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CameronCEO C. Weinstat London – England Congratulations JO LEE on an AnaExecutive McCatherty Anniversary Issue splendidly done. Edmonton – Canada The World’s Most Powerful becomes a fascinating twist to the charmed In Craig Ricker’s The Digital pages of JO LEE. Your presentation, Divide (Anniversary Issue 2011), your flow of content, and your the argument that Communism photography are outstanding. does not believe in God, therefore there can be no humanity seems flawed in two ways. First, whether we believe in God or not does not MetahExecutive Zarkonis affect whether there is a God; and Hamburg – Germany second, the morality of Christianity EriProfessor Taafe can exist whether the government The Marvelous Maverick’s miniature Nuuk – Greenland believes in God or not. Caring for politics of community associations is our neighbor (person or country) is a often intrusive and equally as trying Epiphanies (A-Ha!) – Our minds are valid philosophy that produces results as major world politics. Finding indeed fascinating! They look at a in this world. Whether that concept community solutions is a real problem over and over to see the core is incorporated in government action challenge and this story, Unfairness, truth, or an answer to the puzzle. As is more a matter of democracy vs. History And Magic, is an interesting the author, Dr. Saul Levine, cleverly dictatorship. Dictators resort to example. Trying to assign benefits to states: the enlightenment that comes oppression in order to keep control, need may not be even possible. in an insight, or solution, is amazing. while a democracy denies control to (Anniversary Issue 2011) oppressors and allows progress.

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EditorCarla Dragnea at Large Carla Dragnea is a Biologist whose interest in feature writing has encompassed ‘the study TheGene Provocative Arceri & of life’. In September, 2008, Challenging World she was appointed Intellectual of Arceri Advisor to the YES! E-Help Campus which assists 11+ Gene Arceri has gained world million young people worldwide attention as a writer, critic, YouAndrea Are Buckett I’veJohn Always Paul Jarvis with their problems, each month. award winning PBS reviewer and What You Ate Been Nuts yesintl.com publicist. A native New Yorker, Andrea Buckett, Dr. of Paul Jarvis has enjoyed a full Gene resides in San Francisco Homeopathy, lecturer, writer, corporate career as CEO of and spends considerable time renowned food expert – is four subsidiaries of foreign in London. Among his best passionate about helping people multinationals and served on six selling books are: ‘Elizabeth feel young. She is a graduate of boards. Board and boat sailor, Taylor: Her Life. Her Loves. Her The Homeopathic College of tennis player, terrible musician Future’, Susan Hayward’s ‘RED’ Canada and her successes to date all tempered by eclectic friends and ‘Charlie of Nob Hill’. {San have become a sole focus on the – affords a basis for views and Francisco’s most famous cat} body’s benefits and pleasures of opinions on a broad range of [email protected] great food. topics. WhenKelechi Angels Eleanya Cry Kelechi Eleanya, a UNDP Coordinator, is an economist and a committed development expert. He holds a degree in Renewable Natural Resources Management and a Master’s in Forest Economics.

