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The interview was with Ric Flair. What you never know is which Ric Flair will be on the other end of the line.
The brash wrestling legend? The troubled superstar? The icon whose exploits both in and out of the ring span decades?
Flair's PR person doesn't want more drama, e-mailing a request before the interview to avoid personal questions and not to ask about the recent death of The Ultimate Warrior (along with the always popular 'Can we read the story before it runs?' request).
Likely because Flair's life has been so unbelievable, it might be two hours before wrestling even enters the conversation. Even in semi-retirement, he creates huge ripples -- when longtime WWE announcer Jim Ross was fired last summer, it was revealed Flair's behavior at a video game event was the catalyst. Ross was moderating a conference of wrestling legends, but allowed Flair to go off on several tangents.
Flair had just recently buried his son Reid, who died of a drug overdose in March 2013. Ross admits he shouldn't have booked Flair for the event during such a traumatic time.
But the Flair who phones on a Wednesday morning is in good spirits. He's found a new passion -- the blossoming wrestling career of his daughter Ashley -- and it has the 'Nature Boy' beaming about her prospects.
"I didn't encourage her," he says. "She just went to Wrestlemania with me. She was making a real nice living running a personal training centre ... (WWE's) John Laurinaitis saw her and said, 'Why aren't you wrestling?'"
Two months later, under the name Charlotte, she signed a developmental contract with the WWE, currently performing with NXT Wrestling. He expects her in the WWE "real soon."
He's already been the hero and villain. The Horseman, the World Champ and the 'Dirtiest Player in the Game.' He's the only person inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice, and is routinely named one of the top two or three wrestlers of all time.
As he heads to the Niagara Falls Comic Con June 6 and 7, Flair is eager to talk about 'the biz,' both past and present. His wars with Ricky Steamboat, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage are now decades old, and his last official match with the WWE was his loss to Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXIV in 2008. But he's hardly a stranger, frequently showing up on RAW to help get the next generation of wrestlers over.
"I love those kids," he says. "I'm a huge fan of John Cena's and I'm very close to Randy Orton. I love Dave Batista. Daniel Bryan's doing a great job -- who saw that coming?"
Flair has been through every wrestling trend of the past 40 years, from the '80s explosion to the 'Attitude Era' '90s to, more recently, the 'Smark Era' -- a culture of fans who feel above the scripted nature of wrestling, but watch anyway. They're so critical of the product, they'll devote web pages explaining how they can do it better.
Flair thinks otherwise.
"I don't pay any attention to that," he says. "The internet thinks they're smarter than we are, but they're not. If you read the internet, it's like watching Fox News ... you don't know what to believe.
"They all want to predict what they think will happen, but nobody ever knows for sure," he adds. "As an example, 42 years in the business and I never thought Daniel Bryan would win that match (at April's Wrestlemania XXX). I didn't think he was going to beat Hunter, and I'm attuned to it!"
Likewise, former foe The Undertaker having his Wrestlemania winning streak snapped at 21 was a shocker to everyone in the company.
"I wanted to see (the streak) go on, but I understand. Times change, it is what it is. You saw how quiet the fans got. They weren't ready for that, so obviously they didn't foresee that."
Soon after savouring Wrestlemania, the WWE was bombarded with more headlines about the early deaths of wrestlers. The Ultimate Warrior, inducted into this year's Hall of Fame, died the day after appearing on the post-Wrestlemania RAW.
"The problem is, we have so much attention on us," says Flair. "But in real life, I've got a friend with Leukemia. Another friend just died at 41 six months ago.
"It could be a lawyer that died the same day, but because he's not on TV..."
"I didn't know the Warrior, I only wrestled him twice actually. I didn't even see him at Wrestlemania, he kept pretty secluded from what I understand. I hadn't seen him in years."
As for meeting the fans, Flair says they have to be pretty sharp to catch him with something he's forgotten. Even the stuff that wasn't in his books.
"It would have to be a very rare instance that I wouldn't remember," he says. "It's usually about my career, who was the toughest wrestler, which company I liked better. It's all good."
John Law has been the Niagara Falls Review's arts and entertainment writer since 1990.


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forgive me being the cynic here.........but the tabloids did NOT kill Diana......it was a car crash .........caused by a drunk driver.......
and Diana courted the press.......She wanted them on her terms.........but it doesn't work like that in the media........it's all or nothing.........when you court the press you have to live by THEIR rules.........if you are private the press eventually get bored.........
Sorry to dissapoint some people but Diana was no 'Queen of Hearts'........i think her overseas image was nauseatingly saintly........
and subsequent truths have revealed an altogether less appealing Diana........however, she was also just a human being...............whose death was a tragedy for her friends and family.....
but the press didn't kill her..............the crash did
We're going to have to agree to disagree. I know the driver was drunk...but they were fleeing the papparazzi.
I'm amazed that people think tabloid info is ok.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
i think you'll find you're in the minority there...............i could say i'm amazed that people write off the tabloids without accepting their differring perspectives.......................
BTW............. you get 'People' on subscribtion don't you??.......we don't get that here so i don't know it...........but is IT a tabloid???
I do not consider People to be a tabloid. My understanding of the tabloids is that they are The Star, The Globe, The News of the world, The National Enquirer.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
And....I DON'T get it on subscription. I sometimes buy it at the store checkout.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Yea it is a tabloid. Any magazine that has pics of celebs doing things in their personal time is a tabloid. US and In Touch magazines are not newspapers but they ARE tabloids cause they buy pics from the paps and fill their mags withs crap stories. You did not know that Quirks?
I disagree with you. How many times has People been sued for printing absolute crap?
I wouldn't put it in the same category with The Star AT ALL. People has a fair amount of "human interest" stories that have nothing to do with celebs.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Yea but they still buy pics from the paps keeping The paps in business.
I have many stories they printed of Jim. One of them was the story of Jim and Renee going on his jet just so they could make love 1,000's of feet in the sky then parachute back down to land. They talked about that one on Howard Stern 2003(the radio version) Jim laughed like crazy when he heard it.
If this is your criteria..it makes Cosmo, Glamour and Redbook tabloids, too.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
Exactly my point........tabloid journalism saturates every publication, it is part of our modern culture......
I think Linda has it pegged.........it was an honest and credible analysis ........... ...............
Most everything is tabloid. As Linda mentioned we relish the juicy stories. Some, like People, are not all crap. Many are. We censor ourselves. Why? Because it is well known that the object of our fanaticism values his privacy and doesn't want, for instance, speculation on divorces etc. because it cheapens what was precious. If we care about him, we won't.
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They call it The Surf Bus — a groovy, Scooby-Doo-like Mystery Machine that chortles up to our hotel, the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.
