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Budget 2007 - Questions & Answers
Budget 2007 Home
The following are some answers to some questions you might have about the Town's 2007 budget:
Q. Why are we facing a 5.9% tax increase?
Richmond Hill is committed to continuing to provide excellent services to its residents and businesses. Having a higher inflation rate than that of the average homeowner, puts a significant burden on the municipality as the Town purchases many products and services that have experienced significant cost increases. For example, the Town heats and lights thousands of square feet in its many facilities, including community centres, pools and libraries, to name a few. The municipality also uses thousands of litres of fuel in its operations.
Richmond Hill has been a rapidly growing community that is beginning the transition to a more mature phase. Town faces a challenge in that it must make investments now in order to pay for repair and replacement of its $2 billion inventory of assets (roads, libraries, community centres, pools, parks, arenas).
While some municipalities have reduced services, deferred capital investment, or incurred debt, the Town is committed to maintaining the required investments to keep our facilities in good condition. With a prudent long term view, the Town can forecast our future needs and prepare now.
Q. What is the Town doing to raise additional revenues or reduce expenses?
The Town is committed to continue to deliver excellent services to residents at the lowest possible costs. Council and staff continue to monitor fee schedules to ensure that appropriate and fair user fees and charges are applied to all services. Projects are also currently underway aimed at ensuring that the Town is operating as efficiently as possible to minimize tax costs.
Q. Didn't the Federal government recently announce changes that will give municipalities more opportunities to receive and raise funds?
It is true that municipalities have realized some of the tax revenue that is collected when you pay for gas at the pumps. This item is still being phased in and there are stipulations on what the monies can be used for. The Town will receive $10 million over five years to fund environmentally sustainable infrastructure projects, including renewal and replacement of existing assets. These initiatives have been helpful, yet the Town faces the costs of maintaining, repairing and replacing nearly $2 billion of depreciating assets. Council is committed to creating a legacy whereby these assets are maintained effectively, without the need for costly debt. To do this requires careful financial planning, and additional financial commitments by the Town. In addition to this, the Town recently dedicated staff resources to pursue special funding opportunities, sponsorships and grants that would help offset project and operating costs for specific initiatives.
As well, the Town has been working hard along with other GTA municipalities to press the Federal and Provincial governments to assist us in solving municipal funding issues, particularly around infrastructure maintenance, and also to reduce the burden of social services costs from the property tax bill. Announcements in the past few months will provide us with some assistance as the initial five year gas tax sharing program is expected to be renewed. This could add $10 to $12 million of available funds for the Town's infrastructure.
Q Why are our residential taxes higher than those in Toronto?
A. It is important to note that independent studies do show that Richmond Hill's property taxes are comparable to taxes of similar homes located in parts of Toronto. Comparing property tax rates is not a simple task. In fact it's not a simple exercise in comparing "apples to apples" either. The City of Toronto provides services to its communities which are similar to that of the Town and Region combined. Also, the costs for providing such services differs between municipalities.
Also, Toronto businesses share a larger share of taxes than the residential owners, as they are taxed at much higher commercial property tax rates than in York Region and other surrounding areas. In Toronto, businesses pay tax rates which are 3.7 to 4.2 times higher than the residential tax rates, while in Richmond Hill, businesses pay tax rates only 1.2 to 1.4 times higher than the residential rates. The drawback of this approach is that Toronto is seeing the loss of many major employers, as they move from Toronto into the surrounding municipalities where the taxes are lower, and the employees live closer to them.


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Prerequisite: BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L and BSC 2086 and BSC 2086L and DEP 2004 and ENC 1101 and HUM 1020 and HUN 1201 and MCB 2010 and MCB 2010L and PSY 2012, and either MAC 1105 or STA 2023, and either ARH 1000, or LIT 1000 or MUL 1010 or PHI 2010 or THE 1000
Corequisite: NUR 1003
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Admission to the LPN to ADN Bridge Program required. Students will complete 5 hours of class per week (6.7 hours Summer C) and 6 hours of clinical lab per week (8 hours Summer C). Bridge Nursing is designed to facilitate the transition of the Licensed Practical Nurse to the role of the Associate Degree Nurse and to build on the PN curriculum. Nursing III and IV build on and expand from this course. In this course students gain beginning knowledge about Associate Degree Nursing and the Neuman Systems Model. The model includes client and environmental systems affected by five variables: physiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural and spiritual. It addresses health as a continuum. The faculty designed the nursing curriculum with the Neuman Systems Model as the conceptual basis. The other major concepts are basic needs as adapted from Maslow, the nursing process, and core components of the AD nurse's role. Students learn about holistic health care across the life span and application of the nursing process to clients and families needing primary prevention and those whose normal lines of defense have been invaded to the extent secondary and tertiary preventions are necessary. Faculty designs learning experiences to assist students to identify stressors and commonly occurring responses to stress affecting clients' abilities to meet needs for oxygen, perception/mobility, physiological and psychological safety, self-esteem, and/or love and belonging. Students expand learning about pharmacology, pathophysiology, communication and teaching. Through laboratory and clinical experiences, students expand assessment and intervention skills with emphasis on primary prevention for the well child and secondary prevention for the adult client. Students provide care in ambulatory pediatric, community, psychiatric, and acute care facilities.

