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When in Sandalphon…Do as Romans Do

The mighty Nigel Riel has a most mystical and highly photogenic new sim called Sandalphon which is populated by strange beings, sculptures of people in all manner of symbolic poses and placements. It’s a place that will enchant you, and keep your mind wondering for a good while what it’s all about, and it’s just a fully engaging artistic experience.

While styling this outfit based around this rockin’ new hooded t-shirt from ::Fe Style::, I turned out looking somewhat Roman, Ceaser-like and one area inside a Roman numeral clock in Sandalphon made a perfect setting for my modern emperor to regally pose. Now feed me some grapes, slave!

Photography: ByrneDarkly Cazalet
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Hair: Connor by Exile
Face Tattoo: Circles by White Widow (recent release)
Eyes: Classic gen4 black coral by Poetic Colors
Shirt: Hooded T-Shirt Animal Print (leopard) by ::Fe Style:: (new release!) Pants: Leopard Legacy pants (from Leopard Legacy outfit) by GlamDammit
Bracelets: Selva Oscura by KOSH
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Trump Economy Spurs Record Entrepreneurship

Newly created business numbers hit a record and job openings soar. Trump's economy is booming.

Thomas Gallatin · Sep. 12, 2018

The existence of more businesses will result in the creation of more jobs, and that is exactly what has been happening in the now-robust American economy. This past July, the number of job openings hit a record of 6.94 million. This was up from June’s number of 6.82 million. The rate of people quitting their jobs rose to 2.7% among private-sector employees, which is just below the record of 2.9% set in 2001. The voluntary quit rate is indicative of a strong and growing economy because people usually switch to better paying jobs as more become available. Speaking of better pay, middle-class income hit a record high of $61,400 in 2017.

As Market Watch reports, “The U.S. economy is booming. Growth surged in the spring and has carried through summer. Unemployment is uber-low at 3.9%, layoffs are at a 50-year low and small-business owners say they are more optimistic about the economy than ever.”

All this economic growth can rightly be credited to President Donald Trump and the Republicans for their tax-cutting, deregulating, pro-growth agenda as the numbers clearly indicate, despite what Barack Obama and the Democrats claim. Take the quarterly numbers for newly created business as an example. The second quarter of 2018 saw the highest number ever recorded for new business applications at 876,201. In fact, all six quarters of Trump’s presidency have seen higher business-creation totals than any previous quarter since the government began tracking the data in 2004. And the last three quarters have all topped 800,000 new businesses created; prior to Trump no quarter had ever reached 800,000.

In the famous words of Bill Clinton’s former adviser, James Carville, “It’s the economy, stupid.” As the midterm elections near, Republicans need to be preaching this message nonstop through November, noting the fact that the only thing the Democrats are offering is the economically devastating failed ideas of socialism. Trump’s economy or Venezuela’s — the comparison couldn’t be more stark.

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Jeannie the Caterpillar

Have you heard of Jeannie the Caterpillar? I’m not sure if you have.
In any case allow me to tell you a short story about her, guys.
Jeannie was a happy go lucky, a very bubbly larva.
Staying in a lush-green forest of Peru, South America.
She loved everything about her life.
Waking up early to a warm sunlight & sauntering through dry leaves on fat old tree branch.
In search of insects smaller than her and the ones that seemed yummy & chewy inside.
She was super-content living her everyday monotonous life.
Every bit of it, she liked & felt that was that entire Universe had to offer.
Until one day, when it began to change.
Started with a tingling feeling in her stomach.
Hardly had she understood, but there was so much that was changing now.
Bright blue cells in her body had showed up before the other old ones.
And what did the other cells do now?
Hated these good looking, all charming and new cells so much.
Conspired against them, planned and attacked them all.
Told them that they did not belong here and Jeannie did not need them at all.
Bright blue cells were told, she was happy with what she had.
Bright blue cells who were few in number were the ones that did not give up.
They were the ones who stood tall, against an opposition so mighty and strong.
Bright blue cells stayed composed and fought back.
Guess what, they won.
So here our Jeanie with the help of bright blue cells, wore a gown made of soft velvety pupa.
She relaxed back inside her pupa and closed her eyes.
A few days later that she opened them and stretched out her newly gifted wings wide.
A cocoon broke apart and she inhaled in air so fresh and warm.
Looking up, Jeanie fluttered her wings now and took off.
Since that day, Jeannie kept flying, fleeting from one flower to the other.
Admiring the beauty of it, which she could not even dream of.
Had she been content of dead dry leaves on the bark.
Had the bright blue cells not fought against the ordinary ones around.
Jeannie was now a beautiful butterfly. For she chose to dream…for her dream she chose to fight.

Monsters under the bed

It was easy for her to be hard boiled about things in the daylight. She found it simple to toss around those worries-laden memories from one clock hour to the next. But at night it was another thing. At night those thoughts would swirl around in her head, in a priority set by herself long back. The memories that she diverted herself from in the bright sunny day became monsters under her bed; every time as the night drew in.

And at night as she put on the shorts, tied her hair and lied awake in her bed; she did her best to chase those monsters away, and to turn them into a cloud of mere thoughts again. And when she did so, she knew from inside that the monsters were not dead. They stayed secretly dormant in her head…in an ambush under her bed. Because they were her own thoughts, her past and present.

She got up and opened the glass window wide and let the cold breeze walk in. She let it crawl along her naked arms, all the way up to her neck and freeze her senses with thousand kisses. Standing there all by herself; she gazed at her town at night with an aesthetic sense. City was bathing in the serenity of night shimmered with dim street lights in distance and faintly lit up box sized windows of rectangle shaped buildings standing close hand in hand. She looked as far as she could and tried to capture most of her sleepy town in her eyes. She looked at the part of it that sat undressed by the lights exposing it; while the rest of the city was clothed under the darkness of night. She stood in her balcony watching helplessly; how her city was falling against the advancing army of darkness and it conquering one house after another stepwise.

She secretly envied them in her mind: them who slept so easily in those rectangle shaped buildings. She wondered if they knew a secret to lock their monsters in a safe compartment somewhere far away. She questioned herself whether her monsters were mightier than theirs, or whether they themselves were trying to battle them as well.

A faint moonlight made its way to her, shining a ray of hope on her lips; as she pursed them into a smile. She felt she had found an answer. She realised that we were all secretly dealing with our troubles and worries at night in our respecting hiding places. But then there’s always something to cheer for; something that every day gifted us all: him, her, them, you and I – a revived hope, a new reason to smile for. And that shall be enough to calm our monsters away.

So putting aside her worries and loneliness, she tucked herself in bed and retired to sleepy world with a happy face. She slept like a baby and let monsters under her bed wait for yet another night to arrive, only to be defeated by her smile again.

Parellel Universe

Dreams are bridges. They are getaways to the worlds that we create or the ones we want to go to but cannot.

Last night when I fell asleep in my warm cosy bed, I had one such dream. And in there, I had bought myself a ticket to a whole new world. It was a pretty long journey across the galaxy…with me traveling a mammoth dark world, passing stars & planets…until I had to get down at the last stop. A ‘parallel universe’ was waiting for me out there.

