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HOLDEN - A fire protection district could shut down in Livingston Parish if voters strike down a tax renewal in Holden.
Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 10 Chief Warren Stewart says the district would miss out on $172,000 each year if the tax renewal fails to pass. That's money used for day-to-day operations like insurance, equipment and fuel.
Stewart says the district would use what money is left in the bank until it's gone.
"Once that would run out, then we would more than likely have to turn the electric off to the building and go ahead and close the doors," he said.
Stewart says around 20 volunteer firefighters in the Holden area respond to between 300 and 400 calls each year. Without a fire district in the area Holden's fire class rating would jump from four to ten, according to Stewart. That means homeowners would see higher insurance rates, but Stewart says the biggest concern is having no protection from fires.
"You know we always want to know that someone's going to be able to come out and help if you ever call for help," said Stewart. "So it's a tremendous asset having local people that are there willing to get up in the middle of the night and respond to the calls."
The tax renewal will be on the ballot on Dec. 6.


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November 13th kicks off World Antibiotics Awareness Week, and Allen County Public Health wants to remind people to "Be Antibiotics Aware" when using them.
Viet Nam is among the countries that in recent years have witnessed a growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, brought about by the excessive and irrational use of antibiotics at all levels of the health care system, in aquaculture and livestock production and the public.
Inappropriate use of antibiotics, such as taking them for viral conditions like flu, or for mild infections that may clear-up without treatment is known to fuel resistance.
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"Unless excessive use of antibiotics can be dramatically curbed, unfortunately it will be the younger generations who will be more exposed to antibiotic resistance as time goes on".
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Antibiotics are essential for treating pneumonia and sepsis; however, antibiotics can not help against bronchitis, colds, flu and some ear infections.
The Salvation Army Kettle Campaign kicks off this week
The goal is to raise $310,000 with the funds staying local to support some of the Salvation Army's programs and services. The Salvation Army Band also performed "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and other songs during the kickoff.
Because of its complexity, antimicrobial resistance mitigation in food and agriculture can not be addressed by a single sector or strategy, but through various disciplines working together to contribute to producing safer foods and creating a better environment for all.
Dentists are responsible for around three per cent of all antibiotics prescribed in Australia annually and the ADA is calling on its members to continue to use antibiotics judiciously, and to keep abreast of the latest research on this vital issue.
- They are used to treat sick animals, but also on healthy animals to stop them getting sick and to speed up their growth. At the 68th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May 2015, delegates endorsed a Global Action Plan to tackle AMR.
"The implementation of the national AMR action plan will also be presented". In a statement, AHI noted that "studies and experience show that programs aimed only at reducing use in animals have not been effective at reducing resistance rates in humans".
"Collaboration to promote effective and safe antibiotic use is essential to our patients and the public", said VHHA President and CEO Sean T. Connaughton.
Since they were first marketed in the 1940s, antibiotics have helped to revolutionize modern healthcare, offering cures to previously untreatable infections.
Katinka de Balogh is senior animal production health officer for Asia and the Pacific at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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As I said, I'm on my way to becoming a taekwondo black belt. Okay, so I started on Monday. Four years after taking The Boy two/three times a week to his lessons I've decided that I should give it a go. There are a few reasons why.
1. I'm there anyway.
2. I have some time on my hands.
3. I need to get a bit fitter not having done a regular sport since about late 2002.
4. The Boy needs his arse kicked occasionally.
My first lesson was on Monday. Strangely I was the only student in the class as it was later at night but my instructor is a seventh dan and world champion at poomsae (patterns). So, I was in good hands. No time to feel self conscious as she kept me busy. Last night I had my second lesson and the time was spent between a group of 11 and a group of 40. It was meant to go for an hour but almost reached an hour and a half. On a quite warm night it was a bit killer for someone as unfit as me. Ok, I swim once a week for an hour or so but jumping around trying to kick somebody or throwing them on the ground just using your hands takes a bit more out of you. Give me a couple more weeks and I should feel much more in shape.
It is a strange feeling being in the class with The Boy's classmates too. Well, Friday's class will be featuring The Boy so he'd better watch out. Maybe I need to too. There's some frighteningly good exponents of this martial art on show. Currently we are at different clubs, because I'm just starting but I'll be in his class before long.
And what did my chiropractor have to say when I asked him for his opinion? He checked the space between my ears and announced that I didn't have any brains. Then I explained that it was for fitness and learning self defence and that I wasn't going to enter any competition. That was ok by him.
Link to taeguk patterns on YouTube.
Wish me luck.
I'm known as a Frugal Bastard as I'm careful with my money and don't like wastage. I travel a bit, take lots of photos, make videos and like sharing my own silly opinions on stupid things and spelling mistakes that I discover in the media. Political comment and satire have a place close to my heart. I also major in sarcasm.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
I'm On My Way To Becoming A Taekwondo Black Belt
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An Invitation to the Men of Willow Creek
Dear Willow Creek Men -
I know you're busy. I know that you have a ton to do. I know that, after a long day of work or other obligations, the last thing you might want to endure is another meeting or take on another obligation. I get that.
However, I also know that your soul needs refreshment. You need rest. You need constant reminders that God is for you, not against you. You need to know that, no matter what you're facing at work, at home, or in private, you're not alone. You have a Father that loves you, and you have brothers in the Lord that care for you.
With that in mind, I want to invite you to join me and several other guys from Willow Creek on Wednesday nights, from 6:30-7:30PM, in the Cafe for our weekly men's gathering.
If you're coming straight for work, don't worry - we'll have beverages and snacks waiting. If you're coming from home and dinner, save room for dessert. We'll respect your time, and keep it strictly to the hour.
I'm presently leading the study. We're looking at 2 Timothy. It's a great letter from the Apostle Paul to a young pastor, and is full of practical wisdom for any guy wanting to honor God in his everyday life.
Would love to see you on Wednesday evenings!
P.S. On the last Wednesday of every month, also starting at 6:30PM, we meet at an area restaurant for fellowship! Join our "Willow Creek PCA Men" group on Facebook or contact the church office for specific location information!
