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Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission
You know, I've been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And my thinking has come around 180 degrees from where it was. I get it now, I really do. I think it's time to hunt Sandhill Cranes. And while we're at it, I think it's time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. Look at the facts, lay your emotions aside and listen to reason—exactly the same reasoning that's been so persuasive in convincing me that hunting cranes is the right thing to do.
1. We've always hunted Bald Eagles.
Bald Eagles were nearly exterminated from the Lower 48 by the mid 1970's. There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. There was a bounty on them in Alaska from 1917 until 1952—up to $2 a head! Yes, they have been an endangered species for as long as most of us can recall, but remember, they were traditionally a hunted species. Now they're off the red list and bouncing back into the black. The total population in the continental US has risen to around 100,000 individuals. In my home state, Bald Eagles are breeding in 35 Ohio counties. Soon, they may overrun available habitat.
2. Bald Eagles are doing well enough now to support a hunt.
Each Bald Eagle pair has the potential to produce 1.7 young per year. All regional populations have nest success >50% and are showing the productivity required to produce stable populations. So there will be an ample supply of young birds coming up for harvest.
3. Bald Eagles will provide a sporting challenge for hunters.
Bald Eagles are big and slow-flying, and they will readily come in to bait. Hunters don't even need to use decoys. However they are wary and have famously sharp eyes, so bagging eagles will be a true sporting challenge for hunters. The Bald Eagle has the potential to be the Holy Grail of game birds.
4. Hunting eagles will not hurt, but enhance non-consumptive wildlife viewing opportunitites.
Many people like Bald Eagles—it's almost as if they consider them sacred. These passive wildlife enthusiasts like to go places, especially in winter, to watch them. Having a hunting season on eagles won't affect those opportunities. In fact, hunting eagles will enhance the birdwatchers' viewing opportunities by concentrating the birds in places where they aren't being shot at. Imagine big flocks of Bald Eagles massing on our wildlife refuges. Birder viewing opportunities will be even more spectacular.
5. We need to give hunters new opportunities and new species to hunt.
Many people similarly feel sentimental about Bald Eagles, what with their being the national symbol, but that is just an example of misplaced emotion. No bird species should be exempt from harvest. It's our right to hunt whatever wildlife is abundant enough to support the harvest. We need to give hunters new opportunities to hunt.
6. People who protest our proposed hunt are trying to strip rights from the hunting public.
Anyone who protests this hunt is making an assault on the American way, on our right to harvest our native wildlife—a right that we have held since the first colonist fired a blunderbuss in what was to be America.
6. Bald Eagles are delicious.
Some people say Bald Eagle doesn't taste good, but they probably have never tried it. Most people who've eaten eagle say it is delicious. With the right marinade, Bald Eagle is indistinguishable from a good New York strip steak. With a rapidly growing population exceeding 100,000 birds, Bald Eagle fricassee could easily become our National Dish.
So I hereby propose a season on Bald Eagles in Ohio, with the anticipation that many other states will follow suit. Let Ohio be the first to re-open a season on this traditionally hunted bird. Now that we've almost succeeded in pushing a Sandhill Crane hunt through in Kentucky, the sky's the limit.
Now that I've got your attention, here's the final action alert for the Kentucky Sandhill Crane hunt proposal. I've already summarized some reasons NOT to hunt Sandhill Cranes in this post:
ACTION ALERT: The USFWS has published its intention to approve Kentucky's Sandhill Crane hunting proposal. The final deadline for comments is FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. The USFWS isn't accepting emails, but you CAN comment online. Here's how to do it.
Go to regulations.gov
Click on Submit a Comment
Type or paste FWS-R9-MB-2011-0014-0204 into the keyword box & click Search
This will bring up the regulation page. You want "Frameworks for Early Season Migratory Bird Regulations." Buried in the text at that link is the proposal to hunt Kentucky Sandhill Cranes, along with a bunch of duck hunting stuff. It's interesting to look at it, especially the USFWS' refutation of various organizations' concerns about hunting cranes, under Section 9: Sandhill Cranes. If you want to cut to the chase and get your comment in, click on Submit a Comment at the far right of this regulation. The idea being, despite the done-deal tone they take in the "proposal," to let the USFWS know you're out there, too.
Write your comment in the box provided (2000 characters or less)
Do it by August 5, 2011
Snail mailed letters make an impression, especially when there are piles of them. Send your polite, well-reasoned letter to:
Attn: FWS-R9-MB-2011-0014
Division of Policy Directives Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
4401 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
As always, thank you for caring and thank you for acting. The petition to the USFWS to re-evaluate its proposal to hunt eastern sandhills now has 2,732 signatures. Go to the link above, make your comment; sign the petition if you haven't. Make your voice heard.
I guess Humming Birds are next.
This is the kind of psychopath mentality that we are up against in this crane hunt. This was part of a Kentucky Hunting Forums thread on sandhills where I had posted my arguments against the hunt. It was in response to my comment that I had heard that sandhill cranes really didn't taste good…kinda gamey requiring lots of marinade. I had been taking some ad hominem attacks from other hunters when this guy popped off with:
"Originally Posted by westkybanded
"Well, you weren't told by anyone who's ever eaten one (sandhill). Supposedly the best tasting gamebird available this side of an Attwater's prarie chicken!
Ancient relationship my foot… Lemme tell you something fella. I've met a lot of guys on this forum. Have made some of my best friends right here. Just about every single one of em is a killer. We don't disrespect our prey, but we sure don't go out to do some kind of dance with the ancestors or prayer to the mighty rabbit gods. We use what legal means we have at our disposal to dispatch our quarry and then we eat it, wear it, hang it on the wall, or do whatever the heck else we want to with it.
Do we catch some stuff with our hands and/or beat it to death with sticks? Yep. Why? Cause it's fun.
I'm going WAAY out on a limb here, and guessing… Democrat?"
I don't start none, but I don't take none either…so I responded with:
"That is your prerogative. But your amateur psychoanalysis of me is irrelevant. Can't you address even one salient issue that I have raised without boasting about how tough you are. We get it…you so bad. My grandma used to say that there are 3 kinds of people out there. Those that can only talk about themselves, those that only talk about other people and those that talk about ideas. Now, I am going WAAAY out on a limb here, and guessing you ain't one of those wussies that does the latter. Huh, Killer?"
I later wondered aloud about when this psychopath who brags about torturing animals "because it is fun" would graduate on to humans. Later I was warned by the moderator that I would be banned from the site with one more outburst like that one. It would be no great loss.
I once tasted a White-tailed Eagle (fresh roadkill, too damaged for a museum or any research facility – we inquired), and it was the most horrible meat I have ever put into my mouth.
That aside, you are playing with fire Julie, because all of your points are valid. I wouldn't be too surprised if a proposal for a season on Bald Eagles was next.
You ain't been around red-necks much, have you Jochen. The bald eagle is like the flag to them. They would NEVER, ever start a season on them. Them thar's fightin' words Julie is sayin'.
Odd, Jochen–I find these arguments anything but valid–they're completely absurd. And I've concluded that the snide, sideways humor of this post is camouflaged a bit too well for many readers. My bad. Wes, James and Jochen, thanks for getting it. Pfft.
Yeah, Julie. Humor , satire is something you won't find at pumped up hunters. It's written in black and white so it's gotta be true. Just like one of our founding fathers (Michelle Bachman) said.
@James: yes, I haven't – lucky me, I guess!?
@Julie: they are valid according to the twisted line of argumentation that the hunters (those in favour of a hunting season on cranes) follow. They certainly aren't valid when seen with a conservation (or common sense) mindset. Maybe my comment wasn't clear enough in pointing that out. Therefore, the snide and sideways humour was very obvious and well-placed, your underlying point was very stongly supported, and I think this is a very powerful post against crane hunt, particularly so as hunters (as James pointed out, a fact I wasn't aware of) would never start a season on their "flying flag".
@Klaus: ha!!! 🙂
Love it. So one's a "flying flag" and the next is "ribeye in the sky." Still scratching my head over how that got decided right over our heads. Thanks for the kind words, Jochen. I'm fed up with the "done deal" tone of the Federal Register "proposal." It isn't a proposal to open season on cranes. It's a statement of intent. And it fails spectacularly to consider or even honor the majority opinion on this bird, which is that we should leave it alone.
