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Chuck Zukowski is a certified MUFON field investigator and a former MUFON State Section Director. For the past 20 years, he has been researching and investigating the UFO phenomenon. Chuck has worked on sightings from California to Colorado as well as investigated locations like Area 51, Sedona, Arizona and Roswell, New Mexico. Chuck approaches his investigations with an analytical understanding, making sure to address all known human possibilities before venturing into the non-human or paranormal aspects of the sightings. Chuck is also a sworn Deputy Sheriff.
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George Knapp welcomed aviation expert and author William B. Scott for a discussion about possible World War III scenarios and the latest in military technology. First hour guest, MUFON investigator Chuck Zukowski talked about recent cattle mutilation cases in Colorado. ... More »
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This course introduces students to the principles of legal writing in the United States. Students will prepare written work typical of US legal practice and receive written and oral feedback from the Instructor and TAs. Written work will include at least one substantial legal memo, prepared as a series of drafts, due before the final exam period. (There is no final exam.)
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Happy New Year! Can you believe it's 2013? I can't! To celebrate the New Year I am giving away a few fabulous books! As part of the Happy New Year 2013 Giveaway Book Hop, hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Babs Book Bistro, I am giving away 4 books to help you ring in the New Year.
What books am I giving away? I'm glad you asked! I'm giving away 2 cookbooks, one very funny book, and a book by Tana French. Have you read Tana French before? If not you are going to want to win these! One winner will win:
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President Benigno S. Aquino III launched the first tranche of housing units representing his promise to provide 20,000 homes for the valiant men and women in uniform here on Monday.
The President, together with Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council chair Jejomar Binay, led the ceremonial opening of the Bocaue Hills Housing Project here that aims to provide an initial 4,000 low-cost housing units to the men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.
To be built at a cost of P140,000 per housing unit, qualified members of the AFP and the PNP who avail of the housing project will only have to shell out P200 a month for the first five years of amortization.
The remaining 30 years of payment will be computed with a compounded interest method to produce equally affordable amortization ranging from P400 to P800 only.
In his speech keynoting the event, the President said that with this project, the men and women of the AFP and PNP will not have to worry about having to pay rent which could reach up to P3,000 in Metro Manila.
"Hindi na kakabug-kabog ang dibdib ninyo sa pag-aalala kung saan kukuha ng panustos sa upa; hindi na ninyo kailangang kabahan sa kaligtasan ng inyong pamilya," the President said.
"Matatapalan na natin ang tagas sa naipupundar ninyong suweldo dahil sa binabayarang upa dati sa Metro Manila na humigit kumulang sa tatlong libo kada buwan," he added.
After his speech, the President took a brief tour of two model housing units and expressed satisfaction at what could be made out of the units for it to be liveable.
"The first two units are demo units of what you can do with the basic structure and they are impressive," the President said.
"To be honest, if you are going to be paying P200 for that, I think you will be satisfied," he added.
The President signed Administrative Order No. 9 last April 11 ordering the National Housing Authority to formulate, implement and manage housing projects for 20,000 military and police personnel.
In response, the NHA has embarked on a massive house-building program with other housing sites located in San Jose del Monte and Norzagaray in Bulacan; Baras and Rodriguez in Rizal; Calamba, Laguna and Trece Martires and General Trias in Cavite.
The housing agency said it will complete building the 21,800 housing units promised by the President by November 2011.
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Two cars were totaled but no one was hurt after a school bus apparently lost control on icy roads in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning.
The bus was carrying 29 students from Jenny Lind Elementary School at the time of the accident. According to a KSTP photographer on the scene, the bus was going down a hill on Dowling Avenue North near Sixth Street North when it slid into two cars.
The two cars involved were totaled and the front arm of the bus was sheared off, our photographer says, but no one was hurt.
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About the Springfield, Missouri Climatology...
Springfield Missouri lies in a comparatively flat or very gently rolling tableland atop the crest of the Missouri Ozark Mountain plateau. The average elevation of the city is slightly over 1300 ft above sea level.
As a result of this advantageous location, the city and surrounding territory enjoy what is described as a plateau climate. The winter season in the Ozarks has temperatures considerably milder than in the upland, plain or prairie, and in the summer the ozarks are appreciably cooler.
The city of Springfield also occupies a unique location with regard to natural water drainage. The line separating two major watersheds crosses the north-central part of the city. Drainage north of this line flows north into the Gasconade and Missouri Rivers. To the south of the line, drainage is to the south into the White and Mississippi rivers.
The record temperature range is over 140 degrees with the lowest temperatures below -25 and the highest temperatures above 115 degrees. The growing season extends over a period of 199 days. Agriculture is greatly diversified, with practically every farm product of the temperate zone grown in this area. It is a noted livestock and poultry production and distribution center. The climate permits green pasturage all year long in varying quantity, resulting in ever increasing production for both meat and dairy products.
The air is remarkably free from industrial smoke, and because of the altitude, fog is fairly infrequent with only a few events of radiation or advection fog each year.


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B.C. Jones' short film "Dada" is about two brothers who want to steal Marcel Duchamp's shovel from the fat man that outbids them in an auction. Strange, yes, but not nearly as strange as Duchamp or his art.
