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Chef and TV personality Daisy Martinez offers a great way to spice up your turkey day. Forget the usual fare and try this recipe for your main course.
Yellow rice
- 6 cups (or as needed) homemade or store-bought chicken stock
- 1 (14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/4 cup achiote oil (recipe follows)
- 1 cup sofrito (recipe follows)
- 1/4 cup alcaparrado or coarsely chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
- 1 serrano chile, stemmed and finely chopped (seeds and all)
- 2 tablespoons kosher or fine sea salt
- 4 cups long-grain rice
Pork ribs
- 7 to 8 pounds boneless country-style ribs, trimmed of most but not all excess fat
- 3 tablespoons achiote oil (below)
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- Store-bought adobo seasoning
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cups manchamanteles (recipe follows)
Baking Directions:
For the rice: Heat 6 cups broth and the coconut milk in a medium saucepan just until steaming. I don't usually heat the liquid before adding it to the rice, but if cooked too long, coconut milk can scorch and give the rice an off flavor. Heating the coconut-broth mixture beforehand means the liquid will come to a boil faster and cook down faster, lessening the chance of burning the coconut milk. Heat the achiote oil in a 4 to 5-quart heavy pot or dutch over medium heat. Add the sofrito and cook, stirring, until the liquid is evaporated and the sofrito is sizzling. Stir in the alcaparrado, chile, and salt and stir for a minute or two. Add the rice and stir until it is coated with seasoned oil and the grains start to turn chalky. Increase the heat to medium-high and pour in the heated coconut milk and broth. If there isn't enough liquid to cover the rice by the width of two fingers, add more as needed. Bring the liquid to a boil. Boil (without stirring!) until the liquid is boiled down to the level of the rice. Reduce the heat to very low, cover the pot and cook — without lifting the lid or, God forbid, stirring — until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. The rice can be held in a warm corner of the stove with the lid on for up to 45 minutes. Serve very hot or warm. For pork ribs: Cut the spareribs into single serving size pieces if necessary. Pat the ribs dry with paper towels and put them in a large bowl. Rub the achiote oil into all sides of the ribs with your hands, then sprinkle the vinegar over them and toss to mix. Season liberally with adobo, rubbing the seasoning into the pork and making sure all sides of the ribs are well seasoned. Let them stand at room temperature for an hour or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. (Hint: 2 days is better!)Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat the olive oil in a wide heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add as many of the seasoned ribs as fit without touching. Brown them well on all sides, about 15 minutes total. Remove them to an 11 x 15-inch baking dish (or other dish in which they fit snugly in a single layer) and repeat with the remaining ribs. Spoon the manchamanteles over the ribs, wiggling the dish so the sauce works its way between the ribs. Cover the dish with a sheet of parchment paper and then a sheet of foil, crimping the foil to the sides of the dish to make a tight seal. Bake until the ribs are fork tender, about 1 ¾ hours. Remove and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate 1 to 2 days. You could serve the ribs right away, but they will be noticeably better after a couple days when the flavor will have permeated every inch of the ribs. Also, the fat will rise to the top, making it easy to remove before reheating.
Serving Directions:
Bring the ribs to room temperature. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spoon/scrape the fat from the top of the sauce and ribs. Bake the ribs, uncovered, 20 minutes. Remove the baking dish from the oven and, very carefully, turn the ribs over in the sauce. Return to the oven until heated through, 20 to 25 minutes. (It's unlikely, but if the ribs appear even slightly dry, cover the dish after turning the ribs.) Spoon a little of the pan sauce over the ribs and serve them from the baking dish right away.
Alcaparradois a bottled condiment that contains coarsely chopped or whole green olives (whole olives are sometimes pitted, sometimes not so check the label), chopped pimiento and capers. It is available in Latin markets and most supermarkets with even a tiny Latin food section. If you can't find it, no worries: Coarsely chop enough pimiento-stuffed olives to equal the amount of alcaparradocalled for in the recipe. If you have them, toss in a small amount of capers.
- 2 ripe medium plum tomatoes (about 8 ounces)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large white onion (about 1 1/4 pounds), halved then cut into thin slices (about 4 cups)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 cup ancho chili paste
- 6 cups homemade or store-bought chicken broth, or as needed
- 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple, with juice
- 1 mango, peeled, pitted and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 4 ounces dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 2/3 cup)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground clove
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Kosher or fine sea salt
Baking Directions:
Core the tomatoes and cut them in half lengthwise. Heat a small, heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over medium-high heat until very hot. Add the tomatoes skin side down and cook, turning once, until charred on most of both sides, about 8 minutes. Set them aside. Heat the oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until they just begin to take on some color, about 8 minutes. Add the oregano and continue cooking until the onions are lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Stir in the cumin, then the ancho paste. Keep stirring and cooking until the onions are coated with the chili paste. Stir in 6 cups broth and heat to boiling, then slip in the charred tomatoes. Adjust the heat so the sauce is simmering and cook until the onions are very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, blend the sauce base until smooth. To avoid splattering, either cool the sauce to tepid or work in very small batches and/or use a folded-up kitchen towel to clamp the lid to the blender while it's running. Rinse out the pot.Return the sauce base to the pot. Stir in the pineapple with its juice, the mango, apricot, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, and black pepper. Season lightly with salt and bring to a boil, then adjust the heat so the sauce is simmering. Cook until the sauce is slightly thickened and takes on a nice shine, about 20 minutes. The sauce may be prepared up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated.
