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Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers with Károly Zsolnai-Fehér.

This work is about building an AI vocoder that is able to synthesize believable singing

from MIDI and lyrics as inputs.

But first, what is a vocoder?

It works kinda like this.

Fellow Scholars who are fans of Jean-Michel Jarre's music are likely very familiar with

this effect, I've put a link to an example song in the video description.

Make sure to leave a comment with your favorite songs with vocoders so I and other Fellow

Scholars can also nerd out on them.

And now about the MIDI and lyrics terms.

The lyrics part is a simple text file containing the words that this synthesized voice should

sing, and the MIDI is data that describes the pitch, length and the velocity of each

sound.

With a little simplification, we could say that the score is given as an input, and the

algorithm has to output the singing footage.

We will talk about the algorithm in a moment, but for now, let's listen to it.

Wow.

So this is a vocoder.

This means it separates the pitch and timbre components of the voice, therefore the waveforms

are not generated directly, which is a key difference from Google DeepMind's WaveNet.

This leads to two big advantages: One, the generation times are quite favorable.

And by favorable, I guess you're hoping for real time.

Well, hold on to your papers, because it is not real time, it is 10-15 times real-time!

And two, this way, the algorithm will only need a modest amount of training data to function

well.

Here, you can see the input phonemes that make up the syllables of the lyrics, each

typically corresponding to one note.

This is then connected to a modified WaveNet architecture that uses 2-by-1 dilated convolutions.

This means that the dilation factor is doubled in each layer, thereby introducing an exponential

growth in the receptive field of the model.

This helps us keep the parameter count down, which enables training on small datasets.

As validation, the mean opinion scores have been recorded, in a previous episode, we discussed

that this is a number that describes how a sound sample would pass as genuine human speech

or singing.

The test showed that this new method is well ahead of the competition, approximately midway

between the previous works and the reference singing footage.

There are plenty of other tests in the paper, this is just one of many, so make sure to

have a look.

This is one important stepping stone towards synthesizing singing that is highly usable

in digital media and where generation is faster than real time.

Creating a MIDI input is a piece of cake with a midi master keyboard, or we can even draw

the notes by hand in many digital audio workstation programs.

After that, writing the lyrics is as simple as it gets and doesn't need any additional

software.

Tools like this are going to make this process accessible to everyone.

Loving it.

If you would like to help us create more elaborate videos, please consider supporting us on Patreon.

We also support one-time payments through cryptos like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.

Everything is available in the video description.

Thanks for watching and for your generous support, and I'll see you next time!

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M1 Finance - Creating The Essential to Life 39 Stock Portfolio with 0% Expense Ratio and 2% Yield - Duration: 14:18.

