Indoor herb gardens for better health and great taste - Texarkana Gazette

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Did you know Julia Roberts has an organic kitchen garden in the backyard of her Malibu home, and Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are committed to growing organic vegetables for everyday cooking at their Nashville ranch?

Now, you might not have a plot of land that you can turn into a veggie paradise, but even in winter, indoors, you can cultivate a wide range of edible herbs that will amp up your home cooking while they nurture your spirit and your body. Research shows having plants in the house promotes relaxation — the visual beauty is soothing — and lowers your heart rate, plus the greenery cranks out moisture needed to help decrease your risk of colds and sore throats when the heat is on.

Flavor-packed fresh herbs also contain an array of protective polyphenols that have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects known to help fight heart disease, cognitive dysfunction and cancers. According to a study in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, there is growing evidence that they also nurture a healthy gut biome, which influences immune system function.

So what are you waiting for? On a sunny windowsill, plant basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, thyme, mint and sage. Bob Vila can help you get started at bobvila.com/articles/indoor-gardening. And for recipes that use these herbs check out Dr. Mike's "What to Eat When Cookbook." There's minted tahini sauce; blueberry, fig, prune and balsamic dressing with parsley and basil; and pasta with harissa-roasted cherry tomatoes and spinach that adds parsley, basil and oregano, for example.

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into "The Dr. Oz Show" or visit sharecare.com.

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Herb Adderley, star cornerback with 6 NFL titles, dies at 81 - WKBN.com

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Herb Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback who joined the NFL as a running back and became part of a record six championship teams with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, has died. He was 81.

His death was confirmed by the Packers on Friday, with no details given. Nasir Adderley, a safety for the Los Angeles Chargers, tweeted that his cousin was a “unique soul who has had such an incredible influence on my life.”

Herb Adderley played in four of the first six Super Bowls and won five NFL championships with Green Bay and one with Dallas during his 12-year career.

But he was always a Packer at heart.

“I’m the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn’t wear it. I’m a Green Bay Packer,” Adderley said in the book “Distant Replay,” a memoir by former Packers teammate Jerry Kramer.

Along with former teammates Fuzzy Thurston and Forrest Gregg, Adderley is one of four players in pro football history to play on six championship teams. Tom Brady is the other. Adderley was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Bart Starr, the Hall of Fame quarterback and a former Packers teammate, once called Adderley the “greatest cornerback to ever play the game.”

Born on June 8, 1939, in Philadelphia, Adderley was a three-sport star in high school. He excelled at running back at Michigan State and was the 12th pick overall of the 1961 draft. He came to training camp expecting to compete for a starting job against future Hall of Fame running backs Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung.

Midway through the season, Packers coach Vince Lombardi switched Adderley to defense to replace injured starter Hank Gremminger.

The move paid immediate dividends.

Adderley’s speed and instincts made him a quick learner in his new position, which helped propel him into a stalwart of Green Bay’s secondary. Adderley intercepted 48 passes, returning them for 1,046 yards and seven touchdowns.

“Herb Adderley simply wouldn’t let me get to the outside,” Hall of Fame receiver Tommy McDonald once said. “He’d just beat me up, force me to turn underneath routes all the time. … Other guys tried the same tactic, but he was the only one tough enough and fast enough to get it done.”

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Adderley had a career-best seven interceptions in 1962. He led the league in interceptions by yards in 1965 and 1969. Adderley also returned kickoffs in all but the final year of his playing days with the Packers, averaging 25.7 yards per return.

Packers President Mark Murphy called Adderley “one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play the game” and “instrumental in the great success of the Lombardi teams.”

In the early days of football on television, Adderley made his appearances count and is most remembered for his postseason contributions.

He was a member of all five of Lombardi’s NFL title teams and played in the first two Super Bowls. In the second Super Bowl in 1968, he returned an interception 60 yards for the clinching touchdown over the Raiders.

“I was too stubborn to switch him to defense until I had to,” Lombardi said. “Now when I think of what Adderley means to our defense, it scares me to think of how I almost mishandled him.”

