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People Directory

Christina Dooley

United States

Customer Service, PowerPoint

Cheryl Zalk

Austin, Texas
Customer Service Representative with State Farm Insurance

Public Relations, Radio Production, Video Production, Television Producing, Writing, Management, Broadcast, Customer Service, Marketing Strategy, Training, Social Media Marketing

University of Phoenix   2012 – 2013
Masters Degree, Management

Wayne State University   1977 – 1981
Bachelor of Arts, Radio/TV/Film

State Farm Insurance   May 2015 – Present
Progressive Insurance   October 2014 – May 2015
Peet's Coffee & Tea   October 2010 – August 2014
BIGGBY COFFEE   June 2008 – June 2010
Temple Israel Early Childhood Center   September 2000 – June 2005
WJR Radio   March 1990 – October 1991
Coventry Productions   August 1988 – March 1990
WDTX Radio   April 1986 – July 1988

Lubna Darras

Richmond, Virginia
Student at Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging

Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging   2013 – 2015

Dave Ormiston

Toronto, Canada Area
Logistics and Supply Chain

George Brown College   2006 – 2008
diploma, Culinary

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts   July 1998 – Present
logistics   January 1976 – January 2010

Staci Snapp

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area
Office Manager Cypress Home Health
Hospital & Health Care

Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office Management, Office Administration, Administrative..., Customer Service, Data Entry, Telephone Skills

Baker High Scool

Our Lady of the Lake College

Cypress Home Health   June 2014 – Present
Care Cycle Solutions   April 2012 – June 2014
STAT Home Health   2007 – 2011

Jonathan Kerns

Richmond, Virginia Area
Manager Construction Safety at Dominion

Inspection, Nuclear, Power Generation, Energy, Power Plants, Accident Investigation, Behavior Based Safety, Boilers, Commissioning, Construction, Construction Safety, Contract Management, EHS, Environmental Awareness, Factory, HAZOP, HAZWOPER, Industrial Hygiene, Industrial Safety, Maintenance Management, Natural Gas, Occupational Health, Petrochemical, Pipelines, Root Cause Analysis, Turbines, Supervisory Skills, Environmental Compliance, Environmental..., Gas, Hazard Analysis, Hazardous Waste..., Petroleum, Risk Assessment, Safety Management...

Dominion   Safety managerGemma Power Systems2000 – 2001

Sunnie Kwok

Orange County, California Area
Consultant / Stormwater Management
Environmental Services

Environmental Awareness, NEPA, Research, Policy, Climate Change, ArcGIS, SWPPP, Renewable Energy, Microsoft Office, Community Outreach, Microsoft Excel, Social Media, Data Entry, Adobe Acrobat, Nonprofits, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, Microsoft Word, Policy Analysis, Fundraising, Access, Sustainability, ArcMap, Event Management

University of California, Riverside   2008 – 2012
BS, Environmental Science

City of Los Angeles   July 2013 – January 2015
City of Monterey Park   April 2014 – September 2014
Center for Conservation Biology   January 2012 – June 2012
TSA, Office of Chief Counsel   June 2011 – August 2011
Earth Day Network   March 2011 – June 2011
USDA Salinity Laboratory   June 2010 – August 2010

Dorinda Tuchek

Saint Clairsville, Ohio
Hospital & Health Care

Trinity Health System School of Nursing   2001 – 2003
Diploma of Nursing

Wheeling Jesuit University

OVMC   August 2008 – Present
Select Specialty Hospital   November 2010 – April 2011
VA Primary Care   June 2004 – July 2008

Mary P. O'Donnell

Orange County, California Area
Executive Advisory Council at Mission:Readiness Military Leaders for Kids
Oil & Energy

Leadership Development, Government, Employee Relations, Organizational..., Performance Management, Supervisory Skills, Contract Management, Business Strategy, Organizational..., Team Building, Process Improvement, Project Management, Program Management, Management, Policy, Management Consulting, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Project Planning, Leadership, Human Resources

Naval War College   1986 – 1986

National Defense University   1983 – 1983

Golden Gate University   1975 – 1977
MPA, Manpower Management

Michigan State University   1970 – 1971
MA, Literature

The Ohio State University   1967 – 1970
BS, English Education

Mission Readiness: Military Leaders for Kids   January 2013 – Present
Governor's Interagency Council on Veterans   January 2012 – Present
Diablo Valley Veterans Foundation   September 2010 – Present
Alternative Energy Startup   December 2012 – April 2014
AECOM   March 2012 – October 2012
National Security Technologies , LLC   June 2006 – March 2011
Military Leadership Diversity Commission   2009 – 2011
Bechtel Nevada   February 2004 – June 2006
Bechtel SAIC   January 2001 – February 2004
US Coast Guard   1973 – 2004

Neil Schaper

Sacramento, California Area
Software Manager/Architect at Intel Corp.
Computer Software

Programming, SoC, Semiconductors, Intel, Debugging, Program Management, Microprocessors, Product Management, Computer Architecture, ASIC, PCIe, Firmware, Processors, Device Drivers

Ragan Robertson

Los Angeles, California
Technology Transfer Principal at UCLA Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research

Research, Programming, Excel, Proposal Writing, Problem Solving, Technology Transfer, Microsoft Excel, Lifesciences, Cell Biology, Management, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Analysis, Leadership, Protein Chemistry

Columbia University in the City of New York   2002 – 2009
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Sciences

University of Washington   1995 – 2000
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry

University of Washington   1995 – 2000
Bachelor of Arts, Economics

UCLA Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research   October 2012 – Present
Columbia Technology Ventures   October 2009 – September 2012
Columbia University   January 2007 – October 2009
Columbia University in the City of New York   September 2002 – May 2009
Columbia Technology Ventures   January 2007 – February 2009
Intel   August 2000 – June 2002

Jack Boesen

Greater Boston Area
Director at Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Government Administration

Public Policy, Government, Nonprofits, Policy Analysis, Community Outreach, Grants, Program Development, Grant Writing, Program Evaluation, Social Services, Policy, Fundraising, Public Speaking, Grassroots Organizing, Volunteer Management, Case Management

University of Connecticut School of Law   1969 – 1971
Juris Doctor

Saint Michael's College   1964 – 1968
B.A. cum laude, English Literature

Commonwealth of Massachusetts   December 2007 – Present

Abdul Motin, Ph.D.