hello everyone and thanks for tuning into the financial investor channel my

name is Brent and today we're gonna be talking about m1 finances portfolio and

how you guys can create your very own essentially an ETF an exchange-traded

fund without the expense ratios so today's video we're gonna talk about one

fun that I had talked about previously which was the essential 40 now I've

already brought up a little article here let's go ahead and bring that up

so the essential 40 is basically 40 stocks that are essential to life right

now this is a mix of active and passively managed stocks each stock has

a weighting of 2.5% waiting meaning that you know it's pretty diversified no one

stock is greater than another and it has a very you know unique range so it has

many tech stocks texts and services as energy has healthcare financials

materials industrials we have some staples and you have some discretionary

and then just the one telecom stock which is Verizon I would have chosen

AT&T over Verizon but to each their own also this one holds GE which you know

right now we're just basically going to be going through and I'm gonna show you

how you guys can make your own exchange-traded fund if I am talking a

little bit quiet its 1250 in the morning right now I have to be up and do some

work out one so that's why I am up right now so I'm going to try to make this

video quick we're gonna be creating our portfolio over on m1 finance that'll

track basically the essential 40 without the expense ratio making sure that all

those earnings and capital appreciation dividends that you make for your future

are 100% yours you don't have to pay a financial advisor to manage your

portfolio and there's not going to be an expenses coming out of your portfolio

because you're using m1 finance which is be free and

offers free free and the same free stock buys so you can buy stocks for free so

what we're gonna be doing is selecting add slices and we're gonna be starting

here by beginning to add some of these stocks in so all we have to do is select

the stock type them in hit the plus sign it's going to queue them up towards the

bottom now we're going to go through here and at all of our tech stocks in

which we have facebook we have Amazon we have Cisco and infrastructure we have

Google at the services and TAC apple with their attack and services we have

some big names here an apple you know more tech more services we have Intel

you know these are all very good large companies ADP know for their human you

know Human Resources if you log in I pay maybe no I pay I think believe that was

in the military but if you log in to you know till beYOU your your paychecks

and such a lot of times you'll be using either ATP or paychecks I believe so

that is ATP here that was our last one in the tech sector so we're gonna hit in

an ad and that will have added our stocks into our portfolio so we have two

four six eight stocks out two four six eight okay that's correct

let's go ahead and get into our energy so next we're going to be adding Exxon

Duke Energy

EP D and those are our three energy one so

I'm gonna go ahead and add next we go into our healthcare so we have our

United Healthcare our bristol-myers very we have to hit the plus if you don't hit