Adderley played in two more Super Bowls with Dallas in 1971 and 1972, winning his sixth title with the Cowboys in his final season. Adderley was an All-Pro five times (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969).

“Herb Adderley was yet another dominant figure for us on the Packers,” former Packers teammate Bill Curry tweeted. “He was quiet, but when he did speak, everybody listened. When he performed, no one was better!”

After his retirement, Adderley was a crusader for the rights of former players. In 2007, Adderley and two other retired players filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL Players Association, alleging nonpayment of licensing fees. He had received only $126.85 per month in pension from the NFL.

He became the lead plaintiff in the case on behalf of more than 2,000 retired players who claimed the NFLPA breached licensing and marketing terms by using their images in video games, sports trading cards and other items. The case was settled for $26.25 million in 2009.

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Sports obituary: NFL Hall of Famer Herb Adderley - Salisbury Post - Salisbury Post

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Cornerback Herb Adderley was a key part of the Green Bay Packers dynasty.

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Herb Adderley, the Hall of Fame cornerback who joined the NFL as a running back and became part of a record six championship teams with the Packers and Cowboys, has died. He was 81.

His death was confirmed by the team Friday, with no details given. Nasir Adderley, a safety for the Los Angeles Chargers, tweeted that his cousin was a “unique soul who has had such an incredible influence on my life.”

Herb Adderley played in four of the first six Super Bowls and won five NFL championships with Green Bay and one with Dallas during his 12-year career.

But he was always a Packer at heart.

“I’m the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn’t wear it. I’m a Green Bay Packer,” Adderley said in the book “Distant Replay,” a memoir by former Packers teammate Jerry Kramer.

Along with former teammates Fuzzy Thurston and Forrest Gregg, Adderley is one of four players in pro football history to play on six championship teams. Tom Brady is the other. Adderley was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Bart Starr, the Hall of Fame quarterback and a former Packers teammate, once called Adderley the “greatest cornerback to ever play the game.”

Born on June 8, 1939, in Philadelphia, Adderley was a three-sport star in high school. He excelled at running back at Michigan State and was the 12th pick overall of the 1961 draft. He came to training camp expecting to compete for a starting job against future Hall of Fame running backs Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung.

Midway through the season, Packers coach Vince Lombardi switched Adderley to defense to replace injured starter Hank Gremminger.

The move paid immediate dividends.

Adderley’s speed and instincts made him a quick learner in his new position, which helped propel him into a stalwart of Green Bay’s secondary. Adderley intercepted 48 passes, returning them for 1,046 yards and seven touchdowns.

“Herb Adderley simply wouldn’t let me get to the outside,” Hall of Fame receiver Tommy McDonald once said. “He’d just beat me up, force me to turn underneath routes all the time. … Other guys tried the same tactic, but he was the only one tough enough and fast enough to get it done.”

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Adderley had a career-best seven interceptions in 1962. He also led the league in interceptions in 1965 and 1969. Adderley also returned kickoffs in all but the final year of his playing days with the Packers, averaging 25.7 yards per return.

Packers President Mark Murphy called Adderley “one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play the game” and “instrumental in the great success of the Lombardi teams.”

In the early days of football on television, Adderley made his appearances count and is most remembered for his postseason contributions.

He was a member of all five of Lombardi’s NFL title teams and played in the first two Super Bowls. In the second Super Bowl in 1968, he returned an interception 60 yards for the clinching touchdown over the Raiders.

“I was too stubborn to switch him to defense until I had to,” Lombardi said. “Now when I think of what Adderley means to our defense, it scares me to think of how I almost mishandled him.”

Adderley played in two more Super Bowls with Dallas in 1971 and 1972, winning his sixth title with the Cowboys in his final season. Adderley was an All-Pro seven times from 1962-67 and again in 1969.

“Herb Adderley was yet another dominant figure for us on the Packers,” former Packers teammate Bill Curry tweeted. “He was quiet, but when he did speak, everybody listened. When he performed, no one was better!”

After his retirement, Adderley was a crusader for the rights of former players. In 2007, Adderley and two other retired players filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL Players Association, alleging nonpayment of licensing fees. He had received only $126.85 per month in pension from the NFL.

