm looking for when you guys tune in. I want to give you a good quality video and I think I was able to do that with the Bersa. I would not have been able to do it with the Daniel H9 or the New Staccato. So I hope that answers some questions and I hope to see all you guys tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the TFG channel. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.


Hello, this is Laptop Media, and today, we will show you how to open the 2022 version of Lenovo 315 and what's inside of it. To access this notebook's internals, you need to undo 10 Philips head screws. Then, carefully work your way around the bottom panel with a plastic tool, preferably starting from the front. Please remember, it would be of great help to us if you just hit the like button and subscribe to our channel. That would motivate us to make even more and better videos for you. Inside, we find a 38 watt-hours battery pack. It lasted us for 7 hours and 30 minutes of web browsing, or 7 hours of video playback. You can take it out by removing the 4 Philips head screws that hold it in place. Also, don't forget to unplug the battery connector. Here, you get either 4 or 8GB of DDR4 memory soldered to the motherboard. In addition, you can use the single Sodom slot to expand your RAM. Models that have the smaller battery pack feature an M.2 PCIe X4 slot as well as a 2.5-inch SATA drive bay. Lenovo provides you with mounting and connecting accessories inside the box, which is great. Units equipped with the larger battery omit the SATA bay. Cooling wise, there is one heat pipe, a heat sink, and a fan. It's good to see that the VRMs are also being cooled. If you'd like to see more disassembly videos of the latest notebooks we would highly appreciate if you hit the like button and subscribe to the channel.


If you're beginning your Druidry journey, please don't miss The Bardic Book of Becoming. Hey there saplings, my name is Danny and welcome to Esoteric Moment. Today I have a book review for you and it is a goodie. The Bardic Book of Becoming by Ivan Macbeth with Fern Lickfield. It's an excellent, excellent book that a dear friend of mine got signed for me. So thanks Jay. That is pretty awesome. And it's signed by Philip Kargam who wrote the foreword of this book. So if you're not familiar with modern Druidry, Ivan Macbeth is definitely a notable like very important pagan type Druid but still a really like wonderful teacher that many, many people respected and loved. He wrote this book I believe earlier and this is kind of like a republished with editions and it was published after he passed away. It is definitely a book about how to be a Druid, how to start your path from Ivan's perspective and he had his own Druid order. He helped to start the Green Mountain School of Druidry in the spring of 2006. So this book definitely follows that school of thought but isn't that far away from obadi? So if you're an obadi I think you'll feel right at home reading this book. If you're not an obadi it is different enough that you know you might find something that really fits for you even if obadi doesn't fit for you. What I found particularly interesting about the way these chapters were set up is that some of that beginner stuff that you get a lot of like the four elements is actually and the second part of the book not right away at the beginning. And that leaves so much room for the author to talk about spirituality, creativity, how in you, you as the spiritual seeker are the main focus of the first part of the book and that's really great for a reader. Each chapter is pretty short. It makes an excellent bedside read. Like if you're someone who enjoys reading before you go to bed you can definitely finish a whole chapter without feeling overwhelmed and it will enhance your dreams. I can assure you of that. I had really great dreams while I was reading this book. There are certainly exercises and ideas and practices that you can put into place but it's not formatted like here is the lecture, here are the activities. It's much more integrated and flows really well. So if you're someone who likes less structure this would be a really great choice for you. The writing is great and you really get a sense of who Ivan was and what his druidry was like. It is both personal and educational and just a really beautiful tribute to someone who from what I've read by other druids was a really special person. Now I want to make a special remark about the last ritual in the book which he calls the spirit of the dancer. I have talked about using dance as a way of you know building energy and ritual and for magic before. This was one of the most incredible rituals I have ever done. I really loved it. I don't know if it was the timing of when I did it but it was so powerful and just fit my own practices really, really well. And I kind of want to read a little part of the ritual. This is not the whole thing by any stretch of the imagination but I think it gives you a good flavor of kind of the tone of the ritual and why it was so great. I recognize and affirm that I am the dancer at the center of the reality I create every instant of my life. As I dance so I breathe life meaning and sacred into my earth walk. I think for the last ritual alone this book is worth checking out from your library if not owning outright. It's a really great reference book but just gives you a different flavor for druidry and has a lot of really interesting flow and creativity to it that you don't see in your typical beginner druidry book. I can easily recommend the Bardic Book of Becoming. It was a great read definitely geared towards beginner druids but has some really special moments that will appeal to a druid at any stage. In the comments below let me know what your favorite ritual this year has been. Did anything really hit you with a lot of potent or reflective energy that was just what you needed for the time. This week's sapling shout out goes out to Steven Perry. He always leaves really great book recommendations and I think the most recent one was on my Wheel of the Year book tag. So definitely look for him in the comments for book recommendations. I think he's an avid reader just like me. If you want to be the next video sapling shout out. Don't forget to leave your thoughts in the comments so I know where to find you. Thanks for watching and as always may you find peace in the sacred grove.


There's a very special person here who got the executive director of the Brightline initiative, Ricardo Vargas. Brightline is a think tank created by the Procent Management Institute. Welcome to Collision 2019. Brightline was pleased to return for a consecutive year at Collision with PMI at the fastest growing tech conference in North America. This year over 25,000 people came to Toronto and Canada to network and learn on topics ranging from data science and content to auto tech and environmental sustainability. Collision welcomed 730 speakers across 15 tracks, debating the most pressing issues in tech in the world today. Speakers included Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, Michelle Zadlin, Cloud Fair co-founder and COO, Chris Young, CEO of McAfee, Mindy Grossman, CEO of Weight Watchers, Linda Boff, GECMO, Artist and Philanthropist, ACON, and Evan Williams, founder and CEO at Medium. Conference saw engaging discussions on diversity and inclusion in the workforce, mergers and acquisitions, and future-proofing enterprises in times of AI. Brightline and PMI engaged the Collision attendees through four main activations. These included setting up special collaborative spaces, an exclusive dinner for speakers and CXOs, hosting the Corporate Innovation Summit and an interactive exhibit at the Collision conference. Crisis is a critical event of point of decision, if not handled in the right way. Brightline's Executive Director Ricardo Vargas joined these discussions and delivered a powerful keynote presentation on transforming against crisis on the Corporate Innovation Summit stage. One of the first things that we can learn from crisis mode is focus. Brightline leadership sat down with leaders in government and business in discussing key issues regarding the future of organizational transformation, strategy implementations, and project management. Brightline engaged Collision attendees in an open exhibit area asking two, what do you think questions? There are so many things happening. Two questions were asked to engage the audience at the event. One, what is the biggest challenge in your organization to transform ideas and strategies into results? Two, what percentage of your organization's ideas and strategies have become a reality in the past three years? The responses were not meant to be a scientific study, but an attempt to gauge the general sentiment prevailing among the audience at Collision 2019. Together with PMI, we glowed brightly in the hearts, minds, and blended in at Collision. See you next year at another exciting Collision 2020.