the plus it won't queue it up at the bottom and you'll end up missing it and

then with a list like this it would be really hard to find out which stock we

did not add in and then Johnson and Johnson there's that's a pretty nice

pretty good well diversified healthcare area so now we're going into our

financials visa accepted everywhere I would always choose visa over MasterCard

JP Morgan one of the largest banks and financial institutions I didn't I'm

surprised they don't have Goldman Sachs on here but JP Morgan is a great bank

too and we have CME Group we have AIG

and what appears to be berkshire hathaway this has a B at the end the

ticker symbol that they use is the a which is the incorrect one so I'm going

to go ahead and add B and that is our financials so we've added our TAC energy

healthcare and financials now we're going into our materials so IP is the

paper paper company great company I've owned them in the past the Dow DuPont

great company Monsanto X I've never heard of X that's us steel and then

potage I don't believe we can add Canadian stocks in here what we can

definitely try us go ahead and hit potage that's intrepid potage Inc I

don't believe that's the correct one so I'm gonna go ahead and leave this one

out and what would be a good material sock I don't I can't think of one off

top ahead so I'm gonna go ahead and just continue on to the industrials so we're

gonna add these in continue into our industrial sector waste management got

company H we have Triple M so a lot of these names you may

recognize American Airlines these are just you know the essential 40 American

Airlines when you're flying anywhere and you Mase flight Delta American Airlines

but these are some of the big names that are you know going to be used FedEx you

could also throw ups and there instead it's really up to you how you want to

diversify your portfolio General Electric you may not want to

hold General Electric but it could be bottom doubt you can see here it did

bottom out I'm sure drain this even this correction period it's just a good time

to buy these stocks because they basically bottomed out so last one on

our industrials was Lockheed Martin we added those in next we go to our staples

we have Costco great company we have Cisco for their delivery of food I

remember I seen Cisco trucks everywhere just delivering foods in a CVS those are

pretty good companies right there so those are some staples next we go into

our discretionary we have CVS we have Comcast charter I don't usually

see a lot of charter I knew people that work our charter but very little that

invest in charter we have Home Depot that's another one I'd probably choose

Lowe's / Home Depot and then we'll add those in and then last we have Verizon

so let's go ahead and add the Rison in here and add it to our portfolio so that

should give us 29 stocks let's go ahead and hit Save Changes confirm now we have

our portfolio in there so you can see over the year this essential 40

increased by twelve point seven seven percent over the last year now some of

the stocks that may have affected this part folio negatively would be generally

Elektra or General Motors if we remove it from our portfolio and hit save it'll

probably adjust this but I'm not going to go ahead and do that I'm gonna go

ahead and just hit refresh and that'll bring it back in because I've already

saved it with General Electric in there so all I did it bring it back in so I am

missing one stock you can see here that you can see here that if I had Toronto

Stock Exchange this would all be weighted at 2.5 but because I do not

have it in there I currently have 39 stocks I believe so if we go through

here we'll have one two three four

ten

20

thirty

eight so we have 38 stocks in there so there may be one that I missed so if you

guys saw which one I missed but I know we missed this one here the potage one

because I could not find the Tigger what other one I'm gonna add in for Telecom

is going to be ticker symbol T I'm gonna go ahead and add that one in there and

discretionary is we're missing some staples I'm gonna go ahead and add

I'll go ahead and leave that as it is for now so I'm gonna go ahead and

equalize targets so everything is that three percent and 2 percent right here

so it looks like it doesn't it doesn't go into the 0.5 so you can't enter a 2.5

so that's why some of these are showing up as three percent target and some of

these are showing up as two percent target so I'm gonna go ahead and hit

Save Changes so now we currently have 39 different stocks in here you can see

here that the performance and the state about the same even with the addition of

AT&T so we have eleven point seven nine percent return over the past year we

have an average yield of two point one eight meaning that for every hundred

dollars that we have invested in this portfolio we will get roughly two

dollars and 18 cents back from dividends for the entire year so if you have a

thousand dollars they'll get roughly twenty one dollars and eighty cents if

you have ten thousand dollars you'll get two hundred and eighteen dollars back in

just dividends oh it shows our here we have 39 Holdings so we are missing one

stock and you guys can add whichever kind of stock so here we essentially

made our essential 40 so essential 40 cool it's actually 39 so no copyright

you know we got our essential 39 stocks now you can mix and match if you would

like to remove General Electric and add some other

Industrial company I would recommend that

I'm sure without General Electric being in there you know it could it does

actually have a lot more up potential than down potential as they begin to

split up but who knows if their price will drop once they begin to split up

and I'm sure even if it does you'll get other companies you know as they split

into more companies you're be rewarded with the companies that they split into

so that is basically it we have created our essential thirty nine portfolio it

has an expense ratio of zero we are holding thirty-nine stocks we have an

average dividend yield of two point one eight and if we go to our portfolio now

it does show up here if we added funds into this portfolio on the next trade

day our m1 finance app what by you know basically whatever the actual it would

buy into the target to match the target so we would put in our money in there

and then whenever it hit the target cap whenever the actual percentage would hit

the target cap it would stop in that specific stock and continue on and tell

all of them were funded and then if you would want in the future there'd be a

rebalance here so you could rebalance your portfolio if it begins to get over

weighted in one specific sector and you feel that you can rebalance it and some

of your lower hanging fruit will be able to you know grow gain some capital gains

and then I'll bring your portfolio back up

better so that is basically it we have covered how to create your own

exchange-traded fund if there's an exchange-traded fund out there I'm not

sure how many stocks you can actually have within your portfolio but you can

see here that we have 39 different stocks with on our m1 finance so when

money comes into this portfolio it'll get split up between 39 of these

stocks now this may be a little bit more diversified than what you want you know

every one is different diversification there is not a wrong way

or a right way to do it the more diverse afraid you are the less risk you may

have but at the same time you don't get as many returns whereas the last

diversify you are if you're only buying one or two stocks and those stocks go up

10 20 30 % then you get the higher risk and reward because those same stocks

could go down by 10 20 30 % so diversification it's all up to the

person and what their risk level is so that is there for this video I hope you

guys have enjoyed the video if you did I'm going to like this comment or like

the video remember to leave us subscribe for future financial videos thank you

guys for watching up to this point if you are brand new to my channel do you

hit the subscribe button I really appreciate it and that is it for this

video I think you guys for watching I will see you next time have a great day

bye

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I never understood...

...what was going through his mind when he made that decision.

Nobody, not even my mother could know.

And, from all people, he confided that to me.

Don't you feel ashamed by that?

Never.

I was the only person he knew that could find someone to do that.

And did you feel used?

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How to Bang Out Family Photos FAST: Breathe Your Passion with Vanessa Joy - Duration: 2:47.

Oh..it's freezing in here! This is why I

don't do winter weddings! Family photos..

family photos can be the most annoying

thing that you do on a wedding. I don't

know any photographer that likes family photos!

I'm pretty sure my favorite photographer

Joe Buissink.. think he paid other people to do

his family photos for him, and he was the

main photographer! Family photos... this is

your time to shine, this is your time to

get in front of people that are going to

be your clients, and impress them! You

need to nail family photos... you need to

make everybody look good! But more

importantly they need to be fast! You

have to know how to deal with families.

When we can't find mom... the mother of the

groom thinks it's all about her! Aunt

Suzy is behind you with her cell phone

taking pictures, and she's snapping away

and everyone has to look at her, and look

at you, they look at her, they look at you...

Make lists of the family photos that you

need to get done! Don't walk in there

like an amateur... you look like an idiot!

