Andis Kaulins
I am always amazed that people read what I write about my research -- and then comment about ME, about whom they know next to nothing, rather than about what I WRITE (about which they usually also know next to nothing, but hopefully more than the former). Ad hominem is always a clear indication that THE COMMENTERS do not know what they are writing about. By definition. RESEARCH is about the subject under consideration, not about the writer. People who read my work and want to comment about it, should edit their comments and strike out EVERYTHING that refers to the author and keep only statements about the topic under question that can be suppported by facts and/or other evidence. Often, they can just about strike out everything that they write. As for ME, that is reserved for the people who know ME.
Research skills
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TechnicalI won the men's club championship at my golfclub at age 61 3/4. Sports can be fudged only with difficulty -- as opposed to real life. First learn to keep score honestly on your scorecard, then break 100 for 18 holes -- if you can, and then we can talk technology. The "fuzzy" definition of "high tech" -- fuzzy because it changes over time -- is "cutting edge". What is that? Read the story of Facebook to see what really counts in technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
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ITAt SLAC in Stanford I saw the first bit-mapped graphics as X's and O's on simple coordinate grid graphics paper, graphic "experiments" which in fact at that time were "forbidden" playtime products, for which operators were not supposed to be using valuable SLAC computer time.
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StatisticalIf there are two people who support my research work and one detractor, then the sum is three, 2 supporters plus me. The detractor is -1, in the 18th century a number regarded to be "meaningless".
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OtherI taught RESEARCH at the university level.
Research interests
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InterestsAncient History, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Law, History of Ideas, History of Technology, Language History, Ancient History of Greece, Ancient Civilizations, Copyright Law, Ancient Lands, Constitutional Law, History of Law, prehistoric art, Sumerian, Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Writing, Megalithic Research, Pharaonic Egypt, Ancient World, Ancient Scripts, Human Migrations, Cypriot Syllabary, Luvian Syllabograms, Hieroglyphs, Elamite, Archaic Symbols, European Union, Anthropological Genetics, linear b, Nostratic
Research experience
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Teaching: FFA
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Teaching: Rechtswissenschaft
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Teaching: Law School
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Teaching: Anglo-American Law
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Teaching: Legal Writing and Legal Research 1998-2003.
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Apr 2012
Teaching: University of Trier
Teaching inter alia legal RESEARCH.
Education
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Sep 1968–
Jun 1971Stanford University
Law School · J.D. (Doctor of Jurisprudence)United States of America (USA) · Stanford, California -
Sep 1964–
Jul 1968University of Nebraska
Political Science, English · B.A.United States of America (USA) · Lincoln, NE
Awards & achievements
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Sep 2008Award: Golf club men's champion at age 61 3/4.
Other
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LanguagesEnglish, German, Latvian - fluent in speech and writing
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Scientific MembershipsAfter golf, what is there?
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Journal RefereeAfter golf, what is there?
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Other InterestsGolf. Travel. LawPundit: The World in Focus at http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/lawpundit.htm., Free online publications., Prometeo from Arnoldo Mondadori. Hey, they published one of my articles in Italian translation. A great magazine. http://lawpundit.blogspot.com/p/publications.html, Stars Stones and Scholars. I wrote it. http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?Book=182002
As far as good writers go, you can hardly beat Shakespeare or Charles Dickens, although my own library is full of books claiming to be non-fiction., After golf, what is there?
Publications
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Ancient Signs: The Alphabet and the Origins of Writing
1st 03/2012; epubli.de.
ISBN: 978-3-8442-1882-4
BLACK and WHITE VERSION! Ancient Signs traces the origins of the first alphabets to syllabic writing. In the course of analysis there is also discussion of ancient scripts, languages, and related cutting-edge issues of history. A syllabic grid of ancient signs is presented, showing the shared origin... [more] BLACK and WHITE VERSION! Ancient Signs traces the origins of the first alphabets to syllabic writing. In the course of analysis there is also discussion of ancient scripts, languages, and related cutting-edge issues of history. A syllabic grid of ancient signs is presented, showing the shared origins of ancient syllabic language signs for Sumerian, Pharaonic Egyptian, Old Elamite, Luvian (Luwian), Linear B, and the Cypriot Syllabary. Also included are the signs and symbols on the Phaistos Disc and the Axe of Arkalochori.
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Ancient Signs: The Alphabet & the Origins of Writing
1st 03/2012; epbuli.de.
ISBN: 978-3-8442-2017-9
COLOR VERSION! Ancient Signs traces the origins of the first alphabets to syllabic writing. In the course of analysis there is also discussion of ancient scripts, languages, and related cutting-edge issues of history. A syllabic grid of ancient signs is presented, showing the shared origins of ancie... [more] COLOR VERSION! Ancient Signs traces the origins of the first alphabets to syllabic writing. In the course of analysis there is also discussion of ancient scripts, languages, and related cutting-edge issues of history. A syllabic grid of ancient signs is presented, showing the shared origins of ancient syllabic language signs for Sumerian, Pharaonic Egyptian, Old Elamite, Luvian (Luwian), Linear B, and the Cypriot Syllabary. Also included are the signs and symbols on the Phaistos Disc and the Axe of Arkalochori.
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Stars Stones and Scholars: The Decipherment of the Megaliths
1st 10/2003; Trafford.
ISBN: 9781412013444
The hermetic tradition claims "As above, so below". Did the ancients mean that literally? Stars, Stones and Scholars shows that many ancient megalithic sites are not tombs, but are remnants of ancient local, regional and perhaps even larger Neolithic surveys of the Earth by Stone Age astro... [more] The hermetic tradition claims "As above, so below". Did the ancients mean that literally? Stars, Stones and Scholars shows that many ancient megalithic sites are not tombs, but are remnants of ancient local, regional and perhaps even larger Neolithic surveys of the Earth by Stone Age astronomy, with gigantic stones being placed as immovable survey markers. Circa 40 photographs, 240 drawings and 80 maps show how megaliths were carved and "sculpted" with figures and cupmarks (holes in the stones) to represent stars and constellations, long before the modern astrological Zodiac was known. Megalithic sites from England (Stonehenge), Wales (Paviland), Scotland (Clava Cairns), Ireland (Newgrange, Knowth), Germany (Externsteine), Benelux (Weris), France (Carnac), Italy (La Spezia), Malta (Tarxien), Greece, Turkey (Anatolia), Scandinavia (Tanum), the Baltic, Russia, the Near East, the Far East (China and Japan), Africa, Central and South America (Tikal, Maya, Aztecs), Oceania (Hawaii), The USA (Cahokia, Miami Circle, Clovis) and Canada (Peterborough Petroglyphs) are included in this fascinating book.