A lot like our world. A lot better in some sense and a lot worse in other. But then the only person that I had to meet was ‘myself’ from there.
And I met him. As expected, ‘he (me)’ was expecting me.
“Hi, I’m…” we both said at a time and did same pinch to each other.
We had so much to talk about – about ourselves. So we decided to go out for a drink.

What I mostly wanted to talk about & ‘me’ from there wanted to ask was – about the stories that we wrote, about ‘Arsenal football club’, about ‘her’ and how far we had gotten together.

“So have you published anything by now?” I asked myself from that universe and hoped to hear yes.

“Yes” him replied and teased me about him being ahead of me out there.

“Haha’’ I nervously laughed at myself and asked him about her.

“Well, we are together’’ he said with a straight face.

And I laughed at him for a while.

“hahaha at least somewhere I’m leading myself from this universe’’ I said with a proud face.

“No, you are not’’ he said with a compassionate look before continuing – “You’ll get back with her again!”

And then I made a sad puppy face and started crying before saying, “I thought in future I’ll be with someone else.’’

Him or myself from other universe comforted me saying, “Don’t worry ultimately we’ll find the right person to be with.’’

Then we drank, laughed and talked in length about our awesomeness.

We talked and talked and fell in love with each other until we realised that we are not gay.
And I realised that it would be pretty weird to be in love with myself.

So, I caught a train straight back to our universe – a better or worse but still our own and waved goodbye to ‘myself’ from the other planet.

Next morning that I got up, I went and brushed my teeth, took a bath and made my hair.

I looked at myself in the mirror for some time and life has been pretty awkward since then –

As I don’t exactly remember which one of us from the parallel universe last night, got back onto that train.

I can time-travel. I do it most of the times. Give me a pen, a book, give me a song that makes it to the ‘most played’ on my phone’s playlist and that is all I need. Sitting by the window, reading Hemingway describing the Golden age of arts and headphones playing Lifehouse lyrics in my ears – that shall be it. That shall be enough to make me almost walk down the streets of Paris; as the train comes whistling down the track in my mind and takes me away. It takes me away to the place I want to be at.

I will be awake in the long hours of that chilly night. I will be scribbling on the pages of torn notepad on the desk…trying to keep myself warm in the faint light of table lamp. I will be awake and glued to the chair listening attentively to the rain gently ridiculing the serenity of sleepy town…my forehead hair will be dancing rhythmically with the gust of wind coming through the half shut window inside. And it will be carrying with it; a scent of wet blossom of trees from the lands afar.

I will be awake for there is a drafts folder in my heart where untold stories are waiting to flow out on the paper. I shall join the pieces of memories to those of thoughts and we’ll have our jigsaw puzzle finally solved. I shall produce words that may heal your wounds, which time could only promised to. Those words shall build a bridge and I shall run with all the energy in my feet, since I know you will be at the other end of that bridge with waiting arms. That bridge shall give me a fleeting yet a chance-nonetheless of making it to you.

I will be building my time machine late in the midnight with the ingredients of words, books, memories, our songs and my thoughts. I will be waiting for the same train to arrive and check my watch to be on time to hop onto it.

I will be strolling late in the wide streets of that town in my utopia. I will be walking into late hours of night, until I bump into the sunrise and the cruel morning wakes me up. But I shall not give up because I know the night awaits…and that is when I shall finally finish building my time machine. I believe I can.

With a mind conquered by perceptions and biases towards this new town, I looked for my bag on the conveyer belt at Indira Gandhi International Airport. A journey of not more than three hours had somehow been really stressful thanks to the extra halt. So being a perfect gentleman, I lend my hand to help a fairly good looking fellow traveler to pick up her heavy suitcase off the belt. Then I tussled with a man who picked mine thinking it belonged to him.

As soon as I stepped outside the airport, millions of body cells died with air conditioning being suddenly replaced by scorching heat of Delhi summers. It was just a beginning. And it began with me arguing with a taxi driver over fare. Ultimately we decided to settle for an amount much closer to what he had quoted. It gave me a pseudo satisfaction. That’s Delhi for you. This town is mostly about outsmarting each other. Be it a cab driver, a colleague, an auto guy or someone you thought was a good friend. You do have a choice. To let them win the argument and flaunt a white flag, but that’s what you come here for. This town teaches you a lot more than that.

A metro is its lifeline and one of the best things you can come across. But its youth is what drives this town…it is what makes Delhi so vibrant and lively…through day and night. Guys – with their collars pulled up as much as they could and Girls – making it big against all odds in a town that is known for anything but safety; they can outwit you even before you know it.

Fights, struggle, hope, dreams, money…these paint Delhi into a young colourful canvas…if you have the eyes to see it.  From gullies selling Parathas to a fleet of shopping malls…from Steamy Momos to Hookah and Beer mugs clashing at one of the hundred packed lounges at Central Park…from freshly graduated crowd of English literature of best of universities in our country to people tapping their feet to the tune of any random Punjabi rap song…Delhi is a joy ride that’s completely up to the traveler’s discretion.


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How to Separate you Facebook Page from Competition – Part 2

In the first part of “How to Separate you Facebook Page from Competition” I have highlighted 6 important things you need to consider if you want to be on top of the competition.

These are:

1) Set up your strategy carefully
2) Design
3) Videos
4) Competitions
5) Page Promotion
6) Promoted Posts

Apart from the above you need to consider, and do exceptionally well, a few more things. These are not necessarily new but they need time and commitment to get really good results!

1) Content – Your Content must always be relevant to what your audience likes to see and learn from your company. It is not what you want to show them but rather what they want to see. To be more precise, if you always advertise your products on your Facebook page it can be quite boring even if your design-graphics are looking great. What you need to do is to try various information and posts and see to what people respond best. In this way you will prepare a nice mix of content to share on your page that people will respond to.

2) Insights – Facebook provides a huge data of insights for people who visit your Page. I doubt if most of you take the time to analyze those information. Insights will provide you with a better understanding of your audience’s demographics and psychographics as well as which of your posts are doing well and engage more people. This is important as it may give you a better understanding of your audience and help you shape your content towards their tastes more easily!

3) Respond – Responding is very important when it comes to engagement on Facebook. You may have noticed lately that a small button appeared on your Page called “Response Rate”. This gives a signal to visitors if your Page-Brand responds to messages and in what percentage. If you respond to 90% of messages in less than 5 minutes for a straight week then the icon turns green indicating that you are super fast. This fact plus the response you give to comments on your posts will give a huge positive impression about you and how well you care about customers!

4) Monitor Competition – Monitoring your competition can be an easy way to give you an edge or evaluate how much better or worse you are doing. Facebook Insights allows you to monitor some of the competition and how well they perform in some area against your company. In this way you can see which kind of posts have more engagement against your ones or how much reach they have. These insights can help you set targets or give you ideas to generate new type of content or type of approach!

5) Be Creative – Creativity in Social Media is not something new. You may have heard it before for all sorts of reasons. Creativity in your content, creativity in your design graphics, creativity on how you differentiate your Brand are just a few ways to be creative. Creativity though may be also found if you use some new ways to get your message across that competition has never used before! Let me give you an example. If you see that competition is not using videos to answer questions and solve problems for clients then that might be a creative way to communicate with your audience. Another way may be to invite a professional to talk about a subject of interest to your clients (imagine the response to that if competition is not doing it).