Dada artists adopted the phrase "anti-art" to describe their performance pieces. Absurd and a bit silly, Dada incorporated sounds and movements and shapes into strange modernist art. You probably know Duchamp best through his most famous work, "Fountain" – a urinal with the letters "R. Mutt 1917" printed on the side. In other words: weird, strange, and unconventional, especially for the early twentieth century.
"Dada" the short film attempts to incorporate some of that absurdist spirit through exaggerated costumes and an unexpected plot, but ultimately follows a conventional storyline that devolves into pee pee jokes.
The film doesn't quite work as an absurdist piece and it doesn't quite work as a straight forward comedy. It lies somewhere in the uncomfortable middle. The sepia tones are pleasing to the eye, and the nods at modernist art are fun, but the short seems amateurish when it goes for the easy laughs and fails to produce them. Perhaps a more thorough dive into the Dada movement would have served this film well, because it's just not appropriately weird enough.
This film was submitted for review through our Submission for Review system. If you have a film you'd like us to see, and we aren't already looking into it on our own, you too can utilize this service.
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with the DW release, we´ve had over 60 more unique nicks in the last 1 1/1 days!
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I can confirm that I will be giving out some invites at said time, and possibly 1 or two after the FAQ!
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Our very first "offical" thing, the Dreamlords developer Q&A, was a very nice informative 90 minute session today. We had 2 Developers for Lockpick as well as 3 longterm players/moderators from their Dreamlords community over to answer questions and give some insight into the first MMO on paradox connect!
A few lucky participants got beta keys to check out the game.
Tomorrow interested parties will be able to read the whole log on the forums!
Join us on IRC, who knows what the next session will be!
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When are the moderators coming back to the channel? The IRC channel has been unmoderated for weeks.
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Winner of: ACA 2014 Q2: EUIV, ACA 2014 Q1: EUIV (Split), AARtist of the Month (May 2014), Seal of Mythic Approval and having the same title as another popular AAR.
Ulm plays Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods as Someone (finished), Victoria 2: Heart of Darkness as Austria (finished) and March of the Eagles as Russia (finished)
Winner of: Hats.
Glory for Ulm A Flagland AAR (Europa Universalis III) (ended)
Winner of: Europa Univeralis: The Musical, Cities in Motion DLC: Ulm, AARtist of the Month (June 2011), ● (Royal Dutch Cheese of Anti-Frognessship), ● (Swedish Meatball of Volvo and Björn Borg), ● (Cyan Blue Cookie of Awesomeness), ● (Lord Strange Cookie of British Awesomeness), ACA 2010 Q4: EU Comedy, ● (Paradox Cookie), WritAAR of the Week (2011-01-30), "Best everything, ever" award, ● (Irish Shamrock Cookie) and being in this signature.
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The home of Terry Wogan, Steve Wright, Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross, Bob Dylan, Chris Evans, Claudia Winkleman, Courtney Pine and many more is set to get a new look online – and the team aren't taking any risks.
Well I say they aren't taking any risks – they are changing the design and navigation of a heavily visited website aimed at an audience not particularly open to the idea of regular and rapid change – but at least they'll cope better than the Radio 4 audience will.
I am of course talking about Radio 2 who will very soon see their site move into the new wide format that already encases Radio 1, 6music, 5 Live, Radio 3 and BBC 7 (the later very slightly controversially).
The station that includes Dale Winton, Jeremy Vine, Jools Holland, Mark Lemar and Richard Hammond among its presentation fraternity will move to put /programmes at the centre of the site (much like all the other radio sites).
The show pages will stay pretty much the same to start with (much like Radio 1 and 6music did with their re-launch) but will eventually change.
A quote for you "We'll be redesigning the network's show pages next but we wanted to bring listeners some of the benefits of features we are able to deliver now."
That comes from the page that drew the inspiration for my 'not taking any risks' comment at the start of this blog post.
Speaking of the show pages – the page also explains what will be in the gap (although if you already follow this sort of thing you'll know it is the network branding).
"If you are a regular visitor to Radio 2 then you will notice that the actual content area on many pages hasn't changed but the page layout has.
"This results in a lot of space on the left-hand side of those pages. We have used the network's branding to fill the space whilst we continue to work on redesigning the existing site."
You see what's different about the BBC Radio 2 re-launch is that they've taken on board the lessons learnt from the massive negative response to the BBC 7 re-launch and are telling their users/listener well in advance of the changes set to come.
The Some Changes page takes the form and template of a show page but is basically full of information and screen grabs on the changes people can expect from Monday 27 October at bbc.co.uk/radio2.
Some of the changes include clearer and cleaner navigation – across the top instead of down the site, big promotional boxes, bolder colours etc…
Content has also been better organised into fewer more distinct sections that before. Again to the page: "The Radio 2 Homepage had been redesigned and reorganised into distinct sections with bigger promotional spaces to allow us to tell you more about what's available on the site and the station."
(all images on this page from the BBC Radio 2 Some Changes page)
I already mentioned it will make use of the /programmes page – well this will come in through the schedule and by providing an archive of specific episodes of shows.
Basically this means you can go to the Russell Brand page and then go back through every show to get an overview of what was said – this is already directly available through /programmes but will now be available under the radio 2 format as well.
The other area they seem to have got it right is in asking for feedback.
They say: "We'd really like to hear your comments and feedback on the changes that are taking place. Please use the contact form on this page to let us know your thoughts."