A flip-flop-clad local surfer named Sam — our Shaggy — hops out and invites us aboard, where we encounter seats full of affable travellers from the United Kingdom, South America, Australia and Brandon, Man. We may feel — and look — as though we've hooked up with Mystery Incorporated, but I assure you we're not splitting up to search for clues. The Surf Bus (northshoresurfbus.com) is taking us on a tour of Oahu's fabled North Shore, the Hawaiian home of professional surfing.
It's part of a quest for my 10-year-old son and me to learn more about the one sport that appears almost as much fun as our beloved skiing and snowboarding. Riding a wave looks as smooth as slipping through high-alpine powder. Where better to check out surfing than the place it was invented by ancient Hawaiians?
Historians tell us surfing in Hawaii was once a symbol of social status and power. Only royals and other elites were permitted to hit the surf, using the sport to stay in shape and prove their prowess to the common people. During the 1800s, missionaries discouraged Hawaiian language and traditions, and surfing all but died out.
It wasn't until the early 1900s that Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic swim champ and actor, helped bring it back to life along Honolulu's Waikiki Beach. The Duke is considered the father of modern surfing, commemorated by a lei-draped bronze statue on Kuhio Beach at Waikiki.
While Waikiki is a popular spot for novice surfers, the North Shore is where the pros head each November. The North Shore is the rugged side of Oahu, about 40 minutes from Honolulu, and as different from that city as the moon is from Earth. Where Honolulu is busy — according to Sam, it boasts North America's greatest number of highrises next to New York and Chicago — the North Shore is quiet. There are few huge hotels, no shopping malls and few condo developments. What the North Shore does have, especially in November and December, is really big waves.
"Why do surfers come here?" my doubtful son asks Sam as we approach the understated North Shore.
"Because," Sam answers simply, "the waves here are taller than trees."
The Surf Bus drops us at the north edge of Oahu where the Pacific Ocean comes crashing in. The waves — which can reach heights of more than 12 metres — are thundering onto the beach. Surfers are everywhere, on foot and in trucks, but also on bikes and mopeds. They carry their boards under one arm and steer with the other. Many are on their way to iconic surf spots such as Sunset Beach and the Banzai Pipeline, which are just minutes away.
At the North Shore Surf Shop, Sam offers us a set of bikes, and we follow the beachside Tree Tunnel Bike Path, which snakes past several of the world's most famous surf breaks. And that's how we spend our morning: Pedalling, pausing, snapping photos and pedalling some more. The beaches we pass are steep and rough, with soft deep sand, high winds and surf so huge and loud it's hard to have a conversation. For novice surfers, this is no place to learn but it is a spectacular place to watch.
It's late November, the month of the most humungous surf, and pros Kelly Slater and Joel Parkinson are out there practicing for the upcoming Pipeline Masters. The North Shore is surfing's most famous stage, and our bike ride along its rim is akin to walking into the Super Bowl and scoring a pair of free tickets on the 50-yard line.
Back at the surf shop, we trade bikes for snorkels and flap down to the ominously named Shark Cove. We're assured the natural tide pool is shark free, so we spend an hour skimming over jagged black volcanic rock, spotting prickly sea urchins and fish. While we don't spot any, spinner dolphins often put on a show off-shore.
Exhausted, we reboard Sam's surf bus for a short drive to Turtle Beach, where an 81-kilo sea turtle named Brutus is resting on shore. His Hawaiian name, Nalukai, means one who has endured the storms of life. We creep as close to the beautiful creature as we safely can while a volunteer stands watch. But we can't stay long. Paddle-boards are waiting for us on the Anahulu River. Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is several notches down from surfing and just our speed — a smooth, silent way to explore one of Hawaii's prettiest, jungle-like rivers. The crystal-clear Anahulu is filled with slow-swimming sea turtles my son says are larger than party pizzas.
It's late afternoon when the bus pulls into Haleiwa (pronounced HALL-A-eva). The North Shore town is low and slow, with pretty galleries, cafes and surf shops.
Tomorrow it's back to Waikiki (Wai means fresh water, kiki means splash) where, for this mother and son, the waves are far more manageable for surfing.
But for now, until Sam picks us up in The Surf Bus, we're happy to search for more clues along Oahu's North Shore, home of the Super Bowl of surfing.
Don't leave Oahu without sampling the following:
1. A shrimp plate, a spectaculary delicious Hawaiian food truck tradition.
2. Another tradition: Shave ice — an ice-cold, rainbow-coloured dessert and kid-favourite.
3. Malasadas, a yeast dougnut of Portuguese origins.
4. Loco Moco. There are many variations but the classic consists of white rice, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg and brown gravy.
5. A cup of local Joe. Hawaii is the only state in the U.S., where coffee is grown.


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Trilogic is a company that excels in innovative technological solutions with emphasis on computer programing. With regard to the core of the client's work, we designed their brand identity through the eyes of computer language.
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With paintbrushes at the ready, artist Zipi Ifat is putting the final touches on the floats set to feature in this year's national Adloyada Purim Parade in Holon, March 8.
There's a giant falafel, an enormous hamburger, a huge schnitzel and cartoon characters laden with food. This year's theme, Tastes of Childhood, also includes Peter Pan covered in ice cream cones, Popeye eating spinach, and a giant's face made of fruit and vegetables.
"Of course I still get excited. Every year it's a new subject and that means a new creation," Ifat tells ISRAEL21c days before the 2012 parade. "I feel proud even after so many years of doing this. Everything has gotten bigger."
The name "Adloyada" comes from the decree that on Purim Jews should drink until they cannot tell the difference (ad lo yada) between the holiday's main characters, the evil Haman and the heroic Mordechai. The Holon Adloyada is not about intoxication due to alcohol but rather due to excitement.
The 64-year-old Ifat has been the national parade's designer since it began in the city of Holon 20 years ago. She is in charge of a team of 18 artists, carpenters, painters and welders.
They work in a factory warehouse just outside Kfar Saba. Strong smells of paint, glue and shellac permeate the air. Everyone is hard at work but everyone also seems happy.
After all, the floats they're making are earmarked for the country's central Purim event. Some 6,000 people will take part in the carnival that usually draws some 250,000 spectators.
"I can't describe the feeling of seeing the children's faces light up," Adloyada's General Manager Doron Shalom tells ISRAEL21c. "There is a lot of hard work that goes into putting this parade together but as soon as you see the kids happy, you say it's worth it."
Zipi's Viareggio
About 200 people work on putting together the Adloyada parade.
And while organizing the gymnasts, acrobats, musicians and street performers is important, Ifat holds a key role in the success of each year's parade: She makes the floats.
In fact, Ifat is Israel's expert on oversize parade platforms. She's the one who can get toddlers and grandparents to gape simultaneously as enormous figures roll by.