flew a plane to Canada by myself at 10 years old that was a scary experience of my life at 10 years old I haven't seen my mom for a while but she says Canada has a great opportunity for you to to come and live with me and build a life here better opportunities from the Philippines and I said why not so I hopped on this plane and had a stopover at Hong Kong and they put me in a wheelchair and they wheeled me around and I thought that was fun because you're 10 years old and you're like why not so I got to Canada


What is up Zen dude nation? What's going on? I'm Dan that's Brandon and today we have another challenge for you. Today guys the challenge is seeing how many criss-crosses you can do in one minute. Now we're going to do three rounds of this resting. How long are we going to rest in between? A minute? A minute. We're going to rest for a minute in between each of these because look we're going to be trying to go for as many criss-crosses as possible so you're probably going to get tired. Rest a minute in between each. We're going to go three times. For this to be a full-on workout what we want you guys to do is do this 10 times. So 10 minutes of criss-crosses. Brandon and I are going to do the first three and we're going to challenge each other. Going down bro. Going down bro. Drop in the comments below how many criss-crosses you were able to get in one minute and if you want to be eligible to win a free jump rope from us email us with the number of criss-crosses you did in one minute along with a video of you doing that many criss-crosses in one minute. All right starting off here. Oh Brandon you think you're cool because you got the first one in huh? That's here. Oh okay so I actually know who won this bro but yo this was a good challenge. We really uh we were neck and neck. Neck and neck.  Fun fact we realized that after we were working out here we realized this is where homeless guys take poops. Yeah it is. Well actually before when we walked in it smelled like feces and we're like all right yeah this is a great place to shoot videos just a big toilet. Yeah so that was interesting but despite the smell of feces it was actually look I mean look at the setting look at the teddy bear graffiti in the background. That teddy bear is dope. That's amazing. I get too aggressive sometimes I just knock my with my hand.  You know what I don't do that. Stop think it's pretty safe to say I took the first one on there. Pretty good yeah. Oh wow. 59 to 0. 59 to 0 Dan. I got 42. Okay can you break? Okay. Dan won brand zero round two. Round two. Begin like Mortal Kombat bro do you get that? Yes dope. Nice. That's dope. Oh starting off with the ah man. Dude we don't we don't start off very well I've noticed but it takes us a little bit to get in the groove. Dude I wasn't thrilled about my first proper performance in general.  Come on come on. Maybe you set yourself out. What were you thinking about? You know.  Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah brandy you think you're so cool.  Now I'm just like. I just get comfortable. It's like an octopus tentacle which is wrapping around me.   Damn it. Come on. I feel like this round is us just going damn it. Oh oh oh Napoleon Dynamite. Yeah that's it. Ladies and gentlemen we have a surprise for you in this last round. Pay attention. Pay attention. Dude I was pretty consistent. The first one I was 42 second one 43. You just you kind of kind of died out there. Died out in the second round. But then then dude this one's intense man. This one is neck and neck the entire time. I was editing this and I almost threw the remote a couple times. Were you sweating? Yeah because I didn't know what was going to happen. Sweaty palms. I was like no wait is Brandon just come and take this from me at the end.  You know when you have a feeling if like you're winning or not like I really felt like you won the first I won the second and this one I felt like we tied and we. I know dude we did look at this sorry to spoil the ending ladies and gentlemen. Sorry to just tell you what happened there. Bro. Zendude Fitness we're jumping rope ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for tuning in to another Zendude Fitness challenge. Go challenge someone right now.  Let's go. Yeah. And then post and comment below and let us know how many you got.  If you're if you're a winner. Oh yeah if you win you can't just sign the sorry dude sorry. You gotta win. You gotta win. Come on. Yeah. You have to invest something into this. Yeah. So until next time ladies and gentlemen. If you like this video please give it a thumbs up below followed by a subscribe. If you guys just want to get more information and workouts and just learn how to jump rope have fun get lean and live an epic life.


Hi, welcome to the mix of the San Francisco Public Library. My name is Ileana and I'm your humble host for the STEM Challenge Yourself series. In this series, we have some of our brightest librarians sharing some fun and creative projects that you could try at home. In today's challenge, our challenge master is going to introduce the sweet sounds of seed. Take it away. Hello. Hi. I'm Mr. Joseph. Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to make dance seeds. Have you tried moving objects with sound, simply just sound? Well today, I'll demonstrate that. So you would need a jar, it could be a glass, a plastic wrap, and a rubber band, and some few seeds. If you don't have seeds at home, you can try this with salt or rice. And to begin, wrap the covering up the jar with a plastic wrap. Use the rubber band to secure it. And just pull the sides gently to secure and tighten the plastic wrap. The tighter, actually the better. So, let's test it if it's tight enough. Okay, okay, now let's place our seed. We're going to start with this orange seed.  If you don't have instrument at home, you could always use pots and pans or you can use your sound. So I'm going to try, I'm going to try to make that seed move with simply just the sound. Are you ready? Is it moving? Now, maybe it's too heavy. Let's try a different seed. I'm going to use my favorite seeds of all lentils. Super yummy lentils. I'm going to put two, move it to the center and let's see. It's still not moving. That's called science experiment. You just have to keep trying. Did you see that move? I'm going to do it again. I'm going to try with my drum here and see if it moves better. And here's another seed. Pretty cool, huh? What is actually happening? Let's look at my illustration here. So sound wave. Sound waves are created when a vibrating object vibrates. That vibration causes the air molecules besides it to vibrate. It's like a domino effect. So this air molecules will vibrate and cause its neighboring air molecules to also vibrate back and forth until it reaches the plastic wrap that causes it to vibrate. Here's more interesting facts about it. When I make a sound on the ukulele, why do I hear it? It's the same concept. So when the string of my instrument vibrates, that causes the air molecules to vibrate and enter into my ear, inside our ears there is an eardrum exactly like this that air molecules causes to vibrate and that sends information to our brain and determines what sound is that. So it's pretty cool. Let's do another demonstration. And I created a different one. You could also create another one and use the other one as your instrument. But I'm going to put some more beads here. And since this is a dancing party, I'm going to put some more beads here. I'm going to put several here, some sparkles, because it's a disco. Okay, and I get my instrument. Are you ready? All right, just watch the seeds and some of my colorful beads. Now, if you don't have instrument, try humming inside our drum and make sure not to blow the seeds. Try this fun experiment at home. Thank you and back to Eliana. Thanks Joseph. That was a lot of fun. Did you know that next time you're dancing, you're actually participating in your own science experiment? You can try something like this or other STEM challenge yourself challenges at home. Be sure to check out sftl.org for more information about this series and other fun experiments and experiments. Stay Sympathetic.