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JERUSALEM, Israel -- Hamas rockets could not deter two planeloads of French Jews from immigrating to their historical homeland Wednesday, which many see as the fulfillment of biblical promises.
Aliyah, immigrating to Israel under the Law of Return, literally means "to go up," a reference to the ascent to Jerusalem's Old City, nearly 3,800 feet above sea level, where the First and Second Jewish Temples stood atop the Temple Mount.
Israeli officials were on hand to welcome 430 French Jews when they touched down at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Sofa Lander and Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky were among those greeting the nation's newest citizens.
"Despite the rocket onslaught against the people of Israel, not one immigrant from France has canceled his or her arrival," Sharansky said. "More and more people are asking whether Jews have a future in France, but no one doubts that French Jews have a future in Israel."
The new immigrants, who include 195 youngsters and 18 babies, will make their homes in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Netanya and Jerusalem.
"Two weeks ago, when we met in Paris at the moving ceremony during which you parted with the country of your birth, I met entire families whose veins flow with Zionism, who are willing to leave their entire lives behind in order to realize their dream of immigrating to Israel," Lander said. "Every immigrant who arrives in Israel strengthens us as a people, and this is all the more so when it comes to the growing aliyah from France. I congratulate you on taking this meaningful step and promise that we will be at your side throughout your journey. Welcome home!"
The struggles and difficulties facing modern Israel have not deterred immigration. In fact, in fulfillment of biblical promises, aliyah has increased over the past several years.
Ezekiel 36:24-28 is just one of many places in Scripture foretelling God's plan for the Jewish people.
"For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God."
Rising anti-Semitism and anti-Israel propaganda have undoubtedly contributed to many families' decisions to leave the countries where some have lived for generations. Many have realized that the modern nation-state of Israel is the best place to raise and educate their children -- a place the whole family can call home.
But aliyah is far more. It's the fulfillment of God's promise to bring the Jews back to their ancient homeland where "…you shall be my people, and I will be your God."
It doesn't get much better than that, at least not in this world.
Knesset Approves Emergency Aliyah Plan
French Jihadist Arrested in Jewish Museum Shootings
Gilad Shalit Accompanies 'Children's' Aliyah Flight
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From her perch high atop the mountains surrounding Jerusalem, Tzippe Barrow helps provide a bird's eye view of events unfolding in her country.
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Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy ruled Saturday that the gambling hall can reopen without fear of another raid pending a ruling on whether more than 100 machines seized March 19 are legal bingo machines or illegal slot machines.
Riley asked the Supreme Court on Monday to toss Kennedy's ruling because Kennedy has worked for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, which operates three gambling halls in Alabama. Riley said in a statement Kennedy should not have handled the White Hall case because the outcome could affect the legality of the Indians' gambling halls in Atmore, Wetumpka and Montgomery.
"The judge has an obvious conflict of interest," said Jeff Emerson, the governor's communications director.
Cornerstone Community Outreach, a charity, operates the White Hall gambling center 20 miles west of Montgomery. It had had more than 900 machines before the raid March 19. The center has been closed since the raid, but had hoped to reopen with Kennedy's order within a few days.
The charity's attorney, Bobby Segall, said Kennedy worked on an economic development project for the Indians, and that is no a reason to step aside from the case. He said the governor's lawyers have been trying to delay a resolution of the case.
Alabama's chief justice assigned Kennedy, a retired judge, to hear the case because Lowndes County's circuit judge was unavailable when Cornerstone challenged the legality of the raid and the seizure of the gambling machines.