Love it. So one's a "flying flag" and the next is "ribeye in the sky."
I love it too…and I will be ashamed of myself when I repeat it! Thanks Jochen.
The proposal treats the cranes like a commodity…something like soybeans.
Good afternoon Julie. Afternoon "Big Juan."
Julie your satire is exactly true. You play ball within a system. There is an agreed upon procedure to opening up hunting seasons on certain species. When the conditions are satisfied and the public agrees it happens. Children whine when they don't get their way. Adults I would hope behave better.
The main difference you fail to recognize is that Sandhills are a recognized game bird. Eagles are not. I would venture a guess they make poor table fare.
JD happened to leave out my quote about stomping nests…
Sandhill cranes are recognized as a game bird by whom? I certainly don't recognize them as a game bird. The Kentucky Coalition doesn't recognize them as a game bird. The public is far from agreement on this proposal by KDFWR. And the "support" they claim to have received from hunters appears to be manufactured out of whole cloth.
Tasting bad didn't save eagles from being shot by the thousands. State game departments paid people to shoot them. So how a bird tastes is immaterial in this discussion. My point is that anybody can propose that any species is huntable, and put forth a season proposal, asinine or not. A whole lot of people have a problem with KDFWR's unilateral eight-hunter agreement that sandhill cranes should be hunted. Who's whining? We're fighting, Mr. Smash.
@SmashDN: A recognized game bird? Well, not too long ago, hunter didn't handle that privilege very responsibly as they almost shot Greater Sandhills into oblivion. As a consequence, the right to hunt Sandhills had to be taken away from them. And as Julie mentiones: recognized by whom? Rules change, ethics change, laws change, the times change.
The State of Texas does. As does the State of Idaho. Minnesota, Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Curious as to what your collective opinions are on Tundra and Mute Swans.
Julie, I think you think a little too highly of yourself. It frankly doesn't matter if you think they are a gamebird or not. It was decided long ago that they were. Long before either you or I were born. You are free to argue the merits of it I guess, but it doesn't seem like a road worth venturing down. I suppose if you have plenty of time on your hands to grasp at straws it might fill some empty minutes. More headway could be made arguing populations or other more tangible things. Just a thought.
You birders arguments would be more well recieved if you composed a well thought out factual contering based upon facts and not fears and feelings.
Another interloper from the hunting side here…
I think it is very worthwhile to note that sport hunting did not affect the sand hill crane populations. It was commercial hunting that did in the cranes, the passenger pigeon, the buffalo, basically any species that has ever been threatened. There was a time that our country was expanding exponentially and fresh food was in full demand. Cranes taste good and were easy to bag and you know the rest. Modern sport hunting, while disgusting to you, is one way to ensure the sand hill and any other species will always have the concern of people that are willing to spend the money to keep them around.
I predict that Kentucky will kill a few sand hills this year, the studies will show that it has zero effect on the cranes, the bird watchers will still have plenty of cranes to watch and places to watch them, and the hunters will get to bag a few each year after, and we'll go back to co-habiting peacefully with each other again.
For the record, I have no intention of starting a fight or irritating you kind folks in any way. I just want to make sure we differentiate between sport hunting and market hunting.
I didn't read anywhere where KDFWR proposed a Bald Eagle hunt. Please enlighten me and show me the err of my ways.
Also, please show me where I have been anything less than civil in any of my postings. I apologize if anything I wrote was less than so. But cannot and shall not if anything did strike a nerve as you no doubt are want to do in many of your postings. (And I do recall an instance where you thought it acceptable to use my name though your website clearly states it is not published.)
Knowing now that you are judge, jury, and exceutioner I shall surely more carefully speak with guarded toungue er fingers.
I did look at New Mexico. I couldn't find any factual data showing they had a season so I chose not to include that state. But feel free to add it to the list of states that recognize the benefit a season on Sandhills brings.
Since the moderator "trust me" froze the Sandhill Crane thread on KY Hunting Forums, because as he said, "I've had enough of this thread and most others have as well. It served its purpose long ago.", maybe they will engage me here. Apparently my "whining" and "crying" was intolerable, so he pulled the plug.
smashDN says: "The main difference you fail to recognize is that Sandhills are a recognized game bird. Eagles are not."
Yes, but that is such a small POLITICAL technicality, isn't it? I think that it was in 1918 that sandhills were officially considered a game species by a bunch of politicians…well after the species was already being slaughtered to near extinction. This was back in the dark ages for all animals, minorities, pollution, child labor laws, union busting, prohibition, etc. Haven't we learned a lot about all of these things since then, and changed most of them for the better? Times change, 'cept for sandhill cranes, as they are still a game species. Some people don't change much either as Mr. Smash is on record of saying that he "would be perfectly fine with" the government starting a season on the bald eagle AND bottle nose dolphins. He justifies his position with, "Some people don't get caught up in the "majesty" of an animal to base their feelings on it." Yes sir, SOME people don't. I am a licensed hunter, but I am not this kind of hunter.
Mr. Trust Me, says, "I think it is very worthwhile to note that sport hunting did not affect the sand hill crane populations. It was commercial hunting that did in the cranes,…".
Actually, it wasn't just commercial hunting that did in the cranes, it was ALL hunting combined that did them in. Really, in 1918 there was very little difference in commercial hunters and hunters in general, if the truth be known. There were few if any restrictions for harvesting waterfowl until the 1920's, and then they had extremely liberal hunting regulations that allowed 107-day seasons and 75 ducks per day in most states. Even with these "restrictions", enforcement was virtually non-existent. Conservation was in its infancy and not a very popular concept in a country that had known any limits up until then.
Trust Me: "I predict that Kentucky will kill a few sand hills this year, the studies will show that it has zero effect on the cranes, the bird watchers will still have plenty of cranes to watch and places to watch them, and the hunters will get to bag a few each year after, and we'll go back to co-habiting peacefully with each other again."
I predict that the 400 limit will be taken in 2-3 days. These birds glide in so slow and stall out when the get near the ground that you could shoot them with a .22. And they will come to a mop turned upside down with a smear of red paint on the top. Easy pickin's. According to Loyd Ford, editor of The Lake News in Calvert City, and lifelong hunter in this area, "While the KDFWR says hunter success rates will be low, some evidence points in another direction. First of all, the cranes stop over at two primary points in Kentucky, Barren River Reservoir and a four-mile square section of farmland near the town of Cecilia. The reservoir will be off limits to hunters, but the feeding grounds near Cecilia will be like shooting cranes in a barrel." and "The cranes that pass through our state are some other state's birds in the first place. They just pass through here. We aren't going to manage them, we are going to shoot them." There will be 400 hunters packed into 4 square miles of farmland…they had better bring their unbrellas for all of the shot that will be a fallin'.
Aww, but that is just more "whining about evidence and facts and peer reviewed studies spewing incontrivertible data when… (I) …have nothing to go on but "majestic." Right, SmashDN?
It is kinda ironic that Trust Me pulled the plug on the crane thread over at KY Hunting Forum because it "served its purpose long ago" and then follow me over here and wants to talk some more about it. Actually, since these boys are interloping on this site to see what makes you tick, I think that it is only fair that everyone out there take a good long look at where they "live" and see first what your up against in this fight for the EP sandhill crane. This is a portal into the minds of the guys who are going to be crowding into that 4 square miles to shoot cranes in December. Warning, the descriptions on that site may be a bit much for some, but they are no worse than what I posted up top by westkybandaid.
The thread was started (not by me) on 06/03 and already has 5,392 views, 226 replies (and has been frozen for days), and has been frozen, removed, returned and opened again all in the same day. You had better hurry because the way Trust Me conducts business over there, he may just pull it again, as I really don't think that they want you to see how they make their sausage:
And to borrow part a phase from Trust Me, who I might ad seems to be one of the more intelligent and ethical hunters that I have seen on that site, I feel that sitting in a 4 square mile area near Cecilia and whacking cranes is harvesting, not hunting. Now, to be fair, he was talking about shooting deer from a tree stand, but I think that it is apropos for this too.
