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Continue to attend to my father's estate and participate in long-distance caregiving with other family members for my mother.

I've undertaken a home renovation project that entails four stages:-- Re-insulation of attic (90% complete)-- Re-insulation and residing of the house (planning and contract drafting)-- Re-fabricate roof (planning and contract drafting)-- Install solar array (planning 90% complete; contract signed)

Helsinki, Fi

With the decease of my stepmother on 5 April 2014 in Port Angeles, WA, I assumed the primary role in managing my father's affairs. He suffered from senile dementia. I traveled from Las Vegas several times and spent a total of 156 days in Port Angeles between four separate trips as his caregiver and manager of his personal affairs. He vested me with general durable power of attorney (DPOA) and healthcare power of attorney. (I learned that being designated DPOA earns one the title of attorney-in-fact, which does not make me an attorney in the customary sense. ) I also assumed responsibility as his representative payee for Social Security income and as the executor of his estate upon his eventual decease. I made application on his behalf for veterans health care benefits, veterans pension benefits, Medicaid, and Medicare Part D. I was designated fiduciary agent for my father's veterans' benefits.One month after his wife passed, my father was hospitalized with digoxin toxicity, a condition brought on by the concentration of heart medication in his bloodstream caused by dehydration and malnutrition. After stabilizing him in the hospital, I moved him to a convalescent center where in three months he made a remarkable recovery, sufficient to merit moving him to an assisted-living facility where he received twenty-four hour professional caregiver services.During this period managed his finances and played a key role in the disposition of his personal effects and the sale of his home and automobile. Also, I had to educate myself on the nature of senile dementia and the most effective means of working with someone who suffers this affliction. In addition, I engaged the Washington Department of Social and Health Services as my father's Appellant Representative in an appeal of the termination of health care coverage and long-term care based on defective notice and failure of due process. That case was resolved with a stipulated dismissal (no jurisdiction).

Projects included a photo shoot of the Western High School Class of 1968 60th birthday celebrated at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, NV; a photo shoot of a gathering of friends and family in Yosemite National Park; the opening of a neighborhood family restaurant; and a retrospective on Palmer Station, Antarctica, which entailed scanning and reprocessing photos from 1982.

While attending school, I super-insulated the attic in our home with rigid closed-cell insulation. The aim was to convert an unconditioned space into a conditioned space. I am also planning the replacement of our roof with a superinsulated upgrade using rigid polyisocyanurate foam insulation.

Enrolled in Contract Law class under the UNLV Paralegal program in an effort to acquire the understanding and skills needed to effectively complete the contracts I'm preparing for the renovation of our home. Course material covers contract formation and performance as well as breach. Class lasted for six weeks after which I undertook independent study of contract law aimed at the formation of a contract for the renovation of the roof of our home accompanied by the installation of a solar electric system. Progress on that project was delayed as a consequence of the decease of my stepmother and my having assumed the role of caregiver and personal manager for my father in Port Angeles, Washington.

Designed and helped weld and install three shade sail anchor posts in our backyard. These posts function to anchor three shade sails that protect our vegetable garden (which I also designed, excavated by hand, and planted) as well as the back of our house from the summer sun. The style of the anchor posts is folk art. The materials are tube steel, steel rings in various sizes, and laser cut steel plates. Each post suggests a bespectacled and winged human-like form. Each post is crowned with its own unique metal sculpture from another artist, each paying homage to the female form.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Completed prerequisites and two of eighteen classes in an interdisciplinary degree program aimed at examining the relationship between business and the environmental movement. Coursework from accounting, finance, and marketing will be applied to starting business ventures. The environmental leg of this program includes GIS for environmental management.

Completed three courses at the College of Southern Nevada (GRC 103, Intro to Computer Graphics, GRC 175B, Web Design & Publishing I, GRC 275B, Web Design & Publishing II) with the aims of fulfilling requirements for a photography degree, and broadening my market appeal as a technical writer and photographer. Completed all three courses with solid A grades. Follow this link to see a keynote presentation that characterizes my final project: http://gallery.me.com/mawsonii#100892&bgcolor=black&view=grid

Assisted with promoting this company at the Women's Business Enterprise Council Conference held recently at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

Edited a proposal to convert this elementary school into an Empowerment school.