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be defined as a corporation’s need to take into account the social, environmental and human effects it has on the community and its employees. CSR is driven by shareholder activism that brings perspective, education, and awareness to corporations, and leverages ownership of shares in the company to make the voices of those less powerful heard.

  • CSR looks at the most effective ways we can fulfill the mission of the church and leave the world a better place.
  • CSR is a strategy for achieving our mission within the world of faith and finance.
  • CSR engages companies with the moral and theological perspective of ethical action.
  • CSR emphasizes good corporate governance, environmental responsibility, humane labor practices and human rights in its witness to corporations.
  • CSR responds to the leading of the United Church of Christ, but is also broadly ecumenical through participation in the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
  • CSR is not just something the Pension Boards does, but something we encourage everyone to do – to become educated about their investments and consider shareholder activism as a social justice tool.
  • CSR balances the interests of beneficiaries of invested funds with the historic witness of the UCC to justice, equality and human rights.
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The Pension Boards, both directly and through its membership in the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, engages in a program of corporate social responsibility in order that the retirement benefits held in trust for its members and annuitants are invested in a socially responsible way.

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We produce farmstead cheese hand made from our very own Normande cow’s milk

We also raise Katahdin sheep, Cashmere goats and produce herbal supplements.

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 This week’s topic brings back memories of days gone by and just might stir up the desire in you to cook over an open fire. Well perhaps not you. Maybe someone you know. In any case, I thank you all for listening and hope you find this information useful. Thank you,...

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The Tradition of Mothering

Happy Mother’s Day and welcome to all the new listeners and a shout out to all of the veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the FarmCast every week. I appreciate you all so much. There is a ton of stuff going on at the homestead right now and I’m so excited to...

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Traditional Healing Wisdom

Traditional Healing Wisdom has been with us since the beginning of time. Exploring where we are with that today is my main topic for this edition of the Peaceful Heart FarmCast. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to all...

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Valentine’s Day Is What You Make It

Way back in elementary school, we were exposed for the first time, to the lack of effort and commitment to celebrating Valentine’s Day.  Of course, for many, this was also the first exposure to rejection.  For me, our art class time was dedicated every year to making homemade Valentine’s cards to be distributed to the “class” mailbox that had been created in our classroom for just this occasion.  Other years, we got even craftier, creating our own Valentine Mail Box out of a shoe box so that our classmates could watch each other distribute their cards to everyone, well almost everyone.  Needless to say, I did not care about Valentine’s Day in elementary school.

In my later school years, I have to admit, Valentine’s Day did mean a little bit more, as actual interacting with someone meant developing feelings, so there was this “feeling of love” that could be associated with celebrating Valentine’s Day.  For me this carried into adulthood.

I do consider myself to be a bit of a romantic.  And I can admit that there are at least two that will disagree with that statement.  But if they dug deep down into memories through the relationships, they will find that at least for part of the relationships, there was romance.

Over time, I can admit that I have become a bit of a cynic, that Valentine’s Day has become nothing more than an overcommercialized event created by Hallmark.  My attitude has always been that to celebrate love, you should be in love.  And if you are in love, then it should be celebrated every day, not just on February 14th, so why single out a particular day?  Most people will celebrate an anniversary of their relationship whether it be by weeks, months, or years.  So again, why create another day, other than to profit off the smitten?

It is this cynicism that has provided countless television episodes dedicated to the simplicity that a lot of men have towards Cupid’s holiday.

All that is often expected, and I am emphasizing expected, is that perhaps flowers and candy are remembered, maybe a romantic dinner, and of course… wink, wink… some romance.

But as I said, I believe myself to be a romantic.  I have never had any difficulty coming up with ways to woo anyone special in my life.  Three marriage proposals (only resulting in two marriages) all were orchestrated romantically from the actual act of asking the father to marry his daughter (even in her middle age I did it) to dressing up as a Disney character delivering balloons with one balloon asking to marry me (she had no idea I was in the costume).

Last Valentine’s Day was a day that I would rather forget, and not because of being in the process of my second divorce, but it was around that time that we discovered that my father’s cancer had become terminal, and I would spend the next many months by his side, acting as his medical proxy.

So following my father’s passing last May, and with the process of my divorce still continuing, and missing my children, I have not felt like celebrating holidays in the traditional sense.  Which kind of makes this year’s Valentine’s Day have a special meaning to me once again.

Josephine and I have gone through a lot of tragedy and stress over the past year.  I lost both my best friend of 14 years in my Golden Retriever and my father who was not just a parent, but a friend and confidante.  Josephine had just lost her son, who successfully completed his treatments for the same cancer I once dealt with, only to pass away from complications of a side effect from one of the drugs used to put him into remission.  Needless to say, neither of us have really put any heart into celebrating anything.

But that is not to say that we did not recognize the holidays.  Because of other issues, celebrations have been kept quite humble.  Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve were not about gifts and late night partying, it was about spending time together, not just ourselves, but with others who were spending holidays alone, or also were looking for other ways to spend the holiday.

Valentine’s Day will once again be recognized by me after a one-year hiatus.  But unfortunately for Hallmark stockholders, it will not be their benefit.  No, this year, Valentine’s Day is all about spending time with someone who wants to spend time with me, and me with her.  We like each others company.  And we both comfort each other in dealing with our losses, and other pains that we are dealing with emotionally.  It is because we both know that things will get better for both of us, that this holiday will probably be one of my most memorable Valentine’s Days because it is truly about love and caring for those, not just in their happiest and most romantic of times, but even in the darkest days of struggles.

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Strange Man at Iri – Chapter 8 (a)

Hey everyone. Please forgive the late update. I promise to not do it again. ?. So, here we go. Chapter 8 (a) Valerie stood, fixed in her spot. Was it…

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5 Timeless Costume Ideas for Young Kids

Supernatural Creatures

A fun way to get into the spooky spirit of Halloween is by dressing up your little one as a supernatural creature. Two quick and easy options for younger babies and toddlers are angels and demons. Parents can put them in a white or red infant bodysuit or outfit; then, the tot can wear a headband sporting a halo or devil horns. Of course, a witch costume is also one of the most classic Halloween characters, and the signature black hats are available to fit even small heads. Or, to make things as effortless as possible, grab an old sheet, cut out two eye holes and a mouth hole, and a kid can dress up as an old-school ghost.


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Marshall Brain's Father's Day Gift Guide

Tools are Nice
A drill
A drill

When I was 15 years old, my grandfather gave me a really nice socket set for my birthday. He's been dead for 20 years now, but I still have that socket set and I use it all the time. Whenever I use it, I think about him -- my point being, good tools make a nice gift that can last a very long time. If your father is the kind of guy who fixes things around the house, tools are always nice. Here are some ideas:

A ladder
A saw
A tool belt
A stud finder
A laser level
A new drill bit set*
A good socket set**
A paint sprayer
Anything for the yard
A really nice sprinkler
A grill

On that last one, is a grill really a tool? Yes. Of course it is.

*Go out in the garage and see how many of his bits are missing from the case. If it is more than two, a nice new set of bits is a great gift.

**Ditto the advice on drill bits.


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Another Mary Update

5821 N. Broadway
Adult female Auntie Em (b/g 5/*P, 1999, Milwaukee, WI) and adult male Tracy (b/g *P/M, 1997 Broadway, Chicago, IL) had five eggs. The first chick was sighted on May 9th.

