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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Educator
Location	New York, United States
Introduction	I earned my BA Degree at Queens College CUNY, in Political Science, and MA from College of Staten Island CUNY, in Liberal Studies. PhM in Metaphysics, studying the Egyptian Mystery school and its effect on western thinking. My other interest are masonic history, western civilization, specifically ancient Rome through the renaissance. My other pursuit is Shotokan Karate, an interest that has consumed beginning in 1960. I hold a 8 degree black belt in Shotokan Karate from the World Traditional Karate Organization, WTKO. www.wtko.org I hold a 3rd degree in Iaido, Japanese sword art including a variety of martial arts weapons and close combat techniques.
Interests	Freemasonry, Western Civilization, Politics, Shotokan Karate, Iaido, Aikido, weight training, Ubuntu OS and Podcasting.
Favorite movies	Yojimbo, Tora Tora Tora, The Thirteenth Warrior, The Kingdom of Heaven, Seven Samurai, An Inconvenient Truth, Das Boot
Favorite music	Mozart, Queen, Rolling Stones, Def Leppard, Boston, Guns and Roses, Aerosmith, Bach, and some good old fashion country music .
Favorite books	Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, by C. Suetonius Tranquillus in translation, and John Adams by David McCullough