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Member: Wilson F. Engel III Ph.D.
Epinions.com ID: wickengel
Location: Nashua, NH
Member Since: May 21 '00

Thinker, Writer, Editor, Inventor, Novelist: The Virtue of Baseball (www.puff-adder.com), Poet  more
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About wickengel
Married Happily 31 Years
Exceptional Wife
2 Exceptional Children
"I love to read."

Academics:
BA, MA, PhD English Lit
Leverhulme Professor U Edinburgh
Chair, English-Comms Allentown College
100 Academic Publications
Awards, etc.

Financial Backgound:
CLU, ChFC, Mgt Cert, Studying MSFS, MSM
NASD 32 then 7
NYLIC, Janney-Montgomery-Scott


Medical Background:
Lead Concepts Medical Defense Performance Review
Inventor/Developer Medical Software
Founded Disease Control NL Special Mission of the US Navy
SEVP of Medical Software Firm
100 Articles on Disease Control and Biological Warfare

Some Other Background:
US Navy OPS/INTEL/SPECIAL
Diplomate National Security Management
15 1/2 Years National Think Tank
2 Book Length Studies
100 White Papers
Concept Lead/IR&D Elex, Comms, Etc.

And More:
One Novel
Three Books of Poetry
Founded Four Journals, Two eZines

Technologies:
Cutting Edge Across the Board - Name It
from Meteor-Bounce Comms to Global C4I

Languages;
Lots, a Special Interest
Major Latin Translator

And:
Swim, Tennis, Tae Kwon Do, Hiking
SAT 1600, GRE 1480
MENSA Life Member
Former Member ISPE, OATH, TNS, etc.

I will read ALL your work, earliest to most recent. I do not think that a single epinion can tell me much about you or your work. For the HR your epinion must have:

1. Unity, coherence and emphasis
2. Both Sides (or as many as are possible) given fair time
3. Conclusiveness -- having a clearly stated thesis
4. Generally literate (your use of punctuation, if nonstandard, is consistent)
5. Reasonable in approach -- including argumentative (but not strident) language
6. Reasonably detail oriented -- giving explicit bases for judgments
7. Consideration for nature (level/difficulty) of material addressed
8. Character -- who you are -- your "ethos" as expressed in your writing (liveliness, panache, brio)

Two things I cannot and will not tolerate:

1. Attacking ad hominem or ad feminam
2. Attacking based on agreement or lack of same vis-a-vis the opinion itself

I believe that a careful and reasoned argument against what I like is as valuable as (if not more valuable than) the same argument in behalf of what I like. My liking or disliking a view or product is beside the point. I will, however, either write an objection in the notes (if I feel strongly enough about the matter) or write a separate epinion, recording the source of my difference.



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