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  1. Amelanchier
    So your answer to my question is to suggest that I shouldn't expect an answer?
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    And I still dispute that nature is imagination. I see no wheels in the zoo.
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    One measure of the value of an approach is to see what advantages it has over other approaches. Does this approach explain the data better than the existing approach? Does it allow for more accurate predictions? I don't think it does - sorry. Lets take some simple VTA (cos I know you lke it!) - the axiom of uniform stress. 'Traditional science' (whatever that is...) explains this as the increased tissue production by the cambium to distibute the stress placed upon it over a larger area (Its late and I'm generalising). It lets us predict that a tree will adapt its growth when it contacts a wall/doric column/fossilised mammoth. What can your inclusionality add?
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    I read it Tony and I'm still not buying.
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    Yeah point taken. Wonder why they have antivirus products for mac though in that case? Surely you don't need them
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    I've been a PC user since forever as that was simply what was around. Later I got put off by the 'cool' of Apple products. I've used an ipod and found it quite easy to get along with but nothing worldbreaking. Same with iphones - apps and facetime? Sounds like programs and video calling to me. Whatever works for you though. What I am interested in is the psychology and perception of Apple and how its changing. I think they're still trying to remain niche and aloof while chavs buy burberry Ipods, users complain about various Iphone 4 issues (and are simply dismissed) and the poverty stricken factory workers who churn the products out jump to their death. Its hard to be cool and niche when your turing into all the other companies. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with all this.
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    Like all the best propaganda, there is an element of truth in it... World's first OS X virus hits Apple - Techworld.com
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    I'm having a bad day.
  9. Amelanchier
    I'm glad we both get the chance to be amused by your statement. On the one hand you get to find your own jokes funny whilst I get to observe a hilariously poor attempt to raise your own social standing by displacing your authority issues. Everybody wins.
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    Well now we know that everyone's right, I feel that this has run its course. These things rarely get back on track and have a nasty habit of permeating the rest of the forum. For those reasons I will close this thread in the morning - then we can all get back to complaining about the censorship of free speech by heavy handed moderation.
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    I think the guiding principle has to be "discuss the idea not the individual". I hate these threads. They never achieve anything except the bountiful proliferation of bad vibes.
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    I can see why Dawkins does it. At some stage in the past, he's presumably just had enough of the vapid empty hyperbole espoused by the manipulative and the damaged. I feel like that somedays.
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    I guess thats your arguement holding a smoking gun whilst hopping around bleeding with shattered metatarsals...
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    Er. This thread has the potential to take us into all kinds of wacky places but IMO the OP intended it to be about Mr Dawkins rather than a platform to argue the validity of the Christian God based on a smattering of creationism.
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    That would be Hemingway. As quoted in the latest predator film by a dubious Adrian Brody.
  16. Amelanchier
    Why not just get the NPTC certs that you need to do the job and then take the ISA Certified Arborist exam. It'll certainly be cheaper in the long run.
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    Its a shame the torygraph toff who came up with that disposible childish chain email dirge couldn't add up. Not only do the numbers bear no resemblance to any shade of reality, but the second round of costs add up to £79 not £80.
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    Well done mate. Solid mark there and commendable attitude in releasing the document. Respect due.
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    Tony, Just a thought - given that anyone can make a TPO application for any TPO tree why don't you reapply as a interested party submitting all this info. It would be a good learning process - especially if you go to appeal. Perhaps give you some kudos with the boss if you get consent where he didn't...
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    Its impossible to say why the application was refused without knowing what was in the application! If you had included the same level of information (and I realise it wasn't your app or spec) within the application as you have done here then in the unlikely event the work was refused consent, you would be in a strong position to appeal against the decision. Appealing isn't done enough. If you don't agree with the decision - appeal it. BTW the LPA should give you clear and comprehensive reasons for each refusal. If they don't then there is even more reason to appeal.
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    CAVAT is easily to get to grips with than Helliwell. The training is useful but I'd say that a knowledgable chap like yourself should find the guidance notes easy enough. Basically you start with a price based on an extrapolated £ per unit of girth. Everything after that is modifiers. I've just used it to put a cost on some root damage in terms of life span and loss of amenity. Value before - Value after = Depreciation of asset. Won't break the bank of the guilty party but certainly motivates the money men. (Especially if they see solicitors rubbing their hands together, some things are universal.) Any cost in this climate is worth avoiding. Factor in the cost of appropriate protection and you can show that its definatley worth doing it properly. That said - you need to pick your fights. That cat C sycamore in the corner ain't worth it mate. Ain't worth it.
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    Portillo?
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    That looks incised rather than lacerated and there's no swelling / capilliary damage. I'm calling fake.
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    Its a tough one isn't it. Another issue is how to increase protection without increasing resentment. Before you designate a conservation area you have to consult with the public - if you don't want them hacking all their trees down during that period you have to serve TPOs. Which means a lot of work and normally, a lot of objections. Not much fun IME. Anyway - I'm not convinced this government is looking for ways to scale up the powers of the LPA. Their focus is localism, I wonder if that can be harnessed in any meaning way?
  25. Amelanchier
    Steve, do you know anything about Tony Sorensen? I've heard he's a jolly nice bloke and works for very reasonables rates.

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