Now feedback is regularly asked for – and given – on new BBC website changes but it normally comes AFTER the site has been changed and on the BBC Internet Blog (which really speaks to the converted/initiated).
What's different about this approach is that the feedback is being asked for BEFORE the launch and on the same site that the people using it stay/hang out.
Although a public beta would be more useful than a few screenshots.
James Cridland – BBC Audio & Music interactive big brain talks about this issue on his blog – seemingly after a geek crush conversation with Digg's Kevin Rose.
Apparently Kevin told James (in response to a question about the negative response to BBC 7 et al): "Tell your audience what you're doing. Show them your new designs, talk them through them, listen to them."
Which is very good advice and advice the BBC seem to be taking on a more consistent basis – although it will be interesting to see how people react to the new BBC Local pages when they launch – I've seen them and although they look good – they're also VERY different.
It's great to see new designs, new look pages and these wider templates are bringing the BBC into a more consistent visual and navigation language – but people don't like change and when they clearly tell us things they don't like – we should take it on board.
Kevin Rose also told James: "People don't like change, so you'll get a few days of pain, but if you still have problems after a few weeks, it's time to look at what they're saying and taking them seriously".
Can an organisation like the BBC actually do that? Are we open enough yet to listen and where there are lots of consistent complaints about something specific – do something about it?
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People who buy engineered flooring may find it is easier to install than other options.
This is because Sarah Jackson, writing for the Herald, noted it can be put on top of other surfaces, such as concrete slabs and existing floors.
As well as this, it is cheaper than some other forms of the product, due to the fact it is merely finished with a thick veneer.
"Unlike most hardwood, engineered wood floors almost always come prefinished, so after they're installed, they're ready to use," Ms Jackson observed.
This type of wooden floor is also "less susceptible" to changes in temperature and so problems associated with boards moving is not as big an issue, she added.
However, Ms Jackson remarked that hardwood flooring will still always give a more unique look.
Yvonne Beeksma, manager of Delta Carpets, told the Delta Optimist that lifestyle decisions are important when considering what wooden floor to choose.


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Corn Maze
Get lost at this year's Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield's 8-acre Corn Maze!
The maze is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from September 19 through November 1, 2014.
September Hours: Fridays 4-9 p.m. Saturdays Noon-9 p.m. Sundays Noon-6 p.m. |
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Wind your way through eight acres of corn and help Farmer Green find his lost animals. Life-size animal cutouts are hidden throughout the maze for fun photo opportunities. The 2014 maze design is a butterfly and can be viewed from two, 15-foot tall illuminated bridges. Visitors under the age of ten can explore the mini-maze.
Tickets include a hayride and unlimited jumping on a giant pillow. Pony and train rides are available for an additional fee. An array of food vendors sell favorite fall foods such as funnel cakes, hotdogs, freshly squeezed lemonade and kettle corn.
After dark in October, the maze transforms into a spectacular Glow Maze, complete with 3-foot glow sticks and black lights.
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Well... I must admit, this is my first attempt at a Draco Malfoy love story. I tried to keep him as close as I possibly could to the real him without making him too much like him, if you know what I mean. After writing The Adventures of a Death Eater, I realized that I hadn't really had Malfoy in there enough to my liking. No, the stories aren't related in anyway, albeit a few of the same characters. This story, believe it or not, all came in a dream to me. =)
I do not own Draco Malfoy, or any of the other Harry Potter characters or locations. Those all belong to the amazing J.K. Rowling. I only own a few of these characters, and you'll recognize which those are without my telling.
Enough of my blabbing, and here's the first chapter.... Oh. And the song quotes in the beginning usually match up somehow with the chapter. Music inspires me, and I often use it when I write. =)
"I guess I'm dreaming again…" –Crushcrushcrush, Paramore
Audrey strode down the stairs towards her dormitory. It was the start of her seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To be honest, she was shocked she made it back to the school for her final year. Her life had been a whirlwind of chaos for some time now; she was hoping Hogwarts would provide some kind of normalcy.
With Lord Voldemort taking over the Ministry of Magic, life at Hogwarts this year was bound to be a lot different. The former head of her house had been promoted to Headmaster. Audrey was unsure of what other changes laid ahead for Hogwarts. She was sure Severus Snape had a whole sheet full of new rules and regulations for them, none of which would probably be any good.
She sat down on the black leather couch in the Slytherin common room, and glanced around the dark room. It seemed quieter, emptier than before. A lot of students weren't coming back- Audrey couldn't say she blamed them. Things had gone downhill in the past few years. Audrey sat her trunk down with a thud. She did not bother to unpack; she had no reason to. The night was done- the Great Feast had ended along with the annual sorting. Audrey remembered the day seven years ago when she had been sorted into Slytherin. All she wanted to do was get a good night's sleep to prepare her for the next day's classes.
The first few days had passed without incident; all of her classes went by like normal. Audrey had, however, taken notice to the absence of the school's most notorious trio- Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger- not to mention her Quidditch captain, Draco Malfoy. Audrey had decided to spend that night with her best friend Krystie down at the lake. Krystie was a Ravenclaw, so the two did not always get to communicate.
"How have your first few days been?" the blonde girl asked.
Audrey shrugged. "Boring and quiet. This year's going to be that way; I can just tell. Normally by now I've started Quidditch practice."
