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  EP - Summer 2005 - Governor Blagojevich Names Doug Scott As New IEPA Director
Doug Scott was born in Rockford in 1960 and graduated from Rockford East High School in 1978.
Scott also served on the Energy and Environment Committee, and was a member of the committee that rewrote the state's electric utility laws.
Doug Scott was elected to the Office of the Mayor of Rockford in April 2001 and served a four-year term.
www.epa.state.il.us /environmental-progress/v31/n2/new-director.html   (683 words)

  
 Doug Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglas Keith Scott CBE, known as Doug Scott (born 29 May 1941) is a British mountaineer famous for the first ascent of the South-West Face of Mount Everest on 25 September 1975, and was the first Briton to climb Everest.
Scott's remarkable mountaineering career includes over 30 expeditions to inner Asia and he is regarded as one of the world's leading high altitude and big wall climbers.
Scott is also remarkable in that half of his climbs are first ascents.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doug_Scott   (564 words)

  
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Scott has also served as vice president for public policy of the Christian Action Council (CAC), executive director of Arizona Right to Life (Phoenix), and executive director of HUMAN LIFE (Seattle), the latter two organizations being affiliates of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).
Scott received international recognition when the project he founded succeeded in ending funding of Planned Parenthood by AT&T. To date, at least 80 major corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood.
Scott is also a former teacher of middle school and high school students.
www.prolifepac.com /html/who18dscott.htm   (381 words)

  
 Biograghy - Director Douglas P. Scott, Director - Illinois EPA
Doug Scott was appointed Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency effective July 1, 2005 by Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Scott served on a number of task forces and helped lead the fight on issues such as school funding, HMO reform, campaign ethics, and anti-crime measures targeting prostitution and vandalism.
Scott was actively involved in health and education issues, holding public forums and forming citizen committees to encourage community participation in the local school system and announced a program to encourage healthy lifestyles.
www.epa.state.il.us /director   (755 words)

  
 EverestHistory.com: Doug Scott
Doug Scott was born in Nottingham England in 1941 to a world embroiled in war.
Doug Scott was born in 1941, by the age of 12 this English native was well on his way to becoming one of the world’s leading high altitude and big wall climbers.
Today Doug is still climbing 6000-7000m peaks in the Himalayan Mountains and working diligently with Community Action Nepal, a charity Doug co-founded and is currently filling the Operations Director role.
www.everesthistory.com /climbers/dougscott.htm   (782 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sch-Himalayan Climber: Books: Doug Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Doug Scott's historic ascent (with Dougal Haston) of the South-West Face of Everest in 1975 brought him to the forefront of Himalayan climbing at a moment of transition.
Scott is a killed photographer, and this new edition of his pictorial record of a remarkable climbing career has been keenly awaited.
Doug Scott is known as a "pure, aesthetic" climber; he prefers a simple climb with a few friends, rather than a seige of 100 sherpas and 1000 oxygen bottles.
www.amazon.com /Sch-Himalayan-Climber-Doug-Scott/dp/0871565994   (2267 words)

  
 Doug Scott - Biography
All Scott's sculptures beg to be touched; stroking this work, one easily imagines the thrill of proximity with real ocean mammals.
Scott works with wood and metal, too, but his favorite medium is hard stone, like rhodonite and granite, rocks that require abrasives and diamond cutters.
Scott speaks of his family - wife, Vivian Sue, and five children from infant to age thirteen - with devotion and rich enthusiasm for their talents.
www.themarblesculptor.com /Bio.htm   (1250 words)

  
 MountainZone.com Photography with Doug Scott Interview, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Scott, at 32, was already one of the most free-thinking climbers of his generation, and the more experienced Haston was by then at the very pinnacle of the profession.
But Doug Scott's life would never be the same, and it would become an existence increasingly influenced by the irresistible power of the Himalayas.
Scott, now in his late 50s, had just returned from Nepal, where he runs a trekking company, as well as a charitable trust to benefit the indigenous people of the Himalaya, with his Indian-born wife Sharu.
www.mountainzone.com /photo/2001/html/doug_scott.html   (773 words)

  
 <Illinois EPA Director on campus October 27>
Doug Scott, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, will be speaking at Kishwaukee College on October 27 at 1:00p.m.
Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Doug Scott to the position of Director of the IEPA in July 2005.
Scott, a native of Rockford, served as the Assistant City Attorney and City Attorney for Rockford from 1985 to 1995 and then as a State Representative for the 67th district from 1995 – 2001, during which time he was the chair of the House Urban Revitalization Committee and member of the Energy and Environment Committee.
www.kish.cc.il.us /press_releases/2006/06-10-12-dougscott.shtml   (327 words)

