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  1. Amelanchier
    Prunus padus
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    For those with a slow afternoon - the actual ruling... Bowen (A Child) & Ors v The National Trust [2011] EWHC 1992 (QB) (27 July 2011)
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    Sense prevails. BBC News - Felbrigg Hall tree death: National Trust 'not to blame'
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    You might try just outlining the requirements and application links here in the employment forum (now that I've moved you...).
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    Seems like a reasonable thread to me and you've made your point quite properly without the need for names so there's no danger of it being deleted.
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    Indeed but as a boring dullard I feel obliged to point out that the service is not for commercial gain!
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    Not all results are equal.
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    Indeed it does, but it would be a woeful end goal don't you think? This is no longer the era of the Victorian naturalist. The framework of useful investigation and the scaffold of science is already built - proper externally reviewed trials are needed. Just consider what you would need to do to ensure that your results were statistically relevant to the wider population. A couple of trees in a couple of locations with a couple of treatments just won't do it.
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    Deftly returned sir. I think you'll find my capricous judgement to be better than my mask of piety! You and Tony share the dubious honour of both being in the small group arbtalk members who I don't feel the need to pull my punches with. You both have veritable hides.
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    The result of idolatry is almost inevitable disappointment.
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    Yep - and certainly not by us. We can't possibly generate anything but anecdotal half truths.
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    I would point out that in regard to Allicin, the burden of proof lies with the proponents. As far as I'm aware - there is none.
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    In vino veritas...
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    When they call up and ask for a price to fell their leylandii do you tell them that actually they mean Leyland Cypress??? After all, they live in England... FTR - I am winding your leg and pulling you up.
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    I think you have the essence of it there. Unneccessarily. I'd suggest the same goes for any jargon (in the original sense of the word) used outside its neccessary group. The OP seemed to want its abandonment altogether...
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    Paul - I agree. In addition, I prefer to spec what will be left of the tree, not what will be removed! What I meant was that I have heard a lot of complaints about the sudden introduction of precision (and concerns about its enforcement - possible or otherwise). However, my point is that level of precision has always been present (although as you point out, subject to interpretation!). 30% of a dimension is a real number (whichever dimension you define) and therefore there has been no increase in the neccessary accuracy - just an effective clarification in the definition of the dimension!
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    I predict this will next come up in february 2012. At that time, those that don't, won't or can't use botanical nomeclature will still maintain their view and those that do, will and can will maintain theirs. Some of that second group will yawn at its re-appearance and marvel the apparent fact that it is considered to be an important issue. The first group must accept that just because they have no use for a system it doesn't follow that the system has no function. My ability with differential equations is markedy limited - am I right to demand their eradication?
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    I doubt the authors intended that particular guideline to be any more precise than the previous percentage approach. Did anyone undertaking a 30% reduction of crown volume measure it beforehand to ensure that they didn't remove 32%? On a 15% reduction of height and width did anyone take a tape measure up the tree to ensure that they only removed 1.297m from the 8.65m spread? Did anyone do 10% thins (neccessarily of leaf bearing area) in the winter on deciduous species? As Paul says, guidelines are exactly that - guidelines.
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    Uh huh. I've been there. I've been the guy throwing the big base rings on when the springs are level cos I'm two hours from home at 6 on a friday but the premise is still false. Not all 3.5t trucks are overloaded I get the OPs point but the idea that the AA shouldn't be approving companies that run such vehicles doesn't follow.
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    Your premise is false - it doesn't logically follow that because the truck exists it must be overloaded. You can overload anything.
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    Rupe have you been to www.retrobike.co.uk ? Thumbies, Biopace, DCDs, RS Judys, Pink stubby bar ends, Mint Sauce transfers the lot. They also have an archive of old catalouges... Check p13 out. Saracen 92.pdf
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    In my experience it is not uncommon for well meaning maintenance contractors to remove fruiting bodies; either in the mistaken belief that it impedes decay or in the interests of aesthetics. A chat with the guys/gals that manage the site could be very helpful.
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    Phew. As long as its all good with you Tim. I was really worried there for a second - you know as I was typing that I was thinking "Heck, I hope Tim's all right with this..."
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    I'm going to out eco-arb y'all and ask if these failures shouldn't just be called adaptions to load? After all most of these trees / branches continue to be viable despite the change in circumstance
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    That does sound a bit dubious - are they insinuating that if the TPO wasn't in place normal management would be acceptable? Duh! Perhaps they have half read section 6.3.3 of 5837? Blah blah blah trees should not be retained where the development requires that their branch spread must be significantly controlled by periodic pruning??? The most annoying thing about a refusal like that is that whilst the arb might be champing at the bit to destroy the shoddy psuedo-reasoning of the LPA, the client hardly ever wants the fight. They only get away with talking toss because people let them.

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