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Vultures...what is the popular opinion?
meatfish replied to XRap's topic in Ice FishingEvery lake that I fish is a public lake.I know this by the use of the public landing I use to get on the lake.From what I understand apparently any one is free to use them,I guess both the lake and landing. Two years ago a buddy and I were in my fish house on a pile of sunnies and catching a few nice ones, an old timmer drove up and put down in two holes we had drilled about 40 ft away(we were the only house within 1/2 mile).He had no vexilar and had no way of knowing that we marked no fish there.It was very windy and we did not think it looked like that much fun for him.I walked over and introduced myself.I offered to drill a couple holes right next to my house so he had some wind break.He accepted,we gave him some hot coffee and some fresh fish we had just fried up.After some chit chat he proceeded to take us to school,and shared his bait with us. Without us he would not have caught much and without him we would not have caught much,together we had a blast,and I learned some new tricks and gained a friend.So my point is be nice and respectful and you just may learn something new and catch more fish. A little less my spot,my fish attitude goes a long way
Bait for icing panfish??
meatfish replied to JoeKer's topic in Crappies-Sunfishplus one for euro I like to use 1 white and one red,I also like grass shrimp when I can find them. Last year we where on fish and could not get them to bite so I cut a small chunk of fat off the ribeye steak I was eating and they went nuts over it.What started as a joke put some fish in the bucket.So now table left overs are going on the lake before the garbage.Chicken skin,pickled herring,sea food parts,who knows what may work?
2nd marriages
meatfish replied to bucketmouth64's topic in Open WaterI am thinking Sleeper shack on LOW or house boat on Rainy,Best man and Maid of honor show up for wedding,then go to the hotel rooms you got for them,local justice does his thing and leaves.All done while you have lines soaking!! Or I agree with fishgutz,except a stop at the court house on your way to upgrade the boat!!
Black bean & corn salsa
meatfish replied to 4WheelinMama's topic in Cooking and Sharing Recipestry google foodgawker and use their search engine for salsa and you will find something you can use.
Burger combinations
meatfish replied to SkunkedAgain's topic in Cooking and Sharing RecipesOne year I ended up with(in trade for veggies from my garden) the fallowing ingredients that made the best burger combo I have ever eaten! 2 lbs ground ribbeye(? as to why he ground it) 5 lbs ground elk 3 gallon bucket of morels 2 lbs apple wood molasis cured bacon(chef cured) 2 lbs of smoked gouda cheese 1 jar of horseradish onions and peppers from the garden. We ran out of buns,onions,peppers and horseradish near the end so I made mine melt style on dark pumpernickel in garlic butter, and all I got to say is "dang oh dang hoot dang" Disclaimer:as with some of the posts here there may or may not have been some drinking of alcoholic beverages involved which may have effected the judgment and the actual outcome of these burgers!
Great French Toast?
meatfish replied to The J-Man!'s topic in Cooking and Sharing RecipesI started using whole grain and wheat breads,12 grain,honey wheat or swedish wheat when you can find it.We always seem to have apples that need to be used so I cook them with sugar,cinnamon and corn starch to thicken for topping and sprinkle with shredded cheese.When I can get to Trader Joes I pick up a few jars of their pumpkin butter(it is awesome) and add a very little bit of ginger and nutmeg to the egg mix. I also like to mess around and make savory type french toasts.try 12 grain bread,with Mrs Dash garlic & herb,butter milk or sour cream and egg mix,fry in pan,top it off with fresh baby spinach,a fried or poached(seasoned with lemon pepper) fish fillet,grated parmesean cheese and finish off in the oven.For lunch or supper substitute a pita for the french toast,and call it crappie pizza!(My favorite fish house food) Also french toast eggs benedict.Try look up Food gawker,there are pages and pages of food blogs.Use their search engine for french toast/ breakfast
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Thanks,I have heard diesel fuel but not sure what would be best?
seized 20 hp merc
meatfish posted a topic in Boats & Motors.I must have left a little moisture in the thing last fall and did not fog,The pistons where seized,and the plugs a little rusty.The pistons came free very easy but there is a little drag when pulled over,Is there some thing I can put in to clean it up,or should I pull the head and hone it out?I did not want to start it yet for fear of scorching something.
Breakfast of Champions.....
meatfish replied to DARK30's topic in Cooking and Sharing RecipesThe heck with every thing else,give me a plate of the sauteed morels!!
Funny/clever (ice)fishing sayings...
meatfish replied to flakeportable's topic in Ice Fishingwhen people you don't know get a little too snoopy. Where did you catch them? Under the ice! What did you catch them on? Their lips! When are they biting? When my bobber goes down! What lake did you get them at? Lake Nunya(Nunya business)or Lake Notcho(Notcho business). When some opens your door and stick their head in and asks"what ya catchin"? A cold draft from the open door! When some one new fishing with me asks"where do you go to the bathroom out here"? In my diaper! You need one?
Crappies By The Number
meatfish replied to JBMasterAngler's topic in Crappies-SunfishJB I lived in that area(prior) a few years,if you do prior lake(which I have never tried in the winter)a few years back I did real good on spring and cedar and they are close to prior.Both where evening and morning bites for crappie.Mornings when the crappie quit the sunnies moved in.Evenings when the crappie quit the walleye moved in.There was also some dandy perch on cedar.Have not heard much about either so they may be prime for pickin.(both where like clock work lines down by 6:15 am and 4:45 pm).On spring lake(20-21 ft) blue or red glow with the smallest crappie minnow in the bucket seemed to be the ticket.On cedar lake(11-12 ft) color did not seem to matter crappie or fathead minnow.On both lakes have waxies with,sometimes that is all that would work.Now I am all jacked up to take a trip to both.
Do deer get scared from Smoking in Stand?
meatfish replied to DRH1175's topic in Deer Hunting-Bear-Elk-MooseGood question.But who really knows,I have shot a deer that was sneaking around my father while he was smoking,but the deer may have scented the scotch coming out of his pours from the night before or heard him or seen him move.On the flip side,I have had to put smokes out to shoot deer.But where we hunted,the deer had to come past someone in our party.
Green lake Spicer BUCK
meatfish posted a topic in Archery - BowhuntingIf anyone is bow hunting south of Spicer on co rd 10 and lost the track on a good sized buck,I watched a cripple come across a field just south of town and go into a wooded area.I hung out for awhile and did not see any one fallowing.He may have been clipped by a car.
Shelves behind a Bar
meatfish replied to Buckcountry's topic in Home Improvementsurface tension,my first thoughts were the same,brass,glass or trimmings from the mill with bark, At OP I like to go to a re-use center and see what they have,you can come up with some very unique ideas. I built a bar for my boss out of the back end of an old wooden crist craft,and used the hard ware and wood to trim the rest of the bar area out,and make shelves.We went from drinking beer and cutting up an old rotten boat to "Hey this would make a great bar".


