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- My First Oshkosh, Part II August 8, 2017
- My First Oshkosh, Part I August 4, 2017
- July Dream Flight July 24, 2017
- Harrison Ford is a Good Pilot… and I'm not just saying that because he's still hot at 74 years old July 6, 2017
- Every Time I Land a Plane, I'm a Bad@ss April 10, 2017
- Night Flight with The Monkey April 4, 2017
- Above the Clouds with JetBlue March 13, 2017
Tag Archives: Adventure
My First Oshkosh, Part III (Final)
Posted on August 15, 2017 by skyalive
"She pumped her fist excitedly into the air and shouted, "YES!", with a little jump at the end. "Thank you," her mom said, smiling and looking like she just dodged a bullet. I don't think she realized her daughter had just decided her future…" Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Pilot, Uncategorized | Tagged Adventure, Airline Pilots, Airport, AirVenture, ALPA, Apollo, Aviation, Blue Angels, Buzz Aldrin, Dare2Fly, Dick Rutan, EAA, EAA Museum, Flight, Flying, Happy, Inspiration, Jen Toplak, Life, monkey, NASA, OSH, OSH17, OSH18, Oshkosh, Pilot, Wisconsin, Women PIlot, WomenVenture | 2 Comments
My First Oshkosh, Part II
Posted on August 8, 2017 by skyalive
"The next morning I found my logbook, my precious precious logbook… saturated. I had two choices – freak out and start crying over wet paper, or smile at the mark that would eventually dry, but forever remind me of my first Oshkosh experience… " Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Uncategorized | Tagged Adventure, Air Force, airlines, Airport, AirVenture, Amelia's Landing, Aviation, Camp Scholler, ChicksFly, DC-3, EAA, EAA Airventure, Flight, Flying, Ford Tri-Motor, General Aviation, happiness, Happy, Life, Living, monkey, NASA, OSH, OSH17, Oshkosh, Plane & Pilot, SOS Tent, Women Venture, WomenVenture | Leave a comment
My First Oshkosh, Part I
Posted on August 4, 2017 by skyalive
"I mean, I couldn't believe it – there I was, on merely my second day of Oshkosh, shamelessly taking my shirt off in the cockpit of 79 year old DC-3… these are the things we do for aviation." Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Ninety-Nines, Uncategorized | Tagged Adventure, AeroShell, airlines, Airport, Airshow, AirVenture, Apollo, Aviation, Blue Angels, Buzz Aldrin, C2A, Cirrus, Cirrus 2 AirVenture, COPA, Dare2Fly, DC-3, EAA, EAA Airventure, F/A-18, Flight, Flying, Happy, Inbound with Whiskey, Life, Living, Love, NASA, OSH, Oshkosh, Pilot, travelling, Women Pilots, WomenFly, WomenVenture | 17 Comments
July Dream Flight
Posted on July 24, 2017 by skyalive
This weekend was another successful Dream Flight event with Above the Clouds. I served as Flight Coordinator for a young boy named Justin, who was referred to us by Boston Children's Hospital where he is a patient. Justin was very … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Uncategorized, Volunteer | Tagged Above the Clouds, Adventure, airlines, Airport, AirVenture, Aviation, Charity, Flight, Flying, Hanscom, Hero, JetBlue, KBED, KOSH, KOWD, Landing, Life, Living, Love, Making a difference, Massachusetts, Norwood, OSH, Oshkosh, OWD, Piedmont Aviation, Success, Volunteer, Volunteering | Leave a comment
Every Time I Land a Plane, I'm a Bad@ss
Posted on April 10, 2017 by skyalive
"BAM, that's how that shit is done!!!" I texted out shortly after landing in Norwood (KOWD) Sunday morning. Every time I land a plane, I feel like a total badass. Every time I land a plane perfectly, or near perfectly … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Volunteer | Tagged Above the Clouds, Adventure, Airport, Aviation, crosswind landing, dunkin donuts, Flying, Happy, KASH, KBED, KOWD, Landing, Life, Living, Love, monkey, Pilot, Solo, Success, Volunteer, Volunteering, Woman Pilot, Women Pilots, Yeehaw | 8 Comments
Night Flight with The Monkey
Posted on April 4, 2017 by skyalive
CLICK HERE for backstory on The Monkey. ~~~ Flying… it's definitely a drug. If I were to ever OD on something, I'd want it to be aviation. I've been working 'round the clock the last few weeks. I'm passionate about what I … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Ninety-Nines | Tagged Adventure, airlines, Airport, Aviation, Chicks Fly, Cross Country, dunkin donuts, Flight, Flying, happiness, Happy, KBED, KPWM, Landing, Life, Living, Love, Massachusetts, monkey, Piper Warrior, Planes, Portland, Success, Sunset, travelling, Women in Aviation | 2 Comments
Above the Clouds with JetBlue
Posted on March 13, 2017 by skyalive
Rolling into a small local airport, you're almost always guaranteed to see two things… old men and equally old planes. A wave is created every time something outside the norm happens – a pilot has to make more than one go-around, a warbird lands, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Ninety-Nines, Volunteer | Tagged Above the Clouds, Adventure, airbus, airlines, Airport, Aviation, Charity, Flight, Flying, happiness, Happy, JetBlue, KBOS, Life, Living, Love, Making a difference, Operations Tower, Planes, Solo, Success, Volunteer, Volunteering | 3 Comments


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English Learners
The English Learner Program serves a very diverse group of students. There are currently 2,090 EL students, which is about 11% of the total student population. These students speak more than 80 languages and dialects. Our largest groups are refugees or descendants of former refugees, migrants or settled migrants, and long-term medical visitors.
