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Formal Education:
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1985 Bachelor of Science
Florida International University,
Miami, Florida
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Related / Professional Experience:
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Currently living in Key Largo, enjoy scuba, underwater
photography, coral reef restoration, ecology.
Recently passed USCG 100 Ton Masters exams, awaiting
coast guard processing in Miami, Fl. (4 to 6 months)
Volunteering with the coral reef restoration program in
Key Largo, Florida and with NOAA's "Team Ocean" and
"Coral Reef Classroom", taking HS students to the Key Largo
reefs and helping with basic marine science experiments.
Publish my own website (http://OpenDoorWorld.com) to
raise awareness of the current ocean conditions and
conservation needed.
2006-present: Admiral Dive Center
Position: Part Time: IT / webmaster, underwater maintenance,
electrical work, assistant diver, underwater photographer.
2004-2006 IT / Network Administrator: ACB.com, Barcelona, Spain
1998-2003 Miami Lighthouse (501-c-3)
Computer Training Unit Coordinator, instructor,
network installer/administrator for 65 workstations,
2 DELL Win2k servers, 1 Novell, 1 Linux server,
BlackBaud - Raiser's Edge database admin, client and
staff HelpDesk support for Dade County, webmaster,
rehab engineering.
1996 Barcelona Spain: Designed and constructed underwater video
camera and electronic equipment for detecting underwater video image
data changes, to be used by a research scientist for aquatic research
of Salmon in northern rivers of Spain.
1993-1995 ITT, Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Manuel Esteve, MS, Marine Science
O.T. specializing in medical technology, FES and EMG.
Maintain electronics and calibrate medical equipment, including:
Ergys ergometer, ALT-II, and portable Micro-FES equipment.
1989-1993 University of Miami School of Medicine:
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Supervisor: Dr. Banovac, MD
Position: OT, Assistive Technology, research assistant.
1991 Florida International University
Supervisor: Gail McQuire, OT, Chairperson.
Position: OT Instructor for course in Assistive
Technology for senior level students at FIU.
1991 University of Miami and Stein Institute:
Designed and constructed computer interface and wrote software
for an eight line PBX telephone system, operated by Pointer
System's infrared light pointer using only head movement for
employee with MS in Boca Raton, Florida.
1990 University of Miami School of Medicine
Wrote educational software for Professor Mark Nash, Ph.D.
for educational media for senior physical therapy students
at U.M. Dr. Nash received the faculty award for the years
most innovative educational media.
1985 Florida International University
Supervisor: Dr. Anderson
Set up occupational therapy computer lab, wrote software
interface for analog measurement equipment to IBM PC.
1985 University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Med Center
Director: Dr. Barth Green, Clinical fieldwork using
computer interfaced EMG and medical technology.
Special Skills:
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Advanced Scuba, 100T USCG Captain, underwater digital
photography/video, Marine mechanic and electrical work,
excellent mechanical aptitude and abilities, Internet web
publishing, database admin, networking: Linux, Novell,
project management, Microsoft Advanced Servers, Active
Directory, Office, Access, Excel, Word, ERP/CRM, BlackBaud's
Raiser's Edge database, JavaScript, VB, FTP, mySQL, PHP,
XHTML, CSS, video editing, Macromedia Flash, Adobe PDF,
accessible website design meeting ADA-508 compliance standards.
Capt. Larry Lawhorn, OT
1 Garden Cove Drive
PO Box 372822
Key Largo, Florida, 33037
Tel:305-509-2365
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web: http://OpenDoorWorld.com
email: Larry (at) OpenDoorWorld.com
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OpenDoorWorld works to help save the Coral Reefs of Florida through public education and awareness, including underwater photographic expeditions to the coral reefs and mangrove estuaries of Key Largo and assisting other local nonprofit organizations defending the Ocean.
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A small Green Sea Turtle was found along a
rock wall near the Dive In dive center in Key
Largo, completely covered with thick, black
oil. The baby turtle was rescued, using
mayonnaise (which dissolves the oil without
harming the turtle)
www.TurtleHospital.org
CO2 is now absorbed into the Oceans, causing acidification and potentially toppling food chain domino #1, the plankton.
Ocean "acidification" occurs when chemical compounds such as carbon dioxide, sulfur, or nitrogen mix with seawater, a process which lowers the pH and reduces the storage of carbon.
Ocean acidification hampers the ability of marine organisms—such as sea urchins, corals, and certain types of plankton—to harness calcium carbonate for making hard outer shells or "exoskeletons." These organisms provide essential food and habitat to other species, so their demise could affect entire ocean ecosystems.
Earth's rivers polluted with cancinogenic chemicals
Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:11pm EDT
www.reuters.com
PARIS (Reuters) - Rivers in eastern and northern France found to be contaminated with chemicals that have been outlawed since 1987 and are proving very hard to eliminate, the government reported on Wednesday.
The River "Rhone" which runs through the southeastern corner of France (scientists said) contained dangerous levels of polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCB / PCBs ).
The latest report said additional rivers were in an even worse condition because of industrial dumping dating back decades, including the River Seine which runs through Paris.
"It's a huge clean-up job," Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the secretary of state for ecology, told a news conference. Other big rivers in Europe are affected by the same problem, she said.
PCB's were used primarily as a cooling and insulating fluid for electricity transformers and capacitors. It has been banned in France since 1987 after research showed it could cause fertility, growth and cancer in humans.
Kosciusko-Morizet said PCB had been very heavily used in industry since the 1930s and France was suffering the consequences of long-standing pollution.
"Cleaning it up is far from easy. It's very complicated because there are huge amounts of sediment." She said it would be technically and economically impossible to clean up the whole Rhone River... (... what about the Ocean?)
Here is the PCB problem
.... connecting the dots .....
with plastic pollution....
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"Alguita, the oceanic research vessel from Algalita, just came back from one of its research expeditions in the Pacific Gyre, an area of the Pacific Ocean otherwise known as the Garbage Patch. They collected samples on the surface of the ocean and found evidence of record high concentrations of small plastic particles.
Birds and fish eat the plastic because it mimics the food they eat, zooplankton. Research data from the Algalita Foundation shows plastic particles outnumber zooplankton 6 to 1. Especially concerning is the fact that the plastic pieces can attract and hold hydrophobic elements like PCB and DDT at up to one million times background levels. As a result, this floating plastic is a "poison pill".
... so... the "easy" solution would simply be to get industry to stop
dumping millions of tons of toxins into the rivers/oceans....
( ... going back 50 years or so... )
... then just get the entire world to stop using plastic 'once',
and tossing it into the garbage/oceans....
... that will probably be about as easy as
oh... maybe stopping the use of fossil fuels...
then we can get back to work on that little global warming "issue".... :-)
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