Kennedy said last week that he would handle preliminary matters in the case, such as whether the gambling center could reopen, and then he would turn over the case to another judge.


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BERWICK Pier is in need of substantial repairs again, just three months since a £2 million restoration project which closed the structure for 18 months was completed.
Recent gales and high tides have ripped up part of the concrete walkway between Crabwater Corner and the lighthouse.
The pier remains open to the public but walkers have been asked to take extra care until repairs can be carried out.
"The amount of damage that's been done is unbelievable," said Coun Brian Douglas, who ventured out on Monday to take a look.
"A southerly gale, together with the angle of the tide, has taken out a substantial section of the walkway about 40 yards up from Crabwater Corner to the lighthouse.
"There's lots of broken stonework, so much so that I had to get a council sweeper along there. Large slabs of stone have deteriorated literally overnight and there are holes along the path."
Coun Douglas, who represents Berwick North on Northumberland County Council, had accompanied officers on an earlier inspection of the recent restoration work.
"We already knew that further work was needed to finish off the surface walkways but there's now been considerably more damage which will require further substantial works," he revealed.
The latest repair scheme, funded by the Environment Agency, was originally estimated at £900,000 but the extent of the work required, along with the extra time it took, saw the costs soar.
The south side of the pier facing the estuary was the worst affected area and required the replacement of a lot of missing and damaged stonework and repositioning of protruding, loose or displaced blocks.
"The pier is something of a bottomless pit," admitted Coun Douglas. "It's going to be costing us money forever more. There is contingency funding available and I've had county council officers up to have a look at it but we will probably wait until better weather arrives in the spring before the repairs are carried out."
A spokesperson for Northumberland County Council said: "We did carry out an initial assessment of the pier in early December. As a result of a more recent report from Coun Douglas we have arranged for a further inspection within the next few weeks, with a representative of the company who worked on the refurbishment.
"We will determine whether further work is required and, so long as it is not considered to be urgent, will arrange for this to be carried out during the spring/summer this year."
The 960-yard long pier, a Grade II listed structure, was built between 1810 and 1821 to protect the entrance to the River Tweed and provide an easier passenge into the estuary for ships visiting Tweed Dock. It also provides a vital defence for Tweedmouth and Spittal.


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(b) What is the weight of a ball of mass 55.0kg? What is themagnitude of the gravitational force acting on it? What force woulda spring scale read if the ball were hanging from it?


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The Seahawks struggled moving the ball against Minnesota's talented defensive line, which includes Pro Bowlers Jared Allen on the outside and the Williams' Wall of Pat and Kevin Williams' inside. Seattle's defense actually held Minnesota's offense in check in the opening quarter. However, the Seahawks got no help from the offense, and the Vikings exploded for three scores in the second quarter to take control of the game.
"The first quarter defensively we played well," coach Jim Mora said. "We needed to get something going on offense to give ourselves a little energy, a little juice to support what the defense was doing, and we weren't able to do that."
Seattle center Chris Spencer said the Vikings didn't do anything differently that Seattle hadn't already seen on film. "They were where we knew they were going to be and they did exactly what we thought they were going to do, we just weren't crisp enough," Spencer said. "The bottom line is we weren't consistent enough, and we didn't execute the way we needed to."
The Seahawks controlled Adrian Peterson somewhat, limiting the talented runner to 84 yards on 24 carries. However, Brett Favre led the Vikings offensively, finishing 22 of 25 for 213 yards, throwing four touchdowns and no interceptions. Favre's 88 percent completion percentage was a career high; he also finished with an impressive, 141.7 passer rating.
So thorough was the Vikings' dominance over Seattle that Minnesota head coach Brad Childress pulled Favre, replacing him with reserve quarterback Tarvaris Jackson with his team up 28-3 and 43 seconds left -- in the third quarter.
"It's almost embarrassing to be down that much and the other team is pulling their guys," quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said. "It's just hard being in this situation right now. We're not used to it. It's new territory. It's very tough."
TRENDING: Seattle tight end John Carlson finished without a catch for the first time in his two-year NFL career. Carlson played in front of more than 200 family and friends from his hometown of nearby Litchfield, Minn. Seattle's leading receiver last season with 55 catches, Carlson has just 10 catches in his last four games, and is fourth on the team in receptions with 34.