Lansing, Michigan Area
CAE Engineer CFD at Ford Motor Company
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Numerical Analysis, Matlab, CFD, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, ANSYS, Experimentation, AutoCAD, Research, Minitab, Statistics, PowerPoint, C++, C, Teaching, Microsoft Office, Mathematica, Mathematics, Excel, Mechanical Engineering, Microsoft Excel

Michigan State University   2011 – 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology   2007 – 2009
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology   2001 – 2006
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

Ford Motor Company   August 2015 – Present
Nano Gas Technologies, Inc.   May 2015 – August 2015
CETCO ENERGY SERVICES   May 2015 – August 2015
CETCO ENERGY SERVICES   May 2014 – May 2015
Michigan State University   August 2011 – May 2014
Michigan State University   August 2011 – December 2012
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology   December 2007 – August 2011
Navana Automobile Limited   February 2007 – December 2007

Keith Kapp

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Vice Chair of the Board and Partner at Williams Mullen Law Firm
Law Practice

Litigation, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Trial Practice, Corporate Governance, Business Litigation, Trade Secrets, Legal Writing, Real Estate, Appeals, Product Liability, Estate Planning, Trials, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Law

University of North Carolina School of Law   1976 – 1979
JD with Honors, Law

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   1972 – 1976
BA with Honors, History and English

Williams Mullen Law Firm   2008 – Present
North Carolina Supreme Court Clerkship   1980 – 1981
North Carolina Court of Appeals Clerkship   1979 – 1980

Judy Briscoe

Lafayette, Louisiana Area
PR Officer at Home Bank
Public Relations and Communications

Event Planning, Project Management, Public Relations, Sponsorship, Community Development, Negotiation, Customer Service, Social Media Marketing, Team Building, Budgets, Marketing Communications, Social Media, Social Networking, Microsoft Office, Event Management, Strategic Communications, Project Planning, Advertising, Leadership, Non-profits, Marketing Strategy, Nonprofits, Digital Marketing

Home Bank   December 2002 – Present
BellSouth Mobility   October 1990 – November 2002

Calvyn Eason

Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Entertainment Professional

Bindery, Communication Skills, Customer Service, Data Management, Records Management, Time Management, Highly detail oriented, Training, Leadership Development, Organizational..., Environmental Awareness, Problem Solving, Heavy Equipment, Office Equipment, Preventive Maintenance, Equipment Maintenance, Maintenance & Repair

Madison Area Technical College   2008 – 2008
General Equivalence Degree

Almond-Bancroft H.S.   1996 – 2006

Sugar Bar   2012 – 2013
Security Fence and Supply   August 2011 – January 2012

Donald Dick

Westland, Michigan
Building Attendant at City of Wayne
Aviation & Aerospace

MIAT College of Technology Canton   2013 – 2015
Associates in Science, Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

William D. Ford Career Technical Center   2012 – 2013
Electronics and Alternative Energy

Wayne Memorial High School   2009 – 2013

City of Wayne   June 2013 – Present
Erisman property Services   October 2012 – June 2013
Norman's Market   May 2012 – October 2012

Spence Dabbs

Nashville, Tennessee
Associate Wealth Advisor at Truxton Trust Company

Wealth Management, Valuation, Investments, Estate Planning, Wealth Transfer..., Asset Allocation, Portfolio Analysis, Trust Administration, Research

Tulane Law School   2011 – 2014
Doctor of Law (J.D.)

Birmingham-Southern College   2007 – 2011
B.S., Economics

Truxton Trust Company   September 2014 – Present

Kelly Pastore

Portland, Oregon Area
Sr. Sales Executive SBG Kaiser Permanente

Health Insurance, Employee Benefits, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Insurance, Brokers, Flexible Spending..., Group Medical, Critical Illness, Group Insurance, Open Enrollment, Health Care Reform, Accident, Self-funded, Long-term Care, Whole Life, Dentistry, Health Policy, Cafeteria Plans, HIPAA, Voluntary Employee..., Medicare, Medicare Part D, Claim, Customer Service, HMO, COBRA, Employee Wellness, Small Business, Term Life Insurance, Sales, Leadership, Benefits Administration, Managed Care, Underwriting

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire   1992 – 1993
Special Education and Teaching/ Masters

Bethel University   1988 – 1992
BS, Elementary Education/Art

Palatine High School   1984 – 1988

Oregon Association of Health Underwriters   August 2015 – Present
Kaiser Permanente   March 2014 – Present
Kaiser Permanente   January 2013 – Present
Oregon Association of Health Underwriters   August 2014 – August 2015
Oregon Association of Health Underwriters   August 2013 – July 2014
Portland Association of Health Underwriters   August 2011 – July 2013
The ODS Companies   December 2010 – December 2012
Western States Insurance   July 2008 – December 2010
AFLAC   January 2006 – July 2008
Corporate Transfer Service   1996 – 1998

Jennifer Barger

Denver, Colorado
eCommerce Site Merchandiser

Raiser's Edge, Fundraising, Microsoft Office, New Hire Training, Bookkeeping, Customer Service, Annual Giving, Non-profits, Grant Writing, Nonprofits, Volunteer Management, Management, Training, Sales

San Francisco State University   2011 – 2012
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

San Francisco State University College of Extended Learning   2012 – 2012
Certificate in Fundamental Management Skills, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Arizona State University   2004 – 2008
Global Business, Finance, General

Sports Authority   June 2015 – Present
Sports Authority   March 2014 – June 2015
Sports Authority   March 2013 – March 2014
San Francisco SPCA   May 2012 – January 2013
St. Vincent de Paul Society San Francisco   February 2012 – August 2012
San Francisco SPCA   August 2011 – May 2012
Camel-Grand Inc.   November 2005 – November 2010

Kristin Cumbo, LCSW

Lombard, Illinois
Program Manager at 360 Youth Services
Government Administration

LCSW, Type 73, Social Services, Community Outreach, Volunteer Management, Youth Development, Nonprofits, Cpr Certified, Fundraising, Case Managment, Crisis Intervention, Policy, Child Welfare, Case Management, Psychotherapy, Group Therapy, Psychosocial, Medical Social Work, Family Therapy

Aurora University
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)

Aurora University
Master of Social Work (MSW)

360 Youth Services   June 2014 – Present
Hanover Township   September 2009 – June 2014
Schafer School, District 45   September 2008 – July 2009
Oak Leyden Developmental Services   May 2007 – September 2008
Maryville Academy   July 2006 – May 2007

Ying Fu

Montreal, Canada Area
Chinese Legal Expert / Lawyer / Founder of Sunflower Law Net / Author, 21 books
Legal Services

Legal Advice, Litigation, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Intellectual Property, Courts, International Law, Corporate Governance