An architect by training, Ifat fell into the world of artistic floats by chance. She married an Israeli studying in Italy, moved there with him, took a course in set design for the theater and then happened upon the world of parade displays.
She still returns to Italy every February to the Viareggio Carnival, where she sees what's new in the field and learns innovative artistic methods.
"Our floats are nice compared to Viareggio but size-wise you can't compare. We do the best we can with the budget we have. Our biggest floats are 4.5 meters high; theirs can top 20 meters," says Ifat.
Over the years, the Holon floats have become more kinetic.
"I've improved the size and movement of the floats. We use lights, smoke, things that move," she says.
364 days in the making
Planning for a new parade begins at the end of the current parade, when Holon's Adloyada committee meets to discuss a new theme.
"We try to find a subject that is for children and adults alike," says Shalom, who also serves as cultural event director of Holon.
Once a theme is chosen, Ifat sets to work. "We start brainstorming, drawing, planning how to put an idea onto a float, with what materials — a blueprint for how to build it," she says. "In 20 years nothing has broken, thank goodness, and I hope nothing will break this year either."
Altogether the ideas take nearly three months to finalize. Construction of the floats takes just over two months.
One of her favorite floats this year is the schnitzel. It will only be completed three days before the event because it is to be made of hundreds of fresh flowers.
Over the years, Ifat has built effigies of nearly all of Israel's politicians, moving figures of animals and biblical sculptures like Noah's Ark.
"I really loved the opera theme two years ago; that was my favorite project," she says. "The falafel this year was also fun to work on. Each model has its own enjoyable aspects."
With no one else in Israel as qualified in this art form as Ifat, it's a good thing she has no plan to retire anytime soon.
"I don't see myself not doing the Adloyada. I am an artist and the art is inside of me. You can't just stop the feeling," she says. "This is a parade that you have to see — it's really amazing."


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I spent the first 13 years of my life in Saugus, MA, just 14 miles north of Boston.
I am the black sheep of the Chipfolk. I have a second cousin who lives somewhere in Indonesia (it was Borneo last I knew, but now I'm not so sure), but I am the only other Chip-person who has opted not to live within a T-ride of Boston proper.
My Chipfolk live in Boston or work in Boston or play in Boston.
It was hard to not live in the Boston area when my grandmother took ill and slowly passed away last summer. It was hard to not live in the Boston area when the Red Sox won the World Series (both times). Or when my favorite cousin gave birth to each of her three children.
And today it is hard to not live in the Boston area once again.
All Chipfolk are well and accounted for.
Thank goodness.
And thank goodness for social media and text messaging, which allowed me to find this out within hours, not days.
It will be a long time, I suspect, before the news out of Boston coalesces into something resembling sense. Maybe it never will. The murder of an 8-year-old child will likely never make anything like "sense."
I hope the murder of an 8-year-old child, whether on the streets of Boston or the streets of Baghdad, never makes anything like sense.
But tonight I am overwhelmed by the Pollyanna need to remind each and every one of you that goodness starts with the individual. Goodness and kindness and a better world starts in the heart of one person, multiplied out.
Gosh, this makes me sound like a crazy hippy, and anyone who knows me knows that I am not a crazy hippy (or not much of one– put down the hula hoop, people! no one wants to see that shiz at Waterfront Wednesday!).
But more than today's bombing reminds me of the Big Picture, it reminds me of the Small Picture. The one that begins with one person choosing to say a kind thing (or nothing at all) when the crappy thing to say is easier. That begins with letting someone else's bad behavior play out in its own way, rather than pointing a neon sign to it and then reveling in that person's error or bad judgement.
That begins without judgement of everyone and anyone who has a different way of thinking or doing, letting those folks find their own way even if you're not a fan of where they're going...
We have seen so many examples of man's humanity to man today:
- Runners, after completing a marathon, going straight on to donate blood.
- First responders who, after hearing the explosions, ran toward the devastation, not away.
- Ordinary people offering their homes and free transportation and their cell phones and internet connections and food and comfort to people who couldn't get back to their hotels or parties.
- A national outpouring of love and grief and support.
Lately things in my teeny-weeny little corner of Louisville have felt kind of toxic and disappointing.
And then something like this happens, and I am so grateful and so in love with the humanity of humans.
My people are safe. The heroes outnumber the villains. And in the face of tragedy and horribleness, we are all united in support and concern.
Today, I was very proud when Insider Louisville decided to hold all of its posts until tomorrow. I wrote this disclaimer and then got the thumbs up from the boss.
In this case the Big Picture's importance outweighed everything else. As it should have.


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A unique fresh fruit dessert.
Preparation Time: 40 mins
Cooking Time: 4 mins
Extra Time: 4 hrs
(for chilling and freezing)
Purée grapes, sugar, lemon zest and juice in blender until mixture is smooth.
Place mixture in a saucepan and bring to boil over high heat. Let boil 30 seconds, then remove from heat.
Strain purée through fine strainer and discard solids. Stir vodka into purée.
Let mixture chill in refrigerator, then place in an ice cream freezer according to manufacturer instructions or freeze in a shallow pan, stirring every 10 to 15 minutes until frozen.


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GNU Web Translation Coordination
The "trans-coord" project is a special organizational project, with the goal to provide infrastructure for easy maintenance of www.gnu.org translations.
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For development sources and other information, please see the trans-coord project page at savannah.gnu.org.
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How to Report an App Problem from Your iPhone
Every so often you get an app that doesn't work properly, crashes, freezes, or otherwise messes up your iPhone. When this happens, you can report the problem directly from your iPhone, so that Apple and the developer know of the problem and (hopefully) can fix it.
Tap the App Store icon to launch the App Store.
Navigate to the detail screen for the app.
Scroll down the page to the Reviews item and tap it.
From the Reviews screen, tap the New Document icon.
Tap the Report a Problem button.
You may or may not have to type your iTunes store password at this point.
Tap one of the three buttons to identify the type of problem you're reporting: This application has a bug; This application is offensive; or My concern is not listed here.
Type your report in the Comments field.
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Pesticide Safety
The Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) provides training for people in Alaska who:
- apply restricted use pesticides
- apply any pesticides on property other than their own or their employers
- apply pesticides on public school (K-12) grounds and facilities
All of these situations require the applicator to be a certified pesticide applicator with the Alaska DEC Pesticide Branch.
The secondary purpose of PSEP is to provide consumers and the public with information on pesticide safety and pesticide hazards. The program encourages communication between pesticide safety educators, pesticide regulators, pesticide applicators and the public. PSEP is a workforce training program and an environmental conservation program.