Belmont & LSD
In the fall of 2006, a pair of peregrines began using the ledges of a building near Belmont and Lake Shore Drive. On November 21, 2006 the female was identified as Ballistic (b/g 69/C, 2005, Cleveland, OH) and the male was identified only as far as having a b/g band. We received no new reports regarding this pair again until then end of April 2007. Apparently, two eggs were laid in a gutter and lost during a rainstorm on 4/2/07. Ballistic was reported at the end of March over at St. Michael’s, paired with adult male Hops (see St. Michael’s below).

Evanston Library
Unnamed adult female (b/g 64/D, 2004, Cedar Rapids, IA) and adult male Squawker (b/g 48/M, 2003, Pleasant Prairie, WI) had four eggs. The first of four chicks hatched on 5/11/07.

Metropolitan Correctional Center (Prison Birds)
Birds nesting, eyrie not visible. Adult female Hercules (b/r *D/W, 1997, Minneapolis, MN) and adult male probably Emily (b/g 5/*E, 2000, Milwaukee, WI) (the top number 5 has been confirmed). Note on adult id: Names not confused, the male was banded as a female.

Pilsen Park
Adult female Bryanne (b/g 9/*Y, 2000, Froedtert Malt building, Milwaukee, WI) and unnamed adult male (b/g L/N, 2000, Broadway, Chicago, IL) had four eggs. Two eggs hatched and one male and one female were banded on 5/22/07.

Adult female Rosie (b/r *6/D, 1997, Milwaukee, WI) and an unbanded male (probably the same as last year) had four eggs laid by April 7th. Three chicks hatched around May 11th.

Uptown Theatre
Adult female Zoom (b/r *4/H, 1997, St. Paul, MN) and unnamed adult male (b/g G/G, 2001, Wheatfield, IN) had four eggs. Three eggs hatched and three male chicks were banded on 5/24/07.

Adult female Rahn (b/g 01/A, 2001, Sheboygan, WI) and adult male Etienne (b/b 7/6, 2002, Etobicoke, Ontario) had 3+ eggs. Two eggs hatched and two female chicks are to be banded on 6/1/07.

Adult female Fran (b/g 5/*X, 1999, Milwaukee, WI) and unidentified adult male (b/g) had four eggs. Three eggs hatched and two males and one female were banded on 6/1/07.

Hyde Park
While only one peregrine at a time has been seen, a female, Magnolia (black 22R, 1991, LaCrosse, WI) was present on 5/29/07. Magnolia has been in Hyde Park for 14 years. She was defensive of a gutter but nesting cannot be confirmed at this point. In November 2006, we received photo confirmation of male S/T (2005, Unitarian Church, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL), who nested there in 2005 mated with his mother Magnolia.

The ledge used by the peregrines at this site is not accessible or really very visible. From the street, we could see that adult birds were present at site in April & May 2007.

Fermilab, Batavia IL
A pair of peregrines are utilizing the ledges on the main building at Fermilab. No nesting is confirmed but both adults have been identified. The adult female is Neomi Jo (b/r P/*L, 2006, Trimble Co., KY) and the adult male is Joe (b/g D/11, 2005, Broadway, Chicago, IL).

Field Museum
A pair of peregrines have been seen this year using the ledges on the Field Museum. The ledges thought to be the nest ledge is inaccessible and without an avenue for viewing. Copulation was observed in late March and again in May. The peregrines were absent from the site throughout the majority of April and returned near the end of the month. Nesting has not been confirmed. The adult male is unbanded and the female has been identified as b/g 73/??.

There are birds present, but as yet, no adult identifications have been confirmed nor any nesting verified.

River Birds
Peregrines have been reported in the neighborhood of Adams in Wacker. Two adults were sighted in March. Recently a peregrine has been observed in that neighborhood flying along the Chicago River and frequenting the Prudential building.

St. Michael’s Church
Previous female, Kelliwatt (b/g 60/D, 2004, Aberdeen, OH), seen gravely wounded after laying a blood covered egg. She has not been seen since late March, although her body has not been found either. The new adult female seems to be Ballistic (b/g 69/C, 2005, Bohn Building, Cleveland, OH). The adult male is Kelliwatt’s mate, Hopes (b/g 58/M, 2003, Milwaukee, WI). Although both adults have been present at the nesting site, a check of the eyrie revealed no eggs or nesting attempt.

Bloomington, IL
This seemed to be a wintering site for 2006/2007. A single bird over-wintered and was last sighted during the week of March 5th. A nest box is present.

Lake Calumet / Skyway
No activity has been noted for 2007. Birds were observed in 2006, including copulation. Two immature peregrines were observed near the skyway bridge.

Loyola Campus, Chicago
A juvenile peregrine was sighted on a Jesuit residence on 5/9/07. It was also seen on Mundelein looking over Sheridan Road.

Peoria, IL
No current activity. A mature male and immature female were seen during the winter of 2005/2006. A nest box installed during this time period as well.

~ by Steph on June 6, 2007.


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Bathroom Faucets Birken

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An elegantly designed bathroom with the right faucets and well-designed bathroom fixtures can add that spark that lifts your thoughts and your emotions.

Have you ever visited the washroom facilities in a cafe and return to your table to extol over the beauty of it and insist friends and family go into see it? If you've ever done any bathroom redesigns, you'll remember that each guest who uses your bathroom will comment or question you on the upgrade. People love a beautiful bathroom. We notice it as a sanctuary, and any modification which makes the area more luxurious, functional or gorgeous wows us. A well-designed bathroom faucet is more than simply a bathroom fixture. It is element of a bigger structure. Water not only gives life, it is a symbol of flow and balance. This is why many gardens include flowing water as a part of their integral structure. Shouldn't the water flow from something amazing? The very best faucets do this elegantly, so as to sustain the harmony of your bathroom. They are sleek and quiet, with only a relaxing whisper of water, yet they are fast and powerful, delivering water quickly and easily. When choosing a faucet, don't think about it as a single simple faucet fixture. Look at it in the context of your overall bathroom. What style are you currently trying to create? Choose your bathrooms faucet that'll make life a tad bit more pleasant and have tongues wagging!

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Tradeshow Denimsandjeans.com bets on India’s supplying strength

The 3rd edition of Denimsandjeans.com India, a two-day show slated to be held from July 17 in Bengaluru, will focus on the strengths of India not only as a supply base for local and global markets.

“We feel that the inflexion point both in terms of buoyancy of markets and sourcing base is about to be reached and it will entail large growth in both segments,” Sandeep Agarwal, Founder of Denimsandjeans, said.

Additionally, the restructuring of the taxation systems etc. did have some impact on the industry but the tradfair organiser sees a large overall growth coming up in 2019-20 and following years,

The 2019 show will have over 50 apparel companies exhibiting their supplying strength.

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Enter to win Mackie MP-220 In-Ear Monitors for your entire band

We’re looking for one lucky band to get a complete in-ear monitor overhaul for their upcoming gigs, featuring brand-new Mackie MP-220 sets for your ENTIRE lineup. Scroll down to ENTER NOW and learn more.

