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Or you could just buy "Glossary of Arboricultural Terms" (2007). The source of these definitions I assume. You don't need the puter by your side to define. Pretty inexpensive and in ISA bookstore. (Guy one of the dvlpmt, researchers)
 
Or you could just buy "Glossary of Arboricultural Terms" (2007). The source of these definitions I assume. You don't need the puter by your side to define. Pretty inexpensive and in ISA bookstore. (Guy one of the dvlpmt, researchers)
Yes thanks Dave it's strictly arbo terms, which makes it especially relevant to us. Pretty big review committee.

It's the same as the hardcover, which is now in a nice green 2009 edition. The goal is to revise every year to keep current, and get it translated in more countries (9 now I think).:lifter: Keep on rockin in the free world..
 
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ISA....sometimes you hate it....most of time you gotta luv it.

Don't see any of these other countries (that knock it) taking the lead in these areas? :chatter: (anyone come to mind?)
 
ISA....sometimes you hate it....most of time you gotta luv it.
The more I use their website the more I luv em.;)
Don't see any of these other countries (that knock it) taking the lead in these areas? :chatter: (anyone come to mind?)
If it's oz you mean, they are part of ISA, going in some good directions. Kinda makes sense for the international org to take the lead where it can imo.
 
LOL....if youououououou are too drunk (and tarred) to fish.....you might be a redneck.:)

My favrit is still "if your pickup bed resembles a Dumpster..."
I resemble that!

redneck without the racial overtones.

FWIW... I was watching PBS the other day and the term redneck does not come from the sunburned neck, but from the original Scots-Irish immigrants from the late 16-early 1700's who wore tartan scarfs, red, around their necks.
 
On a Mac....You just hold the mouse/curser over the word and then hold down the control, apple & D keys and a mini built in dictionary pops up under the word, with the definition......No extra programs required....SWEET! :)
 
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FWIW... I was watching PBS the other day and the term redneck does not come from the sunburned neck, but from the original Scots-Irish immigrants from the late 16-early 1700's who wore tartan scarfs, red, around their necks.


With your permission, JPS, I'd like to modify your etymology on "redneck".

A careful read of wikipedia on the topic reveals that the word has been used for hundreds of years by many different societies. I suspect that it has always been associated with any white person that works in the sun very much without a big hat, for obvious reasons.

An excellent article with a more concise focus on the use in American culture: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3732/is_/ai_n17174894

My belief is that it was popularized most in American culture by striking appalachian mine workers, particularly their use of red bandanna's around the necks of sympathetic mine workers marching in the Battle of Blair Mountain. It was their uniform, signifying their participation in the march. This is an interesting story, where US military forces were used to bomb, gas, and otherwise defeat Union efforts on behalf of the mine owners [of course, the majority of the battle was fought with mercenaries hired by the mines]. A shameful note from of the history of the U.S.A., seldom mentioned in our children's history classes at school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

The national press sensationalized the term at the time, and I think this is how it came into it's popular usage.

Unless I am mistaken, a large part of the Appalachian mine workers were from Scots/Irish heritage, and there may some cultural tie-ins there, as to why the red bandanna was chosen as the symbol of membership in the march.

BTW JPS, I learned about the redneck thing and the Battle of Blair Mountain on the History channel, so the roots of our education about rednecks are very similar.
 
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I could go on and on, but I realized this is way off topic.

Sanborns came over in 1626 fleeing the Church of England, Daddy was a preacher. Bell (paternal Grandmother) came over in the 1700's after one of the many Irish uprisings, captured combatant shipped under indenture.

A lot of ridgerunners and squawmen way back there, settled down into mostly dirt farmers til my Grandpa got kicked off the farm and became a mechanic in Milwaukee.
 
Well it may have meant many things before but what is important
is the definition today and who it fits. I think I am fairly safe :hmm3grin2orange:
 
I use http://www.answers.com/ most of the time

What i would like to know is the difference in parsing of efficacy vs effectiveness in regards to a given treatment.

I'm an agronomist by trade and the most common use of efficacy is when describing pesticide use and characteristics.

Example -- you can increase the efficacy of a certain grass herbicide by adding a surfactant. Whether or not it is effective depends on environmental conditions at time of application etc.


Seems like parsing to me too but, at least in ag that is the word use in the literature.

Don't know if it's the same in arborculture --
 
I'm an agronomist by trade and the most common use of efficacy is when describing pesticide use and characteristics.

Example -- you can increase the efficacy of a certain grass herbicide by adding a surfactant. Whether or not it is effective depends on environmental conditions at time of application etc.


Seems like parsing to me too but, at least in ag that is the word use in the literature.

Don't know if it's the same in arborculture --

Arboriculture is a subset of horticulture, so it is all plant science.

So it sounds to me that efficacy is the potential, and effectiveness is the ends result.
 

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