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Haunted Places in Lucas County, Ohio
Hull-Wolcott House
Maumee, Ohio
This historic house, built in 1836 and now a museum complex, is home to some playful spirits who move objects and open doors. Witnesses also have heard unexplained footsteps and whispers.
Fallen Timbers Battlefield
The 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers was the last battle of the Northwest Indian War. On the anniversary of the battle, August 20, ghostly soldiers are said to re-enact the battle.
Dix - Fayerweather House
The Dix/Fayerweather House is said to be haunted by Aunt Phoebe, builder William Dix's sister. But be warened, Aunt Phoebe doesn't stand for disrespectful behavior. People who scoff at her may get a coffee shower or a door slammed nearby. A coat and chandelier crystals have gone missing, and an ...
West Toledo Branch Library
Toledo, Ohio
West Toledo Branch Library began in 1930 and is believed to be haunted by a man from around 1940. His apparition has been seen, and strange noises and bumping sounds have come from the area near the west wall fireplace.
The Linck Inn
This historic building was built in 1836, and has served as both a general store and as a hotel, as it was a popular stopover point for stagecoach and canal travellers. The hotel is no longer in operation, but is believed to still have three ghostly tenants who stayed on. ...
Commodore Perry Building
This historic apartment block has a labyrinth of old studios and a disused restaurant on the upper floors of the building. It is rumoured that a piano in the bar area of the old restaurant plays of its own accord, and that the apparition of a little girl in a ...
Collingwood Arts Centre
This gothic mansion has formerly a convent, and is now dormitories for art students and resident artists. The basement of the building houses a terrifying entity draped in black robes who walks through the building every day before vanishing in the same part of the building. She has been known ...
Columbian House Hotel
Waterville, Ohio
Back in 1828, when this historic hotel was constructed, it was merely a trading post and tavern with limited overnight accommodation. At various times throughout the century, the building also served as a prison and a town ballroom. The strange history of the building began back in the 1840's, after ...
Oliver House
This historic landmark building is notorious for the rumour of a presidential visit many years ago, and for the fact that the building and its grounds are steeped in history and mystery. The building now houses several brew pubs and a whole host of ghost stories. The building was supposedly ...


Although this may appear gruesome, this is the reality of life in the wild. Most likely a lion killed and devoured this cape buffalo which was later "finished off" by vultures which we saw hovering when we first spotted this scene.
We were parked at the edge of the shore of Sunset Dam when this croc emerged from the water. Wow!
A number of vehicles had stopped to observe this kill. We waited until we could get a better shot and zoomed in. See the main photo for more detail.
Hippos and impala at a distance on the Sabie River in Kruger.
Often, it's the more subtle sightings that make us appreciate the simplicity of it all...wildlife living in their natural habitat, continually on the search for food, procreation and a degree of comfort when possible. We, humans, are so much like them, aren't we?
There's a side dirt road we take each time we go to Kruger and often see this wildebeest sitting under this same tree. I guess that explains how we're all "creatures of habit."
We began first thing in the morning to make the 20-minute drive to the Crocodile Bridge with a plan to drive to Lower Sabie to the Mug and Bean restaurant for a leisurely lunch. I know I've mentioned this before, but where in the world can one jump into their car and be in wildlife nirvana in 20 minutes?
Now that we've fallen in love with Wildebeest Willie, we have a special affinity for these calm and peaceful animals.
We never fail to appreciate this fact nor do we ever get tired of seeing elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, warthogs, rhinos and so much more. One might think that since we can drive five minutes to the river in Marloth Park and almost always seeing elephants, that after a while it could become mundane.
This is the bird we see most often in Marloth and Kruger Park, the hornbill. From this site: "An omnivorous bird, the Yellow-billed Hornbill feeds mainly on the ground surface, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders, and scorpions. Termites and ants are a preferred food source in the dry season."
Previously, we'd mentioned that one of the reasons we chose to stay in Africa for so long was to "lick our wounds" from the outrageously expensive Antarctica cruise which was well beyond the limits of our yearly budget. To see the total expenses for the Antarctica cruise, please click here and scroll down the page for the information.
Impalas and warthogs stopping for a drink.
But, we knew in doing so, it would be "heaven on earth" spending more time on the continent of Africa. Usually "to lick one's wounds" requires a certain degree of sacrifice. There's been no sacrifice here.
This was the first time we'd ever seen a cape buffalo crossing the tar road. They are one of the "Big 5," which included the leopard, lion, elephant, and rhino.
Sure, there are inconveniences and occasional discomforts compared to living in some other parts of the world. However, we've adapted so well, we hardly notice anymore.
Hippos resting on a sandbar on the Sabie River. Note the number of oxpeckers on the hippos hides!
Over the past few weeks, we've had lots of cockroaches (aka cucarachas in Spanish) in the house. Usually one thinks of dirt and filth in reference to the disgusting cockroaches. We have them here and we had them in Costa Rica, both very clean and newer properties.
This is a white-fronted bee-eater. From this site: White-fronted bee-eaters nest in colonies averaging 200 individuals, digging roosting and nesting holes in cliffs or banks of earth. A population of bee-eaters may range across many square kilometers of savannah but will come to the same colony to roost, socialize, and to breed. White-fronted bee-eaters have one of the most complex family-based social systems found in birds."
The weird thing here is that they were crawling up out of the drain in the shower. Picture this...you're taking a shower and you see a cockroach crawling up out of the drain. This surely could be a scream-worthy event.
These dark-capped bulbuls hang around for scraps from dinersat the Mug and Bean restaurant in Lower Sabie where we stopped for lunch yesterday.
We don't scream. Tom sprayed the shower but when it didn't resolve the issue Louise and Danie came to the rescue with a special product they use specifically for these situations. For a while, we won't see them again.
Yellow-billed storks lined the shore of Sunset Dam in Lower Sabie.
This is Africa and they'll return. Along with zillions of mosquitoes when the rainy season comes in the spring and then, the humid heat of summer with snakes and insects everywhere. We were here in the summer of 2014. We managed then. We'll manage again.
Zebra stopping for a drink in the lake.
There will be trade-off then; the return of dung beetles, which we love to see; the newborns of many of the wildlife; the blooming the bright red Flame Trees and the Sausage Trees and, it goes on and on. There's so much to distract us from any possible inconveniences.
Another croc emerged for a breath of fresh air. Crocs may stay underwater for up to an hour when they feel threatened.
Soon, we'll be off for our usual exploratory drive in Marloth Park. Who knows what we'll see? Its now approaching weekend and holidaymakers are flooding the park once again. Today the wildlife "traffic" in our garden has already diminished a bit as the crowds move in for the weekend.
Several crocs at Sunset Dam, lounging in the sun.
We'll be patient and before too long it will be Monday again and everything will be right with the world, this world, right here and right now.
May everything be right in your world today and always.
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Silent tribute to 'father figure' cop gunned down in Croydon custody suite
Touching tributes have poured in for Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana.
Andy Shipley
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Devastated friends of a police sergeant killed by a handcuffed suspect in a custody suite will pay silent tribute to him today.
Touching tributes have poured in for Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana, known widely as Matt, from both the force and members of his rugby club, many of whom saw him as a "father figure".
The vice-chairman of East Grinstead Rugby Club said their former head coach was a "truly remarkable fellow".
Matt Marriott said there had been "enormous" interest in two planned one-minute silences at the club on Sunday morning, with people "from all over the country" expected to pay their respects.
Tributes have been paid to Sergeant Ratana (Image: Humphrey Nemar.)
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He told BBC Breakfast: "I've actually never met anybody quite like Matt, he must have been an incredible policeman. His attention to detail and his strive for perfection, his work ethic, just blew all of us away."
He added: "He wasn't just a coach to the players. He was a role model, a mentor, and often actually a father figure. We're going to mourn him as a family member. He's left a big hole, to be honest."
Junior and intermediate rugby will go ahead as planned on Sunday, with one club member saying "Matt would've wished that".
Also on Sunday, the Prince of Wales will lead tributes to fallen police officers for National Police Memorial Day (NPMD), honouring those who have lost their lives on duty.
Investigators probing the fatal shooting are working with a "determination to find justice" for their fallen colleague, the officer leading the murder case said.
The suspect in the killing at Croydon Custody Centre in south London in the early hours of Friday remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The 23-year-old, who also shot himself, had still not been spoken to by officers on Saturday evening due to his condition.
