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- 1 Welcome to WIKISOO
- 2 Books & Bytes, Issue 4
- 3 Second WIKISOO class starts soon!
- 4 Hi back at you
- 5 WIKISOO Week 3
- 6 Week 4 of Writing Wikipedia Articles: Final Projects Ahoy!
- 7 WIKISOO check-in
- 8 Week 6 of WIKISOO
- 9 Your WIKISOO Signator Badge
- 10 Books & Bytes - Issue 5
- 11 OER inquiry
- 12 Outline of Open Ed!
- 13 Books & Bytes, Issue 6
- 14 The Wikipedia Library: New Account Coordinators Needed
- 15 Books and Bytes - Issue 7
- 16 Books and Bytes - Issue 8
- 17 New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (November 2014)
- 18 New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)
- 19 Books and Bytes - Issue 9
- 20 Books and Bytes - Issue 10
- 21 A new reference tool
- 22 Books and Bytes - Issue 11
- 23 The Wikipedia Library needs you!
- 24 Books and Bytes - Issue 12
- 25 Books and Bytes - Issue 13
- 26 ArbCom elections are now open!
- 27 Books and Bytes - Issue 14
- 28 Books & Bytes - Issue 15
- 29 Books & Bytes - Issue 16
- 30 Books & Bytes - Issue 17
Welcome to WIKISOO[edit]
Hello and welcome to the Writing Wikipedia Articles course (#WIKISOO)! We look forward to meeting you in the first class on 25 February (Americas)/26 Feb (Asia/Australia). By now you should have received an introductory email with some details about the course. If you can't find it, there's an archived copy of the email at this link.
To attend the live session, please check our course home page for instructions and the link. We recommend logging into Blackboard Collaborate (the live class software we use) before the day of class, to be sure it's working. (More tips on the home page.)
If taking the course in self-paced mode, please come say hello on the course talk page so we know who you are! Thanks for signing up, and we'll see you Tuesday! - Pete (talk) 06:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- Hey! Welcome back! - Sara FB (talk) 02:55, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 4[edit]
Volume 1, Issue 4, February 2014
News for February from your Wikipedia Library.
Donations drive: news on TWL's partnership efforts with publishers
Open Access: Feature from Ocaasi on the intersection of the library and the open access movement
American Library Association Midwinter Conference: TWL attended this year in Philadelphia
Royal Society Opens Access To Journals: The UK's venerable Royal Society will give the public (and Wikipedians) full access to two of their journal titles for two days on March 4th and 5th
Going Global: TWL starts work on pilot projects in other language Wikipedias
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Second WIKISOO class starts soon![edit]
Hi! Just a quick reminder that the second WIKISOO class starts in about 3 hours. Even if you missed Week 1, please join us at this link for the live webinar - ideally about 15 minutes early to test your mic/speakers. If you haven't finished up your Week 1 homework, there's still time; post any questions on the class talk page! You can also watch a video of last week's class on YouTube (earlier audio problems have been corrected). Feel free to contact me on my talk page with questions anytime! - WIKISOO co-instructor Sara FB (talk) 22:08, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi back at you[edit]
Hi Litjade, I am returning your hi you left on my talk page. I could not attend the first week of the WIKISOO lecture, but I am on board now. I hope you enjoy your learning trip and let me know how we can collaborate. Best of luck AboluayTalk2me 18:10, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply! I think in the next week or so of class we'll have a chance to team up on articles, so let's team up. By the way, how do you pronounce your name? —Litjade (talk) 20:15, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- Sure we can team up. About my name: in my culture, I am called after my son. His name is Luay (Loo Eye, which is Louis in English). Abo means "father", so you pronounce my name as abo-lu-eye (which means the father of Luay). My real name is Annas... I hope this helps.. Talk to you soon. AboluayTalk2me 20:56, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
WIKISOO Week 3[edit]
Hi Litjade, we look forward to seeing you in class in a few hours. We look forward to seeing you in class in a few hours. Here's the link to our Week 3 class page and to the live webinar.
PLEASE NOTE: If you're not in the USA, please double-check the class time. We have gone on Daylight Savings Time (also known as Summer Time) in the USA, so for some of you the class time will be an hour earlier. (If your country goes on Summer Time in the coming weeks, you will want to check again!)