LINEUP WATCH: Darryl Tapp is pushing Patrick Kerney for playing time at defensive end. Kerney is tied with Lawrence Jackson for the team lead in sacks with four each, but Tapp has more consistently applied pressure to the passer in recent weeks.
--WR Nate Burleson returned to play against the team that drafted him. Burleson was a third-round pick by Minnesota and spent his first three seasons with the Vikings before signing with Seattle as free agent in 2006. Burleson redeemed himself after finishing with no catches against Arizona last week, grabbing eight catches for 100 yards.
--DE Cory Redding got his first sack of the season in the first quarter.
--RB Justin Forsett struggled in the running game, finishing with 9 yards on nine carries. But he also added 80 yards receiving on eight catches, and scored the team's only touchdown on a 1-yard plunge.
--LB Linebacker David Hawthorne led the team in tackles again, finishing with 11 solo and four assists for 15 total.
--DB Josh Wilson was inactive for the Minnesota game after missing practice all week with a concussion. Kelly Jennings started in place of Wilson.


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Libya's NTC Delays Interim Government for Indefinite Period
Libya may not have a new interim government for weeks or months, said Mahmoud Jibril, prime minister of the nation's National Transitional Council.
No government will be formed until the entire North African country is liberated, including the cities of Sirte and Bani Walid where forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi continue to fight, Jibril told journalists yesterday in Tripoli, the capital.
"There was a decision by the NTC to maintain the executive office as is with some changes at the ministries," he said. Libya's liberation "can take a week, a month. We don't know."
The formation of an interim Cabinet has been repeatedly postponed since the NTC took Tripoli in late August. The council has been working to stabilize the economy and establish authority over factions that rebelled against Qaddafi, including the council in Misrata, the main rebel stronghold in the west during the seven-month conflict. The Misrata council is leading the Sirte operation.
The NTC is working on legislation to review and raise all salaries in the country and hasn't yet discussed forming a new Cabinet, Jibril said.
Frozen Assets
Jibril said that while $16 billion of Libyan assets have been unfrozen, the council has gotten "much less" than this amount. The $16 billion will be more than enough to fund the government for the time being, he said.
He also said the council plans to scrap all tariffs on imports of food and foodstuffs and to import 750,000 heads of lamb to feed Libyans during the upcoming Islamic holiday Eid Al Adha. The interim government also approved payments of a 400-dinar ($323) monthly stipend to the families of those killed in the revolt and a salary of 450 dinars to 500 dinars a month for soldiers who fought in the conflict, he said.
A Republican U.S. congressional delegation, led by Senator John McCain of Arizona, toured Tripoli and met with Jibril and other council leaders. Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida were also in the group.
Libya "inspires people in Tehran, Beijing, Damascus and Moscow," McCain said. "The U.S. has confidence in this council."
"My impressions are that they are making progress," he said in an interview with CNN. "They do have significant challenges in a variety of ways, including the fact that a lot of the militias that are out there taking part in the fighting against Qaddafi forces are still not under their control."
Battle for Sirte
The battle for Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte will be over "very soon," with council forces already in control of the airport and port, NTC spokesman Abdul Busin said yesterday in a telephone interview in Tripoli. NTC forces "are holding off slightly" in some areas of Sirte for the moment, he said.
Libya now is producing 300,000 barrels a day of oil, Ali Tarhouni, the official in charge of the North African nation's finance and oil ministries, told reporters in Tripoli yesterday.
Libyan oil production slumped to 60,000 barrels a day in July from 1.7 million barrels in January, according to the International Energy Agency, as a result of the uprising against Qaddafi's rule.
Libya's interim government is taking all necessary measures to control stockpiles of chemical weapons that were captured last week, The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said.
"We welcome the fact that Libyan authorities are taking necessary measures to secure the bunkers," OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. "It is important for the OPCW that these stockpiles are secured and misuse is prevented."


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The students that participate in art studio courses at Millsaps College continually test the boundaries of their skills. The samples of student work below are only a small selection of the creations that our students have produced in the past few years.
Bridget O'Brien
JD Graffam
Meg Meredith
Leslie Aldridge
Alexis Whittington
Megan Peters
Amy Schettler
Walter Young
Testimonials from Recent Students
"From art I've gained a more complete sense of history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, science, and politics. Art at Millsaps has truly helped me to bridge all the disciplines, and isn't that what a liberal arts education is all about?!"
"Art is like a modern-day time machine, to transport us to past cultures ... Besides, who wants to go to a museum in Europe and not appreciate what you see? Not me!"
