Research / Statistics / Analysis

Research / Statistics / Analysis:

  criminal background checks / comprehensive backgrounds on persons and businesses in the U.S. and Canada / conducting legal / internet / library research; researching land / client / recorded documents / corporation history; research recorded documents to determine how to terminate them; ACHA / Medicaid / Medicare research; laws / rules / ordinances / municipal codes / statutes / link analysis / monitoring subjects / statistics and analysis based on DDACTS / prepare maps depicting reported traffic infractions and part i crimes / prepare CompStat report figures and/or charts and diagrams / preparation of maps for sex offender & predator registration / coordinate and track special functions such as the DEA's National Take Back Initiative / research federal grants for leadership training and other funding opportunities relevant to law enforcement

Introduction to resume

Welcome to my resume. The purpose of this website is to supplement the information contained within my resume.  I am an Orlando area freelance writer, researcher, paralegal*, legal assistant*, desktop publisher, analyst, photographer, Notary Public who provides supplemental office assistance as an independent contractor.

Please be advised that confidential information such as employer names, names of academic institutions, email addresses, and other contact information is being withheld from posting online due to lack of privacy on the world wide web. Confidential information being readily available makes it easier for others to commit fraud and identity theft.  Such items are contained within the hard copy / file version of my resume and can be discussed at the interview.

Thank you.
Angeline Low

*Legal field services available only to law firms, under direction of attorneys and not to non legal field entities or individuals.

Legal Document Preparation

Legal Document Preparation:  drafting / preparing legal documents / instruments / applications to water management districts (WMDs), counties, and cities (city / county resolutions / ordinances, conservation easements (CE), financial assurance instruments, deeds, conservation / drainage easements, Conservation Area Impact Permits (CAIP), responses to Requests for Additional Information (RAI), Capacity Reservation Certificates (CRC), Capacity Encumbrance Letters (CEL), Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA), Development Review Committee (DRC), Petition to Vacate (PTV) - Right-of-Ways (ROW) and easements, Special Exception, Variances, Code Enforcement Board (CEB) hearing documents / motions; drafting leases, contracts addendums, DR-219, UCCs

This service is only available to law firms under direction of attorneys and not yo individuals or non legal field entities.

bumptious

bumptious \BUMP-shuhs\, adjective:

Crudely, presumptuously, or loudly self-assertive.

The clown in the girl is bumptious as can be: bouncing about in the peaked cap and oversized coat of a boy she hasn't learned to love yet, pacing in lockstep behind a fellow-lodger for the sheer love of badgering him, blowing out her cheeks like a fussed walrus when crossed.
-- Walter Kerr, Anne Frank Shouldn't Be Anne's Play, New York Times, January 7, 1979

Still a tremendous singer and a man so confident of his own sex appeal that he could make the most outrageously bumptious behaviour seem not only engaging but also entirely natural.
-- David Sinclair, "Larger than life and twice as rocky", Times (London), March 13, 2000

Wells did not meet his father until he was an adult, by which time he had developed his own blunt, sometimes bumptious personality.
-- George Vecsey, "An Outsider Who Became an Insider", New York Times, October 7, 1998

Bumptious is perhaps a blend of bump and presumptuous.

verisimilitude

verisimilitude \ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood\, noun:

1. The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true.
2. Something that has the appearance of being true or real.

In an attempt to create verisimilitude, in addition to the usual vulgarities, the dialogue is full of street slang.
-- Wilborn Hampton, "Sugar Down Billie Hoak': An Unexpected Spot to Find a Father", New York Times, August 1, 1997

For those plays, Ms. Smith interviewed hundreds of people of different races and ages, somehow managing to internalize their expressions, anger and quirks enough to be able to portray them with astonishing verisimilitude.
-- Sarah Boxer, "An Experiment in Artistic Democracy", New York Times, August 7, 2000

The old man's massive forehead, penetrating eyes and enormous beard lentverisimilitude to this unappealing portrait.
-- "Charm itself", Economist, October 16, 1999

Verisimilitude comes from Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis, from verus, "true" + similis, "like, resembling, similar." The adjective form is verisimilar.

equivocate

equivocate \ih-KWIV-uh-kayt\, intransitive verb:

To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite.

The witness shuffled, equivocated, pretended to misunderstand the questions.
-- Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England

By equivocating, hesitating, and giving ambiguous answers, she effected her purpose.
-- Harriet Martineau, Letters from Ireland

Dr. Lindzen does not equivocate. "We don't have any evidence that this is a serious problem," he says flatly.
-- William K. Stevens, "Skeptic Asks, Is It Really Warmer?", New York Times, June 17, 1996

To equivocate is literally to call equally one thing or the other: It comes from Medieval Latin aequivocare, from the Latin aequus, equal + vocare, to call (from Latin vox, voice).