Krystie seemed puzzled by that remark. "Why haven't you?"
"Malfoy isn't here," Audrey seemed almost disappointed by that. "I don't know where he is. It kind of worries me."
Krystie raised an eyebrow. "Why? He's so arrogant and rude. It's quieter without him here. Seriously, just enjoy the peace while you can."
The brunette frowned. "It's not the point. He is our captain. We don't have another seeker like him; if we find someone else we don't stand a chance."
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Nicky Henderson is happier with Finian's Rainbow heading into the seasonal return of the champion chaser than he was a year ago.
Henderson's charge won a thrilling renewal of the Champion Chase at Cheltenham in March before following up over two and a half miles in the Melling Chase at Aintree, and faces just four rivals in the Amlin 1965 Chase.
Henderson said: "I wasn't happy with him this time last year, but he's been a completely different horse this time. He's in good form, I just hope the ground doesn't get too sticky.
"I just want to get him started."
Paul Nicholls' Ghizao returned to form with a victory at Kempton earlier this month and steps back up to Grade Two company.
Ghizao bounced back to winning form on his seasonal bow, but part-owner Andy Stewart is under no illusions about the task he will face in Berkshire.
However, the eight-year-old managed to run Finian's Rainbow to two lengths in the Maghull Novices' Chase at Aintree in 2011.
Stewart said: "It's a very competitive race and we'd be up against it with Finian's Rainbow and Captain Chris.
"He's fresh and well, though, and he won on soft at Kempton, but I think he would have a lot to do against the champion chaser.
"I don't really know the value of the Kempton form, Ruby (Walsh) said it was just a school really, so he's well enough.
"We gave him a breathing operation after last season and he's come back well.
"He looked like being top class at one point and wasn't beaten far by Finian's Rainbow so he will take his chance and we will see whether he's a handicapper or something better."
The Nick Williams-trained For Non Stop tries to supplement his outstanding Old Roan Chase victory at Aintree last month.
Williams expects For Non Stop to find this a tough ask as he is rated 11lb inferior to Finian's Rainbow, but will have just 4lb in hand under the race conditions.
He must also concede 6lb to Captain Chris, despite both sitting on an official mark of 162.
He said: "It's a very strong race.
"We are not at all well in (at the weights) with Finian's Rainbow and Captain Chris in terms of official ratings so I think we're up against it.
"The trip is right for him and he is fit and well but we are just not favoured by the weights.
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Michelle Wilson returns with
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The Beatles' Rubber Soul and Revolver
Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts / Melbourne, Florida (8.17.12)
When I was born in 1967, my mother felt compelled to name me
Michelle because she loved the Grammy Award-winning Beatles song of the same
name. I spent years disliking (even hating) the Lennon/McCartney
penned masterpiece. But as I matured and came to appreciate the beauty behind
the ballad, I grew to embrace it. However, I had never heard it performed live until
this past August, when I enjoyed yet another Classic Albums Live presentation. Playing to a nearly sold-out audience, Craig Martin's
masterful musicians tackled two of the Beatles' albums, 1965's Rubber Soul and
1966's Revolver. Are they The Beatles? Of course not. Are they great musicians who know how to wow an audience? Absolutely.
The versatility of vocals during this particular show lent a quality aspect to the performance. The cast included vocal and guitar gods David Love and Rob Phillips, bassist/vocalist Mark Stewartson, drummer/vocalist Marty Morin, keyboardist/vocalist Nick Hildyard, violinist/backing vocalist Michelle Jones, saxophonist Tom Dietz, percussionist Chad Berney, and sitarist Robert Kippenberger.
Highlights included the multi-dimensional Michelle Jones' spine-tingling violin on "Eleanor Rigby" (my favorite Beatles song), a beautiful rendition of "In My Life" and a fun karaoke-like version of "Yellow Submarine." "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Birthday" from The White Album brought fans to their feet, singing and cheering along. Other highlights included perpetual fan fave Rob Phillips absolutely slaying "Blackbird" and the show's closer, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
Classic Albums Live in Melbourne, FL - August 2012.
(Photo: Michelle Wilson)
But I have to give credit where credit is due, and in no way does this diminish the abilities of anyone on that stage, but it was Robert Kippenberger and his sitar who stole the show. According to Kippenberger, who got his first sitar while in high school, the instrument is much harder to master than the guitar. Barefoot and cross-legged, he thrilled the crowd with his skills, plucking the strings of the exotic Indian instrument during Rubber Soul's "Norwegian Wood" and Revolver's "Love You To."
I met up with Nick Hildyard during intermission, and I asked him how it felt to perform the music of the iconic Beatles. He remarked how fun it was because the songs are so quick and they just pop right out. And pop they did.
Alas, the Classic Albums Live series is winding down for this season, concluding with the last show in Melbourne on Friday, October 12. On deck is AC/DC's Back in Black, one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. It will be loud, raw and gritty—I've got my ticket and I'm ready to rock! Look for my review—coming soon.
-Michelle Wilson
(October 2012)
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Ravens v. Patriots
Let's talk s*** on the two dumbest teams ever
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the innaugural AFC Championship BUTT Bowl- "Purple vs. Pink"
the only trully great thing about todays game is we get to relish in the complete misery of atleast one of the fanbases. What makes it greater is the teams fanbases (and the teams) are convinced they have already won the lombardi. the sour pu$$ look on either lewis/suggs/harbaugh or brady/belichick is going to be PRICELESS! guranteed! :getdown: |
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Is Terrell Suggs not the ugliest person you've ever seen? I cant stand how they show him on tv all the time...As much as I regret it I'm a...gulp...pats fan today because I DO NOT want to see the dirty lowlife ratbirds in the super bowl.