Our EL team's goal is to collaborate and advocate to inspire, challenge, and empower English Learners as they develop their social and academic English language while maintaining their multicultural identities.
- English Learner Identification
- On-going Identification
- Newcomer Services
- Elementary K-5 EL Services
- Middle School 6-8 EL Services
- High School 9-12 EL Services
- Exiting the EL Program
English Learner Identification
As part of the registration process, Minnesota requires all families to complete the Minnesota Home Language Survey. MN Standardized English Learner Procedures
If a family indicates a language other than English on the language survey, the family is directed to the EL Registrar. The EL Registrar gives the student the WIDA Screener (grades 1-12), an English language proficiency test. The results from this assessment determine the student's English Language Proficiency level and if the student would benefit from EL services. If EL services are deemed appropriate and parents' consent, the student will receive these services at the school site from an EL teacher. If the student is a kindergartner, the site EL teacher will assess the student's English language proficiency using the WIDA MODEL, a developmentally appropriate English language assessment for kindergartners. The results of this assessment will assist in determining if the child will benefit from English Learner services.
Each year, parents receive a Notification of EL Services letter in the mail. This letter explains the program and the types of EL services available to their child. If a parent wishes to refuse EL services, a meeting should be set up at the school site. This meeting will discuss the needs of the child. Parents must complete a Refusal of Services form in order to stop EL services.
On-going Identification
Minnesota is part of the WIDA© consortium. WIDA© provides member states with high quality standards, assessments, research and professional development for educators. Since Minnesota is a member of WIDA©, students are assessed using the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 English language proficiency assessment. This assessment is for Kindergarteners through 12th grade students who have been identified as English Learners (ELs). This assessment is given each year between February and March. The results of this assessment identify students' English language level. The information is used to determine student's placement for the following year.
The WIDA levels are used to determine services for EL services.
Newcomer Services
Students with little to no English language skills are typically enrolled in our Newcomer Centers, which are located within our schools. Our Newcomer Centers teach students the basics of reading, writing, listening and speaking in English. The intensive, all-day programming also teaches math, science and social studies content to students. Bilingual assistance is available for students who need additional help. Typically, students remain in the Newcomer Centers for about a year, until they pass assessments that show they have enough basic literacy and English proficiency to participate successfully in a regular education classroom.
Elementary K-5 EL Services
Elementary EL students receive language instruction at their elementary schools from a licensed EL teacher. Students receive services according to their language level. Students may receive instruction through a combination of services, such as co-teaching, push-in or pull-out for small group instruction, or individual language instruction. The time provided for each student depends on the needs of the student and the type of services provided. The service time typically ranges from 30 minutes to an hour of EL instruction. EL teachers focus on developing academic language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The instruction is aligned to the Minnesota English Language Arts standards and the WIDA English Language Development Standards. EL teachers communicate regularly with mainstream classroom teachers regarding student needs and progress.
Middle School 6-8 EL Services
Some EL students may receive direct English instruction for up to two hours daily, depending on their level of language proficiency. EL students may receive daily language instruction in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students also develop academic language that is relevant to math, science, social studies and language arts. EL services may be provided through co-taught mainstream classes, small group instruction, sheltered English Learner classes, and consultation with teachers. The services provided depend on the students' level of English language proficiency. Instruction is aligned to the Minnesota English Language Arts standards and the WIDA English Language Development Standards.
High School 9-12 EL Services
Students at the beginning English level (WIDA Level 2) receive two hours of instruction in Language Arts taught by an EL teacher. This course earns general elective credit. Students at this level are also offered sheltered geography, and math, which earn credit towards graduation. Students at the developing and expanding levels (WIDA Levels 3 and 4) receive two hours of instruction in Language Arts which is taught by a licensed English teacher and a licensed EL teacher. Students are also offered social studies, science, and math courses, which are either sheltered or co-taught classes. At levels 3 and 4, all courses earn credit towards graduation. For more specific course descriptions, see the Rochester Public School's Course Registration Guide.
Age Limitation: Minnesota allows students to attend high school until age 21. However, the law states that there must be a reasonable expectation of graduation for students to enroll in the High School Newcomer Center. Students who are 20 years old and have limited previous schooling will be referred to the Adult Literacy program.
Exiting the EL Program
When a student has met the EL Exit Criteria, the student will be reclassified and will no longer receive EL services. Parents will be notified of this reclassification. Students will continue their education in the regular mainstream classrooms. Please see the documents below that describe the criteria used by the state of Minnesota to determine when a student is ready to be exited from the program.