Can your band benefit from in-ear monitors that allow you to more accurately hear your mix? Well, we’ve got just the thing! Our friends at Mackie are looking for one lucky band to become their trusted product testers, demo’ing in-ear monitors from their new MP Series  – up to six pairs of the MP220’s for your entire band to test out live, on stage.

The selected artist will document their behind-the-scenes usage of the in-ears through video and social media, as they incorporate them into their upcoming live gigs. The selected band will get to keep all the gear they test and will also be featured in an upcoming issue of Performer. Cool, huh!

Scroll down for more detailed info about the MP-220 in-ear monitors from MACKIE, and good luck!

About the Mackie MP-220 In-Ear Monitors

When you need to hear yourself and everything else as clearly as possible on stage, in-ear monitors are the ultimate solution. MP Series Professional In-Ear Monitors offer the clarity and bass response you need to perform your best while being comfortable enough to wear all night.

The MP-220 steps up the count with two dynamic drivers in each monitor. In addition to offering cleaner performance at higher levels, it allows the monitor to achieve higher efficiency evenly across the entire frequency range. Because you have twice the drivers taking care of the same job, they can resolve details and nuance in the sound much better, this also means increased bass which dynamic drivers are particularly good at.

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Prioritizing Your Personal Finances For A Better Future

When it comes to personal finances, there are so many things to consider that it can seem overwhelming. Truly, you need a solid foundation, and you need to continue learning as you go along. With the right advice, you can take control of your finances. Continue reading for some helpful tips regarding prioritizing your personal finances for a better future.

Make sure you have developed your own personal budget. This is mandatory in order to have control over your finances. How can you be in control if you’re not keeping track of everything? Budgeting doesn’t have to be boring. It can be a lot of fun if you set goals and get motivated. Write down all of your expenses, match them against your income, make cuts where needed, and get to work. Start setting those saving goals.

You need to make sure you save your receipts in order to track your expenses and help yourself come tax time. It’s important to know how you’re doing. It’s also very important to have receipts for all expenditures to make tax time go smoothly. Don’t shove them in a shoe box. Instead, file them according to categories, and do this religiously so that you’re not doing it all at once at the end of the year.

Don’t buy things just because they’re on sale. Have you seen the people standing in stores the morning after Thanksgiving? The store owners have brains, and they know that sales are going to attract customers. Sure, it can be a great time to buy something at a cheaper price, but were you planning on buying it anyway? If not, you’re just spending extra money. Don’t just buy things because they are on sale!

You should have one account set aside that is only for your savings and what you call your emergency fund. Start out with a goal of 500 dollars, and then take it up to 1000. If you’re already past this point, then take it further. Everyone’s emergency fund should have three to six months worth of living expenses in liquid cash. Have you gotten there yet?

While the use of major credit cards is necessary to build credit, many people abuse them. Make sure you only keep two major credit cards. Don’t go credit crazy and keep applying for every single one that you see. That will get you into so much debt that you won’t be able to get your head out of water. Pay off your balances at the end of the month. If you’re not able to do this, try your hardest to keep as much of your credit available as possible. Do not max your credit cards out.

There are many poor habits when it comes to personal finances that people adopt over time. Instead of adopting those bad habits, work towards a more disciplined financial future. You can do this, and with hard work and determination, you will see progress much sooner than you thought possible.


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The Hall of Mirrors – Radical Individualism

The hall of mirrors by Peter Corney
In the past some of the great houses of Europe were built with the special feature of a hall or room where all the walls are lined with mirrors so that as you enter all you see are reflections of your own image. No doubt an interior design feature that their wealthy owners found pleasing! They have also been reproduced in some modern buildings with the ceiling lined with mirrors as well.
Also in the past a feature of the travelling circus or carnival was often a tent of mirrors but these were designed to distort your image for fun. Some made you look short and fat, some thin and tall, others gave you a rippled effect or showed your image out of focus. The effect was comic and amusing. I remember as a boy spending some of my precious pocket money on a side show tent of “fun mirrors” at the Perth Royal Show!
One of the features our Post Modern world has embraced is an attitude of mind like the hall of mirrors where the self is constantly reflecting on itself. We all have a tendency to be preoccupied by our – selves, how we feel, how we look, what others think of us. Self – interest is a perpetual preoccupation! In our teenage years it becomes an obsession, one that has now been facilitated by social media to levels dangerous to youth mental health.
But our Post Modern world has embraced an attitude of mind that has taken our natural tendency to a new level in the realm of ideas, values, truth and meaning. The individual’s subjective view and perspective has become the primary authority, particularly in matters of meaning, purpose, ethical values, right and wrong. Now the individual’s subjective view is unmodified by, nor subject to, any external authority or notion of objective truth, let alone by any concept of transcendent values. This is further reinforced by an idea of personal freedom where the individuals will and choice is primary and sacrosanct, an idea reinforced daily by living in the consumer/ marketing society of unlimited personal choice. The sense of obligation to some common good or community responsibility is being overwhelmed by this trend.
Hyper individualism has also been reinforced by a fashion in parenting and education that has overcorrected some negative elements of the past and substituted them uncritically with the language and emphasis of the Self Esteem and Human Potential Movements – “You can do anything, be anything”, “anything is possible if you believe in yourself.” Self-control and concern for the feelings of others is also pushed aside by the closely related Self Expression Movement – with the encouragement to “be yourself”, “don’t repress your feelings”, “ be authentic, say what you feel”, “be true to yourself”, “you have a right to say what you think”, your opinion is as good as anyone else’s.”  *  All this has fed an overinflated sense of entitlement and an ugly narcissism. Also weak and overindulgent parenting has lowered the bar for children on facing the tough side of life, its limits on self interest, its requirement for accountability for our bad decisions and selfishness.
This kind of radical individualism that is self- authorising is like the hall of mirrors, in the end you are trapped in a room of reflections of yourself. In fact it may be more accurate to see it as the side show tent of distorted mirrors as our individual inner worlds are so often distorted by our own desperate needs, desires, dysfunctions, past hurts, ignorance and self-interest. The hall or tent of mirrors cuts you off from the wisdom, experience and knowledge that is greater than your own.
The fact is we can’t be anything we want to be; only people with a certain kind of physical make up can be an Olympic sprinter! The fact is an individual’s knowledge is limited! The fact is our individual capacities vary! The fact is that at 17 or 18 years your life experience, wisdom and skills are limited!
This cultural fashion has set up a whole generation for a great disappointment and the evidence is now coming in. All the recent surveys on the mental health of young people in Australia are telling us that they have poor resilience in the face of failure and the inevitable difficulties that life throws at us all; they have high levels of depression and anxiety. The alarming fact is that one in four suffers from some serious mental health issue.
Radical individualism is a problem for the individual’s health; it is a problem for building healthy marriages and families; it is a problem for our communal and social health; it is a problem for the political health of our democracies. The solutions are not very palatable for a Post- Modern and materially prosperous society like Australia as they take us back into many of the very ideas and values that so called progressives have rejected and ridiculed.
Christian communities have to now redouble their efforts to faithfully and alternatively live out the values that have been rejected by a section of our society, or in many cases just been worn down by our prosperity, the contemporary media and an over reactive education system captured by fashionable ideas. This places a high priority on Christian parental teaching and example and Church youth ministry that must work harder and more creatively at Christian education and discipleship training. At tertiary level education Christian young people will find themselves in a context where the world view framework is allegedly neutral but in fact is frequently aggressively ‘progressive’, secular and often anti-Christian. They need to be equipped to understand the ideas behind what they are facing and how to respond. Those entering higher education or any level of political activity need to understand the intellectual, ideological and cultural contest to which they will be exposed and prepared for significant ‘soft persecution’. To some it may sound extreem to say that Christians are now in a new cultural war but that is the reality! (2Tim 3:1-5)

The upside of all this is that there is an increasingly dissatisfied and growing group of people in our community who are unhappy at the results of what our contemporary society has produced. They are concerned with: our mental health crisis, particularly among the young; with marriage and family health; with the alarming number of children now in State care; with the loss of values and ethics in business and finance; with the state of our political processes and the level of public discourse. These concerns may develop into a groundswell of desire for a recovery of those values and ideas that we have turned away from.
Peter Corney.

