The Texas Bucket List: St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary in Montgomery
The Texas Bucket List: St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary in Montgomery
Return the Wolf to Texas
Over 15,000 show their support for Sierra Club campaign to return the wolf to Texas
A new movement to return the gray wolf to wilderness areas and protected areas of West Texas has been launched by the El Paso Sierra Club Group. Last month the group sent 6 boxes containing 10,372 letters plus a list of 4,628 names of people asking Carter Smith, Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin, Texas to support a plan to return wolves to the wilds of Texas.
El Paso Sierra Club Group Chair Laurence Gibson, a former UTEP music professor and the former El Paso Symphony Orchestra’s longtime concertmaster, in a letter to Smith stated “We believe that it is critical to the future of our ecosystem and the citizens of our state to preserve and protect all parts of the ecosystem.”
Gibson went on to urge Smith and Texas Parks and Wildlife to launch an effort to bring back the wolf to the wilds of Texas and to develop and implement a scientifically reviewed plan of action.
Earlier this summer the Texas Parks and ‘Wildlife Foundation launched a We Will Not Be Tamed campaign. Bringing the wolf back to Texas will clearly demonstrate TPWD’s commitment to this important conservation initiative encouraging all Texans to get involved in conserving the wild things and wild places of our state.
Ecological and economic benefits of this proposal are as follows:
1. The return of wolves to the Texas wild will help to maintain the current growth of our state’s dynamic travel and tourism industry, and its important contributions to the state economy. Texas is a premier destination for domestic and international travelers, where travel totaled an estimated $70.5 billion in 2014 and supported 630,000 jobs across the state. Reintroduction of Mexican wolves to Texas provides an opportunity for the state to promote ecotourism while also educating visitors on the importance of environmental conservation.
2. Wolves provided important ecological services in helping to control prey species as well as ensuring biodiversity within Texas and the surrounding region.
3. Reintroduction of Mexican wolves to Texas provides an opportunity for the state to promote ecotourism while also educating visitors on the importance of environmental conservation.
4. Wolves need wilderness areas to survive and making sure we have wolves in Texas will help to ensure that we have wilderness. The wilderness that remains in Texas is part of our “great Texas backyard.” Wilderness is a haven from the pressures of our fast-paced society. It provides us with places where we can seek relief from the noise, haste and crowds that too often confine us. It is a place for us to enjoy with friends and families - strengthening our relationships and building lasting memories.
5. Wolves will help to maintain the ecological integrity of one of the greatest gifts Texas has given the nation - Big Bend National Park. Unlike other large national parks that were established from lands already owned by the federal government, Big Bend was privately owned by 100s of land owners before it became a national park. Texans came together during the 1930s and 40s and raised the money to buy the land that was then deeded to the federal government to become the State's first national park and one of the crown jewels of the National Park Service.
6. The preservation of our natural heritage in Texas is a sacred trust mandated by federal and state law. Texans from all walks of life support efforts to conserve our natural heritage, including endangered species that historically lived in the state.
7. Restoring wolves to Texas will help to bring back the balance of the ecosystem.
8. By chasing and hunting their prey wolves help to re-vegetate habitats impacted by herbivores. These restored plant habitats will benefit other species like birds.
9. There is growing evidence that some predators, such as wolves, may benefit public health by killing sick wildlife that spread infectious diseases from wild animals to humans and domestic livestock.
10. As dominant predators, wolves will help to keep other predators in check like coyotes, foxes and mountain lions.
JCP 2014 Group 124, Husky Romi Wolf Sanctuary Project
Our project took place in Reitz in the Free State of South Africa. The biggest thing that we learnt from this project is how effective a good team is regardless of the work and never to give up on yourself and most importantly each other. This.This was a project of the Community-Based Project of the Faculty Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology of the University of Pretoria. For more information:
Big Oak Wolf Sanctuary
Big Oak Wolf Sanctuary in Northeast Florida helps rescue abused wolves and is home to five dozen wolves and wolf dogs.
MIDNIGHTSKYWOLF - Wolf Mountain Sanctuary 2017
MIDNIGHTSKYWOLF - Wolf Mountain Sanctuary 2017
The wolf is one the most (wrongly) maligned and hated creatures since the beginning of time.
People envision the wolf as a blood thirsty vicious killer that wipes out herds of cattle and consumes small children, when, in actuality, these beliefs couldn't be further from the truth.
