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I am often asked the questions: "What's the best mill for me?" and "How do I store grains?" These are great questions and the answers differ depending upon your needs and your storage space. I have a two free things to share with you to help you answer those questions.
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Partially due to my Native heritage and partially due to the fact that June 27 is National Indian Pudding Day, I just had to dive in to making this today and wanted to share it with you.
This was a great new taste! I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was so easy! I will admit though, that being a warm pudding and using these particular flavors, I will be adding this dessert to our Thanksgiving menu. I'm not sure why the National Food Holiday for this one falls in June anyway? I'd be glad to hear from you if you know…so please feel free to leave a comment below.
Hope you enjoy!
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- 3.5 c. milk (or use almond or coconut milk for dairy free option)
- 1/2 c. freshly milled cornmeal
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 c. light brown sugar (or succanant)
- 1/3 c. molasses
- 2 tbsp. butter (or use coconut oil to make dairy free)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. allspice
- 1/6 tsp. ginger
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup chopped dates or chopped raisins
- After assembling all ingredients and before starting the actual mixing lightly grease crock-pot. We like to use coconut oil for this.
- Preheat it empty on high for 20 minutes while you're doing the next steps.
- Meanwhile bring milk or nut-milk, cornmeal and salt to a low boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
- Cover and simmer on very low an additional 10 minutes stirring occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick. The mixture will become thick.
- In a large bowl, combine eggs, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, butter or coconut oil, and spices. Mix all together until well blended.
- Temper this mixture by spooning in and well incorporating about 1/4 cup of the hot cornmeal. Do this step twice to increase the temperature of the egg/spice mixture.
- Now gradually beat the tempered egg/spice mixture into hot cornmeal mixture; whisk until smooth.
- Stir in raisins or finely chopped dates. Pour into your pre-heated/oiled crock and cook on high for 2 to 3 hours or low* for 6 to 8 hours.
Other tips and topics to this recipe:
Grind the corn (popping corn works too) on the coarse setting in the Wondermill.
Be sure to stir continually because dairy and nut milks will stick and are easily scorched at the bottom of the pan.
Pudding will produce a skin on the top, but it works into the pudding just fine with no affect of the texture.
If you try this and/or tweak this recipe for Indian Puddling – I'd sure love to hear how it came out for you! Please share in the comments below.
Thank you and Best Blessings,
* See this blog post if you have issues with your low setting on your crock pot being still too high. http://www.millersgrainhouse.com/blog/how-to-fix-a-crock-pot-that-gets-too-hot/
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"Light bulb" moments and "happy accidents" are my favorite things. (: Let me share one with you… and it comes in the form of a recipe.
One night I made double my regular Whole Wheat Pizza Crust as if I were feeding the whole army of Millers (don't know what got into me, I guess I was waxing nostalgic thinking I had little kids at home…but I digress)… then I realized that only two of us were going to eat that night and we had a road trip the next day!
Typically I would make the extra pizza crust and freeze it (in a turkey basting bag – because they're huge)…but this time I thought I should make some snacks for the road from the crust. And boy did these Whole Wheat Bread-sticks with a Twist hit the spot! Portable and filling!
So I share this happy accident with you!
Hope you enJOY, get creative and keep playing with your food!
Best Blessings,
Donna Miller of Millers Grain House
After making the pizza crust. Roll out dough in a rectangular(ish) shape and begin the creative process. To avoid too 'gooey' of a bread stick you won't want to use much sauce or liquid toppings, but as the example below shows we made one half has Parmesan, mozzarella, peperoni and oregano. The other half has pesto, olives, feta and some dried onion flakes.
Then we used the pizza cutter to cut into strips.
After we cut the strips (and made garlic knots out of the ends that were missed with the toppings), we folded the good stuff inside, lengthwise and then gave each bread-stick dough a little twist while putting it on the cookie sheet. See the pesto, olive bread- stick below:
Bake these Whole Wheat Bread-sticks with a Twist on cookie sheets at 350 degrees F. For about 15-18 minutes and cooled on a wire rack before bagging.
These are great served warm (of course we had to taste test them!) or once completely cooled can pack in a baggie for an easy take-along snack.
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David Letterman may be retiring, but I've got my own "Top 10″ to share with you. It's a little more useful than it is funny, but I hope you enjoy it. To get the full effect, hear the little nuances, tips and tricks plus enjoy the tongue-in-cheek approach I tried in order to make frugality a bit more entertaining, you'll want to click the audio bar under that radio pictured to the left and listen to a recent show of mine (Surviving On Shoestrings on the Survival Mom Radio Network).
To follow along and get a hint of what I break down in the show, here is a basic list of my "Top 10 Frugal Tips & Thrifty Kitchen Habits":
- #10 – Get Organized.
- #9 – Do a Weekly Purge.
- #8 – Grow Something (Garden)
- #7 – Cook from Scratch.
- #6 – Make your Own Condiments and….
