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CURRENT WORK: 2003
"G. Roy Levin"
I received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts degree from Vermont College of Norwich University on August 11, 2001. Vermont College is a 14 hour drive from Cleveland, Ohio - a tad off my usual stomping ground, but it was there that I was able to complete my master's degree thanks to the vision and effort of G. Roy Levin program's founder and its first Director.
"Roy", as everyone called him on campus, is indeed the wise man at the top of mountain, a charismatic character that brings the scriptural prophets of old to mind. His looks, mannerisms, his scholarly dissertations, and his actor's trained voice (he is a graduate of Yale Drama School), made G. Roy Levin a fountain of stimulating energy to all of us and the heart and soul of the MFA program.
The instructional model Roy created for the MFA Program in Vermont College, which combines personal work, at home instruction (with qualified local Artist-Teachers), in-campus residencies, and guidance in academic work by artists, art historians and critics in visual art, is tailored made for the needs of the "working artist".
In the late 1990's I was burning the candle on both ends and could not afford to stop working in order enter a post graduate program. But I needed a master's degree in order to qualify for one of my goals: to become a college professor. My closes choice for an MFA degree was a three-year full residency program at Kent State University (a forty-five minute drive from Cleveland), and this was simply out of the question. So when I learned of the MFA program in Vermont, I knew this was the only way I could make it.
Two years later, I had my degree - and the largest diploma I have ever seen! My graduating class, however, was the last class to enter the program during the leadership of Roy. He retired to continue work on his own pursuits, but his presence, and his aura, remained strong on campus. During our graduation group planning talks we commented on the significance of being "Roy's last class" and how much we would miss the whole Vermont experience once went back to our former and new lives. I then volunteered to do something special to give to Roy, something to remember us by. And I knew just the thing.
The United States government rewards its war hero's and distinguished citizens with medals. But to the people of America there is no greater individual honour than to appear on a box of Wheaties. Therefore I knew, that Roy, also an artist whose own paintings, collages, dolls, and mini-sculptures are made from the refuse of a consumerist society, would appreciate the thought and the context.
The artwork's dimension is enlarged proportionately to a box of Wheaties. The surface is a 1/4 inch thick piece of plywood that I prepared with several coats of gesso on both sides (to avoid warping of the wood) and then sanded the surface as smooth as the printed cereal box I was using as a model. In every detail the painting is an exact copy of a box of Wheaties. The only thing I omitted was to add the person's name. I figure that since "G. Roy Levin" was the title of the piece there would be no need to paint it on.
I did the painting using acrylic paints because of their opaque and saturated colors. Since lettering was extensive and tedious, fast drying acrylics were also good for adjustment and corrections. The painting was done during a five-day period, once my design and reference pictures were in order. However, I did not complete the finished flesh tones on face and hands until two years later. I liked the painting so much I kept it around the house for my own enjoyment.
But, realizing that I had to let go, I proceed to complete the flesh tones using oil paints. This is a standard procedure in my practice because I can give these areas a more photographic look, especially when it involves a portrait. Once the painting was completed, I sprayed it with a light coating of "Krylon" clear finish to protect the surface.
On the back of the panel I glued three one-inch wood blocks in a triangular arrangement, one centred on the top (with a hook for hanging) and two at the lower corners for balance. The wood blocks would raise the panel off the wall when exhibited providing a sounding shadow, which I felt, gave the piece three-dimensionality.
And so, from the graduating class of August 2001, "Thank you, Roy!"
It is with great sadness that we must share the news
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At one of the most difficult times in the history of the City of Bethlehem, the Fegleys entered the brewing and restaurant business. The Bethlehem Steel plant had been slowly shutting down for years – a dying industrial giant of a bygone day – and the region was suffering the loss hard. By 1998, the downtown had also been bled by the malls and box stores that promised savings in exchange for genuine local culture and community. That April, at one end of a quiet Main Street, the historic Hotel Bethlehem declared bankruptcy and closed.
That very same day, at the corner of Main and Broad, the Fegley family optimistically threw open the doors of the Bethlehem Brew Works. The Fegleys chose to ignore the public exodus, and instead celebrated the history of ‘the Steel’ and paid tribute to the region’s working class culture in their brewpub’s decor and menu. The Fegleys believed a transformation was possible, and together with the hard work of incredible downtown shop owners change slowly began. Over the next several years stores began to keep longer hours and restaurants began to open one by one.
During the first 5 years, the restaurant and brewery’s success began to push its limits. To keep up, the Steelgaarden lounge was added and quickly became a Valley hotspot, the kitchen was tripled in size to serve more guests, and the brewery added additional tanks to keep up with their thirsty demand.
By this time Historic Bethlehem had become a vibrant year-round destination, with a gloriously restored Hotel, a thriving restaurant row, and fantastic retail shops of all kinds! The Steelgaarden lounge had expanded again, having annexed another two shop locations in the Main Street Commons for more nightlife and event space, and the brewery was operating at capacity, producing over 1,000 barrels annually.
Seeking to expand further, the Fegley family looked west into Allentown. The Fegleys became enamored with the history of the “Queen city” – from its role in the War of Independence, to the great silk industry that supplied the world’s fashions, and the grand retail era that followed. Opportunity was difficult to see in a city whose retail heyday had ended years with the demolition of Hess’s department store; “The All-American City” as it was known, seemed to be frosted over – and the Fegleys believed it was about to thaw.
In June 2007, after years in the making, Fegley’s Allentown Brew Works opened on Hamilton Street from where the Hess Brothers once reigned. The new establishment had restored and renovated the historic Harold’s Furniture Building: two and a half levels of dining, plus state-of-the-art banquet facilities in The Hamilton Room, multiple bars offering different atmospheres, as well as Der Biergarten outdoor casual patio and a new seductive lower level lounge, Silk, were ready to accommodate 700 guests at one time. That first year with the new brewery, Brewmaster Beau Baden returned with a GABF Gold Medal for the city of Allentown!
Within a few months of opening, the American economy collapsed into the Great Recession. Bethlehem remained steadfast, drawing visitors throughout the year for its major festivals, its “Christmas City” heritage, and its hometown Brew Works. And though Allentown had many wonderful people working diligently to re-spark the downtown district there, the revitalization of center city became increasingly daunting. But the Fegley’s had doubled down – with the largest restaurant in the Lehigh Valley and a new 15-barrel brewery boasting seven fermentation tanks and eight serving tanks, they had built a destination restaurant in city with a with an injured reputation, and a brewery with enough excess capacity to begin outside sales of Fegley’s Brew Works beer.
During an April stop in Bethlehem while campaigning for the White House, President Barack Obama visited Fegley’s Brew Works and lunched with Peg Fegley. He praised the family’s hard-earned success and commitment to the revitalization of the Lehigh Valley’s downtowns. “Now that’s a good beer!” he said while drinking the Fegley’s ESB.
“Now that’s a good beer!” — President Barack Obama
The boys of summer came to Allentown that year, when the Philadelphia Phillies AAA team, the Iron Pigs, opened the new Coca-Cola Park stadium, and added Fegley’s Brew Works to its lineup. that account in place, and a new sales team behind offsite brewery sales, Fegley’s Brew Works began to be found locations from Harrisburg to central New Jersey, north to Scranton, and south to Philadelphia.
The Allentown Brew Works leaned into its task and filled its rooms with dozens of rotating events, festivals, banquets, and weddings. Word began to spread as guests told others about their visit to downtown, and a deeply loyal group of patrons soon adopted the establishment as their regular stop.