- 1 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons achiote (annatto) seeds
Baking Directions:
Heat the oil and annatto seeds in a small skillet over medium heat just until the seeds give off a lively, steady sizzle. Don't overheat the mixture or the seeds and oil will both end up discolored and unusable. Once they really get sizzling, remove the pan from the heat and let it stand until the sizzling stops. Strain the oil and discard the seeds. Store the oil for up to 4 days at room temperature in a jar with a tight fitting lid.
- 2 medium Spanish onions, cut into large chunks
- 3 to 4 cubanelle or Italian frying peppers
- 16 to 20 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 large bunch of cilantro
- 7 to 10 ajices dulces
- 4 leaves of culantro
- 3 to 4 ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 large red bell pepper, cored seeded and cut into large chunks
Baking Directions:
Chop the onion and cubanelle or Italian peppers in the work bowl of a food processor until coarsely chopped. With the motor running, add the remaining ingredients one at a time and process until smooth. The sofrito will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It also freezes beautifully: Spoon it into sealable plastic bags in 1-cup quantities.
Ajices dulces, sometimes called ajicitos are tiny peppers similar in appearance to Habaneros and Scotch Bonnet peppers, but at the other end of the heat scale. They are sweet with a bright green, herbal flavor. Culantro is a leafy herb that smells and tastes like cilantro on steroids. Both ajices dulces and culantro are available in Latin markets. If you cannot find one or both of them, simply leave them out and use 1 ½ bunches of cilantro.


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I finally got evolutionx dashboard to boot from my cd-rw on my xbox ver1.0 thompson drive.
haven't install any apps yet. When i look under the setting, harddisk i only see c,e,x,y,z. arn't i suppose to have a f partition?
No F Partition
Started by Striker3 , May 03 2003 12:27 PM
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Posted 03 May 2003 - 12:29 PM
If you have a factory hdd there won't be an F drive but if you have a new hdd then, do you have the "Use F drive" option enabled?
Edited by hcarlson3, 03 May 2003 - 12:29 PM.
Posted 03 May 2003 - 12:35 PM
it is possible with some original HDD to squeeze some extra space for F:
see here . . .
backup existing partitions b4 doing this
see here . . .
backup existing partitions b4 doing this
Posted 03 May 2003 - 12:37 PM
thanks, i guess i have a ways to go before i'm finished. No i don't have a harddrive installed yet. i guess thats my next step.
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Jamaican superstar track hero Usain Bolt has drawn intense criticism in the last month after a picture of him kissing his white, Slovakian girlfriend, Lubica Slovak, surfaced in a local newspaper the Jamaican Observer. Now, after being together for six months, the hot couple have allegedly called it quits, reports the Jamaica Star.
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InGoal Magazine released its Top 50 NHL Goaltending Prospects for the 2015-16 season. The Washington Capitals were well represented, featuring two draft picks in the top 20.
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InGoal Magazine released its Top 50 NHL Goaltending Prospects for the 2015-16 season. The Washington Capitals were well represented, featuring two draft picks in the top 20.
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Capitals' first-round pick Jakub Vrana scored two goals and one assist in five games at the World Junior Championship before his Czech Republic fell to Slovakia 0-3, failing to make the semifinals for the tenth straight tournament.
Madison Bowey and Team Canada will try to bring Wolrd Junior supremacy to Canada on home soil. (Photo: Hockey Canada)
On Friday, the 2015 World Juniors will be underway in Montreal and Toronto. Two groups of five teams will be battling for ten days to determine the strongest junior team on the planet. It's arguably the most meaningful and most exciting annual international hockey tournament.
The Washington Capitals will not be well represented at the tournament unlike in years past. After the club decided to not release Andre Burakovsky in a controversial move, only three Caps prospects will be playing at the tournament: Canadian defenseman Madison Bowey and two Czech nationals, forward Jakub Vrana and goalie Vitek Vanecek.
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Washington Capitals defense prospect Tomas Kundratek has always been active on social media. A few years ago, to encourage more Movember donations, he offered to take his most generous fan out to for a free meal at Houlihan's. Yes. Houlihan's.
While in Arlington last week for Caps training camp, Kundtratek challenged some of his 8,000-plus followers to a game of NHL15 along with 18-year-old goaltender Vitek Vanecek.
Two young Caps fans, Stuart Penninger and his brother Lee, played a surreal game of virtual hockey against two pros from their favorite team. It was a birthday treat.
The best moment of Caps Rookie Camp didn't happen on the ice. It happened on Monday in front of a podium. That's where one Czech, Jakub Vrana, who knows some English, helped another Czech, Vitek Vanecek, who knows virtually none, speak to the media.
The result was a five-minute press conference full of laughing, inscrutable Czech banter, and one-sentence English translations for the media.
Curious as to what Vrana and Vanecek were actually saying to each other in their native language, I reached out to Darina Sameková, a bilingual Czech, and asked her to translate LITERALLY EVERYTHING.
The result is a stressed-out Vrana desperately trying to get good answers out a joking Vanecek. It's just the best. You have to trust me and read this.
Andre Burakovsky is the best Caps prospect yet to play a game with the big club (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images).
With rookie camp upon us, RMNB presents the new edition of its semiannual prospect rankings.