LaMonte Grande S. BellFinale ProsStanley & Ex.Cons J. Dorst DoubleSaul Levine, Entendre MD Monte S. Bell was a practicing Stanley J. Dorst is a retired officer Saul Levine, MD, is Professor architect in San Francisco for of Chevron Land Development of Clinical Psychiatry at the almost 40 years while affiliated Co. and CEO of Grosvenor University of California and with Sidmore, Owings and Development Co. He’s been the Head of Psychiatry at Rady Merrill before forming his advisor to European governments Children’s Hospital in San own firm in 1970. Born in and private companies as Vice- Diego. He is an international Vancouver, Canada, Monte President of The International author and former host of a is now retired and living in Urban Development Association long-running television advice Vermont. Always interested in and advisor for The International Yes,Lois Virginia! M. Gordon Come – show. He is especially interested art, he began drawing cartoons Executive Service Corps on Explore with Me in the paradox of humanity: our for his high school magazine and behalf of the United States Lois M. Gordon is a world capabilities to be benevolent has continued cartooning to the State Department Agency for traveler and resides in California’s and inspirational, yet also to be present. International Development. Silicon Valley. She has spent her greedy and destructive. Gail Regan is vice-chair of successful photographer, Cara Operations. She chairs hilarious speaker, chef, mixologist Energy Probe, is a member of Kathleen Mailliard Solmssen the Canadian Association of resides in the magnificent L’OcchioRay Scotty / The Morris Eye Family Enterprise, the Family TheCraig Digital Ricker Divide outskirts of San Francisco. Her Ray Scotty Morris is an Firm Institute and the Strategic Craig Ricker is a prolific pinterest.com/fashionandflair internationally renowned Leadership Forum. She has a writer and among the world’s and fashionwithflair.blogspot. photojournalist and successful PhD in Educational Theory best photographers. He com is filled with life lessons and San Francisco society and an M.B.A. in Finance. Her went to Russia to develop an laughter, exquisitely mirrored in photographer. He has won background in sociology and her understanding of its world from her column Pizzazz. 29 photo awards in just ten personal experience of business the inside and to accurately years – local, state and national, have given her an intellectual portray their life predicament including best news picture of interest in the problem of evil. within his books. the year. Scotty has received a Certificate of Commendation from the U.S. Senate along with the distinct honor of being written into the 107th U.S. Congressional Record. Heide Van Doren TheBetz Rich & The Famous Sally Anne Dr. James T. Heide Van Doren Betz, an TheReisner Poet’s Corner TheRutka Rich & Art Consultant specializing in Sally Anne Reisner grew up The Famous Ancient Art and Icons, has taught in San Francisco’s Bay Area Dr. James T. Rutka is the R.S. Art History and created world and then taught in an urban- McLaughlin Chair of the famous collections of Antiquities Dr. Margaret R. suburban high school in New Department of Surgery at the and Icons. Her accomplished Jersey for eighteen years. At University of Toronto; Co- photography was shown in a solo TheO’Keeffe Poet’s CornerUmanzio the age of fifty she left her job, Director of The Arthur and exhibition at the Winckelmann Dr. Margaret R. O’Keeffe re-married and focused on her Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Museum in Germany. Umanzio, Peggy, has been an writing. Research Centre, and pediatric advisor to CEOs and corporate neurosurgeon at The Hospital for executive teams. She was a Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. cofounder of the first fully- He has served as Chairman of integrated alternative public the Division of Neurosurgery, school in the U.S., has lectured University of Toronto and at Boston University as well as President of the American at Stanford, Berkeley and Tufts. Association of Neurological She is currently writing a book Surgeons. titled Delivering on the Promise. TheDavid Power C. Wesonga TheVera Poet’s Resnik Corner Of Momentum Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, David C. Wesongaa, partner Vera Resnik lost most of her of Keyakinuthia Capital, is family in the Holocaust. Her founder of Afrizo Corporate volunteer work in the New Jersey Communications, Kayrox, East court system – as a conflict Africa’s first online lending resolution resource and advocate bank, and of ‘ICONS’. He is an for children’s rights – led to a International Library Of Poetry court appointment to the child Kathleen Mailliard Silver Inductee, and recipient of TheH. Gail Marvelous Regan review committee. Today, Vera’s SolmssenPizzazz the 2008 prestigious ADESTE Maverick writings are widely read. Renowned designer, writer, Gold Medal. JL

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The maiden voyage of Queen Mary 2, arriving in San Francisco under the Golden Gate Bridge, greeted by a Union Jack.

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HumanBy H. Gail Regan Evolution And Slow Recovery Toronto – Canada

Work of Art By Andraz Begus Nova Gorica – Slovenia

Recovery from the 2008 financial crisis diligence without efficiency. The tribe ecological norm, necessary for resource is slower than recovery from cataclysms will want work to be challenging, preservation. They may have broken like the world wars or other financial difficult, thrilling, so that it is special the marriage laws. But perhaps they crises (other than the crash of 1929). and resources are conserved. will be praised as heroes, becoming Why can’t we agree on a few new leaders who edge their tribe to resource banking rules and bounce back? Catching perpetrators in their lies depletion and migration. and punishing them help maintain Human evolution explains. Small- the system. This is what happened We used a deviance paradigm to mop brained hominids were successful in the case of Enron. Leaders were up the damage of the world wars, hunters. We (Homo sapiens) did found guilty and jailed, prosperity Enron and parts of previous banking not need large brains for the work of continued. It has not happened failures. In 2008, we were too rich and hunting and gathering. We evolved post-2008. Hundreds of people -- too grateful to our respected financial them to cheat and to catch cheaters. entrepreneurs, bureaucrats in quasi- leaders to think of them as deviants. government agencies, academics, Hence the slow recovery. We get over Suppose two Paleolithic men say regulators, politicians, investment betrayal by perceived bad guys, but not they go on a long journey to hunt bankers, mortgage brokers – have done mavericks who misguide. big game for the tribe, but their immense harm to the economy and intention is to meet women from are still working. Not even demoted. Some of the skills for heading a distant area. When they return, Evolution explains how. mavericks in a useful direction are the silent, empty-handed, and claim a same as for rehabilitating deviants. share of the community soup pot, Suppose two men say they go on a long But they are not exactly the same. should they be fed? Continuous, journey to hunt big game for the tribe, When we rely on deviance as the only emotionally intelligent teamwork will but their intention is to garner riches explanation, mavericks escape and be necessary for them to maintain for themselves. They return with some create an upsetting world. It takes time the integrity of their lie and not turn new tools, two beautiful brides and a to catch up to them. “state’s evidence” against one another. big animal the women helped them If insightful interrogation discovers catch on the way home. Have they their goofing-off, it takes community cheated? Have they broken the norms talent to rehabilitate the men into the of the tribe? Will they get in trouble? hunting norms of the tribe. It also takes institutional genius to develop Yes and no. Their intentions were ecological norms, ones that encourage dishonest. They were outside of the JL