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just remember, the steelers are like the big brother who porks the prom queen, and head cheerleaders, in this little football rilvary, so if you come around bragging about popping your cherry with the 9th grade science fair winner, dont expect nothing more than to be laughed at and scoffed. the steelers are bigger, badder, meaner, and better than the ravens. always have been. always will be. not even the leagues perpetual rules against their toughness can hold them down for long. just take your place in line as second fidde. always being better than the browns and bungles isnt neccessarilly a bad thing, is it? |
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The UK Green Building Council has a Board of Trustees who serve on our governing body. Trustees have responsibility for directing the affairs of the charity, and ensuring that it is efficiently managed and is delivering charitable outcomes for the public benefit.
Our Board
The Board of Trustees is made up of a diverse group of highly experienced built environment professionals with a strong set of complementary skills to support the development of the UK-GBC.
Dr Andrew Gould, UK-GBC Chairman
Andrew is a leading figure in the real estate and built environment sector. His career has blended client advice and strategy with executive business leadership at a high level. He is Principal in Genr8 Developments, a leading urban regeneration company, delivering major urban renewal projects in UK Cities, and was formerly UK CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle, where he led the successful merger with King Sturge, one of the largest ever mergers in the sector.
As an industry leader, Andrew is passionate about sustainable urban development and regeneration. He understands that all businesses have a responsibility to lead change and minimise the impact of real estate on the environment.
Andrew was educated at the University of Wales, the University of Cambridge where he was awarded his PhD and at London Business School. He is a Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge and a Fellow of the RSA.
Patrick Bellew, Principal at Atelier Ten
Founding director of Atelier Ten, Patrick is one of the UK's Royal Designers and is a Chartered Building Services Engineer with more than thirty years' experience in the design of high performance buildings and systems. With extensive experience in the integration of environmental and building systems with architecture, Patrick has particular expertise in thermal mass energy storage technologies, environmental building design and high efficiency building conditioning systems.
Atelier Ten have pioneered numerous innovations in the built environment and have six offices worldwide, all focused on the delivery of high-performance buildings.
Patrick taught a core environmental design course on the M.Arch program at the Yale University School of Architecture from 2000 - 2008 and has led three Advanced Design Studios as the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor between 2010 and 2013. He was on the Design Review Committee of CABE in London from 1999 to 2003, a Governor of the Building Centre Trust in London between 1996 and 2011 and on the Employer Panel of the Construction Industry Council. He also lectures widely on issues relating to the creation of a more sustainable Built Environment.
Patrick was one of the original group who founded the UK-Green Building Council in 2006 and was a member of the Executive Board from 2006 - 2010 when the organisation became a registered charity. He now serves on the Trustee Board. He was a key member of the Task Force that established the STEP (Sustainable Training and Education Programme) training programme in 2010.
Patrick's success in integrating innovative technologies with noteworthy architecture has been acknowledged by the Royal Institute of British Architects, who made him an Honorary Fellow in 2001. Patrick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004.
Patrick delivered the 6th Happold Medal Lecture and received the Happold Medal from the Construction Industry Council and the Happold Foundation in 2008. He is on the Awards panel for the 2012 - 2015 RIBA Awards and is on the Judging panel for the World Architecture Festival Awards (2012-2013).
In 2010 Patrick was named a Royal Designer for Industry by the UK's Faculty of Royal Designers. In 2013 Patrick was the recipient of the CIBSE President Silver Medal.
The UK-GBC has become the most recognised instrument of change in the UK construction industry. Sound technical knowledge is at the heart of what UK-GBC do and I hope I can help to reflect that on the Board.
Rab Bennetts OBE, Bennetts Associates
Rab studied at Edinburgh College of Art where he met his partner Denise Bennetts. After working in London for ten years, they set up Bennetts Associates in 1987. The firm, based in London and Edinburgh, has been responsible for many pioneering projects such as the PowerGen Headquarters, Wessex Water Operations Centre, Hampstead Theatre, Edinburgh University's Informatics Forum, Jubilee Library in Brighton and the New Street Square development in the City of London.
Recent notable commissions include the transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Humanities Faculties and Library for Oxford University and hotels in London and Amsterdam. The firm is also undertaking several major 'green' refurbishment projects.
The practice has won more than 125 awards and has been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize several times. The firm won the Architect of the Year award from Building Design and Building magazines in 2005-6 and 2011.
Rab leads the design direction of Bennetts Associates and is personally involved in many of the firm's projects. He is also extensively involved in outside bodies and is a Board member of the UK Green Building Council, a Director of Sadler's Wells Theatre and a Trustee of the Design Council.
He has in the past chaired the RIBA's Competitions Committee, advised the Government on sustainability policy and sat on Islington's Planning Committee as an expert adviser. He has lectured extensively and has contributed to numerous publications and conferences.
Rab was awarded the OBE for services to architecture in 2003 and Sustainability Leader of the Year in 2009 at the Building/UK-GBC Sustainability Awards.