( * Note: Some time ago the US Christian Psychologist and academic Dr Paul Vitz wrote an outstanding book that traced the roots of the so called Human Potential Movement entitled ”Psychology as Religion – The cult of self worship.” [ Pub. Eerdmans 2nd Ed. 1994 ] It traces its origins in a form of secular humanism based on worship of the self and its most influential and well known theorists. For anyone wishing to understand the academic and theoretical origins of the psychological theories behind the popular versions of the Self Esteem, Self Expression, Self Actualisation, etc., movements it is an excellent guide. The range of popular books and training seminars has multiplied over the years and widely influenced parenting, education, staff training and therapeutic practice.)


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Severely neglected puppy fights for her life

Tiny Francesca was found as a stray on Monday – and yes, it’s almost impossible to imagine how anyone could be so heartless as to abandon a defenseless and severely neglected puppy with an acute infection all over her face and frail body.

According to the Greater Birmingham Humane Society, Francesca was discovered by a Good Samaritan in Jefferson County, Alabama and brought to the organization for life saving care. Francesca faces a long road to recovery; she suffers from acute dermatitis, open sores and pustules over her face and body; many of which have become septic. No one can be sure what happened in Francesca’s short life thus far, but only extreme neglect could have contributed to the pain and agony this puppy has endured. On Tuesday afternoon, the organization posted the following update for their followers on Facebook:

Allison Black Cornelius: “She has a severe bacterial infection that could have come from an infected bite. Fleas. Wound. It is septic and resulting in large open wounds on her body. Very grateful to the Good Samaritan that found her in a Birmingham park and brought her to us.”

The puppy is currently in the care of the veterinarians at the Humane Society who are dedicated to helping Francesca make a full recovery and then be made available for adoption. Her recovery is expected to take more than a month, but hopefully this adorable pup will be ready to go home for the holidays.

Her recovery can be followed on the organization’s Facebook page. Donations to help Francesca are appreciated and can be made by clicking here. (or  TEXT DOG or CAT to 52000 to easily donate $10.)

(Photo of severely neglected puppy via Laura Brinkman )

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  1. pennysdachshund says:

    The “Worthless Maggot ” that allowed this to happen to such a poor innocent puppy NEEDS Lead POISONING from a 38!!! What the HELL is going on in Alabama has “METH” “CRANK” “HEROIN ” taken over the ENTIRE STATE!!! BRAIN DDEAD SYNDROME!!! or JUST PLAIN EVIL SOULS WALKING AROUND LIKE THE ZOMBI WORSHIPERS!!!!! Good GOD ALMIGHTY!!!

  2. Sharon E Rouse says:

    Thank you for taking this puppy in and providing the love and medication for her healing
    God bless your cause and bless you with a generous amount of monies to heal and find these precious babies homes.

  3. Angie B says:

    Thank you for all you do for all the neglected, abused and unwanted dogs and cats. Everyone there is a mighty ray of sunshine in this sometimes dark and unfriendly world.

  4. Sophie Reed says:

    Who would do that? How do people get away with hurting innocent animals? She is such a sweet, loving little pup and I hope she finds her forever home soon! Best of luck to Francesca!

  5. Debor33 says:

    Could we please get an update on Francesca? Her story broke my heart….is she well, where is she living now?

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Area Talent Shows Were a Delight to Photograph this Past Weekend

Friday night I was at the 2014 Athens Follies, “Remember the Feeling… Enjoy the Fun” and Saturday night I was at the 2014 Cabaret in Tekonsha, “Black Tie Affair, Under the Stars”.  Both productions were student based with assistance from teachers, parents and the community.

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What was the most interesting between the 2  productions though was that the 2014 Athens Follies had mostly singing and choreographed dancing while the 2014 Tekonsha Cabaret was singing and skits or plays with acting.

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Both events were held in their school’s gymnasium with public invited to watch.  Both events had a stage crew, ushers and programs but at Tekonsha the students really did run the show with lighting, music, curtains and communication. While the 2014 Athens Follies is open to all students K-12 the 2014 Tekonsha Cabaret was 7-12 grades.

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I was amazed with the talent at both shows especially with some of the solo artists.  There was range from playing the guitar to saxophone and even a violin!

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Now as a photographer, I will have to admit that the Follies and the Cabaret can be my most challenging events to photograph.  It is completely pitch dark in the gymnasiums with spotlights and stage lights but not controlled by me.  Freezing motion in this type of setting is extremely hard.  However, I always manage to get some good pictures even though I probably drove those sitting next to up the wall with the number of clicks they heard and all of my movement!

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A NEW Project ~ Bike Night on Tuesday Nights

This summer I was asked to take on a new project.  The project was to Photograph bikers and their motorcycles at Bike Night on Tuesday night, July 16th at JD’s Country Connection.  As many of you know I specialize in Sports & Portrait Photography but I have always been open to challenging my skills.  Over the past few months I have had a Newborn Session, a Wedding, and a Horse Session all of which has brought their own challenges!  With that said, despite the heat and the harsh sunlight, I was able to capture some amazing portraits during this Bike Night Session which has led to me rediscovering black and white photography.

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Years ago I took some 35 mm photography classes at Kellogg Community College including a black and white film class.  Not only did I learn how to photograph in black and white but I also learned how to develop my own 35 mm film, process that film and create my own prints in a darkroom.  Now days with digital photography we have a darkroom right at our finger tips and so much easier to use!

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While working on these portraits I discovered the wonderful attributes they held for black and white photography.  The process of converting color digital photographs to black and white brings on a new appreciation for the lighting and contrast a color photograph holds. You can literally see the emphasis on ones character and story change during the process of black and white photography.

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Photographing bikers and their motorcycles is an exciting experience.  Not only am I expanding my photographic skills but I am meeting some really neat people. You will find me at JD’s Country Connection around 7 pm on Tuesday nights for the remainder of the summer.  JD’s Country Connection is located on the corner of M-60 and Old 27 in Tekonsha, Michigan.

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You can find Photography by Char on Facebook along with more photographs from Bike Nights at JD’s.


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Fizeau’s Test

Scarcely a month has passed since my process was made known and already, on all sides, people claim to have extended its boundaries by finding the means of multiplying its results by engraving and other means not yet determined. — Daguerre, 1839

At the dawn of the invention of photography, scientists began exploring and exploiting the somewhat earth-shattering announcement of the daguerreotype. The greatest scientific minds in France and Britain made it their mission to convert what was, at that point, a fascinating but impractical phenomenon into a powerful and profitable one. Alfred Donné of Paris and Josef Berres of Vienna were among the first to meet limited success showing prints from etched Daguerreotypes in 1839 and 1840, respectively. Their results from simple etching, however, were not of acceptable quality.