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On Saturday 5th July I will be at the Ampthill Literary Festival alongside the BBC's Gavin Esler and Brian Clemens, writer of both The Avengers and The Professionals
The event runs from 10:30am-5pm and tickets can be bought from Waitrose in Amphtill or online at www.amplitfest.eventbrite.co.uk
There are three workshops (£5.00 each and can be purchased separate to the main event): Amy Sparkes (Craft and storytelling - for children aged 3-6), Natasha Desborough (fiction writing - for young writers and those who want to write for the teen market), and Judi Sutherland (poetry - for all ages).
There will also be cream teas, coffee, wine, a book stall and author signings. I hope to see many of you there!


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The ever-prolific Jack White may be teaming up with the world's greatest rock band soon.
In 2009, White went into the studio with iconic Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, but the tunes they recorded have yet to see the light of day. However, it sounds like Richards is interested in making them public.
"I don't know if [Jack] ever considered that it was actually, like, master cuts," Richards recently told Rolling Stone, "But at the same time if Jack wanted to do it, I'd probably say, 'Yeah.'"
Meanwhile, Richards also touched on the Stones' upcoming 50th (wow) anniversary and what we might expect from a potential new album.
"We're going to talk about that in July and see," he said. "I mean, I'd love to get some tracks down and see what songs we've got. And that goes along with part of getting the band back together and getting things moving. So I'd love to cut some tracks, yeah."
White, who has produced albums for other legendary artists such as Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, seems like a natural candidate to man the boards for the album, although there have been no indications (other than rumors) that he will. On that subject, the Richards seemed noncommittal, but open-minded. "That's always a possibility," Richards said. "The door is wide open."
Whit's first solo effort, "Blunderbuss," is available now. He recently recorded two new songs with Beck.


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
What lovely news for a 500th post: this morning I received a phone call, letting me know my chapbook manuscript, The Recent History of Middle Sand Lake, won the Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award (which comes with a cash prize!). My brain is, of course, abuzz, with this news, with my lack of sleep, with my first day of teaching, with five months of incubating the baby, with the I'm getting a chapbook published celebration in my head. This afternoon, I turn in a first draft of my full-length manuscript. I feel as if I'm on a trajectory I only imagined when I was younger, as if I'm doing all those things to make myself A Poet, and I've stepped out of myself, a little trembly and enthralled.
Stories told by Molly around 12:15 PM
A little bit about: news, poetry, publication, the recent history of middle sand lake
6 comments:
- Jess said...
Congratulations on being published! Wonderful news! Also, happy 500.
- September 7, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- Chrissy (The New Me) said...
Congratulations! That's wonderful news!
- September 7, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- margosita said...
Yay yay yay yay!
- September 7, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Many congrats, Molly!
- September 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Yipee! Nice photo. :)
Chris K.
- September 7, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Meryl said...
I love the name of this press... my sense is that it must deserve your chapbook! So excited for you!!!
- September 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM
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In other news, Caliban Books and The Big Idea in Pittsburgh are added to the list of shops carrying the book. As a Pittsburgher, and a patron of both stores, this is great news. They have long been supportive of independent writers in the area. The Big Idea is an infoshop with a lot of radical lit, so its really neat to have my book on their shelves. Note: these are first edition copies.
A major thing once the 2nd edition is out is consigning with stores. 6 Gallery Press has their own select stores they consign with, mainly selling the book through small press distro. As an author, I will have to contact stores personally to ask for consignment. I will contact every store I have read at in the past, and those I will be reading at in the coming year. A pain, and there's no guarantee my book will get picked up. But this is how people start. I'm a fan of 80s indie comics like Cerebus and A Distant Soil. Dave Sims and Colleen Doran had to put in similar legwork to get their stuff out there. Handling subscriptions and mailing comic books personally. It paid off.
Or "Now I remember why I bring a glass of water to readings."
So I am recording the audiobook of Jack Daniels. I had the first session last week, at a studio in Mills College in Oakland. The producer set up the microphone, then we did a lot of "can you hear me now?" Either I couldn't hear him through my headphones or he couldn't hear me in the booth, or he could hear me but not through the speakers...set up took a long time. For my part, I sat in a chair, my stories on a podium in front of me, a microphone on a drooping stand literally dangling in front of my face, wearing headphones through which I could hear myself. I will never love the sound of my own voice. Maybe one day I can get Patrick Stewart to do my voiceovers, but for now I think I do a halfway decent job. The fun started early when the producer needed to check "the levels" (don't ask me what that means), and instructed me to do the screaming parts from "Safe Space." We did a few mic checks and I got to reading.
Turn my headphones up
I did a complete read-through of "Safe Space." There were a few flubs which we will have to re-dub. I mostly felt concerned with my mouth that got more parched as the story went on, to the point I feared my dry smacking lips could be heard over the mic. By the end, my throat felt like the Sahara Desert. I also had to rustle some papers while reading. You'll never find a guy who treats paper as gently as I did during that reading, but there was some noise anyway. There has always been a performance aspect to my work, but sitting in a recording studio is an entirely new experience. When I was done, the producer burned me a CD to listen to. The things to listen to were spots where I made mistakes, and the level of difference between highs and lows in my voice. If the parts where I scream like a madman were too high, he'd have to compress it. It turned out fine.
This microphone was damn near in my mouth
Yesterday was more of a rehearsal session, since we had a lot of technical difficulties. It was one of those everything that can go wrong will go wrong things. (Murphy's Law? I dunno.) This time around I read "When ther Law Come," but didn't get all the way through. Doing the different characters takes a lot out of my voice. I am becoming cognizant of how I read in a recording setting, such as breathing through my mouth instead of my nose. The microphone picks up everything. In order to lessen paper rustle, I brought a laptop to read from. I have a plug-in mouse. That little nubbin on top of the mouse that you gently push to scroll up and down sounds THUNDEROUS over the microphone. I recorded about 20 minutes of reading, which the CD didn't pick up, so now I have to start over again next Tuesday. More time to practice.
I can't possibly fathom what all these knobs are for
Recently, I watched Windaria, a masterful 80s anime about war in a fantasy setting. There are steampunk elements, with guns and motorized vehicles, but essentially it's a fantasy. It's also brutally sad. It's all about the misconceptions that lead people to war and how war is terrible and destroys everything. It's about how war affects people, told in a baroque way that animes don't really do anymore.