This week we are going to start off with some basic review of all we've covered. So if you've been feeling behind or confused by all the details, we'll make sure we've got your questions answered before forging ahead! See you soon, -Pete (talk) 16:31, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Week 4 of Writing Wikipedia Articles: Final Projects Ahoy![edit]
Hey Litjade - hope all is going well with you as we segue into Week 4 of WIKISOO! Just a reminder, in case you need it, that depending on your time zone, class time may have shifted - check out this link to make sure you know when to join us. Looking forward to chatting more with you this week about the Final Project - if you already know which article you're working on, you'll find instructions there for sharing this information easily with your classmates. Post any questions to the class Talk page, please! See you in class tomorrow! Sara FB (talk) 01:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
WIKISOO check-in[edit]
How's it going, Litjade? Just touching base as we start the fifth (!) week of the WIKISOO course. We're excited to see students working on such a diverse range of articles! If you haven't already, log in, scroll down to the bottom of the main course page to list your chosen final project article next to your own name; brag a little about your work (or just ask questions!) on the course talk page; and join the live lecture tomorrow as we move towards completion of the course! This is when things get exciting. :) Looking forward to seeing you in class! - Sara FB (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Sara FB (talk) has given you a WikiCake! WikiCakes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cake, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Bon appetit!
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Week 6 of WIKISOO[edit]
Hi Litjade! Just checking in as we head into the final week of the Writing Wikipedia Articles class. You can look through last week's ether pad notes, check out your homework assignments from Week 5, and watch last week's lecture on YouTube - all right here. Check out my note from last week (above) if you're still diving into your Final Project... or head over to the course talk page to see if anyone else is having the same issues you are! Looking forward to seeing you in the last live webinar of the session tomorrow. Big WikiLove. -Sara FB (talk) 23:25, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hey there, @Sara FB. I've gotten P2PU messages inviting me to give feedback on fellow students' projects toward the WIKISOO Burba Badge. Is that the same thing as reviewing? What do you suggest? I've also posted to Pete, asking for advice. —Litjade (talk) 23:51, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
Your WIKISOO Signator Badge[edit]
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|You have earned the WIKISOO Signator Badge through your (extensive!) participation in the online course Writing Wikipedia Articles.
Jade, thank you for taking our class -- multiple times! -- and for your efforts to help newer students! You may want to place the badge above on your user page. Also, as a badgeholder, you are now able to award the badge to others who earn it. Happy editing, and we'll see you around the wiki! -Pete (talk) 23:11, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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Books & Bytes - Issue 5[edit]
- New Visiting Scholar positions
- TWL Branch on Arabic Wikipedia, microgrants program
- Australian articles get a link to librarians
- Spotlight: "7 Reasons Librarians Should Edit Wikipedia"
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:54, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
OER inquiry[edit]
Hi Litjade, I'm sending you this message because you're one of about 300 users who have recently edited an article in the umbrella category of open educational resources (OER) (or open education). In evaluating several projects we've been working on (e.g. the WIKISOO course and WikiProject Open), my colleague Pete Forsyth and I have wondered who chooses to edit OER-related articles and why. Regardless of whether you've taken the WIKISOO course yourself - and/or never even heard the term OER before - we'd be extremely grateful for your participation in this brief, anonymous survey before 27 April. No personal data is being collected. If you have any ideas or questions, please get in touch. My talk page awaits. Thanks for your support! - Sara FB (talk) 20:44, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Outline of Open Ed![edit]
Hey Litjade, really sorry I still haven't commented on your Open Ed outline - it's a topic really near to my heart. Finally wrapped up some really intensive work and travel (phew) and getting caught up. Do you want to set up some time to go over the concepts by Skype? My schedule is flexible - I'm in central time... - Sara FB (talk) 14:07, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 6[edit]
- New donations from Oxford University Press and Royal Society (UK)
- TWL does Vegas: American Library Association Annual plans
- TWL welcomes a new coordinator, resources for library students and interns
- New portal on Meta, resources for starting TWL branches, donor call blitzes, Wikipedia Visiting Scholar news, and more
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:59, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library: New Account Coordinators Needed[edit]
Hi Books & Bytes recipients: The Wikipedia Library has been expanding rapidly and we need some help! We currently have 10 signups for free account access open and several more in the works... In order to help with those signups, distribute access codes, and manage accounts we'll need 2-3 more Account Coordinators.
It takes about an hour to get up and running and then only takes a couple hours per week, flexible depending upon your schedule and routine. If you're interested in helping out, please drop a note in the next week at my talk page or shoot me an email at: jorlowitzgmail.com. Thanks and cheers, Jake Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:41, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 7[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 7, June-July 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
- Seven new donations, two expanded partnerships
- TWL's Final Report up, read the summary
- Adventures in Las Vegas, WikiConference USA, and updates from TWL coordinators
- Spotlight: Blog post on BNA's impact on one editor's research
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 8[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 8, August-September2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
- TWL now a Wikimedia Foundation program, moves on from grant status
- Four new donations, including large DeGruyter parntership, pilot with Elsevier
- New TWL coordinators, Wikimania news, new library platform discussions, Wiki Loves Libraries update, and more
- Spotlight: "Traveling Through History" - an editor talks about his experiences with a TWL newspaper archive, Newspapers.com
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:51, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (November 2014)[edit]
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:
- DeGruyter: 1000 new accounts for English and German-language research. Sign up on one of two language Wikipedias:
- Fold3: 100 new accounts for American history and military archives
- Scotland's People: 100 new accounts for Scottish genealogy database
- British Newspaper Archive: expanded by 100+ accounts for British newspapers
- Highbeam: 100+ remaining accounts for newspaper and magazine archives
- Questia: 100+ remaining accounts for journal and social science articles
- JSTOR: 100+ remaining accounts for journal archives
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 23:25, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
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New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (December 2014)[edit]
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:
- Elsevier - science and medicine journals and books
- Royal Society of Chemistry - chemistry journals
- Pelican Books - ebook monographs
- Public Catalogue Foundation- art books
Other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team.00:25, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Mass Message tool to the Book & Bytes recipient list.