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ThisBy Stanley J. DorstEvolving Universe San Francisco – California

It is so popular to say that the world 100, or 20 years ago (Viz. early 1910s was the implementation of the is going to hell as planets explode and and 1980s, World War I and the Cold Marshall Plan following World War crash into each other, countries engage War). Today nations have been largely II. To pay the perpetrators of WWII each other in wars of increasing terror, at peace since Vietnam. for the cost of repairing the damage and individuals shoot each other on we caused to their country in order to the streets and in the schools. Still, we despair that people continue stop their conquests truly moved the to attack each other. But not everyone, world immeasurably toward peace. But what is the result of these all the time, as in the good old days Germany and Japan are now peaceful collisions? Besides death and when the Vikings stole from everyone contributors to a prosperous world. destruction, harmony gradually within a boat ride, or Genghis Khan evolves. annihilated all those in his path. The So let’s once in a while appreciate the world was a continual struggle of steps that have been taken toward a We have been given a random universe nations and cities. world living in harmony. that is not in sync. God has not created a harmonious state of affairs, The universe and the countries on What do you think? but rather an evolving destiny that is earth are gradually sorting out paths gradually emerging. Every collision that avoid destruction. * “In the 19th century 70 people were results in a redirected force closer to a killed in battle for every 100,000 of harmonious path. For 2,000 years we have worked at population, whereas today 0.3 people progressing from “an eye for an eye” to are; and before modern times it was Gradually stars and planets that do “love thy neighbor”, and before that, 500.” not have a clear orbit are destroyed, from “destroy the unbelievers” to “an The Arizona Republic as countries that do not seek peace eye for an eye”. Although everyone are redirected toward that end and is not there yet, we do have a lot of criminals are isolated in prisons. people seeking peace rather than conquest, capture, theft and rape.* You can’t really deny that these trends are happening. Our lives really are Probably the greatest move toward safer than 1,000 years ago, or even harmony on this planet since Christ JL

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Robin Redbreast Each spring we await your arrival. It’s been four years since you built your nest in our front porch rafters. We bring out the wicker chairs and notice new twigs have been added; you’re preparing for your brood. The Poet’s Corner We sip our morning coffee watching By Dr. Margaret R. O’Keeffe Umanzio, Sally you sitting on your eggs. Two weeks pass. Anne Reisner & Vera Resnik One evening over wine and cheese we see tiny heads bobbing out above the nest. Photography By Vera Resnik Florida / New Jersey We count them: three!

Fully feathered in ten days, the babies are seldom left alone; you and your mate are busy feeding and guarding. We watch you cock your heads, keeping track of us on the porch and the worms Monsters in the grass. Monsters exist, so I have been told expert authority of one three-year-old. One day I step outside to find a speckled chubby robin out of the nest, a toddler walking the rafter. Monsters hide in closets, sometimes in drawers and under In an instant it flies into the trees. beds. What about the other two? And don’t need meds. I don’t want them to leave. Monsters sneak, prowl in attics, basements waiting in far away corners. ©Sallyanne Never in pairs for they are loners.

Monsters are ugly, creepy, big as in ten feet tall forming shadows in the hall. Monsters don’t like yucky broccoli or shots Hands Ice cream and candy they eat lots. Calm, strong, focused hands Hands that knead and shape clay into exquisite expressions Monsters, nighttime explorers, travel through windows, of beauty give quite a fright. Hands that rhythmically guide water to bring forth new life They never visit mommy or daddy’s room. hidden in our garden They are too busy to zip and zoom till noon. Hands that race with pen to paper to reveal the deepest feelings within his heart Monsters, monsters, Hands that gently and lightly massage the kitten’s furry chin they are everywhere. Hands that cradle my hands Never talk, make noise, smile, are silly, like light or play. Hands that say, “I love you, love me back” But always remember to stay and never go away. Beautiful, loving, magical hands of life.

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GlennReserve Bank Stevensof Australia Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Glenn Stevens was appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2006. He is also Chairman of the Reserve Bank Board, the Payments System Board, and the Council of Financial Regulators. Additionally, he serves on the Financial Stability Board, an international organization established to set standards and develop financial sector policies in order to promote financial stability.

Mr. Stevens was born in Sutherland Shire, Australia, and currently lives in Sydney. He received a degree in economics from the University of Sydney and a master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. In 1980, he joined the Reserve Bank’s Research Department, and held various positions there in the 1990s, with the exception of 1990, when he was Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. From 1996 to 2001, he was Assistant Governor (Economics), responsible for providing economic and policy advice to the Governor and Board of the Bank. In 2001, he was appointed Deputy Governor and member of the Board of the Reserve Bank.

In an attempt to bring more transparency to the Bank, Mr. Stevens has implemented many changes from his predecessor, Ian Macfarlane. Board minutes are now released after every meeting and media releases are sent out after every rate decision. He is highly committed to the independence of the Bank.