Bilingual Staff
|Staff Name
|Ojulu Ochalla
|(507) 328-4237
|Suhair Abushara
|(507) 328-4246
|Nawal Saad
|(507) 328-4246
|Heldovac, Ajla
|(507) 328-4243
|Peng, Ponnareay
|(507) 328-4239
|Sinnas, Alice
|(507) 328-4239
|Yan Li
|(507) 328-4238
|P Sourath, Oukhane
|(507) 328-4238
|Adan, Hani
|(507) 328-4247
|Addani, Ahmed
|(507) 328-4247
|Hersi, Fadumo
|(507) 328-4247
|Mohamed, Baris
|(507) 328-4247
|Martinez, Patricia
|(507) 328-4241
|Boggs, Susana
|(507) 328-4241
|Millan, Martha
|(507) 328-4241
|Cordovez, Alexandra
|(507) 328-4241
|Thuan Nguyen
|(507) 328-4245

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Some 22 percent of the world economy can be considered digital, with this share of economic output deriving from broad inputs such as digital skills and technologies. Many businesses and governments, however, could increase overall productivity and growth by making their digital investments more effective.
As part of research shared at the 2016 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Accenture and Oxford Economics analyzed 11 of the world's most advanced economies across 13 industry sectors. The goal? To explore the ways in which digital creates value and identify possibilities for improvement and optimization. Business leaders and policy makers must take a smarter, more strategic approach toward maximizing their investments, particularly in digital skills, where—depending on the industry—information, communication and technology expertise has become integral to many jobs. Before they can recalibrate their approach, though, leaders must develop a clear understanding of the extent to which digital is truly part of their workforce. Below, explore our findings on the digital skills of workers across the globe.
Source: Accenture and Oxford Economics
As a showcase for the most innovative thinking on high-performance business, Outlook focuses on six core themes: Redefining Competitiveness, Digital Disruption, Global Operating Model, Open Innovation, Sustainability and Workforce of the Future. We feature original content devoted to these topics as well as a selection of unique insights offered by professionals throughout Accenture.


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Every American is a lethal biological weapon,
Think before you kiss one! LOL!
Every American is a lethal biological weapon,
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Directed by David M. Rosenthal, A Single Shot is a tale of greed, romance, country living, and tragedy.
Based on the novel, by Mathew F. Jones, Hunter John Moon, while stalking a deer, accidently shoots and kills a beautiful young woman. While burying her body in a cave, Moon, played by Sam Rockwell(Iron Man 2, The Green Mile, Charlie's Angels, stumbles upon a large sum of money. The incident leads to a cat and mouse game of stalking between Rockwell and the backwoods theives as they extort him to recover the lost money.
A Single Shot, produced by Keith Kjarval, Aaron Gilbert and Chris Coen, which features gorgeous cinematic textures and qualities also stars Jeffrey Wright (HBO's Boardwalk Empire) , Kelly Reilly ( Flight), Jason Isaacs, Joe Anderson(Twighlight Saga Breaking Dawn) , Ophelia Lovibond ( Roman Polasnki's Olivers Twist) , Ted Levine (Monk) , William H. Macy(Shameless).
Rosenthal (Falling Up, Janie Jones) states "I had been chomping at the bit to roll on an atmospheric dramatic thriller like this one. I was stunned by the rich atmospherics and the cinematic quality of the writing..." He is a huge admirer of Rockwell ..."I have long wanted to work with Sam Rockwell. He is, simply out, one of the very finest actors of his generation and when he responded to the script and wanted to meet me, it was a truly exciting moment." Of the cinematic qualities he states..."The film needed to be brutal, savage, and wild, There needed to be tension in the geography and place. "


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Depending on interest (and matching support) I am considering a potential roadtrip to Europe to present a state-of-the-art review on digital textbooks.
As you may be aware I have a blog devoted to digital textbooks named _DT > Digital Textbooks_
For the past several months my focus has been on populating a Mendeley database that currently contains several hundred major/minor cites/sites.
I am posting to ask if you and/or your library colleagues might have an interest in hosting and sponsoring such a presentation.
I can be available from mid-May to mid-August (or other dates).
Thanks for considering !


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 17, No. 1 June 1990
Robert J. Fleming Samuel P. Graci and
Joel E. Thompson NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Abstract: The Accounting Review has changed dramatically over the years. The purpose of this study is to document these changes, putting into perspective the articles that are currently published in The Accounting Review. In particular, this study compares the work of those authors who had the most publications in The Accounting Review (Leading Authors) during 1926-1945 with more recent contributions. The results with respect to topic of articles, research methods, citations, and article length reflect the Leading Authors' practical orientation, an attribute that is not particularly apparent in the work of current authors.
Most of us are probably familiar with the current contents of The Accounting Review. Both Sundem [1987] and Kinney [1990] report that most recently accepted papers are quantitative/empirical with topics primarily in financial ac-counting, auditing, managerial accounting and taxation. They also note that almost all of the authors of recent submissions are affiliated with universities. Moreover, according to its editorial policy, the primary audience for The Accounting Review [AAA, 1990] should be "...academicians, graduate students, and others interested in accounting research."
Most of us are also aware that The Accounting Review has changed considerably over the years; however, our perceptions are likely to vary dramatically on the nature of The Accounting Review in its early years. While we might know that financial accounting was the dominant topic and that most of the writing
We are grateful to Tom Koster and Sue Wakkuri for their assistance on this project and to the participants of a concurrent session at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association where an earlier version of this paper was presented. We are also grateful to two anonymous reviewers and Dale Flesher, the Editor, for their suggestions.


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Last week I Herded Cats.