Jin Shi Law Firm   January 1994 – Present
Sunflower Law Net - Legal Forum   2004 – Present
Chinese National Television   2005 – Present
Sunflower Legal Series   2002 – Present

Daniel (Oon Hui) Ng

Santa Clara, California
Trade Finance Business Advisor at SVB Financial Group

Project Management, Trade Finance, Standby letter of Credit, Banking, Customer Service, Transactional Analysis, Team Building, Operations Management, Change Management, Management, Risk Management, User Acceptance Testing, Team Leadership, Negotiation, Accounting, Credit

University of South Australia   2008 – 2009
Master, Business Administration

Systematic Institution   1995 – 1997
ACCA Foundation Stage, Accounting

Kolej Damansara Utama   1991 – 1993
Diploma, Computer Studies

Citigroup Transaction Services (M) Sdn Bhd   January 2009 – November 2013
Citigroup- Transaction Services (M) Sdn Bhd   June 1999 – January 2009
Penas Resources Management   March 1995 – June 1999
Assistant Restaurant Manager   January 1993 – March 1995

Mathew Obergfoll

Greater Los Angeles Area
SVP, Region Sales Manager Treasury Management at Wells Fargo

Treasury Management, Credit, Sales Management

Pacific Coast Banking School - University of Washington   2011 – 2013
Graduate Certificate, Banking

California State University-Northridge   2010
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Wells Fargo   March 2012 – Present
Kobe Academy   2009 – Present
Wells Fargo Bank   August 2007 – March 2012
Wells Fargo   December 2003 – July 2007
Wells Fargo Bank   January 2003 – December 2003

Ross Shore

Indian Wells, California

Hobart and William Smith Colleges   2011 – 2015
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology

Gene McMahon

Houston, Texas Area
Executive Producer/ Director at Stonehenge Productions Inc
Broadcast Media

Management, Project Management, International Project..., Quadcopter Drone Pilot, Video Production, Film, Video Editing, Editing, Digital Media, Social Media, Television, Video, Avid Media Composer, Autodesk Smoke, After Effects/ Mocha, Final Cut Pro, Broadcast, TWIC Card, HUET/EBS/OLF certified, SafeGulf card holder, Global Entry/ Trusted..., Asia Pacific Economic..., Caspian Drilling..., HASC card holder

Stonehenge Productions Inc   October 1996 – Present

Joe Antwi

Los Angeles, California
Floater at Creative Artists Agency

Social Media, Social Networking, Sports, Writing, Microsoft Office, Administrative..., Pitching Ideas, Research, Business Networking, Management, Strength Training, Customer Service, Employee Training, Publicity, Volunteering, Organization, Building Relationships, Networking

California State University-Northridge   2006 – 2008
BA Degree, Multimedia

Mt. San Antonio CollegeMay 2006
AA Degree, General Education

Creative Artists Agency   November 2014 – Present
Creative Artists Agency   February 2014 – May 2015
Breakdown Services   January 2009 – February 2014
Anderson Public Relations Group   October 2008 – November 2008
Intuition Productions   May 2008 – August 2008
Chemin Bernard Casting   August 2007 – October 2007

Jerry Jasper

Amarillo, Texas Area
CEO at Vibra Hospital of Amarillo and Vibra Rehabilitation Hospital of Amarillo
Hospital & Health Care

Healthcare, Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Information..., Healthcare Management, Hospitals, Managed Care, Revenue Cycle, Physician Relations, EMR, Budgets

Wayland Baptist University   2001
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Administration

Wayland Baptist University   1996 – 1999
Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration

Vibra Healthcare   March 2015 – Present
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Texarkana   April 2011 – June 2014
Medina Healthcare System   March 2010 – March 2011
Hansford County Hospital District   2007 – 2010
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System   2003 – 2005

Patricia Mercado

San Francisco Bay Area
Contracts | Legal Department at Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
Legal Services

Cross-functional Team..., Contract Negotiation, Process Improvement, Contract Management, Management, Visio, Budgets, Negotiation, SharePoint, Training, Corporate Law, Access, Licensing

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.   August 2014 – Present
Onyx Pharmaceuticals   February 2012 – August 2014
Kaspick & Company   November 2009 – September 2012
NetSuite Inc.   August 2008 – April 2009
PDL BioPharma   September 2006 – June 2008   August 2004 – September 2006
Genentech   2002 – 2004

Serine Phillips-Liebe

Gig Harbor, Washington
Student at Pacific Lutheran University
Health, Wellness and Fitness

CPR and AED Certified, Olympic Lifting, USAW level 1 Coach, CrossFit Certified OLY..., 7 years fitness..., Creative Writing, Abstract Artist, Photograpy (novice)

Pacific Lutheran University   2012 – 2014

Pierce College at Puyallup
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Starbucks   September 2002 – September 2012

Liz Brauer

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Vice President and Office & Accounts Manager at Beach Painting Contractors

Baldwin-Wallace College   1994 – 1999
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Edge Hill College of Higher Education   1998 – 1998

University of Cincinnati   2000

Beach Painting Contractors, Inc.   December 2013 – Present
Northwest Local Schools   August 2002 – June 2007
Hamilton City School District   August 1999 – June 2002

Liz Goad

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Senior Manager, Events and Member Services at MEMA

Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Microsoft Office, Graphic Design, Spanish, Translation, Adobe Creative Suite, Data Entry, Event Management, Advertising, Marketing, New Business Development, Newsletters, Nonprofits, Microsoft Word, Marketing Strategy

Peace College   2001 – 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Communications and Spanish

MEMA   January 2011 – Present
MEMA   2010 – December 2010
Jos A Bank   November 2005 – January 2010
The Mews   August 2009 – December 2009
Freeform Graphics   November 2007 – August 2009
Bravo! Italian Restaurant   June 2008 – May 2009
Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates   May 2006 – November 2007
Accent Imaging   October 2005 – May 2006
Damon's International   October 2003 – December 2005
Poe Center for Health Education   January 2005 – June 2005

Edward Leung

San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Networking

Embedded Systems, Perl, Linux, C, TCP/IP, Unix, C++, Software Development, Cloud Computing, SNMP, Embedded Software, RTOS, Device Drivers, VxWorks, Software Engineering

Boston University
Bachelor of Science

Gigamon   June 2010 – Present
The Eco Green Group   October 2009 – June 2010
Ux, Inc   2009 – June 2010
Cisco   1998 – 2009
FORE   July 1995 – 1998
Digital Links   1993 – 1995

Andréa Lessa Benedet

Montreal, Canada Area
Master degree in Medical Sciences

Molecular Biology, Genetics, PCR, Science, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Molecular Cloning, Molecular Genetics, Research, Microbiology, Microsoft Office, Teaching, PowerPoint, English, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SPSS, R, GraphPad Prism, Brain imaging, Neuroscience, Ciências da vida

McGill University   2013 – 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience

UnB   2009 – 2011
Master's degree in Medical Sciences, Human/Medical Genetics

UnB   2005 – 2008
Bachelor's degree in Biology, Molecular Genetics

Fundação Hemocentro de Brasília   2011 – 2013
Colégio Galois   2008 – 2013

Andrew Van Slee

Greater Los Angeles Area
Executive at Extraordinary Media

Entertainment, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Event Management

Extraordinary Media

Al Downs

Reno, Nevada Area
CEO at Genealogy Consultants

Police Officer, Private Investigator, Liason Officer with...