Sgt Ratana, 54, was originally from New Zealand and joined the force in 1991. He leaves behind a partner and a grown-up son.
Other tributes have come from Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick and New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
He had moved into custody work because he thought it was safer as he approached retirement, a friend said.
Giving an investigation update, Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Stuart Cundy said Sgt Ratana's death had marked a "dark and sad day for the police family".
He added: "Everyone working on this investigation, from the forensic specialists to the local officers holding the cordons, does so with a heavy heart but a determination to find justice for our colleague and his family."
Sgt Matiu Ratana, known as Matt, died after being shot at a police station in Croydon (Image: PA)
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He said police are "painstakingly" searching four crime scenes in connection with the killing, including the custody suite where the incident unfolded at about 2.15am on Friday.
Forensic searches are also being carried out in an area of London Road, Pollards Hill, Norbury, where the suspect was initially arrested by officers for possession of ammunition and possession of class B drugs.
Other searches are taking place at an address on Southbrook Road, also in Norbury, and at a second address on Park Road, Banstead in Surrey, where local officers from Surrey Police are helping.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which attended the scene after the shooting, said the suspect had been taken into the building and sat in a holding area in the custody suite, then opened fire while still in handcuffs as officers prepared to search him with a metal detector.
Police officers observe a minute's silence outside Croydon Custody Centre in south London (Image: PA)
He had earlier been arrested by regular officers following a stop and search, then handcuffed behind his back before being taken to the station in a police vehicle.
No police firearms were fired in the incident, and the case is not being treated as terror-related.
Deputy assistant commissioner Cundy said a gun had been recovered from where the shooting happened, and that CCTV and police body-worn footage is being reviewed and will be considered alongside accounts from officers.
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Sgt Ratana is the eighth police officer in the UK to be shot dead in the last 20 years and the first to be murdered by a firearm in the line of duty since Pcs Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, in September 2012.
The Met sergeant is the 17th from the force to be killed by a firearm since the end of the Second World War, according to the National Police Memorial roll of honour.

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Feedback from Krishna (name changed), a young married client who is doing my classes by skype and in person. His headaches were relieved within 2 weeks.
He came to my daughter's office for his chronic headaches and received prescription for nasal spray for pain relief (1). I was checking him out the reception and could clearly see his anxiety, stress and lost look. I felt 'Focusing on breathing' may help him, gave him my key handouts and asked him to try the technique at night to fall asleep (2). He quickly scanned through the handouts and signed up for my classes (3). This is an interim report on his relief from headaches. He is continuing the classes to resolve stressful family relationships.
He was getting headaches daily, lasting a couple of hours. Using the nasal spray prescribed by the doctor gave him relief.
He practiced the 'Folding 911 mode', '911 mode' 'Counting mode' and 'Tip mode'. He practiced at bedtime, on waking up, at work, biking to office and back and whenever he felt stressed.
Whenever he got a headache, he practiced the 'Folding 911 mode' and it was totally relieved. He was very happy that he could control them without using the nasal spray. In a few weeks, the headaches totally stopped.
Jessica attended my seminar at the Castleton library in March 2014 (Last name deleted). On receiving my e-mail of Annual Update 2015 in January, her memory of sound sleep after the library seminar prompted her to relearn it to get over her chronic insomnia (1). It shows once again, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears". The potential of 'focusing on breathing' tailored to the individual, is amazing.
"C S is a life-saver and helped me tremendously with both my stress and insomnia. I would fall asleep completely exhausted and would wake up after about 4 hours of sleep, to use the bathroom. After that, I would toss and turn for hours, never falling back asleep. The more sleep I lost, the more stressed I would get and even more anxious. All of this lead to my depression. A vicious cycle which even medicine wasn't helping to alleviate. After taking a brief class of C S at the library, I remembered how great I slept that night, after the class.
I contacted C S and he immediately set me up for an appointment (2). We worked together on the 'Tip mode' and I practiced that for the week (3). Still having some difficulty with falling back to sleep the next week, we worked on the 'Segment mode' (4). This was the cure-all! It has been the medicine I have needed, for a long time. This method helps me relax and fall back to sleep without spending hours, tossing and turning. The more sleep I am getting the less anxious I am and less stressed. My relationships with both my children and my husband are so much better too. I am not yelling like I was nor am I downright miserable either. I am my old self again, thanks to CS's segment mode.
Feedback from a young man who attended 2 of my classes after practicing the technique (1) on his own, using my handouts (2) for about 9 months.
He reported improvement on a host of mental, physical and relationship issues. Also a dramatic reduction in the following concerns that he experienced before practicing the techniques. His previous reports are at (3).
For the first time in many years, he is now thinking of a career plan for which he had no inclination due to his depression, anxiety and stress.


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Hacking & Security
BlackBerry speaks about security efforts, as business focus changes
BlackBerry continues its evolution away from just a smartphone manufacturer
By: Michael Hatamoto from Jul 25, 2015 @ 7:30 CDT
BlackBerry is looking for new business opportunities away from just smartphone handsets, and recently showed off a new line of security products. The company wants to continue its evolution from just a smartphone maker, and has focused more on software and cloud-based offerings.
The full turnaround may take a bit longer than what the company previously predicted, and instead of it taking six months, could take an additional 12 to 18 months.
"I'm pretty satisfied with the progress on the turnaround so far," said John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, in a statement to Reuters. "I laid out the $500 million software revenue target and I'm still comfortable with that commitment for this fiscal year, it looks good."
However, some financial analysts remain doubtful BlackBerry can emerge as a realistic competitor in a drastically changing mobile market. Chen remains committed to the current effort:
"We're patiently building the product pipeline and the sales channel. There is still a lot of work to do, I'd love for everything to move faster, but I caution people to be a bit patient we can't rebound in a very short period of time, no company can. We are doing all the right things for the long term and the company is definitely out of financial trouble."
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Acharya Maureen Hall
Maureen is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader (CDL4) program from Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is also a lay Buddhist minister (Acharya) ordained via the Dharmacharya Program taught by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, co-abbots at Embracing Simplicity Hermitage in Hendersonville, NC. She has taught MBSR at Missouri University of Science and Technology as part of the University's wellness program 2010-2017 and taught MBSR for the Center for Integrative Medicine in Springfield, MO in 2006 and 2008 and traveled with Venerable Pannavati to India three times in service to the Dalit (untouchables) communities Venerable visits on those Bearing Witness Retreat trips. Maureen has also served as…
Ayya Sobhana
Ayya Sobhana is a Harvard graduate and trained with master Dhamma and meditation teacher Bhante Henepola Gunaratana for 25 years. Her primary practice is the Eightfold Noble Path, that is, integration of meditation with ethical living and compassionate relationships for the sake of liberation. She "went forth" into monastic life as a Samaneri in 2003 and obtained full Bhikkhuni ordination at Dambulla, Sri Lanka in 2006. In 2010 Ayya Sobhana moved from the Bhavana Society of West Virginia to Aranya Bodhi Awakening Forest Hermitage. Aranya Bodhi is a private redwood forest preserve and retreat for Buddhist monastic women on the Sonoma Coast of Northern…
Caroline Yonque
Caroline Yongue—ordained as Lay Minister, Monastic, and Teacher Savana Amata Yasa—is Director of Center for End of Life Transitions and Carolina Memorial Sanctuary (North Carolina's first conservation burial ground). Both initiatives are all-faiths projects of Anattasati Magga, a Buddhist Sangha for the Laity in Asheville, NC. Savana Amata began her Buddhist practice in 1990. She has made death care her life work under the guidance of her teacher, Nancy Spence. In 2013, Savana Amata was asked to present an on-line retreat, "How a Buddhist Prepares for Death," for Tricycle Magazine.
Cheryl Wilfong
Cheryl Wilfong teaches mindfulness at Vermont Insight Meditation Center and at Northampton Insight in Massachusetts. She is a Master Gardener and a Master Composter. She writes an award-winning blog at www.themeditativegardener.blogspot.com "The book's photos themselves are meditation-worthy." – The Philadelphia Inquirer. " …A no-nonsense step-by-step guide to Zen gardening for the 21st century." – Shinzen Young
Cindy Dollar is the owner and senior teacher at One Center Yoga in Asheville, NC. Since her Iyengar yoga certification in 1990, she has taught workshops throughout the Southeast. Cindy has traveled to Pune, India several times to study with BKS and Geeta Iyengar. She is the co-author of Yoga Your Way. A long time student of Zen Buddhism, Cindy incorporates this mindfulness practice into her yoga teaching.