You've made your family home disaster supplies kit plus have similar kits in your car and at your office You've written out your contacts family meeting plans and home inventory You've gathered and safely stored your important documents But when a disaster actually strikes you'll need to think about how to apply what you know to ensure your survival and comfort This program will help you safely meet basic family needs water and food temperature control Sanitation communication and other supplies Also, this program will tell you how to restart the recovery process During or after an earthquake flood blizzard tornado or severe storm you may not have electricity for several days You may be on your own or at least without modern conveniences for an extended time This program teaches how to sustain yourself and your family in the immediate aftermath of disaster More deaths occur following a disaster than during this program will help you stay safe during that time When disaster strikes you'll want to know the status of family members and co-workers if you created a communications plan before the disaster Follow it, but remember to remain flexible If possible go to the American Red Cross safe and well website and Facebook safety check to register yourself as safe and well Or to search for loved ones Ham radio operators will be able to communicate with each other So if you have contacts, they may be able to put you in touch with family or for emergency assistance If family members might be returning home leave written notes at your agreed-upon place Continue to listen to local media on a battery or crank radio or NOAA weather radio for updates or additional emergency alerts If possible check on your neighbors, especially the elderly and disabled Try to communicate with family members, especially kids to pass the time and to help calm nerves with open and honest information Cell towers and phone lines may be down or overwhelmed You may not be able to make a phone call, but you might be able to text since that doesn't need as strong of a signal Also, sometimes it's easier to call or text out of your area code rather than locally So all family members should check in with the pre-designated out-of-state contact You want to keep your cell phone charged as much as possible for emergency communications Save cell phones for emergency uses Turn off apps that aren't needed and eat up battery power If you have a solar or extra electrical battery charger use it sparingly, too You might want to refer to a local app or mobile website for emergency updates and information Some disasters will require evacuation of your home completely If this is the case, you will most likely find yourself staying with friends at a hotel or at a community shelter If there is time grab your go-kits before evacuating Depending on the situation you may need to provide your own food, water, entertainment for kids and other supplies while evacuated It's especially important to remember to grab any prescription medications and important paperwork However, depending on the disaster you may be able to stay at your home If this is the case, you'll need to find ways to make your home livable without the usual amenities In all but extreme cold weather you may be able to keep warm by simply conserving heat Close off all but one room of your home Place blankets on windows or clothes blinds and drapes to keep warm air in and reduce cold drafts Stuff towels or small blankets into window sills door frames and other areas where the heat is leaking out Place rugs or heavy blankets on the floor to add another layer of insulation But on sunny days let the sunshine in to provide solar heat Dress warm by wearing multiple layers Wear a hat as we lose body heat through our heads Also, keep warm blankets and sleeping bags available If you have no power most alternative heat sources will have an open flame These include wood stoves fireplaces and pellet stoves Take extreme caution to prevent a fire Remember to keep all flammable materials far away from the flames and keep a fire extinguisher close by Ventilation is also important to prevent buildup of carbon monoxide and smoke Install a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector with a battery or battery backup as part of your preparedness work No matter what alternative heat source you use always keep children and pets away and place the heater out of traffic areas If you haven't regularly cleaned or maintained your chimney you may not want to rely on your fireplace for heat Otherwise, whether you are using your fireplace or wood stove You'll need to have a supply of seasoned firewood or pellets for your pellet stove Do not burn green wood because it will produce creosote and a lot of smoke Fire starters like roll-up newspaper or commercial fire logs may be helpful in starting your fire Manufacturers produce several non-toxic fire starters Products such as nuggets pellets fire starting paste sticks Flint fire logs and instant fire starters will aid in building a fire Some fire starters will burn for up to 10 minutes and reach temperatures of more than 350 degrees Homemade fire starters can be made with drier lint paraffin wax pine cones dipped in candle wax and other materials Do not use liquid fuels like gasoline Kerosene or diesel to start your fire If using your fireplace keep the fire screen in place to prevent sparks and embers from escaping If your gas service is still available a gas fireplace is another option for emergency heat a Fresh air source is necessary to prevent carbon monoxide buildup in the house Opening a window slightly will provide ventilation Kerosene oil and propane space heaters also require a source of fresh air to prevent carbon monoxide buildup Keep flammable materials away from the heaters and use the fuel your heater was designed to burn Only use those heaters designed for home use An electric space heater can be an effective heat source if you have an electricity source such as a generator Use the generator safely to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning from the toxic engine exhaust electric shock or electrocution and fire Keep the heater away from flammable materials and use newer models with underwriters laboratory labels That are thermostatically controlled and the proper size for the space you intend to heat Never leave an open fire or temporary heat source operating unattended or while you are sleeping If the disaster strikes during the summer or the disaster is a heat wave Keeping cool without air conditioning will be a challenge and hazardous to the health of those who are ill or older For some it may be necessary to seek shelter in a local cooling station or air-conditioned shelter To keep cool at home during the heat of the day keep shades curtains and drapes closed on the south and west sides of your house You might add insulating panels or reflective aluminum foil When it's cooler outside then inside usually at night open all the windows to let the house cool off The best option is to have a battery or solar powered fan If you have a generator use an electric fan if ice is available putting it in front of the fan will cool the air Once the ice has melted reuse the water so it isn't wasted Remember it may be cooler outside in the shade if you don't have a shady porch trees or other shade pull out your beach umbrella Another great way to cool off is to go swimming But if that's not an option neck coolers are a fun project that will help you feel more comfortable They are filled with moisture beads that when wet make your neck feel cool or just use a wet bandana Your family will require some basic necessities to survive a disaster Plan ahead to figure out how you will meet your water food and sanitation needs as soon as possible after disaster Water needs will vary depending on the number of people pets and your level of activity Recommendations are to have a minimum of one gallon per person per day for drinking and food preparation And one and a half to two gallons per person for sanitation, which includes brushing teeth bathing and washing dishes Water needs vary with activity level if you are