♪ I've been feeling hella bad and I'm sad right ♪
♪ But I never look back ♪
♪ I keep dreaming even when I have a bad night ♪
♪ I'll figure out my own path ♪
♪ I know all the pain yea ♪
♪ And some of the glory ♪
♪ I don't understand life ♪ ♪ Or why it's so boring ♪
♪ I lay in my bed yea ♪ ♪ For too long a time ♪
♪ I miss where your head yea ♪ ♪ Where it used to lie ♪
♪ Why am I so fixated ♪ ♪ Why am I still hesitating ♪
♪ Why is everything devastating ♪ ♪ And escalating oh man I hate it but ♪
♪ I won't let it hold me back ♪ ♪ No I won't let hold me back ♪
♪ I can do it I can do it ♪ ♪ I never hold back never give in to it no ♪
♪ I've been feeling hella bad and I'm sad right ♪
♪ But I never look back ♪
♪ I keep dreaming even when I have a bad night ♪
♪ I'll figure out my own path ♪
♪ If pain is uniting ♪ ♪ Then why are we fighting ♪
♪ And all of this violence ♪ ♪ Is keeping me silent ♪
♪ It hurts that you hate me ♪ ♪ Cuz I feel like a tyrant ♪
♪ We fight and you bait me ♪ ♪ You feel so defiant ♪
♪ You used to save me ♪ ♪ But now I'm just frightened ♪
♪ Yea you used to save me ♪ ♪ Your gone now I'm sliding ♪
♪ I'm headed somewhere but it's nowhere ♪ ♪ I wish that you cared but you don't care ♪
♪ I wish to say that I was not scared ♪ ♪ I wish to say that I was prepared ♪
♪ I've been feeling hella bad and I'm sad right ♪
♪ But I never look back ♪
♪ I keep dreaming even when I have a bad night ♪
♪ I'll figure out my own path ♪
♪ I've been feeling hella bad and I'm sad right ♪
♪ But I never look back ♪
♪ I keep dreaming even when I have a bad night ♪
♪ I'll figure out my own path ♪
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10 MTN Bike and Outdoor Products You May or May Not Need - Duration: 10:34.
A lot of you have asked for an update on my injury.
So here it is quick.
My clavicle is still broken but it has healed enough for me to start physical therapy.
So I'm gonna take my sling off, make this video, and try not to overdo it.
With that, on to the matter at hand.
Here we have ten mountain bike and outdoor products that I've spent some time with
over the last few months.
In this video, I'm going to give you my thoughts on them starting with this thing.
When you're traveling to remote places to go mountain biking, having the option of car
camping is always good.
This inflatable mattress turns your entire back seat into a bed, even filling in the
area your feet normally go.
You can also deflate one of the chambers and use it like a normal sleeping pad.
This was $30 on Amazon and it's worth at least that.
It comes with an electric pump, spare vinyl patches, and even a cushion that keeps the
center console from jabbing into your abdomen.
These inflatable pillows are terribly uncomfortable, but work great as cinderblocks for my taller
bench seat.
This car camping solution isn't going to work if you're really tall, and results
may vary depending on the exact shape of your back seat.
But one thing's for sure, it beats just sleeping on the seat itself.
It gives you way more space and a flatter platform.
While this does provide a workable solution for boondocking, a tent may be a better option
if you have a spot to pitch one.
In a previous video I demonstrated this Fidlock water bottle, which snaps into place with
magnets and stays there with mechanical latches.
I love it.
But they also make this smaller bottle, and this uni base which can be attached anywhere.
Maybe you want to fill your larger bottle with plain water, and this smaller one with
electrolytes on longer rides.
These are sold separately, but I think they work well together for carrying a little bit
of extra hydration.
My only complaint is the $25 price tag on the base.
Sure it's well made, but that's pretty steep.
In any case I have been using these together and it's a surprisingly secure combination.
Next, some stuff from KMC starting with these DLC bike chains.
These are super strong, super lightweight and not cheap—$60 - $80.
That's a tough sell when good chains can be had for $25, so I can't personally recommend
these to the budget conscious consumer.
KMC claims that they shift particularly well but to me a brand new chain always feels good.
What I will say is that the look and feel of the DLC chain is absolutely phenomenal..
But objectively, the only thing I can say is that it's lightweight.
So if you're looking to add some style points to your bike, trying to pinch grams, or just
have exquisite taste in chains, go with the DLC.
Otherwise, buy a decent chain, replace it often, and you'll be just fine.
Also from KMC, are the missing link levers.
I like these.
These tire levers are a great addition not only to your bag, but to your home shop because
they double as master link pliers.
Considering they cost the same as normal master link pliers I think they're a good buy,
and a good gift for literally any mountain biker.
After you're done using them on your chain they can also be used as forks.