DaeJa Napier
DaeJa Napier teaches Insight Meditation (Vipassana) with an emphasis on the cultivation of the four Brahma Viharas. She has practiced and studied in the Zen and Vipassana traditions since 1974. Her root teacher was the late Zen Master Seung Sahn. Her practice has continued to be enriched under the guidance of both Asian and Western teachers, including Sayadaw U Pandita, Pa Auk Sayadaw and Joseph Goldstein. DaeJa has dedicated her life to exploring the Buddhist pathways to awakening and their applications in daily life. Her conveyance of the Buddhist teachings and related practices reflect the 40 years she spent raising five…
David Chernikoff
David Chernikoff, M.Div, LCSW. (www.davidchernikoff.com) A student of meditation since 1971, David has completed the Community Dharma Leader training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and has been teaching Insight Meditation since 1988. His teaching has been influenced by senior teachers from the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, Tibetan teachers he studied with during a 3-year stay in Nepal, and spiritual guides from other contemplative traditions, most notably Ram Dass, Father Thomas Keating, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. David taught meditation and psychology at Naropa University for many years and currently has a private practice as a spiritual counselor and life…
Dave Smith is an internationally recognized Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author. His background is rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition and he was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Dave teaches residential meditation retreats and classes, provides trainings and consulting in both secular and Buddhist contexts, and works with students through his meditation mentoring program. He recently founded Rebel Saint Dharma and lives in Paonia, Colorado.
Donald Rothberg
Donald Rothberg, Ph.D., is a member of the Teachers Council at the Spirit Rock Center in California. He has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976 and also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice, in the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy, and in the Somatic Experiencing approach to working with trauma. Formerly on the faculties of the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, and Saybrook University, he currently teaches and writes on mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation and the application of these and other practices to transforming the judgmental mind, speech and communication, working with conflict, social service, and social action. Donald is the author of The…
Dr. Hun Lye
Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye grew up in a Buddhist home in Malaysia. From a young age, he studied and practiced Buddhism with teachers of various traditions. He met his first Tibetan teacher in the United States when he was an undergraduate student. After earning a doctorate degree in Buddhist Studies at University of Virginia and teaching for ten years in American academic institutions, Dr. Lye left academia to devote his energy fully to Dharma work. In 2013, he was appointed as a Dorjé Lopön (lit. "vajra-master") of the Drikung Kagyü Lineage by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoché (Head of…
Fred Eppsteiner
Fred Eppsteiner is the Dharma Teacher of the Florida Community of Mindfulness with students in FL and NC. A practicing Buddhist for over 40 years, and a psychotherapist for more than 30 years, Fred has trained extensively in both Zen and Vajrayana/Dzogchen lineages. He received Dharma Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and is the editor of two books: The Path of Compassion and Interbeing. For more information on Fred and the FCM, access http://www.floridamindfulness.org.
Gina Sharpe
Gina Sharpe is co-founder of New York Insight Meditation Center for which she was Guiding Teacher for close to 20 years. She discovered the Dharma over 40 years ago and has studied and practiced with teachers in the Zen, Tibetan and Theravada traditions (in Asia and the United States). Gina retired from the practice of law in 1993 and has been teaching workshops and retreats since 1995 at Retreat Centers and for several years, in a maximum security prison for women. She has been a leader in the work of diversity at Buddhist Retreat and Community Centers for 15 years.…
Gisela Konrad
Gisela Konrad has completed two, three-month-long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society. She is certified as a yoga teacher by the American Viniyoga Institute, and she has been taking professional yoga nidra training with Richard Miller for the past five years. She teaches yoga and practices as a licensed shiatsu therapist.
Heather Sundberg
Heather Sundberg began meditation practice in her late teens and has taught Insight Meditation since 1999. She has completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Senior Teacher Training under Jack Kornfield & Joseph Goldstein, and is currently a part of the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council. She has completed 3 accumulated years of silent retreat, and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for the last 20+ years, focusing both on the Heart Practices (Brahma Viharas) & and Insight Meditation. Between 2010-2015 she spent a cumulative year in study, retreat & pilgrimage in Asia. Since 2011, she has been a Teacher at Mountain Stream Meditation Center…
Hugh Byrne
Hugh Byrne has practiced meditation in the Zen and Vipassana traditions for thirty years. Since 2000, he has taught Insight Meditation classes and retreats in the Washington, DC area and around the United States. Hugh is a guiding teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and is committed to help bring the wisdom of the Dharma to address the suffering of our world and the conditions of daily life. He co-founded the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the Mindfulness Training Institute, and is author of The Here-and-Now Habit: How Mindfulness Can Help You Break Unhealthy Habits Once and For…
Jeff Collins
Jeff Collins has worked as a hospice social worker for fifteen years. He has completed three, three-month-long retreats at Insight Meditation Society, and he has been engaged in Diamond Heart work for the past sixteen years. Gisela Konrad has completed two, three-month-long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society. She is certified as a yoga teacher by the American Viniyoga Institute, and she has been taking professional yoga nidra training with Richard Miller for the past five years. She teaches yoga and practices as a licensed shiatsu therapist.
John Orr
John Orr received Theravada Buddhist ordination after training for a period of eight years while living in Thailand and India as a monk in the 1970's. He has been teaching meditation and leading retreats around the world since then and has also practiced in the Taoist, Dzogchen, and Hindu Yoga traditions. He is the guiding teacher for the New Hope Sangha in Durham, NC.
Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist teacher and author and recovering addict/alcoholic. He is best known for his ground-breaking work bringing together the Dharma with issues of recovery and the Twelve Steps. A Buddhist practitioner for 35 years and sober for over 30, he brings a wealth of experience and wisdom to his teaching and writing. His books include One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and Buddhism and the 12 Steps Workbook. In 2015 Sounds True released his latest book, Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life after Addiction. Kevin is also a gifted musician and songwriter with a…
La Sarmiento
La Sarmiento has been practicing Vipassana meditation and has been a member of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW) since 1998. La's practice and approach to the Dharma has been influenced greatly by the teachings of Tara Brach, Pema Chodron, Larry Yang, Eric Kolvig, Michele McDonald, Cheri Maples, Joe Weston, and Ruth King. In September 2012, La graduated from the Community Dharma Leadership IV program sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. Since 2005, La has been the guiding teacher/leader of the IMCW Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) Sangha and the IMCW People of…
Lama Rod Owens
Considered one of the leaders of the next generation of Dharma teachers, Lama Rod Owens has a blend of formal Buddhist training and life experience that gives him a unique ability to understand, relate and engage with those around him in a way that's spacious and sincere. His gentle, laid-back demeanor and willingness to bare his heart and soul makes others want to do the same. Even when seated in front of a room, he's next to you, sharing his stories and struggles with an openness vulnerability and gentle humor that makes you genuinely feel good about who you are, with…
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditate since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema. Leigh began assisting Ven. Ayya Khema in 2004 and began teaching retreats on his own in 1997. He teaches in Europe and North America and is the author of Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jahanas. Find more about Leigh's teaching at http://leighb.com.
Leslie Rawls
Leslie Rawls has been Thich Nhat Hanh's student for over 20 years. She was ordained into the Order of Interbeing in 1995 and received Dharma Lamp transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh in 2009. Leslie facilitates a weekly prison sangha and is the resident Dharmacharya for the Charlotte, NC Community of Mindfulness.
Lila Kate Wheeler
Lila Kate Wheeler started practicing yoga when she was twelve and Buddhist meditation at age 21. She began teaching in the 1980's and has sustained her practice in many Buddhist and Hindu meditative traditions. She traveled to Burma where she was ordained as a nun in 1988, and she's studied at Dharma centers in the United States, India, Nepal, and Tibet. In addition to her Dharma teaching, Lila works as a writer, editor, and journalist. She was awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship in 2008 to support her novel writing, and she lives in Somerville, MA.
Lisa Ernst
Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path's possibilities. Lisa has been meditating for nearly 30 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. She received dharma teaching authorization in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman. Lisa offers meditation training, classes and workshops and leads retreats nationally. She is a visiting teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre California.
Lucinda Green
Lucinda Green, Ph.D. a lively and interactive Dharma teacher, is the founder and spiritual director of Rocky Mountain Insight in Colorado Springs, CO. www.rockymountaininsight.org Having meditated for fifty years and taught Dharma for thirty, it is her supreme joy to share the teachings with you, making them come alive in fresh and meaningful ways.
