Karsten A. Rist 18014 S.W. 83rd Court Miami, FL 33157 (305) 255-5275 (phone and fax) e-mail: ristck@aol.com Employment History Retired 1997. President and co-owner with Carol Rist of Kendall Plastics, 1980-1997. Kendall Plastics is a manufacturer of injection molded plastic parts serving the medical equipment and electronic industries. Systems Engineering Laboratories, Director of Data Services, […]
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Albert Rist – Curriculum vitae
Albert Rist Curriculum vitae (Comments in italics are not Albert Rist’s words, but were added by the translator as explanations.)((So if you’re keeping score – This is written by my grandfather, translated from the original German by my father, and then posted by me…)) I was born in the rough November days of the year […]
Bird List of Antarctica and Torres del Paine
Karsten A. Rist 18014 S.W. 83rd Court Miami, Florida 33157 Bird List of Antarctica and Torres del Paine 01/09/2005 through 01/22/2005 Lesser Rhea Andean Condor Cinerous Harrier Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Southern Crested Caracara Chimango Caracara Least Seedsnipe Austral Parakeet Fire-eyed Ducon Austral Negrito Chilean Swallow House Wren Austral Thrush Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch Patagonian Sierra-Finch Long-tailed Meadowlark Rufous-collared […]
The History of Old Cutler Bay Development.
Karsten Rist, 12/19/02 The History of Old Cutler Bay Development. In July of 1987 developer Raul Planas filed a dredge and fill application for a large golf course development east of Old Cutler Road and south of the Burgerking headquarters building. The project, called old Cutler Bay Estates, included plans for a Jack Nicklaus designed […]
Eagle-eyed Auduboner Keeps Golf Course Off Wetlands, May 1991
From the Audubon Activist, May 1991 BY LARRY WIILLIAMS In November 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency drew a line through a tract of coastal mangroves 15 miles south of Miami. The owner of the land wanted to build a 253-home resort community, the centerpiece of which was to be a “championship” golf course designed by […]
It’s Earth Day, so say Thanks!
Kathleen Krog EDITORIAL BOARD Miami Herald, 4/22/99 In the city I call home, Fort Lauderdale, residents can recycle a veritable cornucopia of used consumer goods. Our blue recycling bins, picked up curbside weekly, can hold glass and plastic containers, cans, wax-coated cartons, cardboard (cut up and tied, please) and bundled newspapers. We now have two […]
References to Original Mining Simulation Article
Modeling and Simulation in Mining – Its Time Has Finally Arrived by John R. Sturgul Simulation Reference Local Copy SIMULATION DOI: 10.1177/003754970107600509 SIMULATION 2001; 76; 286 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com One of the first computer simulations in any field was the first mine simulation model written […]
Computer Simulation for Solution of a Mine Transportation Problem
by Karsten Rist Mining World – December 1961 by Karsten A. Rist Mr. Rist is long range procedures engineer for Climax Molybdenum Company with headquarters at Climax, Colorado. Computer Simulation for Solution of a Mine Transportation Problem In recent months the mining industry has devoted a great deal of attention to computers and […]
Common language a cornerstone by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist, 7-11-1988, Miami Herald To The Editor: Sylvia Crespo-Tabak indicated in her July 2 letter that she is not in favor of the “official-English” amendment. Crespo-Tabak and I are citizens of the same country. For this reason it is important in principle that we be able to discuss matters that concern our common […]
The boat Möve by Karsten Rist
The boat “Moeve” Our property in Langendorf was about six acres in size. Three acres made up the lower portion and reached to the street which wound its way through the village of Langendorf. The next acre was a steep slope, the natural edge of the Biele river flood plain. Then there were two flat […]
1978 – Visiting the White House by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist Jimmy Carter was little known outside of his home state of Georgia, where he had served as governor, when he announced that he would run for president. During his primary campaign for the democratic nomination his victory in Florida was of special significance because it gave Carter’s campaign a much needed boost and […]
The End of World War II by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist In the spring of 1945 my mother, my grandmother, my sister Inge and I were living in a small apartment in Hirschberg (Silesia) in an apartment house which was owned by my grandmother. We had fled there in January of the same year when a russian offensive had overrun Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien) My […]
Paris or Bust! by Karsten Rist
Paris or Bust! Karsten Rist After graduating from high school in Moers my friend Werner Moehlendick and I worked for a year under the supervision of the German Bureau of Mines as “Bergbeflissene”, a requirement for admission to a Technical University to become mining engineers. We worked in different mines to get a well rounded […]
Mine Simulation – The Early Days by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist I could hardly believe my eyes. The e-mail on the computer screen in front of me came from a PhD student in mining at the University of Porto in Portugal. He asked: ”are you the author of a paper Computer Simulation for Solution of a Mine Transportation Problem? I am trying to locate […]
Life as a child in Langendorf by Karsten Rist
Miami, March 30, 1993 Dear Andy: Your birthday is approaching quickly and I thought about what I might do to mark this special day. The problem is, as we both know, that you are now taking care of yourself quite nicely and that you hardly need any of those things which might be bought and […]
Cross Country Skiing to Camp Hale by Karsten Rist
Cross Country Skiing to Camp Hale Spring 1960 Karsten Rist One of my good friends at the Climax Molybdenum Mine was Gene Grossman. He was a mining engineer and lived with his wife Ruth and their three small children in Leadville. Gene liked the outdoors and enjoyed exploring the mountains and valleys which surrounded Leadville. […]
Computer Memories by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist In the summer of 1959 I returned from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Leadville, Colorado. I had just finished my first year of MBA studies at the University of Michigan. I had a summer job with the Climax Molybdenum Company to do surveying in the mountains surrounding the Climax mine. On one of my free weekends I decided to […]
Coming to America – Karsten Rist
Coming to America Karsten Rist In the summer of 1955 I worked at a tungsten mine in the town of Yxsjoeberg in Sweden, an experience which broadened my outlook and motivated me to want to see more of the world. What better place to go than America, the leader in the mechanization of mining work, […]
College days in Aachen, Germany by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist An aspiring mining engineer in Germany is required to work for one year in a variety of mining operations under the supervision of the bureau of mines (Bergamt) before starting four years of study at a technical university. Once enrolled at the technical university we were pretty much left to our own devices. […]
Adventures with Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist Adventures with Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. In October of 1980 we moved from Plantation to Miami. I continued my involvement with Audubon which had started in Broward County and became active in the Tropical Audubon Society. In July of 1987 developer Raul Planas filed a dredge and fill application for a large golf course […]
A SUMMER IN SWEDEN by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist March 22, 1994 As the summer of 1955 approached I was about to complete my third year of studies in the field of mining engineering. In the previous years I had used these summers to work in a number of different mining operations, as much to make money as to learn more about […]