Now, some of you might be prone to say, "Why do you want to provoke these hunters…you are just going to stir them up!" Remember, I Are one…I just don't want there to be a crane hunt. But more importantly, I would contend that they were stirred-up BIG TIME months ago in one of the best orchestrated call-to-action and misinformation campaigns ever conducted by a state agency, when it ginned-up hunters at the public meetings well before the public release of the hunt and sent out flyers equating ANY opposition to this hunt as an assault on ALL hunting by saying:
"All hunters need to act! Even if you have no desire to hunt sandhill cranes, our hunting heritage is under constant threat. It is time for the sportsmen and women of the Commonwealth to unite!"
Further flaming occurred when Mark Marraccini, KDFWR's Public Information Officer, lied on NPR WUKY, saying that "Many Kentuckians who legally hunt sandhill cranes in other states have requested that we consider a hunting season here,…", when an Open Records Request revealed only ONE inquiry had been received waaaay back on 04/07/2005 (not a typo..its 2005) from Allen Gailor, The Gailor Law Office, Louisville, KY. No, this hunt originated in the head of Jon Gassett, Commissioner of KDFWR, and the board Commissioners.
To add insult to injury, KDFWR receives about 35% of its operating budget from non-hunting related source (other than hunters licenses and fees), so in essence it probably was using non-game monies to wage this very contentious preemptive strike against the eco-tourists and birdwatchers using their OWN money! That ain't right on so many fronts.
Mr. Daniels, you really can just suck the air out of a room, you know that?
As for engaging you, your fight went on for many pages, many days, and I don't think Julie would appreciate that kind of exchange here. That certainly is not my purpose in logging on here.
Suffice it to say that painted mops and umbrellas and gliding approaches are not germane to the conversation, and bringing them up doesn't change the hard facts, which you previously acknowleged, that a limited harvest of 400 won't adversely affect the crane population, and will not prevent bird watchers from enjoying their time afield, and significant interest and financial contributions among the hunting crowd will benefit the crane population as a whole.
Thank you Trust me, I take that as a compliment. I think what I am saying sucks the air out of YOUR room, which is why you have already taken down the thread on your website…your boys could no longer breath. Which is why you must be here. I know that these fine folks certainly appreciate your concern for their feelings and that you just wanted to spare those tender feelings when you pulled the plug on their opportunity to read another perspective on that KY Hunting Forum thread.
I said that you were a smart man…and I don't blame you for doing it because you know that some of these "fine folks" would love to see how you guys make your crane sausage…not all, but some. I know that you had no intention of starting a fight or irritating these kind folks in any way, because you wouldn't want to motivate them to become even more active. I said that you were a smart man.
I am not trying to start a fight with you either, but hey, you followed me and I am just presenting the facts as I see them. As a licensed hunter, I came to your site and presented my best case against this hunt and asked if anybody could tell me what was incorrect about what I said. About all I really got was ad hominem personal attacks, questioning my hunting credentials, manhood, motivation, and the whacking of anybody else who dared to support my position. Not many did.
The CEO of BFI was quoted years ago in the paper saying that I had "bulldog tenacity", maybe I do. I believe that this hunt is wrong on many levels. Trust me, its nothing personal…I am a former criminal investigator and that is just the way I do business. Some folks like you misinterpret this as me just being an A-hole, but really, it is just being very thorough in making my case. It is what I did everyday for years at KY EPA in the Environmental Crimes Workgroup. We had several hunters in that group,btw. Everybody knows who I am, and I stand behind what I say. Who are you?
But I disagree with what you said that I "previously acknowledged"…that is just not true.
What I said was that the ICF data indicates that the EP of Sandhill Cranes could sustain a limited harvest, PERIOD. I did not acknowledge that the ICF data indicated that a kill of 400 birds was sustainable, which is really 480 birds counting the cripples and those not retrieved, and which theoretically could be 880 birds if the hunt goes very quickly, and the hunters are a little slow on the Telecheck reporting, which it should with 400 hunters in a 4 square mile area. Add to that the 200-300 EP birds that the farmers will kill this year, and there is a potential loss of 1,100 birds from this fragile population. And there really isn't any way to safeguard that from happening if the conditions are right.
What I said was that as a hunter and conservationist, that I was very concerned that the proposal to establish an Eastern Population Sandhill Crane hunting season was not based on sound, objective science, that it will fuel the anti-hunting sentiment and damage our present and future funding mechanisms. Like it or not, these eco-tourists folks are the future of conservation and therefore, hunting in Kentucky.
What I said was that out of the total KDFWR's operating funds, roughly 35% (a number that is on the rise) comes from non-hunting sources that rightly contend that they should be represented at the table when these decisions are made. From what I could tell from attending the public hearings at KDFWR, the non-hunting groups that pay for over a third of conservation programs in the state had no representation at the table when the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the hunt.
What I said was that KDFWR was blowing smoke when it made the declarative statement that this hunt "…will have no impact on viewing opportunities in late January and February when cranes are most abundant." Logic dictates that after shooting at them for a month that the simple presence of humans watching and photographing them could be extremely stressful. Anybody who has ever been in the field during hunting season knows that the last thing that a hunted species wants to see after being shot at is another human being. The whole purpose for the birds layover in Kentucky is to rest and refuel in preparation for its continued migration. The pressure of being hunted will certainly disrupt this process and thus, the quality of the viewing periods. It is just common sense…something that the proposal is seriously lacking.
What I said was The main contribution of hunters to "build the EP population" has been to stop shooting them. KDFWR wasn't even studying these birds until it decided to open a season on them, and then apparently it worked backwards to try to try to justify it. KDFWR has not offered any proof that it has "paid the bills for many decades to build the EP to current record numbers", not one red cent. We now know that any habitat purchases were probably paid for out of non-hunting funds. This is just one of many baseless claims in the proposal.
Another baseless claim is that "Elevating sandhill cranes to game status allows and mandates fish and wildlife professionals to devote more of these resources to conservation of the species, and these conservation and wildlife habitat improvements benefit nongame species too." The Eastern Population of Sandhill Cranes has increased "to its current record numbers" without KDFWR spending any of its "resources to conservation of the species". The facts indicate that the cranes do not need KDFWR's "protection", "management" or "resources" to continue its slow recovery, so why not just continue with what we know has worked in the past, and that is to just leave them alone? They will live just fine in the same habitat that ALL of the other waterfowl live on, as they need no special attention. All that we really need to do is nothing.
What I said was that there are many criteria that should be considered other than the only one that KDFWR, and for that matter, most of the boys at your site, think is important. Just because we CAN shoot these birds doesn't mean that we SHOULD. Removing protective status from a species that was very nearly extinct just a few years back is a very serious matter that should be done only as a result of extraordinary circumstances and not just on a vague whim like "we need to provide more hunting opportunities."
All of this for just 400 hunters? Why?
James, I took down the thread. Trustme had nothing to do with it.
Somewhat like Julie, I refuse to let the asinine personal attacks and goading continue on our site. I had been made aware of your linking to our forum on this site and have read the entire tennis match here as well as the train wreck that you caused on our own forum. Knowing full well the watershed that could potentially follow on our site, I got rid of it. There are only so many "ignorant hillbilly" and "knuckle dragger" comments that I will tolerate and you passed that line on our forum long ago. You even admitted that your posts there were as much for your own amusement as anything. This is not my first experience with heated topics or people like you and I am sure that it will not be my last.
Julie, my apologies for stepping onto your site. I thought it relevant to Mr. Daniel's continued rant that he is quite misinformed as to who did what and for what reason.
I now return you guys to your crane battle. Good day.
First, who da' heck are you? I don't recall you even posting on that thread. I received 2 private messages from Trust Me though, one threatening banishment if I continued to defend myself in a "snippy" manner. I can see that the deception of what was really being said on that forum and by whom is in the fractured fairy tales realm. It seems that "real" hunters just have a problem with letting the facts speak for themselves, so they need to embellish them a bit, a la KDFWR style. It is the perfect metaphor for exactly what KDFWR did in the run-up and in this whole approval process of this sandhill crane proposal.