Mark Nunberg began his meditation practice in 1982 and has been teaching meditation since 1990. He co-founded Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis in 1993 with his wife Wynn Fricke and continues to serve as the center's Guiding Teacher. Mark has studied with both Asian and Western teachers and finds deep inspiration in the teachings of the Buddha. Mark and other leaders at Common Ground Meditation Center have begun the development of a new Retreat Property on 46 acres of rolling fields and woods in Western Wisconsin. He has been leading residential Vipassana retreats in Minnesota and around the country…
Mary Aubry
Mary Aubry has been meditating and attending insight retreats for over 25 years. In 2009, she attended her first jhana retreat with Leigh Brasington, who authorized her to teach the jhanas in the tradition of the Venerable Ayya Khema. Other than Leigh, her primary teachers include Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach, and Bhikkhu Analayo. She is a teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. and teaches retreats nationally on insight, the jhanas, and the brahma viharas.
Mary Linda McBride
Mary Linda is a certified yoga instructor with 15 years of teaching experience. She trained with the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, an off-shoot of Google. She is a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and she holds a 300 Hour Mindfulness Teacher Certification from the Engaged Mindfulness Institute. Mary Linda is CEO of Mindful Resolution specializing in mindfulness in workplace settings.
Maureen Hall
Maureen is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leader (CDL4) program from Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is also a lay Buddhist minister (Acharya) ordained via theDharmacharya Program taught by Venerable Pannavati and Venerable Pannadipa, co-abbots at Embracing Simplicity Hermitage in Hendersonville, NC. She has taught MBSR at Missouri University of Science and Technology as part of the University's wellness program 2010-2017 and taught MBSR for the Center for Integrative Medicine in Springfield, MO in 2006 and 2008. She has traveled with Venerable Pannavati to India three times in service to the Dalit (untouchables) communities Venerable visits on those Bearing Witness Retreat trips. Maureen has also…
Meredith McIntosh
Meredith McIntosh is a long-time student of Tangen Harada Roshi at Bukkokuji in Japan. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher, a NC certified massage therapist, and a teaching and performing musician. Both her self-study and teaching are rooted in the common ground between Zen practice and body-mind/movement awareness in daily activities and the performing arts.
Pat Coffey began his meditation practice forty years ago and teaches both domestically and internationally. He has studied with numerous Asian and Western teachers in the Theravada, Tibetan, and Zen traditions. Pat is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville, VA and the Blue Ridge Prison Project, co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, and co-founder of the Awareness Training Institute along with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Down-to-earth, real-world, practical dharma is the hallmark of his teaching. The father of two children, owner of several businesses, and holder of several patents, Pat draws on his varied and…
Phyllis Hicks
Phyllis Hicks is a senior teacher of Insight Dialogue, a psychotherapist, and a minister. She has studied with a variety of Vipassana teachers since 1999, and extensively with Gregory Kramer since 2004. She teaches Interpersonal Mindfulness and leads Insight Dialogue retreats worldwide. Phyllis is a guiding teacher for Triangle Insight and is the director of the Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute of Durham, NC, a nonprofit center for counseling and clinical education. She also teaches MBSR at Duke Integrative Medicine and serves as faculty for Metta Foundation Programs.
Rev. Ginger Lee
Rev. Ginger Lee was ordained as a Won Buddhist priest in 2006. During her novice training, she served at the Won-Buddhist temples in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Swaziland, Africa. Rev. Ginger completed her undergraduate training at YoungSan University, South Korea, and received her Master's degree at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies in Philadelphia. In 2012, Rev. Ginger became the associate priest at the Won Buddhism Temple in Chapel Hill. Here, she leads temple services, meditation workshops, and dharma study groups. Rev. Ginger has 10 years of experience and training in Qi-gong and Tai-chi, and incorporates these forms of moving meditation…
Rev. WonGong So
Rev. WonGong (also known as Rev. Wow!Gong) started her training in 1988 and was ordained a KyoMooNym (dharma teacher) in 1994 after seven years of intensive training in Korea. She subsequently served in the Kang-Nam Temple in Seoul and the Rockville Temple in Maryland. As a pioneering Won Buddhist priest in the West, she has established temples in Chapel Hill and Raleigh, North Carolina. Wow!Gong guest lectures at schools and colleges, provides life counseling, and leads retreats, youth dharma camps, and cultural enrichment programs. She has been active within the international interfaith community and teaches meditation and dharma to people…
Ronya Banks
Founder and lead teacher of the Asheville Insight Meditation center, in Asheville, North Carolina, Ronya Banks originally began her meditation practice in 1985, and she has personally spent over a year on silent residential Insight Meditation retreats with over 30 different teachers. In addition to experience as a Theravada Buddhist nun, Ronya is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock & Insight Meditation Society's joint Community Dharma Leader program. She has been teaching for over a decade to people from all over the world. Ms. Banks earlier life also included being a business entrepreneur, consultant, and single mother of 2…
Ruth Ostrenga
Ruth Ostrenga, ordained as Lay Minister Apara Nissaya Yasa, has been a student of Nancy Spence since 2000. Nissaya volunteers her time and talents with Center for End of Life Transitions, facilitating workshops and retreats as well as guiding individuals and families during the moments leading to death and beyond. Nissaya will be assisting Savana Amata with this retreat. Savana Amata and Nissaya have both participated in Anyen Rinpoche's Dying with Confidence program. Both are known as Doulas for the Dying and as Death Care Midwives.
Sharon Beckman-Brindley
Sharon Beckman-Brindley has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years and is a senior teacher of Insight Dialogue. She has studied and practiced intensively with Gregory Kramer since 2001. Sharon is clinical psychologist and has taught and written for many years on the integration of Buddhist and western psychology. She is a co-founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville, VA, and a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
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Teijo Munnich
Reverend Teijo Munnich is a Dharma Heir of Dainin Katagiri Roshi and a certified Soto Zen Priest. She received formal training at Hokyoji in Minnesota, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California, and Hosshinji Sodo in Japan. Her current interest is in developing Great Tree Zen Women's Temple as a residential practice center for women in western North Carolina. She also serves as teacher for the Zen Center of Asheville and the Charlotte Zen Meditation Society.
Therese Fitzgerald
Therese Fitzgerald was ordained by Richard Baker-roshi in 1986 and as a Dharma teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994. Therese has been teaching at Southern Dharma for twenty years. Originally from Charlotte NC, Therese now lives on Maui HI, where she works as a meditation teacher and Spiritual Care Counselor at Hospice Maui.
Ven. Pannadipa Bhikkhu
Venerable Pannadipa is the abbot of Embracing Simplicity Hermitage and spiritual directors of Heartwood Refuge, a non-sectarian Buddhist residential community and retreat center in Hendersonville NC. They guide a local sangha, offer an international teacher training program and engage in advocacy and hands-on ministry to relieve human suffering, globally.
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Venerables Pannavati is the abbot of Embracing Simplicity Hermitage and spiritual directors of Heartwood Refuge, a non-sectarian Buddhist residential community and retreat center in Hendersonville NC. They guide a local sangha, offer an international teacher training program and engage in advocacy and hands-on ministry to relieve human suffering, globally.
Ward Simmons
Ward Simmons has been practicing Insight Mediation since 1999. He regularly participates in residential meditation retreats ranging in length from a week to a month. He has completed the year-long Integrated Study and Practice at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Barre, Massachusetts, and the two-year Community Dharma Leader program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, California. Ward has found the practice of Insight Meditation to be life-changing, and he considers it a privilege to share this path with others.
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Recent hurricanes have pummeled America's coasts and Ohio itself is no stranger to flooding and extreme weather. Just this past July, torrential rainfall caused flooding in Central and Northeast Ohio, leading to evacuations and leaving citizens to deal with floodwaters in their homes. Environment Ohio released an analysis Less Shelter from the Storm that showed that pending budget proposals from the Trump administration and Congress threaten key programs that protect Ohio and the Great Lakes from storm-related impacts. These budget proposals would cut funding for shoreline communities to build up their resilience and would target protections for flood-absorbing wetlands, which feed and filter the Great Lakes. President Trump's budget proposal zeroes out the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.


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Prashanti Tipirneni is an Indian costume designer and producer who is noted for her work in Telugu films. She started her career with the 2010 film Vedam and later worked for the Baahubali film series. She was nominated along with Rama Rajamouli for Best Costume Design at the 42nd Saturn Awards and at the 12th Asian Film Awards for Baahubali 1 and Baahubali 2 respectively.