Mr. Stevens is Chairman of the Financial Markets Foundation for Children and a Director of the Anika Foundation. He enjoys playing the guitar, and is a certified commercial pilot. JL

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AlexandreCentral Bank of Brazil Tombini Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Alexandre Tombini was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1963. He has been Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil since January 2011 when he replaced Henrique Meirelles, Brazil’s longest serving central bank Governor.

After receiving a bachelor degree in economics from the University of Brasilia, Mr. Tombini earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, in the USA.

Mr. Tombini has held various positions within the Finance Ministry and the cabinet office, including as Coordinator of International Analysis, General Co-ordinator of Foreign Affairs and Special Advisor to the Foreign Trade Chamber. He was Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Brasilia from 1993 to 1994.

In 1995 Mr. Tombini joined the central bank and was involved in the formulation of Brazil’s inflation-targeting system.

From 2001 until 2005, Mr. Tombini served as Special Advisor to the Executive Director and Member of the Executive Board of Directors at the Brazilian Representative office of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Tombini presided over the foreign affairs and special studies departments at the central bank, and from 2006 to 2010 he was the Deputy Governor for Financial System Regulation and Organization.

Like other emerging markets, Brazil has fared better than developed countries in the global financial crisis. Mr. Tombini will try to contain inflation while continuing to encourage economic growth. JL

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MarkBank of Canada Carney Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Born in 1965 in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, Mark Carney is the youngest central bank Governor in the group of G8 countries.

Mr. Carney received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and a master’s degree and a doctorate in economics from Oxford University. His career began at Goldman Sachs, where he spent 13 years in its London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto offices, ultimately becoming a Managing Director of the firm.

In 2003, Mr. Carney was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, however in 2004 he left the bank to become Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, a position he retained until he was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada for a seven-year term commencing in 2008. Although the global financial crisis occurred after his appointment, Mr. Carney, aided by the stable Canadian banking system, was able to manage the situation without any bank bailouts.

Since November 2011, Mr. Carney has served as chair of the internationally established Financial Stability Board. His appointment is the first time a Canadian has headed a major international financial institution, and is seen as both a tribute to his skills and to the strength of the Canadian financial system. During his three-year term, he will be responsible for ensuring that strict regulations exist so that the economy and the world’s largest banks do not enter into another financial crisis.

In recognition of his accomplishments, Mr. Carney was ranked the 21st most influential person in the world by Time magazine in 2010. JL

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ZhouPeople’s Bank Xiaochuan of China Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Zhou Xiaochuan, a member of the 17th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, was named Governor of the People’s Bank of China in 2002, and is now serving a second and final five-year term.

Zhou was born in 1948 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. In 1975 he graduated from the Beijing Chemical Engineering Institute, and in 1985 he received a doctorate in systems engineering from Tsinghua University.

Zhou has spent his career working in China’s foremost trade and finance organizations. From 1995 until 1998 he was director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the currency regulator and manager of the central bank’s reserves. In 1999 he was appointed governor of the China Construction Bank, China’s second biggest lender. In 2000 Zhou was appointed chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, where he oversaw changes in the institutionalization of supervision requirements over China’s listed companies. In 2002 Zhou was appointed a full member of the 16th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.

Zhou has published more than 10 books and more than 100 academic articles. Fluent in English, he is less powerful than the majority of his counterparts in the West, as the People’s Bank of China does not have the power and independence to decide monetary or foreign exchange policy. These roles are filled by the State Council, China’s cabinet. JL

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BaudouinBNP Paribas SA Prot Chairman of the Board

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Baudouin Prot is Chairman of the Board of BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, for a term that expires in 2014. He was Chief Executive Officer of the bank from 2003 to 2011, and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2000.

Mr. Prot holds degrees in business administration from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales and public administration from the École Nationale d’Aministration. After graduation, Mr. Prot worked in the French civil service, first as Deputy Head of the Prefect Office of Franche-Compté, one of the French administrative districts, and then as Finance Inspector – French Treasury, and Deputy Head of the Energy and Commodities Division in the French Ministry of Industry. In 1983, he joined BNP.

In 2006, Mr. Prot was named “Financier of the Year”, a prize organized by ANDESE and INVESTIR, in partnership with Finifo, for the person who has most contributed to the development of the finance industry in France during the year. The prize was in recognition of BNP’s acquisition of the Italian bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, which gave BNP Paribas a second retail market in Europe. In 2007, he was awarded the “Social and Corporate Responsibility” award by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). Noel Lateef, President and CEO of the FPA, said the award was given for the extraordinary efforts of BNP Paribas in the aid provided to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. JL

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JensDeutsche WeidmannBundesbank President

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

At the age of 42, Jens Weidmann is the youngest person ever to head the Bundesbank. He succeeded Axel Weber, who stepped down in April, 2011. In addition to being President of the Bundesbank, Dr. Weidmann has a seat on the 17-member European Central Bank governing board.