I liked the movie. A lot. At some point I should do a whole post on it. Here's my problem with it, and a lot of anime. There are two kingdoms. One is Paro, industrial and militarized. The other is Isa: agrarian, situated on a river dam that, if it is opened, will flood the whole city. At the beginning of the movie, the Paro sends an agent to do just that. He is stopped, and the plot goes from there, with various people getting caught up in the conflict. The filmmakers spend a lot of time emphasizing the fact that Isa country is building up for war (poorly, I might add), and the stubborness of its queen in refusing to sue for peace.
My question is: How come animes always do these "give peace a chance" messages in stories where one side is the obvious aggressor. I see it over and over. Nausicaa, Mononoke, Escaflowne, the list goes on. Some industrialized country kills a ton of people, then they go to defend themself, and some girl starts screaming at everybody to "Stop fighting!" Whatever happened to self-defense? In Windaria, Paro literally tried to wipe out Isa at the beginning of the movie. It is made clear that their king will stop at nothing to take Isa, and peace will never be an option.
So Isa was justified in military build-up, just like the people in the Valley of the Wind would have been justified in massacring every Tolmekian soldier who violated their home. Maybe I would understand it better if the stories were more nuanced, but the aggressors in these stories are always marauding, war-loving villains who leave mountains of corpses in their wake. No, don't stop fighting. Protect what is yours. I wonder if this whole mindset is some sort of repudiation of Japan's militarist past. At one point, they were the evil empire spreading sorrow across Asia, and we see where it got them. Is the idea of maintaining peace, even in the face of aggression, some counter-reaction to Japan's war-like past? Food for thought.


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Bewdley Town Council
July in the Forest
Bewdley Town Council
July in the Forest
We look after one of the many old cherry orchards in the Wyre Forest. These were planted early in the 20th Century to take advantage of the high prices that could be obtained for fresh fruit taken to Birmingham and other urban areas by the newly-constructed railway network. Harvesting the fruit was (and is) a very labour-intensive job, especially when the fruit is growing on an old-fashioned standard tree. I now appreciate the origin of the term 'cherry picking', referring to taking only the best: you can only pick the fruit that is ripe making return visits necessary in the hope that the birds haven't found them first. Add to this the danger of climbing long ladders to reach the branches and you can understand why the fruit commanded a high price. In the heyday of cherry production there would be a man to move the ladders for a gang of 8 to 10, usually casually-employed, women pickers. Many who worked in the carpet factories during the day would squeeze in some extra employment in the orchards at this time of year.
When we came to Uncllys we set about planting new cherry trees and over the years since have pruned the old trees to keep them standing as long as possible. Even when dead they provide a habitat for some of the forest's rarest creatures, such as the Noble Chafer beetle. Spring brings a wonderful show of blossom, but this is only the second year in 13 when we have anything like a good crop of cherries. Some of the new trees are fruiting at last and nearly all of the 'old ladies' are having a go, so we are being vigilant at checking on the progress of ripening and trying to get the ladder to the trees in time. We have a number of varieties which ripen consecutively from June to the end of July, with each variety yielding ripe fruit over about 9 days. We can't put the time in to visit the trees every day, so the pigeons, jays and thrushes help with the picking and other nocturnal visitors clear up the fruit that gets knocked to the ground.
The Cherry Fair, a revival of the traditional annual market, celebrates the harvest on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd July at Bewdley Museum from 1pm to 4pm each day with music, children's activities, crafts, food and drink.
Now, is it to be cherry ice cream, cherry clafoutis, summer pudding, chocolate and cherry gateau…….?
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"Dashi is an essential broth base for most Japanese dishes and can be purchased in most Asian Grocery stores. For those of you who want to do it from scratch there are several recipes out there, but I find this one is easiest. This recipe uses Konbu (also spelled Kombu), a variety of dried edible kelp that is harvested off the coast of Hokkaido and as far south as the Seto sea. This is a good vegetarian broth and enhances the subtle flavor of Japanese cuisine. It is also a bit friendlier to the western chef than katsubuoshi, which is made from dried fish flakes and can be very aromatic."
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- Wipe the kombu with a damp cloth to clean it. Cut into 1-inch pieces and place into a saucepan along with the water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand a few minutes. Strain through a mesh strainer before using.
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- Dashi should be pale gold in color and smell like the sea. Keep Dashi covered and refrigerated when not in use. Dashi will keep for up to 14 days. The stock will smell sour when it has gone off.
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I used to measure the success of my life in the amount of comfort I felt. I thought that if I were doing things right, everything would sort of play itself out in this beautiful ease, where nothing really felt like work, and everything felt really warm and fuzzy. I thought that if there were ever something I was kind of dreading, or had a difficult time doing something, that I was failing.
And then I started to do wilderness therapy.
That's when it all shifted.
Each week in the field, everything felt difficult. The weather was either too hot, or too cold. Simple things like eating meals, drinking water, and getting out of bed in the mornings were tedious tasks that required a lot of coaxing and coaching just to get the group moving. Then there were these beautiful moments called "refusals" where your plan for the day would be sideswiped by a student undergoing an emotional breakdown. Or, you know, a family of moose would suddenly appear in your hiking path. In the wilderness, things just kind of come up unexpectedly and you have no choice but to deal with it.
( Side note: refusals= students refusing to do anything asked of them. It can and does include: eating, sleeping, getting up, cooking food, drinking water, moving, getting dressed, and even speaking… I came to love these in the end, after learning different techniques on how to deal with this behavior, but at first they can seem quite daunting. My favorite ways to deal with refusals included: reading, playing games, talking about orcs or D&D, and making shapes out of clouds).
I learned a lot about "Type 2 fun" in the field. Type 2 fun is when something feels really difficult in the moment; say, for example, summiting a mountain, but after you get to the top it feels incredibly rewarding. The deal with type 2 fun is that if it wasn't difficult or discomforting at some point, the reward just isn't quite as great. It's really awesome to drive up a mountain to go swimming at a lake, but the experience is totally different if you took the four hours to summit the mountain, and really felt you earned that dip in the lake. See the difference?
The reason this has been coming up for me, is that I'm in a period of great discomfort right now. It's not the physical discomfort of living outside and dealing with the elements, but I am instead faced with the discomfort of putting myself out there in the job field, making new friends, and dealing with personal issues that had previously been pushed to the side.