As the family concentrated their work in Allentown, they found it tough but rewarding. The brewery was awarded for its Framboise Lambic at the World Beer Championships, and the Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale returned from GABF that year with a bronze. Then, during the height of the Christmas holiday season, the Bethlehem Brew Works suffered a fire.
Struggling through the winter with a limited menu and dining area, the Bethlehem Brew Works kept brewing. Thanks to the loyal fans of the Lehigh Valley, who kept visiting during the reconstruction, the restaurant had a grand re-opening on February 26th.
Two months later, in the west end of Allentown, the Fegley’s had another grand opening – the Brew Works on the Green welcomed diners to the municipal Benner Fairways golf course.
Two more GABF medals came that year, Brewmaster Beau Baden brought home a Silver for the Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale, and Rude Elf’s Reserve got a Bronze.
The city of Allentown continued to awaken, and the festivals and events hosted at Fegley’s Brew Works continued to grow. Their Bridal Fair and Event Extravaganza established itself as a particular success in the region, filling the ballrooms with young love.
Distribution of Fegley’s beer grew further into the region, reaching new fans. In December that year, one of the nation’s leading beer writers and co-founder of Philly Beer Week, Don Russell (aka Joe Sixpack), named Fegley’s Hop’Solutely the Beer of the Year!
Production was stepped up further at the brewery, and two new 30bbl fermenters were added, and new packaging equipment was brought online to satisfy demand. Barrel aging was increased as well, and by this time 150 oak casks were being filled each year for great beers like Fegley’s Bourbon Barrel Insidious Imperial Stout, which is now an annually anticipated release.
Good things were blossoming in Allentown, and the Fegleys saw that new restaurants were adding to the draw of the city. They had been thinking up good ideas that they wanted to see happen in the neighborhood for some time, when it finally struck them that they should just do it themselves. In an effort to continue to move the Fegley brand toward healthy, sustainable “green” practices, they chose concepts that would fit that ideal. Fegley’s Burrito Works opened right next to the brewery with all-natural, local, sustainable, organic meats and produce as a quick-service limb of the Allentown Brew Works. In addition, the Coffee Works offered organic, fair trade, single sourced coffee and espresso – everything from cappuccinos to mocha-caramel lattes.
After 3 years at the golf course the Brew Works on the Green said goodbye. The Fegleys thank the fans that had flocked to the out of the way location for the Brew Works beer and food. It had taken a tremendous effort by the family to turn a snack bar into a successful million-dollar operation, so when the city’s leaders decided to re-bid the contract for the golf course space, the Fegley’s took a bow and refocused on their core operations in the downtown districts.
Beau Baden and his team continued to be awarded regionally, nationally, and internationally, respectively at the Philadelphia Summer Ale Festival (Best Summer Ale), at the Great American Beer Festival, and at the World Beer Championships.
In early 2014, the Burrito Works/Coffee Works sadly closed after a small fire, but the lessons learned there about healthy eco-conscious restaurant operations strengthened the company as a whole. The Fegley’s remain ever-optimistic, continuing to work hard to improve on what they do. As the national economy is beginning to find a foothold, both cities are attracting new people.
In September 2014, Allentown lit up with the September opening of the PPL Center, home of the Philadelphia Flyers’ AAA team, the Phantoms. With professional hockey, A-List concert events, and more, the city now sees tens of thousands of visitors on a regular basis coming to the downtown district. Allentown is once again bustling at its center with a burgeoning dining scene and new retail shops.
And in Bethlehem, Fegley’s Brew Works continues to stride forward with the city’s downtown. Our loyal mug club regulars and rewards club fans help welcome, with a big smile, thousands upon thousands of new diners, tourists, shoppers, and fest attendees to “Christmas City, USA.”
New opportunities and challenges will spur the family into action…but they’re always happy to take time to enjoy great beer and delicious food.
“We know that great things are born from a commitment to values, and a passion for excellence. Just as every generation has worked hard to stand apart and forge the best, for the past 20 years our values have been “the star and gear” that guides us night and day. Our family is proud to share our best with you – to celebrate your labors, your values, your very best. Cheers, to a job well done!” — The Fegley Family

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Three stories make up this volume.
In the first, "Fangs for the Memory!", a down on his luck vampire, Count Fangula, moves to New York City to feast on the unsuspecting population.
On his first night in search of a victims he gets hit in the mouth and beat on by two muggers who leave him lying on the sidewalk minus his fangs. He then finds a job as a night man at the city blood bank and steals vials of blood to stay alive. Without the thrill of the hunt he grows increasingly bored wondering the streets and watching old vampire movies for laughs. One night while stocking up for the weekend at the blood bank, he is caught in the act of stealing and booted back to the street. On his way home he literally runs into a buxom blond and attacks her out of habit, she uses kung-fu to throw him into some garbage cans then calmly informs him to watch who he tries to mug in the future while showing him her card stating she is a master of kung-fu. She walks away leaving him to lie, sobbing, on the curb. At home again he finally figures a way to continue being able to hunt and feed. Skip to an ally where police are investigating a suposed vampire victim. On the new they are comenting on the twelfth vampire victim. Due to the vampire scare the population no longer ventured out at night, businesses went bankrupt, and the people who worked at night moved to other cities. During the day, the cops went searching for the vampire and the night Count Fangula struck. He found the answer, and was once again able to feel the thrill of the hunt.
The second, "Whacks' Museum", is a very punny piece that takes place in a wax museum where the figures talk and make jokes. A doctor shows up to meet the curator and ends up part of the display.
The third feature, "RAT!", leans closer to the horror genre of the time. It begins on a stormy night with a low level criminal named Ratzo running from the law and the mob after shooting a security guard and ratting out his partner, Bender. He first tries the shipping yard to climb aboard a freighter but has to find another place after finding he can't get aboard. Running down an ally to find safety, he gets run down by a vehicle and left for dead. The storm erupts with lightning, scaring a rat to run by Ratzo's lifeless body. Lightning strikes at that moment and hits the rat and Ratzo, transferring Ratzo's consciousness into the rat. Ratzo grows into a human sized rat and decides to get revenge on Bender for killing him. After he takes care of Bender he decides to go on a crime spree and breaks into jewelry stores and apartments, killing anyone who gets in his way. Soon however, he finds with every robbery and the more loot he gets, the smaller he gets . Panicking, he decides he needs a doctor and goes scampering off to find one. Evading a rat trap, he turns a corner and runs into a cat, who promptly ends his career as a criminal. The story ends with the storm over on a bright sunny morning....and Ratzo in a trash can.


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This goes against a 2015 promise the Liberals made. Trudeau indicated during the election campaign that the Liberals would run “modest” deficits in the first three years of their government, before returning to a balanced budget in 2019.
The budget announcement comes in the midst of the SNC-Lavalin controversy which, according to some national polls, has put a dent in Liberal support.
Morneau’s actual speech in the House of Commons was delayed due to heckling by opposition parties.
The opposition Conservatives and NDP have objected to the Liberals decision to limit former Attorney General Judy Wilson Rayboulds testimony regarding the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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On December 7th, the Brazilian Army will deliver 21 armored vehicles to the Uruguayan Army. They are ten Armored Self-propelled Combat Vehicles M-108 (ASPCV) and 11 Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicles (VBTP) EE-11 Urutu.
These armored vehicles, which are no longer being used by the Brazilian Army, will be donated in their current state of conservation and come from seven Military Organizations from Rio Grande do Sul.