If you're just saying so... what do you

want next? What do you want next? What do

you want next? Do you think the bride

knows what they want? No she doesn't

know what she's supposed to have. You

know when she knows what she's supposed

to have, three months after the wedding...

When she's complaining to you about the

shot that she didn't get with her aunt!

Whose fault is that? Your fault! You

should have made a list beforehand of

all the photos that the bride has to

sign off on. You're off the hook, so I've

got some sets of family photos up here,

so you can see. Ideally you want people

moving as little as possible... build them

up ...break them down, build 'em up.. take

them down, put people in, but you put them in

strategically, so you just adding people

to the existing pose of what is going on!

Let's take a look. Start off just like

this. You've got bride-groom, mom and dad..

Then we add to this picture... no one moves...

we just added that sibling on the

right-hand side, and then from here we

took out the bride... and from here we took

out the sibling... and from here we took

out dad

switch to mom,

switch to the sibling

BAM! We're done!

That's all the groom side, then

you just repeat on the bride's side and...

...that's it

So you just build up and break down...

that's how it's done!

For example: Bride and groom together..

Bride and groom with bride's mom and dad..

Brian agree with bride's mom and dad..

add the siblings... then add the sibling

spouses... then add grandma.. then you

take the groom out, and then you have the

whole family photo without the groom...

then you take your in-lass away... families done

That's it... enough! Just that easy...

That's it!

A little fast for you? if so

click the link below in the description to

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but really to my TV show Breathe Your Passion.

This is where you can get a ton of

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Facing Your Financial Fears: 3 Financial Mistakes to Avoid When Planning for Retirement! - Duration: 10:39.

there's a lot of people that I meet with that they come in to your point very

concerned I tell them and I look at them and I say look you are not in this bad

of shape as you thought and that obviously is is a great feeling so

people don't always know until you really do the do the work and do the

analysis you don't really know

thank you so much for joining us today on our second act with Paige and Silke

today is our expert segment day and we're continuing the conversation Paige

and I started about the importance of taking charge of your financial health

after 50 and joining us today is Todd Youngdahl from Washington Wealth

Advisors Todd thank you so much for joining us Thank You Silke thank you for

having me well before we you know really get into our conversation I would like

people to know that the reason you're joining us today is because you are

Paige's personal financial advisor I am I am and I have been for quite some time

so I'm also very lucky to call Paige and Tim friends as well I meet well me too

they're incredible people who have gone through so much which is really you know

what what prompted this segment because we've been focusing a lot on physical

health you know everything the quality that affects our quality of life after

fifty and Paige said you know one thing that we're not focusing on is fine

financial health and that has become so critical as she has experienced and as I

haven't as so many people have today so let's let's talk about that how do we

ease our fears of facing retirement and what our financial condition is yeah and

there's a lot of people you know even over the age of 50 who have never worked

with a financial planner before never met with a financial advisor and maybe

that causes fear and anxiety they don't want to you know even take that first

step and what I've told you before was that you know we we here offer an

initial complimentary meeting for people just to come in and kind of have a

discovery discussion just have a get to know you and hear a little bit about

what financial goals people might have you know what are they working towards

and just you know find out if there's a way that you know we can offer

assistance so I think taking that first step is obviously you know doesn't need

to be as scary as people may think and to your point I think like me sometimes

and I've heard other people say this to financially

I don't have enough money nobody wants to deal with my my situation or you feel

just stupid for some some of the decisions that you made I just recently

changed financial advisors and you know you know I just finally just sat down

just said you know I just really feel stupid for some of the decisions I've

made and he made me feel so comfortable that this and again I'm not alone can

you speak to that do you get that a lot or people just embarrass or they think

they need to show that they know more talk about that a little bit I think I

think people what they're looking for is a partner I mean I I would I would say

as much as we are financial planners we are partners in your financial life and

that's what we're trying to do is is make you feel comfortable to make

empowered educated financial decisions and that's at least here in our firm

that's one of the key principles I mean not only do we want to advise people on

making smart decisions but we want to empower them with education as well in

in working with a lot of people of course of our vintage, what are some of

the top mistakes that are made that that could be avoided if we just knew to avoid