physically active like clearing debris and cleaning up You'll need to drink more than the minimum to stay hydrated Also, remember to store water for your pets. Consider an extra gallon per day per pet Never ration your water drink the amount you need today and try to find more for tomorrow physical health requires your body to be adequately hydrated if Necessary minimize the amount of water your body needs by being inactive and staying cool Part of your liquid needs can come from canned fruit juices soft fruits and canned fruits and vegetables Remember to save and reuse the liquids from your canned fruits and vegetables in your cooking This will extend your water supply If water is limited an alcohol based sanitizer can be used to clean your hands However, soap and water remains the best option for washing hands since alcohol isn't efficient on soiled skin Portable water is water that can be consumed Non-portable water is water that has been contaminated to some degree that makes it unfit for drinking Some non-portable water can be purified to make it drinkable Do not purify water when it is dark has an odor has particles floating in it or is contaminated with chemicals like oil and gas Obey public announcements about whether your tap water is safe to drink or to use for cooking and bathing Shut off your incoming water valve if there are broken water or sewage lines in your area to stop contaminated water from entering your home If the water is unsafe use only bottled water or boil or disinfect your water for drinking cooking cleaning bathing washing dishes brushing your teeth and washing your hands if You have exhausted your stored water supply. It's a good idea to disinfect all water from other sources during a disaster Don't assume the water is safe If your local water supply is contaminated turn it off where it enters your house so the water in your house doesn't get contaminated You may have alternatives if your main water source is not available and you have used your stored water supplies These alternative sources should be purified to be safe To get water from your water heater turn off the power that heats the tank and let the tank cool Place a container under the tank and open the drain valve at the bottom Or start the water flowing by turning off the water intake valve and turning on a hot water faucet Sediment often settles in the bottom of the tank. So let it run a few minutes until the water runs clear Don't turn the tank back on until utility services have been restored The water in a toilet tank not the bowl is safe to drink unless chemical treatments have been added If your water supply was turned off at the street or where it enters your house There's water in the pipes that can come through the faucets Boil it just to be safe The ice in the freezer will eventually melt allowing to be used and also rainwater and water from coiled garden hoses can be used after it has been purified in An emergency underground water such as from wells or springs is less likely to be contaminated than surface water If underground water is unavailable you may use surface water from a creek river lake or pond Choose one in that order because running water usually is more pure than standing water If possible get the water upstream from inhabited areas and dip it from below the surface Purify all underground and surface water before using for drinking cooking or personal care No matter which of the following methods you use to purify your water First strain the water through a clean cloth coffee filter or paper towel into a clean container to remove any sediment or floating matter If you can the preferable method is to boil the water vigorously for at least one minute The water is ready to use after it cools To improve the taste add a pinch of salt to each quart of boiled water or pour the water back and forth from one clean container to another several times If you're unable to boil your water purify with unscented liquid laundry bleach read the product label to find the percentage of chlorine Nearly all liquid chlorine bleach now is concentrated to 8.25 percent So use four drops per gallon for clean water and eight drops per gallon for cloudy water If the bottle of bleach is older than four months, it should not be used as a water purifying agent Also, do not use a swimming pool or hot tub chlorine Add the bleach to the water and stir or shake the container thoroughly. Let the water stand for 30 minutes If you can smell a slight chlorine odor, the water should be safe If you cannot smell a slight chlorine odor repeat the dosage and let the water stand for 15 more minutes before using it Another option is purification tablets that release chlorine or iodine Follow the package directions Usually one tablet is enough for one quart of water Double the dose for cloudy water Another purification method is tincture of iodine which is available at outdoor stores For clear water add five drops of iodine per quart of water for cloudy water add 10 drops of iodine per quart Let the mixture stand for 30 minutes. Then the water should be safe to use Commercial filtration systems that remove 99.9% of all contaminants from water are available So you might want to purchase one before a disaster These systems are available in a variety of individual or backpacking sizes and styles as well as larger cylinders for the kitchen During a power outage keep food safe in the refrigerator and freezer longer by opening them no more than once a day Maintain food quality in the fridge and freezer by placing ice or dry ice in the lowest possible area Then move the rest of the contents down to be near the ice Again, open the fridge and freezer as little as possible Add a dry ice only after the power has gone out Cook and eat any seafood immediately because it will thaw quickly Next cook and eat ground meat since it will thaw quicker than other cuts of meat Then plan menus around what foods are thawing thinner cuts of meat will thaw before thicker cuts Fruits and vegetables also will thaw quickly, but can be eaten as long as they're kept cold If food has been at a temperature of 40 degrees or higher for two hours or longer. It must be thrown out Food that still has ice crystals is safe to eat or refreeze though quality may suffer Throw out leftovers raw meats seafood and any kind of milk soft cheese and Refrigerator rolls that have been at over 40 degrees for two hours or more Do not taste food to determine its safety Temperature is the only reliable judge of safety in foods not taste or smell Remember you cannot cook the bad out of the food Without ice or dry ice highly perishable products such as milk soft cheese mayonnaise mayonnaise based salad dressings Meats and similar products have short non-refrigerated lifespans ketchup mustard pickles soy sauce and many other items usually stored in the fridge having much longer shelf life Toss anything that looks smells or feels odd If in doubt throw it out Also discard any food packaged in plastic paper cardboard or cloth that is water damaged Toss all cans that are open dented rusty damaged or bulging However, safe cans can be cleaned and disinfected if cans have been in contact with floodwater or other contaminants Remove the labels and use a permanent marker to immediately relabel each can Wash the cans in a strong detergent solution with a scrub brush to remove all silt Immersed the scrubbed containers for one minute in a lukewarm solution of two teaspoons of 8.25% chlorine bleach and one gallon of water Remove containers from the chlorine solution and allow them to air dry before opening Relabel with the permanent marker if necessary Use as soon as possible because the containers may rust See www.foodsafety.gov for more details Food and water must be safe, but so must the dishes and utensils that touch them First to save water scrape and wipe off food remnants from the dishes before washing Next scrub all surfaces dishes pots pans and utensils with warm soapy water Food particles and dirt can harbor germs so be sure to remove all food and dirt from kitchen surfaces and cookware Plain dish soap and water is best Then use warm running water to