36 - Sunday, November 15, 1998 — North Shore News north shore news AS an astrologer and lover of the entire spec- trum of creation includ- ing plant life, it is of interest that the chloro- phyll molecule has a long carbon “stem” and 12 carbon “petals” sur- rounding the 12th ele- ment, magnesium. As the reality is now unfold- ing in our consciousness, this mysterious molecule reminds one of a rose that holds the inner secret to life as we know it on Earth. George F. Buletza, Ph.D. wrote the following enlight- ened passage on the magne- sium molecule: “Where do plants get their substance and cnergy? As with other living things, do they cat, breathe and make music? “Aristotle thought that plants took their substance trom the ground. Two thou- sand years passed before a Flemish alchemist, Jan Baptista van Helmont, tested that not- unreasonable assumption by accurately weighing the soil around a potted willow tree. This classic experiment con- vinced van Helmont that plants do not consume carth. But where then did they derive their substance? “Many more tests were needed before Joseph Priestley proved that plants breathe as they grow. In 1772 he ALTERNATIVES The magic of the magnesium enclosed a growing plant in an airtight chamber. He found that the plant suffocated just as surely as would an animal. But more surprising and wonderful was the result of his subsequent experiment, When he enclosed a plant and an animal in the same airtight chamber, both could live and breathe. This was scemingly a miracle. The miracle was soon explained by the exchange of gasses in breathing that later came to be named oxygen and carbon dioxide. Priesticy’s discovery led to an unprecedented use of flowers in sickrooms, a custom that has continued ever since. “A Dutch skeptic, Jan Ingenhousz, investigated fur- ther and by 1779 he discovered that a plant’s exhalation of oxy- gen occurred only in the green portions of the plant and only when illuminated by light. “In darkness the plant inhales more oxygen than it eshales, By 1796 he was able to postulate that green leaves by day decompose carbon dioxide. The plant then uses the carbon by combining it with water to build its body. Leftover oxygen is simply exhaled. Ingenhousz* experi- ments resulted in the first human realization of the Pracess We now call photosyn- thesis. “In some ways, the carly explorers of the life force may have been correct about the miraculous nature of photosyn- thesis. “In the first place, the prime source of energy for photosynthesis is unearthly. ‘The energy comes from pho- tons of light streaming at 186,282 miles per second out of the Sun. “This light ordinarily has little effect on water outside of plants. However, light striking water inside green plants ts a different matter. Inside the green plant light has a helper — chlorophyll. This curious magnesium-cen- tered, rose-shaped green molecule is the mysterious key that unfolds the secret of plant life. “As this tiny key absorbs light energy, its hundreds of subatomic particles jump momentarily from their nor- mal orbits in each atom to larger, more potent orbits. 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The City is fortunate to have the following distinguished gentlemen available to outline the Nisga’a Treaty: * Tom Molloy, Chief Negotiator, Government of Canada © John Watson, Regional Director General. Gov-rnment of Canada ® Jack Ebbels, Chief Negotiator, Government of B.C. ® Nelson Leeson, Executive Chair, Nisga’a Tribal Council The format of this Special Public Meeting will be a question and answer session for all interested members of the public once the Nisga’a Treaty has been outlined for the benefit of Council and those in the gallery. AGENDA 1. Presentation by Nisga’a Treaty Negotiators Council members questions. Questions from the public. Summation by presenters. Council summary comments. Adjournment. VOLUNTEER REQUIRED GVTA Public Advisory Committee The City of North Vancouver requires a City resident to volunteer to sit on the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA) Public Advisory Committee for a one-year term. This volunteer should be a frequent user of transit and able to meet monthly on the third Wednesday of the month from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., plus periodically on other special occasions. The mandate of the GVTA Public Advisory Committee is: ® provide advice on the development of policy pertaining to the establishment of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority © provide advice to sub-regional advisory committees as requested, and ® provide advice on public information activities. The Committee will provide advice on the following topics: ® consideration of climate change and air quality issues bus organization study ® transportation demand management opportunities initiatives to increuse use of bicycles ® transit information improvements ® transit planning processes © transit fare evasion ® transportation issues reloted to movement of goods and services - ° traffic congestion issues. Please forward your resume outlining your transit usage to Bruce Hawkshaw, City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9.: 141 West14th'Street; Nor