All the vehicles are already at the 7th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment (7th RC Mec), in Sant’Ana do Livramento, where the delivery will take place.
The ceremony will be attended by the Military Commander of the South, Army General Fernando Jose Sant’Ana Soares e Silva, and the Commander of the National Army of Uruguay, Army General Gerardo Fregossi.
The donation of armored vehicles by the Brazilian Army to the Uruguayan Army was approved by the Executive Branch due to an agreement between the two countries (Law 14.449/22, published in the Official Gazette of the Union of September 15, 2022). In 2018, the Brazilian Army donated 25 M41 armored fighting vehicles to the Uruguayan Army.


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Source: European Educational Research Journal, Volume 9 Number 3, p. 359 380. (2010).
The present article critically examines the work of the European Commission-sponsored network, the European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE).
The aim is to develop understanding of the context and significance of the mobilization of the economics of education research and policy paradigm within the European Union’s Education and Training 2010 Work Programme.
Drawing on a summary of the paradigm and critical assessment of policy texts produced by the network, the article examines the strategic opportunities which the paradigm offers the Commission in its attempts to promote reform of member state education and training systems.
It is argued that the policy documents produced by the Commission drawing on the work of the EENEE demonstrate the intention to promote the network’s findings as the basis for education reform. However, in key respects, the paradigm has proved unable to gain member state commitment to pursuing an economics of education agenda for reform.
The established European Union policy on ‘efficiency and equity in education and training’ displays a marked reluctance to frame education and training funding in economic terms while at the same time drawing on key economics of education policy priorities such as preschool education, and the importance of ongoing reflection on the funding of higher education.
In conclusion, the article argues that the Commission has mobilized the economics of education politically and strategically. However, the author claims that tactical and selective use of an economic evidence base within the negotiation of European Union policy positions has done more to establish the European Union level as a factor in the governance of education and training than to produce effects in terms of the shifting of policy discourse or preference in the formulation of agreed European Union policy texts.

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Gaga for Baba: Lennon to splash £3m on striker as Celtic eye last-minute splurge
Celtic are pursuing a £3million-plus deal for Senegalese striker Baba Diawara — as the Parkhead side close in on a possible three new signings before the transfer deadline.
Manager Neil Lennon watched the Maritimo forward score a last-minute winner in a 3-2 triumph over struggling Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon on Sunday.
And Maritimo president Carlos Perreira claimed that an agreement was in place with Celtic for the sale of his star striker.
Switch: Baba Diawara is closing in on a move to the SPL with Celtic
‘I am happy with what has been agreed but I will not discuss any finances,’ said Perreira.
Parkhead sources insisted, however, that there was still work to be done before the transfer could be tied up. It’s understood Diawara was in Portugal, awaiting the green light to travel to Glasgow to finalise personal terms and complete a medical.
Standing 6ft 1in tall, the 23-year-old has been on the Parkhead radar for some time — and has attracted significant interest from clubs across Europe after scoring 35 goals in three years for the Madeira-based outfit.
The Scottish Cup holders also remain in talks over AIK Stockholm striker Mohamed Bangura after the Sierra Leone international came highly recommended by Henrik Larsson.
Wanted: Mohamed Bangura
Football Development Manager John Park watched Bangura — also wanted by Blackburn Rovers and a Gulf State club — in action on Sunday while Lennon was in Portugal.
Sportsmail understands Celtic could sign both strikers while pursuing a left-back on loan, too.
The news of two potential attacking additions will raise speculation over the future of Georgios Samaras and the Greek international was linked with a move to Sunderland.
In terms of the financial outlay, it also sparks questions about whether Celtic will be tempted to sell Ki Sung Yueng.
Blackburn and two unnamed Russian clubs have been linked with £7million offers for Ki, who is back in his homeland preparing for South Korea’s fixtures against Lebanon and Kuwait.
The 22-year-old admitted he was aware of mounting interest in his services but that he did not expect to be leaving Celtic.
First-team coach Alan Thompson has already expressed hope that any formal bids for Ki will be rebuffed.
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‘I know about the various offers, but the transfer market closes in a few days,’ said Ki. ‘There is no point in me thinking about a transfer now. And there has been nothing formal, as far as I know.
‘What’s important is that our World Cup campaign begins this week and I don’t want to lose focus on that.’
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Desperate Spirits // Hop Hop Records – February 14, 2017
As an album, Personal Fables is one of the richest collection of eight songs to come out of Lexington in several years. This meticulous orchestration and arranging is made that much more impressive after realizing it was written and performed almost singularly by Trevor Tremaine – minus trumpet and saxophone, everything you hear here is his doing. The songs here are so densely-packed that they become fresher on each repeated listen, propelling them forward with constant momentum as they roll into the next of a seemingly endless supply of ideas.
The album opens with the manic “Personal Best,” which rolls the bassline, drums, guitar, and vocal riffs into one smooth hook – the track yields toward the final third of the song, setting up a great guitar solo through its end. “Life and a Day” has maybe the catchiest and most accessible chorus of the album, yet the song still manages to break the mold with its contrasting bridge (plus, I love the line “I am an idling time machine, and I’m going nowhere slow” that sets it up). On the first few listens, “The One and Only,” didn’t stick out to me a lot, but the tight rhythm and arrangement in the chorus eventually reveals itself as delightfully smooth and well-done. “Incompetence” is perhaps the track the benefitted the most from multiple listens. The lyrics carry the story from start to finish, and the lush instrumentation throughout the track make it one of the most immaculate, enjoyable listens of the album.
“Getting It” is punchy, clever, and self-referential – it pushes and pulls throughout the track, forcing you to listen closely (in which case you’ll hear little treats like “smoking squares outside the Speedway,” a quick line which has rolled around my head all week). The album reaches its most experimental point on “Beyond Cliche'” which walks the harmony all over the map, stretches an angular melody over top of it (while managing to make it fit naturally on top of the unusual progression), and packs in another quick, sharp spoken-word bridge. “You Have Lived” may be the album’s peak – as the penultimate track, it is arranged as a ballad, with only vocals and a shimmering organ. The lyrics here are just as sharp as on the rest of Personal Fables (and, at times, they even lean into the same tongue-in-cheek territory that many of the other songs inhabit), ruminating on the line “a life of no regrets is the only kind worth living.” Tremaine sings through a lifetime of missed opportunities, and by the time the song nears its finish, it swells into a gorgeously multi-tracked chorus of “you have lived” that carries through to the end. Closing the album is the quick “The Worst Thing that Could Happen,” which brings things full-circle into the same exciting territory of the album’s opener.
This album is thoroughly enjoyable – it manages to be smart, inventive, and wordy, while remaining catchy and fun. Its singular point of creative origin becomes more apparent upon each repeated listen, and Trevor never favors density of ideas over the ability of these ideas to work in harmony with one another – they’re simply arranged in a way that works. Personal Fables is a must-hear album, and is unlike anything else I’ve heard from Lexington.
Tracks I Liked: Personal Best!, Life and a Day!, Incompetence!!, Beyond Cliche’!, You Have Lived!!!