rinse away food particles dirt and soapy residue as you rinse away dirt and soap Germs also will be washed away Finally use a sanitizing agent like a chlorine bleach solution or an ammonia-based cleaner such as Lysol to sanitize For surfaces such as counters and cutting boards the bleach solution should be one teaspoon of 8.25% Bleach per quart of warm water in a spray bottle Allow the surfaces to air dry For dishes and utensils mix one tablespoon of 8.25% bleach into a gallon of warm water and allow them to soak for two minutes Then air dry This sanitizing step will help kill any germs that might remain on a clean surface If you lose power your family still needs to eat But by using some alternative cooking methods you can survive on cold meals for days Several cooking methods do not require electricity and some may already be available to you For instance, do you have a gas range? If so, check your manual for information on usage during power outages You may be able to manually ignite the pilot light However, make sure your gas lines have not been affected by the disaster Do you smell gas inside or outside your home? If so, you may have a gas leak Do not light the stove or even turn on lights or anything else that might spark Turn the gas off at the outdoor meter Do you have a wood burning stove? Consider cooking on top of the stove Unless it is designed as a wood-cooked stove Baking inside the box is not easy. However, you may be able to place sauce pans on top of the stove Also, depending on the design and surface area of your stove A metal box oven designed for camping may be used for baking Successful cooking on the surface of a wood stove takes practice due to the high and varying temperatures Using the fireplace is another option Heavy pans like cast iron work well for cooking in a fireplace Also, food can be wrapped in an aluminum foil Placed on skewers or set on a grill placed in the fireplace However, do not use your fireplace or wood stove for cooking if regular cleaning and maintenance has not occurred To do so is running a risk of causing a fire and or carbon monoxide poisoning A variety of canned heat can be used indoors with adequate ventilation The cans are filled with alcohol or gel and have a long shelf life They produce an open flame and enough heat to warm food but not boil it They are safe, lightweight and store easily Store away from heat sources and dispose of damaged or dented cans Biomass, debris, hobo or canned stoves utilize scraps of flammable materials such as twigs, bark, pine cones, wood and nut shells Debris stoves can create enough heat to reach the boiling point Many of these stoves include a battery-powered fan creating a forced ventilation system that provides intense heat and efficient burning An internet search will result in a variety of suppliers, producers and styles for these small efficient stoves You may wish to invest in a solar oven that captures the sun's rays to cook An internet search will reveal ovens you can purchase and plans for building them The solar oven can reach temperatures of more than 400 degrees They are portable, safe and easy to use They are most efficient on clear sunny days between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m So start cooking early enough in the day to ensure enough sunlight to finish the dish A thermal cooker retains heat already applied to the food and slowly finishes cooking Many households have an outdoor barbecue that could serve as the main cooking appliance while the power is out Remember to never use a charcoal grill in the house due to the release of carbon monoxide that could lead to asphyxiation Grills can be used for grilling food, cooking vegetables wrapped in foil and baking bread, rolls and even pizzas Some gas grills even have a side burner for extra versatility Remember to move the grill away from the side of the house due to fire risk Charcoal briquettes keep indefinitely if they stay dry Propane will store indefinitely, but the tank must be recertified Store tanks out of the sun and away from the house Fire pits are a popular addition to households and can be used like an open fire for Dutch oven type cooking There are several types of camp stoves that use a variety of fuel types that may also work for cooking food Check the manufacturer's recommendation on whether they must be used outdoors only Propane and charcoal stoves must be used outdoors only Since fuel resources may be limited during a disaster consider alternative ways of cooking that require less fuel A high quality stainless steel thermos can be used as a cooking vessel Preheat the thermos with boiling water Remove the water and quickly add the food Wheat, quinoa, oats, dehydrated soups and other dehydrated foods would work Then add the appropriate amount of boiling water Tighten the lid and let the thermos set for the time required to cook the food Insulated cooking utilizes the heat of the food being cooked to complete the cooking process Foods are heated to the boiling point and then quickly insulated inside a container such as a cooler Use thick layers of non-conducting cloth material, batting, newspapers, hay or straw This cooking method may require two to three times longer than simmering on the stove Without power you still have many food choices Use refrigerated foods first Next consider you're ready to eat foods such as cereal, boxed foods, peanut butter and canned foods that do not require cooking Keep a manual can opener on hand for an emergency Many dried foods such as nuts, fruits, jerky and vegetables are excellent consumed in their dried state Remember that water intake must increase if eating dehydrated foods Also using paper plates, cups, plastic utensils and paper towels can help with water conservation In a disaster practice good sanitation Creating and executing a good sanitation plan can help maintain good health and well-being Pull out your basic sanitation kit that includes toilet paper Sanitizing chemicals, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, disposable gloves, duct tape Plastic buckets with lids, feminine products and garbage bags A well thought out waste disposal plan is crucial to good sanitation Garbage may be managed by separating it into cans, glass, plastic, wet garbage and burnable items Keep a large number of garbage bags to help with separation and storage Shredded paper products, yard waste, kitchen scraps and cardboard can be composted Which is turning garbage into a rich soil loaded with nutrients that you can use for gardening Burning or burying waste is not preferable, but when necessary can be used to eliminate waste If not managed properly human waste becomes a source of odor and possible water contamination and illness If your power is out and you have a septic system a regular toilet may be flushed using a bucket of water Water that has been stored or even pool water will work for this as well Chemical toilets, composting toilets and trench or pit latrines are viable alternatives In a worst case scenario waste may be stored Be sure to have buckets with tight fitting lids for short term storage Cat litter may be used to reduce liquids and odor Human waste should not be thrown on bare ground Consider a location for toilet placement that will be convenient yet secluded If you cannot dispose of garbage properly Bury human waste and biodegradable garbage to avoid the spread of disease by rats and insects Dig a hole 12 to 18 inches deep and at least 50 feet But preferably 200 feet or more downhill and away from any water supply Fill the hole with the refuse and cover with dirt Each time the toilet is used some type of disinfectant should be sprinkled on top This may be chlorinated lime bleach or even some other disinfectants or plain baking soda Cat litter is also an absorbent material which absorbs liquids and smells in a portable toilet Remember to keep a closed toilet with some type of lid to prevent excess smell and spread of disease Stress the importance of keeping as clean as possible to your family members Washing hands frequently and using antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizers will be needed Advise