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My Skill	Skill Group	Category	Details
Math	Math	Learning	Skill Group: Math Skill Category: Learning Linear Regression Analysis.
Spanish	Languages	Learning	Skill Group: Languages Skill Category: Learning I took 4 or so years of High School Spanish but I seem to have maintained my Spanish proficiency at the conversational level by speaking with local Mexicans. I picked Spanish as my High School foreign language specifically for this reason - easy maintenance in the Americas. I would like to upgrade my spanish skills to a more intellectual level and maybe read some Spanish Classics like Don Quixote or Jorge Borges.
Carbon Nanotube Modeling	Nanotechnology	Skill	Skill Group: Nanotechnology Skill Category: Skill Modeling and Simulating Mechanical and Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes and other Fullerenes.
Diving	Diving	Skill	Skill Group: Diving Skill Category: Skill SCUBA Diving, Freediving, Cliff diving.
Swimming	Swimming	Skill	Skill Group: Swimming Skill Category: Skill I tought swimming lessons and worked as a lifeguard in high school and college.
Russian	Languages	Skill	Skill Group: Languages Skill Category: Skill I was born in Kiev, Ukraine while it was under Soviet Rule and my Mother, her parents and myself squeezed through the Iron Curtain and settled in the midwest, where we spoke Russian around the house. As a result I grew up pretty much bilingual and although I have never returned to the motherland, I have maintained my fluency by regularly speaking with my grandparents and any Russians I may have run into. I can teach you Russian.
Driving Manual	Driving Manual	Skill	Skill Group: Driving Manual Skill Category: Skill I got a Manual 4 Speed Ford Escord shortly after Hight School and had a 1979 VW Bus that I drove from Seattle to Santa Barbara in the summer of 2006, also a 4 Speed.
Cheap And Dirty Still	distilling	Skill To Teach	Skill Group: distilling Skill Category: Skill To Teach Making a simple still or reflux apparatutus from only a few hardware store supplies.