These cold weather handup gloves seem to be touch screen friendly but are hit or miss
when it comes to certain gestures.
I'm sure you've seen this move when it's time to bust out trailforks.
These glove tacts are designed to improve accuracy and response when using a touch screen
with your gloves on.
I put them on my pointer and thumb, and did see a difference.
The response was way better and the accuracy was a little better.
With clean gloves and a little heat, they adhered surprisingly well to the fabric—much
better than you would think.
But I would be concerned how they'd hold up over the course of a season.
If this is a recurring issue for you, Glove tacts or something like them could be the
answer.
Otherwise, a bare finger is totally free.
Storing tools and supplies in and on your bike can help you stay prepared.
This product helps make use of the space in your steerer tube.
It's called the fork cork, and it comes in a close second for the best named product
I've ever reviewed.
The fork cork is really simple, it just expands as you tighten it to secure an aluminum cap
to the bottom of your steerer.
You can use it to stash a tubeless patch kit, tire inflator, or some emergency cash, provided
you find a way to keep it from rattling around.
The fork cork is $30, which is a lot more than an actual cork, but it's well made
and does what it says.
In many videos you've seen me use my Evoc flight bag to pack and fly with my bike.
It's starting to show signs of wear.
Some TSA inspector must have really struggled to get my wheel back in because they put the
rotor through the fabric, and tore the zipper right off.
So when Scicon, sent me this flight bag, I was hoping it would be a more robust alternative
to Evoc.
It is robust, and it does a great job of protecting your bike, but it's just not for me.
I'll try to give you the good and the bad.
The Scicon bag features casters that roll in every direction.
Much easier than an evoc bag considering you'll also have your other luggage to worry about.
When you arrive at your destination you open the bag up on both sides.
There, your bike is presented to you on a sort of work stand where you can reinstall
the pedals, derailleur, and handlebars.
All your tools and gear are in these pouches that sit under the frame, and your derailleur
is protected in this pouch suspended from the chainstay.
Once you've assembled your bike, you roll the bag up and store it in this longer bag
until the end of your trip.
Pretty well thought out actually.
Except that all packed up this bag stands a full foot taller than an Evoc bag.
Evoc bags just clear the headliner of SUVs standing straight up, and in compact cars
they can be pushed between the seats.
The scicon bag with my size small bike in it took a lot of finagling to get into my
wife's honda civic, and considering it won't clear the headliner of an SUV, it would need
to be laid down with your other luggage on top of it.
Not ideal, especially if you're with a friend.
Also the bag has some parts which can get lost, and rest assured you'll be in a rush
every time you need them.
Given the great build quality of Scicon bags I would be inclined to overlook these flaws,
but they cost more than some bikes.
Even with the large discounts we're seeing from some sellers, Scicon a ways to go before
they beat out Evoc in terms of value.
I do appreciate these custom storage bags though and like the clever packing process.
When mountain biking with a GoPro, the chest is one of the more preferable angles, except
that it's quite uncomfortable.
The "chesty" as GoPro names it, is an oddly shaped solid piece of plastic that presses
against your sternum and makes you sweaty.
The latest iteration of the chesty does not resemble this in the least.
It's symmetrical, fully padded, ventilated, and well engineered.
The proprietary latch is also nice and low profile.
It's $35, which for a GoPro accessory seems oddly ethical, so I give the newest generation
chesty high marks all around.
This next product is a hand pump which is sort of a floor pump.
It's made by Pro Bike Tool and is titled Mini Floor Bike Pump - Super Fast Tire Inflation
- Secure Presta and Schrader Valve Connection - High Pressure Bicycle Pump with Stabilizing
Foot Peg for Road & Mountain Bikes.
We'll just call it the mini floor pump.
This thing is awesome!
The build seems nice all around, it works for presta and shraeder, and in terms of size
it's just a little longer than my Oneup and Crankbrothers pumps.
The mini floor pump comes with a mount for your bike but with the external tube and all
I'd say just leave it in your bag.
For $30 it's a good value and is much easier than a typical hand pump.
Finally, the Magura Vyron 150mm wireless dropper post.
This is an older model with serious miles on it.
Still it has become my favorite dropper post, so much so that I swap it between my bikes.
The post itself charges with Micro USB, which needs to be done maybe once per month.
From there, you just pop it in the bike and attach this button to your handlebars.
When you press the button, it engages the post for a full second.
During that second you can let it pop up, push it down, or stop it anywhere in between.
To me, the main advantage of a wireless dropper post is the reduction of cockpit clutter,
but the Vyron is also easier to install, compatible with any bike, and great for bikes with left
shift levers.
If you're riding park for the day you can also remove the button entirely and just leave
the seat down.
A new Vyron will cost you almost $500, so it's not gonna be for everyone, but spending
money in the name of clutter reduction is nothing new.
