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About tomaprit

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Tell us about yourself:

Adrenaline Rush, Motorcycles and fast cars. Photography, not as much as I use to. Traveling, Singing, Studying foreign policy, political and environmental issues. I identify myself as an advocate for Social and Environmental Justice. I am president of a Lake Association in upstate NY and I coordinate a group which discusses foreign policy issues on the SW coast of Florida (the Gulf side)

Area of knowledge and what I know well:

I always do a lot of research before I take a stand or posture on an issue. Some people are impressed.

Certificates/Awards

B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from SUNY Albany in May of 1973

M.S. in Health Services Administration from SUNY Stony Brook January 1976.

Certificate for High Performance Driving from the Bondurant Driving School when it was still at Sears Point in California above San Francisco. before it moved south. Summer 1984.

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Re: Does technology simplify life or make it more complicated?

I am 69. I have a smartphone and I'm on my 5th or 6th computer/laptop. My 20 year old care still amazes me although it drinks a lot of fuel. I just got diagnosed with ALS so my golden years are tarnishing quickly. Jean-Martin Charcot defined it ...

tomaprit 02-10-2021 06:49 PM

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Re: Does technology simplify life or make it more complicated?

Technology has not made life simpler, it has become more complicated and much more expensive. Automation, Robotization, Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence are displacing human labor. Self Checkouts are increasing in retail stores, reducing or ...

tomaprit 08-31-2020 04:22 PM

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Re: What do you remember about Woodstock?

I was born in Catskill when my family lived in Cairo. I grew up in Albany and had graduated from High School in June of 1969. I turned 18 a couple of weeks before the Woodstock event and had bought tickets for each of the scheduled days. I did not...

tomaprit 09-04-2019 01:54 PM

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