He became the lead plaintiff in the case on behalf of more than 2,000 retired players who claimed the NFLPA breached licensing and marketing terms by using their images in video games, sports trading cards and other items. The case was settled for $26.25 million in 2009.

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Correction: Obit-Herb Adderley story - WTOP

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In a story Oct. 30, 2020, about the death of former NFL player Herb Adderley, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of times he was named an All-Pro. It was five times (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969), not seven. In addition, the story should have made clear that Adderley led the NFL in interceptions by yards in 1965 and 1969, not by the number of interceptions.

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Tablefarm indoor herb garden takes the hassle out raising fresh greens - New Atlas

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Most home chefs love the idea of having fresh greens to pick from, but keeping the plants healthy isn’t always a straightforward affair. The tablefarm is a smart garden for indoors that is built to take the hassle out of nurturing small vegetables and herbs, by automatically supplying them with all the water and light that they need.

The tablefarm is a tiny garden designed to raise and harvest microgreens, which are herbs and vegetables picked soon after germination, just after they sprout their first leaves. The density of nutrients in these small plants is as much as 260 times greater than that of fully grown plants, meaning that small handfuls sprinkled on a soup or pasta can pack quite a punch when it comes to a healthy diet.

It all starts with tablefarm’s seed pads, which are placed on the soil-free growing bed and consist of a thick hydroponic substrate and thin tissue layer that promote ideal spacing and water uptake. These can be sprinkled with radish, amaranthus, cilantro, cabbage, watercress or kale seeds, and tablefarm’s creators say more options are on the way.

Once planted, the seeds draw on a passive watering system beneath the seed pads that only needs to be refilled once per week. With tablefarm plugged in and switched on, an overhead LED with a built in dimmer mimics daylight to provide the seeds with the optimal conditions for growth.

The tablefarm is a tiny garden designed to raise and harvest microgreens

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This should bring the microgreens to harvest every seven to 10 days, which can then be cut and added to dishes to add flavor, freshness and nutrition. The empty tablefarm can then be replenished with new seeds which arrive at the door once a month via a subscription service, with each set of three priced at US$15.

The tablefarm is available in metallic black, beige, rose and mint finishes.

Learn more about this smart indoor microgarden here.

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Things I wish Pensburgh was around for: Herb Brooks getting suspended in 2000 - PensBurgh

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This current pause in the NHL got me thinking that while Pensburgh has been around since 2006, there are several pre-blog era stories that I wish it was around for. One such incident that would have lit social media and the internet on fire was in January 2000.

The Penguins were being coached by the legendary Herb Brooks at the time. Brooks is of course most known for leading the scrappy group of young Americans to the Miracle on Ice in the Olympics in 1980. But he still had that same fire and intensity 20 years later in a game on January 13th, 2000 when the Penguins visited the Colorado Avalanche. Brooks had a heated moment berating and having to be restrained from the Colorado TV announcer once the game was over.

Here’s an account of what happened, straight from the Denver Post in 2000:

After each game, the visiting team receives a tape of the Avs’ television broadcast for review and scouting purposes. In this instance, there was a long delay before Brooks emerged to talk with reporters. Brooks and his staff viewed the final minute of regulation, when the Penguins’ Matthew Barnaby was cross-checked from behind by Gusarov.

Barnaby stayed down on the ice for several minutes. From all indications, Barnaby truly was injured. Gusarov deserved at least a cross-checking minor, and probably a five-minute major. Either would have given the Penguins a power play. Brooks had a right to be mad that no penalty was called, and that would have been true even if Barnaby were doing an Olivier imitation after he went to the ice.

While Barnaby was down, Kelly mused that Barnaby does have a reputation for “embellishing” in such situations.

Only Barnaby wasn’t faking, he was pretty viciously cross-checked and would miss the next two games due to injury suffered on the play. Gusarov was suspended for two games as a result.