Well, all right, not really cats. I'm not a crazy cat lady and my guild members aren't felines with string addictions. But our annual guild meet up – or Herd Moot as we call it – finished last week. But what does this mean to you?
I know a lot of guilds meet up. I know some would like to and aren't sure where to begin. I figured I might share a few pointers with you in case it's something you might ever consider organising with your guild, whatever game you play. Pointers you wouldn't necessarily think of immediately, and which I've learnt both during this Moot and through organising similar knees-up in the past.
It really is worth it. More's the point, it really isn't impossible.
We had folks travel from other parts of the UK, and from Finland and Norway. I deduce from the fact that everyone said they didn't want to leave and some have made a point of saying they're now actively looking to move here that everyone had a good time. Heck, we're vaguely considering through the post-Moot recovery haze that we might organise another Moot for later in the year.
So, a few things to keep in mind for you as an organiser – or you as a participant supporting your organiser – to help your own Moot go smoothly.
1. Flexible plans. You'll select precise times/dates. Be prepared for participants to either choose to travel on slightly different times/days which best suit themselves and their finances, or simply get it wrong, without checking with you first. For example, I organised our Moot for Friday-Monday; it ended up being Thursday-Wednesday due to peoples' flights. You don't need to stress if this happens, or worry if you have obligations like work on 'extra' days – the group can look after itself for a bit! Stay on top of travel details and keep in mind how many of the group are around at any one time.
2. Intensity. Think about how important it is that your group spends all of the meet together. Think about how long your meet is; if it's quite short – 24 hours – you might well spend the whole day together as a group. if the meet is a few days then it's likely to be part-meet part-holiday for anyone who's travelled. Leaving them some time to themselves over the few days for exploring a new place on holiday might be just what both them and you need!
3. Health. Always ask anyone you're 'overseeing' if they have medical conditions you should be aware of. Reassure them that you won't make a big deal of it and it's for your reference in case anything goes wrong or they fall ill. It's highly likely everyone will have niggling little issues that they won't think it worth telling you about when you ask, but which will probably come out during your meet when they suddenly remember their bad knee doesn't like the long walk the group's halfway through. Give them plenty of opportunity to think of telling you anything pertinent; if you're planning a walk, tell them in advance, and how far, and if there are options to stop halfway through. For 'active' pursuits it's also useful to have an idea of your group's general (and lowest) fitness level. We found that half our group weren't as up for long, pretty walks as others were.
Also, get basic health supplies in. I believe a first aid kit is vital if hopefully unnecessary, and last week found me handing out painkillers to various Cats for migraines to hangovers to general aches.
4. Finances. Your group will probably reflect a range of financial situations. Try to get an idea of the range of your group's finances early on by talking to individuals quietly and in confidence. Then plan a spread of activities accordingly. Remember that money is a sensitive thing for everyone, whatever their position – don't blather publicly about who can afford which activities. if necessary plan a couple of options for any one time that differ financially; people can decide for themselves which they want to do.
5. Gaming. You do want to spend some time together playing the game you all have in common – it's great fun to all be in the same physical space playing it. Even so, strike a balance between 'real life' activities which don't involve WoW/whatever MMO you play, and playing the MMO. For us, that balance was one main evening session and a smaller, less organised session, over 6 days.
6. Booking responsibility. Everyone participating is responsible for booking something. For you that's ensuring there are arrangements for a place to game. That might be a LAN in someone's residence, which requires cables and technical equipment, or booking an internet cafe or hotel conference room.
Any participants travelling to the meet need to take responsibility for their own travel and accommodation; unless they really really want to give you their credit card details (big nono for so many reasons). The only help you should give them is to encourage them to book early and have either yourself or someone with knowledge of the area research/suggest some affordable accommodation options and travel sites. Bear in mind some people may not have travelled much and may need more help organising themselves than others.
7. Communication. As the organiser you need to be approachable. Maintain a dialogue with participants in the run-up to the meet. Less intrusive/immediate forms of contact like Facebook are ideal as it gives others the opportunity to reply in their own time, and you the ability to chase them up if they take too long to keep you posted. IM services such as Skype or MSN also work well, particularly the closer the meet is, and particularly if you are having to chase particular individuals for details.
On a more specific note, if your group doesn't often use voice software while gaming and you have people coming from other countries, they may be worried about speaking English (or whatever language). One of our guild members was particularly worried about his spoken English; we reassured him as much as possible and I also offered to talk to him on a voice skype chat before the Moot as a 'practice'/'soft' speaking run before he got here.
8. Recognition. You're all about to do something scary: go out of your way to Meet Faceless People Off The Internet. Most people in your group will be nervous to some degree. You should share your details with participants to help them see you're not a betentacled monster and so that you can stay abreast of travel details on the first day. Mobile/cell phone number exchange is crucial, as is a picture of yourself. Hopefully by setting this good example you'll inspire them to share theirs back with you.
