User:Tdbostick

Tdbostick is Timothy D. Bostick. He was born in the United States and currently works for Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, editing and proofreading English-language academic texts. He works partly for the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, mostly on the subject of the apicomplexan parasite Plasmodium falciparum and how to prevent it from causing malaria. He also works for the vice president's research office, proofreading and translating paperwork related to research grant applications as well as tracking external funding grants or applications and invitations to professors for full tenure.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient and Modern Languages from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois in 1998. This means he's fluent in English and German; partially fluent in Spanish; and can read and translate Latin, Koiné Greek, as well as some Classical Hebrew and Aramaic. He's also studied some Italian and Arabic.

He has trained in martial arts since 2000, dabbling in Shotokan karate and kickboxing before settling with Wing Chun kung fu. He achieved the rank of Sifu in November 2012 under Sigung Olaf Buschke, Sigung Marc Debus, and Sigung Andreas Zerndt, who in turn were trained by Sigung Lo Man Kam, the nephew and longstanding student of Sigung Yip Man.

He plays bass guitar for the metal band Ancient Prophecy based out of Wetzlar, Germany, also serving as the proof-reader and pronunciation guide for their English lyrics. If documents for international concerts and publicity need translating, here's there for that as well.

His interests include foreign languages, martial arts, bass guitar, chess, reading and writing, computers, astronomy, religion, movies, history, dinosaurs, shiny objects, and, well, pretty much anything :-)

Most of his contributions to Wikipedia have been, and will continue to be, proofreading improvements to English-language articles. He has also contributed two German-language biographies for Professors Georg E. Becker and R. Heiner Schirmer and translations into English for Professors R. Heiner Schirmer and Katja Becker.

Philosophically, he'd describe himself as agnostic, because nobody can really know what happens after death nor completely ascertain the meaning of life or know beyond a shadow of a doubt the nature of God and the universe, and this lack of 100% certainty should serve to keep humanity humble when it comes to differences of opinion of a religious/philosophical nature. HOWEVER, he is fairly certain that the God described in the Bible is a real, living God that cares for His creation and seeks to rescue those who follow Him. Timothy bases this not only on a careful investigation of various world religions, focused primarily on their ideologies and not on their often disappointing adherents, but also on personal events of an empirically inexplicable nature (i.e. miracles) that have from time to time occurred in his life.

See also: http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/bostick, http://www.blogger.com/profile/12039801931858709323.

--Tdbostick (talk) 13:04, 5 May 2011 (UTC)