The fact is that I never used the terms that you have quoted me as saying, or anything like them. Of course, since you took down the thread on the KY Hunting Forums site, nobody will really be able to determine that for themselves. And now, you are even fudging about why you took the thread down, as it had been frozen long ago, so there was no opportunity for any of more of my comments to be posted. The thread stayed up for days after it was frozen until I linked it here for all to see, and THAT was when you decided that maybe you didn't want the world to see how you guys make crane sausage.
Of course, I post on these sites for my own amusement, it is the driving force for why I hunt too. Does that make my points any less valid? And I assure you that I am very serious about both, as this is a matter of life and death of a majestic species…the oldest bird on earth. For the record, I ARE an ignorant hillbilly and knuckle dragger from Eastern KY, and I often breath through my mouth too. But I am your worst nightmare…a hunter with a brain.
Like in the KDFWR's case to hunt the Sandhill crane, if the case against me for a causing a "train wreck" on your site was so strong, why do you feel the need to lie about what really happened over there…after destroying all of the evidence? I posted nothing on your site that I had not said in the two public hearings and posted on here. If THAT is enough to cause a train wreck, then maybe you need to check out where your tracks are going.
In a post above, smashDN was lamenting about Julie warning to him to, "Please take a page from trustme and keep your comments civil. Personal attacks will get your comments deleted. I have the red button here." SmashDN wrote. "Knowing now that you are judge, jury, and exceutioner I shall surely more carefully speak with guarded toungue er fingers."
The kicker here is that while Julie doesn't allow personal attacks and may delete them individually, ol' judge, jury and executioner kyhuntingmod deleted the whole dang extremely popular thread (5,392 views, 226 replies) in an act of censorship that was right out of Chairman Mao's playbook. It doesn't appear that KY Hunting Forum allows dissenting opinions any more than Jon Gassett at KDFWR, a concept that his wildlife biologists understand perfectly.
In Animal Farm, George Orwell wrote that "He who controls the past controls the future."
There are many things that we can learn from animals, but there are some things that we can learn from a judge too.
Judge Strickland, the original Orange County judge that was to hear the criminal case against Casey Anthony before he recused himself, said recently, "People don't understand the nature of circumstantial evidence, and that circumstantial evidence IS evidence."
Big Juan,
It is not deleted, only closed. You can go back and re-read your rhetoric at your leisure any time.
Dissenting opions are fine on that forum. Bullying is not. I tried to play the game with you. Supplied facts and gave concrete examples. Your rebuttals were full of single-minded opinions, supefluous and verbose non-sense, and largley a lashing out at those who dared to contridict your opinion.
But I hardly think this is the appropriate venue to re-hash that business.
Thank you for posting SmashDN.
Can you give us a link on how to go back and re-read my "rhetoric" so we all can see for ourselves the way I bullied you around with the facts, er ah, single-minded opinions, superflous and verbose non-sense and lashing out at all of those who dared to attack my affiliations, manhood, hunting credentials, character, er ah, contradict my "opinion"…funny, but that sounds like wa , wa, wha, whin, whining to me. I could be wrong.
Let me count the ways, er, facts, right here, right now:
I gave you the ICF foundation data. FACT.
I gave you the agency's Operating Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2010-2012, out of the $49,988, 800 total funds, the agency funds (comprised of hunting licenses and fees) were $32,918,500, the federal funds (comprised of non-game programs) were $17,070,300. So, out of the total operating funds, roughly 35% (a number that is on the rise) comes from non-hunting sources. FACT
I gave you the major sources of that 35%: In fact, a recurring part of those non-hunting related operating funds comes from The Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund that since mid-1990's, KDFWR has bought 11,590 acres with $5,587,841 in KHLCF funds. KDFWR routinely gets 10% of this fund annually. To say that hunting and fishing licenses are footing all of the bills, as KDFWR contends in its "case" for the hunt, is both inaccurate and antiquated. The Heritage Fund's sources include the nature license plate, the state portion of the unmined minerals tax and environmental fines." FACT.
I gave you what KDRWR's gave as a major reason to implement this proposal: At the June 3 meeting, we were also told by KDFWR that the implementation of this hunt was part of a long term strategy to make hunting more popular to our youth and thus, increase revenues for conservation through the sale of licenses and hunting equipment to them. FACT
I gave the you the facts about the future of hunting and thus conservation in KY: True enough, there is real reason to be concerned about the future funding of KDFWR and conservation in general. According to the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation, Kentucky has a hunter replacement ratio of only .66, which means that only 2/3 of our youth in hunting families are continuing to participate in the sport. This means that the primary traditional source of funding habitat and resource management programs is unsustainable. FACT
I gave you the future source of funding for conservation and therefore, hunting in KY, not according to my single-minded opinion but KDFWR's own web site, "wildlife watching is the fastest growing recreational activity in the world. In the U.S., wildlife watching generates more than $45 billion a year. In Kentucky, studies indicate that more people watch birds than play golf." And the Barren River State Park/Fish and Wildlife hosted crane viewing weekends certainly speaks to the increased visibility, but that is a whole different thing than the hunt. These weekends are filled with folks who willing pay $30 a head, plus lodging and food expenses, just to see and photograph Sandhills in their natural habitat. According to folks close to this viewing program, The Wildlife Management Area could probably triple or quadruple the number of sessions and fill every one of them if they were properly advertised. This money making potential and good-will building towards all things in support of conservation seems lucrative. FACT
I gave you the fact that KDFWR Commissioner Jon Gassett has already had an ethics complaint filed against him because of apparent conflicts of interest issues regarding his private side businesses, Southern Wildlife Resources LLC, and as a licensed realtor with the Greenwood Land Company. He is selling to the public the very services and properties that he is promoting and approving in his official capacity as Commissioner of KDFWR. You have to hand it to him for his entrepreneurial spirit…it is a classic case of creating a need and then filling it…pure capitalism gone awry. Don't take my word for it on this conflict of interest issues, look for yourselves:
And I gave you my single-minded opinions (after all, they came from my own mind) as I stated them in my USFWS comments, about why I thought this hunt was a bad idea…isn't that what a hunting forum is for? And as far as me "lashing out" at those who dared to contradict my opinions, shucks boy, with trust me up my arse for just getting a little snippy with those who were slinging barbed one-liners at me, there was no way for me even to defend myself, much less "lash out". He was itching for a reason to ban me, close the thread and remove it(which he or one of his minions did twice), so do you really expect these fine folks to believe that malarkey? Hey, I even posted the best one, westkybanaid's (Killer) post above and he even came on here to get another shot in about me forgetting to post his "stomping nest" (smashing down?) post. Is that why they call YOU that?
I think this is the perfect venue to re-hash this business, but just for Schlitz and bubbles, whar's the URL? Of course, you realize that the moderators will ban YOU if you give it, but go ahead anyway. I feel trust me lurking in the background…
BTW, who are you really? Since we are becoming BFF, I would like to know who I am really talking to…I am operating under full disclosure here. Why are you still hiding behind that moniker.
Thanks for the warning…and I am sorry that you were bored offened. Please feel free to purge all of my comments whether they are deemed vituperative and boring or not (I learned a new word today). Your point is correct. Good bye.
"The point here is that Kentucky has ignored input from tens of thousands of people who don't want to see sandhill cranes shot for food and fun. Stick to the point, and fight your private battles elsewhere."
Could it possibly be that KDFWR doesn't tend to place as much value on the opinions of those who aren't directly funding the work they do?
I envision that it isn't necessarily ignored, but rather appropriately filed away.
And to quote myself, "But I hardly think this is the appropriate venue to re-hash that business."
"The point here is that Kentucky has ignored input from tens of thousands of people who don't want to see sandhill cranes shot for food and fun. Stick to the point, and fight your private battles elsewhere."
I admire you.
There is just too much male chest pounding and testosterone in this "room" for those of us who would like to see the cranes from the view of a binocular rather than the scope of a gun. I'm glad I'm not from these here parts. I have relatives tht hunt; I can accept that. Let's not forget how hunting evolved and why it did. People used to forage for food. Someone tell me here why you feel the need to eat the "good eatin' crane. Thanksgiving dinner, perhaps? I'm sure your guests will be thrilled, as it's been to darn long since they've had a good crane. What a vision for a Norman Rockwell photo.