- #5 – Portion Control from the Beginning
- #4 – Pack Snacks & Lunches…
- #3 – Shop Sales & Use Coupons Wisely…
- #2 – Plan a Weekly Menu…based on….
- #1 – Buy Extra & Buy Bulk!
Now if you listened all the way through, you know that the list is only the framework, the tips and ideas and ways of looking at our kitchen habits differently are what can help encourage you
Bonus contest!
Leave a comment and answer: How many times did I say the odd phrase: …. "Not to mention…." ?
The first one to get it right…I'll send you a copy of my first e-book: Supreme Bread Machine Cookbook
Who knew that I said that many times…? It got kind of annoying…now that's a new habit that I need to break!
Best Blessings and enJOY the Journey!
~ Donna Miller
Maybe it's not quite time for those special summer treats to come out of the garden, but it's never too soon to practice how to prolong the harvest! But bell peppers (red, yellow, orange or green) are so expensive out of season! And what if a recipe only calls for a portion of a bell pepper? Then what do you do? Throw the rest away? No. But freezing them turns them to mush (and sometimes can make the freezer smell a little peppered). The answer is to dehydrate them. It is so easy and takes almost no time at all.
Although I like bell peppers just fine , they can become overpowering, so even when they are in season, I tend to use only about 1/4-1/2 of what 's called for in a recipe. Leaving me again with a surplus of these easy to grow summer veggies.
But out-of-season produce is always far too rich for my blood. So….
Enter my 'out-of-season-go-to plan' for most produce. When produce is in the grocer and it is not the season for harvest in your area, it's getting trucked in and was picked "a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away". This is one of the reasons you pay a premium price on produce out of season. But if you look for the pre-cut items that are marked down from their usually higher price tag (this one pictured usually runs $3.48 for the half pint) you can save a step and a buck or two at the same time.
I bring them home and rinse and check them in a colander. They are, after all marked down, I want to be sure that there's nothing funky hiding in the midst.
Since these are already sliced, like most packaged produce, in uniform widths, they are primed and ready to dehydrate with ease.
I let them drain for just a few minutes while pulling out my Excalibur 9 Tray Economy Dehydrator. I have to admit – that this one appliance has not only paid for itself by putting back items from the garden, but has helped me by prolonging the life of produce that was on sale and keep from throwing out food that has been in the refrigerator a while.
Bounce of any clinging water from the colander and pour out on to the dehydrator tray. There may be a need for multiple trays depending upon how big of a stash you were able to snag at the grocer when they were marked down. Just spread these beauties out equally and give them some breathing room!
Now, if you want them to remain a LIVE food…dehydrate them below 115 degrees F. The enzymes will stay live (not the bacteria but the enzymes that help with digestion) and just keep drying until desired dryness is achieved. This may take up to 24hrs.
However, if you're going to put these into recipes later, or chop up little bits for meatloaf or sauces…crank them on up to 130 and you'll be done faster! Likely you'll have dry peppers ready for storage wtihin 8 hours. So it's an ideal over night project.
Remember the Excalibur 9 Tray Economy Dehydrator costs about 1 penny per hour (often less) of electricity to use. So either choice you make for drying purposes does not really cost you that much more to prolong the produce you dry.
As soon as they are dry to your liking (hint: they dryer they feel the longer they will last) let them cool to room temperature and place in a jar or other air tight container. They must be cooled to avoid sweating, but also cannot be left out too long to pick up any moisture from the air. Inside the container place a desiccant packet. Especially if you're going to use these over the next few months, the desiccant packet will be fine enough. There is no need for an oxygen absorber unless you plan to ignore this food indefinitely. If you have a food-saver you can remove air with the jar sealer attachment to remove more air in between the times you open and close the jar to use your pretty little peppers (or whatever produce you've dehydrated). The desiccant packet removes any moisture thus keeping the food dryer longer. Just be SURE when you purchase or use desiccant packets that they are marked clearly for Food Grade Use like the ones we have selected as examples below.
I hope that you'll use some of these tips on more than just the bell pepper and try to prolong produce of many kinds. Until next time, keep playing with your food and enJOY the journey!
Best Blessings, Donna
In full disclosure, yes we do make our living from the sale of items (which we also use personally and can in good faith recommend) such as these desiccant packets and the Excalibur Dehydrator. If you like what we share with you, please consider purchasing your needs with us at Millers Grain House. We promise to treat you like family. (:
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Why feed your family processed, dead and tasteless grocery store bread (that has little to no nutritional value and that is often loaded with unhealthy chemicals and preservatives) when you can easily make your own healthy, whole wheat bread from home for a fraction of the cost?
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Let this ebook show you how that list above is totally wrong! You can do it, it will taste great and your family will love it (and be healthier too). Here's a peek inside:
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Sorry. Nope. Turkey doesn't count – it's too cliche'.
We all have too much of that left over after Thanksgiving, but it is often a planned left-over food. We know it's going to happen and we have a plan or two for what to do with all that extra turkey. Even if we get sick of it, we have plans.