The Pesticide Safety Training Program is a partnership between the
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
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The Way We Played Exhibit at the Courthouse Museum
April 11 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Thursday, repeating until 08/08/2019
Event Navigation
The Museums of Lake County is happy to present their newest exhibit, "The Way We Played: Sports and Recreation in Lake County" opening April 6th for the general public and running until August 9th.
The exhibit will cover Lake County's long history as a sports and recreational destination for visitors and locals alike. Highlights include indigenous stick dice games, the California cricket craze, and watersports on the lake. Visitors will have a chance to play the stick dice game, and view vintage footage of some of the amazing watersports on the Lake.
This is a family friendly exhibit aimed at all audiences. The Courthouse Museum is open Wednesday from Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday from 12pm-4pm with a suggested $4 donation for adults, $3 students and seniors and $2 for children.
For more information, please contact the museum at (707)263-4555.


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René2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
DeWAG is a company which offers high class real estate. They have different real estate projects and want to publish an own website for each of the projects.
Target audience:
Target audience are buyers for the apartments in this real estate project.
http://www.dewag.de is the company website. As you can see the design is very simple in supposed to look serious (high class), fresh and so on.
The design you are going to create is for one real estate project of DeWAG. So the design for this project should also look serious (high class) but also fresh, elegant and well-arranged (simple). There are no restrictions for colors. I added some screenshots (screenshot 1-4) which are visualizations of this real estate project. I also added a wire framed plan for the structure of the new design. If you look at this plan ("plan.jpg") you can see the headline "Katharinenhof" which is also the name of the project. Feel free to use different fonts for the headline to make it look more "high class". Underneath this headline you'll find a 3 line subscription for this project. The content area starts with the image box including 3 pictures (use the screenshots 1-4). Remember that the image box is larger than the textarea below.
The design must contain these elements: (see also "plan.jpg")
- Logo in the top area (left, center or right)
- special menu in top area ("Impressum | Kontakt")
- Headline with "high class" looking style/font
- Subscription (3 lines of text among the headline)
- Main navigation on the left side including 3 levels
- Imagebox with 3 pictures (1 large, 2 small)
- Textarea starting among the Imagebox
- Footertext "© 2011 DeWAG Management" on the bottom of the page
There is only one layout needed.
Files: .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Most important: have fun and you'll get qualified feedback!


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The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library has launched a new website that provides easier access to the department's online resources both for local residents and those accessing the site worldwide.
Some of the exciting features that can be accessed via the website include a number of free databases that The Genealogy Center has developed, including the African American Gateway, Family Bible Records and Our Military Heritage. The African American Gateway combines more than 1,000 links to Internet sites for African American research, coupled with bibliographic information on African American Sources in The Genealogy Center's collection. The Family Bible Records site features digitized images of bible records that patrons have allowed the Center to scan and upload. These have been transcribed and are searchable. Our Military Heritage is a cornucopia of digitized images of military records and photographs from the Colonial era to the current war in Afghanistan. The Center also has an ever-growing collection of state-specific databases available free for patrons, with a heavy concentration of Allen County information.
Ask a Librarian is a popular feature of the Allen County Public Library's website as a whole. Now patrons can ask a genealogy librarian their reference questions directly from The Genealogy Center's website. The site also features direct links to the book and microtext catalogs and to the Center's orientation video so that visitors from the local area and beyond can plan their research visits and make the most efficient use of their time once at the Center.
The Genealogy Center's website is the launchpad to a number of other resources, including full-text books that have been digitized by Internet Archives, the Center's Pathfinders to various areas of research, and the Community Album, a collection of historical photographs for the surrounding area.
The Genealogy Center offers a wide variety of programming throughout the year. The website is the place to find out all of the details about upcoming class opportunities. Additional Genealogy Center news is available through the Center's blog, Facebook page and by subscribing to the department E-Zine, all accessed through convenient links from the new website.


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Jan. 9, 2002: Fourth-ranked Maryland clears its bench in a 112-79 rout of North Carolina before a sellout crowd at Cole Field House. Juan Dixon leads the Terps (12-2), who accumulate the most points ever scored against the Tar Heels (5-7).
Jan. 7, 2001: More than 3,000 screaming, sign-carrying fans greet the Ravens at BWI Airport after their 24-10 playoff win over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. The victory sends a Baltimore team to the AFC title game (against the Oakland Raiders) for the first time in 30 years.
Jan. 7, 1993: The Orioles ban smoking in seated areas of Camden Yards, becoming the fifth major league team to do so.
Jan. 11, 1984: "I feel great happiness," Luis Aparicio, 49, says on learning of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A deft-fielding shortstop, Aparicio spent 18 years in the majors, including five with the Orioles as he helped Baltimore win its first World Series in 1966.
Jan. 9, 1966: Tom Matte leads the Colts to a 35-3 upset of Dallas in the NFL Playoff Bowl before an announced 65,659 in Miami. Forced to play quarterback because of injuries, Matte — a converted halfback — throws for two touchdowns and bests the Cowboys' Don Meredith in passing yardage, 165 to 159, in the annual game between the divisional runners-up.
Jan. 10, 1961: Ron Swoboda's basket with 10 seconds remaining lifts undefeated Sparrows Point to a 49-47 win over previously unbeaten Parkville. The Pointers go on to win a state championship and Swoboda later becomes a baseball star for the New York Mets in their upset of the Orioles in the 1969 World Series.
Jan. 8, 1959: Six members of the world champion Colts make the NFL All-Pro team, a 24-man unit that features one unanimous choice: Baltimore defensive end Gino Marchetti. Other Colts honored are quarterback Johnny Unitas, running back Lenny Moore, receiver Raymond Berry, offensive tackle Jim Parker and defensive tackle Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb.
Jan. 7, 1933: Loyola defeats Western Maryland, 43-32, at Evergreen in the first game of the newly formed Maryland Intercollegiate Basketball League. Vince Carlin and Bob Belz score 10 points each for the Greyhounds.
Jan. 7, 1950: Ross Grimsley, former Orioles left-hander who won 18 games for the 1974 AL East champions. Somewhat eccentric, he had a white Afro, wore turquoise contact lenses and reportedly didn't bathe during winning streaks.


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This is pretty much X-Men movie news week, starting with big reveals for X-Men: Days of Future Past (which are explained in the video down below), but also looking well beyond Fox's pivotal (and risky) entry into the shared movie universe model, which is earning billions in box office revenue for Marvel Studios.
If you haven't caught up, check out our full X-Men movie coverage, but even if you're new to this geek party, this news will probably raise your eyebrow: X-Men movie producer Lauren Shuler is teasing that she has none other than Channing Tatum in the bag to play Gambit, in a solo movie presumably set within the expanded X-Men universe.