I can get caught up believing that my success is determined by how easy life feels, but I know all too well this isn't at all true. The truth is, there is great power and success from dealing with things that are incredibly difficult and actually overcoming them. By overcoming challenges and facing fears, you are proving to yourself that you are capable of doing hard things. You are building your experience and confidence, and expanding and pushing past your own limits. It's a beautiful and powerful thing to face fear head-on.
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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Few places contain as wide an array of pleasing aromas as the building at 501 West Sixth Street in Lexington.
About half of its 90, 000 square feet—originally home to a Rainbow Bread factory — is occupied by — while approximately the other half is divided between and, an aquaponics operation. (More on that in a bit.)
The smells of brewing (on this day, winter squashes cooked for pumpkin ale) and frying fish blend just as agreeably as the idea that made both come together.
Yeah, a fish house and a brewery. It was intentional.
Smithtown Seafood is the brainchild of Ouita Michel, chef and co-owner of four restaurants (, , and ) spread between Midway and Lexington. Michel's uber-creativity once compelled her to consider a brewpub of her own, but when, as she recalled, husband Chris Michel said, "Honey, we can't stay married if you want to do that, " she listened. "He was right: It's much more complicated than it looks."
Yet the idea evolved: She'd pair her food with someone else's beer and both would benefit from the other's strengths. Over time she learned friends wanted to open a brewery, and the group sought a site roomy enough for both businesses. The long-abandoned factory was available, and the four co-founders of what would become West Sixth bought it.
"We knew we needed room to grow, so we bought the space with that in mind, " said Ben Self, co-owner of the brewery, and husband to Becca Self, owner of FoodChain. "It's a good thing, " he adds, pointing to another massive and empty space in the building, "because we're growing faster than we thought. We'll be expanding production and putting equipment back there."
On the opposite wall of "back there is" the aforementioned FoodChain, Kentucky's first indoor, commercially scaled aquaponics system. (Aquaponics is the process of growing fish and plants in a mutually beneficial system. to see a neat video describing it.)
In the room are six, ever-gurgling 250-gallon freshwater tanks containing hundreds of live tilapia that eat grain pellets today and, eventually, spent grain from West Sixth.


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Karan Johar's Koffee with Karan not only invites controversies and gossip, but also a season of fashion embellishments and trend spotting. The infamous couch full of confessions has also been graced by some fine styling. 2014's Season 4 saw the light of some beautiful ladies ready to dive rather embrace the upcoming season of heat and how to work 'em. Let's see –
The rather full-of-gossip anticipated episode of the new best friends in B-town – Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, went tasteless or should I say 'gossip-less' this season, when both the ladies were seen achieving epitome of diplomacy. Whether the episode was juicy or not in terms of controversies, it definitely scored remarkable points on the style meter. Both the leading actresses were seen rejuvenating the pull-back-hair trend much suitable for summers, when Priyanka went the sleek way and Deepika chose to go the messy and chic route.
Now this is the easiest trick of styling for any girl with medium length hair. Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan mastered the side-swept look with loose curls. Not only is the former compared to the latter in terms of acting or career graph, but is also seen doing the same fashion tricks. Now let's give her the benefit of doubt here!
Side-swept hair is easy and takes minimal effort. It is summer-perfect and can be styled by working clips on the other side of the hair.
Even though she must have lost out on her recent films, she sure has gained a lot on the styling front. Sonakshi Sinha chose to go all oxblood in her recent appearance on the 'koffee show'. Two tones of this blissful colour were seen blending in very well with the statement gold belt. The slit looked perfect and the dress accentuating her curves appropriately. The overtly raging earcuffs didn't go unnoticed. The side-swept hair made the earcuff appear as an individualistic element of the outfit. Now there is a trick!
Next up on the summer embracing spree was Anushka Sharma with her effortless make-up. She almost went nude on her face barring her lips that were shown off with a pink pastel tinge. The make-up went perfectly blending with her yellow ensemble and she looked absolutely approachable for summer styling.
If you were disappointed with the India vs Pakistan match, these two ladies surely did manage to save the day on Koffee with Karan! Cladded in the man colours – blue and black, Freida Pinto and Nargis Fakhri looked stunning in their respective designer outfits. Now even if the show demanded to be aired at a later slot because of the naughty talks, the girls looked categorically ready to work it. Freida in her waist-cuts and Nargis in her transparent slips gave the episode twice as many views than anticipated!
Pull up your socks (well, not literally – because it's freakishly sunny) and stay updated with these fashion ladies, because summer is ready to walk in with its high standards and modish trends!
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PayPal in 2015: Reshaping the Financial Services Landscape
2015|Case No.E572| Length 33 pgs.
PayPal in 2015: Reshaping the Financial Services Landscape
The case follows PayPal, a digital payments platform that found early success processing online payments for purchases on eBay, which acquired the company in 2002. The case begins by describing the decision by eBay in 2014 to spin off PayPal and the strategic challenges facing its new CEO, Dan Schulman, who encountered significant strategic issues leading PayPal as an independent company. When the separation from eBay finalized in July 2015, PayPal was in the midst of a multi-year technology reconstruction. Additionally, the digital payments landscape had changed dramatically, extending beyond eCommerce into mobile payments, global remittances, peer-to-peer transfers, and offline transactions. The case presents several trials facing Schulman, including how to innovate quickly in a large organization, whether and how to recreate PayPal's vision, and how to both partner and compete successfully with new entrants in the market.
This material is available for download by current Stanford GSB students, faculty, and staff, as well as Stanford GSB alumni. For inquiries, contact the Case Writing Office.
Learning Objective
- Innovation within a large organization.- Innovation through acquisition.- Implementing new vision within a large organization.- "Coopetition" among other industry players.


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There's arguably no other industry in the world today with the growth potential of solar. Worth $120 billion annually and growing each day, the solar industry is upending the electric industry one home at a time, and may even revolutionize the transportation industry in the near future as well. So, if you want to learn how to invest in solar energy stocks, you've chosen the right time.
With a potential market cap in the trillions and many solar stocks grossly undervalued to date, there's no time like the present to jump on the solar gravy train. If you want to do just that and retire by 37, this article is for you. As you'll soon see, the sky isn't the limit, the sun is!
Tips to Invest in Solar Energy Stocks
Below you will find a list of tips to help you make the right investment decision.