Ben Southworth – February 5, 2017 – Kenwick Place
Glorious Soul Pop
Self-Released November and December 2015
It’s been a little more than two months since I last posted about Matt’s ‘Free Music’ project here – I wanted to make sure to cover other music going on around the state, and found myself getting busy with all things involved in finishing up my schooling at UK. Before 2015 wraps up, though, I wanted to be sure to get all caught up with the songs I missed out on:
“Light Bright” – Not only is this song a really great example of songwriting on Matt’s behalf, it shows off some very nice skill and creativity in its production. The song enters with some digitally altered piano samples, plays through a funky verse, before reaching the first chorus – one propelled by some terrific synth bass. The string hits in the second verse are a very nice touch, as is the key change that leads into the bridge. The same piano samples are used towards the end – this time with Matt’s voice layered in on top – before reaching one final chorus.
“Waking Up” – This song has a completely different mood than “Light Bright,” or any other song in this series for that matter. Starting out with just an acoustic guitar and Matt’s voice, the track patiently picks up layers of texture – some vocal harmonies and tambourine are added by the time the first chorus comes around. Matt writes that “Waking Up” was “inspired by a poem of same name, written by Cate Peebles,” and that it was written as a part of “the collaborative art show “The Dreams I Gave Her,” curated by Kelli Burton and Yulia Topchiy.” It’s a really nice song, and perhaps my favorite of these three.
“Somewhere In Between” – Okay, maybe this one’s my favorite of the bunch – if for no other reason than the way it starts. The track was written, recorded, and pressed on a red 7″ as a part of the Lexington Art League’s 2013 ‘Community Supported Art’ project. The chorus reprises the feel of the intro, and adds layers of synths – between this track and “Light Bright” I’m really hopefully that Matt continues this trend of synths and inventive production for whatever album project he’s working on next, because it’s working very nicely. The outro adds a really subtle layer of the the chorus vocals (taken down an octave or two), that I mistook for just another layer of synths on the first listen, but it’s a really nice touch.
All three of these tracks are great, and when this project is taken as a whole, I’m pretty sure this whole FREE MUSIC project could have been released as a perfectly successful EP for Matt. He’ll be scaling back the frequency of his releases to once per month, but with his sights on releasing a “new (proper) album” – not a bad tradeoff, if you ask me.
Ben Southworth – December 28th, 2015 – Mount Horeb
Midnight Soul Pop
Self-Released – October 7th, 2015
Lexington-native, Matt Duncan, has delivered on the second installment of his ‘first and third Wednesday’ free music release. “Night Job” opens with an arpeggiated chord on piano and some whispered refrains of the song’s title accompanied by strings. When the song kicks into gear, it picks up a bit with some funky bass and drums, but retains the cool, breezy, driving-with-the-windows-down-in-the-dark atmosphere that a song called “Night Job” ought to have. The song is made out to ‘all the strange rock and rollers’ (according to his description on Bandcamp) – the pre-chorus is a comforting “no matter what goes wrong, you always know that you can still belong at your… night job.” What’s more, the production is pretty spotless here (I’m curious where he’s been recording since moving to NYC), and I’m happy to report that he’s found some good horns for a nice bit of texture laid in with the chorus. The track heads to a string-heavy bridge // break, picks up some more texture, and closes with nearly a minute of the chorus repeating “night job” and the very same arpeggiated piano chord that it began with.
It seems like Matt is only further perfecting the art of catchy, smooth, and pleasant three-and-a-half-minute pop songs, and that he’s slowly picking up more and more mature chord progressions and instrumental arranging. The song is free to download on his Bandcamp page, and you can stream it below – look for another song of his on or around October 21st.
Ben Southworth – October 7th, 2015 – Kenwick Place


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DINMORE, an extra-parochial liberty, locally in the parish of Clungunford, union of Clun, hundred of Purslow, S. division of the county of Shropshire.
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Russell Ibraham, 27, is accused of stealing 10 model cars, Guru Nanda Essential Oils, a pair of Foster Grant sunglasses, clothing and two Every Man Jack deodorants from the pharmacy in South Ozone Park, cops said. He was arrested at about 2:30 a.m., cops said.
Police said a NYPD police was arrested for the second time in less than a week – to steal model cars, clothes and hygiene products from a Queens Walgreens right after he was caught to stab his ex-girlfriend.
One of the cars allegedly stolen was the Hollywood Rides diecast car, a toy car that was often a collector.
The police, who joined the force in 2015, was charged with minor theft and criminal property of stolen property.
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Why bother canning carrots when they store for a really long time anyway? If you've got lots of carrots, they'd put up well in a root cellar (at my house, my "root cellar" is the shelf on the inside wall of my garage). So carrots are a great challenge this month. The rules of the Can Jam are only boiling water bath canning, so for carrots, that means pickles/jams/jellies/chutneys. For me, it's going to be pickles, My family doesn't go for any kind of exotic jams or jellies - so making lots of carrot jam really isn't practical for me. If it's not strawberry, it "ain't gettin' et" around here. Note to self: 12 pints of strawberry jam was not enough to get us through the winter this year.
So, I've been formulating my pickled carrot plan - I'll probably do it next weekend when the cherubs are taking the ACT test on Saturday. I spent some time looking around on the internets for ideas for pickled carrots, and found lots of canning information I thought was interesting, but not all really related to pickled carrots. Here's a summary:
- When brining pickles, hard water can interfere with the formation of acid and prevent pickles from curing properly. We have hard water at our house, so I have been buying distilled water to make pickles or beer. But, I learned that I don't need to do that from the Clemson Extension Service. Instead, I can soften my own hard water by simply boiling it 15 minutes and let set for 24 hours, covered. Remove any scum that appears. Slowly pour water from the containers so the sediment will not be disturbed. Discard the sediment. Great cost save!
- Also from Clemson, I found some good tips for making sure my cucumber pickles stay crisp.
Soaking cucumbers in ice water for four to five hours prior to pickling is a one suggested method for making crisp pickles. I picked up a container of Mrs. Wages pickling lime at Sparrow Meat Market a couple weekends ago. It was on the bottom shelf and covered with some dust - evidently the demand for pickling lime is not high in Ann Arbor, and I was surprised to find it because I'd been unable to find it anywhere around here. So I bought it for next summer. Clemson says that the calcium in lime does improve pickle firmness, and to purchase food-grade pickling lime from your grocer's shelves. Do not use agricultural or burnt lime. Food-grade lime may be used as a lime-water solution for soaking fresh cucumbers 12 to 24 hours before pickling them. However, EXCESS LIME ABSORBED BY THE CUCUMBERS MUST BE REMOVED TO MAKE SAFE PICKLES. To remove excess lime, drain the lime-water solution, rinse and then re-soak the cucumbers in fresh water for one hour. REPEAT THE RlNSING AND SOAKING STEPS TWICE MORE. I'm definitely going to give it a try next summer and see how it goes.
- From the University of North Dakota Extension, I found this excellent way to test the pectin content of the fruit I am making into jam or jelly. I found this interesting because strawberries can have wildly fluctuating amounts of pectin year to year around here. I can test to see if my fruit has enough pectin using this test: pour one tablespoon of the cool fruit juice and one tablespoon denatured alcohol into a cup. Examples of brands are E2, Dalox, Solex--are available at paint and hardware stores. Stir slightly and let stand for 2 minutes. If a solid mass of jelly forms, the fruit has a high pectin content. In this case, use one cup sugar for each cup of juice when you make jelly. If several small jelly-like pieces form, however, the pectin content of the fruit is only moderate. Use only a 3/4 cup of sugar for each cup of juice. If the mixture forms small particles, the fruit has too little pectin to make jelly unless you add commercial pectin. In any case, do not taste the mixture as it is not for human consumption. Just throw it down the drain and wash equipment well.