Hippolyte Louis Fizeau Young man with top hat, 1840 or 1841 Heliogravure from a daguerreotype taken in the studio of Nicolas-Marie Paymal Lerebours (1807–1873)

By far the most successful process for transforming daguerreotypes into intaglio plates was that developed by Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau (1819–1896). While his early examples lacked halftone and detail, Fizeau’s later prints succeeded by graining the plate with rosin before a final etching. He described his prints as being made “without engraving or retouching by an artist,” though, as objectively successful as Fizeau’s prints were, they were not altogether satisfying. Despite their precision, they remained far from the magical surface and seemingly infinite detail of the daguerreotype plate and they seemed arbitrary and inelegant when compared the work of classical engravers. With the rise of Talbot’s calotype and its reproducibility, Fizeau’s process ultimately proved a dead end. Though clearly capable of fine results, it was too complex to be readily practicable, and few prints beyond the inventor’s demonstration pieces survive.

This portrait is one of the very few remaining Fizeau examples of experiments to have survived. We are grateful to have it in the collection.

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Open Discussion: Week of June 11th

The Phillies were 2-5 last week.  Hope you enjoyed their 4-game winning streak when they won the first two games of the Atlanta series.  They floundered their way to five losses after that.

The Phillies are still the worst team in baseball with a 21-40 record and .344 winning percentage.  Things get better when they face the  Red Sox and Diamondbacks.

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How do I get my project started?

We invite you to contact Dusty Bitton 208-315-0090 dusty@pinetopmccall.com to set up a meeting and talk over your plans. We’ll listen to your ideas, explain our process in detail and answer all your questions.

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What sets a Pinetop Custom Homes apart from other custom homes?

The quality, craftsmanship, and attention to detail in every Pinetop project are evident as you walk through one of our homes. Visit our Gallery to see some examples of our work. Pinetop has the experience to build in the mountain environment and is on the leading edge of energy efficiency, construction processes, and design features that give Pinetop homes a distinctive look and feel. Pinetop has a talented team of professionals that can effectively manage your project from choosing and acquiring a suitable building site, creating an efficient design, constructing and finishing your custom home to meet your requirements and budget.

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How does the new-home building process typically work with Pinetop Custom Homes?

Pinetop has the full capabilities to design and build your home, offering you the convenience of a single point of contact. We also have relationships with local area architects that we can recommend to you based the specifics of your project. Our process always centers on you, from planning through completed construction. With plans and building site in hand, we’ll then prepare a detailed construction specification and estimate for your review.

Because we aim to deliver a 100% turn-key project, we’ll work with you to create a spec that’s within your budget — and strive to keep to it throughout your build. Pinetop will obtain all the necessary building permits and design review approvals for you. Throughout the construction process Pinetop will schedule a number of onsite meetings to get your input on framing, electrical, plumbing, and finishing plans. Our intent is to avoid any surprises and make sure all parties are on the same page, make timely decisions, and keep on our schedule.

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How does the design process typically work with Pinetop Custom Homes?

Pinetop has a number of design plans to choose from homes that we have built. We can start with one of these plans and adjust it to meet your requirements and lot parameters. We can also start with a plan you find online or a sketch you have done. In our initial meeting we will have a detailed list of questions to help define your requirements and specifications for your home. We can help you understand what will drive your costs and how to efficiently design your home.

Pinetop uses Chief Architect Design software to use technology to create your design right before your eyes with your input included on a real time basis. This will not only show you layouts and elevations but also three dimensional doll house views that show you your interior views and even include your furniture and fixtures!

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How does the interior design process typically work with Pinetop Custom Homes?

Pinetop has built many homes and has numerous examples of interior finish selections and design features to preview for ideas for your home. Through this experience and the utilization of professional interior designers we can assist you whether you know exactly what you want in your home or as we have heard from some clients that they “don’t have a clue”. We will assess each client’s needs in this area and develop a game plan from there.

Our suppliers offer a wealth of knowledge and expertise in their specific product line and are on the cutting edge of innovation and design trends. You will spend a day or two in Boise visiting the various supply houses to learn about products and make your final selections that will finish out your home in style and elegance.

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How much does it cost to build a Pinetop Custom Home?

This is seemingly a simple question but requires a fairly complex answer based on numerous inputs and requirements to reach a per square foot cost for each unique custom home that Pinetop builds. That being said Pinetop has a good handle on historical costs, current lumber and materials pricing, labor costs, and finish costs that go into building a high energy efficient, quality, nicely appointed home.

We are currently seeing cost per square foot for our Pinetop standard homes ranging from $250 to $300. The standard package includes high efficiency Lennox forced air electric heat, Energy Seal spray foam insulation, 2 x 6 wall panel construction with the Zip sheathing system, tile and pre finished engineered hardwood flooring, alder cabinets, granite countertops, gas fireplace insert, knotty pine doors and trim package, stainless steel appliances, Moen plumbing fixtures, and oil rubbed bronze lighting fixtures.

The larger and more unique homes with upgraded infrastructure and finish items can be in the $300 to $350 per square foot range. Additional features include radiant heat slab on grade, high efficiency heat pumps, tank less water heaters, extensive interior and exterior stone work, walk in tile showers, custom tile and hardwood flooring, knotty alder door and trim packages, custom made and stained /painted cabinetry, Timber Tech decking, Pella Architect Series wood windows and doors, interior and exterior timber trusses, and upgraded plumbing, lighting, and appliance packages.

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How does the remodeling process typically work with Pinetop?

Pinetop gives smaller projects the same level of personal care and attention to detail that we give to the new custom homes we build.

Pinetop will come out to review the project and collect the scope of work. From this information, a preliminary design plan will be created and sent to you for your review and comment.

We’ll then prepare a detailed construction specification and estimate for your review. Because we aim to deliver a 100% turnkey project, we’ll work with you to create a spec that’s within your budget — and strive to keep to it throughout your build.

Pinetop will obtain all the necessary building permits and design review approvals for you.

As construction progresses, we’ll meet with you regularly to keep you up to date on our progress against your schedule and budget. If a decision needs to be made you’ll always be part of the discussion. Managing your costs is as important to us as it is to you.

In addition, we’ll do our utmost to minimize the disruption that a remodel or addition can create.

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How do Pinetop and its clients communicate? How accessible is your staff when I have a concern?

Constant contact and constant input are at the heart of our communications with our client. We aim to work collaboratively with you, and are always available. Pinetop is savvy with technology that helps us keep connected efficiently via phone, text, e mail, google apps, skype, website, facebook, houzz etc.

Pinetop also utilizes Builder Trend, a web based software package to manage the schedule, post progress pictures, and communicate details and information to keep you informed on the project with 24/7 access.

Pinetop’s personal touch extends to the regular meetings you’ll have with the Pinetop team members. In these discussions we’ll talk together about the progress of the job, how we’re doing against your budget and any issues that have arisen. The goal: To keep you in the loop at all times, and eliminate any surprises.

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Do I need my own land, plans or financing before I call Pinetop?