Dr. Weidmann was born in Solingen, North Rhine- Westphalia. He studied economics at the Université de Droit, d’Economie et des Sciences: Aix-Marseille III, and at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn, where Axel Weber was one of his doctoral dissertation advisers. He had internships at the Bank of France and the National Bank of Rwanda. In 1997 Dr. Weidmann joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. From 1999 until 2003, Dr. Weidmann was Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts, and in 2003 joined the Bundesbank as Head of the Monetary Policy and Analysis Division, and Deputy Head of the Economics Department.

From 2006 until 2011, Dr. Weidmann was Head of the Department for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Federal Chancellor’s Office. As Angela Merkel’s top economic advisor, Dr. Weidmann worked on rescue plans for German banks and for carmaker Opel during the global economic crisis. In this role, he has also been responsible for preparations for the world economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries. JL

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ChandaICICI Bank Kochhar Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Ms. Kochhar joined ICICI Bank in 1984 as a management trainee, and is one of the few executives to have worked in all functions in the bank. She has a BA in Economics from Jai Hind College, a Masters in Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and is a Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. In 2009, the Board of ICICI Bank appointed Ms. Kochhar Managing Director and CEO for a term of 5 years. She is the youngest CEO in the bank’s history.

In addition to her position on the Board of the bank, Ms. Kochhar is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry, US-India CEO Forum, Executive Board of the Indian School of Business, Managing Committee of the Indian Banks Association, and of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Society.

Ms. Kochhar is the recipient of numerous awards. In 2011, she was ranked 5th in Fortune’s international list of “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”. She was also ranked the 43rd “Most Powerful Woman” in the world by Forbes magazine, and among the “50 Most Influential People” in global finance by Bloomberg Markets magazine. In addition, she was awarded the “Padma Bhushan” award, one of India’s highest civilian honors. JL

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SriWorld BankMulyani Indrawati Managing Director

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Sri Mulyani Indrawati was given position number 65 in Forbes’ 2011 list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”, the only Indonesian to appear on the list. This represented the third time Forbes has included her in its list.

Born in Tanjung Karang, Lampung, Indonesia, Ms. Indrawati holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Indonesia and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois. She worked in Atlanta for the U.S. Agency for International Development, advising on its loans and investments in Indonesia. She then moved to Washington, D.C., where she was named Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, representing the Southeast Asian countries. In 2005, Ms. Indrawati was appointed Indonesia’s Minister of Finance. In this role, she cut the country’s debt in half, increased the foreign exchange reserves to an all time high of $50 billion and was responsible for turning around Indonesia’s corrupt tax administration, which led to an increase in tax revenues.

As one of three Managing Directors at the World Bank, Ms. Indrawati oversees programs in Latin America, East Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa.

Ms. Indrawati has received many awards, including Euromoney Magazine’s “Global Finance Minister of the Year” and Emerging Markets’ “Best Finance Minister in Asia”. JL

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EXCLUSIVE

StanleyBank of Israel Fischer Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Stanley Fischer, a world renowned economist, has been Governor of the Bank of Israel since 2005, and was nominated for a second five year term in 2010.

Mr. Fischer was born in Zambia. He obtained a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. at the London School of Economics and, in 1969, a Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all in economics. He was Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago until 1973. He then joined MIT, ultimately becoming Killian Professor and Head of the Department of Economics, where he was US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s thesis advisor. From 1988 until 1990, Fischer was Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist at the World Bank, and held the position of First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001.

Prior to his appointment to the Bank of Israel by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Mr. Fischer held various positions at Citigroup, where he was President of Citigroup International, Chairman of the Country Risk Committee, and Vice Chairman.

Mr. Fischer has published numerous articles and books, including Macroeconomics, with Rudiger Dornbusch and Richard Startz. He has served on the boards of the Institute for International Economics, Women’s World Banking and the International Crisis Group. JL

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EXCLUSIVE

MasaakiBank of Japan Shirakawa Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Masaaki Shirakawa worked at the Bank of Japan for 34 years before leaving in 2006 to teach at the Kyoto University School of Government. He returned to the bank when he was appointed Governor in 2008. Mr. Shirakawa has been Chair of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Asian Consultative Council since 2010, and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BIS since 2011.

Mr. Shirakawa received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Tokyo and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He held numerous positions at the Bank of Japan, gaining experience both in the domestic and international spheres. In 2008, the Japanese Parliament vetoed two nominations for the position of Governor of the bank, and subsequently appointed Mr. Shirakawa.

When Japan’s asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, Mr. Shirakawa was one of the first policymakers to recognize the seriousness of the problem. In 1993, he wrote an internal report to top Bank of Japan officials predicting that Japanese banks would most likely incur substantial losses from bad loans, and forecasted a credit crunch and liquidity crisis.

Since 2009 Mr. Shirawaka has been a member of the Group of Thirty, a private, nonprofit international body whose representatives from the private and public sectors and academia aim to expand understanding of international economic and financial issues.

