LupineLawyer: n., combinative colloq: From Lupine (Amer var of Lupin), as in "He enjoys gazing at Mount Washington across the five acres of Lupines in front of our house, nestled in the heart of the White Mountains," combined with Lawyer, as in having been one for awhile, involved in technology law since the early 1980s as a digital communication systems engineer, and then later schooled and licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, and as a registered patent attorney. In addition to running the solo law practice, currently working on a techno-lawbook project and learning basic forest management skills. Discovered Wikipedia last January and began making small contributions.
Other Interests: volunteer firefighter, wildfire smokejumper/rapeller, ski patrol, wilderness search and rescue, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, home improvement, property management, landscape maintenance, private pilot license, executive protection, electrician, map collecting and reading, collecting antique stained glass and law books
Contributions include:
- Avalanche Add fotos, chart, many details to existing article.
- Category:Lists of cities in the United States Add a dozen states' lists to category.
- List of cities in the United States Updated multiple sections with more complete info.
- List of cities in Vermont Wyoming,
- Volunteer Fire Department Created new article.
- Glossary of firefighting terms Created new article framework.
- Glossary of wildland fire terms Created new article from abridged govt source.
- Draft (water) New article on this firefighting skill.
- National Fire Protection Association Coordinated move from "Agency" and 12 links.
- Fire safety Added summary of fire code.
- Grapple: new article to describe important uses of grapples.
- Burglar alarm Expanded to describe all types of alarm systems, sensors, controls, etc.
- Traffic code New article.
- Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) new article to replace redirect to less relevant article.
- Emergency position-indicating rescue beacon: cleanup, expand, clarify.
- Student pilot certificate New article, needs more work.
- Search and rescue: Amplified several important points.
- Power cable New article.
- Patent pending New article.
- Patent application New article
- Patent examination New article.
- Property manager New article.
- Quiet title action New article, without notes. Needs work.
- Easement: major additions and some corrections.
- Adverse possession:
- Use tax: filled legal gap with very U.S. article.
- Warranty: added implied warranties, clarified "extended" warranty discussion.
- Attempt, criminal law: new article. Without notes. Needs work.
- Rental agreement New article, cars and housing rentals.
- Landscape maintenance New article.
- Home Repair New article.
- Skidder: added other uses, fixed some grammar and spelling, cleanup of irrel stuf.
- List of New Hampshire places Created new list, more than just cities.
- Cohos Trail Expand substub.
- Four-thousand footers New article, also expanded with further research later.
- Mount Clay Start substub.
- Lenticular cloud: added foto of huge lenticular over Mt. Washington.
- Franconia Notch State Park New stub.
- Mount Washington Regional Airport New stub.
- Crawford Notch New stub.
- Merrimack Valley Region: New stub, NH regions. Also tuned up other related articles.
- Tuckerman Ravine add snow-bound foto.
- Presidential Range Researched and added other summits in the range. Added foto.
- Glossary of climbing terms Add a dozen new entries and corrections.
- List of New Hampshire-related topics Added dozens of existing articles to list.
- List of New Hampshire numbered highways New article.
- Lake Washington ferries New historical article.
- List of cities in Wyoming (of all places} to round out list of lists, above.
Also touched various New Hampshire towns, New Hampshire regions, New Hampshire rivers, Washington state rivers, Olympic Peninsula, Seattle neighborhoods and Boston neighborhoods location pages, and mountaineering, firefighting, electrician, National electrical code (U.S.) and other topical pages with additional information, corrections, etc.
Also corrected spelling and grammar on large number of pages, added links to related pages, add external links and references as appropriate.