quiz 2  quiz-21

Here’s the key for the homework assignment. If you have any questions, go ahead and ask!
addkey

Hey there all! Here is your chance for extra credit:

Find up to 10 primary articles on either Cochliomyia macellaria or Chrysomya rufifacies. Get the full articles in PDF format, and email them to me by the final. Each article is worth 5 points, for a maximum of 50 points extra credit.

Here are the answers to some questions I’ve already gotten:

1) Do we have to send you the full article, or can we send you the link to the article from the library website?

You MUST send me the full article, attached to an email in PDF format. It will not count if it’s just an abstract, a link, or a reference. Remember you can get any article emailed to you from the library by requesting it from Illiad.

2) Can we send you more than 10 articles?
Yep, you can send me as many articles as you want, but you will only get a maximum of 50 points. If you’re unsure if an article is primary, feel free to email me and ask about it, or send in extra articles just in case.

3) What is a primary resource?
A primary resource is an article about original research, written by the people who ran the research, and published in a peer reviewed journal. Everything else is secondary.

4) Can we send you articles after the final?
Nope. This is extra credit, and as such, I don’t take any late extra credit for any reason (yes, even University excused reasons. Yep, even that one you just thought of) at all, ever. If you send in an article late, I’ll ignore it. You can beg and plead all you want, you’re still not getting the points. Just get them in on time!

If you have any further questions, just ask. See you in class!

–Adrienne

Hello everyone! Your mission, should you choose to accept it (and I do hope you do…otherwise you lose points!) is to finish this homework assignment:

Degree Days Homework Assignment

The assignment is due Monday, April 13th at the beginning of class, and is worth 20 points. If you have any questions, just ask! See you on Wednesday,

–Adrienne

Hello lab types! Today in lab, you will be working a mock crime scene, then analyzing some evidence. In order to do this, you will need some things:

Evidence Assignment

Temperature data: These data are from NOAA (the national weather service). Use them to run your time of colonization analysis.

March 2009 Data
February 2009 Data
January 2009 Data

All the data you need for your analysis can be found on the ID and Development page. It’s password protected–ask your TA for the password.

Good luck!

–Adrienne

Hello all! One of your fabulous fellow students did some research and figured out how to post photos for which you gained permission.  Here are the steps:
1. Contact the author of the photo ask them to confirm the license on the picture. make sure to tell the author that if it is a free license must allow for: (this applies to both the image itself and and modified versions based on it)
-modification
-redistribution
-use for any purpose, including commercial purposes

2. Let them know that the only restriction for free licenses are
-attribution of the creator (crediting the author)
-derivative works similarly must also credit the author

3. In your email, attach a consent form for the author to fill out, like the one below:

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I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORK [ insert link ].

I agree to publish that work under the free license LICENSE [images: choose at least one from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags text: GFDL, v. 1.2 or later and CC-BY-SA version 3.0].

I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER
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4. The WORK, LICENSE and DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER need to be filled out for this to be acceptable. This also helps clarify to the owner what they are agreeing to. If they are not filled out, the license will NOT be accepted.

5. Once permission has been granted, upload the image to wikipedia commons.

6. E-Mail the permission e-mails for Commons uploads to “permissions-commons@wikimedia.org.” Make sure to include the URL of the relevant page(s). Include in this email
-The original request and confirmation answer
-The source Internet URL and the proposed Wikipedia link for the image or article

7. Add {{OTRS pending}} to the image description page or article talk page (whichever is applicable).

Hey all! Just wanted to say sorry for the slow email response this week–I’m in a house that has dial up and Windows 95. Windows 95! I’m doing my best. I’ll be back to a normal computer with a fast connection on Saturday evening, so if you haven’t heard from me you will very soon. Sorry about that! And sorry about any spelling errors in the emails I did get out–dial up! Who still has dial up?!?

–Adrienne

Hey there lab types! Here’s the key for the adult beetles you’ll need for this week.

beetle-key

beetle-larvae-key

Enjoy!

–Adrienne

Hey there all! After meeting with all the Wikipedia groups, I have learned that there are several of you fighting over the same resources from the library–namely, The Blowflies of North America, and other such books.

To make it easier on you, I have several books in my office, including Hall’s The Blowflies of North America, that you are welcome to use. You may look at these books any time during my office hours, but you are not allowed to take them from the office. Come and get them! The books I have are:

Flies and Disease Vol. 1
A Dictionary of Entomology
The Manual of Neartic Diptera Vol. 1 and 2
Blowflies of North America
Distribution and Abundance of Forensically Important Fly Species in Santa Clara County
A Field Guide to Domestic Flies of California
A Manual of Forensic Entomology
Entomology and Death
Mechanisms of Succession in a Carrion Community: a 14 day post mortem study
Medical Entomology
Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations
The Natural History of Flies
North American Diptera

You may come in whenever my door is open and look at these books. Hope to see you soon!

–Adrienne

Hello Everyone! The midterm grades are up, and the midterms are in my office. The average for the class was 90%, which is simply amazing. Well done all!

If you’d like to see your test, come into my office during office hours and I’ll let you look. See you in class!

–Adrienne