I hope you found some of these reviews useful, or at the very least entertaining.
If you want to know where to get any of these products I've provided links in the description.
Thanks for watching, thanks for being patient while I'm off my bike, and thanks for riding
with me today, I'll see you next time.
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Essentia Health-Valley City Clinic - Duration: 1:13.
Welcome to the Essentia Health-Valley City Clinic, providing primary and
specialty care to residents of Valley City, North Dakota and the surrounding
area. Free parking is available to all our patients and guests located just
outside the main entrance to the clinic. Once you arrive our welcoming staff will
check you in for your appointment. You can then relax and have a seat in our
spacious lobby area. During your appointment you will be seen by one of
our highly trained providers in a patient exam room. The Valley City Clinic
offers a full array of primary care services to you and your whole family.
Some of our family medicine providers also see expectant mothers for OB
checkups throughout pregnancy. The Valley City Clinic offers outpatient physical
therapy services. We can also provide diagnostic testing including on-site lab
services as well as imaging and radiology. Our website includes a
complete list of services and specialty care offered at this location. We look
forward to caring for you and your family at the Essentia Health-Valley
City Clinic.
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Family Finger Song, Sesame Street Style! - Duration: 0:45.
[intro music]
>> Daddy finger, Daddy finger, where are you?
>> Here I am. Here I am. How do you do?
>> Mommy Finger, Mommy Finger, where are you?
>> Here I am. Here I am. How do you do?
>> Brother Finger, Brother Finger, where are you?
>> Here I am. Here I am. How do you do?
>> Sister Finger, Sister Finger, where are you?
>> Here I am. Here I am. How do you do?
>> Baby Finger, Baby Finger, where are you?
>> Here I am. Here I am. How do you do?
[closing music]
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Watch Out – Cartman Has Anxiety - South Park - Duration: 1:13.
All right, can I take your order?
Excuse me. What would you like sir?
Can you wait? Isn't that your job?
Aren't you a waiter?
Hey, could you turn your phone down kid, this is a restaurant?
It just so happens I have anxiety.
That means I have trouble being around assholes
who won't leave me alone.
Oh, hello Eric.
Shut up, I have anxiety.
Hey kid. Hey kid!
I'm on my phone!
You're about to get hit by a car.
All right, that's it. Everyone stop the
(bleep). Stop right now!
Listen up people, I have anxiety.
That means I'm in my shell
and have a hard time expressing myself.
I find it difficult to engage with others,
so everyone shut the (bleep)
up, because my anxiety is up here right now.
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Chelsea Cutler - Mess (Türkçe Çeviri) - Duration: 3:24.
For more infomation >> Chelsea Cutler - Mess (Türkçe Çeviri) - Duration: 3:24. -------------------------------------------
Essentia Health-Wahpeton Clinic - Duration: 1:15.
Welcome to the Essentia Health-Wahpeton Clinic, providing primary and specialty care to residents
of Wahpeton, North Dakota, and the surrounding area.
Free parking is available to all our patients and guests, located right
outside the main entrance to the clinic.
Once you arrive, our welcoming staff will check you in for
your appointment.
You can then relax and have a seat in one of our lobby areas.
During your appointment, you will be seen by one of our highly-trained
providers in a patient exam room.
The Wahpeton Clinic offers a full array of primary care services to you and your whole family.
If you need care today, we can often get you in for same day appointments.
We can provide on-site diagnostic testing, including lab services, as well as imaging and radiology.
We also provide outpatient physical therapy services.
Visit our optical shop if you're looking to try on some new frames. Located next to the main entrance.
Our website includes a complete list of services and specialty care offered at this location.
We look forward to caring for you and your family at the Essentia Health-Wahpeton Clinic.
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Check Before You Burn – What is a No-Burn Day? - Duration: 0:56.
A No-Burn day is a day when the particulate matter air pollution levels
are forecasted to be high. Therefore, on these days we ask the residents in Los Angeles,
Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, refrain from burning
wood in their homes. The South Coast AQMD conducts air monitoring on a daily basis
and we use that data to help in our forecasting for No-Burn days.
We typically forecast a No-Burn day one day ahead of time. However, we can't predict
how many No-Burn days we're going to have this season. A lot of it depends on
the weather conditions that we have. Last year we did have a record number of
No-Burn days. This winter we can all do our part to help keep our air clean by
choosing not to burn wood on a No-Burn day.
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The Science Behind Why You Procrastinate - Duration: 13:46.