Empire has been rolling out the X-Men movie headlines all week, so it makes sense that the magazine has this explosive quote from Shuler:
"I'm dying to do a Gambit movie with Channing Tatum. That doesn't have to be a great big movie. It's a thief in New Orleans, it's a whole different story. He's on board, and I have to get the studio on board. How can anyone resist Channing? He's such a sweetheart."
Tatum has previously gone on record to say he'd love to play Gambit, and since he is probably THE hot leading man of the moment, it makes sense that Shuler would listen.
For all the continued (and by now, baffling) hate that he gets, Tatum has practically acted his way all across the board - drama, romance, action, thriller, comedy, man-beef erotica - and surprised critics almost every time. So while at first it may be hard for a cynical mind to imagine Duke from G.I. Joe rockin' a Cajun accent, it could done, I guess..
Tatum is about to crash the sci-fi/geek genre in a big way with this year's Jupiter Ascending, the new film from The Wachowskis (Matrix Trilogy), so provided he surprises again, he could be in just the right place for a big X-Men movie debut. The question now is: When would we get this Gambit movie?
Days of Future Past hits theaters this summer, then X-Men: Apocalypse arrives in 2016; X-Force and other projects (like Deadpool) are still on deck, so if Fox follows the Marvel model and releases multiple films per year in the X universe, then it all really depends on scheduling with Tatum.
It's a good sign that Shuler is talking a smaller scale of film. Tatum has done plenty of that (see: Haywire) and really, Gambit's story of coming up in the world of Thieves Guild vs. Assassin's Guild rivalry is probably something you could do in the style and budget of Haywire ($23million) - with the added inflation of all those mutant powers and such (so let's say... $50 million). Who knows? with a headlining actor, modest budget and a different (darker?) sort of tone... maybe this safer bet would provide way for Deadpool to finally get his day?
Of course, the presence of Taylor Kitsch in X-Men Origins: Wolverine would mean yet another continuity snag to clean up. Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg better pull off some time travel acrobatics in Days of Future Past in order to get this all straightened out.
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WATCH: Breakdown of X-Men: Days of Future Past Characters
Look for X-Men: Days of Future Past when it opens in 2D and 3D theaters on May 23rd, 2014.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the publication of a final rule allowing employers that provide retiree health benefits to continue the longstanding practice of coordinating those benefits with Medicare (or comparable state health benefits) without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The regulation, which safeguards retiree health benefits, was published in today's Federal Register and is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
"Implementation of this rule is welcome news for America's retirees, whether young or old," said Commission Chair Naomi C. Earp. "By this action, the EEOC seeks to preserve and protect employer-provided retiree health benefits which are increasingly less available and less generous. Millions of retirees rely on their former employer to provide health benefits, and this rule will help employers continue to voluntarily provide and maintain these critically important benefits in accordance with the law."
The EEOC proposed the rule in response to a controversial decision in 2000 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Erie County Retirees Association v. County of Erie. The court held that the ADEA requires that the health insurance benefits received by Medicare-eligible retirees be the same, or cost the employer the same, as the health insurance benefits received by younger retirees. After the Erie County decision, labor unions and employers alike informed the EEOC that complying with the decision would force companies to reduce or eliminate the retiree health benefits they currently provided – leaving millions of retirees aged 55 and over with less health insurance, or no health insurance at all.
EEOC Vice Chair Leslie E. Silverman said, "The Erie County decision would have made most existing retiree health plans unlawful. EEOC's new rule will ensure that employers can continue to offer their retirees much needed health benefits." Silverman had testified on the rule before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in 2004 and before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in 2005.
The Commission's rule has the support of key members of Congress, as well as the employer and labor communities, including such major organizations as the Society for Human Resource Management, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, the American Benefits Council, and other influential groups.
Employers who provide retiree health benefits generally "coordinate" those benefits with Medicare by supplementing the government healthcare or by offering retirees a "bridge" benefit to cover health expenses after employees retire until they become Medicare-eligible. Until the 2000 interpretation, employers believed that the ADEA permitted them to coordinate any retiree health benefits they provided with Medicare without having to ensure that the benefits received by Medicare-eligible retirees were the same as those received by younger retirees.
To correct the problem, the new regulation provides an exemption for ADEA coverage for this common and longstanding employer practice. The Commission voted to approve this regulation on April 22, 2004, but the AARP sued the EEOC in early 2005 to prevent its publication. After several years of litigation, the EEOC emerged victorious as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that the rule was "a reasonable, necessary and proper exercise of [EEOC's] authority."
EEOC Legal Counsel Reed Russell said, "Our rule makes clear that it is lawful for employers to continue to provide retirees with the health benefits they currently receive. Contrary to what some interest groups have erroneously asserted, the rule will not require any cuts to retiree benefits."
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 533 diseños de 142 diseñadores freelance.
We are a pair of well-established and ambitious entrepreneurs in the United States, responsible for multiple successful startups bearing the Right identity: RightCart, RightScale, RightRental and RightSignature. We intend RightUsers to be our next homerun and your logo design can help us step up to the plate in style!
Our new venture will be responsible for seeding early stage Web 2.0 startups with the right mix of users to help ensure successful launch. (Hence the name, get it?)
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VCs, Founders and senior technical staff of early stage Web-based startups. The logo should be eye-catching and memorable.
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Shana White, Secretary
Terrence Boyd Jr., Board Member
Annie Loya, Hon. Board Member
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(650) 322-9165
"Locked out of the legal means of material survival, looked down upon by predatory politicians and police, left with the least relevant educational opportunities, talked at with contempt and not talked to with love-- is there any question why such youth are alienated?...
They look at the lives they live and see not "civil rights progress", but a drumbeat of civil repression by a state at war with their dreams.
Why the surprise?
This is not the lost generation....
They are the children of the L.A. rebellion, the children of the MOVE bombing, the children of the Black Panthers, and the grandchildren of Malcolm; far from lost, they are probably the most aware generation since Nat Turner's; they are not so much lost as they are mislaid, discarded by this increasingly racist system that undermines their inherent worth. They are all potential revolutionaries, with the historical power to transform our dull realities.
If they are lost, find them."
Mumia Abu Jamal -- Journalist, Black Panther, Political Prisoner
Melvin Gaines, Board Chair
Shana White, Secretary
Terrence Boyd Jr., Board Member
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Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily reports that the industry has deteriorated sharply in the recent few years compared with the pre-embargo period as a result of deteriorating machinery and production lines.
Most of the local canned dates factories are forced to use labor instead of machinery, which has reduced manufacturing capacity to 25% of pre-embargo levels, said the Director of the Dates Manufacturing and Marketing Company in Basra, Habib Al-Shawi. The current production capacity ranges from 15-17 ton per day, compared to 50 ton per day before the embargo.