Litigation & Trial Preparation

Litigation & Trial Preparation:  conducting research for / drafting and preparing initial motions / responses, propounding discovery and responses: Complaints, Answers, Request for Admissions (RFA), Interrogatories (Rogs), Requests to Produce (RTP), Motions to Compel (MTC), Motions for Protective Order (MPO), Motions for In-Camera Inspection, Motions for Extension of Time (MET), Motion for Sanctions, Motions to Consolidate, Motions to Transfer Venue, Motions to Dismiss (MTD), Motions for Default, Requests for Assistance, Petitions for Benefits / Claims for Benefits. Specialty in M/ Att. Fees & Costs, Att. Fee Affidavit, & Timesheet maintenance. issuing Notice of Production Non-Party (NPNP) and Subpoena Duces Tecum (DT); summarization / page & lines of Examinations Under Oath (EUO) and deposition transcripts

Paralegal Review / Analysis

Paralegal Review / Analysis:

  reviewing ordinances, statutes, municipal codes, surveys / sketches / legal descriptions; dictation; time entry / timekeeping; reviewing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) for completion of insurance applications; preliminarily flag medical issues in medical records; preliminarily flag lease provisions

Paralegal functions are only performed at law firms under direction of attorneys. This service is not available to individuals or non legal profession entities.

bailiwick

bailiwick

PRONUNCIATION:

(BAY-luh-wik) 

MEANING:

noun: A person's area of expertise or interest. 

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle English bailliwik, from bailie (bailiff), from bail (custody), from Latin baiulare (to serve as porter) + Middle English wick (dairy farm or village), from Old English wic (house or village), from Latin vicus (neighborhood). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weik- (clan), which is also the forebear of vicinity, village, villa, and villain (originally, a villain was a farm servant, one who lived in a villa or a country house), ecumenical, and ecesis. Earliest documented use: 1460. 

USAGE:

"Ms. Sarah Palin took the extraordinary step Tuesday of filing an ethics complaint against herself, making the matter fall within the bailiwick of the personnel board. Her lawyer Mr. Van Flein then asked the Legislature to drop its inquiry."
Peter S. Goodman and Michael Moss; Alaska Lawmakers to Seek Subpoenas in Palin Inquiry; The New York Times; Sep 6, 2008. 

fugacious

fugacious \fyoo-GAY-shuhs\, adjective:

Lasting but a short time; fleeting.

As the rain conspires with the wind to strip the fugacious glory of the cherry blossoms, it brings a spring delicacy to our dining table.
-- Sarah Mori, "A spring delicacy", Malaysian Star

The thick, palmately lobed lead is lapped around the bud, which swiftly outgrows its protector, loses its two fugacious sepals, and opens into a star-shaped flower, one to each stem, with several fleshy white petals and a mass of golden stamens in the center.
-- Alma R. Hutchens, A Handbook of Native American Herbs

When he proposed the tax in May, Altman thought it would follow the fugaciousnature of some flowers: bloom quickly and die just as fast.
-- Will Rodgers, "Parks proposal falls on 3-2 vote", Tampa Tribune, June 27, 2001

Fugacious is derived from Latin fugax, fugac-, "ready to flee, flying; hence, fleeting, transitory," from fugere, "to flee, to take flight." Other words derived from the same root include fugitive, one who flees, especially from the law; refuge, a place to which to flee back (re-, "back"), and hence to safety; and fugue, literally a musical "flight."

eschew

eschew \es-CHOO\, transitive verb:

To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful).

In high school and college the Vassar women had enjoyed that lifestyle, but afterward they had eschewed it as shallow.
-- Nina Burleigh, A Very Private Woman

While teaching in Beijing, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang in the late 1920s, he helped launch what became known as the "new poetry" movement, which eschewed traditional forms and encouraged topics based on everyday life.
-- Bruce Gilley, Tiger on the Brink

Finally, the first American diplomats . . . made a point of eschewing fancy dress, titles, entertainments, and all manner of protocol, so as to be walking, talking symbols of republican piety.
-- Walter A. McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State

Eschew comes from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin, scheuchen.

kismet

kismet \KIZ-met; -mit\, noun:

Destiny; fate.

It's pure kismet when these two find each other.
-- Janet Maslin, "The Mighty': Talents to Make Buddies -- Walking and Wisecracking", New York Times, October 9, 1998

Winning wasn't essential, though it seemed kismet that Cone, for a second straight year, came back from injury to pitch in a game that clinched a bit of postseason bliss.
-- Claire Smith, "Cone Puts the Yankees' Minds at Ease", New York Times, September 21, 1997

Applewhite's writings are heavy with kismet: he said he was visiting a hospitalized friend when Mrs. Nettles entered the room and their eyes locked in a shared recognition of esoteric secrets.
-- Barry Bearak, "Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate", New York Times, April 28, 1997

Kismet comes (via Turkish) from Arabic qismah, "portion, lot."

taradiddle

taradiddle or tarradiddle

PRONUNCIATION:

(tar-uh-DID-l) 

MEANING:

noun: 1. A petty lie. 2. Pretentious nonsense. 

ETYMOLOGY:

Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1796. 

USAGE:

"This investment is pure puffery and taradiddle."
Malcolm Berko; Taking Stock; The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois); Apr 26, 2010. 