Prospect rankings factor in a player's potential, his probability to reach his ceiling (including an assessment of that player's adaptation to NHL's style of play), and physical and mental maturity.
The Caps prospect pool is considered top-heavy, with four Caps prospects ranked in top-50 league-wide by both Corey Pronman and NHL.com. However, there's believed to be a significant drop-off in talent after that. While Capitals management has tried to make their prospect pool deeper, they've still got work to do. The Caps are considered thin at center in particular, underlined by auditioning their two top wingers for a center slot.
Fedor noticed something on Tuesday, and I just had to comment on it. Vitek Vanecek's bio photo on the Champions Hockey League website was not even close to being correct.
I made a crack about it on the Twitters.
Last Tuesday, Canada played the Czech Republic in National Junior Team Development Camp in Montreal. Because the Washington Capitals had two top picks from the 2014 draft, forward Jakub Vrana and goaltender Vitek Vanecek, playing, I recorded the game to take a closer look.
Vanecek allowed six goals on 37 shots in Canada's 6-2 victory. With so much rubber going his way, the 18-year-old Czech had more than enough chances to display his strengths and weaknesses.
According to CapGeek and Renaud Lavoie, the Caps have signed second-round pick Vitek Vanecek to a three-year entry-level contract. Vanecek will carry a $775,833 cap hit.
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In the secound round of the NHL Draft, the Capitals traded up, dealing the 44th and 74th overall picks to Buffalo in exchange for the 39th overall selection, Czech goaltender Vitek Vanecek from Bily Tygri Liberec of the Czech Elite League.
This is a surprise pick as Vanecek was not ranked highly by most, excluding NHL Central Scouting, who had him ranked eighth among European goaltenders.


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Germany may pass legislation to cut solar-power subsidies before July 7 should the government and regional leaders reach a compromise this week, according to an official at the Federal Environment Agency.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's plan to cut solar subsidies by a record from April 1 was blocked by officials in the upper house last month on concerns it would hurt employment. The bill was sent to a parliamentary panel for arbitration, which meets June 13, according to Carla Vollmer, head of the renewable energy section at the agency.
"If consensus can be reached on this day, it's possible to pass the bill before the summer break," starting July 7 at the latest, Vollmer told a solar conference today in Munich.
Merkel plans to lower by about half the pace of annual solar installations after incentives pushed new projects to a record 7.5 gigawatts last year. Germany plans to have 52 gigawatts of panels by 2020, with a yearly installation rate of 2.5 gigawatts to 3.5 gigawatts a year, Vollmer said.
Governors demanded changes to the proposed bill on concern it will hurt local producers such as Solarworld AG as Chinese rivals grab market share. At least four German solar companies including Q-Cells SE, once the world's biggest cell maker, have filed for creditor protection since December.
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Terrific design, fuel efficient, comfort and stability. May be driven hard with safety. I have experienced a water leak at the feet of the front Pax since years, unable to trace with a complete tear -down. Others report same situation, Ford is not helpful. Also a leaking Valve Guide since I bought it. Will go miles without any loss of oil then abruptly it blows blue after a stop. SpeedO is a problem. Transmission failed at 60K miles- the rebuild has been good. Other small stuff like water pump, heater hoses, heater core, etc. replace headlamps due to aging of crummy plastic. A/C died at 80K miles, replaced with new system. Ball-joints etc are great as long as they are lubricated. Ford made a huge mistake by deleting this sedan from inventory. It needs some "HOT" styling updates, but is a real road car that is hard to beat. I bet that the Merc cousin, being the same just does not have the same trim appeal as the CV. Also the Merc Marauder package should be available. The car is not a high-cost production model as it carried assemblies that date back 20 years. Headlight switches in the Mercs and CV's run Hot and burn the Plug connector! (HEY FORD), Window lifts & motors can be annoying, but are easily repaired. Show me a Jag or a Mercedes that can match this reliability! Chevy, any GM product, forget it! Worked on them all, Ford seems to have mastered the KISS formula with technology in the Crown Vic. The single OH Cam is stable, but would prefer to drive the DOC unit with Police Brakes (dual piston Calipers and a larger sweep on a larger rotor). What car doesn't have problems?"
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Maynard leads stunning Surrey revival
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Tom Maynard's 67-ball hundred spared Surrey's blushes at Guildford, where Middlesex took 14 wickets in two sessions of an enthralling LV= County Championship match only to then feel the full might of the young Welshman's bat.
The visitors appeared in command after dismissing Surrey for 117 to enforce the follow-on by mid-afternoon, with the hosts well short of their target of 308.
Yet by stumps Maynard had reached an unbeaten 105 from just 76 deliveries, helping Surrey through to 306 for six and a useful 115-run lead going into the final day.
The first two sessions had belonged to Middlesex, who made an impressive start through former West Indies paceman Corey Collymore.
The right-armer initiated Surrey's first-innings collapse by having Arun Harinath, making his first championship appearance since last August, caught at third slip for one.
Rory Hamilton-Brown propped forward to go leg-before to the same bowler, then Steven Crook plucked the middle stump of Mark Ramprakash to make it 48 for three.
Zander de Bruyn drove a knee-high return catch to Tim Murtagh and, on the stroke of lunch, Maynard's first innings ended in a third-ball duck when Murtagh uprooted his off stump.
