A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker's Beach, the world's sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching.

五年前，在世界上唯一的梅里克海龟的筑巢地——贝克海滩，发生了一起重大的化学物质泄漏事件，导致当年几乎所有的海龟卵无法孵化。

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The open plan living Spaces on the ground floor spill out onto the courtyard and terrace to the North, with the garden and mountain views to the west.

开放式生活空间位于底层，朝北延伸到庭院和阳台，朝西可看到花园和山峰。

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The first floor of the home is lifted just above the ground by the exposed concrete walls of the basement level which allow light the spill into Spaces.

通过允许阳光进入的地下室暴露的混凝土墙，房间一层在地坪上升起。

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Back on the ground, the observations are sent to a task force tracking the spill.

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The group argues that it is close enough to ground zero for the spill to satisfy plaintiffs who want justice meted out on their turf but far enough away from New Orleans to find a fair jury pool.

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The building, designed by the Rockwell Group, uses a flowing design throughout the hotel -- literally, through the lights moving up and down its walls, and symbolically, as people spill out onto the street corners from its ground floor nightclub.

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And when the unexpected has happened -- like the Gulf oil spill or Hurricane Sandy -- he has been on the ground making sure that people get help right away and we deal with these challenges as professionally as possible.

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