"I believe that a good education isn't complete without some understanding of art, and the art history and studio classes are small at Millsaps and allow the type of interaction between students and professors that's most beneficial."


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The city of Boston is an international hub of arts, music, theatre, sports, and history. Our Visitor's Guide offers information to assist you in making your travel arrangements as well as options for additional sights and activities.
By Air
Logan International Airport is Boston's main airport, serving all major cities and airlines.
You may also choose to fly into Manchester Regional Airport in New Hampshire or TF Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island. Each airport is approximately 1 hour from Boston. Flight Line offers shuttle service from Manchester, while the MBTA commuter rail, Amtrak, and Peter Pan Bus offer transportation between Providence and Boston.
Visit the Massport website for more information about directions to and from Logan Airport, including their ground transportation brochure with contact information for shuttle services.
By Bus
Concord Trailway
Peter Pan
By Train
By Car
There are 3 main routes into Boston:
I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) from the West
I-95 from the North and South
I-93 from the North and South
Parking in Boston can be difficult. There is metered parking on most streets, however, be aware of signage, as spots can become resident-sticker only, valet only, or tow zones at various points during the day.
Public Transportation
MBTA, a/k/a "The T"
Subway Fares (as of September, 2014)
$2.65 per subway ride with paper Charlie Ticket or cash-on-board
(no free transfers)
$2.10 per subway ride with plastic Charlie Card
(includes free transfer to local bus)
$1.05 per subway ride for seniors and persons with disabilities
(blind persons ride for free)
Bus Fares (as of September, 2014)
Bus fares are $2.10 with paper Charlie Ticket or cash-on-board, $1.60 for Charlie Card, and $0.80 for seniors and persons with disabilities (blind persons ride free); both Charlie Card and Ticket include free transfer to local bus.
Discounted Visitor Passes available; $12 per day or $19 for 7 days for unlimited subway and local bus travel; can be purchased at in-station fare vending machines or local retail sales terminals.
|Useful BEMF T stops:
Boylston on the Green Line
Boylston St. at Tremont St.
Courtyard Boston Downtown
Emerson College Dorms
Arlington on the Green Line
Boylston St. at Arlington St.
Courtyard Boston Downtown
Symphony on the Green Line
(E train only)
Huntington Ave. at
Massachusetts Ave.
|Jordan Hall
Massachusetts Avenue on the Orange Line
Massachusetts Ave. south of
St. Botolph St.
|Jordan Hall
Rentals Cars
Visit the Massport website for car rental options at Logan airport.
|Boston Cab
|Checker Cab
|City Cab
|Metro Cab
|Town Taxi
Bike Rentals
The Hubway is Boston's bike sharing system with 140 stations throughout Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville. Visit their Pricing page for more information about 24-hour and 72-hour passes and usage fees.
Courtyard Boston Downtown Hotel
The Boston Early Music Festival is pleased to recommend the Courtyard Boston Downtown Hotel as its official host hotel for the 2017 Festival.
Courtyard by Marriott Boston Downtown
275 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
A Discounted rate for BEMF attendees and details about reservations will be announced later this year.
Emerson College Dorm Rooms
The Boston Early Music Festival is pleased to offer low-cost air-conditioned dormitory rooms at Emerson College, across from the Boston Common and steps from BEMF's Exhibition location at the Courtyard Marriott, and close to nearly every Festival venue. Basic amenities are provided (linens, shared bathrooms, breakfast buffet).
For more information about Emerson College dorm rooms, please contact Carla Chrisfield.


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Ubuntu to Evaluate LibreOffice for Natty Narwhal
Ubuntu Desktop Engineer at Canonical, Matthias Klose, announces that LibreOffice is being considered as an OpenOffice replacement in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 release, Natty Narwhal.
Earlier today on the ubuntu-devel mailing list, Klose explained that LibreOffice would be included in the Alpha 2 Natty Narwhal release for evaluation and possible inclusion into the final Ubuntu 11.04 release.
Klose points out that the LibreOffice packages need to be tested and gives instructions on how users can help test these packages.
More information on the LibreOffice inclusion and testing can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing list.
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Issue 192/2016
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Nextcloud Announces Raspberry Pi-Powered Home Cloud Box
Innovative system adds a hard drive and Ubuntu Core to the RPi for an IoT hub.
Linus Torvalds Confirms the Date of the First Linux Release
Linux is two weeks younger than we thought!