Not only do wolves fit NONE of the popular stereotypes, their gentle temperament and sophisticated social structuring merit our admiration. A wolf will only resort to preying on domestic stock when its natural prey (moose, caribou, and deer) have been eliminated from their natural range.
Wolves serve a great ecological role by preying mostly on the weak and/or diseased animals in a herd, leaving the younger, healthier animals to become breeding stock, which ultimately produces much stronger herds.
WHY SAVE THE WOLF?
Look at them: they are so noble, so beautiful. The wolf, as well as other endangered species, are ecological indicators. It is by studying these species and learning how to preserve them that we learn the main factors affecting our environment.
Perhaps in so doing, we will learn undiscovered ways to benefit mankind!
Unfortunately, there are those who deny the wolf's place in the ecosystem. Wolves are gunned down from airplanes and snowmobiles (which some consider sport). Sometimes the fur is taken; however, more often than not, the animal is simply left to decay.
The wolf is poisoned en masse, trapped by leg-hold traps, used as adornments for the idle rich.
Today, the wolf's range is limited to Alaska, Canada, the upper Midwest, and in Yellowstone National Park. Some of the YNP wolves have traveled into adjoining states, which allow hunters to kill wolves on sight and for little to no reason. In the 1930's, there were approximately 50,000 wolves roaming the North American continent. By the 1940's, that number had been decreased to 1,000. Today, mostly because of conservation efforts, there are approximately 3,000 wild wolves on the entire continent. They have made a small comeback, but because of the recent delisted from the Endangered Species Act, wolves are once again under attack.
Wolf lovers need to band together and do all we can to help them. TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Only you can save the wolf from extinction. Proper management procedures must be put into action.
Won't you join us in the wolf's campaign?
Please help the wolves any way you can: sign all petitions you can to stop the wholesale slaughter of wolves and donate to organizations focused on protecting the wolf!
Thank you!
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Tour and Benefit Concert
Celtic Indian Arvel Bird visited and performed at the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in Ramah, NM n May 2015. This organization, headed up by Leyton Cougar, and staffed by well-educated and dedicated people, does a wonderful job of caring for the animals, keeping them safe and healthy and helping them FEEL safe.
The song on this particular video is (appropriately) Wolf (Sunkmahnitu Tanka) on his award-winning Animal Totems CD available at
Arvel’s shows are a confluence of musical styles with a focus on Celtic and Native American themes. All of his music can be purchased on his website or As you will see in most all of his videos, Arvel is a genre-bending composer and a captivating performer.
For more information, contact Kimberly Kelley at (615) 406-3689 or info@arvelbird.com.
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2010 - Best Instrumental - Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
2010 - Best Traditional Instrumental – Indian Summer Music Awards
2009 - Best Instrumental – Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
2009 - Best Producer / Engineer – Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
2007 - Artist of the Year – Native American Music Awards
2007 - Best Instrumental – Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
2006 - Best Instrumental – Native American Music Awards
2006 - Best Contemporary Instrumental – Indian Summer Music Awards
2006 - Best Performing Artist – PowWows.com
2006 - Best Native American Band – PowWows.com
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Adrian Peterson Indicted in Montgomery Co., Texas
The Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of Adrian Peterson.
The Texas Bucket List - Tower Station and U-Drop Inn in Shamrock
Off of old Route 66, we visit a gas station and cafe that has an incredible history.
Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo, or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in the western part of Guerrero, but both are commonly referred to as Zihuatanejo. It is on the Pacific Coast, about 240 km northwest of Acapulco, and belongs to a section of the Mexican Pacific Coast known as the Costa Grande. This town has been developed as a tourist attraction along with the modern tourist resort of Ixtapa, 5 km away. However, Zihuatanejo has kept its traditional town feel. The town is located on a well-protected bay which is popular with private boat owners during the winter months.
There are two possible origins for the name Zihuatanejo. One origin might be from the Purépecha language meaning “water of the yellow mountain;” another possible origin might be from Nahuatl meaning place of women. Cihuatlán, or place of women, refers to the western paradise of the Nahuatl universe, the home of the “goddess women.” According to tradition, these women arose in the afternoon to lead the sun at dusk to the realm of the dead, Mictlan, to give a dim light to the dead. De Azueta is in honor of José Azueta, who died fighting a U.S. incursion into the country in Veracruz in 1914.
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The Texas Bucket List - Fanthorp Inn in Anderson
Since its beginnings in 1834, this old hotel has had years of history pass in and out of its doors. One mind blowing fact about Fanthorp Inn is that it has existed in four countries yet has never moved.