Brooks was absolutely incensed by this inaccurate commentator attacking his player and lost his mind. The AP report called it a “profanity-filled tirade” and that Herbie “had to be restrained by security from going after Avalanche television play-by-play announcer John Kelly.”

“Did you make that call on Barnaby?” Brooks shouted. “You say he has a tendency to embellish? What the hell kind of call was that? You aren’t half the person your dad was.”

Kelly’s father, Dan, is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who was the voice of the St. Louis Blues for 21 years.

“It’s just ridiculous,” Barnaby said at the time. “Gusarov gets two games for what he did, intent to injure, and Herbie gets suspended indefinitely for standing up for one of his players.”

With his nerves cooled, Brooks released a statement expressing some regret, though if you look closely he doesn’t really apologize for the action he took or guy he was furious at.

“Look at the tape,” Brooks said. “He tore his head off. We have two referees and they can’t find that? Barnaby is just coming off a concussion. He was flat out — knocked out — and the referees didn’t see it.”

“I’m disappointed. I have a responsibility to the organization. I feel bad I can’t be included in the game tonight,” Brooks said Saturday in a statement released by the team.

“What happened was an emotional moment in response to something that happened. I don’t want to rationalize my actions, because I believe I realize one has to take responsibility for one’s actions.

“I took exception to the disparaging remark made about one of our players. I guess I stood up for the players and our team in the wrong manner. I fully realize two wrongs don’t make a right.”

Herb would be suspended for two games by the league.

Pittsburgh lost 4-3 in Colorado that night to drop their record to 18-16-3-5 on the season. Brooks had only been on the job about a month, taking over mid-season for the fired Kevin Constantine, and Herb needed to find a way to inject some emotion in his team. A master of motivational tactics and techniques, it seemed to have the desired effect.

After Brooks’ death in 2003, this incident still reverberated for Barnaby.

“It was amazing. Gives me chills just thinking about it,” Barnaby said. “For Herbie to do that for me, to show that kind of respect for me ... I would do anything for him after that. And I’m sure that was true of a lot of guys who played for him over the years. For all of us, it’s such a shock, such a loss that he’s gone.”

From that point on the Pens went 19-15-5-1 to finish the season as the seventh in the Eastern Conference in 2000. That’s not the best record in the world, but the Pens were an imperfect team that fired their coach, brought in Herb Brooks and found a way to make the playoffs. Once there, Pittsburgh would go onto upset the No. 2 seeded Washington Capitals in the first round before bowing out in the second round.

It would end up being the last full season that Brooks coached. It happened in the early days of the internet and is a small piece of franchise lore, but an interesting one from one of the most legendary coaches in the history of our great sport.

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Herbert "Herb" Martens | Obituary - Enid News & Eagle

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The Memorial service celebrating and honoring the life of Herbert "Herb" Martens, 85, of Enid, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Herbert "Herb" Martens was born November 10, 1934, to Ferdinand and Ella Koch Martens in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and passed from this life October 29, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

He grew up in Sherburn, Minnesota, where he attended school, graduating from Sherburn High School in 1953. On December 28, 1954, he married Neva Roehrs, and from this union came two daughters. He enlisted in the United States Army, serving in Korea and Fort Hood, Texas. After his honorable discharge, he returned to Minnesota before moving to Iowa where he worked as a route salesman for Pepsi Cola and then Blue Bunny Dairy until 1967. He founded Herb's Shoe Repair in Estherville, Iowa. He then moved to Mesa, Arizona, where he worked as a Warehouse Foreman until 1997. He then retired from Mesa Public School System after twelve years. He moved to Enid in 2006 to be near family. He married Anna David June 3, 2017, in Enid, Oklahoma. He enjoyed going to the casino and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife Anna, of the home; two daughters, Terry and George Gordon, of Enid, and Ruth and Gordon Clouse, of Lincoln, Nebraska; three grandchildren, Chris, Nathan, and Allison; four great-grandchildren, Austin, Addison, Harper and Hadley; one stepdaughter, Rebecca and Gustavo Haro, of Enid; one stepson Cruz Cisneros, of Enid; four step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.

Condolences and Special Memories may be shared with the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.Com.

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