Ka. State University, Pittsburg, KS   1977 – 1979
No degree, Criminalogy

Genealogy Consultants   June 1990 – Present
Nv. Club, Fitzgerald and Sundowner Casinos   1991 – 1995
K-Mart   August 1988 – September 1989

Tony Boylan

Boulder, Colorado
Owner/Operater at Tony Boylan Landscaping

Mesa Elementary School   2010 – 2016

Tony Boylan Landscaping   June 2014 – Present
Tony Boylan Landscaping   June 2014 – Present

Jo Ann Milholen, MBA

Greater Atlanta Area
Director of Marketing, Auxiliary Services at Kennesaw State University
Marketing and Advertising

Project Management, Marketing Communications, Creative Direction, Merchandising, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Research, Budgeting, Dreamweaver, Budgets, Marketing Management, Program Management, PowerPoint, Social Networking, Advertising, Event Planning, Leadership, Marketing, Management, Microsoft Excel, CRM, Strategy, Event Management, Sales

Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business   2007 – 2009
MBA, Leadership

Shorter University   2000 – 2001
BS, Business Management

Florida State University   1984 – 1985
AA, Liberal Arts/Communications

Kennesaw State University   January 2015 – Present
Kennesaw State University   July 2013 – Present
Kennesaw State University   July 2009 – June 2013
J. Walter Thompson CET   June 2007 – February 2008
EarthLink   October 2004 – April 2007
Ogilvy Action ATL (formerly BEN Marketing Group)   June 2002 – May 2004
Summit Marketing   September 1995 – May 2001
Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau   May 1990 – September 1995

Charlotte Edmonston

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area
National Niche Managing Director Arthur J. Gallagher

Risk Management..., complex Account..., Personnel Management, Performance Improvement, Performance Appraisal, Project Management, Project Coordination, Project Delivery, Highly Ambitious, Benchmarking, Brochures, Business Process..., Business Process, Customer Service, Compliance, Consulting, Direct Sales, Due Diligence, Employee Relations, Key Account Management, Microsoft Office, Motivation, New Business Development, Networking, PowerPoint, Strategic Partnerships, Underwriting, Writing, Youth Mentoring, Property & Casualty..., Employment Practices..., Excess & Surplus Lines, Commercial Insurance, Insurance, Flood Insurance, Umbrella Insurance, Reinsurance, Captives, Legal Liability, Financial Risk, General Insurance, Workers Compensation, Risk Management, Professional Liability, Brokers, Casualty, Liability, Team Leadership, Claim, Fixed Annuities

various colleges of the south   1970 – 2010
ongoing, everything

Arthur J. Gallagher   April 1985 – Present
Jefferson Pilot Financial   1981 – 1985
State Farm   1977 – 1981

Jose Moratalla, CEM, CEA

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Engineering Manager at A & B Solar
Renewables & Environment

Product Development, Engineering, Energy, Energy Management, Energy Efficiency, Manufacturing, Energy Conservation, Management, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Solar Energy, R&D, Mechanical Engineering, MS Project, Energy Audits, Construction, Sustainable Energy, HVAC, Engineering Management

Universidad Central de Venezuela   1975 – 1985
Architect, Architectural Engineering/ Solar Energy

Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana   1971 – 1977

Universidad Central de Venezuela   1967 – 1971

A & B Group   October 2009 – Present   January 2009 – Present
Johnson Controls   2008 – 2009
Jose Moratalla Consulting   2000 – 2009
Plasticool   1995 – 2002
Integrated Power Solutions   1998 – 2000
UCV- Caracas   1975 – 1980

sue reddy silverman

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Marketing/Publicity/Communications & Writing
Marketing and Advertising

University of Florida   1980 – 1983

University of Florida College of Journalism & Communications
B.S. Degree, Journalism

1980 – 1983

Elys Mattar

Charlotte, North Carolina
Care Giver at Homeinstead Senior Care
Individual & Family Services

Human Resources, Employee Benefits, Contract Management, Administration, Software Documentation, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Customer Service, Management, Contractors, Accounting, Construction, Deferred Compensation, Outlook, Visio, Sage Timberlline Office, Account Management, Certified Payroll, Skyline Software, Construction Management, Strategic Planning, Accounts Payable, Payroll

George Washington High School   1968 – 1972

American Asset Corporation   May 2013 – January 2015
Acoustics inc   March 2006 – May 2013
US Dept of Labor   May 1987 – May 2003
US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division   1987 – 2003

Weijia (Dan) Chen

Evanston, Illinois
MBA Candidate at Kellogg School of Management
Higher Education

Data Analysis, Financial Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Valuation, Microsoft Office, VBA, Statistical Modeling, Quantitative Analytics, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, Economics, Statistics

Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance

2007 – 2011

Steven Giese

Augusta, Georgia Area
Transitioning U.S. Army Signal Officer

Management, Operations Management, Inspection, Investigation, IT Management, Project Management, Strategy, Leadership, Information Technology, Networking, Army, Security Clearance, Intelligence, Military, Program Management, Information Assurance, Government, Afghanistan, Military Operations, DoD, Military Experience

Columbus State University   1996 – 2000
Bachelor's degree, Psychology

U.S. Army   May 2000 – Present
Network Enterprise Technology Command   December 2011 – December 2014
52nd Ordnance Group (EOD)   November 2009 – December 2011
Group Support Company, 5th Special Forces Group   January 2009 – November 2009
Group Support Company, 5th Special Forces Group   July 2008 – January 2009
3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group   October 2006 – July 2008
2/502d 101st Airborne Division   2004 – 2006
2nd infantry Division   January 2003 – March 2004
1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group   February 2001 – January 2003

Kathy Wetzel

Clementon, New Jersey
Business Manager at Golden Cradle Adopion Services
Individual & Family Services