Grow up. Respect Mother Nature. I'm sure you all have a taxidermist on speed dial and so many dear heads on your walls that you bang your heads against them. But then again, that is what being a man (in your pea-sized brain) is all about. Do you guys also hunt in the cages where you pay for what you kill and walk away the p'round owner of a helpless animal? It's like a miniature golf place for the Big Hunters.
Happy Hunting, "ya'll" Off to Cabalas you go!
How about a bald eagle for Christmas? Seeing as y'all can't afford Christmas presents and all…
Correction: That's cabelas.
3. Bald Eagles will provide a sporting challenge for hunters.
"There is just too much male chest pounding and testosterone in this "room" for those of us who would like to see the cranes from the view of a binocular rather than the scope of a gun."
Nobody would hunt them with a gun with a scope. A shotgun is the appropriate weapon for crane hunting, sans scope.
Season will open. If drawn for the tag I will enjoy it. Deer not dear my dear. No animals on the wall at my abode. A few in the freezer and fridge destined for the table however. But alas, crane season will not be in time to invite one over for Thanksgiving dinner. Perhaps next year.
I would also suggest if you are serious about limiting the impact hunters have on the crane population perhaps you would like to enter the tag lottery? It is open to residents and non-residents alike on the Department's website.
"I would also suggest if you are serious about limiting the impact hunters have on the crane population perhaps you would like to enter the tag lottery? It is open to residents and non-residents alike on the Department's website."
It is probably rigged just like the public comment period was, but I entered it anyway. I am sure that any and all "winners" names are cross referenced against any and all those who submitted comments that were critical or against the season on sandhills. NEVER underestimate Commissioner Jon Gassett as he has shown himself many times over to be a liar and a scoundrel.
Big Juan,
Saw where you were drawn despite you being "cross-referenced" and otherwise disenfranchised by KDFWR.
Again I go back to my statement that the KDFWR probably just doesn't care what the bulk of the bird watchers have to say on the matter. You don't pay their bills but do garner quite a bit of benefit from their work.
I have been thinking more about this bald eagle season. But after having seen them eating lame and afflicted ducks as well as roadside carrion I can't see that they would make good tablefare. Grain fed sandhills on the other hand have proved to be quite delicious. The young of the year birds are especially tender.
You are un-American for eating bald eagles.
© 2013 10,000 Birds. All words, images, and opinions are the property of their respective authors unless stated otherwise.


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The pollutants — nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter that is between 2.5 and 10 micrometers in diameter, called PM 10 — appeared to have surged sharply in January, showing levels 47 percent higher than the same month last year, according to the report by Beijing News that was translated into English by The Economic Observer. The report cited as its source Chen Tian, the head of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau.
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3D culture experts from Corning and Promega answer questions about common methods to form 3D structures, and factors to consider when evaluating cell-based assays for use with 3D structures. Learn about the novel viability and cytotoxicity assays that do not lyse cells and allow for additional multiplexing with nucleic acid purification or other markers of cell function.
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In recent years, three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been emerging as the preferred in vitro cancer model as they better mimic the in vivo tumor microenvironment. For instance, 3D cultures develop hypoxic cores and demonstrate gradients of soluble factors and a diffusion profile for drugs similar to solid tumors. Understanding the interactions between cancer cells and other cell types in the tumor microenvironment is also critical to predicting therapeutic efficacy.
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With more than 1 million deaths worldwide per year, lung cancer remains an area of unmet needs. Realistic human 3D models are required to improve preclinical predictivity. To that end, OncoTheis has engineered a novel in vitro lung cancer model, OncoCilAir™, which combines a functional reconstituted human airway epithelium, human lung fibroblasts and lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. Because of its unique lifespan (>3 month) and its dual composition (healthy and cancerous human tissues), OncoCilAir™ allows for the concurrent testing of the efficacy of drug candidates against malignant cells and their non-toxicity against healthy tissues. Accordingly, a first proof of concept study performed on a panel of anti-cancer drugs including the investigational drugs selumetinib and Mekinist® demonstrated that OncoCilAir™ carrying the KRASG12S mutation showed responsiveness in agreement with first clinical reported results, validating this unique tissue model as a predictive tool for anticancer drug efficacy evaluation. OncoTheis has now extended the model to EGFR mutations. Results showed that OncoCilAir™ EGFRdel19 is sensitive to Tarceva® and Iressa® treatments and provides a useful model to decipher in vitro mechanisms of resistance.
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Modeling NAFLD and TGFβ-induced Fibrosis in 3D Bioprinted Human Liver Tissue
Oct 5 2017
52 mins
Jeff Irelan, Ph.D.
We hope you join us for this special webinar. Jeff Irelan, Director of Scientific Applications for Organovo will be our guest presenter.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disorder with an estimated prevalence of over 25% worldwide and is projected to become the leading indication for liver transplant by 2025. Despite decades of research focused on NAFLD, an effective treatment has yet to be approved. This is due in part to the reliance on cell culture and animal models that present challenges in translation due to limited functional longevity and species differences, respectively.
ExVive™ 3D Bioprinted Human Liver Tissue, a clinically-translatable in vitro model, is ideal for studying the effects of drugs on liver disease progression, regression, and the mechanisms involved. Here, we present results showing a nutrient overload induction of liver disease and TGFβ-induced fibrosis in ExVive™ Human Liver Tissue. A variety of disease-relevant phenotypes including steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis can be demonstrated in the model:
•Nutrient overload leads to the accumulation of lipid droplets in hepatocytes.
•Incorporation of Kupffer cells and stimulation induces inflammatory cytokine release.
•Chronic exposure to nutrient overload leads to stellate cell activation and fibrosis.
•Chronic exposure to chemical inducers of fibrosis or TGFβ stimulation leads to stellate cell activation and fibrosis.
•A TGFβR1 kinase inhibitor effectively blocks TGFβ-induced fibrosis.
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Jeff Irelan holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Oregon. As Director of Scientific Applications, Jeff interfaces with Organovo's customers and R&D team to implement and expand the company's portfolio of service offerings utilizing bioprinted tissue models.