The UK-GBC's central role as a forum for ideas, policies and information is now more important than ever and, as an architect on the Board, I will continue to stress the importance of thoughtful, integrated design as one of the preconditions for a much more sustainable future.
Bill Bolsover CBE, Chairman of Aggregate Industries
A Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying and a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management, Bill began his construction career in 1970 working in mining in Australia and the Koolan Islands, before joining Tarmac in 1974. He gained extensive industry experience and commercial expertise working in the Readycrete, Roadstone, Topmix and Quarry Products divisions.
In 1992, as Managing Director, he was responsible for developing the business through major strategic reviews which restructured operations and the management team. As Group Executive Director, he headed up the Quarry Products and Topmix divisions. He remained with Tarmac until the sale to Anglo American in 1999.
In 2000, he joined Aggregate Industries Plc. as Managing Director of Aggregate Industries' UK and Europe. In 2003 he became group COO before being promoted to the position of Group Chief Executive in 2006. Aggregate Industries sold to Holcim in 2005 and he was asked to remain with the Group. He became Non Executive Chairman on 1 April 2010.
Current Appointments
Non Executive Chairman of Aggregate Industries; Non Executive Director of Robert Brett and Sons; Immediate past Chairman of the Construction Products Association (CPA) 2010-2012; Chairman of the Strategic Forum for Construction 2012; Board member and Trustee of the UK Green Building Council; Member of the Green Construction Board ; Vice-President of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts; Chairman of Natural World Safaris; Chairman Billian Uk Ltd - Asphalt Pellets; Non Executive Director Worcester Warriors Rugby Club; Lt Colonel of the Royal Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps RE(v); Member of the Institution of Royal Engineers; Fellow of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors; Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; Member of the Worshipful Company of Paviors; Freeman of the City of London; Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Leicester - awarded in 2009;
In 2011 Bill was awarded Commander of The Order of The British Empire (CBE) for services to the construction industry.
James Cameron, Non-Executive Chairman of Climate Change Capital
In addition to his role at CCC, James is the Chairman of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and a member of HM Treasury's Infrastructure UK advisory council. He also serves as a member of GE's ecomagination board, is Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability and their Advisory Board of the Global Competitiveness Index. He served as a member of the UK Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group (2010 - 2012), and was also a member of Pepsico UK's advisory board (2010-2012).
James is also an advisor to the Climate Bonds Initiative, a trustee member of the UK Green Building Council and was a member of the Green Investment Bank Commission, and is a member of the UK Prime Minister's Corporate Responsibility Advisory Group.
Prior to CCC, James was Counsel to Baker & McKenzie and was the founder and the head of their Climate Change and Clean Energy Practice. He has spent much of his legal career working on climate change matters, including negotiating the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as an adviser to the Alliance of Small Island States. As a barrister he appeared in several of the leading cases in international and environmental law.
James is also a senior advisor to the Climate Group, chairman of China Dialogue, a member of the development board at the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and a member of the advisory board at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute.
James has held academic positions at Cambridge, London, Bruges, Sydney and Yale. He was educated at Windlesham House, Stowe School, University of Western Australia, University College London (LLB), Queens' College, Cambridge (LLM), and Inner Temple (called to the Bar 1987).
The built environment contributes over 40% of UK annual carbon emissions and is therefore a natural target for policy makers seeking to reduce carbon. I am delighted to be given the opportunity to support the UK-GBC and help drive this manifesto.
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive of Barratt Developments plc
Mark Clare was appointed Group Chief Executive of Barratt Developments Plc, the UK's largest housebuilder, in October 2006.
As Chief Executive, Mark has focused the organisation on quality and customer service, and the company is now acknowledged as the industry leader in this respect. Most recently the company has committed to the adoption of Building For Life 12 design principles throughout its future developments - the first housebuilder to do so.
Previously Managing Director of Centrica's British Gas Residential Energy operation, Mark joined British Gas in 1994, becoming Centrica's Finance Director in 1997 and Managing Director of British Gas Residential Energy in 2002. He was a Non-Executive Director of BAA plc from 2001 until it was taken over in 2006.
Mark is a panel member of the Lyons Housing Review, an independent review being carried out by Sir Michael Lyons for Labour's Policy Review. He is also a member of the Government's Construction Leadership Council, is a Trustee of the BRE Trust and of the UK Green Building Council. He also sits on the CBI Construction Council.
He joined the Board of United Utilities Group PLC in November 2013 as a Non-Executive Director and became the Senior Independent Director on 25th July 2014.
Barratt was a founder member of the UK-GBC and I am delighted to be joining the Board of Trustees. The Government's low carbon targets will require major changes in the way housebuilders build homes in the years ahead and we see competitive advantage in being at the forefront of this agenda.
John Frankiewicz FCIOB FRICS, Divisional Chief Executive, Willmott Dixon Capital Works
John is Divisional Chief Executive of Willmott Dixon Capital Works; the division within Willmott Dixon that is responsible for construction and infrastructure projects across many sectors including commercial, retail, education, leisure, health, housing and retirement accommodation.
For over 25 years, John's played a key role in developing Willmott Dixon as one of the built environment's biggest brands, with a turnover of over £1bn and listed by the Sunday Times as the UK's 53rd largest private company. He is a big believer that R&D and innovation is vital to the industry's ability to continue adding value to clients' capital project needs.