You can come to us with a building lot, architectural plans and financing in place. Or we can work with you to acquire land, create your home plans and/or secure financing.

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How much input and control will I have in my project?

Our team wants to build (or remodel) your home the way you envision it. As our valued client, you are involved in all decisions regarding your project. We stay in constant communication with you. And we strive to minimize added costs by assembling a total cost package that meets your specifications early in the planning process.

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Who does the work?

Our reputation is only as good as the work we do for you — which is why Pinetop’s owner Dusty Bitton personally oversees all work by being onsite to inspect what we expect. Dusty also manages the schedule and subcontractors scopes of work.  Carrie Potter is our Office Manager and handles all of the bill payments, lien releases, and monthly accounting of your project.

The contractors who will build your home are highly skilled and deeply experienced in their trade — in our opinion, they’re the best in the field. They’re devoted craftspeople who have worked for us over many years. As compared to other contractors in the McCall area Pinetop has the best team to build you the best home available in the most efficient time frame.

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How does Pinetop manage my costs?

We begin with detailed estimating and specifications for your project. As your project progresses, we report to you the progress of your job relative to our estimate through our monthly draw and Progress Billing Summary reports. We will be completely up-front and honest with you when we discuss the cost impact of an upgrade or other change.

Pinetop also requires lien releases from all subcontractors prior to payment to protect your investment and ensure any issues are resolved prior to your closing on your home.

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What can I expect a year after the last truck drives off? Five years later? Ten years later?

You can expect the same level of care and personal attention Pinetop devotes to building or remodeling your home. You’ll receive a standard, one-year warranty on all work we do.

But no matter how long you own your home, we’ll be here for you. We’ve been building in your community for 10 years. We’re your neighbors. We always want to do the right thing for you. We pride ourselves in building long term relationships with our clients.

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To Bee Or Not To Bee: Chemicals, Fertilizer Wreaking Havoc With Bee Population

As autumn settles on Oklahoma, the scenery changes. The heat fades and leaves change into their fall colors.

Wildlife settles in for winter; except for one group.

Bees are preparing their stock of pollen for the winter. During this time, the bees population drops dramatically.

According to Bee Informed, Oklahoma is rated one of the top states with the highest loss of beehives, and bees at a percentage of 63 percent.

If those numbers continue to decrease, a detrimental reduction to crops and livestock are put into place.

When food diminishes, the need for survival begins.

Workers bees gather around a new queen bee in a hive at an Oklahoma City bee farm. Photo by Cici Simon
Workers bees gather around a new queen bee in a hive at an Oklahoma City bee farm. Photo by Cici Simon

Tonya Wells, a beekeeper and officer of the Central Oklahoma Beekeeper Association, said the only reason we aren’t to the point of putting bees on the endangered species list is because bees produce offspring so many in the spring.

“We have to do what is called ‘splitting the hives,” Wells said.

Wells said they have to split the hives in half and by doing so it helps rebuild the numbers they’ve lost in the winter.

“Thats kind of how we stay ahead from getting it to be too big of a loss,” she said.

Wells is a fifth generation beekeeper, and the first woman in her family to pursue beekeeping. “I was told ‘girls couldn’t be beekeepers,’” she said.

Wells’ grandparents took her cousins [who were all boys], suited them up, and let them see the ins and outs of the hives. Wells would sneak around each time her grandfather took them and watched what they did.

“I was just really interested in it,” she said.

Bee Keeper Tonya Wells shifts bees from one hive to the next. Photo by Cici Simon
Bee Keeper Tonya Wells shifts bees from one hive to the next. Photo by Cici Simon

When she got older, Wells moved to Dallas to establish a bee farm.

“Dallas was in an area that wouldn’t have accepted beekeeping by the neighbors,” she said.

Eventually Wells and her husband moved back to Oklahoma. Wells’ looked for an akridge to start their own hives. Her husband wasn’t supportive at first.

So her plan was put on hold.

Wells introduced the idea for hives to her husband a second time when the State Fair revisited Oklahoma.

 Inside, the fair had a booth for the Oklahoma Beekeepers Association. A couple days later Wells’ husband was ready to join his wife in establishing their bee farm.

Today, the Wells own Queen Bri’s Honey farm. There, they teach classes for beekeeping, sell honey, and help with bee swarm removal.

Here, they help protect the bee population.

“If people want to really help out with saving the bees, one of the ways they can do that is becoming a beekeeper.” Wells said. “Another thing they can do is plant wildflowers. One of the reasons bees are struggling so much is that we don’t plant cover crops anymore — instead we use fertilizers.”

Wells said instead of wildflowers, farmers have fertilizers. “The fertilizer, which puts in place of having nitrogen rich wild flowers with nectar and pollen for bees to eat, they’ve got the fertilizers and end up cutting crops off and planting another.”

Wells said if people plant wild flowers, particularly if they have four or five acres, it can make a huge difference, and help avoid products like pesticides.

“Pesticides, neonicotinoids is a GMO product. It’s coated or sprayed on,” she said. Wells said the chemicals gets in the system whenever the flower is producing nectar or pollen, then the pesticide leaks out into the nectar, so when bees begin to eat the nectar, they die.

Wells’ concern is a realistic one.

According to members from the Oklahoma Monarch and Pollinator Collaborative, there are over 4,000 native bee species. “Honey bees are not at risk of extinction, though commercial hives have faced significant declines due to a mix of stressors including pesticide exposure and pests,” the organizations said.

The organizations also said non-native honey bees are viewed as a domesticated species resource and are regulated by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food under the Oklahoma Managed Pollinator Protection Plan.

“When we lose a species to extinction, we lose an important piece of biodiversity on this planet that can never be replaced,” the organizations said. “Bees have a direct benefit to humans via pollination services and food that results, as well as to the health of the ecosystems that both humans and wildlife depend on.”

The organizations agreed that in the process that bees and other pollinators fertilize flowers. They transfer from one flower to the next, which benefit the environment.

“Through pollination, bees are responsible for success reproduction in flowering plants. It also allows plants to form the seeds, fruits, berries and nuts that feed both humans and wildlife,” they said.

Without them the organizations said it can have eventually be life threatening without them.

“The extinction of native bees would have a devastating effect on native plant reproduction (which is the base of the ecological food chain), and thus on ecosystems as a whole. There would also be a major impact on agricultural crops, orchards, hay fields and gardens,” they said.

The Oklahoma Monarch, and Pollinator Collaborative said there is more than one pollinator to protect. “Other insects include butterflies, moths, wasps, flies, ants, and beetles. In addition some birds such as hummingbirds.”

Local biologist Katie Shauberger said at the moment, commercial honey bees are endangered to to Colony Collapse Disorder.

“CCD is a relative issue,” Shauberger said, “It  can be caused by a variety of pressures including the practices of commercial farming (many bees packed together, traveling far distances, stress) as well as climate change.”

Shauberger said we do not fully understand the importance of biodiversity. “Everything is interconnected in ways that may not be apparent until a piece of the web is gone,” she said. “ I would say that the most obvious importance of bees is our need for them for food but the most important reason we need bees is for their deeper and not fully understood role in our plant dependent world.”

As small as they are, bees and overall pollinators provide a powerful life source to humans day to day lives.

Without bees, human life eventually vanishes.

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