Surrey's position worsened rapidly after the interval as they lost their last five wickets for 10 runs in the space of only 42 deliveries.
Murtagh finished with 5-30 to take his first-class tally to 50 wickets for the season, while Collymore chipped in with 4-28.
Surrey's total of 117 was their lowest first-innings score since limping to 102 at Leicester in 2001, and their worst first-innings effort at Woodbridge Road since posting 106 against Hampshire in 1958.
Although Murtagh needed treatment for cramp and Collymore was carrying an ankle niggle, Middlesex enforced the follow-on at 2.30pm with a first-innings lead of 191 in the bank.
Steven Finn finally got amongst the wickets when Harinath's airy drive was well gathered by Jamie Dalrymple at second slip, only for Hamilton-Brown and Ramprakash - playing contrasting roles - to add 74 for the second wicket.
Ramprakash erred on the side of caution, while Hamilton-Brown went for his shots to reach a 47-ball fifty before Murtagh broke the stand by snaring Ramprakash leg before for 21.
With the last ball before tea, Finn squared up Hamilton-Brown, who had reached 62, with a leg-cutter that flew to third slip and, six overs after the break, Steven Davies followed one from Murtagh to edge to John Simpson.
Maynard marched in and, with nothing to lose, launched a savage counter-assault with shots to all parts.
He raced to a 35-ball half-century with nine fours and, in tandem with De Bruyn, added 100 in 12.2 overs to erase the first-innings deficit and ensure Middlesex will have to bat again.
For his part, De Bruyn reached 50 from 64 balls with eight boundaries.
It took an incredible one-handed diving catch way to his left at short cover by Chris Rogers to end the partnership at 170 from 132 balls and send De Bruyn packing for 82 as Surrey blasted 209 runs in 32 overs after tea.
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Another N.C. shelter accused of cruelty
Another North Carolina animal shelter has come under fire from the state Department of Agriculture — this time the county-operated shelter in Stokes County, where an investigation found dogs were being inhumanely euthanized.
The Veterinary Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture released documents Friday showing inspectors found credible evidence that shelter director Phillip Handy and employee Darryl Sheppard "performed, participated in and/or witnessed the inhumane euthanasia of multiple animals that involved improper euthanasia administration."
The allegations, now being investigated by the state Bureau of Investigation, include putting down one dog by gunshot, failing to confirm the death of an animal, and improper disposal of an animal. The report also accuses the two men of putting dogs down prior to the 72-hour holding period.
The shelter (pictured above) is located in a cinder block building in Germanton.
The division revoked both Handy and Sheppard's certifications to perform euthanasia, and both have been relieved from duty, according to Stokes County Manager Rick Morris.
This summer has also seen the Department of Agriculture revoke the licenses of animal shelters in Guilford County and Davidson County, citing a "systemic failure to care for animals." Both were run by the United Animal Coalition under contracts with the counties.
And last week, news surfaced of a dog at the Forsyth County Animal Shelter being mistakenly euthanized.
The Stokes County shelter was closed for two weeks in July, for what county officials said was state-ordered maintenance and repairs.
County Manager Morris assured the public then that animals housed there at the time would not be euthanized.
The revocation notice from the state — instructing the shelter to cease all euthanizations — was issued two days before the temporary closure.
Animal advocates in Stokes County have been working to improve the shelter and are raising funds to open a new no-kill shelter, with around $180,000 raised so far.
(Photo: By Jennifer Rotenizer / Winston-Salem Journal)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 31st, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animal shelters, animals, cats, cruel, death, department of agriculture, dogs, euthanasia, euthanized, gunshot, inhumane, inspection, investigation, licenses, north carolina, pets, practices, premature, revocation, shelters, stokes county, stokes county animal shelter
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Shelters in Guilford, Davidson counties shut down amid continuing investigation
Citing 75 incidents of animal cruelty and a "systemic failure to care for animals," the N.C. Department of Agriculture on Monday yanked the United Animal Coalition's license to run animal shelters in Davidson and Guilford counties.
The non-profit organization has been running Guilford County's animal shelter since 1998, when it was hired by the county to improve conditions.
Seventeen years later, the same sort of allegations have resurfaced during continuing investigations by state and county officials as well as the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
Department of Agriculture reports mention more than 100 cases of animals receiving inadequate medical care, including a cat with a broken leg and internal bleeding that went seven days without being seen by a vet and a dog with a gunshot wound to the face who went 12 days without medical attention before being euthanized.
The former shelter director in Guilford County, Marsha Williams, was suspended with pay earlier this month. As of yesterday, that pay was halted and Williams was officially terminated under the orders of the county commissioners.
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners convened an emergency meeting Monday, voting unanimously to revoke the United Animal Coalition's contract and to place the shelter under the county's control on an interim basis.
A letter of revocation was delivered by hand to the shelter yesterday.
"The things we've learned are very disturbing and unacceptable, as I know it is for the community as a whole," Commissioner Hank Henning, the board's chairman, said at a press conference after the county commissioner's meeting. "Our goal is to put transparency and a culture of efficiency back into the shelter, so the community at large can get the services and the shelter that it wants and deserves."
The N.C. Department of Agriculture has been investigating both shelters for about a month following complaints about animal care and conditions, according to the Greensboro News & Record
The Davidson County investigation began after the state agency received a complaint that a dog had arrived at the shelter with a broken back but received no veterinary care.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency continues to investigate potential unspecified violations at both facilities.