Learned search engine marketing and optimization skills using Google Adwords and Adsense. Constructed 15,000 ads for roughly 500 ad groups in a campaign for a California-based children's dental group. Efforts had a direct bearing on the renewal of a contract with BBMD Strategic Branding and a subcontract with RNV Ventures, Inc.

Successfully completed six courses in the photography degree program at CSN, all with A grades. Completed two additional GIS courses as well with A grades.

In addition to work as an aerial photographer and orthophoto technician with Kenney Aerial Mapping, also worked as an AutoCAD editor. Used AutoCAD Land Desktop (LD) and AutoCAD Map to prepare survey maps for submission to the client. In LD, separated the 3D layers into one digital terrain model (DTM) file and the 2D layers into a second plan file. Then generated a complete digital terrain model (DTM) drawing. From that drawing, created contours and wrote those to a separate drawing file. In AutoCAD Map, combined plan drawings with contour drawings, and edited the map to meet client requirements. Deliverables were normally two digital drawings, the finished map drawing and the finished DTM drawing, burned to a CD. In most instances, KAM also delivered a plotted hard copy of the map. If an orthophoto had been requested by the client, also burned the tiff and world file (twf) to the CD. Compiled and edited a detailed operating procedure for this job.

In addition to my duties as an aerial photographer and AutoCAD editor, also worked as an orthophoto imaging technician. Used Socet Set software to create orthophotos of our aerial survey photo sites. Used digital terrain model data from compiled drawings to manipulate digitized photos into geographically correct images so that features in a AutoCAD drawing matched exactly features in the orthophoto. Created orthophotos not only from single photos but also from multi-model, multi-flightline photo sequences. Also, became adept at auto-extraction and interactive extraction where DTM data may not have been available from compiled images and needed to be generated from photo stereomodels in Socet Set. Compiled and edited a detailed operating procedure for this job.

Planned and executed aerial survey photo missions in Nevada, California, Arizona, and Utah. Most work was done over the Las Vegas Valley in class B airspace in a Cessna 206 Stationair with Zeiss 15/23 RMK A aerial survey camera bolted to the floor of the plane. Frame size 9-in by 9-in. Focal length is six inches. Film reel length is 270 feet. Job required photographic skills and familiarity with the public land survey system to locate remote parcels for photography. Required close coordination between the pilot and the photographer to ensure that the correct site was targeted and that the series of photos began and ended as planned at the correct altitude. Good planning and precision were required for work in the Las Vegas Class B airspace, which is one of the busiest in the country. Flight crew was often only permitted a single pass over a site. Had a reputation with McCarran air traffic controllers (ATC) as the most reliable and fastest aerial photo team operating in this area. Compiled and edited a detailed operating procedure for this job.

When initially hired into Kenney Aerial Mapping, was brought in as a compiler. Drew maps in AutoCAD from diapositive images projected in 3D on a Zeiss P3 stereoplotter. Normally, it would take two to three years for a compiler to reach production speed in this field. I delivered first production-speed project within eight months of starting. Was later advanced to the position of aerial photographer. Was able to bring significant awareness of photo quality requirements from work as a compiler.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Using ArcInfo, assisted with right-of-way process that included identification and summarization of parcels affected by LVVWD projects. Identified parcels and cadastral information via GIS and associated databases in LVVWD and Clark County. Digitized right-of-way boundaries and manipulated spatial data and attributes via GIS to prepare status maps and reports. Example: Jean-Primm ROW corridor. Periodically created pressure zone maps by digitizing changes to existing pressure zone maps. Created AML programs aimed at increasing productivity. Created one AML that read public land survey system property descriptions and then automatically located the property on a map and drew the boundaries of that property to a coverage. Wrote a companion detailed operating procedure entitled 'Mapping Parcels with the Cadastral Parcel Approximator and AutoCAD Map.' Prior to creating this application, digitized subject parcels. Co-chaired the LVVWD Vacations Process Team whose mission was to deconstruct and reconstruct the right-of-way vacation review process as part of the department's Legal Document Management System (LDMS). Deliverables were a reprogrammed computer application and a companion procedures manual. I compiled and edited the manual using input from each of the affected district divisions. Near the end of tenure in LVVWD Resources, taught myself ArcGIS. Using that application, created a series of maps for the Meter Operations Supervisor. Worked primarily with this supervisor to identify and meet his requirements. Role was to do a needs assessment, design the project in ArcGIS, acquire needed data from the databases, manipulate it into the required form, and digitize the desired boundaries as needed. While working, attended CCSN in pursuit of two of four Associate's degrees, all of which I attained.