9. Visibility. Buy sticky labels. Have everyone wear one with their character name and real name for the first day or two. Sounds geeky, right? Mayhap, but it's also practical and puts folks at ease with remembering real names and using them. You could commission individual t-shirts or hats displaying names and character information or pictures too, if you really want to push the boat out and add a memorable touch given that labels are easily lost and not much of a fashion accessory,
10. Age range. Some guilds have people of a range of ages playing. Be aware of the youngest and oldest ages you have. You may need to generally think round activities that all age groups can enjoy. On a more specific note – don't make alcohol a part of your meet if you have folks under the legal drinking age (doh!). If you have really young folks, keep a general eye on them. This all may not be a problem for you; it wasn't for us as we're one of many guilds of a similar age range. But it's easy for age differences to slip your mind when you've known people online for so long without actually 'seeing' them.
I hope some of that is useful to you and your guildies. It might look like a lot of work or a scary concept when laid out in practical tidbits but fear ye not. Guild meets can be really special events creating long-lasting memories and deeper relationships. Particularly if you keep an open mind for practical details!
What about you – are you considering doing something as crazy as this? If so, do you have any questions/worries? Have you organised meets, and have tidbits to add or any stories to share? Or do you think the idea of meeting up with the pixels you adventure is weird and wrong?
This is an article by Mimetir, an owl (and resto shaman) of a raid leader on The Venture Co. (EU) You can find HMHB.org's post on the best organic painkillers here.


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How Will Obama's Israel Visit Play Out at Home?
President Obama made a public appeal for sacrifice in the name of peace during his visit to Israel. How will the visit play out stateside? Jerry Seib reports.
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Multi-Published Novelist Louis P. Solomon Guests with Mike Angley Today
MA: I am pleased to welcome to my blog today, Dr. Louis P. Solomon. Louis founded Life Echoes, a Family Legacy Book Publishing Service. In addition he founded Pearl River Publishing (PRP), a publishing house. He spent most of his career in the military-industrial community in government and industry. He continues to be a consultant on business, technical, and financial issues. He is technically trained with a PhD from UCLA in Engineering in 1965.
Louis has written several books including five novels: The Third Legacy, Gotcha!, Unknown Connections, Library of the Sands, and Instrument of Vengeance, and several nonfiction books: Transparent Oceans: Defeat of the Soviet Submarine Force, Teleworking—A Complete Guide for Managers and Teleworkers and the Solomon Haggadah.
You have a fascinating background, especially in the technical realm. Please tell us more.
LS: I have substantial academic technical training. I have had a varied career, covering multiple disciplines, both in government and in the private sector. I received a PhD in Engineering from UCLA in 1965, specializing in Fluid Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, and Electromagnetic Theory.
Prior to entering government service I was one of three founders of a very successful consulting firm, Planning Systems Incorporated (PSI) which grew from three to over 400 people located in several states. PSI primarily supported the United States Navy (USN) during the Cold War. After ten years with PSI I went to work for the Department of the Navy for nine years as a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). As the Associate Director of Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA) for Program Management I was responsible for the Long Range Acoustic Propagation Project (LRAPP).
Subsequently I worked with the DoD National Security Education Program (NSEP) in placing within the federal government over 3,000 NSEP award recipients (graduate and undergraduates in all academic fields) who lived and studied throughout the world and learned less commonly taught languages and cultures. I also served as a subject matter expert in developing The Language Corps for the Department of Defense (DoD) as a national entity to support government agencies in times of national emergencies.
In addition to PSI, I am a founder and chief executive of several firms: LPS Collaborative Group, (a very unusual technical and management consulting firm), Pearl River Publishing (a book publishing firm) and Life Echoes, (a Family Legacy Book Publishing Service). In addition, I sporadically write a blog: The Wisdom of Solomon, which focuses on subjects which are of interest to me.
MA: I can understand the technical writing you've done, but how did you end up writing novels?
LS: In a single sentence: My Mother made me.
I wrote many technical reports and refereed technical papers. I eventually lost interest in discussing and writing about detailed technical issues. That is work for people beginning their careers.
I had no interest in writing fiction until my Mother came to me one day and told me that she had a fiction story she wanted me to write, based upon an actual event. Being a dutiful son, I said that I would write the story and promptly did nothing. But she was a tough old lady, and nagged me about it, regularly. I continued to put her off. But I was then invited, as part of a family outing to celebrate the 80th birthday of my mother-in-law, to go on an ocean voyage for a week. I find cruise ships the height of boredom, but as a son-in-law, I was obliged to accept the invitation with good graces. I then realized this was a heaven sent opportunity. I took my Mac Power Book laptop, and spent every day from 0600 to 1800 in the ship's library. It was a nice little quiet room, which was never visited by another single soul during the entire trip. I wrote all day long, and by the time the cruise was over, I had completed the first draft of the book. My Mother loved it, and I found it a very interesting tale. This story, The Third Legacy, was edited by Linda Jenkins, who has edited not only all my books, but used to edit all my technical documents and refereed journal articles which I wrote while I was associated with NORDA. She is a superb editor, and I always accept follow her suggestions about making changes to the documents I entrust in her editorial care.
MA: Did your professional career inspire your writing? Are any of your characters based upon real-life people with whom you've interacted?
LS: My professional career did not inspire my writing. It had an effect on how I write my novels, just as my technical training influenced how I write. I focus on relatively complex stories, which fit together in order and sequence. All parts of my stories hang together. The problem that I have is that I do not focus on the characters of my books. I like them all, and would associate with them in real life, if they, in fact existed. But I don't emphasize the emotional part of my novels, nor the character interactions. To me the story is one that I tell, in detail, in what I would characterize as a somewhat laconic voice. This is, I believe, the major drawback to all my novels. If I continue to write novels, and I probably will, I will be searching for someone who is very good at constructing characters who are lovable, hate able, etc. My coauthor will probably be sought as a budding playwright.