Tipirneni ventured into film production with Awe (2018) under her production studio Wall Poster Cinema in association with actor Nani.

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Have you ever smiled at a crocodile?
After picking you up (from your accommodation) cruise the highway and see the real Kimberley. Head to an Outback Roadhouse to have lunch. On arrival, relax in the pleasant beer garden, after your 50km ride.
Check out an amazing private collection of old road signs from around the world while munching on a juicy steak or your selection from the menu. Jump back on the Custom Trike and ride through Roebuck Plains Cattle Station head for the "12 Mile Community" and check out the massive native termite mounds on the way, the story behind these destructive little critters is amazing.
Stop at a Gubinge tree, which reputedly is the richest vitamin C fruit known to man. Learn how the world wants this amazing fruit.
Visit the Mango Place for wine tastings or a smoothie.
Back on the highway, head into the jaws of the giant "croc" that welcomes you to The Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park. Come face to face with the "world's ugliest crocodile", Zooey, and meet Maniac, the "most dangerous crocodile" in the world! See up to 60 crocodiles in a feeding frenzy in one billabong. Have a chat with one of the many dingoes in the park, check out one of the world's most dangerous birds, the Southern Cassowary, be hooted and stared at by a selection of Australia's owls, plus much much more.
Plenty of photo opportunities. Following the guided feeding tour, climb high on the hog to return to your accommodation in Broome.
This is an adrenaline, action packed tour which includes lunch, mango wine tastings and Wilderness Park entry fee.


This is an essay I wrote for a 3rd year philosophy final year exam in university. We were asked to choose our own topic. While the title mentions religion, the essay is specifically about the Christian religion, as this is the religion to which I have been exposed to at length. Please discuss.
The desire to believe in an afterlife, an organized system, and essentially, an ever-present babysitter, appears to be hard-wired into humans everywhere throughout all ages. Evidence of religion in human society dates back as far as three hundred thousand years, to the Paleolithic era, and religion is still a prominent aspect of many lives today, affecting and influencing those who believe and those who do not in kind. An important question to consider is this: What is religion? What defines this institution, what are it's parameters and characteristics. A religion is a cultural operating system with a set of tenets, do's and don'ts, teachings, mythology, and typically hierarchy, based around a belief in a magical or supernatural entity. It is important to identify and acknowledge the fact that to believe in a religion which worships a deity or multiple deities is to believe in the supernatural. Religious people are magical thinkers. Incredibly, this does not prevent religious people from gaining important positions in governments worldwide, in schools, etc. To take the United States of America as an example, not one of their past Presidents have ever identified themselves as a non-religious person, all identifying with various branches of Christianity. This means that for over two hundred years, the person ostensibly responsible for the well-being of 300 million people has either been influenced in all of their decisions with regards to said 300 million people by their belief that a mythological omnipotent tyrant directly and wilfully responsible for the genocide of multiple nations due to prejudice against homosexuals, the sexually promiscuous, and the disobedient was watching them at all times and judging accordingly, or that the person in charge was a liar. This seems like a sorry and wholly unnecessary state of affairs. For a nation so large to be governed by someone who is not themselves governed at all times by reason, but by magical thinking also, is deplorable.
The above scenario highlights how it might be easy to abuse religion. In fact, I wish to make the point that as well as a cultural operating system, religion can be a control mechanism. Not so long ago in Ireland, the Catholic Church actively, unabashedly controlled the opinion of the nation by having the Bishops tell their catholic congregations who and what to vote for. The bishops were of course told what to say by their superiors, as is the case in the hierarchy of the Church. Therefore, because of the forceful and often violent imposition of a belief system into Ireland from a greater force, and the installation of this belief system into the minds of people through repeated indoctrination every week, one man as far away as Rome could choose to drastically influence the vote and the legislation of a foreign nation as he saw fit, possessing a greater degree of control than many of the local politicians.
The point of interest has often been made that many religions share the same set or a similar set of tenets or commandments. This point is often made conversationally to draw attention to the similarity of different religions, while glossing over the fact that millions of people are members of an operating system that commands them to do things, or to refrain from doing things. Part of the problem is that religions doctrine is malleable, and entirely in the hands of those in power, theirs to shape and twist to support a wide variety of actions. The teachings of the allegedly peaceful preacher Jesus Christ, (New Testament) founder of Christianity, have often been deliberately misinterpreted to justify violence, although paradoxically enough, many Christians consider the Old Testament to be the word of God also. The two do not go hand in hand, as the relatively peaceful New Testament contrasts drastically with the Old Testament, which in my opinion is difficult to view from a reasonable perspective as anything other than a deeply malignant book, advocating slavery, violence, vengeance, persecution of homosexuals, persecution of women, persecution of the sexually promiscuous and any who do not follow the strict tenets laid down for the reader. Terrence Mckenna once compared science and religion in a lecture of his, stating that in the realm of modern science, to disprove ones own theory can be viewed positively, due to the fact that some things cannot be proved, but only be empirically disproved, thus ruling out the possibility of their existence. This is viewed as progress. In religion, however, McKenna made the point that one never admits to being wrong, but simply "further elaborate[s] the story to save whatever preposterous notion has been exposed." With this state of affairs, it is clear to see the that is is this flexibility which has helped evolve and sustain religion. It is difficult to empirically disprove such a concept. The notion that an intelligent presence, invisible, undetectable, immeasurable by any instrument, is despite this somehow omnipotent and has created everything including ourselves is so incredibly ridiculous and elaborate, crafted with such blatantly deliberate impenetrable stipulations, that it brings to my mind the idea of a child playing cops and robbers who, upon being "shot", insists that no, they have not been shot, because they have a thousand invisible bulletproof force-fields all around them, at all times, forever. Made of guns. It is not possible, in my opinion, to empirically disprove such notions to any real degree of satisfaction, which does not excuse the belief system from being categorically insane.
To elaborate on this, consider the fate of a person who suffers from delusions. One who imagines that they are being watched by unseen forces, that these forces are all powerful and magical, that they can hear their thoughts. Let us not even dare to imagine they might start to hear voices. This mental state brings to my mind two things: paranoid schizophrenia, and religious thought. As with Russell's Teapot, one can see how individual insanity is a negative thing, but collective insanity is not insanity at all. Insanity is, after all, defined by the majority. The idea of people deluding themselves in this manner is even defended by those who are not themselves deluded, but simply respect peoples' right to delusion. Another advantage favouring the system is the reverence associated with religion. This reverence and respect is crucial to the survival of religions, in my opinion, as it prevents religious thinkers from considering and discussing the possibility that they are wrong (and insane). Consider, to return to the specific religion of Christianity, the mythology surrounding the foundation of this religion, the life and death of the preacher Jesus Christ. The point is frequently made that were Jesus alive today, he might well be committed to an asylum. In fact, if I am entirely wrong, and the Christian mythology is right, God exists and Jesus is on his way, then that's likely where you'll find him. However, the point is often made with an air of horror or disbelief, people shuddering at the thought of this hypothetical situation. I believe that it is due to the illusion of reverence perpetuated by various religious institutions that many people do not consider religious myth with logical minds. Nothing is sacred. I consider it likely that Christ was indeed a real man. Let us return momentarily to the idea that today, he would be locked up for sounding crazy. We seem to have overlooked something, and that is the fact that when he travelled the land insisting that he was the son of a god with magical powers, he was locked up. Given that the era in which he lived was more prone to corporal punishment, he was simply crucified for good measure. I think that there are two alternatives to Christ being the son of god. He was either a con man who couldn't keep his mouth shut, or a deluded man who didn't know better than to keep his mouth shut. His followers insisted that he wasn't dead when he inevitably got himself killed, much in the manner of Elvis fans. Questions that should perhaps be applied to religion more often: which scenario is more plausible? Which scenario is more likely?