Nv, Us

Under contract (Community College of Southern Nevada Participating Agreement 17-PA-98-065-01) between CCSN and the USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, mapped and analyzed the location and juxtaposition of desert bighorn sheep habitat in the Currant Wilderness, White Pine Range, White Pine County, Nevada. Working from stereo-photos, digitized the location of sensitive plants relative to bighorn sheep habitat. The deliverable was a map created in ArcView with layers showing boundaries for public land surveys, allotments, and range land, as well as range improvements, riparian categories, roads, and drainages. Analyzed the density and types of vegetation within elevations suitable for bighorn sheep habitation. Was also required to identify steeply sloped areas suitable for habitation.

Researched and drafted a work of environmental fiction. Compiled a database of research quotes numbering 2,565. Crafted that research into 78,000 words on 350 pages. Consider this work-in-progress 70 percent complete.

On a monthly basis, compiled and published the following reports:--Customer charges to the REECo Accounting Department for invoicing. In fiscal year 1994, submitted charges of nearly $6 million dollars against nearly 400 work orders in the Department of Energy system. --A formal report that tracked the actual unit volume of sample analyses (32,000 in FY94) and the revenue ($6 million ) derived thereof from a radioanalytical chemistry laboratory and an analytical chemistry laboratory. --A formal report that tracked debits and credits for 56 department work order numbers. Reported the cost of labor, materials, equipment, and overhead as measured against revenue. --A formal report that tracked debits and credits for 9 work packages. Reported the cost of labor, materials, equipment, and overhead as measured against revenue. --A formal report that recounted in narrative and tabular form the activities of the environmental portion of the department.Created procedures manuals for every duty required of this position.Held Q Clearance

Edited scientific and technical reports as well as policies and procedures manuals for the Environmental Services Department and later the Analytical Services Department. Supported a contract with the Department of Energy at the Nevada Test Site. Worked continually with new, unfamiliar, and complex information. Developed strong database management (dBase) skills as well as time-line and word-processing skills. Work required detailed knowledge of DOE Orders, DOE/NV Orders, REECo Directives, as well as familiarity with ANSI standards and NEPA standards. Assignments included supporting the REECo Environment and Health Division (EHD), Industrial Hygiene Department, Defense Waste Management Department, Environmental Compliance Office, and the Basic Environmental Compliance and Monitoring Project (BECAMP). Supervised a team of technical writers, technical typists, and word processing personnel in the preparation and on-time delivery of an EHD Onsite Radiation Safety Budget Review for 1989. This report was prepared on very short notice for Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV), when it confronted the Division with a possible 25-percent budget cut. I received two commendations: one from the Division manager and another from the Section Chief.Held Q Clearance.

Compiled and edited procedures manuals for the Environment & Health Department. Provided technical writing support to the US Department of Energy in the publication of documents that were essential to the conduct of agency operations, e. g., the Radiation Safety Manual for the NTS (NVO-232) and the Radiological Assistance Team Notification Procedure manual. Work required detailed knowledge of DOE Orders, DOE/NV Orders, REECo Directives, as well as familiarity with ANSI standards and NEPA standards.Held Q Clearance.

Supported REECo Radiation Safety logistical needs, which mainly entailed processing radiation safety clothing and equipment for use in post-shot Radiation Safety operations. Also handled contaminated laundry and equipment. In spare time, achieved an advanced skill level in dBase programming by writing an inventory management program.Held Q Clearance.

Read and keyworded historical Public Health Service (PHS) records pertaining to radioactive monitoring activities outside the NTS from the 1950s to the end of PHS operations.