All my characters are based, to a greater and lesser degree on people I know, or knew. The skills and capabilities of my characters are based upon real people. However, I should add that I do not pay much attention to the human characteristics of real or imaginary people. They are what they are, and that is how I deal with people in real life. I like them, or do not; and friendships develop or not. I assume they think the same about me, but this may be an inaccurate assessment. I have many long term, close friends, in many fields and areas of endeavor, but I never think about them purely in an emotional way. They are wonderful in that sense that they have great enjoyment to me, but I never analyze them.
MA: Tell us more about your novels.
LS: I have already mentioned my first novel: The Third Legacy. This novel, written at my Mother's request and prodding, was based upon the historical fact that Hermann Goering, Reich Marshall of the Third Reich, was sentenced to death for War Crimes at the Nuremburg War Crimes Trial at the end of World War II. He died a few hours before he was to be hung. How he died, and who helped him was never discovered or explained. This single event allowed me to develop a tale which explained all the facts, and hopefully was interesting as a novel.
The second novel, Gotcha! was based upon the Enron scandal and the terrible effects on the people who worked for Enron. The entire story of the Enron scandal was part of a Pulitzer Prize article from several Washington Post writers. I was infuriated by the way Enron executives handled themselves and decided that I could write a story which would have the characters, originally part of a fictional corporation who underwent the same series of events that Enron encountered. Once I had the idea of wrecking vengeance, the story was easy to develop.
The third novel, Unknown Connections was a little different. I have just finished a nonfiction book: Transparent Oceans: The Defeat of the Soviet Submarine Force. This book was written for a very select professional group of people who were familiar with the issues of naval submarine warfare during the Cold War. But several people suggested that I take the same information and create fictional characters and retell the story as part of a novel, using the same information. I did, and Unknown Connections is the result.
The fourth novel, Library of the Sands, is based upon the factual event of the destruction of the library at Alexandria in the 7th Century by the invading Arab armies. The library was itself about 1,000 years old at that time. It was the largest and most complete library in the Western Hemisphere with collections dating back 1,000 years from many sources. The librarians had a long and wonderful history in developing and protecting the collection. It was, and remains, my contention that the men and women of the 7th Century were emotionally no different than the men and women of the 21st Century; but the technology is different. If I were the Chief Librarian of the Alexandria Library at the time would I let my collection be destroyed by the invading armies? Absolutely not. So, how would I protect the collection which was in my care and my responsibility? The novel, Library of the Sands, is in fact, devoted to telling the imaginary story about how this was actually accomplished.
The most recent novel, Instrument of Vengeance, is due to my enjoyment of the assassin which was told about in the series of novels by Lawrence Block. I enjoyed them, and then, as is my habit, I asked myself how someone becomes an assassin, and how can a business which offers assassination as a service, exist in the modern world? How do you find clients? How do you stay free and not get caught by the law enforcement services? After thinking about it for a little while, and with the technical background I have, it was easy to solve the problem. So, I wrote a novel about how it could be done. All the technical details are correct, and plausible.
MA: How would you characterize the antagonists in your stories?
LS: My bad guys are really not people, but events and organizations.
MA: Will you keep writing fiction, or are you going to concentrate more on your technical writing?
LS: I will continue to write novels as ideas and events appeal to me. I can't predict what they will be, or when they will occur. But my current focus on my firm, Life Echoes, I expect will have me encounter some interesting historical events and stories which I will use as a basis for a new novel, or series of novels.
MA: Thanks very much, Louis, for being my guest-blogger today. I encourage my readers to learn more about Louis Solomon by visiting his many websites:
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Bubbling Under with Butane
Alphahouse founder and minimal producer talks technique and travel
Dimitri Nasrallah - March 23, 2008
by Dimitri Nasrallah
If you were to look at the decidedly strict form of minimal techno Andrew Rasse has been producing in the last five years, it would be fair to say that, as Butane, he prefers his techno pared down.
But that doesn't mean Butane tracks don't arrive with a strong sense of style; Rasse's version of techno is confrontational, filled with unexpected shifts and wobbling with ghostly chatter. He likes his minimalism to play with the listener's head.
The first Butane singles appeared as mp3's in 2004 on Philadelphia's Unfoundsound, and soon after Rasse moved on to labels such as Jeremy P. Caulfield's Dumb-Unit and Rrygular. He also releases regularly on his own label, Alphahouse, an outlet that has run part and parcel with the Butane discography since Rasse's early days of Djing. Alphahouse also plays home to various other young American producers like Miskate and Someone Else.
This past month, Alphahouse released Butane's debut album, Becoming. The album coincides with a big move in Rasse's life; he has recently moved from St. Louis to Berlin. In our correspondence, he says that this shift in cities has given him more freedom to focus on his career. The album bears out that focus. For Butane, Berlin provides what North America couldn't muster, an environment where an up-and-coming producer has a real chance to develop a viable career. Perhaps this is why Becoming is flourishing, even by Butane standards.