Books and Bytes - Issue 9[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
- New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
- New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
- Spotlight: "Global Impact: The Wikipedia Library and Persian Wikipedia" - a Persian Wikipedia editor talks about their experiences with database access in Iran, writing on the Persian project and the JSTOR partnership
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 10[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
- New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
- New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
- TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department at the WMF, quarterly review
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:40, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
A new reference tool[edit]
Hello Books & Bytes subscribers. There is a new Visual Editor reference feature in development called Citoid. It is designed to "auto-fill" references using a URL or DOI. We would really appreciate you testing whether TWL partners' references work in Citoid. Sharing your results will help the developers fix bugs and improve the system. If you have a few minutes, please visit the testing page for simple instructions on how to try this new tool. Regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 11[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 11, March-April 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - MIT Press Journals, Sage Stats, Hein Online and more
- New TWL coordinators, conference news, and new reference projects
- Spotlight: Two metadata librarians talk about how library professionals can work with Wikipedia
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:27, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
The Wikipedia Library needs you![edit]
The Wikipedia Library is expanding, and we need your help! With only a couple of hours per week, you can make a big difference in helping editors get access to reliable sources and other resources. Sign up for one of the following roles:
- Account coordinators help distribute research accounts to editors.
- Partner coordinators seek donations from new partners.
- Outreach coordinators reach out to the community through blog posts, social media, and newsletters or notifications.
- Technical coordinators advise on building tools to support the library's work.
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Books and Bytes - Issue 12[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 12, May-June 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
- Expansion into new languages, including French, Finnish, Turkish, and Farsi
- Spotlight: New partners for the Visiting Scholar program
- American Library Association Annual meeting in San Francisco
The Interior 15:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 13[edit]
Books & Bytes
Issue 13, August-September 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - EBSCO, IMF, more newspaper archives, and Arabic resources
- Expansion into new languages, including Viet and Catalan
- Spotlight: Elsevier partnership garners controversy, dialogue
- Conferences: PKP, IFLA, upcoming events
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Saint O'CheJuly 26, 2016
Che Guevara's posthumous reputation enjoyed two advantages. He died young and Alberto Korda took his photograph. Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Che's death and it seems scarcely possible that his iconic status could become any greater.
It has been called the 20th Century's Mona Lisa. Alberto Korda's photo of Dr Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, the Argentinian born co-leader of the Cuban Revolution, is probably the most reproduced photograph of all time. It is more than the de facto likeness of the man – It is, to use that overused word, 'iconic' but not just in the sense of being "a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief, nation, community, or cultural movement" (Collins Dictionary) but in the religious sense of the word – a representation of a Saint. Indeed in parts of Latin America some venerate him as Saint Ernesto. In communist Cuba, school children begin the day with the exhortation to "Be Like Che". In the consumerist West, he, or rather Korda's image of him, is understood as a symbol of dissent. It has many of the attributes of successful branding – it is instantly recognisable, it represents something, but something malleable enough that people can mould to fit their own beliefs. And crucially for its reproduction and wide dissemination, the ability to exert copyright control over it was compromised.
Modernist Cenotaph ArticleJuly 16, 2016
I've got an article in the current issue of The Modernist – the 20th Century design and architecture magazine – about the Cenotaph. Issue 19 is on the theme of 'Faith' – and as usual features erudition and concrete in equal measure all for £5. I was asked to write something after i sold one of the Modernists a bike and gave them a copy of my booklet about war memorials, 'Best We Forget' (which you can download here as a pdf for free) – with the instruction to write with less polemics and ore architecture. A big thank you to Maya Balcioglu and Stuart Brisley for letting me use a photograph from their Cenotaph Project.
If you are particularly skinflint or just plain skint, you can read my article here…
"Quick as lager turns to piss"June 27, 2016
I'm exhibiting two pieces in 'Loitering With Intent: The Art and Politics of Walking in Manchester and Beyond' at Manchester's People's History Museum, and have written an article about public toilets for an issue of their STEPZ 'zine called 'Between the Rolleram
a and the Junk Yard' that has been produced by psychogeorapher and cultural theorists Dr Tina Richardson and artist Ally Standing.