End of OpenOffice?
The Apache Software Foundation considers retiring OpenOffice
Adobe Gives New Life to NPAPI Plugin for Linux
Adobe won't kill the plugin in 2017
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package


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My Journey
The one great thing about the space business is that hardly anybody
arrives without having made a conscious decision that this is something
he or she really wanted to do. I know that is how I ended up in this business.
From talking to numerous colleagues, our stories and adventures along
the way are strikingly similar.
My adventure started at the beginning of the publicized space race.
The space business had been going on for sometime, but without much public
awareness. I was in my last year of elementary school when Sputnik was
launched. Everyone became aware of the space race and I was immediately
turned on to the possibilities of space travel. Upon entry into junior
high school the following year, a few of my close friends got together
and we formed a rocket club. We convinced one of our teachers to sponsor
us and thought we were on our way to launch our own satellite. As you
might expect, one of the major obstacles to our dream was the reality
of rockets as dangerous devices. It seems rockets were categorized as
explosives and not something that students should be allowed to handle.
There was an entrepreneur in the mid-west working on safe hobby rockets.
He had invented a paper-based rocket engine with an explosive charge at
the end. The charge would pop out a parachute at the peak of the rocket's
trajectory. We desperately wanted to buy some of these engines to make
our rockets. We wrote to him to find out how we could acquire a couple
of his rocket engines. His business was just getting started and most
states still had laws against certain explosives of any kind, including
his rocket engines. Our entrepreneur was doing his best to satisfy local
ordinances and convince officials on the safety of his product. He was
very encouraging, but could not help us. My friends and I lived in New
Jersey at the time, which was very strict when it came to rockets (translate
to "fireworks") of any kind. Our rocket club had to be satisfied with
making designs we could never test. There were, of course, a few illegal
unsanctioned experiments along the way, which we managed to survive. But
our shining moment was getting a model of one of our designs for a rocket
stabilization system accepted at a regional science fair.
By the way, that man in the mid-west was Mr. Estes, of Estes Industries.
You can now buy those model rockets all over the country.
The rocket club turned out be educationally beneficial in ways we could
only understand later in our careers. We didn't know it, but we were learning
to work as a team, set goals, understand project management, and conduct
research. We built models of combustion chambers, learned why a solid
rocket motor has a central core shape to increase the burning surface,
and studied the elements of tracking.
I'm not sure if all of my friends went on to technical careers, but
I do know that we all gained. When I went back to my 20th high school
reunion and talked about my job, everyone was excited that I was doing
exactly what they all envisioned I would do.
So how did I end up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)? I even knew
something about JPL when I was in high school. I say that, because even
knowing about JPL back then was unusual, secret rocket science and all
that, but more so on the east coast. However, JPL had gotten connected
with a program on television, much like today's Discovery channel. There
was a series of presentations on the programs JPL was doing. JPL had received
the go ahead from NASA to explore solar system and beyond as part of the
NASA program. I was fascinated and hooked. I imagined myself working at
JPL one day.
School Years
I continued to set my sites on the space business. I took courses in
all of the sciences and math. During my high school years I presented
projects at the local and regional science fairs. In my senior year I
won first prize in physics at my local fair and third prize at the regional
as well a second prize at a national fair run by the Junior Engineering
and Technical Society in New York City. The project was a demonstration
of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
I entered Rutgers University in 1964 majoring in electrical engineering.
Those years in college were somewhat in turmoil. We had a small problem
in southeast Asia which took much of our attention away from space. I
graduated in 1968 and entered the US Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant. On
to my first assignment, which had nothing to due with the space business,
I watched with envy as the first Moon landing unfolded in July 1969. I
made the decision then and there that I would do what ever it took to
participate in the adventure. I started taking courses in graduate school.
After my military tour was over, I concentrated on going to school and
enrolled in a program that emphasized space physics at Johns Hopkins University.
By this time I had a family and going to school was not easy. Working
full-time, studying, and raising a family are not very compatible. I persevered,
and through one of my instructors, who happened to be a science investigator
on the Voyager project, I was encouraged to write JPL about job possibilities.
JPL, my old friend from my high school days, just happened to be managing
the project for NASA.