- A good way to test whether jelly made without added pectin is done is to use a use a jelly, candy or deep-fat thermometer(or, in my case, I'd use by electronic meat probe that we use for smoking meat). I like the idea of using this test instead of the wrinkle test (drop some jam on a cold plate and run your finger through it to see if it wrinkles) because it saves time. Before starting to cook your jelly/jam, take the temperature of boiling water. (this should be 212 F because we are at low altitude here in Ann Arbor, butboiling point varies with different altitude and the accuracy of most household thermometers are not very accurate. After boiling the mixture for a while, lower the bulb into the mix and read the results. When the jelly mixture temperature is 8 degrees above the boiling water temperature, the jam/jelly is done.

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A stolen landscapers truck crashed in Hazle Twp. on Monday and the thief may be responsible for other crimes, too.
State police at Hazleton ask anyone with information to call them at 570-459-3890.
The Nause Landscaping Inc. white 2003 Ford F250 with Pennsylvania registration ZLR3587 was taken between 2:40 and 4 a.m. from Sunburst Drive in Hazle Twp., according to police.
Troopers responding to a 7:26 a.m. crash on Stockton Mountain Road in Hazle Twp. found the driver of the stolen truck hit a Verizon utility pole, causing heavy damage to the Ford and shearing the pole in half.
That same day troopers received numerous calls in reference to thefts from vehicles in Hazle Twp., Luzerne County, and in Banks Twp., in Carbon County, which involved the stolen Ford.


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Hong Kong's Offerings For RMB Reinsurance Compared
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
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Hong Kong's Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has released a report that proposes initiatives to reinforce the territory's position as a leading offshore renminbi (RMB) reinsurance center.
The report notes that there is a huge potential market to be tapped that is said to be worth an additional RMB22bn (USD3.55bn) from insurers in the Greater China region. Meanwhile, the further development of RMB reinsurance services in Hong Kong will help Mainland insurers to diversify their exposure and offer them better access to a wider range of international reinsurance providers and specialist carriers currently based overseas, the report says.
The Chairman of the FSDC, Laura Cha, said, "Hong Kong should act quickly to secure the first-mover advantage to become the leading offshore RMB reinsurance center. This would complete Hong Kong's offshore RMB service offerings, strengthen our position as the premier offshore RMB business center, and further contribute to RMB internationalization."
The limited RMB investment possibilities for offshore reinsurers are found to be one of the major hurdles to fostering growth in RMB reinsurance business in Hong Kong, and the report therefore recommends providing Hong Kong-based reinsurers with a specific RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors bond quota for tapping into the Mainland investment market.
Such an arrangement, it continues, would provide exclusive access for Hong Kong-based reinsurers to the Mainland's onshore bond market and could differentiate Hong Kong from other offshore centers.
The report further points out that creating a competitive tax regime for all types of reinsurance written in Hong Kong – though not a necessary condition - could also help attract international reinsurers to establish a presence and conduct business in the city.
Hong Kong's main competitor, Singapore, levies a 10 percent tax on both life and non-life insurance, compared with Hong Kong's rates of 16.5 percent and 8.25 percent, respectively. Labuan levies a rate of only three percent, and Bermuda exempts the industry.
Singapore also has zero tax rates on certain reinsurance lines, such as both onshore and offshore marine and hull reinsurance and offshore energy, aviation, aerospace, and captive business, and it has a more extensive network of double taxation agreements – 70, against Hong Kong's 31.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was one of 2017's video game highlights, giving millions of players hours upon hours of top-quality adventuring in a new-look version of Hyrule.
It would seem that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma had almost as much enjoyment making the game as we have had playing it, as he's recently said that BotW is "maybe the most fun I've ever had making a game".
Speaking to Game Informer, the Zelda boss said:
You know, I’ve been making Zelda titles for almost my entire career, and the memories start to pile up. I start to forget things, but I think one thing I’ve always been proud of is the fact that Zelda games have always been about new surprises and thinking about different things to try, yet still maintain that Zeldaness, or whatever it is.
To touch on Breath of the Wild, it was really fun to develop – maybe the most fun I’ve ever had making a game. It was because of the staff. They took so much initiative, and were always looking at everything in the game with this eye to improve. They took so much initiative. I could see it every day. As a producer, it gave me a lot of courage, and made me realize “Okay, this could actually work.”
The people who made this game didn’t have troubled faces. They were smiling the whole time they worked on it. At the start of development, with all of the new things we were doing, I definitely was worried – I had a worried face. As a I saw the staff put it together, that concern started to go away. We were doing challenging new things, but we always did them with a smile. I don’t think I’ve experienced that before. The development experience was so great, and the game that came out of it was great. That’s something I’m really proud of.
On top of that, in the [new downloadable content], we got the motorbike I wanted in. That’s what I really want to leave you with. [laughs]
We should be thankful for those smiling faces on the Breath of the Wild team, because they all contributed to what will no doubt be long regarded as one of the best Nintendo titles of all time.
I'm happy to say wa the best Nintendo game I've ever invested my time in. Well done sir
It’s some of the most fun I’ve had playing a Nintendo game in over a decade so that works out well.
Yeah, I think it shows in the sheer sense of joy one gets when experiencing this game.
I'm over 200 hours in, which for me is a huge amount of time in a game, and I haven't even played the DLC yet. With a master quest run-through, I'll probably get up to 300.
I've loved every Zelda game that he's made (ok not so keen on Spirit Tracks but hey). BotW was awesome on the WiiU, just need to get it for my Switch.
I think Portal Knights are more interesting and easier for me than Zelda Breath of the Wild.
I still at Beginning story for BOTW , quite frustrated with gameplay (pretty hard for me) due to easy to being killed by Bokoblin or other enemies.
Is a very good, game, but giving you all the shiek slate powers right at the start of the game, I thought, was a bit lame, should have stretched them out and put them in obvious shrines on the way to the weapons
Game of the decade!
Well if you love what you're doing it's bound to turn out good most of the time. Glad to know my all time fav game's production was done with smiles..
It might be a great game but there is a lot of little problem that can be fixed in upcoming sequels.
This may very well be the first time ever I really believe a "master" when he claims those working under him/her genuinely enjoy doing so.
Why not. It's the most fun I've had playing a Zelda game.
I bet whoever came up with the idea of Typhlo Ruins in BotW is less happy about the motorbike and its giant bright headlight. 😋
Except... he didn't made the game. He is like Miyamoto, both of them had become mascots of the company. The most they do is offering advice.
The people who worked on this game didn’t have troubled faces ? Well , with Nintendo and many many millions behind their backs as well as the guaranty of releasing only when everything the game has to offer is top without any pressure of „must be released now no matter what“ I guess most devs would sleep better at nights ..
@Bunkerneath I really don't agree with this. They just put you into this big destroyed world and you only have on objective, to destroy Ganon. How you do it, what kind of tools you use; it's all your choice.
Aside from that, most games give you all tools / powers throughout the game, I liked how Breath of the Wild did that different. It makes the game feel very different compared to other.
This is nice to hear. Usually, the only things we hear about developers are the bad things like crunches, mass layoffs or people only being rewarded for Metacritic scores.
Love this game. The wife and I have played through it 6 times, each playthrough, over 100 hours! Glad the staff had good feelings while they made it, I feel it shows. One of the best games of all time.
"The people who made this game didn’t have troubled faces. They were smiling the whole time they worked on it."
So they weren't worried at the end of 2014 when they were trying there hardest to get the game out in 2015? They weren't troubled trying to get the game out in 2016 when you told them to take out the really fun aspect of the interactive map on the Gamepad b/c you somebody at Ntinedo didn't want the Wii U version to be better than the Switch version?