1. Not All Solar Stocks are Created Equal
There are plenty of publicly traded solar energy companies on the exchanges today, but all solar stocks are definitely not created equal. Top solar panel manufacturers, such as First Solar and SunPower, are quite different from one another. The differences between them and smaller, riskier public solar panel manufacturing firms are even more glaring.
Plus, not all solar energy companies make solar panels. Some, like Vivint Solar and SolarCity purchase the panels and offer them to the public along with their financing and installation services. There are plenty of other differences between solar stocks as you'll see below. However, one thing rings true: the best solar energy stocks have the potential to provide tremendous returns and fund your early retirement in no time at all.
2. Know Your Technology
Solar technology is improving each day, so the solar energy companies who embrace technology and put it to use are the ones who stand out from the pack. Whether you're looking at investing in a solar panel maker or installer, understanding how their technology compares to the competition will help ensure you achieve both short and long-term success.
That being said, as the solar industry continues to grow, new technologies in relation to energy storage and management will also provide exciting investing opportunities.
3. Understand Your Market
When learning how to invest in solar energy stocks and choosing the best ones for your risk aversion and expected ROI, it's also important to understand their market. For example, both First Solar and SunPower are two of the world's largest solar firms. However, they both serve two very different markets. First Solar is a utility-scale solar panel supplier and project builder, while SunPower caters to the residential market.
The two are literally night and day. Residential growth is healthy, stable, and naturally tracking upward due to higher electric and lower solar panel costs. The commercial solar market, however, is more dependent on policy. That being said, for very different reasons both are more than suitable for your best solar energy stocks portfolio.
4. Policy Plays a Role
The solar industry is unfortunately highly dependent on policy and subsidies. Staying up to date on policies and subsidy changes can keep you ahead of the curve. With the end of the investment tax credit, or ITC, this year, companies like Vivint and SolarCity will no longer receive a 30 percent tax credit. This results in higher costs for consumers, which may hurt their bottom line.
For other companies, such as First Solar, policy surrounding access to the grid is important to consider. However, solar ETFs may offer some geodiversity to negate any location-specific grid issues. In any event, it's important to stay up-to-date on current policies and subsidies as a solar energy investor.
Recommended read: What is the Difference Between Dividend Stocks and Non Dividend Paying Stocks?
5. Recognize Your Risks
Solar energy stocks are full of potential, but like any investment, they also have their risks. Companies like Evergreen Solar, Solyndra, and Suntech Power are proof of just how risky investing in solar can be. However, where there's risk, there's reward, and with the right solar energy stocks, the rewards can be massive. In fact, as you'll soon find out, a few companies are poised for triple digit growth!
Nonetheless, for every winner there's a loser, so it's important to get to know the potential risks as well as the rewards when learning how to invest in solar energy stocks. With upside potential this big, you can't afford not to be safe.
Invest in Solar Energy Stocks to Retire Early
Solar is becoming a legitimate player in the energy industry. It's a fact even the most hardline solar industry bears can't deny. With solar technology becoming less and less expensive every year and more and more people adopting it into their homes and way of life, there's no time like now to invest in solar stocks. Right now, solar energy investors have an incredible opportunity to invest in stabile yet dynamic companies ready to capture their growing market share.
Despite down share prices, the solar industry is booming, and investors who place their chips on the right stock now can ride a tidal wave of growth for years and even decades to come. In fact, according to , the installed photovoltaic capacity of the U.S. nearly doubled in 2016 over the previous year. There are millions upon millions of homes across the U.S. alone. Can you imagine the profit possibilities?
It's plain and simple; if you want to defy the odds and enjoy a life of early retirement, solar energy stocks are the vehicle to get you there.
Still not sure? Here's an example:
Let's say you cash out your 401k or invest $10,000 of your savings in a solar energy stock. Despite trading at $50 only one short year ago, its price has bottomed out and the stock is currently trading at $10 per share. You see the potential for a turnaround, so you purchase 1,000 shares. Within the next 12 months, the company gains unprecedented grid access, lands a huge commercial contract, and watches its price jump all the way back up to $48 on the backs of happy investors.
In this scenario, which isn't all that unlikely, you would have turned your $10,000 into $38,000. Best of all, with the rapid growth of solar, $400 shareprices aren't out of the question for the right companies. Just ask the folks at Apple and Google.
Best Solar Stocks
First Solar
If you want to learn how to invest in solar energy stocks and limit your risk while maximizing your reward, only the best solar stocks will do. Investopedia and several other legitimate investment publications have annointed First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) the best opportunity in solar energy today. Up 10 percent for the year and trading nearly 30 points off its historical high, this industry titan is poised to provide healthy long-term profits.
SunPower Corporation (SPWR) is another solar industry stalwart looking to make plenty of investors flush with cash on a turnaround. The comapny is pouring money into new technology to improve their solar panel efficiency and become a player in utility-scale projects as well. Best of all, the stock is incredibly undervalued, making it an incredible buying opportunity. It's currently trading at $6.88 per share. With a high of $40 in 2014, it's ready to rebound in 2017 and beyond.
8point3 Energy Partners
The believes 8point3 Energy Partners is a stock to watch in 2017. 8point3 is a limited partnership of the two solar giants recommended above, giving it the resources and ability to sell electricity generated from utility-scale projects. Investors receive their share of the profits through an incredibly generous dividend yield. If you want to profit while continuing to learn how to invest in solar energy stocks, 8point3 is definitely worth considering.
The solar industry is booming right now, and there's never been a better time to learn how to invest in solar energy stocks. Lucky for you, you not only now know what to look for when picking the best solar energy stocks, you even know which ones are the cream of the investment crop. This industry is only going to continue to grow, and investors who get in now will reap the rewards for decades to come. Do you have questions or tips on how to invest in solar energy stocks? Use the comment form below to share your ideas and thoughts with us!


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Emily Li, 29, and her husband, 32, have just $30,000 left on their condo's mortgage, and in three years or so they want to buy a bigger home. The couple also hopes to retire in their late 50s, and they're well on their way. They have no consumer debt and their frugal ways have given them a big head start on retirement. Emily is a fan of MoneySense's Couch Potato strategy and owns a few equity ETFs, but she still holds many individual stocks that would trigger capital gains tax if sold. Is the tax hit worth taking for the peace of mind and better diversification she'd gain from an indexed portfolio?