The 'zine will be available at the exhibition and includes articles and poetry inspired and informed by the works of John Cooper Clarke. And there came the problem. Mr Clarke, the "Punk Poet Laureate/Bard of Salford" occasionally sprinkles his verse with expletives, which clashed with the Museum's family friendly policy, so his line from Beasley Street, "People turn to poison / As quick as lager turns to piss", which was going to be the title of the my article, but we had to lose the "piss" and gain the "urine".
I've written about public toilets before in Red Pepper magazine and Now Then Manchester and I still get pissed off whenever I go into town and need a pee.
I've previewed my other pieces in the exhibition earlier in my blog, here and here
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My ex-collection of cctv themed t-shirts came out of the closet and got an airing in Washington DC this week at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. More here…
New booklet out nowMarch 27, 2016
I've written a 48-page booklet called 'Best We Forget' which takes:
"A sardonic look at how war memorials and making the military heroes is used to stop people questioning the foreign policy of their governments. Dunnico shows the absurdity and cynicism of the military mind, from Flanders Fields to the opium poppy fields of Afghanistan. He writes: 'Millions of people were killed in the First World War. Afterwards, the people who started the war came up with ways to remember the dead that made everyone else forget who had sent them to their deaths. The Cenotaph, the Two Minutes Silence, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, poppies, war memorials, the language we use and the rituals we follow, are all supposed to help us remember people's sacrifice. But they also help the leaders who sacrificed their own people get away with it. The "war to end all wars" ended a century ago and yet the British have been fighting and remembering to forget, ever since'."
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I was on holiday in Brussels this week, when there was the terrorist bombings of the airport and metro system. Like most people I learned of them from a TV news flash. the only real 'news' footage came from the mobile phones of people caught up in the events. When the journalists arrived they congregated in one of the main squares and filmed and were filmed by the crowd of none-journalists.


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A fire destroyed a 200-yard long Union Pacific Railroad trestle sending black smoke billowing into the sky Tuesday morning north of River Islands at Lathrop.
A career criminal and bank robber who traumatized Ripon tellers in October of 2009 was sentenced Friday in Merced Superior Court to a term of 25 years to life in prison on a Three Strike conviction following a Livingston robbery.
Marissa McLeod lives on in the prom memories of thousands of girls who were able to enjoy the dance of their teen years thanks to her mother and others making her act of kindness a legacy when they opened Marissa's Closet six years ago.
Michele Franklin is a relatively young woman, a quadriplegic who uses her eyes to control her computer and communicate, saying she has learned so much about transitioning into her new phase in life during her six year progression with the debilitating ALS motor neuron disease.
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Doctors Hospital of Manteca is celebrating Nurses Week now through May 12 - the day that marks the anniversary of the birth of the famous 19th century nurse Florence Nightingale.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series on Lou Gehrig's Disease - also known as ALS - detailing its effects on its victims and their families in the Greater Manteca Area with May being ALS month.)
For nearly 50 years this tiny "lady" worked behind the scenes in Ripon until she quietly passed away last week at 91.
Firefighters responded Saturday morning to a partially collapsed 40-foot high chain link fence covered with ivy meant to protect mobile homes adjacent to the Manteca High baseball diamond.
Colony Oak School classes often took place at Stouffer Park 25 years ago when teachers would take their students away from the ongoing construction and the dangers of cranes lifting pipes and the building around the new campus. Two school buses would ferry the students down Murphy Road over a mile to the park with its stands of oak trees and its riparian woodlands along the Stanislaus River where they would spend most of their school days.
Robert Prewitt - the first principal at Colony Oak School - said it was a quieter time in Ripon when the new school's students and staff buried a time capsule on the campus in June of 1991 with the idea to open it 25 years later.
Ripon Fire Chief Dennis Bitters was credited by police Lt. Steve Merchant for being the key in the arrest of three burglary suspects after they were seen entering a back yard and having burglary tools in their vehicle.
Ripon High School has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as being among the top 10 percent of California's 2,399 high schools.
Jonotay Thomas, 19, the fourth suspect in the Oct. 16 murder in the 200 block of Jessie Avenue, was arrested Wednesday morning while standing on his front porch in the city of Cotati by a Sonoma County Violent Crimes unit without incident.
Ripon Police arrested Kevin Andrew McManis, 55, at his home shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday on a million dollar arrest warrant charging him with possession of child pornography associated with ongoing Internet crimes against children investigation.
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The increasing theft of mail in and around Manteca is causing a heightened concern among residents expecting income tax refund checks and other financial documents.
A suspected shooter in a drug deal that went bad has been arrested by Manteca Police Detective David Bright.