Also still investigating are the Guilford County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department.
"To be quite frank with you, I expect to see criminal charges come out of this," said Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes.
Deputy County Manager Clarence Grier will serve as interim director of the Guilford County shelter, which will remain closed the rest of the week.
The facility is expected to reopen Aug. 22.
(Photo: Former Guilford County Animal Shelter director Marsha Williams; by Lynn Hey / Greensboro News & Record)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 18th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animal, animal cruelty, animals, care, cats, closed, contract, contracted, davidson county, director, dogs, greensboro, guilford county, inadequate, lexington, license, marsha williams, medical, non-profit, north carolina, pets, revoked, shelters, terminated, united animal coalition, veterinary
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Dutch woman plans to marry her dog
You can't say Bible-quoting conservatives didn't warn us.
Let members of the same sex get married, they said, and it will open the door to even unholier unions.
Now comes word from Metro that a woman in the Nederlands plans to marry her dog.
Dominique Lesbirel, 41, says she might not do it immediately, because she wants to be sure that she's not acting out of grief.
You see, her husband, Doerack, just died. He had kidney failure.
Oh, and he was a cat.
Lesbirel married Doerack eight years ago, conducting the ceremony herself, based on the authority she thinks she holds from getting ordained online.
She says she regularly officiates weddings between people with their pets — but not before doing some research and making sure they truly love, respect and are committed to each other. Also, she says, she wouldn't marry anyone to a lion or tiger.
A Metro online poll shows only 8 percent of us would marry our pet.
Lesbirel, whose services are explained on her website, says some people have accused her of animal cruelty and promoting bestialty, which is "certainly not the case."
"I would never condone such terrible acts of cruelty to animals. My site is all about making a commitment to pets to show your dedication to them and promise that you will always look after them."
"We'd be lost without those happy little faces at our windows, so I'll do anything I can to remind people to treat animals with love, kindness and respect."
That, she says, is why she will someday soon tie the knot with her dog, Travis.
"He has given me so much happiness and unconditional love. I just want to celebrate that bond."
(Photo:PA Real Life, via Metro)
Posted by John Woestendiek July 21st, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, cat, cats, dog, dogs, dominique lesbirel, humans, inter-species, marriage, marry, marrying, morality, pet, pets, travis, uk, values, wedding
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Where a trail of dead dogs has led
When Randi Hileman came upon a trail of dead dogs and cats on the highway in North Carolina, she did what most folks do nowadays. She got out her phone and took some pictures.
She was distressed enough by the scene that, after moving the corpses to the side of the road, she posted the photos on Facebook and called the news media — all in search of some sort of explanation.
And when, earlier this month, the explanation came, she — and a lot of other people — got even angrier.
What little official response there was went something like this: Someone failed to properly latch the tailgate of a truck transporting dogs and cats that had been euthanized at the Davidson County Animal Shelter.
Rather than ending up at their destination, a landfill, their bodies were left strewn along U.S 64, near Interstate 85.
Judy Lanier, the shelter's director, told inquiring reporters it was a non-story, and apparently convinced a lot of them of that.
Not too many accounts of what happened can be easily found on the Internet, other than this one in the Winston-Salem Journal.
"It was an internal employee mistake that's been dealt with in less than 30 minutes," Lanier told columnist Scott Sexton. "Basically it's a nonstory. There is one thread on one Facebook page where you've got less than 10 people beating a dead horse."
Between being one of only eight counties backwards enough to still use gas chambers to put down dogs, the public opposition to that, the county's dismal adoptions figures (it reportedly euthanizes 6,000 dogs a year), Lanier's defensive reaction and the vivid images of what her employee left, however briefly, on the highway, it's not too surprising that some people are calling for the shelter director's resignation.
Lanier, while she's not granting many interviews with the media, is responding to what people are saying on Facebook.
"I never took it lightly," she says in one comment. "I dealt with it a week ago in a professional expedient fashion … I take issue with this non story that was simply an error of equipment usage being used as another platform for attacking our shelter, our staff and our ethics … Not one cat was adopted due to this story being spread all over face book. Not one of these so called activists stepped through the door to help lessen the overcrowding that requires that truck to make that trip several times a week. Shame on those who criticize that which they don't understand and those who don't intend to put their words into action. Journalism when practiced honestly does not require ambushing and exploitation. That's just his personnel (sic) self aggrandizement in print.
Lanier wrote that none of the animals found on the road had been put down in the gas chamber, and said the shelter uses lethal injection three times more often than it uses its gas chamber. Opponents of the gas chamber, she said, are using the dead animal spill to fuel their campaign against the use of gas.
"Those animals are the visual picture of what happens in a community that does not spay/nueter (sic), thinks of animals as disposable property and expects a small shelter to absorb their decisions and re home each one. That's a fact not an excuse but reality.
In another comment, she gets in a shot at the reporter: "Must be a slow day in the newspaper world when a columnist can only report week old news and quote a no comment voice mail to make a punch line … Mr. Sexton burnt a bridge he won't ever cross again today."
Lanier further states that she wishes people criticizing the shelter would spend that energy instead on volunteering at the shelter, helping get dogs adopted and educating the public on spaying and neutering.
Amid her comments, an apology can be found.