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by Louise Bellamy
Janet Saunders has spent more than a decade starting each day with her dog waking her up with the touch of a paw when the alarm clock goes off. Janet has no hearing in her left ear and only a little in her right and it is Julia who is Janet's ears to the world.
Julia is a ''hearing dog'' and has been with Janet since April last year. A whippet/Jack Russell cross, she succeeded Janet's previous hearing dog Cody, a German shepherd/collie-cross who had been with her for 13 years.
Saunders, now a grandmother, had a cochlear implant in her left ear five years ago. Because she lost her hearing relatively late - when she was 30 - she can speak reasonably well, unlike some severely hearing-impaired people who have never known sound and rely on sign language and lip-reading to communicate.
But she can't hear the phone ring, or the ping of a text message, or know when someone is knocking at the door. Nor can she hear the oven timer or the kettle whistling or a beeping smoke alarm.
So whenever Julia hears one of these sounds, she alerts Saunders by touching her with a paw and running back and forth from the source of the noise until Saunders is aware of it.
Not surprisingly, Saunders talks about Julia and Cody as if they were people. ''They've worked so loyally for me. It's why I have to give them something back, so Cody, and now Julia, always have down time … time to chase the rabbits, go for walks and sniff around the garden. But they won't go anywhere I am not.''
Hearing dogs can also be crucial for people such as Lynn Polson, now 53, who have young children. In 1989, Polson developed Meniere's disease, a rare condition that can lead to total deafness and can cause the sufferer to collapse for several hours at a time.
A year later, Mac, a whippet-cross from an Adelaide shelter, became Polson's ears. Mac would alert her when her baby was crying so she didn't have to sleep with her hand on her child. Mac, she says ''gave me my life back''.
Mothers like Polson also rely on hearing dogs to let them know when their toddler has taken a tumble or when their children want to talk to them.
While guide dogs for the blind are a common and well-accepted part of the community, most people are largely unaware that there are hundreds of dogs throughout Australia trained to help people with other kinds of disabilities - such as hearing impairments - and give them a significantly better quality of life.
It costs about $1 million a year to train all the dogs, and funding comes almost exclusively from corporate sponsorship. But with limited money for advertising, potential recipients of these dogs are often unaware that help can be just around the corner.
Dogs like Julia and Mac, who are mainly recruited from animal rescue centres when they are from six to 18 months old, undergo a rigorous training program lasting between six and eight months at the Lions Hearing Dog Training Centre in Adelaide. The program has been operating since 1982.
They are trained to touch their owners with a paw when they hear one of the many sounds to which they have been taught to respond. They run back and forth from the sound's source until the owner responds.
Every year, Lions Hearing Dogs Australia places 16 to 17 hearing dogs with people around the country who need them to navigate their silent lives.
The program doesn't come cheap. Each dog costs at least $30,000 to train and feed and to cover its veterinary costs. The dogs are allocated without charge according to the severity of a person's hearing loss and their ability to instruct and care for the dog.
The program has been operating since 1982 and since then Lions clubs around the country have raised $15 million to fund it. Providing Janet Saunders with her hearing dog Julia was the Lions' 500th placement.
Lions Club national chairman Peter Harrison says a quarter of Lions' annual sponsorship for hearing dogs comes from sales of Lions Christmas cakes, and the rest from donations. Private bequests, ''sometimes totalling large sums'', get invested for long-term learning programs at schools for the hearing impaired.
Luiza Ziembicki is the training manager at the Adelaide centre and is responsible for the dogs. They are assessed on the basis of temperament and ability to relate and interact with people, as well as their ability to respond to various sounds in a variety of environments.
Dogs that meet these criteria are quarantined at the centre for two weeks, vaccinated and desexed before undergoing a two-week assessment in public places to ensure they can cope with taking instructions in distracting places.
Once chosen, training begins at the centre's purpose-built home where they learn to respond to nine sounds, most of which are home-related as that's where most of their work is done.
When ready to go out into the world, the hearing dogs can accompany their owners in all public places except the zoo (due to quarantine restrictions) and operating theatres.
When the dog is placed, the new owner is given lessons by the trainer on how to teach the dog to respond to single-word cues in the home and broader environment, especially the local shops. The Lions Club reviews their progress every three months.
Ziembicki says while hearing dogs often attract attention and people want to pat them and talk to their owner, deafness is an ''invisible'' impairment and people can be dismissive of the dogs' role.
Saunders says she has experienced occasions when restaurants have been reluctant to serve her when she is accompanied by her dog. She has even been the butt of jokes about her dog as it wears a jacket explaining that it is a hearing dog.
''My dog can hear, too,'' is a common wisecrack.
Ziembicki says part of the problem with the public's ignorance about hearing dogs is that because the blind association exclusively uses Labradors and golden retrievers, ''there's a misconception that these breeds are the only service dog breeds''. The blind association also has a higher profile. It is older, established in 1951, and has offices in every state.
''We can get good dogs from a shelter, so why not utilise that resource?'' Ziembicki says. ''It's free and gives amazing dogs on death row a great, rewarding life. No dog is perfect but there are perfect partners and combinations.''
Unlike hearing dogs, the 130 assistance dogs placed around Australia for people with disabilities - predominantly quadriplegics - are purpose bred for the job.
Assistance Dogs Australia, which has been operating in Sydney since 1996, places 30 dogs a year at a cost of $27,000 per dog. It relies on corporate and public sponsorship, including Petstock and Mitsubishi Motors, to meet its financial needs of about $800,000 a year.
Dee Moore, a trainer with Assistance Dog Australia, says the legacy of decades of breeding Labradors in America and golden retrievers in Britain as gun dogs is that they're easily trained and have soft mouths, integral for their main job of picking up items for owners who have little or no hand control.
Assistance dogs are first placed with ''puppy raisers'' when they are eight weeks old for 15 to 18 months. During this time the volunteer puppy raisers attend regular training sessions to learn how to get the dogs accustomed to a range of environments including shopping centres, lifts and playgrounds and are at ease when living and working as part of a family.
Since 2002, the association has also sent puppies to be raised at the Kirkconnell Correctional Centre near Bathurst and the Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre near Gosford, NSW, to help inmates develop training skills. The program also helps offenders with their rehabilitation.
The dogs then undergo intensive training at the association's centre where they learn a total of 42 cues. These include barking only in an emergency, picking up dropped items, opening and closing doors (which are fitted with special pulleys within the home so dogs use their mouths) retrieving the phone, loading and unloading front-loader washing machines, paying cashiers and pushing buttons in lifts.
Tanya Clarke, 38, has been in a wheelchair for half her life following a car accident that left her with several problems including extremely limited use of her arms and hands.