Sold cable TV door-to-door.

Attempted to start a career as a freelance writer and photographer. Took on a project that was larger in scope than the time available would allow me to complete.

Supported between 12 and 15 science projects during the Antarctic austral summer on Anvers Island on the Palmer Peninsula. Scientific disciplines that crew supported included oceanography, atmospheric science, penguin studies, fish studies, and krill studies. Peak population during the summer exceeded 30 people. During the winter, crew supported two programs: a clean air sampling program and a very low frequency radio wave monitoring program. Maintained the station facilities, including the diesel power plant, water desalination operations and radio communications in addition to preparing meals for the scientists. Winter population was seven.

Was responsible for managing six programs and integrating their respective resources to meet the needs of over 400 clients a year. Trained Domestic Crisis Shelter personnel to handle hotline telephone calls from families in crisis. Managed the Crisis Response Team intervention operations. Negotiated contracts with more than 30 child care facilities for emergency, short-term respite care. Trained child-care providers to detect and respond to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Trained and directed foster grandparents in support of families at risk. Was the agency's liaison with more than 15 community agencies. Worked closely with Clark County Juvenile Court Services and Childcare Licensing. Whereas data collection and reporting for evaluation purposes were a problem prior to my tenure, devised a data collection methodology that delivered better data faster for less staff time expended.

Diagnosed client needs and developed a case plan for each client. Attempted to anticipate needs and have process options programmed into each plan. Many clients were court ordered to Operation Bridge for mandatory treatment. As part of my responsibility to the court, prepared detailed diagnostic assessments, case plans and session documentation suitable for court review. Managed 12 to 15 cases at a time; some for short-term treatment, others, long-term. Caseload management skills allowed me to divide time constructively among a large number of people having a multitude of needs. Everyone got attention based on need and priority. The depth of attention and treatment depended largely on each client's immediate needs as measured against the needs of others.

Supervised a crew of three to maintain a construction materials inventory and to deliver tools and materials as required. Developed a new construction materials logistics tracking and delivery system that supplied American scientific research operations across the Antarctic continent. This system operated in conjunction with the U. S. government supply system and U. S. Navy supply operations in Antarctica. My crew supported, on a weekly average, eight construction projects in McMurdo and numerous additional projects at South Pole Station, Siple Station, and several field camps. At the peak of the season, we were supporting as many as twenty operations simultaneously. The on-demand tracking and delivery system that I devised provided 80% of requested material immediately upon request; 15% within two days; and 5% within two months (off-continent procurement). The remaining 5% were either cancelled by the requisitioner or delivered the following season via cargo vessel. Worked directly for the Construction Manager and closely with all Crew Chiefs to meet their demands for the construction materials required for their respective projects. This close coordination included being able to read and interpret blueprints in order to identify and deliver required materials in a timely fashion.

Counseled runaway and court-referred adolescents. Problems ranged from lack of communication with parents to drug abuse as well as physical and sexual abuse. Carried a caseload of eight to ten clients at any one time. This program attempted to integrate adolescents into a nurturing group environment which encouraged positive interpersonal relationships with adults and peers while simultaneously pushing the clients toward a realistic understanding of their relationships and toward taking responsibility for those relationships. Listening was the most significant skill I developed in this profession. Also, developed some keen and sensitive diagnostic and interpersonal problem-solving skills. Learned how to play psychological poker with manipulative adolescents and adults.

Worked in the United States Antarctic Research Program administrative office in McMurdo, Antarctica preparing correspondence, sorting and delivering message traffic, transporting personnel and providing custodial services. Was responsible for periodically typing weekly situation reports (SITREPS), procurement requisitions and correspondence. At the end of contract, prepared an Administrative Detailed Operating Procedures manual for successor.

Provided information and referral services to families applying for welfare assistance. Saw fifteen to twenty clients per day. Ongoing workload often exceeded thirty cases. Most of the people I saw were in a high state of emotional distress facing serious financial situations. Problems included divorce, child abuse and neglect, wife-battering, physical and emotional illness, lack of housing, food, and clothing. Typically, clients expected the state to rescue them. Principal challenge of the job came in directing clients to scarce community resources that were often hardly adequate for their problems. Job required in-depth knowledge of community resources and the ability to be supportive without assuming personal responsibility for their material salvation.This job required extensive writing skills in documenting client interviews and needs assessments. Documentation had to meet rigid agency standards for use in computer data collection and possible court review.