Mr. Shirawaka’s term as Governor ends in 2013. He is eligible for reappointment by the cabinet if approved by both chambers of Parliament. JL

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AgustinBank of Mexico Carstens Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Agustin Carstens was appointed Governor of the Bank of Mexico in 2010 for a six-year term.

Sr. Carstens received a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. He then obtained a Master’s and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, where deregulation and laissez-faire economics were widely advocated.

In 1985 Sr. Carstens returned to Mexico and joined the Central Bank, where he held various positions and advanced through its ranks. During this time, he dealt with several financial crises, including Mexico’s debt problems in the 1980’s and the plummeting peso in 1994. He left the Bank of Mexico in 1999 to join the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an Executive Director. In 2000 he returned to Mexico to serve as Deputy Finance Minister under President Fox. From 2003 to 2006, Sr. Carstens rejoined the IMF as Deputy Managing Director, and then again returned to Mexico to serve as Finance Minister under President Calderon, where he was responsible for instituting new taxes to increase Mexico’s revenues.

In 2011, Dr. Carstens was nominated to head the IMF, however he did not win the title. In January, 2012, Sr. Carstens was appointed Chair of the BIS (Bank of International Settlements) Consultative Council for the Americas. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Financial Stability Board. JL

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MariaAbsa Bank Limited Ramos Group Chief Executive

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Maria Ramos, viewed as one of the of the new and improved South African economy, has been Group Chief Executive of Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays PLC, since 2009.

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Ms. Ramos grew up in South Africa. A brilliant student, she worked as a bank clerk with Barclays Bank to pay for her university education. While working at the bank, she applied for, and won, the Barclays Bank Graduate Scholarship, a scholarship offered only to male students. She received an Institute of Bankers Diploma in 1983 and a B.Com. Honors in Economics from the University of Witwatersrand in 1987. She then went on to receive an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of London in 1992.

While studying at Witwatersrand, then a centre of anti- apartheid activism, Ms. Ramos developed an interest in politics. As a supporter of majority rule, she returned to the university to teach full-time, while working covertly for the then-banned African National Congress (ANC). Once the ANC was no longer forbidden, Ms. Ramos began working in its Economics department, and in 1996 she joined Nelson Mandela’s post-apartheid government as South Africa’s Director General of Finance.

In 2003, Ms. Ramos joined Transnet Ltd., the state-owned South African freight transport and logistics service provider. She became Group Chief Executive Officer in 2004.

Ms. Ramos has received many awards, including recognition as one of Fortune’s 2009 top-10 female global leaders, and the Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year accolade at the African Business Awards in 2009. JL

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StefanSveriges Riksbank Ingves Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Stefan Ingves has been Governor of Sveriges Riksbank since 2006, and has been appointed for an additional term of six years commencing in 2012. Sveriges Riksbank is the central bank of Sweden, and is the oldest central bank in the world. He is a member of the General Council of the European Central Bank, a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements, and Sweden’s Governor in the International Monetary Fund.

Mr. Ingves received a Master of Science in Economics and Business in 1976, and in 1984 earned a Ph.D. in Economics, both from the Stockholm School of Economics.

In 1988 Mr. Ingves joined the Swedish Ministry of Finance as Under-Secretary for Financial Markets, where he stayed until he became Director General of the Swedish Bank Support Authority in 1993. In 1994 he joined the central bank, where he was Deputy Governor until 1998. From 1999 until 2005, Mr. Ingves was Director of the Monetary and Financial Systems Department at the International Monetary Fund.

In his role as Governor of the central bank, Mr. Ingves has regular online chats with the public to discuss the bank’s rate decisions and to explain central bank policy. JL

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PatrickCEO Raaflaub FINMA

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Patrick Raaflaub was elected CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in 2008, and took office in 2009. FINMA, which supervises and regulates banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and other financial-related organizations in Switzerland, was formed in response to the 2008 global financial crisis by merging the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, the Federal Office of Private Insurance, and the Anti Money Laundering Control Authority.

Mr. Raaflaub studied political science, business management and economics at the University of St. Gallen, earning his doctorate in 1994. Prior to joining Swiss Re in 1994, he was an economic advisor at Credit Suisse and a partner at EBDI Consulting AG. He held numerous positions within Swiss Re, working in German, Italy, the U.S. and Switzerland, including as CFO of Swiss Re Italia, division controller for America, and Head of Finance in Zurich. Mr. Raaflaub was appointed CFO for Continental Europe and Asia in 2005.

From 2006 until 2009, Mr. Raaflaub was head of Group Capital Management, where he worked on the capitalization of the group, relationships with rating agencies, the legal structure of the group, while also dealing with Regulatory Affairs. JL

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SirBank of EnglandMervyn King Governor

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Sir Mervyn King, who was knighted in the Queen’s birthday Honors list in 2011, has been Governor of the Bank of England since 2003, and is Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Financial Policy Committee. He was Deputy Governor from 1998 to 2003, and Chief Economist and Executive Director from 1991 to 1993.