PWL Capital portfolio manager Justin Bender is a no-nonsense pure indexer and no stranger to the pages of MoneySense. He takes no prisoners when it comes to clients who want to pick their own stocks. In his discussions with Emily, it became clear there were no good reasons for her to own individual stocks, and the one-time capital gains tax of $2,500 was an acceptable trade-off to assemble the kind of set-it-and-forget it Couch Potato portfolio Emily believed she needed. "I'll trade off capital gains to reduce single-security risk every time," Bender says.
He also took the opportunity to move the portfolio away from an overly aggressive 100% equity allocation towards a more balanced portfolio that includes 40% in short-term bonds and a slice in Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs). Emily's new portfolio is now all Vanguard ETFs, and it has a weighted-average MER of just 0.22%.
Now instead of holding much of her wealth in a small number of companies, Li owns about 6,000 stocks from around the world: her equity holdings are split between broadly diversified Canadian, U.S. and international markets (developed and emerging). To avoid currency-conversion charges, the ETFs are all traded on the TSX.
In order to be as tax-efficient as possible across the couple's accounts, Bender explained the bond holdings should be held in their TFSAs and her husband's RRSP. The equities, meanwhile, are held in Emily's taxable account.


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Many men say they can't figure women out, but there is one area that females are easy; women love receiving gifts! A gift from the heart is perfect, and can be done in a multitude of ways. For the surefire hit anniversary gift, or 'just because' present, checkout the list below.
Say it With Jewels
When you purchase jewelry for your significant other, consider their preferences. Do they normally wear silver tone jewelry, or gold? Does she have a favorite gemstone? Is her birthstone special to her? This could help you determine the perfect ornament for her. A great birthday gift would be a pendant that includes your partner's birthstone. For the perfect anniversary gift, keep your anniversary year in mind. For example, the modern first anniversary theme is gold jewelry. Give your wife a white or yellow gold bracelet as a first anniversary gift.
Romance from the Heart
There is absolutely nothing more romantic than a personalized gift. Say it with your words, and write an old fashioned love letter. Pick a piece of pretty stationery, write down all the reasons you love your wife, put it in an envelope and send it to her through the mail system. Even if you live together, the extra step will make the retrieval of the love letter so much more idealistic.
Never Be Apart
Technology moves fast. If your wife's electronics aren't up-to-date, help her out in that department. A brand new iPhone or iPad can help her keep in touch with you throughout the day. To make it a sentimental anniversary gift, upload the songs you played at your wedding, including your first dance song. If Apple products don't mesh with your budget, consider an Android smartphone. These high-quality items offer a similar technology at a lower price point.
Pamper Your Princess
Every girl wants to be treated like a queen, even if it's just for a day. The perfect anniversary gift for a busy mom or career woman is a gift certificate to a spa. A massage and facial package will make all her worries drift away. For bonus points, whisk her away for a night at a resort, where you can get a couples massage together. It will be like a second honeymoon.
Scent Speaks Louder than Words
Scent evokes feelings and emotions that cannot be controlled. Head to the fragrance department and choose the perfume that you like best. Your wife will love adding a new pretty bottle to her vanity, and you will get to enjoy your favorite scent. Each year, choose a new fragrance as an anniversary gift. When you smell each scent, in the future, it will bring you back to that special year.
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Congratulations to John Heywood! He joins the lucky group of coffee table raffle winners. A very special thank you to Dave and Diana Stimac – Nature's Way Woodworking for making and donating 11 amazing coffee tables. Also thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and for supporting CCHS!
CCHS 11th Annual Coffee Table Raffle – This beautiful work of art could be yours! Dave & Diana Stimac (Owners – Nature's Way Woodworking)have made and donated 11 incredible Bird Eye & Gem Coffee Tables to CCHS over the past 10 years. They have helped raise over $100,000 in the past 10 years. Words can not express our deep appreciation for their kindness and generosity to help animals. CCHS and the community are lucky to have Dave & Diana Stimac supporting the cause to care for animals.
PLEASE CLICK here to purchase raffle tickets on line – http://www.events.org/cpage.aspx?e=112377
Tickets are also available at the Nature's Wy Woodworking in Alberta, MI (12 miles south of L'Anse) and the Hilltop Restaurant in L'Anse. CCHS will also be hosting a booth at the TV6 Christmas Craft Show in Marquette December 8-10th and raffle tickets will be available during this event. The drawing is December 10th, 2017
All proceeds from raffle goes to help the animals at the Copper Country Humane Society. Do not need to be present to win. Winner is responsible for taxes and pickup or delivery. Must be 18 years of age to enter and void where prohibited. MI License #R42633
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Unroll.me is my personal favorite: It's a free tool that lets you mass unsubscribe from all the newsletters you don't read. You can either unsubscribe from everything at once (my recommendation), or you can pick and choose. Read this blog post to learn more about how it works.
Once you've unsubscribed from external newsletters, it's time to evaluate the internal emails you receive on a regular basis. Do you really need to get email notifications every time the sales team closes or deal, or every time someone on the marketing team reports a bug?
If the answer isn't a definitive "yes," do yourself a favor and remove yourself from whatever alias or list you're on. If that makes you wildly uncomfortable, compromise by creating a folder in your email client and send those emails to that folder automatically. (To set at up, you can create filters in Gmail or rules in Outlook.)
Part of maintaining a manageable inbox -- and your sanity -- is to change the way you think about email a little bit. Only you can decide what deserves your very limited time and attention. When it comes to email, understand that there's simply no way you'll be able to respond to every single email that arrives in your inbox, let alone read them all.
I love the way Merlin Mann puts it: "Stop thinking of emails like precious family heirlooms, and start treating 'em like pints of milk. Perishable, time-stamped milk that becomes a little less fresh every day until it smells kind of funny and just needs to be dumped. Believe me, there will always be more coming."
So if you're looking at an email and know in your heart of hearts you're never going to respond to it, archive it. Better yet, delete it. As Mann says, "Trust your instincts, listen to them, and stop trying to be perfect."
When you do have to reply to an email, you'll find that in most cases, you don't need to craft the perfect response. Often, a few sentences will do; in some cases, a few words. If you let an email with an action item sit for a few days, a quick "Do you still need this?" email might end up saving you a lot of time.
Don't feel guilty about sending succinct emails. If you're concerned your brevity will be taken the wrong way, give a heads-up to the folks you exchange emails with the most. Tell them that, in your effort to spend less time on email and more time on your actual work, you plan to cut down word count in your emails.
The better you get at deleting emails you don't need to read or respond to, the more time you'll have to write the emails that warrant those long responses.