Irving, Tx, Us

Cleaned executive office building. Vacuumed, emptied trash, mopped and polished floors, and cleaned the bathrooms.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Prepared newspaper articles and advertisements for photo-reproduction and printing process. Job entailed typing, proof-reading, and cutting and pasting ads and articles. Job required instinct for design aesthetics and eye-hand coordination for layout.

Assisted craftsman in cutting and applying steel-siding. This job required the ability to quickly and accurately measure, cut, and fit steel-siding.

Mowed lawns as well as weeded, planted, and cultivated landscaped areas of the church grounds. Also cleaned bathrooms, and mopped and polished floors.

Assisted students and faculty with finding text books and other materials. Stocked books and materials and assisted with inventory and logistics.

Took food orders, served pizza, and washed dishes.

Assisted in construction of residential brick and block walls. Job demanded physical stamina, organization, and the ability to think several steps ahead of the mason as he worked. Mixed mortar to a specified consistency required for proper application, setting, and adhesion. Had to ensure that the mason had sufficient cement and brick so he could work as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Changed, repaired, and replaced tires on passenger vehicles. Job required a conscientious approach to safety to ensure that wheels and tires were properly repaired and installed on customer vehicles. Job demanded physical stamina and effective social skills with customers.

Planted trees, bushes, and flowers in a new development. Assisted with irrigation installation.

Assisted students and faculty with finding text books and other materials. Stocked books and materials and assisted with inventory and logistics.

Monroe, Oh, Us

Helped build forms, set and wire rebar, pour and shovel concrete. Did some finish work.

Served patrons the finest stew known to man. Job required good social skills, ability to listen, take orders and plan my movements. Had to think well ahead of myself, keep my hands, feet and mind moving, be prepared for the unexpected, and treat the patrons like old friends.

Participated in the construction of a water reservoir in Boulder City, NV. Was originally hired to do nothing but shovel cement. Boss liked my work so much he kept me on and trained me to operate jack-hammers, vibrators, small cement mixers, tampers and fork-lifts. Evolved into a low-level multi-craft laborer.

Helped lay asphalt gutter dikes along the I-15 and US 93/95 Interchange (Spaghetti Bowl) in Las Vegas. Used a shovel to tidy up bad spots along dikes laid by the machine. Required considerable physical stamina to work all day long in the midsummer desert sun next to an asphalt-heating machine.

Sold paint. This job required hands-on experience with most of the products sold and the ability to understand customer needs and identify appropriate products to meet those needs. Refined paint-project planning and implementation skills.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Prepared meals for students and faculty.

Omaha, Ne, Us

Spent most of this summer shoveling cement for the construction of the downtown freeway interchange in Las Vegas. Distinguished myself as a reliable worker who was not afraid to get dirty or hussle when the job called for it. This job required that I keep up with cement pouring machines and work in a coordinated fashion with several crews, each performing different time-critical tasks. This job required considerable physical strength and dexterity. Spent long summer days climbing through hot steel rebar to shovel cement; one misstep and I would have been skewered on rebar or entombed in concrete.

Sold paint. This job required hands-on experience with most of the products sold and the ability to understand customer needs and identify appropriate products to meet those needs. Refined paint-project planning and implementation skills.

Sold paint and painting supplies. This job required hands-on experience with most of the products sold and the ability to understand customer needs and identify appropriate products to meet those needs. Learned how to mix paint. Also, planned, carried out, and cleaned up paint projects.

Assisted customers with lifting and moving newly purchased plants from the cash register to their vehicles.

Cooked and served hot dogs.

Us

Bagged groceries and assisted customers as needed.

Divided time between quartermaster duties and archery instruction.

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

Delivered evening and Sunday edition newspapers.

Ba, English

Interdisciplinary Degree: Business And Environmental Studies

Aas/Gis, Geographical Information Systems Etal

High School, College Preparatory