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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Municipal landscape requirements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/municipal-landscape-requirements/#post-158933</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Occupy Wall Street - Are you with it? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/occupy-wall-street-are-you-with-it/#post-159900</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:39:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That wasn&#8217;t directed at you by the way Jon, this was just the most active place to post at the time.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Occupy Wall Street - Are you with it? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:22:04 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try this one, just give yourself about 2 hours, but worth it:<br />
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Occupy Wall Street - Are you with it? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:21:04 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is interesting, 21 pages of forum debate in 20 minutes at Zuccotti Park:<br />
<a href="http://reason.tv/video/show/peter-schiff-represents-the-1-1" rel="nofollow">http://reason.tv/video/show/peter-schiff-represents-the-1-1</a><br />
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Another Failed Landscape - When Ideology Trumps User Needs in the forum PLACES &#38; SPACES</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/another-failed-landscape-when-ideology-trumps-user-needs/#post-159794</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:58:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have an hour, these lectures offer a great perspective on that topic:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2Rq4HJBxw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2Rq4HJBxw</a></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic quotations, sayings, proverbs..........Landscape Architecture in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/quotations-sayings-proverbs-landscape-architecture/#post-160284</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:39:25 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;God made whales to be in the ocean, and God made camels to be in the desert, and He made man to be in the garden.  And everything we do should reflect that garden.&#8221;  Robert Marvin, FASLA<br />
 <br />
&#8220;You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;It is the time you have devoted to the rose that makes the rose so important.&#8221;<br />
Antoine de Sai&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-47720"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/quotations-sayings-proverbs-landscape-architecture/#post-160284" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic We Need Some New Blood! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/we-need-some-new-blood/#post-160224</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:34:35 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not that hard of an interpretation.<br />
 <br />
You&#8217;re not competing with the bear.  You have to be better than the other guy to survive.  Apple Inc. clearly wears sneakers.<br />
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Hell they make their own sneakers and throw them at the bear to taunt him.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic We Need Some New Blood! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>http://land8.com/forums/topic/we-need-some-new-blood/page/3/#post-160251</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully, they are all working too hard to look at blogs 🙂<br />
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Try &#8220;bear spray&#8221;</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Professional Boundaries for Landscape Contractors in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:08:26 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do we have all the facts here?  I don&#8217;t know that I would convict the contractor just yet.<br />
 <br />
What if the concrator was having a casual conversation with the owner, mentioned how much more spectacular the home would look with more lighting, then went to Ms. Corson with his ideas?  Doesn&#8217;t everyone benefit?<br />
 <br />
Now if the contractor said &#8220;hey afte&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-31956"><a href="http://land8.com/forums/topic/professional-boundaries-for-landscape-contractors/page/2/#post-160321" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Architects venturing further into landscape design... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:21:46 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I encourage you guys to think about it a little differently.<br />
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In what other context do we say, &#8220;don&#8217;t improve yourself&#8221; or &#8220;don&#8217;t learn so much&#8221; or &#8220;stop trying to be so educated&#8221;.<br />
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In many other contexts, this is dangerous thinking.<br />
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If something is done wrong, we would be far better to criticize, and reason and explain the fault (and God fo&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-36035"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/architects-venturing-further-into-landscape-design/#post-160500" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic SafeLane in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/safelane/#post-170937</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:09:34 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now it looks like me!</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic SafeLane in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:49:45 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought it was a picture of Will Ferrell</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic burial at sea.. in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 12:32:06 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sure many faiths disapprove of cremation, Islam being one of them.  Being the clock was ticking on the 24 hour timeframe, and no country would take him, and the volatility of having the body buried in your country, seems to make the burial at sea the best option.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic burial at sea.. in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>http://land8.com/forums/topic/burial-at-sea/page/2/#post-163155</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 22:34:40 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A memorial would be for someone to pay respect to the person buried there, to commemorate or honor them.<br />
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No one wanted his body! Not a single country.  The entire world didn&#8217;t want him.  It would be the least visited memorial ever.<br />