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880) 

Harriet Tubman on dreams

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." -Harriet Tubman

effulgent

effulgent

PRONUNCIATION:

(i-FUHL-juhnt, i-fool-) 

MEANING:

adjective: Shining brilliantly; radiant. 

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin effulgere (to shine out), from ex- (out) + fulgere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, and flame. Earliest documented use: 1737. 

USAGE:

"No other ballet so remorselessly exposes the gulf between effulgent grandeur and mere competence."
Allen Robertson; The Sleeping Beauty; The Times (London, UK); Jul 27, 2007. 

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. -John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) 

Being Wise

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook." - William James

diktat

diktat

PRONUNCIATION:

(dik-TAT) 

MEANING:

noun:
1. An order or decree imposed without popular consent.
2. A harsh settlement imposed upon a defeated party. 

ETYMOLOGY:

From German Diktat (command, order), from Latin dictatum (something dictated), from dictare (to dictate), frequentative of dicere (to say). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly), which is also the source of words such as judge, verdict, vendetta, revenge, indicate, dictate, paradigm, interdict and fatidic. Earliest documented use: 1922, in reference to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, by Germany. 

USAGE:

"Public participation in politics [in China] may not yet be approaching the raucousness in India, but it is equally incorrect to view the Chinese as obedient zombies silently following the State's every diktat."
Cultural Evolution; Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); Dec 19, 2010. 

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960) 

usufruct

usufruct

PRONUNCIATION:

(YOO-zuh-fruhkt, -suh-) 

MEANING:

noun: The right to use and enjoy another's property without destroying it. 

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ususfructus, from usus et fructus (use and enjoyment). Earliest documented use: 1646. 

USAGE:

"It is currently in the process of purchasing perpetual usufruct rights to a number of plots."
Budlex Prepares for Large Residential Project; Warsaw Business Journal (Poland); Jan 17, 2011. 

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

prescience

prescience \PREE-shuns; PREE-shee-uns; PRESH-uns; PRESH-ee-uns; PREE-see-uns; PRES-ee-uns\, noun:

Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
--prescientadjective

But you could not fault his prescience in 1980 when he [Arthur Seldon] wrote: "China will go capitalist. Soviet Russia will not survive the century. Labour as we know it will never rule again. Socialism is an irrelevance."
-- "Prophet of privatisation puts money on Major - well, £2.50 of it", Electronic Telegraph, March 28, 1997

Critics and historians have written admiringly of Dostoyevsky's acuity at forecasting the nature of the political turmoil that would envelop Russia over the next 100 years; Ms. Egloff, too, pays homage to the novelist's prescience.
-- "Plotters and Snoops in Old Russia", New York Times, May 23, 1998

As a professor, he earned a reputation for prescience when he returned an examination to a student named John Grisham with the comment, "Although you missed most of the legal issues, you have a real talent for fiction."
-- "The Final Refrains of 'Dixie'", New York Times, November 11, 1998

Prescience is from Latin praescientia, from praescio, praescire, to know beforehand, fromprae, before + scio, scire, to know.

Imagination

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein

largess

largess \lar-ZHES; lar-JES; LAR-jes\, noun;

also largesse:

1. Generous giving (as of gifts or money), often accompanied by condescension.
2. Gifts, money, or other valuables so given.
3. Generosity; liberality.

Four years after her marriage she exclaimed giddily over her father-in-law's largess: "He has given Waldorf the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for a birthday present!"
-- Stacy Schiff, "Otherwise Engaged", New York Times, March 19, 2000

The recipients of Johnson's largesse were understandably indifferent to what propelled him.
-- Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973

A swelling chorus has arisen recently to complain that the PRI has been up to its old tricks, showering voters with largesse (ranging from washing machines to bicycles and cash).
-- "Mexico's vote", Economist, June 24, 2000

Largess is from Old French largesse, "largeness, generosity," from large, from Latinlargus, "plentiful, generous."

truckle

truckle \TRUHK-uhl\, intransitive verb:

1. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.

noun:
1. A small wheel or roller; a caster.

Only where there was a "defiance," a "refusal to truckle," a "distrust of all authority," they believed, would institutions "express human aspirations, not crush them."
-- Pauline Maier, "A More Perfect Union", New York Times, October 31, 1999

The son struggled to be obedient to the conventional, commercial values of the father and, at the same time, to maintain his own playful, creative innocence. This conflict could make him truckle in the face of power.
-- Dr. Margaret Brenman-Gibson, quoted in "Theater Friends Recall Life and Works of Odets," by Herbert Mitgang, New York Times, October 30, 1981

I am convinced that, broadly speaking, the audience must accept the piece on my own terms; that it is fatal to truckle to what one conceives to be popular taste.
-- Sidney Joseph Perelman, quoted in "The Perelman Papers," by Herbert Mitgang,New York Times, March 15, 1981

Truckle is from truckle in truckle bed (a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another bed; also called a trundle bed), in reference to the fact that the truckle bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master. The ultimate source of the word is Greek trokhos, "a wheel."