What I want to know is:
- What other food ends up as a surplus at your home after Thanksgiving?
- What do you have in abundance that you really don't know what else to do with other than to reheat it…again and again and again?
- What will you have that you're likely going to throw out if you can't stand it anymore in it's current form?
We want to help you save money and your sanity, but we need to know where you need the help.
So if it's a side dish, a dessert, gravy or anything other than turkey that graces your table at Thanksgiving still lingers far too long after the guests and holiday are gone – we want to know about it!
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If you can make a pizza crust -you can easily use the crust to make a calzone to change up the typical pizza and still enjoy an easy whole grain Italian meal!
Whole Wheat Calzones
Whole Wheat Pizza Crusts
Makes two 16 inch pizza crusts
- 1 ½ Cups Warm Water
- 4 TBS Organic Evaporated Cane Crystals
- 2 TBS Olive Oil
- 4 Cups Freshly Milled Hard Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp Garlic Salt
- ½ tsp Onion Salt
- 1 ½ tsp Instant Active Yeast
Bread Machine Method:
Place all ingredients in the machine in order given. Make a 'well' for the yeast and put in the 'well'. Set to dough or pizza dough setting. Machine should punch down after first rise.
Food Processor Method:
Use 'S' Blade. Place all dry ingredients in the food processor. Turn to pulsing while drizzling in the oil. Stop when mixed in. Now turn on and leave on drizzling in the water until dough forms a 'ball'. Let 'ball' clean the sides and round the bowl between 20-25 times.
Place in greased bowl, cover and put in a warm place (85 degrees) until doubled in size.
Mixer & Hand Methods:
Mix yeast in with the flour and set aside. Mix all other ingredients in a large bowl until blended. Mix one cup of flour mixture in at a time until all incorporated. Knead 3-5 minutes until 2 finger poke test bounces back quickly.
Place in greased bowl, cover and put in a warm place (85 degrees) until doubled in size.
Divide dough in to 2 (for large) or 4 (for small) balls of dough. Roll each out on to a floured surface and fill the center with a combination of cheeses: Ricotta, Mozzarella, Provolone and extra goodies such as mushrooms, peppers, pepperonis, cooked ground sausage (we like turkey sausage), onions (go light they get watery) and more. The possibilities are almost endless.
Fold one side over the other (stuffing in the middle will move) and turn up the edges and seal with a fork. Prick a few holes in the top for steam to escape.
Place on a cookie sheet or pyrex dish and brush a light egg wash.
Bake at 375F until golden brown. Remove to cool for just a little bit so no one gets burned cutting into the gooey goodies inside the tasty pockets!
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If you can make a pizza crust -you can easily use the crust to make a calzone and put a twist on an Italian meal!
Whole Wheat Pizza Crusts
Makes two 16 inch pizza crusts
- 1 ½ Cups Warm Water
- 4 TBS Organic Evaporated Cane Crystals
- 2 TBS Olive Oil
- 4 Cups Freshly Milled Hard Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp Garlic Salt
- ½ tsp Onion Salt
- 1 ½ tsp Instant Active Yeast
Bread Machine Method:
Place all ingredients in the machine in order given. Make a 'well' for the yeast and put in the 'well'. Set to dough or pizza dough setting. Machine should punch down after first rise.
Food Processor Method:
Use 'S' Blade. Place all dry ingredients in the food processor. Turn to pulsing while drizzling in the oil. Stop when mixed in. Now turn on and leave on drizzling in the water until dough forms a 'ball'. Let 'ball' clean the sides and round the bowl between 20-25 times.
Place in greased bowl, cover and put in a warm place (85 degrees) until doubled in size.
Mixer & Hand Methods:
Mix yeast in with the flour and set aside. Mix all other ingredients in a large bowl until blended. Mix one cup of flour mixture in at a time until all incorporated. Knead 3-5 minutes until 2 finger poke test bounces back quickly.
Place in greased bowl, cover and put in a warm place (85 degrees) until doubled in size.
Divide dough in to 2 (for large) or 4 (for small) balls of dough. Roll each out on to a floured surface and fill the center with a combination of cheeses: Ricotta, Mozzarella, Provolone and extra goodies such as mushrooms, peppers, pepperonis, cooked ground sausage (we like turkey sausage), onions (go light they get watery) and more. The possibilities are almost endless.
Fold one side over the other (stuffing in the middle will move) and turn up the edges and seal with a fork. Prick a few holes in the top for steam to escape.
Place on a cookie sheet or pyrex dish and brush a light egg wash.
Bake at 375F until golden brown. Remove to cool for just a little bit so no one gets burned cutting into the gooey goodies inside the tasty pockets!