Before the accident she was studying to become a primary school teacher but the accident and months spent in hospital and rehabilitation dashed her plans.
When she was 27 she was given a golden retriever called Harry, who was sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission as part of a pilot program.
The director of the Australian Quadriplegics Association for the past 10 years, Clarke says that even with her parents' support - she lives in a self-contained apartment separated from the family home - until she was given Harry she was restricted, and uncertain about going out in public.
''Being in a wheelchair, without an assistance dog, meant people couldn't see me and I was restricted to the ground floor of my home, unless with my parents or a friend - which made me feel even more dependent than I already was.''
Harry died two years ago after assisting Clarke for 12 years. Since then she has had Junior, a golden Labrador. When they are in the supermarket and Clarke wants a particular item, she will knock it to the floor and Junior will pick it up and place it in a basket attached to her wheelchair.
At the checkout Junior will also pay the bill. He uses his mouth to take Clarke's purse from her bag and then places it on the counter. He returns the purse to the bag after he's been given any change.
Last July, Clarke and Junior completed five kilometres of the Melbourne Fun Run, made possible by improvements to her wheelchair - and, of course, by Harry. This year they are planning to do 10 kilometres.
''I loved Harry so much I didn't want another dog. But when Junior walked through the door, I thought, 'What a handsome fellow'.'' Clarke says.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
url: http://www.smh.com.au/national/all-ears-for-the-sounds-of-life-20130203-2dscy.html
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Banana Bread Smoothie
This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk.
Look out, world.
In my continued attempt to cut out more refined sugars in my life (with a few indulgent exceptions on occasion), I have been experimenting lately with turning some of my favorite desserts into healthier smoothies. I know, I know, not totally the same. But actually, many dessert flavor combinations seem to translate well into smoothies, so I've been on a roll giving them a try. This week for breakfast at mi casa, I smoothie-fied banana bread, cherry pie, blueberry muffins, chocolate-covered strawberries and confetti cake batter. And somewhat to my surprise, they all turned out to be delicious successes! This is fantastic news for when those old sugar cravings strike. And bonus? Each one felt like eating an indulgent dessert for breakfast. (Or lunch. Or dinner. Or hey, even dessert!)
Stay tuned, because I will definitely be sharing more of these recipes over the summer. But for today, I thought I'd start by sharing my first success of the week — this Banana Bread Smoothie.
For anyone out there who loves a slice of soft, rich, spiced banana bread as much as I do — but maybe not all of those pesky calories and gluten included — this one's for you. It's simple to make, ready to go in about 5 minutes, and celebrates all of the rich flavors of classic banana bread. My kind of smoothie. :)
Banana Bread Smoothie Recipe | 1-Minute Video
The ingredients to make it are quite simple. I went with:
- Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk (in "Original" flavor, which is what I always keep on hand)
- Bananas (I recommend peeling, slicing, and then freezing them so that you can skip the ice cubes)
- Greek yogurt (for extra protein, although nix this if you'd like to make the smoothie vegan)
- Old-fashioned oats (use gluten-free oats if making this GF)
- Vanilla extract
- Banana bread spices (ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt)
Simply toss them all together in a blender…
…pulse until smooth…
…then serve it up!
The oats, spices, and vanilla definitely combine to make this taste much more like actual banana bread, versus your typical plain banana smoothie. And the almond milk and Greek yogurt make it extra creamy, and full of extra protein to fuel your day (versus that annoying sugar/carb crash that often accompanies actual banana bread). Oh, and don't forget all of the potassium in those bananas!
Great ingredients, great flavor, great smoothie. I think you're going to love it!
Banana Bread Smoothie
This banana bread smoothie recipe is quick and easy to make, full of great protein, and tastes like the delicious bread that inspired it!
- 2 bananas, peeled, sliced and frozen
- 1 cup Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats (uncooked)
- 1/2 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, store-bought or homemade
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- (optional: 1 teaspoon maple syrup, if you'd like a sweeter smoothie)
Add all ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth. Serve immediately.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
This is a sponsored post in partnership with Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk. I am partnering with them to bring you some tasty new recipes this year, and all opinions are my own as always. Thanks for continuing to support the brands that help make this site possible!
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A smoothie that tastes like one of my all-time favorite desserts? Sign me up! This sounds like such a great breakfast!
To clarify, so you recommend using the sweetened or unsweetened Almond Breeze original flavor? This looks like a sweetened carton despite trying to make a low sugar recipe. Thanks!
I'm cutting the refined sugars out of my diet as well and it has done absolute WONDERS for my skin. So thankful I decided to go that route. My eyes no longer look puffy in the morning and my skin is just softer and smoother, not to mention what it is doing internally! I LOVE this smoothie, totally unique and I adore the blue almond milk too, making this today.
Love how you added oats in here too! Banana bread is one of my faves, now I can have a healthy version in a smoothie!
I'm sorry I don't think I read anything after cake batter smoothie. 0_0 POST NOW pretty pleeeeeeeazzzzzeeee :D
This looks like my weekend smoothie recipe, yum! I LOVE banana bread.
Deeeelicious!! I always have almond milk handy. Thinking how good this would be with the chocolate version! =)
Yum! This sounds delicious, and much better for me than the Banana Nut Muffin I had from Starbucks this morning.
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I love dessert for breakfast!! And this is healthy. :) I'll have to experiment more with my smoothies, it seems like I always get stuck making the same kinds. This one looks delicious!
I dont have greek yogurt, Can i skip that and make it with just almond milk. Will it be still good ?
Hi Ali!
It makes me smile! because in my mind all the smoothie all super healthy :D, And This is seems so delicious, and is a smoothie and it taste like dessert… Heaven!!!
Best Wishes,
Simple and tasty. This smoothie sounds wonderful. I would probably add some protein powder, also, because I do better with higher levels of protein. I just happen to have all the ingredients on hand (except nutmeg), so this will probably be tomorrow's breakfast. I'm really looking forward to seeing what your other smoothie recipes are. (Can't have too many good smoothie recipes!)
This looks delicious! I bet it would also be good with a bit of peanut butter :-)
This is a timely post. I'm so glad I didn't throw out those two VERY ripe bananas that were sitting on my kitchen counter. I have coconut milk at home. I shall try it with that. It can be called a tropical banana bread smoothie. :-)
Turning desserts into smoothies is a great idea! Looking forward to the confetti cake batter smoothie.
Ali, this looks delicious! My husband and I make a similar smoothie for breakfast a lot. I also freeze the bananas, and I love the thick texture that results. I usually only use cinnamon, so I definitely will try including nutmeg next time. Looking forward to the other smoothies you mentioned. They sound heavenly!