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An 18-year-old shooting victim has died in Lathrop.
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association has opened a Modesto office to serve the 209 region.
Two shootings Friday night in Manteca saw one man go to an area hospital with a non-life threatening injury shortly after 10:30 p.m.
All five Ripon Unified School District trustees handed out diplomas Friday in the refurbished Stouffer Stadium.
Colony Oak Elementary School promoted 61 eighth graders Wednesday evening with most of them going on to join the freshman class at Ripon High.
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Wolves and moose on Isle Royale
The single predator-single prey relationship between wolves (Canis lupus) and moose (Alces alces) on Isle Royale off the coast of Lake Superior, is unique and has been the subject of detailed study for over 55 years. Isle Royale, the principal island of Isle Royale National Park in Michigan in the United States, is an isolated island with little migration of animals into and out of the island and as a national park human interaction and impact on the two species is also limited. Both the wolves and the moose first became established populations on Isle Royale in the 1900s. Over the fifty years of the study, the populations of both moose and wolves have shown repeated spikes and declines and have not settled to a balanced relationship. The moose populations have ranged from 500 to 2500 while the number of wolves has ranged from almost 50[1] down to 2.[2]
The relationship between wolves and moose on Isle Royale has been the subject of the longest research study of its type, begun in 1958.[3] The wolves have been subject to inbreeding and carry a spinal deformity. As of the 2014 count, there were only 9 wolves on the island,[4] with the 2016 count showing only 2.[5][6] A review completed in 2014 determined that new wolves would not be introduced into the park to attempt a genetic rescue.[7][8]
Isle Royale National Park is made up of about 400 islands, and is in the northwest portion of Lake Superior. It is about 50 miles (80 km) from Michigan's shore, and 12 miles (19 km) from the Canadian shore. The main island is about 45 miles (72 km) long, and nine miles (14 km) wide at the widest point, with an area of 205 square miles (530 km²). There are no roads, and no motorized vehicles are allowed on the island.[9] The park is closed from September to May during which the wolf-moose study personnel are the only humans resident on the island.
Wolf-moose dynamics interactions[edit]
As an isolated island, Isle Royale initially had neither wolves nor moose. Moose swam across Lake Superior from Minnesota in the early 1900s.[10] In 1949 a pair of wolves crossed an ice bridge from Ontario to the island during a harsh winter.[11] But because only one pair of wolves migrated to the island, they have suffered from severe inbreeding. According to Rolf Peterson, a professor at Michigan Technological University and the lead wolf-moose researcher, "Moose were isolated here 100 years ago. Most of the genes are still here, but they have enough population (to compensate). There are so few wolves that they have lost genetic variability. The scientific dogma suggests that they are not going to make it."[12] In fact, all of the wolves' DNA on Isle Royale can be traced back to one ancestor.[11] Inbreeding leads to mutations and fitness problems, often accompanied by violent social rejection by other wolves.[12]
When study began in 1958, many researchers believed the two species would eventually reach a population equilibrium of about 25 wolves and 1,500 moose; but there has been no sign of this, with populations fluctuating unpredictably.[13] The highest number of moose observed since the arrival of wolves was 2,450 in 1995. The highest number of wolves was 50 in 1980. In 1980 or 1981, a park visitor's unauthorized dog spread the canine parvovirus to the wolves on the island, crashing their population from 50 to only 14 by 1982.[11] As of 2005, there were 540 moose, the lowest recorded, and a relatively high population of 30 wolves. In 2008, there were 700 moose and 23 wolves.