- See more at: http://bakingwholegrains.com/whole-wheat-calzones/#sthash.N6k2gbUA.dpuf
Okay, I say the description of 'great' …and then I feel like an egomaniac since they're my books…but I have had a lot of folks say they really like them so I'm just going off of their feedback when I say 'great'. Please don't think I'm tooting my own horn :/
I enjoyed writing them, testing the recipes and making sure I could convey exactly what I would if you were right here in the kitchen with me. So, it is my hope that they are something you will enjoy too.
The two e-books are my "Supreme Bread Making with Bagel Video" and my newest "Whole Wheat Bread Making". By clicking those links you'll see what is in each e-book.
BUT… this post is more than showing you these to e-books…I want to give them to you if you win!
You can enter this Giveaway to have a chance to win BOTH!
Take a look at how it's set up. You don't HAVE TO do them all…but the more you do, the more points you rack up toward extra entries in the Giveaway! So…it's up to you how many points toward wining you will want.
The Giveaway contest ends this Friday!
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The UN's special rapporteur for food is irking the federal government by calling on Ottawa to do something about the 800,000 households in Canada that can't be sure of their next meal.
Syria's anti-regime revolt entered its 15th month on Tuesday amid relentless violence that has killed more than 12,000 people and growing fears by Arab states that a UN-backed peace plan will fail.
Syrian rebels killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, activists said, and an explosion wounded eight soldiers escorting UN ceasefire observers in the southern province of Deraa.
A South Korean UN nuclear inspector was killed in a car accident in Iran, state media are reporting.
Syrian security forces have kept heavy weapons in cities in breach of a UN brokered cessation of hostilities, but the government and opposition both have committed truce violations, a top UN official said Tuesday.
Amnesty International said on Friday it has received the names of more than 360 people reportedly killed in Syria since UN ceasefire observers deployed last week, and called for a more robust mission.
The United Nations wants to cut more than 5,300 peacekeeping troops and police in Darfur even though the UN Security Council said Thursday it remains concerned about conflict in the Sudanese region.
The Syrian government and rebels traded blame on Thursday for a huge explosion which killed 16 people in the city of Hama, as a two-week-old UN-backed ceasefire looked increasingly fragile
Exiled Syrian businessman Nofal Dawalibi announced in Paris on Thursday the setting up of a "transitional government to answer the needs of the Syrian opposition."

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Date of News Release: 01/28/2011
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Brandon McCarthy grabs his head after being hit Wednesday night. He remains hospitalized after emergency brain surgery. | Doug Duran~AP
Updated: October 10, 2012 6:23AM
Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy had to have emergency brain surgery after a line drive off the bat of Angels batter Erick Aybar hit him in the head and fractured his skull during a game Wednesday.
In my opinion, being a pitcher and following through on a big-league pitch — getting into that helpless position in which the body has just completed a violent act with maximum effort and is off-balance and defenseless, while a man stands 20 yards away with a club, swinging at a rock-hard ball — is about the scariest position an athlete can be in.
I'd put it up there with a quarterback getting blitzed from the blind side, a NASCAR driver starting a spin, a cyclist hitting an oil slick.
It's interesting that all those other athletes wear helmets. Maybe ''interesting'' isn't the word.
† YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT when a team like Savannah State, a former D-1A school that finished 1-10 last year, has its 2012 opener against Oklahoma State and then follows up with Florida State this Saturday.
Last week, the Tigers were body-waxed 84-0 by the Cowboys, They were 701/2-point underdogs against the Seminoles, who failed to cover when the game was called because of lightning. We no longer allow humans to be eaten by animals in coliseums, so what's going on here?
Money. Savannah State will pocket $860,000 for being tied to a tree and eviscerated. The big schools will tell you that this is good ''exposure'' for Savannah State, and the money will help the school's football program. I say, then just give them the money, without the pornography attached. If it's charity, don't add flagellation.
And I also say these wins should not count for OSU or FSU. They should go in the record book as something akin to public indecency.
† THE MORE I THINK about double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius and the controversy he stirs because of the carbon fiber blades he uses for lower legs when he runs, the more I roll my eyes.
It's interesting that Pistorius couldn't understand why people might have had criticisms of him running in the Olympics with his high-tech blades, because the blades might have given him an unnatural advantage, but he swiftly criticized the sprinter who beat him in the 200 meters in the ensuing Paralympics. Pistorius said gold medalist Alan Oliveira had blades that were too long for his height.
Well, therein lies the issue, my friend.
Being without a limb may be considered a handicap in one regard, but in another it could prove to be an advantage since science and technology can clearly create artificial limbs and joints that — in certain ways, like going around a track — are far superior to natural ones. Exoskeletons have been devised that enable their wearer to easily lift 200 pounds and carry the load indefinitely. Artificial hands can crush human hands like twigs. Robots with legs have run faster than Usain Bolt.
So, yes, Oscar Pistorius, blade length is a troubling issue. As are the springiness and energy return of such devices. Multi-levered, towering blades could certainly be made that enabled a runner to cover a quarter-mile track in almost no time, taking gigantic strides. And maybe that would be a cool thing to watch.