If everybody working on this game was fine with all of this then they really have no caring at all about their customer base. Sure, it's great to know after it's been released for awhile and it's a GOAT game that all your hard work and effort paid off, but I would like to know they were troubled by some of the decisions that were carried out during it's making.
I kind of got the impression from this video back in Dec 14 they were sweating trying to get the game out on time in 15. The fact that it didn't release until 2017, at least 15 months later than they planned, makes this whole coment of his sound like revisionist history to me. Sure, maybe he had fun, the slave drivers in Egypt were probably having fun too while the slaves built the pyramids. The guys with the whips in their hands are always having fun, they just imagine the rest of their workers are as well.
Would be interesting to hear from one of the workers how much fun they were having trying to meet a deadline and later on trying to make a Wii U Game run on the Switch, then making what turned out to be a Switch game getting castrated to work on the Wii U. Not so sure about the all smiles part.
Sure, it's a great game, no denying that, one of the best I've ever played, I just don't like this guy glossing over what he put his workers thru. Retcon out the pain. I'd rather he just say they toiled really hard and he put them through a lot with his decision making but they are very happy in the end putting in all that hard work b/c it was worth it. This just reads to me like somebody trying to clear their own conscious.
i bet a whole heaping weight was lifted off their shoulders when it was decided to make it a switch launch game, not a wii u showcase. good move, that.
I think BoTW is exactly what the franchise needed to shake things up. I know some people are concerned that this is how the games will ‘be’ from now on, but I think the team are referring more to the concept of open world. It’s really exciting to think of what will come next.
I didn’t like it much
Let's keep those developer faces smiling as you forge your way through BotW's follow-up. 😀
>310 hours well spent for me
Can't wait until I get to play this!
I'm always happy to hear about folks that enjoy the work that they do. We spend the majority of our lives in the workplace after all. (One day I'll say the same...for now...just a paycheck).
Must be fun tossing out everything good about the Zelda series and putting put a product that's a Zelda game in name only.
This game was so refreshing to play.
Enjoying what you're doing while surrounded by competent people equally engaged in achieving the same thing is probably the greatest working luxury you can have. And it seems to pay off for the end user too! What a fine item they created!
Geez, Gameinformer ask about thoughts on making Breath of the Wild, but they don’t ask about why the Switch would ditch Miiverse of which changed our lives on the Wii U. Like with Nintendo Life, Polygon, Eurogamer, what I think is Famitsu and IGN Members, I’ve emailed them to ask these Developers about the Switch, including the reason behind the poor decision to ditch Miiverse/what we loved about the Wii U, but so far there’s been nothing of that. This is the Gameinforner person I’ve emailed in regards to these emails of mine: [email protected]
These critics have spoken with Game Developers before, collecting info about these games is their job, especially with stuff we’d been dying to know of and know more about.
Always good to see the man behind one of the most prolific franchises of all time have some fun with his creations! He let his imagination go wild as well as his team!
@Nincompoop Miyamoto's new role is "advice" (Well they simplify it because they don't like admitting too much involvement from him in their success so the stocks don't tank when he retires...technically he's essentially software planning/production/quality/training manager for the whole of Nintendo...the software component of Iwata's job.) But Aonuma is certainly the day to day producer on his titles (And he admitted a while back that Miyamoto was very hands on with this Zelda as well before the role changes. It sounds to me like Miyamoto was more hands-on on this game than the past many Zeldas. Which is probably why it turned out more like Miyamoto's 90's Zelda's than Aonuma's Zeldas since.)
@Anti-Matter The beginning of the game has been aptly called "Zelda Souls" for a reason Yes, it's quite difficult to fight monsters directly. The game actually gets easier over time, both because you become more skilled (like MH or a fighting game) and because you become more powerful with more powerful weapons. Be sure to look at upgrading your clothing when the opportunity to do so unlocks. Many games get harder as you progress through the game, but BotW starts hard and becomes easier as you advance and acquire more equipment.
It's normal to die a lot at the beginning
Portal Knights is a Minecraft genre game with an ARPG battle system versus an action game with an open battle mechanic. Stick to it. As you learn how to predict monsters and parry them it will get easier. You have to apply some creativity to battle...think of how to use your environment and your equipment on hand.
And it shows: Its a great game!
Probably the best thing Nintendo has made since.... Mario 64?
Now, I understand the Wii and Wii Sports may have been more impactful on a mainstream and company level, but as far as game design is concerned... BOTW is the cream of the crop.
This interview is the rosy side of why Nintendo staff didn't have to worry too much... Now here is the real reason why:
Nintendo pulled away top staff members from Monolith Soft during the early-mid production phases of Xenoblade 2. If one looks for them, they're there in the BotW credits. Nintendo was unable to finish BotW as it is on their own after all that time, they needed Monolith Soft's help. That's why BotW is legendary, while XB2 is "merely" great.
Economically, this was the right decision: BotW's sales and word of mouth reputation was greatly enhanced as a result. Ethically, however... I dunno, it feels like the classical concept of patronage to me. Nintendo brought in top Monolith Soft staff to uplift their own project, which made it more difficult for the remaining XB2 team.
I bet that for every drop of sweat saved on the BotW team, two or three more drops of sweat were created for the XB2 team. They had to make due without many of their veterans. On the flip side, this really speaks to how efficient the MonoSoft staff is as a whole. Nintendo had to rely on MonoSoft's top staff to get BotW finished and polished in time, and their remaining staff STILL made due through crunch time to pull off a rough, but still exceptional entry in the Xeno series.
This all makes me have less confidence in Nintendo's ability to make something like BotW on their own, and more confidence that MonoSoft is basically the new RARE with how much butt they're kicking.
@PlywoodStick I say that retro studios are more rare then Monilith soft but that's just me.
@Videogameguru50 During the GCN/Wii/early Wii U eras, yes, but Retro hasn't offered much to show off for the past few years... At all. They're not as active as they previously were, mostly due to critical staff having already left the company. (Thus, they aren't making Metroid Prime 4, which is instead being made by an unannounced "talented new development team.")
Meanwhile, Monolith Soft has become so prominent that their top staff directly worked with Nintendo internally on a top priority project vital to Nintendo's success. (Which is as close as a second party business relationship gets.) And yet the less experienced staff is still able to churn out their own very good game regardless. So yeah, the "New RARE" role has shifted from Retro to MonoSoft. That role requires a company to be genuinely active, not just working on who-knows-what for nearly 4 years now.
I enjoyed this game immensely, and replaying it in late December for the Champions' Ballad DLC after a few months away from it, I got nostalgic feelings when hearing the incidental music. That says a lot to me, getting that feeling from a game I only played a few months prior! I can't wait to play this again in a few years' time.
Despite this, BotW will always be in 3rd place behind ALttP and OoT for me. Nothing will eclipse the feeling I experienced when playing those games for the first time, and they are the reason I love Zelda games so much. I feel quite melancholic that I will never experience those feelings again when playing videogames, due to my age and the number of games I've now played. I hope my daughter gets into Nintendo games, as I'd love to see her experience the same wonderment I did growing up.
Maybe they had fun because they were basically making a sandbox tool for people to play about with. I'm sorry to say, but I don't think the game is particularly "designed". Some of the individual elements are amazing, but there appears to have been very little thought about how it all fits together, the pacing of the game or how the player progresses through the journey. Breath of the Wild is an incredible bit of software, but I don't think it subjects itself to the pressures of living up to being a great Zelda.