Under John, Willmott Dixon created a prototype 'health campus of the future' at BRE in Garston utilising the latest assisted living technology, and last year the company rolled out a suite of standardised designs called Sunesis to provides schools, leisure and care home accommodation at up to 30% less cost than tradition design and build models.
John is overseeing Willmott Dixon's nationwide expansion as a house builder capable of delivering 2,000 units per year and is aiming to use new technology to reduce the resource required to build new homes by 10%.
John regularly engages with local authorities to champion issues facing the property and housing sectors. His regional forums on LEPs and Localism saw business leaders join cabinet ministers and local authority CEOs in dialogue on how to create better public/private sector collaboration to generate more housing and inward investment opportunities. John remains a firm believer that local economies and their stakeholders must work together to drive their own growth, and met Lord Heseltine to discuss his 'No Stone Unturned' report on creating opportunities for regional economies.
John also sits on the editorial board of Building magazine, and has been a trustee on the board of the UK Green Building Council since it was formed. John's commitment to sustainable development resulted in Willmott Dixon becoming a carbon neutral business in 2012. Willmott Dixon remains the only major contractor to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard for year-on-year reduction in carbon emissions.
Stephanie Hilborne OBE, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trusts
Stephanie Hilborne OBE is Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts. Comprising 47 independent but closely associated charities, The Wildlife Trusts reach every corner of the United Kingdom, as well as two islands which lie outside it. Driven by her concern for the future of the natural world, Stephanie's conviction is that The Wildlife Trusts have a key role to play in creating a UK richer in wildlife.
The level of engagement and ownership that each Wildlife Trusts engenders is in her view key to inspiring hope for the future as the country faces new challenges.
Stephanie committed herself to conservation as a teenager. She secured a BSc in Biology and MSc in Conservation and went on to facilitate the national coalition Wildlife & Countryside Link before joining The Wildlife Trust movement in 1998 and becoming Chief Executive in 2004.
In December 2009, Stephanie was awarded an OBE for services to nature conservation.
In terms of ensuring wildlife is taken into consideration throughout the development process, The Wildlife Trusts understand that working in partnership with the building industry is a key way forward.
Bill Hughes, Managing Director, Legal & General Property (LGP)
Bill joined LGP in November 2007, having previously held the position of UK Head of Real Estate at RREEF, the Real Estate Fund Management business of Deutsche Bank. Prior to that Bill was Deputy Managing Director and Head of Research at Schroder Property Investment Management.
In July 2014, Bill became President of the BPF. He is also the current Chairman of the Green Property Alliance (GPA.
Additionally, Bill is currently a member of the Green Construction Board (GCB), the British Property Federation (BPF) Policy Committee, the Distressed Retail Property Taskforce, and the Bank of England Property Forum. He is a Member of Edinburgh University Investment Committee, an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals and an Honorary Fellow of the College of Estate Management.
Alison Nimmo CBE, Chief Executive, The Crown Estate
Alison Nimmo is Chief Executive of The Crown Estate which has a capital value of over £8 billion. The Estate's assets range from prime real estate in London's West End, to around 50% of the UK's foreshore and almost the entire seabed around the UK, to farmland and forestry. Last year it returned £240 million to the Treasury for the benefit of the nation.
Alison has been listed in both Radio Four Woman's Hour's Power 100 and the Evening Standard's Power 1000 lists. She was also number one in Property Week's list of the 100 Most Influential Women in Property.
Alison was previously Director of Design and Regeneration at the Olympic Delivery Authority, for five years. She led on the overall design, planning and early delivery of most of the venues and the parklands for London's Olympic Park. She was also the lead on sustainability and legacy for the multi-award winning Olympic Park.
Her previous roles have included: a central role in the London 2012 bid team and interim Director who led the establishment of the Olympic Delivery Authority; Chief Executive of Sheffield One, a seminal city centre regeneration programme for Sheffield; and Project Director of Manchester Millennium Ltd, the taskforce responsible for spearheading the regeneration of Manchester city centre following the terrorist bombing in 1996.
Alison is a chartered surveyor and town planner by training and was awarded a CBE for services to urban regeneration in 2004. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University where she has been a visiting professor for 7 years. Alison is a non-executive director of the Berkeley Group.
In January 2014 Alison was awarded the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute Gold Medal for services to planning throughout her career.


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Transcript: Operational Update on Ala. & Miss. Shoreline Cleanup Efforts
Kelly Mantell: Thank you, Sara. Good morning, everyone. My name is Kelly Mantell, and I'm at the Unified Area Command in New Orleans. I'd like to thank you for calling in this morning, and I'll be the host for today's call.
As a reminder, because we only have a half an hour for the call today, please only ask one question at a time, as this will insure everyone has an opportunity to ask a question. Also, we'd ask that you keep your questions related to shoreline cleanup. I'll be passing a phone number along to you at the end of the conference call for overall Deepwater Horizon updates.
Ruth Yunder, NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator, will start us off today with an overview of the shoreline cleanup assessments, and will provide information on what the SCAT teams are doing. After she speaks, we'll open up the line to question and answers.
Also joining Ruth on the call this morning are Michael Slack and Scott Brown , on scene coordinators for Mississippi and Alabama, respectively, as well as Elliott Taylor, one of the SCAT team leaders. And so, ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to introduce Ruth Yunder.