It is possible, non-empirically, (in the sense that literally anything up to and including celestial teapots and bulletproof children is possible), that Jesus was telling the truth. It is further possible that any one (or any number, if there are no territorial disputes) of religions are correct in their teachings, and it is possible that the worlds really was created by an invisible man/unfurling embryo/hatched egg/master sculptor. The problem is that it's simply so incredibly implausible. In a situation such as this where no empiric evidence is available, one must make a logical evaluation of the situation and, if possible, decide upon the most likely scenario. Consider the following: you drop a penny down a dark well. You do not see it land, and cannot account for it's whereabouts. You hear a splash directly afterwards and someone suggests to you that that was a fish, and that your penny remains in stasis halfway down, defying gravity. You cannot prove otherwise, but logic dictates that your penny has fallen as pennies are wont to do, and the most logical assumption is that your penny splashed. I think that the ability to approximate, to make logical choices, to separate fact from fiction must be kept separate at all times from our innate desire to believe in magic, from wishful thinking. The phrase "I know" is bandied about and debated often. Arguably, we know nothing and our present environment is an illusion and we are actually all static pennies. But I can safely say that in as much as I know anything, I know there to be know God, no magic. The difference between my statement and that of a religious person stating that they know there to be gods and magic is that mine is not based on hope and gut feelings, but on a logical evaluation of my environment based on experience and a working knowledge of that environment. We each have a different operating system, and on this topic, arguably even a different reality. Given the fact that one system is governed by logic and one is not, the fundamental importance of the difference between our statements is an issue that logical argument, unfortunately, might never solve.


In this series I will provide an insight into a recent deployment I performed of EMC VPLEX Virtual Edition 2.1 SP1 (VPLEX/VE).
For those who are not familiar with the product, VPLEX/VE is a virtual storage platform which provides storage capabilities for Active-Active datacentres for VMware vSphere stretched clusters. The vSphere stretched cluster is configured with compute, network and storage at two physical sites. EMC VPLEX/VE together with the vSphere stretched cluster resources provide the functional requirements to run virtual machines from either datacentre, as well as the ability to move VMs between sites using vMotion and Storage vMotion.


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Dog at center of Port St. Lucie double homicide euthanized
Shayne Wright
Sports Director
ANA? ANA: THIS NEW INFORMATION COMING TO LIGHT SHOWS THE SUSPECT'S DOG HAD BIT THE NEIGHBOR AND THEIR DOG. THE ATTACK LED TO A MONTHS LONG DISPUTE WHICH TRAGICALLY ENDED WITH TWO VICTIMS DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE, BACK IN MARCH, THE SUSPECT'S ITALIAN MASTIFF NAMED ROXY BIT THE NEIGHBOR AND THEIR DOG, LEAVING MULTIPLE PUNCTURE WOUNDS. THE SUSPECT, RONALD DELSERRO, AND HIS WIFE, WERE ASKED TO KEEP ROXY QUARANTINED, BUT WHEN FAILED TO DO SO, ANIMAL CONTROL TOOK ROXY -- BUT LATER RETURNED HER. ON JUNE 24, ROXY WAS DEEMED DANGEROUS IN COURT. A WEEK LATER, THE SUSPECT, DELSERRO REFUSED TO SIGN DOCUMENTS DECLARING ROXY DANGEROUS. A FEW DAYS LATER, POLICE SAY 82-YEAR-OLD DELSERRO OPENED FIRE ON HIS NEIGHBORS, GUY HANSMAN, AND HIS DAUGHTER, HARPER, KILLING THEM BOTH. ON TUESDAY, THE SUSPECT'S WIFE TOLD ANIMAL CONTROL SHE WAS LEAVING TOWN, AND GAVE CONSENT TO HAVE ROXY EUTHANIZED, WHICH HAPPENED THIS MORN
The dog at the center of a dispute between neighbors in Port St. Lucie that led to a double homicide has been euthanized, according to Port St. Lucie Police. Wednesday, The department released the timeline of events involving the dog Roxy, the victims and the suspect in the shooting. The St. Lucie County Sheriff said the officer-involved shooting that left three people dead, including a teenage girl and the suspect started after a court hearing regarding Roxy. Officials identified the two victims as 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father, 55-year-old Guy Alexander Hansman. The shooter was identified as 82-year-old Ronald Delserro. Here is the chain of events involving the dog dispute, according to Port St. Lucie Police: "Following is a synopsis of the dangerous dog investigation: On March 4, 2020 at around 11:19 am, a Port St Lucie Animal Control Officer responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of a dog bite. The animal control officer learned the victim (Mrs. Hansman) was walking the family dog "Rucca" (white female Poodle/mix); in her backyard when the neighbor's dog "Roxy" who was unleashed; attacked her dog. Mrs. Hansman attempted to separate the dogs by sitting on Roxy and while doing so she was bit several times. Rucca also was bit and had multiple puncture wounds to the neck and legs. Both Mrs. Hansman and Rucca sought medical attention. The animal control officer proceeded to speak with Roxy's owner (Ronald Delserro) who explained he was not present during the attack, however his wife (Mrs. Delserro) witnessed the attack, but she was not home to explain what happened. The animal control officer verified vaccine documentation and also noted Mr. and Mrs. Delserro failed to comply with City Ordinance 92.03(a) (All domestic pets must be properly restrained at all times while outside the confines of the owner's home). It was at this time Mr. Delserro was told his dog (Roxy) must be home quarantined and further investigation would determine if the dog would be deemed a dangerous dog. Mr. Delserro understood and signed the home quarantine agreement form explaining the dog (Roxy) would be quarantined from March 4, 2020 – March 14, 2020.On March 5, 2020 at around 3:35 pm, animal control responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of a dog at large. Animal control met with Mrs. Hansman again, who explained Roxy was unsupervised; running around in her fenced yard. Mrs. Hansman provided animal control with videos she created of Roxy. Animal control officer revisited Mr. and Mrs. Delserro's residence to advise them of the ongoing violations. Mrs. Delserro denied Roxy being loose, but was informed Roxy was seen on video; unsupervised. A decision was made by animal control to remove Roxy for the remainder of the quarantine period to ensure there would be no additional violation of the quarantine agreement. Roxy was transported by Mrs. Delserro to the Animal Control Compound. Per Florida State Statute 767, on March 8, 2020 a dangerous dog investigation was initiated based on previous information received by the parties involved.On March 8, 2020, animal control officer responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard and obtained medical reports detailing Mrs. Hansman and Rucca's injuries. In addition, the animal control officer provided witness affidavits to Mrs. Hansman and her daughter (Harper Hansman) detailing the facts about the incident. The officer also met with Mrs. Delserro at her residence and informed her of the ongoing dangerous dog investigation. The officer provided Mrs. Delserro with a witness affidavit to fill out and return when completed. Mrs. Delserro was asked to relay the updated information to Mr. Delserro. On March 11, 2020 at around 8:30 am, animal control officer conducted a follow-up at 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard in reference to the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers advised Mrs. Hansman that Roxy was going to remain in the kennel until the outcome of the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers also visited with Mrs. Delserro and explained that Roxy would not be released to her when the quarantine is over on March 14, 2020 and would remain in the care of animal control officers until the outcome of the investigation. Mrs. Delserro understood and provided animal control with her witness affidavit. On March 15, 2020, animal control visited 2499 SE Morningside Boulevard and met with Mr. and Mrs. Delserro to serve them with initial dangerous dog documents and both were informed on the process for contesting the declaration, waiving their right to a hearing and the requirements that need to be met should Roxy be classified as a dangerous dog. Mr. and Mrs. Delserro elected to contest the declaration and signed a document stating that. They also wrote and signed a letter requesting a hearing to contest the dangerous dog declaration. On March 17, 2020, Roxy was released to Mr. and Mrs. Delserro and they were informed they needed to abide by the restrictions set forth in Florida State Statute 767.12 until the resolution of their hearing and any appeals related to the dangerous dog investigation.March 27, 2020 at around 2:27 pm, animal control was dispatched to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of the neighbor's violating the restrictions regarding the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers made contact with Mrs. Delserro who mentioned her husband Mr. Delserro placed Roxy inside of the vehicle and took her for a "joyride" and she believed this was within the allowed restrictions. Mrs. Delserro once again was informed of the dangerous dog restrictions. On March 30, 2020, animal control officer responded to a complaint in regard to Roxy's owners not abiding by their restrictions where Roxy was unsupervised and unleashed. Mr. and Mrs. Delserro denied the violations, but video proved otherwise, therefore they were issued a dangerous dog citation for failure to monitor Roxy. On June 24, 2020, Mrs. Hansman and her daughter, Harper, were at the hearing testifying. Special Magistrate found the dog, a female gray Italian Mastiff "Roxy", is a dangerous dog pursuant to Florida Statutes 767.12. On July 1, 2020, at around 5:42 pm, animal control went to 2499 SE Morningside Boulevard to meet with Mr. and Mrs. Delserro and provided them with the final declaration letter. Mrs Delserro signed the documents acknowledging receipt, however Mr. Delserro refused to sign any documents. July 7, 2020, at around 12:39 pm, Mrs. Delserro (owner of Roxy) contacted the Animal Control Office and stated she wished to surrender her dog Roxy as she was leaving town. Mrs. Delserro met with the animal control administrator and signed the Owner Turn In form. As the owner with rights to the dog; she gave consent for Roxy to be euthanized. This would officially conclude the ongoing dangerous dog investigation. On July 8, 2020 at approximately 11:00 am, Roxy was transported to a veterinary clinic and humanely euthanized. Per the wishes of Mrs. Delserro, Roxy's body was transported to a local cremation facility."