The density of the two species depends strongly on the density of forage. Moose prefer birch and aspen trees, which used to grow plentifully on the island, but over a century of moose browsing have been largely replaced by the less nutritious balsam fir, which now makes up 59% of a moose's diet.[14] Even this has declined dramatically: as of 2002, understory growth of balsam fir was at 5%, down 40% from 19th century observations.[12] The plant is more plentiful on the east side of the island, which draws a higher concentration of moose.[15] Because balsam fir does not give sufficient moisture, moose have recently been spotted eating snow, a very rare occurrence.[13] They have also been sighted eating lichen, which researcher Rolf Peterson has compared to eating dust.[13] When the moose population grows too high, the balsam fir population crashes, leading to a crash in the moose population, in a continuing population "see-saw". Moose mostly die from the consequences of malnutrition: they become emaciated and slowed down by arthritis, until they are easy prey for a wolf pack. Also, calves suffer from malnutrition when they are born during a winter with snow too deep for easy foraging.[14]
Moose make up nine-tenths of an Isle Royale wolf's diet (the remainder being snowshoe hare and beaver).[3] Moose in their prime years commonly outrun wolves in a hunt, especially on soft snow: moose can cross snow two feet deep at 20 mph (32 km/h).[10] Even if wolves can catch up to a moose, they cannot always bring it down; researchers often find wolves with hunting bruises and scars.[12] To improve their chances, wolves pick out moose which are calves, old, diseased, or injured. The typical moose killed is about 12 years old and suffers from arthritis, osteoporosis, and/or peridontitis.[16] Eighty to 90% of moose are brought down by wolves rather than directly by disease,[17] and each wolf kills an average of between 0.44 and 1.69 moose per month.[18]
Wolf population dynamics[edit]
Wolves on the island have, historically, been separated into three or four packs, with each pack usually having between three and eight members, including two or three pups. The number of wolves in a pack depends mainly on the amount of snow that fell in the previous winter. In winters with light snow, pups tend to leave the pack to find mates, so packs run at four or five members; in heavily snowy winters, the pups stay with the pack, which can reach ten to twelve members. If many members of a pack die, the pack dissolves and a new one forms within a year. One pack will dissolve about once every thirty years.[18]
In 2006, the wolf population, with the exception of 10 loners and separate pairs, formed three packs; the east pack, the middle pack, and the Chippewa Harbor pack.[19] Wolf packs on the island have been known to fight to try to extend their territory and, thus, supply of moose. In 2006, the east pack killed Chippewa Harbor pack's alpha male, as witnessed by John Vucetich, a professor at Michigan Technological University and one of the lead researchers on the island, who believes that the Chippewa Harbor pack may die off without their leader.[19]
Old Gray Guy[edit]
During the winter of 1997 a particularly virile wolf (later named "Old Gray Guy" and wolf No. 93) crossed the 15 miles of ice to Isle Royale. Old Gray Guy was larger and more territorial than the other Isle Royale wolves. His own pack grew to an unusually large 10 wolves, and displaced and drove to extinction one of the other 4 packs.[20] He was so-named because as he aged his fur became very pale, an unusual phenomenon. It was determined that by 2009, 56% of the wolves on Isle Royale had descended from Old Gray Guy.[20]
"We don't know of any other instance — except when they first came — of wolves crossing the ice," said John A. Vucetich, the lead author of a study of the wolves published online in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B in 2011. "The entire population is descended from a single female." [20]
The wolf population on Isle Royale is small, averaging only about 23 wolves. By the end of his eight years of breeding, he produced 34 pups, those had produced an additional 45 pups.[20]
Such a genetic impact is evidence for substantially greater fitness of Old Gray compared to the other inbred wolves on the island. Scientists expected that such an introduction would create a "genetic rescue" population boom, but it did not happen. "A co-author of the study, Rolf O. Peterson, a research professor at Michigan Technological University, said that the population of Isle Royale hangs on by a thread, as it has for decades. The average reproduction after the Old Gray Guy arrived was no different from before. Yet this does not mean that he had no effect."[20]
"The simple interpretation is that genetic rescue doesn't work," said Dr. Vucetich, an assistant professor of wildlife ecology at Michigan Technological University. "But what happened here is that when the immigrant came in 1997, in the decade that followed, the moose population declined radically. It's plausible that we didn't see an effect because the wolves were suffering from some other trouble that disguised the benefit. What if wolf No. 93 had never arrived? Dr. Vucetich said that it is impossible to know for sure, but the Isle Royale wolves might have disappeared completely. It may be that the Old Gray Guy arrived just in time."[20]
Other species[edit]
Once a moose is brought down and killed, wolves have to compete with scavenging ravens. Ravens are tenacious scavengers that can easily dodge the strike of a wolf and are unbothered by them. Ravens can eat and store up to two pounds (1 kg) in a few days, which is minuscule compared to the storage capacity of wolves, which is up to eighteen pounds (8 kg) in just a few hours.[18]
Other anti-social species have an effect, though rather small, on the relationship between wolves and moose on Isle Royale. Before wolves hunted them to extinction, coyotes used to inhabit the island. Beavers and snowshoe hares also have an effect on both populations, because beavers and snowshoe hares are the only two animals that wolves prey on excluding moose, constituting a tenth of an Isle Royale wolf's diet.[3] The beaver population has sharply declined since the arrival of wolves, but they still are present, and though they are not a prime food source for typical wolves, they are the second to moose as the most consumed animal by the wolves on the island.[21] Beavers benefit both species. They are as easy prey for wolves and they create aquatic macrophytes, very nutritional plants for moose, although the macrophytes are also consumed by the beavers.[14] Though wolves are thought to contribute to the decline in beaver, researchers believe that the decline of aspen, the primary food source of beavers, which used to be plentiful, could have led to their decrease. Beavers have been exposed to predation by having to travel long distances to find only parts of the island where aspen remains.