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Bennet, E.D., Mahony, CMO, Potts, H.E., Everest, P., Rutherford, D., Askari, S., McDowell, Da, Mariotti, D, Kelsey, C., Perez-Martin, F., Hamilton, N., Maguire, P and Diver, D.A. (2016) Precision charging of microparticles in plasma via the Rayleigh instability for evaporating charged liquid droplets. Journal of Aerosol Science, 100 . 53 - 60. [Journal article]
Dunlop, PSM, Ciavola, M., Rizzo, L., McDowell, DA and Byrne, JA (2015) Effect of photocatalysis on the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in urban wastewater. Catalysis Today, 240 . pp. 55-60. [Journal article]
Maguire, Paul, Mahony, CMO, Kelsey, Colin, Bingham, AJ, Montgomery, EP, Bennet, ED, Potts, HE, Rutherford, DCE, McDowell, D A, Diver, DA and Mariotti, D (2015) Controlled microdroplet transport in an atmospheric pressure microplasma. Applied Physics Letters, 106 . p. 224101. [Journal article]
Bolton, DJ, Ennis, C and McDowell, DA (2014) Occurrence, virulence genes and antibiotic resistance of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from twelve bovine farms in the north-east of Ireland". Zoonoses and Public Health, 61 (2). pp. 149-156. [Journal article]
McArdle, Carla, Lagan, Katie and McDowell, D A (2014) The pH of Wound Fluid in Diabetic Foot Ulcers- the Way Forward in Detecting Clinical Infection? Current Diabetes Reviews, 10 . pp. 177-181. [Journal article]
Meredith, Hazel, Valdramidis, V, Rotabakk, B T, Sivertsvik, M, McDowell, D A and Bolton, D J (2014) Effect of different modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) gaseous combinations on Campylobacter and the shelf-life of chilled poultry fillets. Food Microbiology, 44 . pp. 196-203. [Journal article]
Bolton, D J, Ivory, C and McDowell, D A (2013) A small study of Yersinia enterocolitica in pigs from birth to carcass and characterisation of porcine and human strains. Food Control, 33 . pp. 521-524. [Journal article]
Bolton, D J, Ivory, C and McDowell, D A (2013) A study of Salmonella in pigs from birth to carcass: Serotypes, genotypes, antibioticresistance and virulence profile. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 160 (3). pp. 298-303. [Journal article]
Bolton, D J, Ivory, C and McDowell, D.A. (2013) The effect of urea and ammonia treatments on the survival of Salmonella spp. and Yersinia enterocolitica in pig slurry. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114 (1). pp. 134-140. [Journal article]
Bolton, D J, Meredith, H, Walsh, D and McDowell, D A (2013) The effect of chemical treatments in laboratory and broiler plant studies on the microbial status and shelf-life of poultry. Food Control, 36 . pp. 230-237. [Journal article]
Bolton, Declan J, Ivory, Claire and McDowell, D.A. (2013) Thermal inactivation of Yersinia enterocolitica in pork slaughter plant scald tank water. Meat Science, 96 (3). pp. 668-671. [Journal article]
Jiao, H., Yan, T., McDowell, D.A., Carson, A.F., Ferris, C.P., Easson, D.L. and Wills, D (2013) Enteric methane emissions and efficiency of use of energy in Holstein heifers and steers at age of six months. Journal of Animal Science, 91 (1). pp. 356-362. [Journal article]
Meredith, H, McDowell, D.A. and Bolton, D J (2013) An evaluation of trisodium phosphate, citric acid and lactic acid cloacal wash treatments to reduce Campylobacter, total viable counts (TVC) and total enterobacteriaceae counts (TEC) on broiler carcasses during processing. Food Control, 32 (1). pp. 149-152. [Journal article]
Meredith, H, Walsh, D, McDowell, D A and Bolton, D J (2013) An investigation of the immediate and storage effects of chemical treatments on Campylobacter and sensory characteristics of poultry meat. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 166 (2). pp. 309-315. [Journal article]
Monaghan, A, Byrne, B, Fanning, S, Sweeney, T, McDowell, D.A. and Bolton, D J (2013) Serotypes and virulence profiles of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) isolated from bovine farms and abattoirs. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114 (2). pp. 595-603. [Journal article]
Scanlon, K.A., Cagney, C., Walsh, D., McNamara, E. B., Carroll, A. M., McDowell, D.A. and Duffy, G. (2013) Occurrence and characteristics of fastidious Campylobacteraceae species in porcine samples. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 163 . pp. 6-13. [Journal article]
Thomas, K M, McCann, M S, Collery, M M, Moschonas, G, Whyte, P, McDowell, D.A. and Duffy, G. (2013) Transfer of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157, O26, O111, O103 and O145 from fleece to carcass during sheep slaughter in an Irish export abattoir. Food Microbiology, 34 (1). pp. 38-45. [Journal article]
D'Sa, RA, Raj, J, McMahon, MA, McDowell, DA, Burke, G and Meenan, BJ (2012) Atmospheric pressure plasma induced grafting of poly(ethylene glycol) onto silicone elastomers for controlling biological response. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 375 . pp. 193-202. [Journal article]
Ennis, C, McDowell, David A. and Bolton, D J (2012) The prevalence, distribution and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotypes and virulotypes from a cluster of bovine farms. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113 (5). pp. 1238-1248. [Journal article]
Monaghan, A, Byrne, B, Fanning, S, Sweeny, T, McDowell, D.A. and Bolton, D J (2012) Serotypes and virulotypes of non-O157 shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on bovine hides and carcasses. Food Microbiology, 32 (2). pp. 223-229. [Journal article]
Monaghan, A, Byrne, B, McDowell, DA, Carroll, A M, McNamara, E B and Bolton, D J (2012) Characterization of Farm, Food, and Clinical Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O113. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 9 (12). pp. 1088-1096. [Journal article]
Okraszska-Lasica, W, Bolton, D J, Sheridan, J J and McDowell, D A (2012) Comparison of aerial counts at different sites in beef and sheep abattoirs and the relationship between aerial and beef carcass contamination. Food Microbiology, 32 (2). pp. 325-331. [Journal article]
Thomas, K M, McCann, M S, Collery, M M, Whyte, P, McDowell, D.A. and Duffy, G (2012) Tracking verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157, O26, O111, O103 and O145 in Irish cattle. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 153 (3). pp. 288-296. [Journal article]
Bolton, D.J., Monaghan, A., Byrne, B., Fanning, S., Sweeney, T. and McDowell, D.A. (2011) Incidence and survival of non-O157 verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in soil. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 111 (2). pp. 484-490. [Journal article]
Kennedy, J., Nolan, A., Gibney, S., O'Brien, S., McMahon, M.A.S., McKenzie, K., Healy, B., McDowell, D.A., Fanning, S. and Wall, P.G. (2011) Determinants of cross-contamination during home food preparation. British Food Journal, 113 (2). pp. 280-287. [Journal article]
Kennedy, Jean, Gibney, Sarah, Nolan, Aisling, O'Brien, Stephen, McMahon, M. Ann S., McDowell, D.A., Fanning, Seamus and Wall, Patrick G. (2011) Identification of critical points during domestic food preparation: an observational study. British Food Journal, 113 (6). pp. 766-783. [Journal article]
Lynch, Órla A., Cagney, Claire, McDowell, David A. and Duffy, Geraldine (2011) Occurrence of fastidious Campylobacter spp. in fresh meat and poultry using an adapted cultural protocol. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 150 (2-3). pp. 171-177. [Journal article]
Monaghan, A, Byrne, B, Fanning, S, Sweeney, T, McDowell, D A and Bolton, D J (2011) Serotypes and Virulence Profiles of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Bovine Farms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77 (24). pp. 8662-8668. [Journal article]
Moschonas, G., Bolton, D. J., McDowell, D. A. and Sheridan, J. J. (2011) Diversity of Culturable Psychrophilic and Psychrotrophic Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Beef Abattoirs and Their Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77 (13). pp. 4280-4284. [Journal article]
Moschonas, Galatios, Bolton, Declan J., Sheridan, James J. and McDowell, D.A. (2011) The effect of heat shrink treatment and storage temperature on the time of onset of "blown pack" spoilage. Meat Science, 87 (2). pp. 115-118. [Journal article]
Thompson, D, Cundell, Jill, McDowell, DA and Winder, John (2011) Simulated Wound Volume Measurement Using 3D Stereophotogrammetry. In: Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference (IMVIP-2010), Limerick University, Limerick. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 345 pp. [Conference contribution]
Crowley, K.M., Prendergast, D.M., Sheridan, J.J. and McDowell, D.A. (2010) The influence of storing beef aerobically or in vacuum packs on the shelf life of mince. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109 (4). pp. 1319-1328. [Journal article]
Crowley, K.M., Prendergast, D.M., Sheridan, J.J. and McDowell, DA (2010) Survival of Pseudomonas fluorescens on beef carcass surfaces in a commercial abattoir. Meat Science, 85 (3). pp. 550-554. [Journal article]
Giotis, Efstathios S., Muthaiyan, Arunachalam, Natesan, Senthil, Wilkinson, Brian J., Blair, Ian S. and McDowell, D.A (2010) Transcriptome Analysis of Alkali Shock and Alkali Adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes10403S. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 7 (10). pp. 1147-1157. [Journal article]