MUTEKMAG caught up with Butane for an extended email conversation to figure out, among other things, where he's coming from, where's he's going, and why he can't get there from St. Louis.
You were born in St. Louis, a city not typically renowned as a musical hotbed. How was it growing up there, and how and when did you find your way into techno?
Just to clarify, I wasn't actually born in St. Louis. I moved there after University, and that's where I began the Alphahouse party and label. I grew up in a small town in the middle of Missouri, population 13,000. After high school I went to the University of Missouri to study philosophy, but I ended up spending more time studying drugs, alcohol and music than anything else. I guess you could call that philosophy, in a rough interpretation of the discipline. That's where I first discovered "dance music" and then techno. The kind of music I was into wasn't really represented around St. Louis at that time, so my friends and I would fly/drive to Chicago, New York, WMC in Miami, and other cities to seek out new sounds.
When did you first start DJing/performing? What got you into crossing the line from fan to participant, and how were those early gigs received?
I decided to start DJing around the fall of 2002. I was going back to graduate school at University, and I really had a passion for house and techno music, so I thought it would be cool to start buying the records. I never really intended to "be a DJ". I was just collecting cool music and playing it for some of my friends while we all got trashed. The early gigs were at local bars/clubs around town where my friend John was the resident DJ. I was train-wrecking tech house records to drunk college kids who mostly wanted to hear Missy Elliot or something. Not that I'm knocking Missy Elliot or anything, but you get the idea. My friends were all front-and-center listening because they were just as crazy about the music, and I like to think other people started to catch on a bit too.
What kind of music influenced you in those days?
Some early influences were Tyrant (Craig Richards & Lee Burridge), Danny Howells, Danny Tenaglia, and a lot of the other Global Underground progressive house scene. I basically entered dance music through the big compilation DJ's and worked my way down to deeper sounds from there.
How did you eventually get into recording and releasing your own tracks? When and how did the decision to get Alphahouse started come about?
I dropped out of graduate school after one semester to move to St. Louis and concentrate more on throwing the Alphahouse monthly party with my friends at this great little club called Lo. I had been DJing for about two years and running the party every month in St. Louis, when I decided to try making my own music. Like DJing, I never set out to "be a producer". It was more of an exploration for me. I wanted to know how this crazy music worked. I've always had a desire within me to understand how things work, so I had to get to the bottom of exactly how people were making this music that was having such a great effect on me.
I decided to start Alphahouse Records after about three months of making my own music. The sixth or seventh track I finished, I really felt was good enough to be on a piece of vinyl and that a few people somewhere in the world might be interested in it. I never considered sending it as a demo to a label – the first thought that came into my mind was to make my own record out of it. So I did. Luckily my friends turned in some really nice remixes of it, and the label was born.
Your tracks exhibit a pretty rigorous, refined approach to minimal techno. Can you describe your personal views on the kind of minimalism you like to capture for a successful Butane track?
Well I don't really have any preconceived ideas about what my music should sound like, so let me start at the beginning to give you some insight about my methods.
I usually start by just fiddling around with some samples, VSTs or hardware pieces, listening for particular sounds that grab me. It can be anything from a nice hi-hat to a synthy sound to a kick drum. I'm naturally drawn towards snappy percussion, minor chords, and fat round kick drums, so I simply pick out what sounds good. As I work more and more into a loop, a direction for the track presents itself, and I start to sequence the piece. Sometimes it works very naturally and intuitively and I can finish the track in one or two days. Other times I work to a point and get stuck, so I'll go back over the track many times over the next days stripping back all the "blockages" until I'm left with just the basic groove and work again from there. At some point in this process, afterworking and reducing and working and reducing, you begin to come to a really concentrated groove in the piece, and that's more and more what I'm looking for these days.
I want ALL of the sounds in the track to make sense. Nothing out of place; that's my idea of minimalism. "Minimal" is not a quantity thing, it's a quality thing. There needs to be efficiency in the sounds. There are so many tracks these days with unnecessary clutter; sounds that don't make sense in the overall structure of the piece. I'm interested in pushing that stuff to the side and finding the real essence of the groove, which leaves room for the listener's imagination to roam free. I know a piece is going well when I can hear, in my imagination, small melodies or rhythmic parts that don't actually exist in the track. There's just enough arrangement and theme to engage you, at the same time leaving enough space between sounds that the listener can discover new things in the music with each successive listen.
Marcel Duchamp said, "The creative act is not performed bythe artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act." I firmly believe that. Music should be heard as an interaction between the artist and the listener. I like to try to challenge the listener by giving him or her a bit of room for interpretation, thus adding his or her own "contribution" to the piece.
I guess the last thing that I should mention as a criteria for "a successful Butane track" is the overall sound quality. The first consideration for the sound of my music is that DJ's will (hopefully) play it on big, clean club soundsystems. I pay special attention to the low frequencies in my tracks, because bass is good. It took me a little time after the move, but I'm finally in a comfortable place in my studio so that I can really concentrate on the quality of the sounds and the overall mix of my tracks. I don't have a "professional" studio by any stretch of the imagination, and I feel like I've only scratched the surface of the technology that enables people to produce really professional sounding electronic music. I'm eager to keep learning and become a better engineer.
You've recently moved from St. Louis to Berlin. Can you talk a bit about what led to this move and how it has affected your career?