"The incident where animals were found on Highway 64 on Tuesday, August 8, 2014 was an unfortunate error caused by the tailgate on the animal shelter truck being inadequately secured. The animal shelter truck was in route to the county landfill at the time of the incident. The animal shelter staff acted as soon as possible to correct this error and the staff member involved was extremely sorry and devastated that this had occurred. The shelter staff member is an excellent employee who performs above and beyond every day at the shelter. Measures have been taken by the staff to make sure this never occurs again.
"The Davidson County Animal Shelter apologizes to the public who witnessed this incident. We are aware of the impact this has had on our citizens. The entire incident was due to human error and is regrettable."
Probably she should have provided that statement to reporters and stopped there, rather than telling them they were "beating a dead horse." And probably she should have held back on criticizing animal advocates who want to see the gas chamber dismantled.
Criticizing those who see the issues differently is bad for public relations. Badmouthing reporters is bad for public relations. The gas chamber is bad for public relations. Dead dogs on the highway is bad for public relations.
Davidson County officials have the power to do something about one or two of those, or perhaps all four.
(Photos from Randi Hileman's Facebook page)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 25th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
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Exhibit depicts Houston's homeless dogs
Houston's homeless dogs are the subject of a photo exhibit opening this weekend.
The two-week exhibition, entitled, "No One's Dog," is aimed at bringing attention to the animal overpopulation crisis in Houston, where shelters generally operate at capacity and an estimated 1 million dogs and cats are living as strays.
Three non-profit agencies are supporting the project — DiverseWorks, Barrio Dogs and Box 13.
The public was invited — and supplied with disposable cameras — to capture images of homeless dogs. The images were uploaded to Flickr (you can see them all here) and the best were chosen for the exhibit, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The exhibit runs from July 26 to Aug. 9 at DiverseWorks, 4102 Fannin Street in Houston.
(Credits: Top photo by Emily Crossley; second photo by Page Moore; third and fourth photos by Gina Damian)
Posted by John Woestendiek July 22nd, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animal, art, Barrio Dogs, Box 13, cats, DiverseWorks, dogs, exhibit, homeless, houston, no one's dog, pets, photography, population, public, strays
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Angry cat to get some therapy
That 22-pound cat whose aggressive behavior forced an entire Oregon family (including the dog) to take refuge in a locked bedroom is going to get some therapy, according to its owner.
Lee Palmer, of Portland, says the 4-year-old part-Himalayan cat, named Lux, is scheduled to see a veterinarian and to get a house call from a pet psychologist, according to the Associated Press.
Palmer called 911 Sunday to report that the cat had "gone over the edge," scratching his infant son and chasing the family into a bedroom.
"We're trapped in our bedroom and he won't let us out of the door," Palmer told the emergency dispatcher.
"He's trying to attack us. He's very, very, very, very hostile. He's at our door. He's charging us."
You can download an MP3 of the 911 call here.
Palmer says Lux attacked his 7-month-old son, inflicting several scratches, after the baby pulled its tail. He said he kicked the cat in the rear to make it stop, which only led the cat to get angrier.
Officers arrived at the home around 8 p.m., according to the Portland Oregonian, and used a catchpole to snare the cat, who had darted into the kitchen and jumped atop a refrigerator.
Police issued a press release about the incident Monday and by Wednesday it had gained international attention.
Palmer says the family has received proposals from people wanting to adopt Lux, but the family is not taking them up on it
While Palmer told officers the cat has a history of violent behavior, the family plans to keep him, and keep a close eye on him, he said.
"We're not getting rid of him right now. He's been part of our family for a long time."
Posted by John Woestendiek March 13th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: 22 pounds, aggressive, angry, animal control, animals, baby, cat, cats, dog, dogs, family, held, himalayan, hostage, lux, oregon, pets, police, portland, psychologist, scratched, therapy, veterinarian, violent
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Who says dogs can't climb trees?
Most dogs, when they chase a cat up a tree, leave it at that.
Some walk away, deeming their mission accomplished. Some might skulk away, feeling, or so we'd guess, outwitted. And some might stand sentry at the base of the tree, waiting hours for the cat to come down.
But once in a rare while, a dog like Bella — seen in these photos — doesn't let a little thing, like her species not being of the tree-climbing variety, stop them.
Bella followed this cat right up the trunk — and about two-thirds of the way to the top of the tree — before reaching a point where going any higher would have been dangerous, and getting down was pretty much impossible.
Her owner, Heather Evans, called the Garner, N.C., Fire Department.
Then she took some photos — of her dog's predicament, and her dog's rescue.
The photos appeared on ABC11, which reported the dog was stuck for about an hour and a half before firefighters arrived and, with a ladder, helped her down.
Bella was not hurt, and neither was the cat, who we assume got down by itself.
(Photos by Heather Evans, via WTVD)
Posted by John Woestendiek March 5th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
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A decade-and-a-half removed from his Oscar-winning turn in "Leaving Las Vegas," Nicolas Cage was an actor on a treadmill of ever decreasing returns.
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"I knew I was going to be very selective about what I would do next," Cage says.
He was. Cage's comeback — which he won't call a "comeback" — would be a movie with Green, who is famous for "Pineapple Express," but whose career was built on indie films and whose passion is Southern Gothic cinema ("Undertow"). And unlike some in Hollywood, Green is still a fan.
"He's fascinating to me," Green says of Cage. "He's gone off in so many different directions, switched gears so many times in so many different genres, that I loved the idea of creating this role that was unlike anything he'd ever done."