- If you've ever wanted to count yourself
among the ranks of geniuses like Leonardo da Vinci,
Margaret Atwood and Frank Lloyd Wright,
then you're in luck because there
is at least on dimension in which you,
me and probably everyone watching this video
is already like them and that's because
each one of these geniuses is
or was a massive procrastinator.
da Vinci took 16 years to finish the Mona Lisa
which is to say that he died 16 years after he started it,
and over the course of his life
he only finished a handful of projects
often leaving angry patrons scrambling to hire
other people to finish the projects
that eventually slipped from his attention.
Likewise the author Margaret Atwood
is pretty open about the fact that she spends
every morning procrastinating only
getting to work around three in the afternoon.
And as the story goes, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright
drew up the initial plans for
the famous Falling Water House just hours
before a scheduled meeting with
the man who had commissioned it.
Procrastination is a problem that plagues
most of us to some degree.
From famous polymaths and artists throughout history
to YouTubers ironically making videos about procrastination,
to students just trying to get their homework done,
almost all of us deal with it along
with its consequences of which there are many.
Despite the justifications that procrastinators
love to make like I work well under pressure man, it's fine,
research has shown that procrastination
is significantly correlated with poor study habits,
with depression, anxiety, lycanthropy,
low self esteem, and yes I may have made one of those up,
but the fact remains that procrastination
is a damaging habit to be in.
So, over the course of the next three videos
we are going to dig deep into both
the causes of procrastination
and how we can finally over come it.
This video in particular will focus
on the science of procrastination
and we're gonna pull from a wide body
of research to find out exactly
why we tend to put off our work.
As the ancient proverb goes, know thy enemy.
Then in the next video we're gonna go over
several tactics you can use to stop procrastinating
in the moment once you catch yourself doing it
and the final video will wrap things up
by looking at how each of us can once and for all
shed the label of procrastinator from our identities
and permanently reduce our tendency to put things off.
For now though we are focused on the question of why?
Why do we procrastinate?
One of the most popular theories
that attempts to gather and integrate
the many potential answers to this question
is called Temporal Motivation Theory
which was created by Doctor Piers Steel
which was most thoroughly explained
in his book The Procrastination Equation.
As the book title implies,
Temporal Motivation Theory attempts
to explain procrastination in terms
of a formula which aims to solve our tasks utility
or the general motivation to do it.
The higher the utility or the higher the motivation,
the less likely someone is going to be
to procrastinate on that particular task.
And the elements of that equation include number one,
expectancy which is your belief
that you can complete the task.
Number two, value which is how valuable
the reward the task will give you is to you.
Number three, impulsiveness which is
the likelihood that you're gonna
be distracted by something that would
give you instant gratification now
and finally number four there's delay
which is how long you're gonna
have to wait to get the reward.
So to solve for motivation or utility,
you simply set the equation up like this
and then if you want to raise your motivation
and stop procrastinating you just need
to figure out how to manipulate
one or more of the equations elements.
For example you could raise expectancy
by getting clear on the details of your task
or by breaking it down into little sub tasks
each to which feels more actionable.
Likewise you could raise a tasks value
by setting up additional rewards for completing it
like giving yourself a preplanned break once you finish it.
And of course you could lower impulsiveness
by disconnecting from the internet or working
on self discipline exercises to make yourself
less vulnerable to distractions or by changing
your study location to increase the distance
between you and your VR headset.
And finally there is delay which is probably
the hardest element in the equation to manipulate
since a lot of tasks have a set in stone due date
meaning there is a set in stone reward.
Now Temporal Motivation Theory
has its routes in behavioral economics
proposing that the reason we procrastinate
is purely due to our current perceived utility of the task.
And to be fair it is a model that does
a pretty good job at collecting many
of the reasons we do tend to put things off.
The expectancy piece accurately reflects
the fact that we tend to be more resistant
to starting a task when we know that it's difficult.
Likewise the value and delay variables reflect
how we tend to offer instant gratification
over rewards who's value we don't much care about
or that we've discounted because it's far off in the future.
But it's worth mentioning that this theory
does have its critics including Doctor Timothy Pychyl
who heads up the procrastination
research group at Carleton University.
In a critique that he wrote
for the website Psychology Today,
Pychyl points out that in the attempt
to unify everything under this utility based equation,
this theory ends up making too many assumptions.
For one, it assumes that some tasks
like socializing with friends have
a fixed utility that isn't sensitive to delay
while others like writing an essay
definitely are sensitive to that delay.
And in fact these two tasks are used together
to form an example on Dr. Steel's website.
According to the graph there,
the utility of socializing remains
higher than that of writing the essay
until right near the due date at which point
the lines intersect and now it's time
to start chuggin' Red Bull's
and scrambling to finish that essay.
But Pychyl's article asks what
would happen if a party scheduled for
this Friday were postponed to next week.
Since this increases delay, the overall utility
of socializing should be decreased
and now the utility of writing the essay
should be higher which means that you
should choose to do it right?