Social Services, Not for Profit, Community Outreach, Grant Writing, Childcare, Public Speaking, Personal Care, Commercial Awareness, Bid Writing, Case Managment, Workforce Development, Fair Housing, Social Housing, Non-profit..., Job Search, Federal Grants..., Fundraising, Crisis Intervention, Nonprofits, Customer Service, Microsoft Excel, Social Media

Terrell Community College   2005 – 2007

Chambersburg Area Sr. High School   1976 – 1979

GoldenCradle Adopion Services   October 1995 – Present

Celina Johnson

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Student Teacher at LSU Lab School

Customer Service, Bakery

Louisiana State University   2010 – 2014
Bachelor's degree, Elementary Education and Teaching

University Terrace Elementary School   January 2014 – May 2014
Frosted Cupcakes   January 2013 – May 2014
Polk Elementary   January 2013 – April 2013
La Madeleine   January 2012 – January 2013

Debra Maier

Greater New Orleans Area
IT Site Manager at Ports America

Oracle, Disaster Recovery, Databases, Servers, Windows Server, IT Management, Microsoft SQL Server, ITIL, VMware, Software Development, Vendor Management, Service Delivery, Java, AIX, C#, Vendor Relationships, Customer Support, Oracle Forms, Oracle RAC, Oracle PL/SQL..., ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Business Intelligence, Process Improvement, PL/SQL, Integration, Business Analysis

University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Accounting

Tulane University
Information Technology

Ports America   November 2004 – Present
BearingPoint   March 2003 – November 2004
Tulane University   September 2000 – February 2003
Ochsner Health Plan   April 1999 – September 2000
Oracle   September 1996 – April 1999
First NBC Bank   1982 – 1989

Audrey Regan Solarino

Greater New York City Area
Freelance Editor / Writer

Copy Editing, Proofreading, Editing, Textbooks, Journalism, Feature Articles, Content Development, Publishing, Content Management, Press Releases, Editorial, Newspaper, Creative Writing, Newsletters, Publications, Academic Publishing, Books, Content Strategy, Text Editing

Montclair State University
BA, Philosophy

Self Employed   February 2004 – Present
Prentice Hall   April 1995 – February 2004
New York Casting Magazine   October 1993 – October 1994
Fallon Creative Group   May 1993 – October 1993

Frank Bzezinski

Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Captain at JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways   January 2001 – Present
Chautauqua Airlines   June 1996 – December 2000
Dolphin Express   February 1994 – January 1995

Nancy (Best) Gallmeyer

Richmond, Virginia Area

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Customer Service, PowerPoint, English, Windows, Research, Outlook, Teaching, Photoshop, Public Speaking, HTML, Strategic Planning, Budgets, Negotiation, Editing, C++, C, Java

State University of New York at Delhi   1982 – 1984
Associate's degree, Animal Husbandry

Millburn High School   1979 – 1982

RBS Citizens Financial Group   May 2013 – August 2015
RBS Citizens Financial   May 2012 – May 2013
Charter One acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)-(2004)   June 2005 – May 2012
Charter One Mortgage   October 2003 – June 2005
Charter One Mortgage   May 2002 – October 2003
Charter One Mortgage   August 2000 – May 2001

Elizabeth Whittaker

Reno, Nevada Area
Executive Assistant at Montreux Development Group
Financial Services

Customer Service, Event Management, Microsoft Excel, Administration, Sports, Real Estate, Outlook, PowerPoint, Fashion, Apparel, Team Building, Sporting Goods, Sportswear, Logistics, Music & the Arts, Management, Leadership, Marketing, Footwear, Health Insurance, Graphic Design, Stage Lighting, Administartion, Strategic Planning, Event Planning, Public Speaking, Microsoft Office, Budgets

Concordia University-Portland   2009 – 2010
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

Montreux Development Group   July 2015 – Present
Toll Brothers   July 2013 – July 2015
International City Mortgage   February 2013 – July 2013
RR Donnelley   October 2012 – December 2012
Columbia Sportswear   January 2011 – April 2012
Sarah Billings Band   2011 – 2012
Regence BlueCross BlueShield   January 2008 – August 2009
Toll Brothers   October 2006 – June 2007
Toll Brothers   April 2005 – September 2006

Alessandra Foresti

Providence, Rhode Island
Student at Providence College, Marketing Major and Digital Imaging Minor
Marketing and Advertising

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Brett Whiteley listens to Rimbaud

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley listens to Rimbaud,
charcoal on paper, 59x42cm

Brett Whiteley found Arthur Rimbaud's poetry intensely meaningful. It spoke to him of his own inner turmoil. I suspect it gave voice to his anguish over addiction.

"I am weary, I die. This is the grave and I'm turning into worms, horror of horrors! Satan, you clown, you want to dissolve me with your charms. Well, I want it. I want it! Stab me with a pitchfork, sprinkle me with fire.

Ah! To return to life! To stare at our deformities. And this poison, this eternally accursed embrace! My weakness, and the world's cruelty! My God, have pity, hide me, I can't control myself at all! - I am hidden, and I am not."
[Arthur Rimbaud, 'Night in Hell' from A Season in Hell. Read it HERE]

He would listen Steve Kilbey's recitation of A Season In Hell as he worked.

You too can listen to Steve Kilbey in this Youtube clip.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Brett Whiteley blue

Harry Kent, Whiteley blue,
ink and pastel on paper, 59x42cm

I sometimes imagine BW as a larrikin schoolboy, clowning down the back of the class. I imagine his easy-going Aussie charm and winning ways hiding the Black Dog of depression from view.

I picture him in my mind's eye painting with exuberant flair, music up full bore, alcohol subduing the intimidation of a blank canvas.

I see him lost in a reverie of charcoal and paint, sailing close to Nirvana. There was Zen in the making of a mark. And i picture him seek for meaning in the traces his charcoal made, pondering from whence the sublime curves came. He felt a carrier of metaphysical messages, a shaman seer.

Yet i'm also left feeling that he could never quite be a believer.

Instead, a permanent seeker. Seeking a way in. A way out.

I'm not a biographer. I am a visual artist. I am not reviewing the life of Brett Whiteley. I am merely responding to his art and to what i've seen and read and heard about him. It is this impression, my own personal impression (what other can i have?) that informs the images i make.

They are not intended to be great physical likenesses. Nor accurate depictions of the personality his acquaintances and those close to him once knew (indeed, this work is as much inspired by German Expressionist woodcuts).

Rather, the images in this series are the creative products of my understanding (flawed as it might be) and of my creative imagination (limited as it might be). This is art, not biography, history or documentary. They are mine own art.