them to not ignore any cuts scrapes or sores and to use precaution when drinking and eating out of unclean or common containers After many major disasters ordinary sources of lighting may not be available Consider using alternative sources including a variety of flashlights headlamps Emergency candles lanterns solar lights and glow sticks When you purchase flashlights remember extra batteries Also consider those that don't require batteries such as the crank and shake models And choose those with led light bulbs that are brighter Have on hand one flashlight per person Solar powered lights are a necessity for extended power outages Many solar lights can produce light powerful enough to play games or read by Solar powered landscape lights are also useful While these will not generate as much light they can be used inside where low light is needed Such as illuminating the way to the bathroom or kitchen Remember to put them outside during the day to recharge Glow sticks also are useful for adding low levels of light Placing the stick in a clear container of water will reflect the light making the stick brighter and adding additional light These options are safer than open flames But if you must use an open flame be very careful Candles and lanterns should never be left unattended Place them in sturdy and properly operating holders All lighting sources should be placed where they will not be dropped or tipped over Causing damage to the device or allowing open flames to ignite your nearby objects Many people prefer to use an oil lamp rather than emergency candles Oil lamps are inexpensive but they always should be used with the chimney and placed on a solid surface The higher it is placed the wider the light is dispersed If you use a generator never operate it indoors or in partially closed areas such as a garage or porch Even if you think there's enough ventilation to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning Opening windows and doors will not prevent carbon monoxide from building to a dangerous levels Place the generator outdoors and away from windows doors and vents where CO gas can enter the home Keep the generator dry do not expose it to rain or place it on a wet surface Operated on a dry surface under an open canopy light cover If anyone in the area where a generator is being used develops a headache lethargy Weakness nausea or muscle aches get medical help immediately To reduce the risk of electrical shock dry your hands before touching the generator Plug appliances directly into the generator or use a heavy-duty extension cord that is rated for outdoor use Make sure the extension cord is also rated in watts or amps to at least equal to the sum of the connected load Be sure the cord has no cuts or tears and that the plug has three prongs with a grounding pin Never plug the generator into a wall outlet in a house or other circuit This could electrocute utility workers or neighbors who might be servicing the electrical system Keep generator fuel out of the home and away from fuel burning appliances Turn off the generator and let it cool before refueling A fuel spiel on hot engine parts could cause a fire Always keep a fire extinguisher near the generator Never attempt to repair a generator Only a qualified technician should perform repairs Do not remove or tamper with safety devices Do not touch hot engine parts and keep children away from the generator and the fuel containers The sooner you start the recovery process the sooner you can get back to normal As soon as possible after disaster Contact your insurance company to get the process started and to see what information they will need to process your claim Take photos of the damage to your home and other property for your insurance company and possibly FEMA And take an inventory of what has been damaged You should also start to locate and gather important documents that you will need during the recovery process Hopefully you'll never have a disaster that leaves you and your family on your own But with this information you should be able to meet your basic family needs for communication Shelter water food sanitation and supplies Hopefully you've prepared for all of these in advance of a disaster Even if you have there is still a degree of flexibility required Remember to be resourceful and safe to help you survive a disaster


For more videos on people's struggles, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. Hello and welcome to People's Dispatch. Today, March 25th, March 1 year since the Indian government led by Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This lockdown was the largest anywhere in the world in terms of its scale and also one of the strictest lockdowns experienced and witnessed anywhere across the globe. So today we are joined by immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath to talk about the experience in India in the last one year, what the country's response was like, what were the mistakes, what were the things it has done well, and what were the key lessons that we can take away from India's response. So Satyajit, to start with, let's bring up this point of the lockdown, how it impacted the spread of the disease. One of the things that happened was it did lead to the largest migration crisis in the country since the partition in 1947. But apart from that, what was the impact on the disease itself on the spread of the disease? So two issues. One, I don't think that when we talk about the disease in the pandemic that we should ever do it in isolation. We should always do it in the context of existing inequities injustices, specific situations and circumstances and consequences and even if they are by-product consequences. Secondly, the question of whether a particular policy did well or ill in a pandemic is actually a very hard question to answer. There are exceptions to this. The sheer scale of foolishness in pretending that there is no COVID-19, that there is no pandemic, that there is no virus, that it's not dangerous, and so on and so forth. Varieties of which have been seen in countries across the world in all continents, from Brazil to the United States to Tanzania to the UN even. Those are of course clearly demonstrably problematic public policies, but those excluded in policies such as lockdown, strict lockdown, graded lockdown, restrictions, physical distancing, policies, masks, no masks. In all of this, there is a tendency, all of us have this, to ascribe outcomes to something that we've done as policy and in a spreading unpredictable pandemic that spreads somewhat unpredictably, these connections are not necessarily reliable connections. That said, did lockdown of the kind that India had save lives? That's a question that we should address not simply in the pandemic context, but in the larger socioeconomic context. That aside, the only realistic way in which lockdowns help in public policy in a pandemic of this sort is to provide a breathing space for the state apparatus to get organized and geared up to deal with the pandemic, to deal with testing, to deal with masks, to deal with supply chains, to deal with human resource development, capacity development in all sorts of ways to begin the process of containment. So the real question is, did the pandemic, I apologize, did the lockdown lead to well-executed strategies and policies of containment or not? And the answer I'm afraid is that we haven't done as well as we ought to have done. That's one kind of consequence for the lockdown. So can you talk more about that? Like you said, the intention of the lockdown should have been really equipping our facilities to deal with the spread of the disease as it did eventually spread to a large number of people. So what was that response like in terms of equipping our healthcare facilities, in terms of equipping our healthcare frontline workers who we know were lauded and applauded and everything, but were they really given the facilities to actually respond to the disease? So here's a core difference between the United States 2020 and India 2020. The United States 2020, in its government and political leadership, was clearly not necessarily