Of course in the real world most students
wouldn't decide to work on an essay
far in advance of the deadline just
because a party got postponed.
Now for my part I feel like Pychyl's
critique in this one example isn't
a perfect take down because it kind
of frames things as a binary choice
and in reality I'm gonna be considering more options.
If a party gets postponed,
I'm probably still gonna consider playing Overwatch
all night rather than just choosing to do the essay.
Still, I do agree with his overall conclusion where he says,
"The point is that complex human behaviors
"are not best understood by simple equations or formuli.
"Although the theories that these formuli represent
"can be useful in our discussion of behavior."
And I especially agree with this view
that Temporal Motivation is just a little
too focused on this idea of people
as rational decision makers,
carefully weighing different actions like ingots on a scale
because that isn't how it works.
We humans with our squishy multi layer brains
are a lot more irrational then
economic theories would like to paint us.
At all times the rational part of your brain
is locked in an eternal struggle with
the more instinctual, emotional side.
And it's this emotional side that plays
the biggest role in our tendency to procrastinate
especially for people that have a hard time regulating it.
In a study that was published back in 2001,
the researcher Dianne Tice found that students
who were primed to believe their mood was fixed
or frozen were less likely to seek
instant gratification or to procrastinate,
while students who were lead to believe
that their moods could be changed
were much more likely to do both.
And even though procrastinators tend
to feel guilt when they do this,
they or we I should say actually because I do this too,
we tend to rationalize it and we convince ourselves
that it's really not a big deal.
For an example of this, a study done at Bishop University
had students react to scenarios where procrastination
had actually caused a problem or at least exasperated it,
including a scenario where somebody
had come back from a sunny vacation
with a suspicious mole but then
put off going to the doctor to have
it checked out for quite a long time.
And in reaction to that scenario
the chronic procrastinators in the group
tended to say things like at least I went
to the doctor before it got really really bad
instead of saying things like if only
I'd gone to the doctor sooner.
All their statements tended to be what
are called downward counterfactuals
which are responses that reflect
the desire to improve one's mood in the short term.
And these are in contrast to, you guessed it,
upward counterfactuals which are responses
that tend to embrace difficulties now
in an attempt to learn something new about the future.
As the head researcher for the study put it,
"Procrastinators focused on how to make themselves
"feel better at the expense of drawing insight
"from what made them feel bad."
Despite the guilt that we feel,
this habitual urge to seek an emotional
pick me up in response to a task that's boring or difficult
or in response to anxiety causes us
to construct arguments that rationalize
our procrastination and keep us in
a never ending cycle of doing it.
And those studies are just the start
because there is even more evidence
to support this idea of procrastination
as primarily an issue of emotional regulation.
For instance, a study from Brooklyn College
back in 2010 found a significant link
between procrastination problems and problems
with executive functioning which is
an umbrella term for all the higher cognitive
functions that control our behavior.
When the researchers first tested students
on procrastination and then
on nine scales of executive functioning,
such as self monitoring
and emotional control and organization,
they found a significant link between
problems with procrastination and all nine of these scales.
And another study even found a biological link.
When a research team over in Germany did FMRI brain scans
on 264 adults they found a link
between difficulties in initiating actions on tasks
and a greater volume of gray matter in the amygdala
which is the brains fight or flight center.
Though it is worth mentioning just
a couple of things about this study.
The first of which being that the results merely
show an association rather than claiming
a direct causal link and the second being
a reminder that the physical structure
of the brain is in fact quite adaptable.
In fact a study done back in 2013 showed
how just eight weeks of training and mindfulness meditation
can actually shrink the volume of the amygdala
and as the study notes, "As the amygdala shrinks,
"the prefrontal cortex associated
"with higher order brain functions
"such as awareness, concentration
"and decision making becomes thicker."
And I think that this is very important to include
because while all of us are born with different brains,
we're also born with brains that
can in fact change, adapt and improve.
So, to sum things up the current body
of procrastination research seems
to point the finger primarily at an inability
to self regulate emotions and mood as the cause.
When you're a chronic procrastinator
you consistently give in to feel good,
even though you are keenly aware of the hard you're causing
and even though you feel guilty about it.
And make no mistake, even the greats felt guilty about it.
In fact, Walter Issacson's biography
on Leonardo da Vinci makes this pretty clear stating,
"The most obvious evidence that he was human
"rather than super human is the trail
"of projects he left unfinished.
"Tell me if anything was ever done.
"He repeatedly scribbled in notebook after notebook.
"Tell me.
"Tell me.
"Tell me if I ever did a thing.
"Tell me if anything was ever made."
Of course this primary reason is connected
to other causes as well such as those problems
with executive functioning and the expectancy value
and delay issues laid out by Temporal Motivation Theory
and by how close we are to our distractions
as well as how addicted we are to them
which I think is an important point to note
since now more than ever our distractions
are specifically engineered to keep
us coming back again and again.