  
 KIMFF - Doug Scott - more
Scott also made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga from the North-east with Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker the same way.
Scott has climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents.
Scott also sells his photographs to magazines and mountaineering publications, and also uses them to illustrate his mountaineering presentations.
www.himalassociation.org /kimff/kimff_events_dougscott.htm   (120 words)

  
 Doug Scott Bio
Doug is former associate director of Life Advocacy Alliance, a pro-life lobbying organization.
Scott also served as vice president for public policy of the Christian Action Council (CAC), executive director of Arizona Right to Life (Phoenix), and executive director of Human Life (Seattle), the latter two organizations being affiliates of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).
Scott has been interviewed on many television and radio programs (including "The MacNeil/Leher News Hour," "Nightline," "This Morning's Business," "CBS This Morning," "The 700 Club," "Family News in Focus," "Early Prime" (CNN), "Sonya Live" (CNN), "Focus on the Family" with Dr. James Dobson, and CBS Radio).
www.lifesite.net /events/Marchforlife/2002/dougscottbio.html   (380 words)

  
 • Inoffizielle Homepage von Doug Kirton
When Doug Kirton left Elmvale, Ontario in December to join the Greenville Grrrowl, his dad gave him a warning: Be nice to your little brother.
Doug Kirton was playing hockey before his brother was born.
With Doug Kirton, he got a skilled veteran who would not count against the team's veteran maximum.
www.doug-kirton.de /kirton/index.php?play=dskirton/familiy_job   (538 words)

  
 Media.Ford.com: Profile: Doug Scott
The rules may be tongue-in-cheek, but Scott and his team take their responsibility seriously.
Scott joined the company in 1978, spending the first 20 years of his Ford career working in seven regional offices.
Scott says he feels privileged to be one of the stewards of the Built Ford Tough heritage and reputation.
media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=22302   (354 words)

  
 Wilderness Historian Doug Scott to Tour West Virginia :: Sierra Club West Virginia
Doug Scott, director of Campaign for America’s Wilderness and one of the nation’s leading experts on wild land preservation, will tour West Virginia July 17-21, giving readings from his book, “The Enduring Wilderness: Protecting Our Natural Heritage Through The Wilderness Act”.
Scott’s leadership role in wilderness preservation spans over four decades, beginning in college and including terms of duty as a Conservation Director for the Sierra Club, lobbyist for the Wilderness Society, and now Policy Director for Campaign for America’s Wilderness, a national organization supporting local citizen-driven Wilderness proposals across the country.
Scott will be stopping in Elkins, at the heart of the Mon, where citizens are fighting to protect Seneca Creek, the great unspoiled valley below Spruce Knob that is home to a world-class native trout stream.
westvirginia.sierraclub.org /newsletter/archives/2006/07/a_001.html   (518 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Shishapangma Expedition: Books: Doug Scott,Alex Macintyre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Indeed, McIntyre is on a summit mission to be stalled by no one, and Scott, in his trademark philosophical approach to mountaineering, tries to make peace between the group's remaining members.
By morning, however, Scott is coughing up blood, Baxter-Jones is vomiting his meal of rotten fish, and McIntyre, who is irrepressibly itchy to move ahead, barely dodges a falling rock (an ominous omen, as he would die from a rock strike only two months later).
Placing the expedition into a historical context, Doug Scott presents a wealth of historical detail about the region while Alex MacIntyre provides a unique commentary on the "big peak" way of life-from the frenzied preparations to the clashes of personality, the affection, and the humor.
www.amazon.ca /Shishapangma-Expedition-Doug-Scott/dp/0898867231   (663 words)

  
 D.S. Scott
DS Scott Transport was formed in 1957/58 when owner-operator Doug Scott left bankrupt London-Vancouver Express and went out on his own.
Eventually DS Scott would be paired with Gill Interprovincial Lines Limited, already a part of the Australian-owned TNT Alltrans Group.
Doug's Dad drove the F Model Mack for a couple of trips.
www.hankstruckpictures.com /ds_scott.htm   (1025 words)

  
 Doug McKenzie DS Scott and Reitmier Truck Collection
D.S. Scott Transport trailer taken in 1976 at the TNT Alltrans terminal on Britannia Road in Mississauga, Ontario.
Reitmier was purchased in the mid-60s by D.S.Scott Transport.
Here is a former D.S. Scott Canadian Kenworth COE leased to a now-defunct outfit named Marshall Leasing which in turn leased to Scott Paper Products.
www.hankstruckpictures.com /dm_scott.htm   (435 words)

  
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Born 29th May 1941, he still retains the cachet of being one of the lads, while simultaneously possessing maximum respect by the establishment — he is the John Peel of mountaineering.
Scott is extraordinary by any standards; proof positive that you can still be cool, and collect a bus pass.
Scott is the nearest we have to an intellectual professional mountaineer, something which in most people’s experience could be taken to be a contradiction in terms.
www.everestspeakersbureau.com /dougscott.htm   (574 words)