But the question is: Just what are the rules?
Just as there is this question for Pistorius: Do you really think you could have run a 45.39 in the 400 meters if you had not had your lower legs amputated?
† SOME ADS ARE TOO GOOD. I've known uber-professional ESPN football analyst John Clayton a long time. I was always aware the balding ''Professor'' didn't have a hidden pony tail tucked away behind his glasses and studio ear wire. But apparently other people were not. And the rumor grew that, like Paul being dead, Clayton was a closet longhair.
Now, having seen the latest ESPN promotional commercial featuring Clayton as a goth metalhead in a Slayer T-shirt, a complete dork living at his mom's house — with a freaking hilarious waist-length ponytail — I never will be able to take him quite as seriously as before.
And maybe that's OK.
† THE MIAMI HEAT JUST signed free-agent center Mickell Gladness, not a great player, but a great name, in my opinion, and I hope yours. You can almost feel the . . .
† AND HERE IS A HEADLINE from the Friday New York Times: '' 'This Is House'': A Defensive Tackle for a Semi-Pro Team, John Taylor Is One of the Largest Players in the History of Football.''
One of the largest? Good lord, Taylor, nicknamed ''House,'' who plays for the Central Penn (Pa.) Piranha, goes 6-11, 500 pounds. I think it would be dangerous if he looked at a quarterback.
''What can I say?'' says his father, who, like House's mother, goes over 320 pounds.
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Fire At Vancouver Sikh Temple Under Investigation
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One of the board of directors of the Sikh Temple that burned to the ground in Vancouver Friday says they were 90 percent finished constructing the new building and had planned to move in within weeks.
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In Oregon, both parties are hard at work in legislative battlegrounds to swing the House majority in their direction.
More Taxis May Soon Be Cruising Portland Streets
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Dozens more taxis would roam Portland streets under a recommendation approved by a city committee. Taxi drivers have resisted the added competition, but conditions could be better for cabbies.
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Northwest's Long Dry Spell Soon To Be History
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The streak of dry weather in much of the Northwest is about to come to a soggy end.
Smith 'Disappointed' As Endorsements Slip Away
Oct. 11, 2012 12:57 p.m.
Three supporters of Jefferson Smith's campaign to be the next mayor of Portland have withdrawn their endorsements.
Oregon Report Cards Show Mixed Results
Oct. 11, 2012 12:31 p.m.
Oregon schools saw mixed results on the latest statewide report card released Thursday morning.
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My daughter pulled out my high school yearbook last week and pored through the pages, barely recognizing her young mother in the pictures. Looking through the clubs and classes and classmates with her, I started thinking about all of the things I'd like to tell her, once she enters the tween and teen years. Not surprisingly, they are mostly the same things I'd go back and tell myself if I could ...
1. Have your eyebrows professionally waxed. For the love of God.
2. Be nice to your brother. He's really not as bad as you think.
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4. Use sunscreen. Just do it.
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5. He's going to end up fat, bald, and living in the same town you grew up in. Don't waste your time angsting over him.
6. Make friends with the theatre geeks, they're some of the coolest people in school.
7. Don't pop your zits. It's gross and it WILL leave scars.
8. Don't go on that fad diet. It will forever change your relationship with food.
9. Don't drink half a bottle of Goldschläger after your junior prom if you ever want to enjoy the taste of cinnamon again.
10. Use leave-in conditioner, buy a diffuser, and don't brush your hair when it's dry.
11. Don't rely on CliffsNotes. Reading the classics really is important.
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Don't be in such a hurry to grow up even though you are right in thinking that life is bigger than high school! Eat your weight in Ben & Jerry's because , yes, three kids will kill your fugure and maybe start a habit of jogging, that may help later! Never underestimate your abilities, work harder in school!
My daughter is 15 now and she would not listen to me anyway, but I would definitely tell myself to never let a man hurt you. Be independent and do not rely on them,because they will unfortunately disappoint. Work hard and get an education. Also, listen to your mom. You will find out 20 yrs later that she actually was right.
I would tell her not having a bf isnt the end of the world. and please do good in school. and to get help for depression and anxiety earlier then she wouldnt have dropped out of college and ended up at mcdonalds. ugh. listen to your gut feeling.
1. Forget that jerk and for the love of god don't let him take your v-card! He will shatter your heart, oh and he is cheating on you.
2. You will meet your prince charming in a year, just look for the kid with the fohawk and el camino. Oh and don't break up with him, your already pregnant and it will cause way more trouble than it is worth because you will get back together anyways.
3. Study heard because you will wish you had. GET YOUR LICENCE WHILE YOUR STILL BRAVE ENOUGH. 21 year old you will appreciate it.
4. Don't quit cheerleading or JROTC, you will miss it SO much.
5. DO NOT DRINK. You will make a fool of yourself.
6. Move in with your grandparents, see #2.
GO TO CLASS so you don't end up graduating with your lil brother a year late!!