Now, in the next video in this series
we're gonna dig into some specific tactics
that you can use to stop procrastinating
in the moment when you notice yourself doing it.
But before we end this video I do
want to address one of the most common fixes
for procrastination that I see being touted on the internet
which is to simply go and do the work that you love,
to follow your passion because if you're procrastinating
right now it means you're doing
the wrong work and you need to quit.
(sighs)
If only it were that easy.
But alas even people who are
quote unquote "following their passion" have elements
of their work that they tend to procrastinate on.
I mean, most of these people would probably
feel pretty silly telling Margaret Atwood
that the work she spent her life doing
is in fact the wrong work for her
because she procrastinates on it.
More importantly though this is just dangerous advice.
Sure, occasionally you're gonna see somebody
who quit everything, dropped out of school
and went all in under water game development
and they made millions of dollars
and became an inspiration to us all.
Those are the stories that get told
but they are the exception to the rule.
And as the author Barbara Oakley wisely
points out in her book A Mind for Numbers,
"Over the past decades students who
"have blindly follower their passion
"without rational analysis of whether
"their career choice truly was wise
"have been more unhappy with their job choices
"then those who coupled passion with rationality."
A better path is to dedicate your free time
to exploring your interests and passions
and to double down on the ones that you
seem especially interested in.
And by deliberately learning what triggers
your procrastination with your main work
and then by learning to combat those triggers
which is what the other two videos
in this series will be about,
you're gonna find yourself with more of that free time
then you would've otherwise had.
Of course another way to start moving something
that you're passionate about from being
just a side project to becoming something
that eventually maybe something
you could turn into a career is
to accelerate your skill development in that area
by learning from expert teachers.
For example, if you eventually wanted to build
your own successful YouTube channel
then you might want to learn about content creation
from somebody who already does that for a living.
And fortunately my friend Evan
who runs the excellent channel Poly Matter
recently released a course over on Skillshare
that talks all about how to do that.
Evan's course covers the entire creation process
for making an animated YouTube video
starting from topic selection and research,
then moving on into story crafting
and finally heading on into a section
about how to actually make the animations
and one thing that I was really surprised
to learn especially given how smooth
and awesomely animated Evan's videos are is how simple
his process for making those animations actually is.
And beyond Evan's course you're also
going to find over 24,000 different classes
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Essentia Health-Jamestown Clinic - Duration: 1:22.
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Grant Applications - Tips and Tricks - Duration: 16:33.
Hello, and welcome to Applying for Grants: Tips and Tricks. There are lots of grant
opportunities out there, and not only with OSPI. Are you missing out on
them because you aren't sure about how to go about writing a grant?
Maybe you've written some grants and have been unsuccessful in being awarded
funding. Today, we hope to equip you with tips, tricks, and other ideas to help you
successfully apply for and be awarded grant funding. My name is Samantha
Brueske, I am the Training and Communication Specialist at OSPI Child Nutrition Services.
Getting a grant can seem like an overwhelming
process, but with proper preparation and basic knowledge of grant awards, you can
be successful. This session will discuss basic grant writing requirements, provide
suggestions to help avoid stress in writing and receiving grant funds, and
share ways that you can easily become a strong contender for grants.
So the first tip is start early. We say this one often, but when reviewing grant
proposals those who have spent more time on them are often better quality, so this
is always going to be our first tip.
And the first thing to do is read it
thoroughly. I'm not a natural reader personally, but I do find that reading
the entire Request for Applications, or RFA as I'll refer to it, helps me better
understand the objectives of the grant and what the funder might like to see.
And after doing that, you will want to read it again. It may be difficult to
do with so much information, but I like to read it once, and then read it again.
I don't know about you, but I do tend to pick up more details when I give
something multiple pass-throughs.
The first thing to consider after reading the RFA, or Request for Application, is can something that you
need be helped by this grant, and does your need meet their requirements?
You'll want to start developing an idea that fits within the guidelines that they set forth.
So when considering how the grant will help, it's a good time to do your
homework. What are the funders priorities? Is this a reoccurring grant? Will I have
other successful grant proposals done? This will help you better understand
what may be a good idea to propose.
We say this one often, but when reviewing
grant proposals those who have more time spent on them are often better quality.
So make sure to follow instructions carefully, because when evaluators take a
look at your proposal you want to ensure to include everything that they wanted,
even down to whether the paper should be stapled or paper clipped, and especially formatting.
In general, you want to avoid using any jargon or acronyms in your
grant. However, using words and terms that the
Request for Application has helps you connect what you want to do with the
proposed grant, and it helps that the grant readers see that. The best grants
often tell a story. We're not asking for a novel, but make sure that you describe
what you need and why you need it. Which brings us to our next suggestion.