Lynch, Ó.A., Cagney, C., McDowell, DA and Duffy, G. (2010) A method for the growth and recovery of 17 species of Campylobacter and its subsequent application to inoculated beef. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 83 (1). pp. 1-7. [Journal article]
Moschonas, G., Bolton, D. J., Sheridan, J. J. and McDowell, DA (2010) The effect of storage temperature and inoculum level on the time of onset of `blown pack' spoilage. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 108 (2). pp. 532-539. [Journal article]
Murayama, Mayumi, Kakinuma, Yuki, Maeda, Yasunori, Rao, Juluri R., Matsuda, Motoo, Xu, Jiru, Moore, Peter JA, Cherie Millar, B., Rooney, Paul J., Goldsmith, Colin E., Loughrey, Anne, McMahon, M.Ann S., McDowell, D.A and Moore, John E. (2010) Molecular identification of airborne bacteria associated with aerial spraying of bovine slurry waste employing 16S rRNA gene PCR and gene sequencing techniques. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73 (3). p. 443. [Journal article]
Aldeyab, Mamoon A., McElnay, James C., Elshibly, Salah M., Hughes, Carmel M., McDowell, DA, McMahon, MAS, Scott, Michael G. and Kearney, Mary P. (2009) Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Conventional Cleaning Regimen in Removing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Contaminated Surfaces in an Intensive Care Unit. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 30 (3). pp. 304-306. [Journal article]
Crowley, K. M., Prendergast, D. M., McDowell, D. A. and Sheridan, J. J. (2009) Changes in Escherichia coli O157:H7 numbers during holding on excised lean, fascia and fat beef surfaces at different temperatures. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 107 (5). pp. 1542-1550. [Journal article]
Kinsella, K. J., Prendergast, D. M., McCann, M. S., Blair, I. S., McDowell, D. A. and Sheridan, J. J. (2009) The survival of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 and total viable counts on beef surfaces at different relative humidities and temperatures. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 106 (1). pp. 171-180. [Journal article]
McCann, M. S., McDowell, D. A. and Sheridan, J. J. (2009) Effects of reduction in beef surface water activity on the survival of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 during heating. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 106 (6). pp. 1901-1907. [Journal article]
Moore, J. E., Watabe, M., Millar, B. C., Rooney, P. J., Loughrey, A., Goldsmith, C. E., McMahon, M. A. S., McDowell, D.A and Murphy, P. G. (2009) Molecular characterisation of the recA locus in clinical isolates of verocytotoxigenic E. coli O157:H7. BRITISH JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE, 66 (1). pp. 37-41. [Journal article]
Moore, J.E, McMahon, M.A.S, McDowell, D.A and Rooney, P.J (2009) Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter isolates from sporadic cases of acute human gastroenteritis in Northern Ireland. Ulster Medical Journal, 78 (2). p. 139. [Journal article]
Moschonas, G., Bolton, D. J., Sheridan, J. J. and McDowell, DA (2009) Isolation and sources of `blown pack' spoilage clostridia in beef abattoirs. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 107 (2). pp. 616-624. [Journal article]
Prendergast, D. M., Crowley, K. M., McDowell, D.A and Sheridan, J. J. (2009) Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-pathogenic E. coli on irradiated and non-irradiated beef surfaces. MEAT SCIENCE, 83 (3). pp. 468-473. [Journal article]
Aldeyab, Mamoon A., Hughes, Carmel M., Kearney, Mary P., Scott, Michael G., McDowell, DA, Hanley, Joanne, McMahon, MAS, Elshibly, Salah M., Bailie, Ronald and McElnay, James C. (2008) Comparison of the effect of ciprofloxacin and Tazocin (R) on the incidence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an Intensive Care Unit. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, 32 (6). pp. 499-504. [Journal article]
Bolton, D J, Meally, A, Blair, I S, McDowell, D A and Cowan, C (2008) Food safety knowledge of head chefs and catering managers in Ireland. Food Control, 19 . pp. 291-300. [Journal article]
Giotis, Efstathios S., Julotok, Mudcharee, Wilkinson, Brian J., Blair, Ian S. and McDowell, D.A. (2008) Role of sigma B factor in the alkaline tolerance response of Listeria monocytogenes 10403S and cross-protection against subsequent ethanol and osmotic stress. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION, 71 (7). pp. 1481-1485. [Journal article]
Giotis, Efstathios S., Muthaiyan, Arunachalam, Blair, Ian S., Wilkinson, Brian J. and McDowell, DA (2008) Genomic and proteomic analysis of the Alkali-Tolerance Response (AlTR) in Listeria monocytogenes 10403S. 11 pp, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-102 [Internet publication]
McMahon, M. A. S., Tunney, M. M., Moore, J. E., Blair, I. S., Gilpin, D. F. and McDowell, D. A. (2008) Changes in antibiotic susceptibility in staphylococci habituated to sub-lethal concentrations of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia). LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 47 (4). pp. 263-268. [Journal article]
Moore, J. E., Watabe, M., Millar, B. C., McMahon, MAS, McDowell, Da, Rooney, P. J., Loughrey, A. and Goldsmith, C. E. (2008) Molecular characterisation of verocytoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing. BRITISH JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE, 65 (3). pp. 161-163. [Journal article]
Stirling, J., Griffith, M., Blair, I., Cormican, M., Dooley, James, Goldsmith, C. E., Glover, S. G., Loughrey, A., Lowery, Colm, Matsuda, M., McClurg, R., McCorry, K., McDowell, David, McMahon, Ann, Millar, B. Cherie, Nagano, Y., Rao, J. R., Rooney, P. J., Smyth, M., Snelling, W. J., Xu, J. and Moore, J. E. (2008) Prevalence of gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens in a population of zoo animals. ZOONOSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 55 (3). pp. 166-172. [Journal article]
Stirling, Jonathan, Griffith, Michael, Dooley, James, Goldsmith, Colin E., Loughrey, Anne, Lowery, Colm, McClurg, Robert, McCorry, Kieran, McDowell, David, McMahon, Ann, Millar, B. Cherie, Rao, Juluri, Rooney, Paul J., Snelling, William J., Matsuda, Motoo and Moore, John E. (2008) Zoonoses associated with petting farms and open zoos. VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, 8 (1). pp. 85-92. [Journal article]
Walsh, C., Duffy, G., Nally, P., O'Mahony, R., McDowell, DA and Fanning, S. (2008) Transfer of ampicillin resistance from Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 to Escherichia coli K12 in food. LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 46 (2). pp. 210-215. [Journal article]
Watabe, M, Hogg, G.M, Millar, B. Cherie, Crothers, L, Rooney, P.J, Loughrey, A, Goldsmith, C.E, McMahon, M.A.S, McDowell, D.A and Moore, J.E (2008) Epidemiological study of E. coli O157:H7 isolated in Northern Ireland using pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Ulster Medical Journal, 77 (3). pp. 168-174. [Journal article]
Giotis, E S, Blair, I S and McDowell, D A (2007) Morphological changes in Listeria monocytogenes subjected to sublethal alkaline stress. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 120 (3). pp. 250-258. [Journal article]
Giotis, E S, McDowell, DA, Blair, I S and Wilkinson, B J (2007) Role of branched-chain fatty acids in pH stress tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 (3). pp. 997-1001. [Journal article]
Kinsella, K.J., Rowe, T, Blair, Ian, McDowell, DA and Sheridan, J.J. (2007) The influence of attachment to beef surfaces on the survival of cells of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104, at different aw values and at low storage temperatures. Food Microbiology, 24 (7-8). pp. 786-793. [Journal article]
Maeda, Y, Loughrey, A, Earle, J.A.P, Millar, B. Cherie, Rao, J, Kearns, A, McConville, O, Goldsmith, C.E, Rooney, P.J, Dooley, James, Lowery, Colm, Snelling, W.J, McMahon, M.A.S, McDowell, David and Moore, J.E (2007) Antibacterial activity of honey against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 14 . pp. 77-82. [Journal article]
McCann, M.S., McGovern, A.C., McDowell, D.A., Blair, I.S. and Sheridan, J.J. (2007) Effects of storage and the presence of a beef microflora on the thermal resistance of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 in beef and broth systems. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 102 (6). p. 1561. [Journal article]
McMahon, M. A. S., Blair, I. S., Moore, J. E. and McDowell, D. A. (2007) The rate of horizontal transmission of antibiotic resistance plasmids is increased in food preservation-stressed bacteria. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 103 (5). pp. 1883-1888. [Journal article]
McMahon, M. A. S., Blair, I. S., Moore, J. E. and McDowell, D. A. (2007) The rate of horizontal transmission of antibiotic resistant plasmids is increased in food preservation-stressed bacteria. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, 29 (Suppl.). R2116. [Journal article]
McMahon, M. A. S., McDowell, D. A. and Blair, I. S. (2007) The pattern of pleiomorphism in stressed Salmonella Virchow populations is nutrient and growth phase dependent. LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 45 (3). pp. 276-281. [Journal article]