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Which is why they buried him at sea, they had nowhere to put him.  I&#8217;m glad they respected his religion and disp&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30565"><a href="http://land8.com/forums/topic/burial-at-sea/page/2/#post-163155" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Hunting in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hampton Roads area, Virginia has not been doing too bad.  The cities are still spending a lot of money building new schools which keeps the architects and civil engineers working, which in turn puts us on their teams for planning.<br />
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We all received raises this year for the firs time in about 3 years.  I&#8217;m certainly not going to complain about that!</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Enough with the Sinuosity already! Santa Monica park designed by James Corner Field Operations in the forum PLACES &#38; SPACES</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/enough-with-the-sinuosity-already-santa-monica-park-designed-by-james-corner-field-operations/#post-164307</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smciviccenterparks.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smciviccenterparks.com/</a><br />
 <br />
I went to the link above, and there are pages and pages and pages of community input, workshops and presentations with hundreds of neighbors working on the concept back to July 2010.<br />
 <br />
Interesting to say its confusing, uncomfortable, inappropriate and unsafe with that much input.<br />
 <br />
Why is it that if the site&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-46051"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/enough-with-the-sinuosity-already-santa-monica-park-designed-by-james-corner-field-operations/#post-164307" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Does Our Profession Need a Union? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/does-our-profession-need-a-union/#post-164746</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:23:26 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I was thinking about this all wrong:<br />
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<a href="http://www.startribune.com/sports/golf/116783973.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.startribune.com/sports/golf/116783973.html</a><br />
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				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:41:46 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trace, you need to learn how to not assert something about someone and then attack them for it.  Make a point, then argue for the point instead of denigrating people.  Please, or no one will listen to you.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Does Our Profession Need a Union? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:52:35 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more report:<br />
This one states that Virginia has a ban on collective bargaining agreements.  I am pretty sure that public unions are banned in Virginia.  And there is a budget surplus. Contrast that with Wisconsin.<br />
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Thats a strong indicator that public and private unions do not need each other.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_61.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_61.pdf</a><br />
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Does Our Profession Need a Union? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:08:50 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to respectfully disagree with you as well.  Here is a great article on the contrast of government unions vs private sector unions.<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mackinac.org/2309" rel="nofollow">http://www.mackinac.org/2309</a><br />
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And you need to give me more data than &#8220;most economists agree&#8221;. Thats not a strong enough point for me.<br />
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You cannot take a good argument and discredit it (spoken like a re&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-43878"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/does-our-profession-need-a-union/page/3/#post-164774" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Does Our Profession Need a Union? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:45:42 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure this is a really good response Andrew, but I am not reading it all right now 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:27:16 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, to answer the question I don&#8217;t accept the premise.  I don&#8217;t think companies should work for the common good.  I think they should work for profit.  The common good is the responsibility of the common man and certainly not the governments responsibility.  I am my brothers keeper is not the phrase of a corporation, its a phrase for you and me.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49180"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/does-our-profession-need-a-union/page/4/#post-164783" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:56:18 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew you couldn&#8217;t avoid a little discrediting, even if requested not to.  One more for good measure:<br />
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<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2004/01/27/third_world_sweatshops/page/2" rel="nofollow">http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2004/01/27/third_world_sweatshops/page/2</a><br />
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And thanks for the suggestion, I&#8217;ll check out Krugman!</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:33:11 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll just point to two amazing economists for that answer.  And please know, if your reply is to discredit either man for his incompetence or denigrate the web site they write for, you&#8217;ll be arguing in bad faith and making no point at all.  Argue against their c&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-43397"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/does-our-profession-need-a-union/page/4/#post-164789" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:01:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would respectfully disagree in that its not unions but free markets that separate us from third world countries.  There are other factors such as a free press, an educated populous, universities and free elections.<br />
Just look in the news and you can see the infectiousness of a little freedom.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some thoughts on private sector unions:<br />
 <br />
That will create direct competition with non-union LA firms&#8217; employees over compensation, instead of quality of work.  Think there won&#8217;t be strongarming to make non-union LA firms into union firms?<br />