It tells your story, but it is brief and concise and it avoids words
like might or could and doesn't include any unnecessary attachments or
information. Just make sure that your story is strong. The funder knows what
you're asking money for within a specific grant, but talk about it and
what can be done with that funding and make them excited for it, and be
confident when you do it. Going back to asking yourself how will this grant help.
You have to assess your needs, and describe your goals, as well as how the
grant will support them. We'll talk a little bit more about assessing your
needs later in the presentation.
Grant evaluators love to see that your plans are sustainable, and like to see
how you plan on keeping the project alive long after their funding may end.
This also ties into planning. When you're describing what you need and figuring
out how you can do it, plan how you can make this grant sustainable for the
future, even if it's just describing how a piece of equipment will last for 10
years, and how many students that might affect.
The next part is Evaluate.
Talk about how you plan to evaluate the success of your idea. Evaluating your
project is an important step of the project management, and we will dive a
little bit further into this later as well.
Planning.
These groups support you in knowing what is feasible, as well as supporting your documentation
and claims when describing project plans. Even outside partners can help you with writing a stronger proposal,
and ensuring your information is current. So make sure to work with the people who are listed
on the screen here. They can help you. Another part of planning is preparing the budget. So if
you have staff, or are requesting staff, make sure to do your homework and work
with the experts and find out, you know, information on wages, salary, benefits,
overhead, cost of living adjustments, all of that stuff.
For grants that include equipment purchases, you must follow the guidelines
in the RFA. But make sure you at least do the following: obtain quotes. Check and
see if your grant requires a certain number of quotes, and then make sure when
you obtain the quotes that you're asking for the same specifications. Make
sure to include shipping, installation, tax, disposal of old equipment.
Now that you've gathered all the information that you need in order to
meet the RFA criteria and tell the story, and you've written it, it's now
time to review your proposal. Check that it meets all criteria. Validate that all
attachments are in your packet, and ensure that it adheres to application
guidelines such as formatting. This may be a good time to review the RFA again.
Another tip I have for you is read it out loud.
Yes, the grade school trick still works, and it's the best way to hear mistakes
that might be hiding in your writing.
Along the same lines, it's a good time to look at the review of your proposal and
you've already done it yourself, but also include content experts, editing
experts, and somebody who's unfamiliar because they'll be able to point out more things.
Make sure to submit your application on time.
Even if the grant allows for late submissions, they might dock points.
So far we've discussed what makes a successful grant proposal. Let's move on
to our next topic. Identifying Criteria for any Grant.
One of the more challenging aspects of grant writing is identifying the criteria you
need to meet. Here are some tips to help you with this. Yes, I'm showing this one
again, it is a repeat, but as a reminder, read and reread the RFA thoroughly when
applying for a grant. One suggestion might be to highlight the RFA
by topic. Some topics might include due dates, things needed from others, things
that you need to do, important information, and reporting requirements.
Really, you could use any categories that you want, but by dissecting it, you can use
any method that you'd like to work with that, and you can dissect the RFA to what
you need to do. Some grant writers choose to highlight things they need to do,
things others need to do, and then sharpie out things that they don't have
to look at ever again.
Again, there's no wrong way to identify criteria, but just
make sure that you have a process. If you have any other tips to share with
everyone for identifying criteria of a grant, please send them in to CNS. We'd love to hear them.
Next we're going to talk about planning a successful project.
There are a couple different aspects to consider.
One thing is the Needs Assessment, which we're going to get into here, and then
the second is Evaluation. I mentioned Needs Assessment earlier, and I wanted
to take a moment to give you some pointers on successful ones, and
elaborate how they help you when writing your grant.
When considering applying for a grant, you should think about, who will this
affect? What matters to them? And what matters to your stakeholders? This helps
you elaborate details to the grant reader, and show them who it will be
helping and why it's important. You'll also want to consider why should
this priority be a goal? What evidence do you have to support it? And what barriers
do you have for implementation? This will help you show the grant reader evidence
of your project, and those who need it, and why it may not have been
done before.
Just putting this into an example. This will affect Enchanted Elementary School students.
What matters to them? They want to have food that they like. What matters
to your stakeholders? Serving healthy meals that students enjoy. Why is it important?
Because we want to increase the number of reimbursable meals served. You want to
cite some evidence according to a study? This says that. And Barriers: Lack of
funding, and need a new outlet installed. The important things about
Need Assessment, and discussing the evidence of barriers, is that you want to
do that, but it doesn't place blame for the barrier, it provides evidence from
reliable sources, and explains what eliminating the barrier will do for
stakeholders. I have another example for you. Here we have a good one. Enchanted
School District has requested funding the last three budget cycles. Due to
other education priorities, our request has not been able to be fully funded.