This is how you make a game. You give the game enough time for the devs to be happy with the finished product. Sure, it might not be the most profitable approach, but it really creates a stronger long term fanbase.
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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Sleman Tourism Agency in Yogyakarta recorded a significant number of tourist visits in tourism sites located in the vicinity of Mount Merapi, which remains open despite the fact that the stratovolcano’s status had been increased to ‘alert level III.’
“The tourist visitations in the two-day weekend holiday after the increased status of Mount Merapi reached thousands,” said Aris Herbandang, head of the Sleman tourism development and creative economy to Tempo on Tuesday, November 10.
Throughout Saturday and Sunday, November 7-8, the agency recorded 1,763 tourist visitations in destinations located in Kaliurang. While destinations in Cangkringan, the closest to the mountain, saw 2,092 tourist visits.
However, Aris clarifies that the visits are at locations considered to be outside of Merapi’s 5-kilometer dangerous perimeter.
Tourists visiting areas in the mountain’s vicinity are ordered to maintain a safe distance from Merapi that can be confirmed in the available app called ‘Jarak Aku dan Merapi.’
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Swainson's Thrush -
Native Species Global Rank
Agency Status USFWS
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Medium-sized thrush with olive-brownish upperparts, distinct buffy eye-ring, white underparts and brownish black spotting on the throat and breast. Overall length 16.1 to 19.3 cm; mass 23 to 45 g. Although wings and tail may be somewhat browner than body, upperparts appear fairly uniform in color. Swainson's Thrush is best distinguished from all other thrushes by presence of buffy eye-ring and lores. The distinctive song and call also distinguish Swainson's Thrush from others. The flutelike song spirals upward, differing from the descending or variably pitched songs of related thrushes (Evans et al. 2000).
For a comprehensive review of the conservation status, habitat use, and ecology of this and other Montana bird species, please see
Marks et al. 2016, Birds of Montana.
Western Hemisphere Range
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
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SUMMER (Feb 16 - Dec 14)
Direct Evidence of Breeding
Indirect Evidence of Breeding
No Evidence of Breeding
WINTER (Dec 15 - Feb 15)
Not Regularly Observed
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
In the Bozeman area, normal migration periods are from May 20 to June 15 and August 15 to September 15.
In general, most strongly associated with coniferous forests. In western states, at the southern end of its range, the species inhabits mountain deciduous riparian or aspen forests. Described as a bird of mature forests. Canopy closure, understory cover, tree density, and a conifer component are important habitat attributes (Evans et al. 2000).
Ecological Systems Associated with this Species
Details on Creation and Suggested Uses and Limitations
How Associations Were Made
We associated the use and habitat quality (common or occasional) of each of the 82 ecological systems mapped in Montana for
vertebrate animal species that regularly breed, overwinter, or migrate through the state by:
Using personal observations and reviewing literature that summarize the breeding, overwintering, or migratory habitat requirements of each species (Dobkin 1992, Hart et al. 1998, Hutto and Young 1999, Maxell 2000, Foresman 2012, Adams 2003, and Werner et al. 2004);
Evaluating structural characteristics and distribution of each ecological system relative to the species' range and habitat requirements;
Examining the observation records for each species in the state-wide point observation database associated with each ecological system;
Calculating the percentage of observations associated with each ecological system relative to the percent of Montana covered by each ecological system to get a measure of "observations versus availability of habitat".
Species that breed in Montana were only evaluated for breeding habitat use, species that only overwinter in Montana were only evaluated for overwintering habitat use, and species that only migrate through Montana were only evaluated for migratory habitat use.
In general, species were listed as associated with an ecological system if structural characteristics of used habitat documented in the literature were present in the ecological system or large numbers of point observations were associated with the ecological system.
However, species were not listed as associated with an ecological system if there was no support in the literature for use of structural characteristics in an ecological system,
point observations were associated with that system.
Common versus occasional association with an ecological system was assigned based on the degree to which the structural characteristics of an ecological system matched the preferred structural habitat characteristics for each species as represented in scientific literature.
The percentage of observations associated with each ecological system relative to the percent of Montana covered by each ecological system was also used to guide assignment of common versus occasional association.
If you have any questions or comments on species associations with ecological systems, please contact the Montana Natural Heritage Program's Senior Zoologist.
Suggested Uses and Limitations
Species associations with ecological systems should be used to generate potential lists of species that may occupy broader landscapes for the purposes of landscape-level planning.
These potential lists of species should not be used in place of documented occurrences of species (this information can be requested at:
) or systematic surveys for species and evaluations of habitat at a local site level by trained biologists.
Users of this information should be aware that the land cover data used to generate species associations is based on imagery from the late 1990s and early 2000s and was only intended to be used at broader landscape scales.
Land cover mapping accuracy is particularly problematic when the systems occur as small patches or where the land cover types have been altered over the past decade.
Thus, particular caution should be used when using the associations in assessments of smaller areas (e.g., evaluations of public land survey sections).
Finally, although a species may be associated with a particular ecological system within its known geographic range, portions of that ecological system may occur outside of the species' known geographic range.
Adams, R.A. 2003. Bats of the Rocky Mountain West; natural history, ecology, and conservation. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. 289 p.
Dobkin, D. S. 1992. Neotropical migrant land birds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. USDA Forest Service, Northern Region. Publication No. R1-93-34. Missoula, MT.
Foresman, K.R. 2012. Mammals of Montana. Second edition. Mountain Press Publishing, Missoula, Montana. 429 pp.
Hart, M.M., W.A. Williams, P.C. Thornton, K.P. McLaughlin, C.M. Tobalske, B.A. Maxell, D.P. Hendricks, C.R. Peterson, and R.L. Redmond. 1998. Montana atlas of terrestrial vertebrates. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 1302 p.
Hutto, R.L. and J.S. Young. 1999. Habitat relationships of landbirds in the Northern Region, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS-GTR-32. 72 p.
Maxell, B.A. 2000. Management of Montana's amphibians: a review of factors that may present a risk to population viability and accounts on the identification, distribution, taxonomy, habitat use, natural history, and the status and conservation of individual species. Report to U.S. Forest Service Region 1. Missoula, MT: Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana. 161 p.
Werner, J.K., B.A. Maxell, P. Hendricks, and D. Flath. 2004. Amphibians and reptiles of Montana. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. 262 p.
Commonly Associated with these Ecological Systems
Forest and Woodland Systems
Recently Disturbed or Modified
Shrubland, Steppe and Savanna Systems
Wetland and Riparian Systems
Occasionally Associated with these Ecological Systems
Human Land Use
Recently Disturbed or Modified
Wetland and Riparian Systems
Berries and insects. Breeding and spring migrating populations tend to be insectivorous; fall migrating and wintering populations more frugivorous (Evans et al. 2000).
Territory sizes of 1.7 to 3.3 acres in Douglas-fir or lodgepole pine forests in western Montana have been recorded.
Most frequently nests in understory, particularly in thickets of deciduous shrubs or conifer saplings; less frequently but consistently found greater than 3 m high on top of a horizontal branch away from the bole of a larger diameter tree. Eggs are ovate, blue to greenish blue with reddish or brown speckles and smooth in texture. Clutch size is 1 to 5 eggs with 4 being most common (Evans et al. 2000). Near Fortine, egg dates range from June 12 to July 20.