them yeah I think I think the first mistake is just not having an open

discussion at this stage of your life about what your future goals and

retirement dreams are just really reassessing what what you want your life

to look like when you no longer want to work so I think I think that's the first

piece is just to kind of have that open discussion whether it be with yourself

your partner and and if you want to bring up a financial planner into the

mix as well well and again you know and a lot of the interviews I've done with

other experts career coaches that sort of thing there is a sense of

hopelessness sometimes that comes up especially with our generation when

we're taking I think we're called the Sandwich Generation we have parents that

we take care of we have kids that we still take care of but it's never too

late you say right no exact you're exactly right financial

planning it's never too late to start because it's always ongoing your life is

changing people's lives are changing markets are changing taxes are changing

there's always changes so it's never too late to start and really have that

discussion about you know what what do you want your life to look like from a

financial perspective in the future and I believe you said analyzing and staying

on track and you know that that builds into that conversation with your adviser

sure yeah I think that a lot of people once you've defined what it is your

vision is and if it's changed is to just take a step back and say okay are we on

track to get there how much assets have we accumulated how much are we saving

taking into account a lot of these other variables and do some hard analysis and

look at the numbers and you know and again that may be a little bit scary but

I think it's still extremely important to do and you know I think it will help

get you at least moving forward yeah if you're in bad shape you're in bad shape

you might as well know yeah and honestly though on the flip side if you're in

better shape than you thought there's a lot of people that I meet with that they

come in to your point very concerned they're saying I tell them and I look at

them and I say look you are not in this bad of shape as you thought and that

obviously is is a great feeling so people don't always know until you

really do the do the work and do the analysis you don't really know you know

that's a great point that you just brought up thank you for turning it to

the positive because I like harping on the future in a way that is exactly what

happened to me because I you know with with making summits just as I did with

starting this channel with getting divorced but you know I'm thinking oh my

gosh and I was I'm a conservative German and he did he sat down and he felt my

hand he said you're not it's not you can and you can take those type of risks

with your career or with your retirement plans or with your and those think it's

it's again just you know reevaluating what your what

your vision is and then reassessing how on track you are for that getting your

getting your head out of the sand it's not good to do anybody any good yeah one

of the things that I did right actually and that was a third point a third

mistake that you pointed out and I was glad to see that is I got long-term care

insurance because I learned that going through with my parents but but people

who don't go through this and see the need for it they don't want to talk

about that either right absolutely not yes I mean I start talking to people

about long-term care insurance usually between the ages of 50 and 55 and I'm

sure you can imagine that's not top of their mind it's not you know ideally

what they want to talk about but I would say with the staggering costs especially

in the DC area in California some expensive states it's a very important

discussion to have very important discussion of because it's part of your

retirement plan to protect your assets yes exactly

well in a page speak so highly of Todd and and I really want to thank you for

you know taking time out of your busy schedule to be here any time I also want

to encourage people I believe you said it's okay people email you or perhaps if

they have some questions you can either help them directly or refer them on

absolutely yes so people can reach us at our website which is Washington wealth

adv calm and you know they can email call we're happy to help

well I will provide links to all of your contact information if people do want to

get in contact with you directly and I again want to want to really stress that

you know working with the financial end if you haven't already done so it is it

is a huge step to towards trust and Paige made a good point about going with

your inner knowing how do you have any advice on on reading the temperature of

whether or not you're a good match for a client well I think I'm glad you

mentioned the word trust because in all the feedback that we get from our

existing clients that is the number one reason why they have worked with us for

so long similar to Paige and Tim I mean you know we have relationships with

people for 15 16 17 years and the number one reason that they say that they've

continued that relationship is trust so you know I just think it's important to

take that first step get into an office and meet with someone it's usually

complimentary like it is here and just start to have that discussion I think

you'll know I believe that people know and have a feeling when it comes to

trusting their advisor well the purpose of this segment really and what we're

focusing on is to let people know just how important it is to take that step

like you just said and again if anybody wants to contact you directly please I encourage

them to do so and I thank you so much again for joining us today on our second act with Paige and Silke

so glad you were able to join us today and I

hope you found this information helpful if you have nobody done so please just

take one second and subscribe to our channel buttons right over here and for

more information about living your life to the fullest after 50 and taking

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How To Make & Use Bone Broth + Health Benefits + FREE GIFT/GIVEAWAY! - Mind Over Munch - Duration: 6:24.