guided by evidence and science and rational decision. India was, that is a difference that we should not lose sight of. And yet our response as a quality, as a government, was clearly less than adequate. So why am I saying this? That on the one hand, we had evidence and science-based policies and yet on the other hand, the response was inadequate. And in a sense, it's driven by a fairly common phenomenon in India, which is we refuse to accept and acknowledge the potential difficulties of implementation of even reasonable, rational, evidence-based policies. And since we refuse to acknowledge that they might happen, we make no provision for those problems. So let me give you examples. It's a little bit like we set up traffic lights at intersections and we are very happy. We are far less concerned about whether anybody is actually obeying traffic light signals or not. So we declared excellent policies, excellent sounding policies. We declared that there will be testing. We declared that testing will be expanded. We declared that testing will be widely available. And in all of this, we made a little good, but not enough to be adequate. For anybody who's worked in the Indian government as well as non-government social political sphere, this is not surprising. What is surprising is that despite the magnitude of the problem, we did not soberly acknowledge potential implementation difficulties and provide for them. We didn't have the ramping up of tests to the speed and extent necessary. We certainly did not provide for the kind of community health team capacity development that was needed. To put it bluntly, I don't think we had enough people out there in neighbourhoods contact tracing. We built hospitals on scratch. We shut them down. We built them again. We began to license drugs without they're having been thought through. In pretty much everything, we were ostensibly, formally evidence-driven in our decision making. And in practice, we were far from adequate. Let me add a point to this. Our entire approach to the pandemic, and we're not alone in this. Governments and communities, the world over have done this, is to pretend that it's a short-term crisis. That if we only grit our teeth, to put it in paternalistic government speak, if people will simply obey orders of the government and stay at home for three weeks, each and every person in the country, we will triumph over the pandemic. And fear generates a particular kind of nationalism, which in today's India is pretty easy to take recourse to anyway. All of that together meant that we were treating the pandemic, which is going to be a protracted issue of dealing with the spread of the infection, dealing with the consequences of the infection, dealing with the socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic, dealing with the lessons that it teaches us about public health care. All of this is going to be a long-drawn process. Instead of acknowledging that we are in this for the long haul, we have made provisions that are short-term crisis provisions. We've built tent hospitals and we've taken them down. Then we have a surge, we've started tent hospitals again. We have not made commitments over the long term. We have not made them to developing healthcare manpower. We have not made them in developing our policies. We have simply been attempting to grit our teeth until the acute crisis passes. And this has been a fundamental layer. And I think another point that really illustrates the government's response has been the sort of narratives that it has set. Of course, you've talked about how the policies have been scientifically backed and evidence-backed, but the sort of narratives that the government has built about right at the beginning of imposing the lockdown about banging pots and pans and chanting, go, corona, go. What sort of impact does that really have on the people and in terms of how the people react to the disease? That's also, I think, a question we should consider. And I think you put it very well that on the one hand, the formal, almost bureaucratic policies of government were clearly evidence-based. Yet the messaging, the narrative of leadership, particularly the political leadership, was always a nationalist, triumphalist. It was about how we can triumph over the virus. There is, in reality, no such perspective possible, but we can triumph over the virus. That the virus is some sort of a demon drawing on Hindu mythologies as part and parcel of a Hindu nationalist narrative. But even more than that, the notion that India was somehow exceptional, that we were not as badly off as Europe and North America, never mind that very many other places in the world, as poor or much poorer than us, were equally less badly off, apparently. And there was nothing terribly exceptional about India. But the Indian exceptionalism claims have all been with either no evidence or extremely poor evidence. And they were primarily intended as triumphal nationalism. And they pulled as narratives against the evidence-based policies of the government itself. And that's what led to people saying, oh, it's not a big problem for us. Oh, we have leadership of this, that and the other kind. And we are just going to triumph over it. No problem. It's also what led us to beginning to crowd the marketplace for fake remedies and immunity boosters and alternate medicine cures of all sorts, some of which were in fact supported by political leadership of the country. And all of this is this tension and trade-off between what the bureaucracy struggled in its own way to do, which is evidence-based policies with the limitations we've talked about, and what the political leadership across the country attempted to do, which is essentially a spinnit for triumphal nationalism. And when people are afraid, as anybody would be of a pandemic, to take a recourse to xenophobic nationalism is made even easier. And I think another case of this Indian exceptionalism is that there are people, apparently who claim that death rates in India have been lower than the rest of the world, which somehow baffles, which is somehow baffling because India has a very dense population. So can you tell us about that? What explains that if such is the case? So in the first place, across locations, infection rates will vary, severe illness rates will vary, death rates will vary. Some of that is driven by democracy, some of it is driven by chance, some of it is driven by policy, some of which is driven by underlying socioeconomic conditions. For example, across the months of winter in Europe and North America, cases soared. These are societies that in winter tend to be indoors, to congregate indoors in heated recirculating air. Of course, infection rates will be high. India is a country as a society lives open air lives, even when we are indoors. We usually have doors and windows open. Sometimes our neighbors wish we had doors and windows closed. So the amount of recirculating air driven efficient spread of infection would be much less. There's all sorts of topical reasons why in patches across India, we either would have infection spread, such as in the hyper crowded urban hutman colony localities, the so called Chukhi Jopri clusters, or we might not, such as in the open air poor village communities of India. And rather than looking at these with sober rational attempts to understand cause and effect relationships, we converted all of this into yet one more thread of triumphalist nationalism. And did ourselves a disservice or still do this? And another thing I wanted to ask you about is vaccinations. So it was in the beginning of this year that we began vaccinating our population. So how do you think the vaccination campaigns have progressed so far? What else do you think needs to be done? So in part because we have a government, we have had the government governance, this is not a matter of this government, this is a matter of governance in the subcontinent, which even when it does on plan bureaucratically reasonable policies, it does not plan for the implementation problems that are inevitably going to arise. As a consequence of that, perhaps, but we as