This looks amazing! I might need to buy a blender now so I can make my own. :)
I love banana bread, and this looks so delicious and easy to make! Definitely going to try this recipe out soon :)
Yes! Can't wait to put my new Blendtec to work on this deliciousness! Totally making it after din tonight :) Thanks, Ali!
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This was very yummy! I would be up for more smoothie recipes….nom nom nom!
Love oat smoothies!! And so much easier for little ones to eat oatmeal with a straw than a spoon. ;-)
My Husband is allergic to Oats, Cinnamon and Nutmeg. What can I use to substitute?
I just made this (without the nutmeg) and it's totally amazing! Such a rich flavour wich defenitly reminds me of baked goodies
I make yogurt, sometimes Greek, sometimes regular. I also drink a huge smoothie every single day [Ninja]
I mix honey, or agave nectar, etc. and maybe some chia seed in the yogurt and freeze it in silicone ice cube trays,
then add them [2 or 3] to my smoothie, however I make it. It allows me to keep my yogurt fresh and in abundance for
[our] daily smoothies, and also to make separate batches to have on hand fresh [unfrozen] to use for baking and cooking.
Each of us make individual smoothies [Nutri Ninja Auto IQ blender system 1500watts] and the yogurt cubes make it
easy for all to get from the ziplocks in the freezer to go along with……bananas,strawberries, blueberries,grapes,spinach,kale,almonds,chia seed,sesame seed,flax seed,celery,cucumber,almond milk,coconut milk,
pineapple, [much of the ingredients kept frozen]……..and usually ALL OF THE ABOVE ! I look forward to making the
Banana Bread smoothie in the morning !!
I'm not a fan of Greek yogurt. Can you use regular yogurt?
Thanks, Susan
Made this today. All I can say is wow so delicious!!! Very filling too.
I just tried this for breakfast. It was excellent. The only thing that I would say is if you use a very good quality vanilla you may want to cut it down ti 1/2 tsp. I will be making this again.
Tried this tonight, not a big fan of the bits dried oats, not very smooth-ie. Maybe could use leftover oatmeal to keep it from being chunky. Other than that I'd say great recipe!
How would this taste as a green smoothie?
What a great way to start your day. Thanks.
I can't get enough of this smoothie!! I have question though – can I make it the night before and pop it in the fridge so I can just have it ready to go in the morning?
OMG!! I just love it!!!! Something different from the good ol fashion berry smoothie!!
I love this!!! A new turn from the good ol fashion berry smoothie!! Thank you so much!!!
I didn't see the calorie count? Did I miss it, how many calories, fiber, sugar etc??
I just made this wonderful smoothie for breakfast this morning. Yummy! I was craving banana bread but didn't want the guilt of all the calories. What a great substitute!
I did add a little extra ingredients though…2 Tbsp. of ground flax seed, 1 Tbsp. chia seeds, 5 ice cubes, 1 squirt of liquid stevia, I also skipped the almond milk (didn't have any), and instead I added 7 or 8 almonds and 1/2 cup of water. This is definitely one of my favorites!
I finally tried this today, and really like the flavor. It was a little weird, though, because it came out warm, even though my almond milk and yogurt were chilled. Maybe I needed to use bigger bananas? In the aftermath I thought about perhaps adding ice, but I liked that the recipe made exactly two pint beer glasses of smoothie with nothing left over. Next time I guess I'll try adding some ice.
I can't eat oats. Has anyone substituted buckwheat (either cream of b. cereal, whole b. ground, or b. flour?
My family is on a 21 day fix and the food is bland bland bland…do you have the nutrition facts for this?
I found this recipe on pintrest and i substituted the almond milk for coconut milk. Really amazing recipe. Tastes just like banana bread in smoothie form. Oh and i also used a little less yogurt than half a cup. Great job! Thank you!
Love your blog! How many calories is this?
How many calories are in this?
You say I can nix the Greek yogurt; can I replace it with plain natural yogurt? Also, if I leave it out completely, does it effect the consistency much?
I liked this smoothie but I think next time I will add a little more of the spices. I really didn't get much of the taste of them. Otherwise….yum!
The taste was very good, sweet, but not too sweet, the texture was smooth and the color matched the images on the recipe. Now I made some changes because of my teeth sensitivity and my allergy to almonds, so I used unfrozen banana (it works just as well as frozen), and vanilla milk which worked as well. I was very happy with the result, the smoothie was delicious and I was full of energy for the whole morning until 1:00 pm.
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Preliminary data from the investigator's lab identified novel patterns of differential DNA methylation in genes regulating cardiovascular and metabolic function in blood from women during the first trimester of pregnancy who were destined to develop preeclampsia (PE) in the third trimester. Further, common patterns of differential DNA methylation were found in the common genes from placental tissue at time of birth in the same women after diagnosis with PE, suggesting that the epigenomic patterns that predict pregnancy-induced hypertension may also underlie the development of chronic hypertension years after.
It is unknown whether aberrant DNA methylation in pregnancy-induced hypertension is the mechanism by which chronic hypertension develops in these women remote from pregnancy nor is it known if hypertension remote from PE is as responsive to therapeutic treatment of hypertension compared to women who develop hypertension without history of PE. The investigators plan to objectively test the central hypothesis and attain the objective of this project
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Who will be my millionth page view?
It has been very interesting to participate in all the changes to my life and lifestyle that writing a blog almost every day (sometimes several times a day) has engendered. One of the best experiences has been meeting so many of my long suffering and faithful readers. I guess as we go on to the second million and more, I will just keep typing away as long as there is something in genealogy to write about and if you all keep reading, we can look forward to many more millions before I retire to the care center in the sky (or the real one down the street).
If you would like to know, I have written, for this blog alone, 2453 blog posts, counting this one. I would guess that the number will be close to or just over 2500 by the time the blog passes a million views. Of course, I have written many, many more for Walking Arizona and all the other blogs I write for from time to time. I would guess that I still have quite a bit to say left in me.
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I wouldn't exactly call it meaningless. In fact, we actually celebrated, the first time my husband and I owned a car long enough to hit the 100,000 mark! And we're looking forward to hitting the 200,000 mark on another vehicle within the next few months. Thinking of all the costs involved in driving a new vehicle off the dealership lot, I'd say that 200,000 mile marker does count for something.ReplyDelete
Of course, that's a far cry from one million! And for bloggers, that number counts for something, too.
You may be someone with "quite a bit to say" left in you--and evidently, there are quite a few people willing to keep coming back to check out all that stuff you keep saying.
Congratulations, in advance, on your million page view mark, whenever it gets here!
One million page views on the horizon! Wow! Congratulations and a big thanks for all the wonderful posts you have shared with all of us!ReplyDelete


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