A not-so-great example. Enchanted School District has repeatedly asked for
funding the last three budget cycles. Each time we have been denied due to
needing a new gym. And here we have another.
Some thoughts on the topic. If you use your Needs Assessment to help
tell your story, you'll automatically be telling the grant reader what you need,
why you need it, and how, if it gets funded, it will help those in need.
Next we're going to talk about evaluating your project. Evaluation seems like a
daunting task, but something to think and report on what you're going to do, how it
will prove that you're meeting your goals, and how often you'll do it. This
can be one large report or many different factors that prove your
success. We'll look at examples in just a couple slides, but just make sure that
your evaluation always ties back to these main ideas.
And thinking about the previous slide - what the task will be, and how you'll prove that you're meeting
requirements, and how often that you'll report. Plan on how you'll evaluate the
overall outcomes and validate that it's working.
The process that you'll want to use should be SMART. It needs to be Specific, Measurable, Attainable (or
achievable), Results Oriented, and Time Sensitive.
So this plan here talks a little bit about Evaluation. It's a 2 year project, and they plan on increasing
fresh fruits and vegetables by a certain percentage, and it talks about how many
students that they'll serve. So it is specific. It talks about how many students.
It's measurable. It gives a certain percentage and how often that they're
going to do this to meet that percentage. You've determined that this is
attainable, and your results will be shown on the menus. And it is
time sensitive, you plan on implementing it within two years. Again, just make sure
that your goals are attainable for your organization.
What you might write is it does depend on the group that you'll serve, but this "buffet style" outcome list
provides multiple ways to determine the successful outcome of the program.
Again, this is Specific, Measurable, you've determined it's Attainable, we have
Results, and it is Time Sensitive.
In this section, we discuss Project Management, including
Needs Assessments - where you need to determine who the project will
impact, and why it's important, as well as the potential positive impact, and the
barriers to the project. We also discuss evaluation plans. Remember to describe
your evaluation of the project by using SMART - Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Results Oriented, and Time Sensitive.
So one question that you might be asking yourself is, how do I win my grant? I know I asked when I was
researching into this. So the last topic for the training is being awarded your grant.
All grants are a little different, but competitive grants will have some sort of scoring
configuration to help decide who will receive funding. Some basic things
funders or evaluators will look at are: Did you need basic requirements? File
format, did you answer all the questions, etc. Is the project in-line with the
grant objectives? Did you read the RFA and develop a project the funder would
want to grant their funds toward? You made a clear connection for what you
would like and the objectives for the grant. Don't expect the evaluator to
infer what you would like to do, try to be as clear and concise as possible.
And the expected outcomes. Show the evaluator what your project will do. Draw
clear, SMART conclusions. I think we've said this a few times now, but the best thing
about things being electronic is searching. It tells you exactly how you
can be scored if they've included it in the RFA, and they often do. Here are
some things to look for. So you want to hold the ctrl + F buttons on your
keyboard, and you'll want to search for things like points, checklist, pages,
conference call, indirect cost and construction.
This isn't a comprehensive list, but it will give you a good start and it will
help guide you to what the
evaluators are looking for, as well as any additional requirements that you
might have. Next, here are some resources for you. This is the CNS Grants Webpage,
and there's a link on the screen. This is where we post all the grants that we
administer, and we also link to OSPI grants on this page, and other
external grants at the bottom of this webpage. We've also updated our grants
tip sheet to include information from this training. You can find this on our
grants webpage as well. Another website that is beneficial
is Grants.gov. It's a web page for searching federal grants.
And this Beta.sam.gov - it helps you find CFDA Numbers, and it can help you better search for
grants on Grants.gov. So today we discussed ideas to help you be awarded
grant funding by reviewing the RFA and understanding what evaluators look at
and other tips in this presentation. You're on your way to be awarded the
grants you apply for. Thank you for joining us today, and I hope that this
helps you not only have higher success in your Child Nutrition Grant
applications, but any grants that you apply for.
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Check Before You Burn – Health Effects of Wood Smoke Pollution - Duration: 1:00.
Most people don't think of fireplaces as a source of air pollution.
Anytime there is wood-burning, whether it's in fireplaces in your home or in your
backyard, that causes air pollution and that can affect the health of your
family and your neighbors. Wood smoke contains lots of different kinds of
pollutants and one of them is PM 2.5 or fine particulate matter. These are very
small particles that are found in wood smoke that can be breathed deep into the
lungs and cause damage there. We know that young children such as of ages 5
and under and also older adults are more sensitive to the effects of wood smoke
also people who have respiratory conditions such as asthma or COPD may
also be more sensitive to these. PM 2.5 levels are typically higher in the winter
so roughly between November and February keep you and your family
healthy this season by signing up for No-Burn alerts at www.airalerts.org
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