a society are used to our own version of cynicism when governments say something to us. Leadership will always say these things. And I suspect that that has been one component of vaccine hesitancy in the country. The problem was, while again, the policy was quite reasonable in how it's drawn up and what it looks like on paper to be dismissive about it, its implementation and its narrative and messaging have been complicated by these triumphalist threats. So as a result, we decided that a homemade vaccine that an India made vaccine, India developed vaccine, had worked enough for us to have evidence to bring it into widespread use when we didn't have that evidence. There was no practical need to rush this through. The only real need to do that was for what I keep calling triumphalist nationalism. All it ended up doing was adding to vaccine hesitancy in the country. Number one, number two, we did not clearly plan for the fact that over the duration that healthcare workers were to be vaccinated, since these were two dose vaccinations, that they would need to be provided second doses in a short fashion. Long before that happened for the bulk of the healthcare workers, we started the above 60s and above 45 with comorbidities vaccination. The result is all of our healthcare workers are even today not vaccinated. From the 1st of April, which is not very far away, we are now going to start vaccinating above 45s with or without comorbidities. This is going to amplify the problem of the earlier, more vulnerable categories, more exposed categories being left behind. We haven't completed our healthcare worker vaccination. We will not have completed our above 60 or above 45 with comorbidities vaccination going into April. We already have long lines and unpredictable supplies and shortage of supplies to particular centers with the result that there are enormous difficulties, especially in metropolitan areas that stories are emerging from. I don't know if stories are emerging from rural areas or not of vaccinations not being available. And as a result, it's quite clear that again, we are in the gap between what on paper in broad brush terms is a reasonable evidence-based policy and the sheer inadequacy of its implementation and of planning for its implementation. And finally, Satyajit, can you tell us some of the key lessons that India should take away from this last one year of dealing with the pandemic and of its healthcare response? So the fundamental lesson in this specific is that we need a far more effective, far more decentralized, far more empowered, far more community-based, and far better funded public healthcare system than we have. This is an absolutely core issue that the pandemic has thrown up for us. There's absolutely no question about this. The second is again, what I keep pointing out, that if we as a deeply unequal society are to respond collectively, unitedly, collaboratively, and soberly to crises of this sort, we need leadership and government to provide us with real information and with an acknowledgement of the kind of problems that we would have for which the government and communities would need to work together and for which governments would need to empower communities in collective and collaborative fashion, without which we are never going to be able to overcome these kinds of crises without landing into what ought to have been avoidable, misery, and difficulties, and deaths. Thank you, Satyajit, for joining us today in this discussion. That's all the time we have. Keep watching People's Dispatch.


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Sup guys eyes are coming here, and it's 2017 in Australia right now as you can see here. We're literally like the first 30 minutes of 2017 So many my subscribers you guys in America and other places around the world where you're known 2017 yet I'm speaking to you guys from the future. You guys are gonna have to wait and see how sweet 2017 really feels but anyway Happy New Year to everybody. Um, I want to talk about setting goals This year same goals for this year in this video real quick now The new year is the perfect time to set your goals, right? Because you're starting for the blank slate 2016 sock doesn't matter 2017 can be different. You can really do things this year. So I want to give you guys some tips on that a lot of people When they set goals, they worry too much about the end outcome, right? They focus too much on income. They want to lose 20 kilos. They want to make a hundred thousand dollars this year They want to you know goals like that. It's very outcome dependent what you want to do is Know the outcome that you want to achieve but focus more on the habits that are needed to get to that outcome Focus on developing the habits so If you want to make your hundred K a year, you need to be figuring out how you could be of more value in the workplace or in the business you're making and Figure out the habits that you need to get To reach that position. For example, maybe you need to improve your copyright skills for your business So maybe your marketing or maybe you need to Read more be more savvy about your trade be more knowledgeable Bring more value to a workplace or if you want to lose 10 kilos, you're not worrying about the 10 kilos You're worrying about the habits needed to lose those 10 kilos, right? So you need to figure out how to get your diet in check How to exercise often how to become unknowledgeable in everything in regards to losing that 10 kilos once you have those habits It's gonna be a breeze because if you don't have the habits You might not reach the goal and when you don't reach the goal You're gonna get very discouraged and just give up all together Whereas if you develop the habits, you're gonna be on track to reach that even if you don't gain 2017 You're probably gonna get 2018 or at least you're gonna be on track because it would just be a matter of time The habit will be there because this will be second nature. It'll be a faculty of your subconscious mind So that's one thing to keep in mind this year focus on the habits that you want to build to reach your goals Right not so much the outcome of the goals the goals will get there once you have the habits So that's my tip. Also if we're talking about goals, right? Oftentimes when we do set goals, we try and give ourselves the whole year to do it a thing You can do to create a sense of urgency in hitting those goals is give yourself maybe Three or four months to do it, right? So every four months you re-evaluate your goals and you can see if you're on track We can send you goals because there's a thing called Parkinson's law and Parkinson's law pretty much says that Whatever time is it given for a certain thing is the time that's gonna be used to do it So if I told you that you had to change a tire and you got maybe 30 minutes to do it You will spend the whole 30 minutes changing the tire even though you could possibly do it in 10 minutes If I told you that you have 12 weeks to study for your university exam You're gonna use the whole 12 weeks or wait to the last minute to get it done So you can use the whole time as opposed to studying for it in the first two weeks and being ready to kick-ass an exam It's pretty much procrastinating So if you give yourself less time to procrastinate and you set dates like three months from now When you do this and you focus on the habits I need to get to that You're more likely to hit it and if you don't hit it You're on track and you can shoot for it later on So that's what you guys need to focus on if you really want to do great stuff this year One of the habits I'm focusing on is uploading more and as you can see it's the first fucking 40 minutes of the year And I'm already gonna upload this video for you guys so Focus on the habits and the processing you will get there Also guys um If you guys have been liking the new format of the videos I've been doing the anime videos tell me I'm really looking to improve the quality of videos are gonna be coming up on this channel I remember at the beginning of last year 2016 We had something like 70 subscribers at the end of the year.