Which types of emails do you find yourself typing out over and over, without really needing to customize them?
I, for example, often find myself referring people to HubSpot's guest blogging guidelines page. I used to write one-off emails to folks, meaning I'd have to craft a few sentences, find and copy the link, and so on. Now, I give myself ten minutes back in my day by sending pre-written replies via Gmail's "canned responses" feature.
Gmail, Outlook, and other email clients offer canned responses. Below are instructions for setting up and using them in Gmail.
To create a canned response, compose a new email and click the little arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the new email. Choose "Canned responses," and then "New canned response." From there, you can name your new canned response, write it, and save it. Anytime you want to use it, simply go back to that little arrow, choose "Canned responses," and click on the one you'd like to use. (Learn more on Google's website.)
In Outlook, the best option I could find was to set up your canned responses as "Signatures." That way, when you reply to an email, you can choose the appropriate "signature" and the whole canned reply will appear. Here's how to do that:
Once you create the canned response as a signature, you can add it to a new email by clicking in the message body, choosing the "Message" tab, clicking "Signatures," and choosing a signature from the list. (Learn more on Outlook's support page.)
This rule might seem simplistic, but it's a huge time-saver. The "one click" refers to a single click to open an email once. Once it's open, decide exactly what you want to do with it right then and there: Reply, forward, send to a folder, archive, and/or delete.
The point here is to not open an email, read it, and then decide to deal with it later and move on. That's the bad habit that'll guarantee you a clogged inbox and more stress down the road.
If you use Gmail and your goal is to get to inbox zero and maintain it, then I'd like to direct you to the email system that's changed the way I do email. Here are the full instructions. This works great in conjunction with the one-click rule we just talked about.
The premise is this: In Gmail, you'll set up multiple inboxes and give each of them a name, like "Needs Action/Reply" and "Awaiting Response." Your general inbox will then appear on the left, and your labeled inboxes (which Gmail calls "panes") will appear on the right, like so:
You'll use what Gmail calls "special stars" -- kind of like Gmail's labels, but better -- to categorize every single email that comes into your inbox.
Every time you get a new email in your inbox, you'll want to:
In the end, you'll archive everything. Your inbox will stay at zero, and everything else will either be in its designated pane, archived, or deleted.
SimplyFile is a free organizational tool that'll help you categorize emails using folders. When an email comes in, all you have to do is drag it into the appropriate folder. You can organize both messages you're receiving in your inbox, as well as messages you're sending -- which you can file as you send them.
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Sometimes, you might find that you receive emails that are better handled by someone else. In these cases, you could either forward the email, or you can streamline the process by quickly sharing the email with someone on your team using an email collaboration tool.
There are a number of email collaboration tools out there to choose from. If you use Gmail, Hiver is a great choice: It lets you share Gmail labels (and therefore share folders) with other users, which you can use to assign tasks, delegate emails, and even track their status if you want to. If you need to add a quick note explaining what's going on in an email thread, you can do that right in the tool.
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"Yesterbox" is a methodology for managing your inbox created by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. This approach is kind of like inbox zero, except you're working off all the emails from yesterday and treating them like today's to-do list.
The basic premise is this: Every morning, you have a fixed number of emails to answer instead of an endless flood of new emails coming in. Once you finish dealing with yesterday's emails, you're done with email for the day. Here are the full instructions.
Like Klinger's methodology from #7, you'll categorize incoming emails into folders labeled "Yesterbox," "Today," "Action Required," "Awaiting Response," and so on. As new emails come in, you'll label them accordingly. But as for actually dealing with these emails -- that's left for a specific time on your calendar that you've designated for handling yesterday's emails. In the end, your Yeseterbox is a to-do list with static tasks.
It's that freeing sense of completion that makes this method so appealing -- but be wary that if your job requires you to tackle emails as they come in, this may not be the best method for you.
Vacations are awesome, but coming back to a jam-packed inbox is ... not so awesome. One way to manage your email workflow while you're gone for long periods of time is to set up filters.
This is an approach HubSpot's Director of Marketing Rebecca Corliss found worked really well for her when she went on her month-long sabbatical. Corliss was working in Gmail, but you can adapt this method for most email clients. In short, here's what she did:
Once these more time-sensitive messages are addressed, she blocked time to go through the remaining emails and respond only to the ones that were absolutely necessary. Here are the full instructions.
Dedicating specific chunks of time to get back to inbox zero isn't just for when you return from vacation. It should be something you tackle in short batches on a daily basis, and in larger chunks every week or so, depending how much new email you receive.
The purpose of batching email? So you aren't handling emails as they arrive. That can be a serious productivity killer, and can pull you away from projects and tasks that are more important than a perfectly clean inbox.
On a daily basis, limit yourself to dealing with new emails during fixed periods each day. For example, HubSpot Demand Generation Manager Amanda Sibley physically blocks off an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening on her calendar for getting her inbox in order. Do what works for you.
To make the process of reading, replying to, archiving, and deleting emails a lot faster (and generally more enjoyable), take advantage of any keyboard shortcuts your email client offers. Here are tips for keyboard shortcuts in Gmail and Outlook. If you use a different email client, do a quick Google search for the name of your email client + "keyboard shortcuts."
First thing's first: You'll need to activate keyboard shortcuts. To do this:
Once custom keyboard shortcuts are turned on, a new tab will appear in your Settings called "Keyboard Shortcuts." Head over there to learn the default keyboard shortcuts and customize them if you'd like.
Outlook doesn't let you customize keyboard shortcuts, but they have a heck of a lot to choose from. Here's the full list, and below are some favorites:
Looking for more ideas for gaining and maintaining control of your email? Here are 11 inbox organization tools to try, as well as four solutions to getting "inbox zero" based on your personality.


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GlobalFest - Aug 2016 - Feb 3, 2016
GlobalFest is a world class multicultural festival and international fireworks competition. Tryzub hosts the Ukrainian pavilion, provides tasty Ukrainian food, and performs on the various stages throughout the park. Globalfest takes place at Elliston Park, 17 Ave and 68 St SE, on August 18, 20, 23, 25, and 27, 2016.
In addition to performances, please also see the Tryzub Ukrainain Pavilion to try your hand at some Ukrainian crafts and learn about Ukraine and the Tryzub Ukrainian Kitchen to sample perogies, borsch, and other Ukrainian foods.
For further details, please see the Globalfest website: www.globalfest.ca.
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