Mr. King studied at King’s College, Cambridge, receiving a degree in Economics. When he left in 1969, he was one of the 12 Economics students, out of a total of 200, to be awarded a First. Each of his four papers was marked “Alpha”, making him one of the finest economists of his generation. He went on to study at Harvard, where he was a Kennedy Scholar.

After completing his education, Mr. King taught at Cambridge and Birmingham Universities before taking positions as Visiting Professor at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he shared an office with then Assistant Professor Ben Bernanke. He was also Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, where he founded the Financial Markets Group. It was in this role that he became recognized by Government officials, who noticed his papers on tax.

Sir Mervyn is a Fellow of the British Academy, which is given to scholars who have achieved distinction in the humanities and social sciences. In 2006, the University of Cambridge awarded him an honorary Doctorate in Law. JL

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Dr.Federal ReserveBen System S. Bernanke Chairman of the Board of Governors

By Susan Berger Marketing Editor / Special Assignment New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

Dr. Ben Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia, and then moved to South Carolina, where he grew up. In 1979 he earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, summa cum laude, and in 1979 a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

After earning his Ph.D., Dr. Bernanke spent time in academia. He was an Associate Professor of Economics and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor of Economics at New York University and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1994 he joined Princeton University as Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, where he remained until 2002, when he left to become a Federal Reserve Governor.

In 2005, Dr. Bernanke was appointed by George W. Bush to be Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He became Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2006, when he also began a 14-year term as a member of the Board. His second term as Chairman commenced in 2010, and will end in 2014. Dr. Bernanke is also Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve’s main monetary policymaking body.

Dr. Bernanke has published numerous articles on economic issues, including monetary policy and macroeconomics. He co-authored two textbooks, Macroeconomics and Principles of Economics, and wrote a book entitled Essays on the Great Depression. JL

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YES, VIRGINIA! COME - EXPLORE WITH ME

As you venture out into our world, your travel can consist of a day visit to the closest towns or a journey that will place your feet clear on the other side of the world. It is all about discovery and about everywhere you walk. So, COME – EXPLORE WITH ME.

CopperBy Lois M. Gordon Canyon, Mexico Silicon Valley – California

This canyon system is four times larger most popular attractions for older adult 655 Kms (393 miles) away. Along than the Grand Canyon in the United vacationers. with many bridges crossed and tunnels States. Four of its six canyons are traversed, there’s even a 360-degree deeper – some by more than 1,000 On a map, the trek looks like a simple loop over itself at Km 592. feet. train trip between Chihuahua, capital city of the state of the same name, and The region’s geological splendor For a trip filled with beauty and roads the small city of Los Mochis in Sinaloa is equally remarkable. The Sierra filled with terror, a trip to Copper near the Sea of Cortez. In fact, this Tarahumara is a maze of 200 gorges Canyon will fill both needs. This was journey showcases not only one of the that combine to form a series of six one of the best trips we ever took, world’s great engineering feats (the massive, interconnected canyons. going deep into the canyons and high railway), but also some of the world’s on the ridges on roads that made my most awesome scenery and the most There are two ways to spend time in stomach flip. Well worth the trauma! primitive aboriginal culture still living Copper Canyon. Stick to the rail in North America. route, making stops along the way for The Copper Canyon is truly one of hikes, or venture into the canyons. the Western Hemisphere’s great scenic The journey is special on several fronts, This requires more planning, stamina and cultural journeys. The Sierra not the least of which is the incredibly and an adventurous spirit. Canyon Tarahumara (Copper Canyon) belongs ingenious train route. The Chihuahua visits are the most rewarding, it is here on the wish list of almost every traveler. al Pacifico Railroad carries riders from the awesome treasures come alive. It is fast becoming Mexico’s most sea level to over 2,400 meters (8,000 popular “soft-adventure” attraction feet) above when traveling west from If you plan on going be certain to while also catering to hardcore the agricultural city of Los Mochis, find a tour company that provides the backpackers, day hikers, mountain through coastal plains, up and over the whole canyon not just a train ride and bikers, bird watchers, historians and Sierra Madre mountain range before the upper rim. You must experience naturalists. It is also one of Mexico’s descending to the city of Chihuahua the beauty from all locations. JL

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU ATE – YOU’LL BECOME WHAT YOU EAT