Hey munchies!

I'm Alyssia if you're new,

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Bone broth is a broth made from bones that have simmered in water

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Well, because they produce a gelatin from the collagen-rich joints,

and provide healthy minerals, of course!

Bone broths are rich in proteins and minerals that help the body detoxify,

support digestion, support allergies, reduces inflammation, immune health,

gut health, brain health, skin health AND helps ward off colds and infections.

AND they're high in amino acids that help keep your connective tissues

like ligaments and joints healthy.

You can buy it at the store, but it's going to be more expensive,

probably won't have as much access to health benefits,

and may have additives or chemicals.

Anything at the store is a risk for not being as clean as homemade of course,

Although, don't get me wrong—

there are definitely some great store-bought bone broth options.

Store-bought bone broth, store-bought bone broth, store-bought bone broth,

store-bought bone broth, store-bought bone broth—does that count?

(Joe, in the distance:) Ding ding ding ding ding!

BUT it's more affordable to make it yourself, and healthier, so why not?

Don't try to cut corners when selecting your bones, though.

Go for high-quality bones from grass fed cattle, bison, poultry and wild caught fishes.

You are going to be drinking the minerals in a concentrated form

so you want to make sure that the animals they are coming from were healthy.

You can save bones from leftovers when you roast a chicken, duck or turkey,

you can ask a local butcher or farmer,

and because bone broth is getting more popular now

you can even find them at grocery stores!

I got these organic grass fed beef marrow bones at Whole Foods.

I've also seen people online who have bought bags of frozen grass fed beef bones

really affordably!

Some people like to blanch their bones first

to get rid of any impurities, but if you're buying high quality bones

you can probably skip that step.

To make your broth, I recommend roasting the bones in the oven first.

I add them to a pan and let them go for 30 minutes to an hour

at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

This will really add flavor to the broth.

I prefer to make bone broth in a slow cooker since it cooks for so long,

but you could also use a pot on the stove—OR, as my instafam let me know,

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And this one is pretty cool too

because it's not JUST a pressure cooker but also a slow cooker,

and a sauté and steamer!

To make the broth, I add bones to the cooker

and fill enough water to cover the bones.

Add apple cider vinegar and let it sit for about 30 minutes.

This is going to help extract the minerals from the bones

and make the nutrients more accessible.

And, we're using a milder vinegar

so it won't affect the taste of the broth.

Use a skimmer to remove any foamy impurities that float to the top.

This is normal, but there will be MORE if you don't use organic or grass fed bones.

Add veggies, herbs and spices to a pot—you can really use whatever you like!

I kept it simple and went with carrots, celery, onions, garlic salt, and peppercorns.

Don't feel like you NEED to add a ton of stuff,

the bones will have great flavor on their own.

Let it simmer SLOW and LOW.

Allowing it to sit for longer renders out more fat and extracts more minerals.

Most people advise at least 8 to 12 hours, and up to 48 hours!

Suggested simmering times are: 48 hours for beef bones,

24 hours for chicken or poultry bones, and 8 hours for fish bones!

Turn off the heat and allow to cool a bit before straining.

The bones should be pretty soft and nearly crumbling!

When cool, you can store it in large jars in the fridge for up to 5 days,

or it will freeze for up to a year!

I prefer to freeze it as ice cubes

and then transfer those to a large plastic bag for easy storing.

Once cool, the fat will separate to the top.

You'll see that fatty gelatin, which is a good sign

that your nutrients were extracted from the bones!

You can just scoop it off the top and use it for cooking if you so desire—

which you TOTALLY should because it's freaking delicious!

You can also just enjoy the broth with the healthy fat if you prefer,

but most people tend to like it without.

There are tons of ways to use bone broth!

Really you can use it anyway you'd use a regular chicken or vegetable broth—

for stews, soups, sauces, and reductions.

You can sauté vegetables in it,

but a lot of people really just like to drink the warm broth!

Can you believe that this stuff has around 10 grams protein?

Pretty crazy, huh?!

That's the equivalent to 2 ounces of chicken or beef, around a 1/2 cup of beans,

or more than an ounce of cheese.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

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Let me know your favorite way to enjoy it

in the comments below!

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(Joe, in the distance:) There's some dang broth comin' outta this here thang!