Techno music so far in my career has been like a river that just carries me along in it's current. Sometime I just feel like I'm along for the ride. That said, I'm in Berlin at the moment because it's a fucking amazing city. It's a very culturally and historically rich place. If you can get past the shitty gray skies in the winter, the overall quality of life here is incredible for an artist. I'm able to live and work only on my music, DJing, and my label, which I felt was essential to me being able to make this into a viable career. There aren't many cities in the world where a person can properly live as a full-time emerging artist, so Berlin was an easy choice for me. I'm living in the midst of some of the most talented artists in the world here. I can only hope some of it is rubbing off on me.
A number of North American producers have made the move to Europe in recent years. Do you find there is a glass ceiling in North America in terms of how much you can get done as an electronic music producer? In your opinion, what would have to happen in North America to change that trend?
I can't speak for Canada or Mexico, so most of what I have to say will be in reference to the United States. I want to say that I don't think there's necessarily a glass ceiling in North America for electronic music producers. You can make good, relevant music anywhere. There are good reasons why some of the most important electronic music has come out of the Midwestern United States. That said, it's certainly pretty difficult to pursue a career in underground electronic music while living in a city like St. Louis. I go back and play in the United States several times a year, and the scene is definitely growing there, but the overall market is just not big enough yet to sustain an upcoming artist who's trying to live from his music.
I'm going to resist the urge to go into a political diatribe against the US government and conservative Christian whack-jobs, but I will say this: There's a pretty big difference in the way countries like Germany, Holland, France, and others over here view civil liberties and personal freedoms. I feel there's a certain intellectual respect that you're given here by "the authorities" that you're not given in the US. This goes a long way in cultivating art scenes. People who are into "fringe" stuff, underground stuff, are not the type of people who like to be beaten up by SWAT teams and sprayed with tear-gas because they're taking ecstasy and dancing at a rave. Most European countries have at least partially accepted the idea that people are going to experiment with drugs, and they're probably going to listen to weird music while they're doing it. This is a good thing.
Look, when I moved to Berlin and I went to the Immigration office here, the lady I was dealing with for my visa application was actually impressed that I was some kind of "famous" DJ. Those were her words, not mine. Imagine if I were in a government office in the US, and I had to tell someone that I make and play "techno music" to people for a living. They'd look at me like I was some kind of drug dealer! My point being – there's a whole perception problem in the US about electronic music. It comes all the way down from the government through the media and into the house of Joe construction worker and Jane teacher. Somehow the majority of people there don't respect what we do as a real form of art. It's exactly the opposite here. Electronic music is an integral part of the popular culture in Europe. There are probably more worthwhile EDM publications in Germany alone than there are in the whole United States.
Step one for changing the mass-artist-exodus trend in North America: elect people with liberal social values into the government. The more Giuliani's they elect there, the further into the dark ages they're going to go. Step two: the media needs to step up and portray electronic music as the viable art form that it is.
Becoming, your debut album, is an impressive piece of work. How long have you been working on it, and what did you want to achieve with an album?
First, thank you for the compliment. I'm very flattered that you like it.
Technically I started working on it in about February of 2007, two months after I moved to Berlin. I took a live PA booking for the DEMF in May, and I had never used Ableton before, so I had three months to prepare a live set. I lot of the foundation for the album was laid during those three months writing new material for that performance. After going to DEMF and Sonar, I came back to Berlin and started thinking about turning some of these pieces into tracks. I hadn't finished a track in about 6 months at that point, so when I finally sat down it came pretty fast. I think I wrote around 15 tracks in the next 2-3 months. The album came out of that.
I guess there are a few things I wanted to achieve with this album. The first was to feel like I offered something new of myself in the music. I have released quite a few records over the last three years, so I wanted this music to be seen as an evolution in me as a person and an artist. I really attempted to work harder on these tracks, spending more overall time with them before I declared them finished. It's an especially personal collection of music for me, and I hope that people can hear that. I was in a very particular mindset while making this music, all the time reading and considering neuroscience, consciousness, astronomy, physics, etc. I think all of these themes can be seen and heard in the overall concept of the album. From the design of the jacket to the title of the LP, and hopefully through to the music, I want people to view it as a cohesive project.
You can't force people to like something. All we can do is make the music to the best of our abilities and put it out there for people to judge. If at least a few people get some kind of enjoyment out of it, then I will consider it a success.
What new tracks/acts are turning your head at the moment that we should look out for?
There are, without a doubt, a lot of talented new people in this music scene at the moment, but I'd like to give them time to see if they can sustain themselves with good creative output before I start blowing the trumpet and calling someone the new Ricardo Villalobos. Talented people who work hard and have good intentions will get what they deserve in the end, without becoming over-hyped internet sensations.
Most of the acts turning my head these days are not very "new". It seems like a lot of media outlets right now are searching for the next big thing. Instead, I prefer to talk about people who have been consistently doing amazing work for the last 10 years. Or about some of the all-time great techno and house records that are 12+ years old and I still play every time I DJ. When I think of inspiring artists, these are some of the names that come to mind: Daniel Bell, Zip, Dandy Jack, Ricardo, Losoul, Carl Craig, Mathew Herbert, Baby Ford, Moodymann, Jackmate, Styro 2000, The Kooky Scientist, Thomas Melchior, Maurizio.
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