While this is my own personal Brett Whiteley, my hope is that the works in this series will also touch something in those kind enough to give them a viewing.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Brett Whiteley contemplates old age

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley contemplates old age,
pen on paper, 27x23cm

In his 40's Brett Whiteley was nicked-named Peter Pan.

He seemed to have the spirit of eternal youth. He had the playfulness of a pickled boy.

At 44 he felt that although his body was aging he still had the same spirit as when he was 14.

When he looked in a mirror he could see a body aging. He could trace the slow ravages of death.

In his early 50's he died.

He never knew old age. Just the dread.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Brett Whiteley fades away

Brett Whiteley, Brett Whiteley fades away,
charcoal on paper, 59x42cm

"there is something unsettling in the way the BWS [Brett Whiteley Studio] is part gallery and part shrine to the memory of man who was once vital, and then faded away."
[blog this art life]

This quote comes from an article on the blog this art life. There is no name attached to the article and the blog has numerous authors, so regrettably i cannot acknowledge the authorship.

The article has an unfortunate smug tone about it. It's not just the use of the royal plural throughout. It's mostly the attempt to gain some critical vantage over BW's work by constructing it as disappointingly dated 1960's hippy effluvia.

Of The American Dream, "we began to feel freaked out, the way people in the 1960s used to get “freaked out”. It was a bad trip, man."

Of Alchemy, "we cannot, however, escape the thought that the work is also horribly dated. Anyone who is sentimental for the mythic past of the 1960s should take a look at this picture to be reminded of the reality – although it was painted in the early 1970s, its hippy concepts are so overwhelming it’s hard to take it seriously."

Negative, even catty, yes. But the writer(s) also seemed to be a person(s) of sensitivity to line and to painted surface. While their tastes and evaluations were not mine they conveyed a clarity of perception, a consistency of perspective, and a sensitivity to atmosphere enough to make me look and think again about Whiteley's work. Certainly enough to make me ponder again about my own response to the Brett Whiteley Studio which I had visited a decade or so ago.

Brett’s studio and home are located in a building that formerly housed a T-shirt factory in Raper Street, Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney. He bought it in 1985 and converted it into a studio and exhibition space. He lived in the factory from 1988 until his death in 1992.

Brett Whiteley Studio
by Jac Bowie 2006
Brett Whiteley Studio
by Jac Bowie 2006
These pics (taken by Jac Bowie), are much as i remember the Studio from my own visit.

So did i feel, like this author, that "What had troubled us was the deep and inescapable sense of sadness you feel inside the studio. Perhaps it was the ignominious junkie’s death, maybe it was the work that was in a serious state of decline in the last decade of his life."?

I certainly understand what the author meant. Yes, i had the sense that i was walking through the shipwreck of a once proud galleon, now beached, with the tide gone out on its exposed ribs. Yes, i felt sadness hang in the air like stale incense. But that is not all i felt.

For i also witnessed a drawing group in action there. Artists and aspiring artists were gathering around the remains to see if enough energy still wafted through the rooms to energise them too. Or perhaps it was they who were bringing their energy to lay on Brett's shrine.

No, this was not a hippy enclave. It was not the 1970's pickled in a jar. It was a living enterprise. It contained aspiration and inspiration as much as it contained nostalgia and reverence.

a drawing class at the Brett Whiteley Studio
[image link to]

Our author concludes, "Eventually the sadness was too much to take and we vowed we would never again visit the Brett Whiteley Studio."

But this is not my conclusion. I will return soon, just to unpick the embroidery of my constructions of Brett Whiteley, man and myth, artist and icon.

Meanwhile, i will press on with this series. A few more drawings searching for ideas (but i probably won't post any more of them) and then i'll start on the oil paintings. It may be some time before i post one of those.

So a holiday for some weeks, gentle readers, from Brett Whiteley.

Or rather, Harry Kent's scratchings and  scribblings about an enigmatic artist who serves as a window into the enigmatic processes of the creative artist.

Brett Whiteley's inisistent madness

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley's insistent madness,
charcoal and Conte on paper, 52x42cm

"One of the hardest things is to discipline oneself to keep looking until one sees to a point of almost insistent madness, to concentrate on one vision until it discloses its third and fourth veil, to keep seeing past what you have just seen requires feeling and ambition, the more open, the more unexpected and extraordinary the intervention ..."
[Brett Whiteley, from Catalogue of 1976 Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne]

Here i have portrayed BW with his red hair (he had curly red in life) acting as a kind a burning that both reveals and obscures his vision. I wanted a whiff of Promethean fire. I wanted a suggestion of dangerous craziness.

As Coleridge, the English poet, writes in 'Kubla Khan',
"Beware ! Beware !
His flashing eyes, his floating hair !
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise."

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Brett Whiteley Shipwrecked

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley Shipwrecked,
ink on paper, 59x42cm

"I notice a lot of gifted people shipwreck ... the whole notion of having a gift – there is this requirement in it to test it, to ride close to the edge. It seems part and parcel of the very notion of a gift to – to – to rebel against it. And to see whether it is really real. Because it can be very easily dissipated or damaged. Or, ultimately, destroyed. And I’ve had an immense problem with it. Because I don’t really want to spend a lot of time discussing the notion of the disease of addiction, but all my heroes have been addicts and I am an addict, and for the rest of my life, I will struggle against the embracing of the mysterious self-destructive self-murder, the urge to deny, defy, wreck, ruin, challenge, one’s gift."

[Brett Whiteley from transcript of 1989 video clip Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley ... listen to Brett talk about his gift @ Australian Screen  HERE]

I tried to delve a little deeper to let this image float into consciousness, to move further away from naturalistic likenesses into suggestive, ambiguous imagery:

... the drowned sailor washed ashore with his hair matted in the strand kelp,

...  Ozymandias' head half buried in the desert sands:
"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair." [Shelley]

A favourite piece of music he would listen to in his studio, as he painted on the way to shipwreck, was Tom Waits's Shiver Me Timbers .
I'm leavin' my fam'ly
Leavin' all my friends
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky
My tears are salt water
And the moon's full and high.

You can listen to it here on this Youtube clip.

Brett Whiteley Shipwrecked (detail)

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Harry Kent in Kosmos Journal

Harry Kent, Fukushima Ghosts, 2010

I have just received my complimentary copy of the current Fall/Winter edition of Kosmos Journal (here) which features my painting Fukushima Ghosts I. (You can read about the painting here).

I was contacted last year by Nancy Roof, the editor, who had discovered my Fukushima Series in my Flickr account, Art Informel (here), requesting permission to publish.