Snowshoe hares, the third most consumed animal by wolves on Isle Royale constitute a very small portion of the wolves' diet, because snowshoe hares are so difficult to catch. Researchers have found that wolves do not show much interest in preying on hares, and only feed on them incidentally.[21] Snowshoe hares have a negative effect on moose as they eat some of the same vegetation that moose eat, which only contributes to the decline in appropriate forage for moose.[14] The red fox is yet another animal that inhabits Isle Royale; red foxes mainly feed on snowshoe hares and occasionally scavenge on moose, or any other meat a wolf leaves behind. Wolves do not commonly hunt foxes, though wolves have been observed killing foxes when they attempt to feed on an animal carcass.[21]
Climate effects[edit]
Climate plays a major role in the moose-wolf relationship as well. Since El Niño hit in 1998, the climate has warmed up, which has significantly affected the moose population across North America.[22] The warmer climate in recent years has produced more Moose winter ticks, which consume the blood of animals, making them more susceptible to anemia, and induce the moose to scratch off their hair, exposing them to hypothermia in cold weather.[22] A moose can have tens of thousands of ticks feeding on its blood at one time, each sucking up to one milliliter of blood. The biting ticks cause a lot of discomfort for the moose, so they try to get the ticks off their bodies by biting off their hair, and rubbing up against trees. This preoccupies moose, and keeps them from browsing for food, which can lead to malnutrition. Compounded with blood loss, moose weakened by ticks are easier for wolves to kill.[23] Ticks are more prominent in years where spring arrives earlier than usual, because when they fall on ground not covered in snow, then they can reproduce. Otherwise, they die out.[24] Then, if the summer is hot, ticks are able to reproduce at a higher rate. Hot summers also lead to moose resting in the shade, or in the water to keep cool, making them easier prey for wolves. Also, hot summers lead to tougher foraging for moose which makes them less prepared and more vulnerable to the winter. Not only has the recent warming of Isle Royale hurt the moose, but completely opposite problems harm them also. Harsh winters pose significant problems to moose, because moose have problems finding food when there is too much snow on the ground.[16] The less snow there is, the more freely moose can move around the island. When there is a significant amount of snow, moose stay in conifer swamps, making them easier prey for wolves, because they are more confined, and immobilized due to the snow.[19] Deep or heavy snow decreases the speed and agility of moose that is necessary to evade wolf attacks, and calves born during a winter with particularly deep snow are more vulnerable to being weaker prey for wolves later on in their lives because of foraging problems that occur when the snow is deep.[14] The keen survival instincts of moose have been clearly evident from the studying of their actions on Isle Royale. Female moose (called "cows") have been spotted on nearby smaller islands, around the main island of Isle Royale, because they swim across to give birth. This allows for them to give birth and raise their young without the threat of wolves preying on their young when they are vulnerable. This also causes trouble for moose that are born in the winter, because they can no longer swim across the water to another island, and must raise the new calf in the snow. Once the calves are physically mature, they are able to swim back, and are then able to better protect themselves from wolves, as they are then in their prime years.[12]
Initially, it was thought that the wolf and moose populations would reach a stable balance,[1] but this will no longer be possible. During the nearly sixty years of the study, the populations of both species have fluctuated up and down with the number of moose ranging from a high of nearly 2500 down to 500 and the number of wolves ranging from a high of 50[1] down to 2 in 2016.
As of 2016, the wolf population is now nearly extinct with only two severely inbred wolves present.[25][26] The moose population was about 2/3rd of its historical maximum with ample forage and growing rapidly. Absent a new infusion of migrant wolves, or human intervention, the original situation of a high moose population limited only by starvation is the prospect.[27]
- ^ a b c "About The Project: Overview". The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Just 2 wolves left on Isle Royale, Detroit News, Retrieved April 18, 2016: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/11/isle-royale-wolves-two/82893406/
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These changes are part of a longer trend. Since 2009 the wolf population has dropped by nearly 90%. As a result of very low wolf abundance, each of the past four years has seen unprecedented low rates of predation. In response, the moose population has been growing at a mean rate of 22% per year for each of the past four years. If that growth rate persists, the moose population will double in size over the next three years.
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- The Moose of Isle Royale, (1934). Adolph Murie. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Misc. Publication No. 25. Study of the moose population before the wolves arrived.


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Set in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wilson's searching debut maintains a level of urgency as it explores the bonds between two brothers. As the novel begins, high school junior Alex's half-hearted suicide attempt (he swallowed a bottle of household cleaner at a party) has left him ostracized at school and bewildered his parents; meanwhile, his older brother, James, a popular athlete, feels angry and ashamed. But James isn't all that connected to his emotions: when first met, he's in a motel room with a girlfriend and has had sex with her, but is "filled with a strong desire to be rid of her, for good. It always happens." Wilson follows the two brothers as the school year unfolds, Alex growing into himself and falling in love with one of James's male friends, James discovering compassion and acting on it. Well-observed details shore up the Southern backdrop, important for the social networks that bind the characters and inform their actions. Insightfully evoked, Alex, James and their friends will leave a lasting impression on readers. Ages 14-up. (Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James's friend Nathen, who unites the
JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James's friend Nathen, who unites the brothers in moving and unexpected ways.
