Short Notes and Quotes

 

Quotes:

parody: Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.

spe·cious   Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.  Deceptively attractive.

New Heritage Dictionary (online www.dictionary.com)

Dogs are spreading canker

"Canker is so highly contagious you can spread it by touching an infected tree in Dade County and driving home and touching a tree in Brevard," said Tyrone Kemp, spokesman for the USDA's citrus canker program.  "Your dog could spread it just by relieving himself on an infected tree in Miami and then relieving himself again on another tree a hundred miles up the road."

From: Orlando-Sentinel, Feb 3, 2002,  "Citrus canker stumps sleuths"

This court will not be a pallbearer of the casket containing the freedoms held dear by all freedom-loving persons, freedoms which, once buried, are seldom if ever regained.


Judge J. Leonard Fleet,  decision  in halting the cutting of healthy trees in Broward County.


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Short Notes:

These notes extend discussion within my book. They follows generally the chapters in the book.

Chapter 1: The Citrus Canker Eradication Program

SN 1.1 Why this website?

SN 1.2 Dr. Whiteside's Contribution to Citrus Canker Research

SN 1.3 Risk Assessment Group and Task Force

SN 1.4 A Summary of Worldwide Incidences of Citrus Canker

SN 1.5 Okeechobee Saga

SN 1.6 What is an exposed tree?

SN 1.7 Eradication Delays and Related Statistics

SN 1.8 Overwhelming emotions by Patricia Haire

SN 1.9 Cutrus Canker and Giant Swallowtails by Roger Hammer

Chapter 2: Four Decades of Eradication Programs

SN 2.1 Additional Notes on Canker War I

Chapter 3: Citrus Canker Biology

SN 3.1 The Case of the Dirty Scalpel

SN 3.2 Long Distance Transport by Hurricanes and Tornedoes

SN 3.3 Survey Errors and the Impact on the Eradication Program

Chapter 4: Opposition to the Program

SN 4.1: Essay on the Citrus Canker Eradication Program by Dr. Peter Harsany

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 5 Legal issues

SN 5.1 The case of the dirty scalpel

SN 5.2 Broward County Attorney Andrew Meyers Comments

SN 5.3 Peer-Review of Field Study

Chapter 6: Selected Topics in Epidemiology

SN 6.1 The Argentine Observational Study (1978-1979)

SN 6.2 The1900-ft Policy and the Published Articles by Dr. Gottwald et al.

SN 6.3 Comparison of Department Website Justification Statements

SN 6.4 Highlands Observational Study

SN 6.5 Big 3 Articles on Citrus Canker

Chapter 7: Field Study Investigation Summary

SN 7.1 Site D1, Lake at 192 St.

Chapter 8: Undisclosed Studies

SN 8.1: MATLAB routine to calculate areal coverage

SN 8.2: Further discussion of Voronoi Tessellations

SN 8.3: Chipper experiments and alternative interpretation

Chapter 9: A New History Emerges

SN 9.1 Still some missing pieces

Chapter 10: Post CCEP: Living with Canker

SN 10.1 Commercial Citrus Production and Related Measures

Quotes:

Defeat al-Qaeda and Citrus Canker

Tyrone Kemp, our Public Relations Director is pursuing the purchase of US flag luggage tags that carry the message supporting the Citrus Canker Eradication Program. After the terorist attacks of September 11, Anerican flags can be seen almost everywhere and it is hoped that luggage tags that show the US flag and a pro-canker eradication program message will help educate the public as to the critical nature of the program.

USDA, APHIS, PPQ Status report (9/16 to 9/29/2001), about two weeks after the attack. Educating the public???