User:H0riz0n
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H0riz0n is the Username for Futurist, Writer and Thinker: Michael J. Trout, MFA
About Michael J. Trout Born in Bethesda, MD 1967. Raised in Palma de Mallorca and attended Malsis Prep School in West Yorkshire, England. He has a BA in Theatre from Florida State University, and an MA in Arts Administration and Management from the University of Alabama and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
In 1995 after returning from the Royal National Summer Acting Programme with Ian McKellen and Alan Rickman, Trout founded the Southern Shakespeare Festival Touring Company, and with the help of Alan Rickman, who helped Trout to secure a director for the festival--Irina Brown, and Dean Emeritus Richard G. Fallon. Fallon and Trout mounted the first regional free Southern Shakespeare Festival in Tallahassee Florida in 1996 with internationally actors from the brittish stage.
He now lives in Japan--where he enjoys teaching English to elementary school kids. He is the Chairman of Eduit.org a 501c3 IT Education DC nonprofit that is behind the K12 Online Education Initiaitive -- k12.info. Its goal is very simple and doable with current web 2.0 technology--Flatten global education; by creating an highly rewarding and addictive online game. NBA All Stars meets Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on steriods.
His book wikireason:The Natural Taoist is on the wikireason website.