It may seem like you are very smart, mature, wise and responsible. Probably better to just listen to your mom.


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Power Outages: Power outages due to fallen lines are reported across eastern Wisconsin. Outagamie County reported almost 13,000 customers had no power as of 10 a.m. Winnebago County reported about 4400 customers were without power. Appleton Public Schools were closed along with several other schools in the Appleton/Greenville area due to a lack of power. Appleton Medical Center facility began running on generator power at 6 a.m. Power has been restored there but officials closed various departments and appointments for the day.
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The report, Promoting Recovery and Independence for Older Adolescents and Young Adults Who Experience Serious Mental Health Challenges, indicates that 20 percent of young adults living in U.S. households had a mental health condition in the last year. Of these, more than 1.3 million had a disorder so serious that their ability to function in many aspects of everyday life was compromised.
To address this need SAMHSA sponsors a wide range of programs directed toward treating many behavioral health challenges facing older adolescents and young adults including mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use disorders. In many instances they have helped older adolescents and young adults achieve recovery and move onto live full, productive lives.
For example, among older adolescents and young adults participating in the SAMHSA-sponsored Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program, 28 percent showed significant improvement in their behavioral and emotional health within the first six months, and 38 percent showed significant improvement within the first year. Many participants reported they had greater confidence in their abilities to perform important life skills such as preparing meals and securing rental agreements. Homelessness dropped by 36 percent after six months in services among those ages 18 and older participating in the program.
Similarly among older adolescents and young adults participating in the SAMHSA-sponsored Emerging Adults Initiative (EAI) program the report showed a 30 percent increase in young adults reporting that they had a stable place to live within the community and a 37 percent increase in those stating they had positive functioning in everyday life.
"These data show that treatment is effective. Young people who experience mental or substance use disorders can recover and lead healthy, productive lives with improvements in employment opportunities, housing, education and emotional well-being," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde.
The report also shows that many participants in SAMHSA sponsored substance use treatment programs were also treated for mental conditions and that this treatment had a beneficial effect in terms of mental well-being and recovery from substance use disorders. Among those older adolescents and young adults who participated in these programs there was a 34 percent decrease in the number of young adults who reported experiencing mental health concerns such as depression or anxiety and an 80 percent increase in the number of young adults who were living in the community. In addition, in SAMHSA's Pregnant and Postpartum Women program, 86 percent of participating young adults reported no substance use after six months of treatment (versus only 40 percent of those entering the program) and 29 percent reported being employed or in school (versus only 13 percent of those entering the program).
The report was released today during SAMHSA's press briefing for National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (Awareness Day), SAMHSA's annual celebration highlighting the importance of caring for every child's mental health. Awareness Day is part of SAMHSA's strategic initiative on public awareness and support, and is being observed on May 9 this year. More than 135 national organizations and federal agencies and programs are collaborating to provide greater access to community-based mental health services and supports for all children, youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions and their families as part of Awareness Day 2013.
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Our Mission is for you to enjoy the recreation activities in the Allegheny National Forest for all seasons.
Our farm is here to serve all of your recreation needs. We hope visits on the farm will take our
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One that reminds you of Grandma & Grandpa's farm visits.We believe everyone deserves their fun & relaxing
time away from home. We are here to serve your needs, and make your visit one you will always remember.
The farm was established in 1864 by a gentleman when he returned from his service in the Civil War.
The locals still refer to house as "The Gaul Farm" and speak about John Gaul as "The Colonel"
John Gaul served as the Sheriff in Marienville in the late 1800's.
His gravesite is located just a bit north of the house and the VFW Veterans tend to it.
The "Colonel" and his son James, built the farm house in 1895. James raised his 8 children here.
The farm remained in the Gaul Family from 1864 to 2003.
We have located the "Sawmill" corner stones along the creek at the end of the logging road. There is so
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I acquired the farm to maintain it as a Family Estate. Not for development, but for recreation
and enjoyment to visitors.
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STILLWATER - People come from all over the world to learn of Saratoga's place in history as the turning point of the American Revolution.
Tom and Cindy Gibbs from Virginia were enjoying Saratoga National Historical Park Monday, aware that they could be among the last visitors here for a while as they pulled in on their way to Fort Ticonderoga.
"And we thought we'd stop in here, and also realizing that it might be the last day for a while, we decided we will see it now," said Tom.
Saratoga National has been preparing for weeks. Notifying school groups and other visitors that they may have to put off their plans.
Monday, the park told its employees who is needed in the event of a shutdown and who isn't.
"There's probably going to be about 28 employees that will be furloughed as a result of this action," said Park Superintendent Joe Finan. Finan says those employees who stay on staff during a shut down are law enforcement, responsible for securing the four-square mile park.
Finan is among those who will be furloughed if neither side surrenders before midnight. He's hoping for an end to this Washington battle, before it's time to commemorate end of the Battles of Saratoga next month.