The Texas Bucket List - The Graceful Ghost
We head to Caddo Lake to ride on a steamboat that is more than just a ghostly echo of the past.
The Texas Bucket List - Rodeo Goat
It that time of year where The Texas Bucket List helps spread a little holiday cheer with the season's perfect Christmas stops! Check out the Ho Ho Buffalo at Rodeo Goat in Fort Worth!
The Texas Bucket List - Middle East Restaurant
We find the Middle East in the middle of Abilene! The first and only Middle-Eastern restaurant in the area with a unique connection with the Air Force.
Lynching in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Lynching in the United States
00:03:30 1 Background
00:07:58 2 Name origin
00:08:28 3 Social characteristics
00:11:32 4 The West
00:14:42 5 Reconstruction (1865–1877)
00:18:48 6 Disenfranchisement (1877–1917)
00:23:19 6.1 Other ethnicities
00:26:20 6.2 Enforcing Jim Crow
00:33:30 7 Photographic records and postcards
00:38:22 7.1 Resistance
00:41:43 7.2 Federal action limited by the Solid South
00:44:53 7.3 Great Migration
00:46:53 8 World War I to World War II
00:47:04 8.1 Resistance
00:48:11 8.2 New Klan
00:51:26 8.3 Continuing resistance
00:57:00 8.4 Federal action and southern resistance
01:00:34 9 World War II to present
01:00:44 9.1 Second Great Migration
01:01:41 9.2 Federal action
01:03:36 9.3 Lynching and the Cold War
01:05:13 9.4 Civil Rights Movement
01:08:32 9.5 After the Civil Rights Movement
01:11:48 10 Effects
01:12:29 11 Statistics
01:18:30 12 Representation in popular culture
01:18:41 12.1 Literature and film
01:24:52 12.2 Strange Fruit
01:26:05 13 Laws
01:29:31 13.1 State laws
01:33:32 14 See also
01:33:41 15 Notes
01:33:49 16 Books and references
01:39:24 17 Further reading
01:43:36 18 External links
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Lynching is the practice of murder by a group by extrajudicial action. Lynchings in the United States rose in number after the American Civil War in the late 1800s, following the emancipation of slaves; they declined in the 1920s but have continued to take place into the 21st century. Most lynchings were of African-American men in the South, but women were also lynched, and white lynchings of blacks occurred in Midwestern and border states, especially during the 20th-century Great Migration of blacks out of the South. The purpose was to enforce white supremacy and intimidate blacks by racial terrorism. On a per capita basis lynchings were also common in California and the Old West, especially of Latinos, although they represented less than 10% of the national total. Native Americans and Asian Americans were also lynched. Other ethnicities (white, Finnish-American, Jewish, Irish, Italian-American) were occasionally lynched.
The stereotype of a lynching is a hanging, because hangings are what crowds of people saw, and are also easy to photograph. Some hangings were professionally photographed and sold as postcards, which were popular souvenirs in some parts of the U.S. Victims were also killed by mobs in a variety of other ways: shot repeatedly, burned alive, forced to jump off a bridge, dragged behind cars, and the like. Sometimes they were tortured as well, with body parts sometimes removed and sold as souvenirs. Occasionally lynchings were not fatal (see Lynching survivors in the United States). A mock lynching, putting the rope around the neck of someone suspected of concealing information, might be used to compel confessions.According to the Tuskegee Institute, 4,743 people were lynched between 1882 and 1968 in the United States, including 3,446 African Americans and 1,297 whites. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post-Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, 4,084 African-Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950 in the South.Lynchings were most frequent from 1890 to the 1920s, with a peak in 1892. Lynchings were often large mob actions, attended by hundreds or thousands of watchers, sometimes announced in advance in newspapers and in one instance with a special train. However, in the later 20th century lynchings became more secretive, and were conducted by smaller groups of people.
According to Michael Pfeifer, the prevalence of lynching in postbellum America reflects lack of confidence in the due process judicial system. He links the decline in lynching in the early twentieth century with the advent of the modern death penalty: legislators renovated the death penalty...out of direct concern for the alternative of mob violence. He also cites the modern, racialized excesses of u ...
The Texas Bucket List - The Cathedral of Junk
Since 1989, Austin resident Vince Hannemann has been collecting junk and now he has cathedral full of it. Situated on Austin's south side, the Cathedral of Junk is a popular spot for visitors from around the world.
Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials | Wikipedia audio article
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Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
00:01:59 1 Background
00:03:35 2 Academic commentary
00:09:03 3 History of removals
00:10:10 4 Organizations encouraging monument removal
00:10:48 5 Destruction of monuments
00:12:00 6 Laws hindering removals
00:14:20 7 Public opinion
00:15:04 8 What to do with the plinths (pedestals)
00:16:59 9 Removed monuments and memorials
00:17:09 9.1 National
00:17:29 9.2 Alabama
00:19:13 9.3 Alaska
00:19:39 9.4 Arizona
00:20:12 9.5 Arkansas
00:20:50 9.6 California
00:22:55 9.7 Colorado
00:23:13 9.8 District of Columbia
00:24:18 9.9 Florida
00:31:38 9.10 Georgia
00:33:25 9.11 Kansas
00:34:12 9.12 Kentucky
00:35:31 9.13 Louisiana
00:41:48 9.14 Maine
00:42:06 9.15 Maryland
00:44:50 9.16 Massachusetts
00:45:12 9.17 Mississippi
00:45:46 9.18 Missouri
00:46:42 9.19 Montana
00:47:14 9.20 Nevada
00:47:41 9.21 New Mexico
00:47:56 9.22 New York
00:48:47 9.23 North Carolina
00:54:18 9.24 Ohio
00:55:19 9.25 Oklahoma
00:55:49 9.26 South Carolina
00:56:27 9.27 Tennessee
00:59:55 9.28 Texas
01:08:04 9.29 Utah
01:08:20 9.30 Vermont
01:09:14 9.31 Virginia
01:15:51 9.32 Washington (state)
01:18:29 9.33 Wisconsin
01:19:40 9.34 Canada
01:20:08 10 See also
01:20:51 11 Further reading
01:23:37 11.1 Video
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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For decades in the U.S., there have been isolated incidents of removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, although generally opposed in public opinion polls, and several U.S. States have passed laws over 115 years to hinder or prohibit further removals.
In the wake of the Charleston church shooting in June 2015, several municipalities in the United States removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America. The momentum accelerated in August 2017 after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The removals were driven by the belief that the monuments glorify white supremacy and memorialize a treasonous government whose founding principle was the perpetuation and expansion of slavery. Many of those who object to the removals, like President Trump, believe that the artifacts are part of the cultural heritage of the United States.The vast majority of these Confederate monuments were built during the era of Jim Crow laws (1877–1954) and the Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968). Detractors claim that they were not built as memorials but as a means of intimidating African Americans and reaffirming white supremacy. The monuments have thus become highly politicized; according to Eleanor Harvey, a senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and a scholar of Civil War history: If white nationalists and neo-Nazis are now claiming this as part of their heritage, they have essentially co-opted those images and those statues beyond any capacity to neutralize them again.In some Southern states, state law restricts or prohibits altogether the removal or alteration of public Confederate monuments. According to Stan Deaton, senior historian at the Georgia Historical Society, These laws are the Old South imposing its moral and its political views on us forever more. This is what led to the Civil War, and it still divides us as a country. We have competing visions not only about the future but about the past.
Mansion For Sale Delaware County
Call Don Dowd at 610-497-2000 or visit DonDowdHomes.com
Magnificent Newtown Square/Willistown Estate located on 4.5 secluded acres that back up to Ridley Creek State Park. Upon entering the 1000' long private and secluded driveway you will be greeted at the entrance of a grand foyer that you enter thru 10' African Mahogany doors hand crafted by Francis Falotico. The entire upper level of the first floor consists of travertine imported from an exclusive quarry in Tuscany Italy. Hand scraped African Mahogany hardwood flooring thru out. With 3 oversized fireplaces finished in an exotic limestone from France. This 4 bedroom 6 bathroom estate features exquisite finishes thru out with every amenity and detail meticulously conceived. The sumptuous master features his/hers stainless steel and marble vanities, Infiniti bathtub, double walkin shower and a walk-in master closet with island. The estate boosts a huge swimming pool, five horse stables, an amazing koi pond and stream, and an office with views of the grounds also finished with private entry locks. A safe room/hidden game room for family in one of the bedrooms, and a gourmet kitchen featuring Wolf 48 range Meile coffee station and a huge subzero refrigerator for hosting amazing parties. Rarely does a property of this stature come to market. A world class trophy property rivaling the finest estates anywhere. It will not be on the market long. Priced to sell.
Wendell Willkie | Wikipedia audio article
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Wendell Willkie
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer and corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin.
Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana, in 1892; both his parents were lawyers, and he also became one. He served in World War I but was not sent to France until the final days of the war, and saw no action. Willkie settled in Akron, Ohio, where he was initially employed by Firestone, but left for a law firm, becoming one of the leaders of the Akron Bar Association. Much of his work was representing electric utilities, and in 1929 Willkie accepted a job in New York City as counsel for Commonwealth & Southern Corporation (C&S), a utility holding company. He was rapidly promoted, and became corporate president in 1933. Roosevelt was sworn in as U.S. president soon after Willkie became head of C&S, and announced plans for a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that would supply power in competition with C&S. Between 1933 and 1939, Willkie fought against the TVA before Congress, in the courts, and before the public. He was ultimately unsuccessful, but sold C&S's property for a good price, and gained public esteem.
A longtime Democratic activist, Willkie changed his party registration to Republican in late 1939. He did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries, but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought backing from uncommitted delegates, while his supporters—many youthful—enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. As German forces advanced through western Europe in 1940, many Republicans did not wish to nominate an isolationist like Thomas E. Dewey, and turned to Willkie, who was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. Willkie's support for aid to Britain removed it as a major factor in his race against Roosevelt, and Willkie also backed the president on a peacetime draft. Both men took more isolationist positions towards the end of the race. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term, taking 38 of the 48 states.
After the election, Willkie made two wartime foreign trips as Roosevelt's informal envoy, and as nominal leader of the Republican Party gave the president his full support. This angered many conservatives, especially as Willkie increasingly advocated liberal or internationalist causes. Willkie ran for the Republican nomination in 1944, but bowed out after a disastrous showing in the Wisconsin primary in April. He and Roosevelt discussed the possibility of forming, after the war, a liberal political party, but Willkie died in October 1944 before the idea could bear fruit. Willkie is remembered for giving Roosevelt vital political assistance in 1940, which allowed the president to aid Britain in its time of crisis.
Thinking Critically About Infrastructure Protection
Video presentation at the 2017 APEX workshop (Alumni Professional Exchange). David Riedman.
The critical infrastructure club in the United States needs to be a little more exclusive, Center for Homeland Defense and Security master’s degree alumnus David Riedman told APEX during a presentation titled, “Thinking Critically About Infrastructure Protection.” More than 10 years after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security developed its National Critical Infrastructure Prioritization Program (NCIPP) the list of sites and facilities deemed vital to the nation has swelled to the point of meaningless and may well constitute outdated notions about terrorism. Even absent the terrorism threat, the nation faces an almost $4 trillion backlog of maintenance on roads, bridges, dams and a range of other aging assets. Riedman, a Captain with Montgomery County (Md.) Fire and Rescue, draws on renowned Air Force Col. John Wardens’ Five Ring Model, which centers on five areas that would need to be decimated before an enemy could be defeated. The model can be through of as a concentric ring, with Leadership in the center and progressing outward with key production, infrastructure, population and field military forces. Thought of in homeland security terms, terrorist attacks historically in the United States have fallen well short of striking leadership, or debilitating the nation. Riedman concludes with recommendations on how to improve the process.
Mansion For Sale www.DonDowdHomes.com Delaware County Pennsylvania
Call Don Dowd at 610-497-2000 or visit DonDowdHomes.com
Magnificent Newtown Square/Willistown Estate located on 4.5 secluded acres that back up to Ridley Creek State Park. Upon entering the 1000' long private and secluded driveway you will be greeted at the entrance of a grand foyer that you enter thru 10' African Mahogany doors hand crafted by Francis Falotico. The entire upper level of the first floor consists of travertine imported from an exclusive quarry in Tuscany Italy. Hand scraped African Mahogany hardwood flooring thru out. With 3 oversized fireplaces finished in an exotic limestone from France. This 4 bedroom 6 bathroom estate features exquisite finishes thru out with every amenity and detail meticulously conceived. The sumptuous master features his/hers stainless steel and marble vanities, Infiniti bathtub, double walkin shower and a walk-in master closet with island. The estate boosts a huge swimming pool, five horse stables, an amazing koi pond and stream, and an office with views of the grounds also finished with private entry locks. A safe room/hidden game room for family in one of the bedrooms, and a gourmet kitchen featuring Wolf 48 range Meile coffee station and a huge subzero refrigerator for hosting amazing parties. Rarely does a property of this stature come to market. A world class trophy property rivaling the finest estates anywhere. It will not be on the market long. Priced to sell.