Green wrote Cage "a sweet-talking letter" with this screenplay adaptation that Green's college professor had written based on a hard-boiled, Southern-fried Larry Brown novel. "Joe," if Cage took the part, would be "unlike anybody I've ever played before. In some ways he's an amalgamation of different sorts of roles I've taken on in the past," Cage says. A quiet working-class train wreck in rural Texas with a taste for alcohol and a violent streak that shows itself, despite his fervent efforts at restraint, Joe would mash up Cage's tragic "Leaving Las Vegas" drunk and his vengeful "Drive Angry" avenger and put the actor through the ringer.
"He has this Robert Mitchum quality," Green says. "That's who I was thinking of as I read the novel. Something kind of creepy about Joe, something kind of scary. You want that dude to be your friend, because if he was on your bad side, you'd be scared.
"Cage is the only actor I can think of who won an Oscar for drama, has been a leading man in lots of successful comedies and who has really manhandled action scenarios. He has that dramatic quality that heroic leading men have. He's the only living actor who can say that."
Cage says he felt an instant connection to the character. What he doesn't say is that working with Green on an indie film could be a way of setting his career's re-set button. Green has made a few Hollywood hits ("The Sitter"). But his indie credibility is built on such movies as the recent "Prince Avalanche" or "Snow Angels."
"No one can really tell how a movie will come out," Cage says. "But this, to me, seemed like the best chance to be something special. You look at David's previous work, his talents and his vision of this South that we never see on the screen, and you figure this is a pretty good bet to make."
"Joe" lives in a dump of a house in a corner of East Texas where "dump" is redundant — filled with hard country folk battered by hard lives, prone to skinning a deer that they "just got" in their ruin of a kitchen, where guns and bourbon and knives are the essentials of life. Joe runs a work crew for a timber company, a pick-up labor force of people even lower on the economic ladder than him. And he drinks.
It's hard not to see Cage himself in this guy — a man with demons, a substance-abusing past, but a man with a strong work ethic and " a code," kind-hearted enough to take a homeless kid onto his crew because the boy needs a break. Joe is a man in search of redemption.


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Lassie (1954–1974)
Episode List
Season 4
8 Sep. 1957The Runaway
An orphan runaway named Timmy is befriended by the Miller family when he is found by Lassie hiding in their barn.
15 Sep. 1957The Suit
When Timmy tears his new suit; afraid of being sent away, he blames Lassie so Ellen makes him choose a punishment for Lassie in hopes that empathy for Lassie will spur him to honesty but Jeff is skeptical and resentful of the plan.
22 Sep. 1957Graduation
Jeff who is working for Dr. Weaver leaves Timmy in charge for a few minutes to assure the purchase of a discounted baseball glove and Timmy frees a biting dog under observation for rabies.
29 Sep. 1957The Burro
The Millers nurse back to health a burro that is left dying in the Millers' woods by the negligent owner of a itinerant burro enterprise.
6 Oct. 1957The Berrypickers
While Ellen and Jeff go to a dinner, Timmy and Gramps go on a berry picking trip on which Timmy eats poison berries but fortunately Timmy has called the doctor because he thinks napping Gramps is ill.
13 Oct. 1957The Raccoon
Jeff and Timmy nurse a injured raccoon much to Gramps annoyance when the raccoon causes havoc on the Miller's farm.
20 Oct. 1957The Ballerina
Jeff becomes smitten with a young ballerina who visiting the Millers.
27 Oct. 1957The Elephant
After a circus train wreck, Timmy and Lassie find a baby elephant in the woods and Jeff and Porky want to use the baby in the back yard circus that they are holding to make money for circus tickets but mama elephant comes for the baby.
3 Nov. 1957The Spartan
Jeff's and Porky's selfish promotion of the Spartan way of extreme self reliance to Timmy so a fishing outing can continue causes Timmy to avoid telling Ellen he is ill and results in Timmy contracting pneumonia.
10 Nov. 1957Happy
When Gramps, Jeff, Porky and Timmy go to the Capitol City Zoo to visit the chimp once delivered to the Miller farm, the chimp stows away in the Miller car and is hidden on the farm by Timmy who fears imprisonment for theft.
17 Nov. 1957The Wolf Cub
Thinking it is a dog, Timmy brings a wolf pup to the farm which draws the mother to the house and opens discussion about the pup's destruction which Timmy has trouble accepting.
24 Nov. 1957The Tooth
Timmy has bad dreams after Lassie pulls his loose tooth by a string fastened to her collar but loses it hurrying to be with the family to watch a solar eclipse as Timmy is fearful of losing tooth fairy money and uneasy about the eclipse.
1 Dec. 1957Transition
With Gramps death, Jeff and Ellen are faced with moving to Capitol City and Timmy with going with his aunt and uncle but the Martins agree to take over the farm and adopt Timmy.
8 Dec. 1957Timmy's Family
Timmy has trouble accepting Ruth as his mother and Ruth compounds the problem by wanting Lassie kept out of house to the extent that Timmy attempts to send Lassie to Jeff and Ellen Miller.
15 Dec. 1957The Bike
Timmy borrows Mike's bike to practice which he hides in bushes when sees Paul's truck and, since the bike is stolen, Paul tells Timmy to give Mike the new bike he has bought for Timmy so Timmy might finally get to school on time.