Kosmos is a bi-annual journal  associated with the United Nations. It works for global peace and understanding, so I was glad to agree and to waver royalty payment.

Fukushima Ghosts I in Kosmos Fall/Winter 2011 p.69
My work is featured prominently on page 69 of this 82 page edition to illustrate the article 'An Inquiry: Politics and Consciousness' by Mark Gerzon which touches on the issue of the politics of the nuclear energy industry in Japan.

Great to see my work acknowledged as a meaningful voice on contemporary issues.

Brett Whiteley in the storm

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley in the storm,
ink and chalk on paper, 59x42cm

"The calling forth, the mustering or stealing, or simply the deciphering of supernatural powers, ends only in a crumbling of pride, embarrassment, and intense confusion. Despair, despair - shocking despair"
[a Brett Whiteley diary entry while working on his painting Alchemy]

My Byronic vision of BW.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Brett Whiteley's Crown of Thorns

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley's Crown of Thorns, ink on paper, 59x42 cm

"One way of reading the meaning of a painting is as medical charts that show what the infliction of life felt like - the temperature of pain, the colour of ambition, the texture of pleasure ... The promise of death is that I won't care or know or think or feel anything, so what happens to my work is completely meaningless."
[Brett Whiteley in an interview with Rudi Krausmann for Aspect, summer issue 1975-76].

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Brett Whiteley at the Sydney Opera House

Harry Kent, Brett at the Opera House, ink on paper, 26x34cm

This drawing is another ink sketch in the series (here) commenced in the new year. These are all prelimnary exploratory sketches for an intended series of oil paintings about/around Brett Whiteley.

Brett Whiteley started to paint the Sydney Opera House in 1971 while it was still being built. He had just returned from New York and was now living at Lavender Bay from where the Opera House was clearly visible.

Brett Whiteley, Opera House, 1982,
oil and mixed media on canvas, 203x244cm
[image link from]
The painting was first exhibited in 1972, but in 1982, after some additional touches, BW gave it to Qantas (the Oz airline) in exchange for free air travel. They decorated their club lounge at Sydney airport with it for almost 20 years before selling it off at auction.

While some see this image as a menacing mass of shark fins, i see it as an exuberant, optimistic, flamboyant, crazy work of celebration. It makes one as happy as seeing the Opera House sparkle on a sunny Sydney day. Yet in so many of the photos of Brett Whiteley he looks serious, troubled, depressed, while his writings are peppered with commentaries on existential despair. So i wanted to bring the two together to celebrate that mysterious relationship which exists between an artist and his or her work. In our understanding, the two often inform each other.

Yet ultimately, the art can't be explained away by knowing the man, nor the man analysed away by knowing his art (Freud's musings on Leonardo border on being silly). Knowing BW had a heroin addiction or a psychotic episode helps get an angle on a few of his works but it hardly explains his talent as an artist.

You can see BW at work and hear him talk about portrait painting in this clip:

In essence, i am using photos of him and his journals and biographical information to construct my own 'Brett'. To those who knew him well, my construction may be way off the mark.

Which is all beside the point.

For me, the notion of Brett represents something about Australia, about painting, about artists, about critics, about life, love, suffering and celebration, and the questing of the human spirit.

My 'Brett' is a symbol, an icon, a talisman. And in this series i am working out for myself just what that talisman means ... with an audience looking on.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Brett Whiteley contemplated in ink

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley 7, ink on paper, 59 x 42 cm

I have started work on a series of paintings and drawings exploring my personal response to that great Australian artist, Brett Whiteley.

In July 2010 I posted a blog in memory of Brett Whiteley. Now that I had had visitors to this blog from 121 countries i thought that this was an excellent opportunity to introduce the amazing Brett to bloggers around the world who may not have heard of him.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley 1, ink on paper, 59 x 42 cm

I've commenced my excursion into Brett Whiteley using ink and paper. These are preliminary drawings to get me thinking visually about Brett prior to commencing a series of oil paintings. For paper i am using a cheap 110gsm acid free cartridge paper. If these sketches start to show any promise, i may switch to rice paper, Arches or Fabriano. For now, i feel i have total liberty and feel dubious about even showing these early explorations in this blog. But hey, we are all visual artists and like to see work in progress.

Harry Kent, Brett at the Opera House, ink on paper, 59x42cm
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Why ink? It was a medium he used often. Brett described pen and ink as,
"The great unalterable
like sensitive harmonicas
that die of a broken heart
pens love the test of violation".

Yes, the great unalterable. I love that ink is permanent. There is no fiddling. It's a 'one-chance' sort of mark-making. It is like a sword thrust - either a palpable hit or a miss.
As a Zen saying has it,
"When you walk, walk.
When you sit, sit.
Above all, don't wobble".

I love that there is no pre-drawing with a pencil. There is no safety net. ("Have you ever seen a pencil drawing that wasn't safe?", he once asked in a notebook). All my 'errors' are in plain sight. Yet the accumulation of errors can sometimes be so telling, somes so beautiful in their own way.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley opens up,
ink and charcoal on paper, 59x42 cm

These sketches were made using a reed pen that i made for myself from rushes growing by the Tamar River. I also used a goat hair Japanese calligraphy brush to help me get in touch with Brett. He so loved to work with Japanese brushes in the spirit of Zen.

But while i may use the media and something resembling his tools to get 'in the zone', I will not attempt to parrot his style. Brett could do Brett far better than i could ever hope to. All i can do is what i do.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley, Antipodean Explorer,
ink on paper, 59 x 42 cm

In the series i am now embarking upon i don't claim to produce portrait likenesses of Brett Whiteley. Does that matter? (See my discussion of portraiture and likeness here). These works will not be painted from life. They will, in part, be inspired by photos of the man. Does that matter? (See my discussion of portrait painting derived from photography here). These works aim to be expressive. They will be works of my imagination rather than likenesses. They represent what Brettness means to me, what it fires in my own imagination.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley blue,
ink and pastel on paper, 59x42cm

Initially they will be inspired by his art and by his writing. Ultimately, the images will derive solely from my imagination without reference to anything he has done or any image made of him.

They will be about his fate. They will be about suffering, and courage, and the triumph of creative genius over all that binds the human spirit.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley's Crown of Thorns,
ink on paper, 59x42 cm.      go to here

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley in the storm,
ink and chalk on paper, 59x42cm. go to here

In essence, i am using photos of him and his journals and biographical information to construct my own 'Brett'. To those who knew him well, my construction may be way off the mark.