"So we'll wait and see what happens. We hope that our friends in Congress and the President reach a compromise," Finan said.
As for Tom and Cindy Gibbs, they're also hoping cooler heads will prevail and elected leaders in Washington will think more about the people they represent.
"This country is a big business and they're not treating it as a business and realizing that people's lives are affected by all this, greatly," said Cindy.
If the shutdown happens, Saratoga National hopes it's a short one. They have scheduled an event on October 5th to welcome back an original cannon used in the Battles of Saratoga.
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The team reportedly notified the Tribune Co.-owned station on Tuesday that it had 30 days to meet a higher assessed fair market value for the broadcast rights.
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A South African man was robbed at gunpoint in the town of Somerset West, on Saturday. The thieves took his mountain bike, cell phone, Oakley sunglasses and car keys, but overlooked the GoPro camera attached to his helmet. The camera filmed the entire incident and the footage was used to catch the robbers.
A Brazilian thief attempts to rob a store, but gets ejected by a Hulk-like creature living inside of it. Or he simply falls out the window while running for his life, not sure. Either way, this store won't be getting robbed anytime soon.
A group of skilled thieves steal an expensive camera lens from a photographer in St. Petersburg, Russia.
CCTV captured a female French tourist fighting off two knife-wielding robbers in Palermo, Italy. The woman forced them to flee without her handbag, but had her video camera stolen.
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Two masked robbers walked into Zhen Yang's Gatineau, Quebec, convenience store Tuesday night and threatened him with knives, demanding cash from the register. The tables turned quickly as Zhen Yang grabbed a can of bear spray and let loose on the would-be criminals. One of suspects fled the scene, but the other one was grabbed, bent over the counter and spanked by the store owner.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials released a footage of a robbery attempt foiled by an enraged and barking Chihuahua named Paco, hoping the public can identify the criminals.
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I went outside to greet the first big snow. I thought, "Aww, how cute. Someone built a snowman." Then I took a closer look. Why was that snowman attached to a giant pair of testicles? Oh right, because it was a penis.
In grades K-12 it was customary to build snowmen. But when you're in college there's a sudden shift to penises or penii. I'm not sure what the correlation is between higher education and giant, frosty male genitalia. It's tradition for students to use soft, serene, white snow to build a wiener scaled at least 700 times its natural size. Jack Frost's elephantitis of the balls, if you will.
The natural evolution of snow formations goes right from Frosty to johnson. After you've mastered the traditional round, carrot-nosed man, what else can you make? You might suggest the statue of David or the Eiffel Tower. But those suggestions are for sexually frustrated Art History majors.
When college students role out of bed around 2 p.m. and frolic in a winter wonderland, something grips them as they start to shape the snow. They think to themselves, "I could build anything out of this snow. What should I make? Wait a second I'm becoming independent. I'm thinking about my career. I'm getting an education—it's penis time."


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Willie Lee McCovey
Born: January 10, 1938, Mobile, Alabama
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Elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers: 1986
Although Willie McCovey played hurt throughout much of his 22-year career, the Giants first baseman used a sweeping swing to belt 521 homers and collect more than 2,200 hits. He led the National League in homers three times and in RBIs twice, also pacing the circuit in slugging percentage for three consecutive years (1968-70). McCovey earned National League MVP honors in 1969, 10 years after earning the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1959.
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Last fall when making the round of local used record stores, I came across an album by Sophie Tucker. "I'm Bigger and Better Than Ever," Sophie seemed to be shouting, her 80-ish year-old face open wide on the cover. For $8, it was even autographed. Clearly Sophie was past her prime, but since albums weren't around during her vaudeville days, I gave it a shot. Shortly thereafter, the gutsy model of ahead-of-her-time-feminism became my hero. What some would no doubt call novelty or camp was music to these ears: songs like "You've Got To Be Loved To Be Healthy," "Aren't Women Wonderful," and "I'm Living Alone (And I Like It)."
My quest to learn everything led me back to 1884 when a three- month-old, Russia-born, Sophie Abuza made her debut in America. Settling in Hartford, Conn., her parents opened a small restaurant and Sophie grew up working there, occasionally singing for tips. At 16, she eloped with Louis Tuck and later gave birth to a Bert. Unfortunately, Louis never got around to getting a job. Once their money ran out, Sophie ended up back at the restaurant, supporting all three.
Working in a restaurant, however, wasn't Sophie's calling. Divorcing Louis and leaving Bert to her parents' care, she fled to New York to try her hand at entertaining. Pretty radical for an orthodox Jewish woman at the turn of the century. Her first break came in 1906, sometime after changing her surname to Tucker. She was offered a small-time theater slot on one condition: because she was so "big and ugly," she had to appear in blackface. Fairly desperate, Sophie agreed and ended up touring the vaudeville circuit as a "coon shouter." Though successful, she continually tried to ditch the blackface act. So when her costumes and makeup failed to arrive in time for a show one night, Sophie risked going on without a disguise. Fortunately, the crowd loved her.