22 Dec. 1957The Goose
After Roy cancels a planned day with Timmy because he forced to go to the birthday party of a girl cousin, Timmy and Lassie begrudgingly acquire a play date with the unlikely companions of a girl and her pet goose.
29 Dec. 1957The Baby-Sitter
Mrs. Grimes is asked to babysit Timmy and Scott while the Martins go to Capitol City but Timmy scams Mrs. Grimes into not coming after which the boys make a huge mess which they must summon Mrs. Grimes to manage.
5 Jan. 1958The Crisis
Returning from buying a calf with Timmy who is increasingly ailing from measles along, Paul runs out of gas so sends Lassie with a note for help but Lassie is attacked by a territorial dog and then shot by a fearful mechanic.
12 Jan. 1958The Business
When the worms Lassie finds prove special at landing fish, Timmy and Scott decide to sell the worms and when a wealthy fisherman refuses the worms in favor of his tackle, the boys continue to raise the price at the man's frustration grows.
19 Jan. 1958The Ring
Timmy becomes disenchanted with Uncle Petrie when he realizes the tall tales he been told are not true. Uncle Petrie make a friendship ring for Timmy to get his forgiveness.
26 Jan. 1958The Greyhound
A prized racing greyhound which has escaped its kidnapper is hit by Paul's truck and Paul takes it home for veterinary care and to wait for the claim of the real owner
2 Feb. 1958Innoculation
When Timmy's school is to administer polio inoculations to the schoolchildren, Timmy who is afraid feigns sickness, does not give Ruth the permission slip and hides after the slip is signed but changes his mind after a visit to Weaver.
9 Feb. 1958The Pony
Uncle Petrie contemplates leaving the farm when is tale telling is believed to have caused Timmy to lose sight of reality when Timmy reports seeing a large gypsy and small ponies in the woods which Timmy has actually seen.
16 Feb. 1958Sinbad
To replace Uncle Petrie broken guitar Timmy enters a borrowed parrot in a contest to win the prize of a new guitar.
23 Feb. 1958The Square Dance
Timmy refuses to square dance for fear of dancing with a girl.
2 Mar. 1958The Garden
Timmy learns the trials and tribulations of agriculture when Paul give him a plotted area on which to grow vegetables.
9 Mar. 1958Concussion
Lassie is struck by a flying rock and loses her memory after Timmy takes Lassie to a blasting area much to Lassie protest.
16 Mar. 1958The Hungry Deer
During a large snowstorm the deer start foraging in fields of the farmers which lead to special hunting permits to be issued, that when Timmy try to find a way to discourage the deer without any killing.
23 Mar. 1958The Hospital
When Timmy becomes seriously ill and delirious he cries out for Lassie but hospital rules prevent Lassie from visiting Timmy but Lassie is determined to get to Timmy.
30 Mar. 1958The Penguin
When a penguin in a crate falls off a truck its finds it way to the Miller's farm where Timmy and Scotty find that a penguin is a lot more than they bargain for.
6 Apr. 1958The Bird House
Timmy helps along an injured sparrow by building a bird house.
13 Apr. 1958Seeing Eye Dog
Timmy and Scott find an injured seeing eye dog for which Timmy and family along with Lassie must perform tasks to heal and return the dog to a blind man.
20 Apr. 1958Junior Firemen
Timmy and Lassie enter a fire prevention program but Timmy becomes overly aggressive in finding fire hazards.
27 Apr. 1958The Blanket
Ruth decides it time to replace Lassie old blanket with a new one but Lassie refuses to part with her well-worn blanket.
4 May 1958The Rabbits
Lassie is annoyed and jealous when Timmy devotes too much time with his rabbits.
11 May 1958The Cub Scout
After Timmy becomes a Cub Scout, Paul is invited to bring Timmy and Scott to help with a Boy Scout outing while Scott's impertinent and taunting cousins Ralph and Bert spurn their invitation but come unaffiliated and start a fire.
18 May 1958The Crow
Timmy latest pet a injured crow becomes a nuisance to the other family members.
25 May 1958The Mother
Lassie befriends a litter of newborn puppies but does it secretly.
1 Jun. 1958The House Guest
Timmy becomes annoyed with a house guest of Ruth when all she can talk about is all the finer things Ruth is missing by living on a farm.
8 Jun. 1958The Sermon
When Timmy is told a story of a boy who talks to animals he decides to try it too, but he only befriends several kind people who come to Timmy aid when Lassie get into trouble.


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I have pasted an Amazon banner in a footer on my site advertising Kindl e-reader. When you click on the banner it does not open in a new tab so I am probably going to lose my customer if they click off from the banner. How can I change this html code:-
( <iframe src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=hypcanhelwity-20&o=1&p=48&l=ur1&category=kindle&banner=0F13HEXJ0QRB8A9TSMR2&f=ifr&linkID=AQ3GW7UYD4YBS6N3" width="728" height="90" scrolling="no" border="0" marginwidth="0" style="border:none;" frameborder="0"></iframe> )
to make it open in a new tab? I am not very techy!
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Windows 7 has the new Snap feature: the process of pushing a window against the side of the screen (or using a new hotkey) to snap it onto part of the screen space (this also allows for easy side-by-side comparison if snapping two windows: one to the left side of the screen and the other to the right).
Can this snap effect be done in Vista/XP with a modification of some kind?
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