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US/Pacific: Friday, July 3, 2009
Sydney, Australia: Saturday, July 4, 2009

A ~ Brief ~ BIO

AGE: "The Old Man of the NET - Over 23"

Married 'WITH" Children:

Youngest Son

Education:

Graduate College of Business Administration, CSULB, CA, Class of 2000

Major: Finance Minor: Business Law

Sports: Water Polo "Go Beach"

MBA (Finance): College of Business Administration, CSULB, CA, Class of 2002

Profession/Work:

Sports Industry (Financial Analyst)

Sports Activities:

Surfing

Daughter

Education:

Graduate Georgetown University, Washington D.C., Class of 1998

Major: Economics Minor: Physics

Sports: Crew "Go Hoyas"

Co-Captain 1997-98

Women's Big East Champion's 1998

Women's NCAA Championship - 1998

Profession/Work:

Advertising (Print, Internet, & Communications)

Sports Activities:

Surfing; Rowing/Crew & Honolulu Marathon/ L.A. Marathon

Oldest Son

Education:

Graduate United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Class of 1995

Sports: Water Polo "Go Navy"

Post-Graduate School: USN, Athens, Georgia, Class of 1996

MBA: Shidler College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii Class of 2001

Military - U.S. Navy:

Former Stations:
Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS Paul Hamilton - Naval Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Diego Garcia - Paradise in the Heart of the Indian Ocean

Profession/Work:

DoD

Military - U.S. Naval Reserve Force:

U.S. Naval Reserve Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Sports Activities:

Honolulu Marathon - December - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Marine Corps Marathon, Washington D.C., - October - 2008
Hawaii Surf (Pat Caldwell) ; Hawaii Surf (Surf News); Surfing WW
Kiteboarding Wind Conditions
Scuba Diving Conditions; Honolulu Marathon
Paddleboard Racing

Hennessey's International Paddleboard Championships
Hui O' He'e Nalu Paddleboard Race;
Quiksilver Edition Molokai To Oahu Paddleboard Race;
Hawaii Paddleboard Championship

Recommended Books

The Black Swan:
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publisher: Random House, 2007

And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
Author: David Faber
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, June, 2009

The Sellout
Author: Charlie Gasparino
Publisher: HarperCollins, October, 2009

Profession: International Business

Science, Technology & Digital Information

Internet Project

I am the sole owner, operater, designer, site maintainer and head of the complaint department of martindalecenter.com; Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'; Martindale's Health Science Guide; Calculators On-Line Center, including all Centers, sub-centers, Sections and subsections within and spend approximately 8 hours per day, 5 days a week working on it and have since it went online in January, 1994. For further information see Disclaimer, Privacy, etc.

A special THANK YOU

While working as a consultant between 1983 and 2003 at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on various projects including working with UCIMC, School of Medicine, School of Physical Sciences, School of Social Ecology, etc., my site, between 1994 and 2003, was hosted on a server located at the University of California, Irvine, and specifically at the UCI Science Library.
A special THANK YOU to the Scientists, Physicians, Nurses, Veterinarians, Teachers, Librarians & Staff that I had a pleasure to work with.

Recent Inventions

Maintenance of viable beating animal and/or human hearts and other organs. Co-Inventor, United States Patent Office (#106074).

3-D Acoustical "Imaging". Title: Referencing Encoding System having Audio Output. Co-Inventor.

Oral Hygiene/Tongue/Microflora Cleaning Device. Co-Inventor.

Self-Regulating Pressure Valve for maintaining a predefine optimal constant perfusion pressure for use in the isolated, viable and beating animal and or human heart. Co-Inventor

Ion-Selective Microelectrode: Measurement of the ratio of the intracellular to extracellular potassium concentration and the measurement of the extracellular concentration of sodium Ions. Co-Inventor.

A sampling of past Science Projects

Characterization of a series of Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists.

Enhancement of in-space operations using spatial perception auditory referencing: advanced life support systems, diagnostic and data systems, and life support and safety.

Personal or is it?

Primary Science Interest: Theoretical, Experimental & Applied Physics

For those of you who are interested in Physics, you can click here for the Latest E-Prints

A small list of scientists (past or present) who I try and understand:

Diederik Aerts; Halton C. Arp; Abkay Ashtekar; John D. Barrow; John S. Bell; David Bohm & B.J. Hiley; Robert K. Clifton, Michael L.G. Readhead & Jeremy Butterfield; Bernard d'Espagnat; David Deutsch; Peter Frodl; Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Philip Pearle & Alberto Rimini; Alan H. Guth; Jonathan J. Halliwell; James B. Hartle; Stephen Hawking; Werner Heisenberg, Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.; Jon-Marc Levy-Leblond; Andrei Linde; J.R. Lucas; Michael B. Mensky; Rodger Penrose Asher Peres, Huw Price; Hans Primas; Carlo Rovelli; Robert Sachs; Abner Shimony; Lee Smolin; Euan J. Squires; Henry P. Stapp, Bas C. van Fraasen; John A. Wheeler, Eugene P. Wigner; William K. Wooters and Wojciech H. Zurek.

Some Great Failures.

Quite a few years ago, I, with a few doctors, attempted to purchase the Dunes Hotel (does not exist now), in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were going to turn the 2nd floor into a 'Surgery Center' and turn the 3rd floor into a Conference Center for Health Science Professional's. Think about it, Plastic Surgery, Conference's, Night Shows, Gambling, Rest and Relaxation, and as 'icing' on the cake, a total write-off on your taxes. Today there are over 10 Surgery Centers in Los Vegas - Nose Jobs to Tummy Tucks.

Ran for the Senate, need I say more.

Failed 'Tying Shoes' in the 3rd grade.

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