Bigger parts opened up. After a stint with the Ziegfield Follies, Sophie began headlining her own shows. Before long, she was The Red Hot Mama. Like Mae West, her humor was aggressively sexual. But unlike Mae, Sophie was considered unattractive. Audiences laughed at Sophie rather than with her and she capitalized on it. Not surprisingly, then, she's been dismissed as playing up a stereotype - the fat old woman who foolishly fancies herself sexy.
It's true Sophie's sexuality didn't appear much of a threat; and when a doctor told her to lose weight, she refused for image's sake. But it was this unthreatening image that allowed her to take pride in, (hell, advocate!) being independent, sexually active, and over-weight (NOT ugly. Sophie went to great lengths to look and dress her very best). Her approach differed from that of most female performers, who made themselves palatable via infantalization (Fanny Brice, Juliana Hatfield), self-effacement (Marie Dressler, Juliana Hatfield) and acting stupid (Gracie Allen, Juliana Hatfield). She stood the "I'm a loser" complex on its head and, while allowing the audience to feel superior, proclaimed her fat/old/gawky self the hottest.
In "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night," for example, sex-hungry Soph tells an absentee lover: "You've got to see Mama ev'ry night or you can't see Mama at all " As the typical undesirable wife/mistress, Sophie's threat is a joke. No one would want to see her. On the other hand, someone who empathizes with Sophie finds a bold statement of independence echoed throughout her repertoire: If you can't please me, get lost!
Bolder still is "Me and Myself:"
I want to take this opportunity to tell you folks That me and myself are real pals. I wake up every morning, fresh as a lark, No one around swearing about a collar button; Take my little exercise, Skip over the the mirror and say, Greetings, Sophie. The mirror smiles back and the day is started right. Then at breakfast, when there's only one piece of toast left, I don't have to grab for it. Myself sez to me: Soph, old girl, finish the toast. You must be hungry. And I say to myself: I don't mind if I do. No arguments at all.
As Sophie pointed out in her autobiography, the song was a club favorite because it wasn't read at face value; as she put it, because "an audience enjoys hearing you make fun of yourself."
Throughout Sophie's career, her fame remained centered on stage. After becoming a vaudeville legend here, she swept Europe and, upon returning from her first trip to Berlin in 1925, caused a national scandal when she landed wearing pants. ("Yes, it was Sophie Tucker and not Marlene Dietrich who introduced pants in the U.S.A. They got me into the headlines and the newsreels and were good for laughs any place.") When vaudeville started losing ground to radio and film in the late 1920s, she packed for Hollywood and made eight films. Unfortunately, her unattractiveness didn't engender her to the big screen. Her film career never took off (part of the reason she is much lesser known today than Mae West), supposedly because she couldn't act (though that didn't hurt Mae). Also, the new media were too restrictive for Soph. As she told one radio interviewer, "You can't do this, you can't do that. I couldn't even say 'hell' or 'damn,' and nothing, honey is more expressive than the way I say 'hell' or 'damn.'"
She did, by the way, marry and divorce twice more before promising in song, "There isn't going to be a fourth Mr. Ex / and I'll be darned if I'm paying anymore alimony checks / I'm living alone and I like it!" The song, "I'm Living Alone," was typical of the even brassier direction Sophie took in her later club days where she was not only pro-sex (which in itself wasn't so rare) but all-sorts-of-taboo. Sophie denounced marriage, even monogamy, but focussed not so much on men's weaknesses (again unlike Mae West, who only inverted the "men's" game, where one chases other, where one is in control) but inequality in relationships. "I'm Living Alone" is largely gender- neutral, allowing both men and women to relate to its sentiments:
I'm a one-ticket gal, free as the breeze I go where I like, I do as I please When I lock up my apartment, I've got all the keys I'm living alone and I like it. If I wanna play gin, I stay up and I play gin I come home when I want to and when I walk in There's nobody growling at me, "Where the hell have you been?" I'm living alone and I like it.
The song also refuses to buy into the gold-digging trap, a stereotype that only re-aligns itself with gender inequality:
No man buys my dresses or pays for my minks If I get a new hat trimmed with posies and trinks There's no darling husband yelling take it off it stinks I buy it, I wear it and I like it!
Though Sophie never actually said, "my sexuality was going to be packaged for me so I did it myself," this is exactly what she did. Nearly 50 years before Madonna or Liz Phair opted to create their own sexuality, Sophie used her "un-sexuality" to challenge gender norms. These women broke into the mainstream by accommodating mass views (Liz spread-eagle in the not-quite-centerfold pages of Option, Madonna as "boy toy,"* Sophie playing up her undesirability). Though such an approach limits the potency of any subversive message, it's arguably necessary to reach beyond the already converted. What's interesting is how Sophie's turn-of-the-century, did-it-herself image is eerily relevant today; like politically shy performers of the 90s (men as well as women) Sophie made her case through irony.
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