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You may have to limit your work based on union job descriptions.  Want to go out with the survey crew tomor&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49181"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/does-our-profession-need-a-union/page/5/#post-164802" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Books or web image search? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-or-web-image-search/#post-164943</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:20:33 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is an artist with some very creative work.  I wonder where he draws his inspiration&#8230;<br />
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He has a very interesting book on art in the landscape as well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wgarysmith.com/design/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wgarysmith.com/design/</a></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Ingenuity or abuse? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:52:06 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks stunningly beautiful, I don&#8217;t know how it could be called abuse any more than an indian abuses a flint rock to make an arrowhead.<br />
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Could you imagine greenpeace marching into the phillipines and telling them they need to stop destroying the mountains for rice production&#8230;</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:02:36 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new employee was hired in February, correct?  Hardly enough time to give the final analysis that demand for your services has not increased.  I would give it at least 6 months.<br />
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I remember a while back there was a forum post here from a disgruntled employee who lost a friend in a cutback, but was extremely put out that soon after they rev&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-41172"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/2/#post-165207" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:50:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it a bad thing that they hired someone else?  The fallacy is that with less people and more hours, productivity increases.  Productivity doesn&#8217;t increase, its just less people doing more work.  Productivity is when your product moves and grows in proportion to your employees.  The hiring of another person should be a sign that the com&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-41166"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/2/#post-165215" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Communication in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/communication/#post-168175</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:05:52 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.&#8221; Thomas Mann</p>
<p>What is needed is patience, something that the internet forces us to put aside. Speed is the enemy of thought. As soon as we get an email we need to respond. There is no time for squiggles, cross-outs, arrows or editing marks. Just think of the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-46645"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/communication/#post-168175" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Mexican Feather Grass: Substitution in the forum PLANTS &#38; HORTICULTURE</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/mexican-feather-grass-substitution/#post-176283</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks a little like Karl Foerster&#8217;s Feather Reed Grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora &#8216;Karl Foerster&#8217;</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Are you working or not ? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:23:31 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Virginia does not seem to have been hit as hard as other states. Best of luck to you all.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Tips for someone just getting started with AutoCad? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:35:42 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I learned thru reading a Mastering AutoCAD book as well. However, the problems and guides that come in the attached CD require AutoCAD to work thru. And, even the most watered down versions of CAD (AutoCAD LT) is about $1000 dollars.</p>
<p>The bargain basement way to do it, would be to buy a used book and download the free trial of AutoCAD and do as&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-50522"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/tips-for-someone-just-getting-started-with-autocad/#post-170880" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Green Infrastrucure in the forum SUSTAINABILITY &#38; DESIGN</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/green-infrastrucure/#post-171683</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t look at our regulating boards here in Virginia as strongly supporting me as a designer or as a member of the community. That has not been my experience and probably a whole other conversation. It may very well be a slippery slope to hand over part of the design process to a regulatory board for the slight of hand of being able to say I am&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-36716"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/green-infrastrucure/#post-171683" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Green Infrastrucure in the forum SUSTAINABILITY &#38; DESIGN</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/green-infrastrucure/#post-171686</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:48:15 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I would like to know who else gets tested for licensure or certification on things like stormwater, grading and bioretention. As far as I know, LA&#8217;s are the only ones that have those items as part of their exam. I think you can claim some ground in that area. We have a civil engineer in our office, his PE exam didn&#8217;t cover any of that. What&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-35178"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/green-infrastrucure/#post-171686" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Stormwater Symantics in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/stormwater-symantics/#post-171582</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:14:40 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure if it will be the same across the country, but the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation&#8217;s Stormwater Manual has just undergone a massive overhaul in how a site is managed for stormwater. New definitions, new requirements and new calculations across the board. I&#8217;m not exactly sure when this will hit, but I believe it will&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-42592"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/stormwater-symantics/#post-171582" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Easy Ballpark Cost Estimate in the forum DETAILS &#38; MATERIALS</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/easy-ballpark-cost-estimate/#post-171698</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Budgetary Cost = 3 x plant material! Old rule of thumb, but it is more complex than that.</p>
<p>You might not want to make it that simple. 100 sf of groundcover could be 10 plants at 30 dollars each, or 100 plants at 9 dollars each. The cost would vary greatly for a groundcover.</p>