Which is all beside the point.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley Shipwrecked,
ink on paper, 59x42cm.        go to here

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley contemplates old age,
 pen on paper, 27x23cm.         go to here

See too my most recent Whiteley ink Apparitions,  like the one below, HERE.

Harry Kent, Brett Whiteley's apparition #4, ink on paper,  56x76cm.

For me, the notion of Brett represents something about Australia, about painting, about artists, about critics, about life, love, suffering and celebration, and the questing of the human spirit.

My 'Brett' is a symbol, an icon, a talisman. And in this series i am working out for myself just what that talisman means ... with an audience looking on.

I've embedded a clip of BW at work and play for those who would like see him in action.


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Friday, November 19, 2010

Belize is the only Central American country that English is the first language, but it is surrounded by lots of Spanish speaking countries.  Our trip to Chetumal, Mexico made us definitely realize that we need to be able to speak some Spanish, if we plan on traveling much outside of Belize.   I took a semester of Spanish in college, but I remember very little of it.

When we got to Chetumal we wanted to take a cab to a mall I had heard about…the Plaza las Americas.  We were able to make the cab driver understand that we wanted “mall” and “America”.  He took us right to the mall with no problems.  While in the mall, I tried to ask a store clerk a question, that was impossible.  I had 4 store clerks there trying to help me..none of which spoke any English or had a clue about what I was talking about.

I did make a purchase at the mall…at a store called Bizzarro, I bought a swatch watch.  When you show them American money, they will calculate the conversion of American dollars to pesos..but be careful.  I thought I was paying approximately $12.00US for a watch that I later realized that I paid $120.00US for, but I LOVE the watch..good thing.

Bill has been taking Level I Spanish lessons on line for free with Rocket Spanish.  He really likes it and said he has been able to learn a lot with this course so far and was able to at least have a simple conversation with a Spanish speaking customer at work last week.  We decided to go ahead an order the course so we could have all the disk and information.  We just got it in yesterday, so Bill wants me to start taking it so he can practice having conversations with someone.

According to an article on the the Belize Board of Tourism site, it says English is the official language of Belize but Kriol is the language that all Belizeans speak.

This Caribbean lilt encompassing shortened English words, emphasized phrases and manual gestures will likely be your first introduction to communicating in Belize.  It will also start you on a bit of a linguistic adventure. Spanish, African-based Garifuna, Maya, Kekchi, Mandarin, German – these are just a few of the tongues you will encounter on your Belize vacation.

Our Kriol is recognized by linguists as having all the distinctive rules and lexicon of the contact languages found in many parts of the world which were colonized by European powers. It borrows words from English, African languages, Moskito Indian and a smattering of Spanish and Maya. No doubt it will also pick up terms from Chinese and other newly arrived immigrant groups as it evolves.

If at first you don’t understand, listen carefully and ask them to speak slowly, in no time you will be getting the gist of it and even trying a phrase or two,

“Good morning” might sound:
  •    'Gud Mawnin’ -  Creole
  •    'Buiti Binafi' -   Garifuna
  •    'Buenos dias' -  Spanish

Here is a copy of my receipt for my watch, $1,530.00 pesos and from McDonalds.  Yes, I had McDonalds in Mexico at the food court.  6 piece chicken nuggets, fries and a diet coke for $58.00 pesos.  Check out the prices at Sam's Club on the computers.

  1. We are new here to Belize and hoping to visit some of the surrounding countries too. I know I need to brush up on my Spanish...thanks for this post.

  2., Russia, now Belize. Sounds fun. Where in Belize are you? It was very difficult finding someone that spoke Engish.

  3. Hi! Your blog was recently tagged during Blog-A-Licious Wednesdays. Keep your great posts coming!
    Cheers - Dora

  4. Thanks for stopping by Dora, your comments are always appreciated.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

I did not see this one coming

The other day I was doing some grocery shopping at HEB.

As I rounded the corner of the aisle I saw something that caught my attention.
At first I thought I was seeing an unusually tall, hairy woman with a sundress on until I got closer and realized it was a MAN with sunglasses, long blonde hair (it very well could have been a wig, I didn't stop long enough to get a good look), pink lipstick and a dress on.

Not what I was expecting to see in the pasta, rice and beans aisle.

(Just to clarify, the sundress was more among the lines of a sleeveless cotton nightgown like the kind my 80 year old grandma used to wear.)

What about you all? What is the most unusual sight you've seen while out and about? These ought to be good.
Take care,

Emily said...

The most unusual sight I've seen while out and about? My child asleep in the cart?

(sorry, I couldn't resist it!)

Julie, tell us what kind of shoes (s)he was wearing!!!!

Tales From the Eurovan said...

Hey Emily! He(she) was wearing yellow flip flops. I was trying so hard not to just stand a stare like kids do! Take care, Julie

Kristin said...

ok, while living in Florida we were on the beach and saw a VERY old man, a bit wrinkley (is that how you spell that?) wearing a stars and stripes speedo for the 4th of July. It was a bit unusual and a bit disturbing!

Suzie said...

I live in NYC so Im not sure Im a good judge of whats unusual anymore

Becoming Me said...

Holy Cow...that's a sight one is not expecting in Texas...Don't think I can top that...oh wait...perhaps...when I was in high school, our church's Interim pastor and his wife believed in breast feeding for as long as the child needed to...I once saw her 3 yr old and 5 yr old walk up to her during the service, lift up her blouse and start from each side...yeah...creeped us all out. I think breastfeeding a baby or young toddler is beautiful, but a preschooler and a kindergartener in the middle of a church service...uh not so much.

D... said...

Oh, goodness, I've seen so many. Why, just today, I saw something similar. A very large man that was dressed appropriately but had extremely long hair & was wearing very feminine shoes. Think a shoe with a heel. But, he had a full ZZ Top beard.

Anonymous said...

I've seen a man wearing a Superman outfit and a cowboy hat, preaching about the end of the earth on a streetcorner in New York City.

Tales From the Eurovan said...

Hey all! Thanks for the great stories....breastfeeding two kids in public at that age would weird me out too.

I think if the US mens olympic team didn't swim in star spangled speedos, neither should any of us!

What do these men in heels think? High heels is not a great thing for women, it's something we endure!

I have seen the guitar playing underwear guy in NYC. It's quite a sight!

Take care,

Bubba's Sis said...

My daughter saw the Naked Cowboy in NYC! That's probably the strangest thing SHE'S seen! She was about 12 and it embarrassed her!

Once while grocery shopping in the Randall's I saw someone in a giant bunny suit rampage thru the produce section, take a cart-load of carrots to the register, then run out the door. I just stood there dumbfounded.