  
 Doug Scott
Doug Scott has made 45 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia.
This was the first time one of the big mountains had been climbed with such minimal support and without oxygen being available for climbing.
Photography: Doug Scott’s photographs have been on the front cover of mountain books than those of any other photographer.
www.2006.theoutdoorsshow.co.uk /DougScott.htm   (263 words)

  
 Doug Scott: Executive Biographies: Canada: De Beers Canada
Doug Scott started his career with De Beers as a Section Engineer in 1981.
Doug’s career with De Beers has provided him with opportunities to work on a number of mines including Orapa, Letlahkane and Jwaneng in Botswana.
Doug has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal in South Africa, 1974.
www.debeerscanada.com /files_2/bios_scott.html   (216 words)

  
 Doug Scott Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Doug Scott, one of the most acclaimed mountaineers of the last 30 years, has forged new routes up many Himalayan peaks.
Scott also narrates his climbing adventures in other parts of the world....
This stunning pictorial record of Scott's remarkable climbing career covers more than 26 visits to the most fabled regions of the Greater Himalayan range, including the Hindu Kush, Tibet, the Karakoram, Ladakh, and Bhutan--with descriptions of each region's geographical and sociological perspectives.
www.alibris.co.uk /search/books/author/Doug_Scott   (926 words)

  
 Doug Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Doug Scott is one of the most experienced mountaineers in British history.
I was fortunate enough to attend a lecture given by Doug Scott at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl back in February 2001 where he talked about his various expeditions.
Doug Scott has written two excellent books "Shisha Pangma" and "Himalayan Climber"
www.markowens.co.uk /doug_scott.htm   (109 words)

  
 Scotchman Peaks Wilderness - the Friends Present Doug Scott: Wilderness Historian, Author and Advocate
Doug Scott, one of the nation's leading experts on wilderness, will be traveling through the region at the end of this month, discussing the history of wilderness protection and supporting local citizens in an historic effort to protect their public lands and wilderness.
Doug Scott is an excellent speaker and a 40-year veteran of wilderness campaigns.
Doug is deeply committed to helping citizens protect their most treasured public lands and forests for future generations.
www.scotchmanpeaks.org /DougScott.html   (324 words)

  
 About Doug Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Doug Scott CBE has made 45 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia.
He has reached the summit of 40 peaks, of which half were first ascents, and all were climbed by new routes or for the first time in Alpine Style.
Began climbing age of 12, British crag climbing, and most weekends thereafter; visited the Alps age of 17 and most years thereafter.
www.dougscottmountaineering.co.uk /about_us.htm   (728 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Guide to Mountains: Books: Doug Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He has reached the summit of 40 peaks, of which half were first ascents, and all were climbed by new routes or for the first time in Alpine Style climbing, without the use of artificial oxygen.
He has reached the highest peaks on all seven continents -- "the seven summits." He is a past President of the Alpine Club and he was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1994.
In 1999, Scott received the Royal Geographical Society Patron's Gold Medal.
www.amazon.ca /Guide-Mountains-Doug-Scott/dp/155407052X   (308 words)

  
 DOUG SCOTT BIOGRAPHY
With a remarkable climbing career, with over 30 expeditions to inner Asia, Doug Scott is regarded as one of the world's leading high altitude and big wall climbers.
All his climbs are done in lightweight alpine style, except for the historic ascent with Dougal Haston of the Southwest Face
In 1975, at the age of 32, Doug was an upcoming star in the mountaineering scene, now he faced his hardest climb this far; Mount Everest by the Southwest Face.
www.jerberyd.com /climbing/climbers/scott   (251 words)

  
 Attorney Doug Scott, Cantey Hanger, LLP, Dallas, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Attorney Doug Scott, Cantey Hanger, LLP, Dallas, Texas
Scott was an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America a few years back.
He also has been a participant in little league baseball coaching for many years in the past--an activity that may come in handy now that he has children of his own.
www.canteyhanger.com /Bio/DougScott.asp   (248 words)

  
 Doug Scott | MBR SPORT - Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There is a player named Doug Scott he will Be starding at poind gourd as a freshman for the Quincy high school varsity basketball Team for the legentery coach Bob Fisher.
He resently played in the AAU 14 and under nationels at the wide world of sports for the BayState majic 14 and under AAU Team
Doug Scott is a scoring point guard who drops a nice dime now and then to keep defenses honest but offensively he has the total game.
www.mbr.org /node/10060   (262 words)

  
 Solaris Things
When a friend came to visit the other day, she asked if she could use my computer for a while.
They maybe able to hold their market share for a little longer in the developed world, but there is a much larger market in the developing world who are much more price sensitive.
The nice thing about this is if they don't post results for certain equipment, they may be selling you a brumby.
solaristhings.blogspot.com   (1552 words)

  
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