McMahon, M. Ann S., Xu, Jiru, Moore, John E., Blair, Ian S. and McDowell, David A. (2007) Environmental stress and antibiotic resistance in food-related pathogens. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 73 (1). pp. 211-217. [Journal article]
McMahon, MAS, Blair, Ian S., Moore, John E. and McDowell, DA (2007) Habituation to sub-lethal concentrations of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) is associated with reduced susceptibility to antibiotics in human pathogens. JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 59 (1). pp. 125-127. [Journal article]
Kinsella, K.J., Sheridan, J.J., Rowe, T.A., Butler, F., Delgado, A., Quispe-Ramirez, A., Blair, I.S. and McDowell, D.A. (2006) Impact of a novel spray-chilling system on surface microflora, water activity and weight loss during beef carcass chilling. Food Microbiology, 23 (5). pp. 483-490. [Journal article]
Moore, John E., Barton, Mary D., Blair, Iain S., Corcoran, Deborah, Dooley, James, Fanning, Seamus, Kempf, Isabelle, Lastovica, Albert J., Lowery, Colm, Matsuda, Motoo, McDowell, David, McMahon, Ann, Millar, B. Cherie, Rao, Juluri R., Rooney, Paul J., Seal, Bruce S., Snelling, William J. and Tolba, Ola (2006) The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter. MICROBES AND INFECTION, 8 (7). pp. 1955-1966. [Journal article]
Moore, JE, Corcoran, D, Dooley, James, Fanning, S, Lucey, B, Matsuda, M, McDowell, David, Megraud, F, Millar, B. Cherie, O'Mahony, R, O'Riordan, L, O'Rourke, M, Rao, JR, Rooney, PJ, Sails, A and Whyte, P (2005) Campylobacter. VETERINARY RESEARCH, 36 (3). pp. 351-382. [Journal article]
Rao, D, Rao, JR, Crothers, E, McMullan, R, McDowell, DA, McMahon, M.A.S, Rooney, PJ, Millar, B. Cherie and Moore, JE (2005) Increased erythromycin resistance in clinical Campylobacter in Northern Ireland - an update. JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 55 (3). pp. 395-396. [Journal article]
Xu, J, Heaney, JCN, Marshall, SA, Millar, B. Cherie, McDowell, David, McMahon, Ann, Blair, IS, Rooney, PJ and Moore, JE (2005) Employment of 16S rDNA gene sequencing techniques to identify phenotypically difficult-to-identify culturable eubacteria from foods and waters. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 40 (2). pp. 229-233. [Journal article]
Blair, I.S, McMahon, MAS and McDowell, DA (1999) Aeromonas. In: Encyclopaedia of Food Microbiology. (Eds: Robinson, R, Batt, C and Patel, P), Academic Press Ltd, pp. 25-30. ISBN 978-0-12227-070-3 [Book section]
McMahon, Ann, Blair, IS and McDowell, David (1998) Filamentation in Aeromonas hydrophila. FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 15 (4). pp. 441-448. [Journal article]
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What to Know
A 24-year-old Manhattan woman is suing clothing retailer Zara after she says she found a dead rodent sewn into a dress she bought
The plaintiff says she has suffered emotional distress and even contracted a rodent-born disease from the alleged rat carcass
Zara told the Daily News that it's aware of the suit and is investigating
A Manhattan woman is suing Spanish fashion retailer Zara after she says she found a rat sewn into a dress she bought at one of their stores.
In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week, 24-year-old Cailey Fiesel says that she not only suffered emotional distress but was diagnosed with a rodent-born disease after wearing the dress.
Court documents say that Fiesel bought two dresses "off-the-rack" at Zara's Greenwich, Connecticut, store back in July and hung them in her closet. In mid-August, she wore the black dress in question for the first time.
While at work, Fiesel says she started to notice a "disturbingly pungent odor" but couldn't figure out where the offending smell was coming from. "She was unable to escape this odor," according to court papers.
Throughout the day, Fiesel says she noticed something that felt like a loose string from her dress rubbing against her leg. She didn't give much thought to it and reached down to try to find the string. That's when she says she made the grisly discovery.
"To her utter shock and disbelief, as she ran her hand over the hem of the dress she felt an unusual bulge and suddenly realized that it was not a string that was rubbing against her leg but was instead a leg rubbing against her leg. The leg of a dead rodent that is," court documents say.
"Paralyzed with fear," Fiesel jumped out of her chair as coworkers gathered around her desk. Court documents claim that when she took off the dress she found a dead rodent sewn into its hem, the bulge of its body hidden beneath the fabric.
Photos of the dress included with the court papers "conspicuously [depict] the dead rodent with at least one of its appendages protruding."
The lawsuit claims that Fiesel "has sustained significant personal injuries and emotional distress" and "a large rash that was diagnosed as a rodent born disease" as a result of Zara's negligence.
It was Zara's duty "to prevent its products from being manufactured and sold with disease causing rodents sewn into them," the suit says.
Fiesel is seeking unspecified damages.
A spokesperson for Zara USA told NBC 4 New York the company is aware of the allegation and is investigating the matter.
"The brand has stringent quality controls and health and safety standards worldwide that are followed and met in manufacturing, including stitching and pressing," the spokesperson said. "We are committed to ensuring that all of our products meet these rigorous requirements."


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Sodium Laurel Sulfate in Honey-B-Healthy
FYI: Some information that I located 8/19/08
Sodium lauryl sulfate is used as a flea and tick repellant in one
registered pesticide product--a flea and tick shampoo for cats and dogs.Sodium lauryl sulfate also is a widely used component of many nonpesticidal
consumer products currently marketed in the United States,
including shampoos and fruit juices.
This inexpensive detergent is commonly used in cosmetic cleansers, hair shampoos, bath and shower gels, bubble baths, etc. - It is probably the most dangerous ingredient used in skin and hair-care products. In the cleaning industry SLS is used in garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers, car-wash soaps, etc. It is very corrosive and readily attacks greasy surfaces.
Sodium lauryl sulfate is used throughout the world for clinical testing as --------
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Al Harrington and Hedo Turkoglu chimed in about their uncertain futures with the Magic over Twitter on Friday after a reader asked a reporter — and them — when the team will resolve the players' situations.
Harrington wrote: "I hope VERY SOON!!!!"
Turkoglu wrote: "I will be really happy if they can do it as soon as possible."
Harrington and Turkoglu don't expect the Magic to keep them.
If the team cuts Turkoglu now, the team would be obligated to pay him just $6 million of his $12 million salary for the upcoming season, which is the final year of Turkoglu's deal.
If the team cuts Harrington now, it would be obligated to pay him $3.57 million of his $7.15 million salary for the 2013-14 season and $3.8 million of his $7.6 million salary for the 2014-15 season.
The longer it takes to resolve Harrington's and Turkoglu's futures, the more difficult it may be for each of them to sign with another team with an open roster spot.
The winners get . . .
There was a rumor going around that the summer league's winning team would have all of its expenses paid for by the other nine participating teams.
That rumor is not accurate
The Oklahoma City Thunder won the title by beating the Houston Rockets 85-77 on Friday.
Thunder players each received an adjustable baseball cap. The text on its front, written in capital letters, read: "SOUTHWEST ORLANDO PRO SUMMER LEAGUE 2013 CHAMPIONS."
The league's 10 teams split the expenses to run the league. The expenses included the price of the food and the wages for the stat keepers, custodians and security workers.
Each team pays its own travel and lodging costs.
This year, for the first time, the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas has adopted a tournament format, with each team playing at least five games. Teams that play more than five games will have some of their added expenses paid for by the league.
• Free agent guard A.J. Slaughter scored 25 points on 10-of-22 shooting for the Magic in their 102-83 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday. Slaughter also had nine assists, seven steals and five turnovers. The Magic would like to sign someone to be their third point guard, and he's a contender for that spot.
• Julius Erving attended two games Friday at Amway Center. He was in town to attend an AAU basketball tournament.
• Detroit's Andre Drummond, Houston's Terrence Jones, Oklahoma City's Jeremy Lamb, Orlando's Victor Oladipo and Boston's Kelly Olynyk were named to the Orlando Pro Summer League's all-tournament first team.
Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic and the NBA for the Orlando Sentinel. You can reach him via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com and connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/JoshuaBRobbins. Follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.