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —
The dog at the center of a dispute between neighbors in Port St. Lucie that led to a double homicide has been euthanized, according to Port St. Lucie Police. Wednesday, The department released the timeline of events involving the dog Roxy, the victims and the suspect in the shooting.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff said the officer-involved shooting that left three people dead, including a teenage girl and the suspect started after a court hearing regarding Roxy. Officials identified the two victims as 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father, 55-year-old Guy Alexander Hansman. The shooter was identified as 82-year-old Ronald Delserro.
Here is the chain of events involving the dog dispute, according to Port St. Lucie Police:
"Following is a synopsis of the dangerous dog investigation: On March 4, 2020 at around 11:19 am, a Port St Lucie Animal Control Officer responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of a dog bite. The animal control officer learned the victim (Mrs. Hansman) was walking the family dog "Rucca" (white female Poodle/mix); in her backyard when the neighbor's dog "Roxy" who was unleashed; attacked her dog. Mrs. Hansman attempted to separate the dogs by sitting on Roxy and while doing so she was bit several times. Rucca also was bit and had multiple puncture wounds to the neck and legs. Both Mrs. Hansman and Rucca sought medical attention.
The animal control officer proceeded to speak with Roxy's owner (Ronald Delserro) who explained he was not present during the attack, however his wife (Mrs. Delserro) witnessed the attack, but she was not home to explain what happened. The animal control officer verified vaccine documentation and also noted Mr. and Mrs. Delserro failed to comply with City Ordinance 92.03(a) (All domestic pets must be properly restrained at all times while outside the confines of the owner's home). It was at this time Mr. Delserro was told his dog (Roxy) must be home quarantined and further investigation would determine if the dog would be deemed a dangerous dog. Mr. Delserro understood and signed the home quarantine agreement form explaining the dog (Roxy) would be quarantined from March 4, 2020 – March 14, 2020.
On March 5, 2020 at around 3:35 pm, animal control responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of a dog at large. Animal control met with Mrs. Hansman again, who explained Roxy was unsupervised; running around in her fenced yard. Mrs. Hansman provided animal control with videos she created of Roxy. Animal control officer revisited Mr. and Mrs. Delserro's residence to advise them of the ongoing violations. Mrs. Delserro denied Roxy being loose, but was informed Roxy was seen on video; unsupervised. A decision was made by animal control to remove Roxy for the remainder of the quarantine period to ensure there would be no additional violation of the quarantine agreement. Roxy was transported by Mrs. Delserro to the Animal Control Compound.
Per Florida State Statute 767, on March 8, 2020 a dangerous dog investigation was initiated based on previous information received by the parties involved.
On March 8, 2020, animal control officer responded to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard and obtained medical reports detailing Mrs. Hansman and Rucca's injuries. In addition, the animal control officer provided witness affidavits to Mrs. Hansman and her daughter (Harper Hansman) detailing the facts about the incident. The officer also met with Mrs. Delserro at her residence and informed her of the ongoing dangerous dog investigation. The officer provided Mrs. Delserro with a witness affidavit to fill out and return when completed. Mrs. Delserro was asked to relay the updated information to Mr. Delserro.
On March 11, 2020 at around 8:30 am, animal control officer conducted a follow-up at 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard in reference to the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers advised Mrs. Hansman that Roxy was going to remain in the kennel until the outcome of the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers also visited with Mrs. Delserro and explained that Roxy would not be released to her when the quarantine is over on March 14, 2020 and would remain in the care of animal control officers until the outcome of the investigation. Mrs. Delserro understood and provided animal control with her witness affidavit.
On March 15, 2020, animal control visited 2499 SE Morningside Boulevard and met with Mr. and Mrs. Delserro to serve them with initial dangerous dog documents and both were informed on the process for contesting the declaration, waiving their right to a hearing and the requirements that need to be met should Roxy be classified as a dangerous dog. Mr. and Mrs. Delserro elected to contest the declaration and signed a document stating that. They also wrote and signed a letter requesting a hearing to contest the dangerous dog declaration.
On March 17, 2020, Roxy was released to Mr. and Mrs. Delserro and they were informed they needed to abide by the restrictions set forth in Florida State Statute 767.12 until the resolution of their hearing and any appeals related to the dangerous dog investigation.
March 27, 2020 at around 2:27 pm, animal control was dispatched to 2501 SE Morningside Boulevard for reports of the neighbor's violating the restrictions regarding the dangerous dog investigation. Animal control officers made contact with Mrs. Delserro who mentioned her husband Mr. Delserro placed Roxy inside of the vehicle and took her for a "joyride" and she believed this was within the allowed restrictions. Mrs. Delserro once again was informed of the dangerous dog restrictions.
On March 30, 2020, animal control officer responded to a complaint in regard to Roxy's owners not abiding by their restrictions where Roxy was unsupervised and unleashed. Mr. and Mrs. Delserro denied the violations, but video proved otherwise, therefore they were issued a dangerous dog citation for failure to monitor Roxy.
On June 24, 2020, Mrs. Hansman and her daughter, Harper, were at the hearing testifying. Special Magistrate found the dog, a female gray Italian Mastiff "Roxy", is a dangerous dog pursuant to Florida Statutes 767.12.
On July 1, 2020, at around 5:42 pm, animal control went to 2499 SE Morningside Boulevard to meet with Mr. and Mrs. Delserro and provided them with the final declaration letter. Mrs Delserro signed the documents acknowledging receipt, however Mr. Delserro refused to sign any documents.
July 7, 2020, at around 12:39 pm, Mrs. Delserro (owner of Roxy) contacted the Animal Control Office and stated she wished to surrender her dog Roxy as she was leaving town. Mrs. Delserro met with the animal control administrator and signed the Owner Turn In form. As the owner with rights to the dog; she gave consent for Roxy to be euthanized. This would officially conclude the ongoing dangerous dog investigation.
On July 8, 2020 at approximately 11:00 am, Roxy was transported to a veterinary clinic and humanely euthanized. Per the wishes of Mrs. Delserro, Roxy's body was transported to a local cremation facility."


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Tech and Trends from CES 2018
Odin Lindblom
This year's CES was a wet and wild ride. A rainstorm rolled into Las Vegas during the show — yes, two inches of rain is considered a storm there — and the downpour led to the failure of one of the transformers that provides power to the Convention Center. This caused a nearly two-hour blackout to much of the CES show floor. But that little bit of rain wasn't enough to stop the 100,000+ attendees from checking out the latest innovations in technology.
The Future of The TV
New televisions always dominate a lot of show floor space at CES. They also draw a large amount of attention from the attendees. This year was no different. While many manufactures showed off 8K televisions, as they had last year, Samsung brought in something new. They called it "The Wall," and it is the world's first modular LED television. Samsung's prototype, which was displayed in their booth, was comprised of multiple 9.37 inch LED panels to create a single 146 inch 8K television display.
With the limited number of titles available on 4K Blu-ray and on 4K streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, many have questioned the practical use of 8K TVs; however, you really can't think of "The Wall" as just a television. A modular display like this has the ability to replace multiple monitors and screens. That's where the 8K resolution makes a difference. Imagine being able to attach your editing computer to a display like this where you can preview 4K footage in a window that's pixel for pixel and still have plenty of room for your editing interface. Or, you could sit on your couch with a television show playing on part of the display while you could use other sections for social media sites or shopping. Essentially, it gives you the ability to take your second and third screen devices that you use while watching television and have it all displayed on a single monitor.
Samsung's prototype, "The Wall", was comprised of multiple 9.37-inch LED panels to create a single 146 inch 8K television display.