Ruth Yunder: Hello, and thank you for participating in the call. I'm Ruth Yunder, one of the NOAA scientific support coordinators for the unified area command. As you know shoreline cleanup continues, as do the shoreline surveys that guide that cleanup. We've convened this call to provide an opportunity to ask questions about the shoreline survey process.
The approach being used for shoreline surveys that we refer to as shoreline cleanup assessment technique, or often just SCAT for short, is the same approach that's been used at most oil spill responses in the U.S. in the past 20 plus years. And it's essentially a systematic survey using standardized terminology to describe and document shoreline oiling, and then to communicate that information back to the unified command and cleanup operations staff.
The surveys are conducted by teams that – the SCAT teams are comprised of members reflecting the composition of the unified command, there's a federal representative in most cases on most of the teams, that's a NOAA representative on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard. State representative from the state agency in charge of oil spill response, a representative from the responsible party, in this case, BP. And then in some cases for some shorelines, there will be a land owner or land manager, for example, National Parks Service or Park Lands.
In addition to surveying the shorelines for oil, the SCAT teams developed consensus cleanup recommendations to help minimize damage from the oil, and enhance recovery of natural, cultural and historic resources, as well as recreational and economic uses. And also, the teams insure their recommendations comply with any laws, such as National Historic Preservation Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, for example.
And the teams also consider the fact that cleanup itself can cause injury, in addition to the oil. So our objective is to do no more harm than good, and to way of tradeoff of removing more oil, especially as we get to more lower levels and more residual quantities of oil against the impacts that might occur from more aggressive and invasive techniques that might be required to do so. So essentially, a net environmental benefit type of assessment.
We're currently in stage three of shoreline treatment, or detailed cleanup stage – we considered stage two, initial cleanup of bulk oil until a source was secured. And we're moving toward endpoint criteria or target criteria for various shoreline types, and toward transitioning to a maintenance and monitoring phase. And, of course, the cleanup endpoints or targets vary depending on shoreline type and use. For example, high amenity or public use speeches will have a – we desire more rapid return to pre-spill condition, or no visible oil, than perhaps a sensitive or protected areas such as park lands where we may need to weigh cleanup activities against wildlife use, such as nesting birds or sea turtle nesting activity.
And when we move into the maintenance and monitoring phase, we'll still be conducting shoreline surveys, and cleanup crews will be available to be deployed for additional cleanup if conditions change. So this kind of interim no further treatment target toward maintenance monitoring doesn't mean that anybody's leaving, or that you know our work is far from done. We'll still be monitoring and conducting additional activity as is warranted.
And keeping in mind that any oil that does remain that we determine can't effectively be removed without causing too much damage will still be taken into account with the natural resource damage assessment work that state and federal agencies will be conducting, and also as they develop their restoration plans.
And so with that, I think we're ready to open up the call to any questions.
Operator: At this time, if you have an audio question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. We'll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster.
Your first question comes from the line of Harland Kergan from "Mississippi Press".
Harland Kergan: I'd like I guess two phases here on this – an assessment of what cleanup remains to be done in Mississippi, and the same for Alabama.
Kelly Mantell: And perhaps I'll – the – one of the team leaders, Elliott Taylor, maybe I'll pass that on to Elliott since he's been working with the details of the shorelines.
Elliott Taylor: All right. This is Elliott Taylor, SCAT technical advisor. And the work that remains to be done primarily in Mississippi is on the outer islands, on the gulf islands and the coast. Work is ongoing there, that's been a logistically challenging area, but that would be one of the areas where a focus remains. There are some very localized spots along the mainland between Hancock and Harrison Counties, but those are very generally small areas.
And then over in Alabama, the remaining work really is on the public beaches and bon secure, really it's pretty much the Baldwin County area that remains to be cleaned to a further level of treatment, beyond the bulk oil and the work that's been done so far. Along those lines you know work is ongoing as we speak in all of these areas, so – but those are – those would be the [inaudible] areas right now.
Operator: Once again, to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. There are no questions at this time.
Kelly Mantell: OK, well this is Kelly Mantell again. I'd like to thank everyone for calling in this morning. And as a reminder to you, you can find the latest facts, photos and videos about SCAT and the Deepwater Horizon response at our Web site, www.restorethegulf.gov, or by calling the Unified Area Command Joint Information Center at 713-323-1670. And we thank you very much for your time, and wish you a pleasant day.
Operator: This concludes today's conference call, you may now disconnect.


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I heard of a baby boy named "Killian" today...
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I met an Agnes today I was very excited
Cassarah proud mummy bear to: Persephone Elizabeth Rose aka Persey aged 2
Step mummy to the darling Rhylee Isabella and Emmersyn Maree aged 5
Expecting baby number 4.
A girl will Juniper Cleo Sawyer aka Juno
A boy will be Tobias William Jack aka Toby
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March 17th, 2013 09:40 AM #709
At the park this morning for a walk and I heard a woman shouting her daughter, and she was calling her Anne. I thought that was so pretty, but then she shouted her son too, and she was shouting 'Anne, Hank!'
Great names, don't get me wrong, but I don't think they work together. While she was shouting 'Anne, Hank!' All that I could hear was 'Anne Frank!'Last edited by elenalou; March 17th, 2013 at 01:17 PM.
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