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I was born in Manchester, England in the early 1950's (I am not giving away my actual age but Queen Elizabeth was in her first year as the monarch). My father worked for B.O.A.C. (today it is British Airways). We lived in West Yorkshire for several years in my early teens in a small village called Osgodby, just outside of Selby, 12 miles south of York. I soon learned the ways of the country and how to farm. I went to a day/boarding school, the Read School, in Drax, (founded 1667 and it recently celebrated its 350th anniversary)... My father was posted to New York in the late 1960's and when I finished school in England I came to New York in 1972. I worked at JFK Airport in air cargo and went to Nassau Community College at night. After college I stayed in the air cargo industry for thirty years. I owned my own company and then decided that "been there, done that" had been achieved and it was time for a career change. I went back to Hofstra University on Long Island to finally finish my..