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LED walls for commercial applications such as outdoor signage as well as video screens for concerts and events have been around for years, so this technology is not an entirely a new one. What's unique is that Samsung has packed a lot more pixels into their panels than what we have seen in traditional LED walls. "The Wall" has a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 for a display that is just over 12 feet diagonally, whereas a traditional commercial LED wall, at that size, might only have a resolution of 1,280 x 720. Size and resolutions are not the only advantages of Samsung's new display. At 2000 nits, it is much brighter than traditional, large LCD screens.
LED walls, typically, have been designed to be modular, which Samsung appears to be embracing. Depending upon the space, you have to set up the display or the aspect ratio that you would like the screen to be. You can adapt the configuration of the panels to suit your needs. If you want the screen in the 1:1.43 aspect ratio of IMAX, the 1:2.35 of Cinemascope, or something in between like the 1:1.78 (16×9) of television, you can arrange the individual panels to your liking. Because these panels are bezel free, you may be able to add more panels in the future to make the display even larger.
We don't expect to see Samsung releasing "The Wall" at a price point that most would consider affordable anytime soon. However, when you consider how quickly the price of 4K TVs has dropped since they first hit the market a few years ago, we should expect to see similar consumer LED walls released to the market at price points close to or possibly even cheaper than the current cost of an 80 inch 4K television. Additionally, this would also ensure that the cost of professional LED walls will continue to drop. This means that not only will these LED walls be a lot more affordable for video professionals, but you'll also see an increase in their usage by businesses. Content creators should see the availability of a lot more video work for these new, large format displays.
Nvidia Teams with Acer, Asus and HP on Big Format Gaming Displays (BFGD)
A 65-inch monitor hardly seems huge given the size of many of the displays on the CES show floor. However, with most gaming monitors maxing out at 27-inches, it really is a large jump in size. For content creators, these monitors offer an increased frame rate and color gamut coverage, which is quite an improvement compared to most monitors available today.
If you are one of the few people who got to see Ang Lee's film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" projected as it was shot in 120 frames per second (fps), then you're familiar with the unique visual look of that frame rate. At 120fps motion blur is almost entirely eliminated, which creates a hyper-real aesthetic where objects in rapid motion are rendered sharply. Until recently, only a few projectors supported 120fps, but this new series of monitors will now support that frame rate. In addition to natively supporting 120fps, these monitors will also support other popular frame rate standards including 23.976, 24, and 25fps natively utilizing G-SYNC HDR from Nvidia.
BFGD monitors will utilize full-array direct backlighting with 1,000 nit peak luminance; it also supports HDR content. Additionally, the monitors are expected to cover the entire DCI-P3 color gamut, the required coverage for digital cinema projectors. This is very close to the Rec. 2020 color gamut for 4K television.
With the wide color gamut coverage, multiple native frame rate support and high peak brightness, these monitors will be very useful as preview or director/client monitors in post-production work. Prices are not yet available, but the first of the BFGD series monitors are expected to be released this summer.
With the wide color gamut coverage, native support for multiple frame rates and high peak brightness, Big Format Gaming Displays (BFGD) will be very useful as preview or client monitors in post-production work.
Cameras: Redesigned and Refined
At this year's CES, the trend of improving on existing technologies was evident with the new camera models shown.
The GH5S is an update to last year's GH5 from Panasonic. The new model has a 10 megapixel sensor as compared to the GH5, which has a 20 megapixel sensor. This is due to the fact that the GH5S is specifically designed for video capture. The larger individual pixels of the Micro 4/3 sensor create less noise and are better suited for low light video capture. Combined with the dual native ISO originally seen in the Panasonic Varicam, the GH5S could have shooting results in low light that would rival the Sony a7S II.
Combined with the dual native ISO originally seen in the Panasonic Varicam, the GH5S could have shooting results in low light that would rival the Sony a7S II.
LG showed off the new V30 phone with dual rear cameras. The specs of the rear cameras and lenses are similar to those in phones from Apple and Samsung, though the V30 really stands out in its ability to record 10-bit video. That's a feature that many professional video cameras lack. Video in 8-bit gives you 256 color values for red, green, and blue (RGB). Increasing to 10-bit video gives you 1,024 RGB values. In 8-bit video, you have over 16 million possible colors; in 10-bit video, there over 1 billion possible colors. The extra variation in color that 10-bit video offers can be very helpful in post-production. Additionally, the V30 comes with video editing software on the LG phone.
LG's new V30 phone with dual rear cameras.
Over the next year, we can expect to see these trends continue. As 4K has become the dominant resolution for cameras, we're likely to see more cameras released that are improvements on the existing models. This means you're more likely to find a camera that is well-suited to match your workflows than the one-camera-fits-all models.
Bitcoin, Kodak, Gaming, AI: What It All Means for Us
The past few months have shown a large increase in the interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Mining for many of the cryptocurrencies is done with computations done by high-end gaming video cards. This year at CES, Kodak even had a branded cryptocurrency mining machine on display in their booth, which they said would soon be available. Likewise, much of the research being done in artificial intelligence and machine learning utilizes video cards for computations. The new demands for video cards combined with the traditional demand of PC gaming has led to a shortage of high-end gaming cards. These are also the same cards that have become popular for film and video post-production work. Some retailers have been selling Nvidia and AMD cards for up to double their MSRP, with some of the cards being completely sold out.
AMD and Nvidia are working toward meeting product demands so the shortage of high-end video cards shouldn't last very long. Over the long term, the increased interest in high-end video cards, outside of their normal utilization for gaming and post-production work, should lead to a greater variety of cards being available at lower prices.
Intel and AMD Partner Up on 8th Generation Core Processors
Surprisingly, the two rival chip makers announced their partnership last November after decades of battling each other in the central processing unit (CPU) market. At this year's CES, they released details on the upcoming chips that the two companies have collaborated on.
In the past few years, many laptop manufacturers have been using chips that combine a CPU and a GPU (graphics processing unit) on a single chip for ultrabooks, convertibles and mid-range laptops. While this has helped make new laptop models more affordable, the Intel graphics processors often lack the power needed for many post-production workflows. At CES, Intel announced their new i5 and i7 CPUs with AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics. Intel claims that these new chips will have faster graphics capabilities than the current generation of discrete graphics cards for laptops. The new CPUs will also provide longer battery life than systems with discrete graphics cards. This will make finding an affordable laptop for post production work much easier. The new 8th generation i5 and i7 processors are scheduled to release sometime in the first quarter of 2018.
Intel's new i5 and i7 CPUs with AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics.
Overall: The Big Picture
Many of the exciting new products shown at this year's CES already have a history of use and reliability behind them. This is great for those of us in content creation because it means that we should be more comfortable when using this new tech.
This year's show was more about adapting and improving these existing technologies. If you've been waiting to buy a 4K camera and rig, these new improvements should ease your doubts. The demand for 4K content has never been greater, and the future continues to look promising for content creators.
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IOTAtrax
Once again at CES, there were many hoverboard and Segway-style small electric vehicles on display; however, the IOTAtrax stood out. It's a small, two wheel, self-balancing vehicle built by Inventist, the same company that built the Solowheel and Hovertrax. The IOTAtrax has two 8-inch wheels and is very small, weighing only 15 pounds. Its small size makes it an interesting option for getting dolly shots on smooth surfaces or for just getting around a location quickly. The IOTAtrax is now available for pre-order from the Inventist website.
Odin Lindblom is an award-winning editor and cinematographer whose work includes films, commercials and corporate videos.
Samsung's prototype, "The Wall", was comprised of multiple 9.37-inch LED panels to create a single 146 inch 8K television display.[/caption]
Odin Lindblom is a director, cinematographer and award-winning editor whose work includes film, commercials and corporate video.


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Bartow County is a county equivalent area found in Georgia, USA. The county government of Bartow is found in the county seat of Cartersville.
With a total 1,217.59 sq. km of land and water area, Bartow County, Georgia is the 2282nd largest county equivalent area in the United States. Home to 101,736 people, Bartow County has a total 39595 households earning 47197 on average per year.
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Area Codes 770
Time Zone EST
Major Cities Cartersville (population: 60,465), Adairsville (population: 14,866), Kingston (population: 8,407), White (population: 6,908), Rydal (population: 3,510), Taylorsville (population: 3,483), Emerson (population: 1,658)
Land Area 39,280 sq miles
Water Area 459 sq miles
Housing Units 39,595
Median Home Value $128,500
High School Grads 80% of population
Holders of Bachelors Degrees 16% of population
Retail Spending $12,699 per capita
Food & Accomodation Sales $140,737 per capita
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