<p>As it is now in this Virginia Beach, VA office, we break it up by the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-49667"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/easy-ballpark-cost-estimate/#post-171698" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Sound off on Copenhagen! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/sound-off-on-copenhagen/page/2/#post-172086</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:10:28 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate the disclaimer. However, I would like to suggest an addendum to the disclaimer that if we are going to be civil in this discussion, we exclude such horrendous crimes as nazism and slavery. There is in no way a correlation between these crimes against humanity and global climate change other than their connection to government. And to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-45949"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/sound-off-on-copenhagen/page/2/#post-172086" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic New plants help reduce environmental impact of Toyota Prius factory in the forum PLANTS &#38; HORTICULTURE</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/new-plants-help-reduce-environmental-impact-of-toyota-prius-factory/#post-172500</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:06:40 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of quantification, these folks say your dog puts out a larger carbon footprint (or pawprint) than an SUV:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427311.600-how-green-is-your-pet.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427311.600-how-green-is-your-pet.html</a></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic The Recession is OVER! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>http://land8.com/forums/topic/the-recession-is-over/#post-172924</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:45:25 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can&#8217;t claim to be out of a recession when the unemployment rate is still close to 10%. We were at 5% last year. When we see the rate going down, then Bernanke can celebrate.</p>
<p>What to do in the meantime? Get LEED certified and become a LEED consultant. Thats not going away any time soon. I had an idea on the back burner to approach home&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-32949"><a href="http://land8.com/forums/topic/the-recession-is-over/#post-172924" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic More work ahead? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/more-work-ahead/#post-172658</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee I thought I could contribute to this conversation. However, I did a quick search on Peak Oil and how many things are actually made from oil, and then I came across an article from a farmer in New York with a blog page. What seems like common sense on growing food locally takes a turn in his rumination. I will admit that I am more reactionary&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-50463"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/more-work-ahead/#post-172658" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Any areas in the country seeing growth / new jobs? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/any-areas-in-the-country-seeing-growth-new-jobs/#post-172764</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:58:05 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>no, I don&#8217;t know him, just thought I would bust his chops&#8230;</p>
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				<link>https://land8.com/forums/topic/any-areas-in-the-country-seeing-growth-new-jobs/#post-172768</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:44:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have had very few in the 5 years I have worked here, maybe 3 or 4. I think it is a very underutilized way of finding a job. And every one of the people that have walked through the door that we called to come back for an interview we could not hire, because they had already been scooped up by another company.</p>
<p>Use whatever resources you have at&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-51850"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/any-areas-in-the-country-seeing-growth-new-jobs/#post-172768" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:54:42 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did not read thru every reply, so if I am repeating something said previously I apologize.</p>
<p>We get resumes in the mail and in email we put them on file. The ones that impress us the most are the ones that research our firm, find out who is the person to talk to, and walks in the door to shake hands and express interest. Even tho firms are not&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-51718"><a href="https://land8.com/forums/topic/any-areas-in-the-country-seeing-growth-new-jobs/#post-172773" rel="nofollow">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Good books... in the forum SUSTAINABILITY &#38; DESIGN</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:17:13 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Library of American Landscape History (LALH) has just republished some books from the mid 1800&#8217;s and the early 20th century from some hall of famer landscape architects. Check them out here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lalh.org/books.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lalh.org/books.html</a></p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Inspring Landscape Architecture videos? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:10:44 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know about the LA equivalents, but I did see a documentary worth a discussion on the Land Lounge. It was called The Unforeseen, by Laura Dunn.</p>
<p>I would be interested to hear feedback on that movie. If anyone has seen it or sees it in the near future, let me know what you thought.</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Presentation board format.....help!!! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:11:07 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you restricted to just boards? Is PowerPoint not an option?</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic LandARCH: CAD add-on for landscape architects in the forum TECHNOLOGY</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:59:54 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to use a program called LandCADD that looks awefully similar. The ability to generate quantity takeoffs is a huge timesaver for probable costs. If you get a demo, let me know your opinion of it!</p>
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				<title>David J. Chirico replied to the topic Help with getting Sketchup into a walkthrough game in the forum TECHNOLOGY</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:06:59 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that would be a great achievement. I haven&#8217;t heard of anything like that. Please keep us informed if you find any software that allows you to do that.</p>
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