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http://scholarberry.blogspot.com/ "'...She said, 'Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you.' 'Yeah, that's what they always tell us.'" What They Always Tell Us is Martin Wilson's debut novel. It is written in a simple way, although as a reader I feel like it was just filled with emotions unspoken with words. The book started with Alex's perspective. Alex is a junior who recently became a misfit. A social outcast, but the kind that wasn't picked on. You name it. But that happened even before he drank the Pine-Sol in a party. After that, everyone just started calling him a freak. His older brother, James, deep down, probably do too, to Alex. James--like everyone else--asked Alex why he did it. Not that Alex ever answers, of course. So James, like everyone else, starts to ignore Alex too. James just wants to get out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Start over everything he messed up. Alex, on the other hand, just wants...something. He doesn't know yet. Then there's Nathen, who's always nice to Alex (even after the Pine-Sol "accident"--as James and their parents calls it). One night, Alex started jogging again like he used to and he met Nathen on the way. Nathen encouraged Alex to join the cross country team. Alex wants to know why he's nice to Alex. Why he's always been nice to Alex. There's also Henry, a 10 year old kid who lives next to Alex and James. A puzzle piece out of the place in Tuscaloosa. Henry, the kid who reads the DICTIONARY. What They Always Tell Us tells a different yet still heart breaking story about first love, boy to boy and how a teenager cope with ex-friends, exes, brothers, family and most of all; life. What I love about this book: Okay, so first of all, I'd never thought I'd read a boy-boy/girl-girl love kind of thing. Don't get me wrong, I have NO PROBLEM with it. But I liked this book. A lot. Because it's meaningful, and it's a good piece of literature. It's always nice to get glimpses of someone else's life who is totally the opposite. I like how Martin Wilson switches perspective from Alex and James, and I like how the characters developed throughout the book. :D What I dislike about this book: The beginning was a bit slow for me, the first 2 chapters. But I understand that Martin Wilson was trying to set the story up, so it's all good! :) P.S: I highly recommend this book if you really like books. If you can't handle the boy-boy part, then just don't read it really. http://scholarberry.blogspot.com/
This is the first book I have ever read that was about a gay boy my age. I had NEVER liked to read, but this book caught my attention. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down!!!! This book is amazing, and honestly changed my life and left me reflecting on it for days after. Not only that, but after reading, i emailed the author, Martin Wilson, we have since exchanged a bunch of emails and he even sent me a signed copy of his book! He is a great guy and he has told a wonderful story! Please, if you only ever read one book, let it be this one.
I think that this book was one of the most fascinating books I have yet to read. As a frequent reader of gay themed book this novel took a different approach that I enjoyed immensely. The writing style was detailed and clear and the alternating between the two main character's James and Alex had intertwined flawlessly - leaving you wanting to know more about each character. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, no matter the age or sexual orientation. "What They Always Tell Us" gave me the feeling of sadness and the feeling of wanting more when I turned that last page and last sentence - feelings that for me are rarely warranted. I will definitely continue to follow Martin Wilson and I will wait impatiently for his next novel.
Alex and James are both character with a lot of depth. You really feel a connection to them. Definitely worth the read.
This is the sort of book that won't take you very long to get through and won't inspire any real critical thinking, but it is an enjoyable read. There aren't any real throw away characters and the story telling flows pretty well. You can tell that the writing gets stronger as the book goes (especially in regards to the character of James) and though there is a gay main character, his homosexuality isn't necessarily the focus. Alex's struggle with his impulsive (and very public) attempt at suicide is also handled pretty well. Overall, this book can be enjoyed by anyone.
it was a very good book. I was happy that unlike many of the other books dealing with gay characters, this book does not go into detail about their sexual activities. its a very good to to understand how a person can come into their own self by just finding their sexuality. two thumbs up
I bought this book at a local used book store and I read the first few pages on the way home. I immediately took the bookmark out of the book I was already reading and began to read this novel. It was very realistic and edgy. I never wanted to put this book down. Every teenager should definitely read this.


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Excellent capture!
I Traveled to the Elkhorns last Oct 08 Got some good shots. I was hoping to get shot at this location near Prairie City, but was thwarted but incoming clouds..
keep up the great work you have great collection..
Wow!! This is superb.
Great Shot Tony. Tony, if I can ask,what program are you suing to make your shots have the nice white frame around them and to get your signature on that page as well??? Thanks for any help on this in advance.
Best Regards Jim
Greets from Murrieta California!!!
Fantastic picture! Well done. Like - My best regards.
Photo taken in Grant County, OR, USA