As miracles sometimes happen, I was in the right place at the right
time. I was fresh with a masters degree in space physics with a background
in communications systems. The Air Force had provided me with wonderful
education in digital communications. (It's the "in thing" today with cell
phone technology, but only the military and NASA knew much about it back
in the early 70s) JPL was looking for Voyager team members. The Voyager
Radio Science team needed support staff to conduct the experiments, develop
plans, verify the instrumentation and validate the data. The requirements
for such a position just happened to be someone with a background in telecommunications
and physics. The radio science experiments use the spacecraft communications
signal to Earth as a probe into the atmospheres of the planets. The spacecraft
is guided on a path that will cause the communications link between the
Earth and a planet, such as Jupiter, to be cut off by the planet. The
spacecraft, in going behind the planet as viewed from Earth, is said to
be occulted. Obviously, the signal fades, much the way a commercial FM
station might fade as you travel over a mountain pass to the other side.
The fading, or how it fades, has information about the environment that
was in the signals path. In the case of a planet, the first thing in the
way is the atmosphere. The technique has been used on almost all missions
to the planets to probe the atmosphere. It uses the telecommunications
instrument as means of collecting scientific data. I was ready for this
I participated in the radio science experiments at Jupiter and Saturn,
probing atmosphere and rings. I conducted experiments when the spacecraft
was occulted by the sun. At the Parkes radiotelescope in New South Wales,
Australia, I was the Voyager science advisor supporting the atmosphere
and ring radio science experiments at Uranus. I was appointed chief of
the Voyager Radio Science Support Team and chief of the Galileo Radio
Science Support Team.
My Job
During my career a JPL I have had numerous challenging assignments,
including a tour on the Space Station program and assignments to NASA
Headquarters in Washington DC. In my most recent assignment, I worry about
the capacity of the ground network of tracking stations to support the
current and future collection of missions in space. We are continually
challenged to find ways to collect more and more science data and information
on what it takes to live and work in space. We are challenged to support
an ever-increasing armada of deep space missions and prepare for the eventuality
of humanity permanently living on the surface of another planetary body.
On a Personal Note
What kind of person gets involved in the space quest adventure? As you
might assume from the biographical sketches from other Mars team members,
we have many other interests. I am no exception. I have been involved
in amateur radio since I was 15. My call is WA3NPK. I enjoy music, having
played string instruments and percussion in high school and college. I
am currently a percussionist with the Claremont Symphony. For athletics,
I used to play volleyball and adult soccer, but the knees gave out. I
now concentrate on my golf game. Finally, just so I dont have to much
free time left, I work with my wife in her volunteer organization. She
is chairman of a major charity fund-raiser, and I get to do all the fun


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The driver, 58, accompanied by a 54-year-old friend who was riding in the front seat of his cab, picked up three men on Center Street around 6:30 p.m., police said.
He then took the men, who were riding in the back seat, to their requested destination on the 1400 block of Edgewood Avenue, Lt. Mark Kieffer said.
At that point, the men attempted to rob the driver at gun point, but the attempt, from the back seat of the car, failed, Kieffer said. The three men got out of the cab, and at that point, the driver sped away, but was shot in the foot by one of the assailants, Kieffer said.
The driver then headed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, where he is listed in stable condition, Kieffer said.
Full descriptions of the suspects were unavailable.
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Lawrence Lunt
Lawrence (Larry) Lunt is a private investor from Belgium who manages Armonia, his family business in Greenwich, Connecticut. Armonia focuses on triple bottom line investments with a balanced emphasis on people, planet and profit. Armonia has supported many innovators in the field such as Root Capital, RSF Social Finance, TBL Capitaland the GIIN. Today, a key focus is on leveraging business to mimic nature on the world's grasslands through a partnership with the Savory Institute.
Mr. Lunt is a Director of his family's private equity group, Artal, which invests through its advisor, the Invus Group, with Weight Watchers as a major asset.
Mr. Lunt's major focus overall is the regeneration of the environment for the benefit of humanity. He has participated in several Arctic and Antarctic expeditions and has board-level involvement with other major environmental groups such as the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and the International Polar Foundation in Brussels. He is also involved with Ashoka, a program that promotes the world's leading social entrepreneurs, which he helped launch in Belgium.
He has been actively engaged in various education projects both internationally -- Up With People, World Campus International Japan, and the Cirenas environmental school in Costa Rica -- and locally, with the Montessori School and the Convent of Sacred Heart, where he founded the Barat Foundation which aims to educate students in philanthropy.
Mr. Lunt holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Louvain in Belgium and an MBA from Sophia University in Japan.