Literature Cited Above
Legend: View Online Publication Evans M.D. and W. Yong. 2000. Swainson's Thrush ( Catharus ustulatus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/540doi:10.2173/bna.540 Marks, J.S., P. Hendricks, and D. Casey. 2016. Birds of Montana. Arrington, VA. Buteo Books. 659 pages. Additional References
Legend: View Online Publication Do you know of a citation we're missing? American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU]. 1998. Check-list of North American birds, 7th edition. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. 829 p. Aney, W. C. 1984. The effects of patch size on bird communities of remnant old-growth pine stands in western Montana. M.S. thesis, University of Montana, Missoula. 98 p. Cameron, E. S. 1908. The birds of Custer and Dawson counties, Montana. Auk 25:39-56. DeSante, D.F., K.M. Burton, and O.E. Williams. 1993. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program second annual (1992) report. Bird Populations 1:1-27. Dobkin, D. S. 1992. Neotropical migrant landbirds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. U.S.D.A. For. Serv. N. Region Publ. R1-93-34. Missoula, Mont. Dobkin, D.S. 1994. Conservation and management of neotropical migrant landbirds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. Univ. Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho. 220 pp. Dood, A.R. 1980. Terry Badlands nongame survey and inventory final report. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and Bureau of Land Management, Helena, MT. 70 pp. ECON, Inc., Helena, MT., 1987, Wildlife and habitat characterization, Paupers Dream Mine Project Site, Lewis & Clark and Jefferson Counties, Montana. June 25, 1987. In Pangea Mining Co., Inc., Paupers Dream Project. Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birder’s handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster Inc. New York. 785 pp. Eng, R.L. 1976. Wildlife Baseline Study [for West Fork of the Stillwater and Picket Pin drainages] Gniadek, S. 1983. Southwest Glendive Wildlife Baseline Inventory. Miles City, Mont: Bureau of Land Management, Miles City District Office. 56 pp with appendices. Hays, R., R.L. Eng, and C.V. Davis (preparers). 1984. A list of Montana birds. Helena, MT: MT Dept. of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Hejl, S.J. 1994. Human-induced changes in bird populations in coniferous forests in western North America during the past 100 years. Studies in Avian Biology 15:232-246. Hejl, S.J. and L.C. Paige. 1994. A preliminary assessment of birds in continuous and fragmented forests of western red cedar/western hemlock in northern Idaho. In: Proceedings of interior cedar-hemlock-white pine forests: ecology and management. p. 189-197 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Pullman, WA: Washington State University. Hejl, S.J. and R.E. Woods. 1991. Bird assemblages in old-growth and rotation-aged Douglas-fir/ponderosa pine stands in the northern Rocky Mountains: a preliminary assessment. Pages 285-292 in D. M. Baumgartner and J. E. Lotan, eds. Symposium proceedings, interior Douglas-fir: the species and its management. Wash. State Univ., Pullman. Hejl, S.J., R.L. Hutto, C.R. Preston, and D.M. Finch. 1995. The effects of silvicultural treatments on forest birds in the Rocky Mountains. pp. 220-244 In: T.E. Martin and D.M. Finch (eds). Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. New York, NY: Oxford Univ. Press. 489 p. Henderson, S. 1997. Effects of fire on avian distributions and patterns of abundance over two vegetation types in southwest Montana : implications for managing fire for biodiversity. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 95 p. Hoffmann, R.S. 1960. Summer birds of the Little Belt Mountains, Montana. Missoula, MT: Occasional Papers of Montana State University No. 1. 18 p. Hutto, R. L., and J. S. Young. 1999. Habitat relationships of landbirds in the Northern Region, USDA Forest Service. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-32, Ogden, Utah. Hutto, Richard L. 1995. "Composition of Bird Communities Following Stand-Replacement Fires in Northern Rocky Mountain (U.S.A.) Conifer Forests". Conservation Biology. 9 (5): 1041-1058. Johnsgard, P.A. 1979. Birds of the Great Plains: breeding species and their distribution. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. 539 pp. Johnsgard, P.A. 1992. Birds of the Rocky Mountains with particular reference to national parks in the northern Rocky Mountain region. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. xi + 504 pp. Jones, Peter W., and Therese M. Donovan. 1996. Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus). Species Account Number 261. The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved 3/25/2008 from The Birds of North America Online database Joslin, Gayle, and Heidi B. Youmans. 1999. Effects of recreation on Rocky Mountain wildlife: a review for Montana. [Montana]: Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society. Kessler, W.B. and T.E. Kogut. 1985. Habitat orientations of forest birds in southeastern Alaska. Northwest Sci. 59(1): 58-65. Knopf, F.L. 1986. Changing landscapes and the cosmopolitism of the eastern Colorado avifauna. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14(2):132-142. Lenard, S., J. Carlson, J. Ellis, C. Jones, and C. Tilly. 2003. P. D. Skaar's Montana bird distribution, 6th edition. Montana Audubon, Helena, MT. 144 pp. Mannan, R.W. and E.C. Meslow. 1984. Bird populations and vegetation characteristics in managed and old-growth forests, northeastern Oregon. J. Wildl. Manage. 48(4): 1219-1238. Matthews, W.L. 1981. Broadus-Pumpkin Creek baseline inventory - wildlife. Bureau of Land Management, Miles City, MT. 83 p. Maxell, B.A. 2016. Flammulated Owl surveys on the Big Timber, Bozeman, Gardiner and Livingston Ranger Districts of the Custer Gallatin National Forest: 2013. Report to Custer Gallatin National Forest. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, MT. 27pp + appendices. Maxell, B.A. 2016. Northern Goshawk surveys on the Beartooth, Ashland, and Sioux Districts of the Custer-Gallatin National Forest: 2012-2014. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, MT. 114pp. McWethy, D.B. 2007. Bird response to landscape and pattern disturbance across productivity gradients in forests of the Pacific Northwest. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 184 p. Montana Bird Distribution Committee. 2012. P.D. Skaar's Montana bird distribution. 7th Edition. Montana Audubon, Helena, Montana. 208 pp. + foldout map. Mosher, B.A. 2011. Avian community response to a mountain beetle epidemic. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 55 p. Munts, M.A. 1994. A comparison of bird communities between an untreated control and two timber harvest treatments in western Montana. M.S. Thesis, Univ. Montana, Missoula. 49 pp. Newlon, K.R. 2005. Demography of Lewis's Woodpecker, breeding bird densities, and riparian Aspen integrity in a grazed landscape. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 101 p. Northrop, Devine & Tarbell, Inc. 1994. Cabinet Gorge and Noxon Rapids hydroelectric developments: 1993 wildlife study. Unpublished report to the Washington Water Power Company, Spokane. Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Maine. 144 pp. plus appendices. Oechsli, L.M. 2000. Ex-urban development in the Rocky Mountain West: consequences for native vegetation, wildlife diversity, and land-use planning in Big Sky, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 73 p. Ralph, J.C., J.R. Sauer, and S. Droege. 1995. Monitoring bird populations by point counts. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-149. Albany, CA: USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station. 181 p. Richmond, C.W. and F.H. Knowlton. 1894. Birds of south-central Montana. Auk 11:298-308. Sater, S. 2022. The insects of Sevenmile Creek, a pictorial guide to their diversity and ecology. Undergraduate Thesis. Helena, MT: Carroll College. 242 p. Saunders, A.A. 1914. The birds of Teton and northern Lewis & Clark counties, Montana. Condor 16:124-144. Sibley, D. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY. 598 pp. Skaar, P. D., D. L. 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