AndBy Dr. Andrea I’ll Buckett Bet The Sweeps On That! Toronto – Canada

Q: Is turkey bacon healthier than all canned goods. BPA serves as a ounces). So enjoy your espresso pork bacon? Françoise-Marie – barrier between the food and the knowing that it actually contains less Leon, France metal of the can, keeping the can caffeine than some other beverages. from eroding. The problem is that The only reason to cut back on your AB: I love this question Françoise- BPA can leach into the foods and consumption is if your caffeine fix Marie! It is funny that people then into our bodies. Once in the makes you jittery or exacerbates automatically assume that this is a body it has the ability to interfere anxiety or stress. healthier choice. The fact is turkey with hormonal and reproductive bacon can contain just as much health. BPA is also found in plastics fat and sodium as its traditional such as baby bottles, condiment Q: Is it true that vinegar aids weight counterparts. It is also interesting bottles and water bottles, another loss? Alessio – Trento, Italy that the low-fat options often reason to switch to glass. have even higher sodium content. AB: Vinegar has been revered as a Turkey is also likely to contain just weight-loss aid for years, Alessio. as many nitrates, which is another Q: I love my daily dose of espresso, There is, in fact, some truth to this health concern for many. As always, but I worry about caffeine intake. folklore! The chemical compound reading the nutrition label on the Should I switch to tea or regular known as acetic acid, which gives package is the most important factor. coffee? Winston – Hong Kong vinegar its characteristic bite, is When it comes to bacon, I like to responsible for its weight-loss action. choose organic, at the very least, and AB: In terms of caffeine, Winston, Acetic acid appears to speed up pasture-raised when possible. it is interesting to note that a daily metabolism as well as influence genes consumption should not exceed that cause the body to store less fat around 500 mg/day or the equivalent around the waist. While this may Q: I’ve recently heard about the of three to four cups of regular coffee. not translate into huge weight loss – effects of BPA – what are the main Espresso actually comes in much it certainly doesn’t hurt. sources? Cortnee – Honolulu, lower with 70mg of caffeine for a Hawaii one-ounce shot. Other sources of caffeine are Coca-Cola (35 mg/12- AB: Cortnee, BPA is a chemical ounce can), black tea (50mg/eight which is used as a lining in virtually ounces), Mountain Dew (54mg/12 JL

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Figure 3 SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION

InBy James The T. Rutka, MD Mind’s Eye San Diego – California

The human brain is an incredible internet highway appear, by the introduction of these imaging organ about which, in comparison to comparison, rudimentary and crude. technologies. We can now plan other organs, relatively less is known neurosurgical procedures in advance regarding its function and networks Since the discovery of X-rays by knowing the safest approach to a of operations. Much is known Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, we have given brain disorder. The benefit to about the structure and function of advanced our abilities to view the our patients is profound. neurons, or the electricity conducting structure and function of the brain cells of the brain that comprise about through the application of imaging There is no question that we will half the substance of the brain, or techniques such as computerized continue to learn more in our 90 billion cells. However, less is tomography (CT) and magnetic journey of understanding how the known about the supporting cells resonance imaging (MRI). These brain works. By knowing how the of the brain, called the “glia”, which procedures have advanced in brain works, we will be much better comprise the other half of the brain sophistication recently so that we can positioned to offer specific treatments substance, with equal numbers of now see regions of task-activation for diseases that arise in the brain cells. in the brain using functional MRI for which our current treatments are (Figure 1), and regions of electrical limited such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, Neurons form networks that conduct disturbances causing epilepsy using Parkinson disease, head injury, and impulses, which lead to various magneto encephalography (MEG) cancer. functions in our body such as sight, (Figure 2). Finally, large neural hearing, touch, smell, memories, and networks forming tracts of concerted I look forward to sharing advances in dreams, to name just a few. Each functionality are visualized these days these treatments in future issues of neuron can receive points of contact using an imaging technique called JO LEE Magazine! from as many as 15,000 other diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) neurons illustrating the tremendous (Figure 3). complexity of the organization of the neural networks of the brain, As a neurosurgeon, my practice has and making the most sophisticated been changed dramatically since

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PIZZAZZ

AndBy Kathleen That’s Mailliard Solmssen Pizzazz San Francisco – California

Work Of Art By Laurence Longueville Geneva – Switzerland

New York City: a plethora of inescapable pleasures and survival plan in mind. “You look terrific in that blazer pandemonium and the adrenalin rush on every corner and chinos; I thought you were going to wear your that has a heart beating for more. new Armani suit,” she said. Taking a sip of chilled chardonnay, he replied: “I thought I’d play it more Just past the brown and white striped awning entrance casual.” at Henri Bendel, I experienced one of those “take your breath away” New York moments. It was the drama of a With no time to waste, my glamorous friend strolled over Claes Oldenburg-sized, Baccarat-styled chandelier, placed to the closet, grabbed the Armani jacket by the scruff of high above an art deco, hexagon shaped jewelry case that its neck and lovingly begged her ex to let her wear it. The had me nearly gasping for air. only reply possible was, “Yes”. Arm in arm with her two boys, sleeves rolled up, collar up and attitude in place, she This more than magnificent museum-quality masterpiece headed towards the limo. had been spray-painted matte black! My first thought was: “WHY?” My second thought was: “WHY NOT?” To this day, her sons call her “ R-mommie”. Now that I loved it. I laughed out loud. I was charmed to death. took PIZZAZ! Henri Bendel took chances. He was the first to introduce my heroine Coco Chanel to retail in the United States. Ω

Henri Bendel had PIZZAZ. He was ahead of his time! It was called “Sunday Evening Sanctuary” and if you made the cut, you felt quite privileged to get in to these Ω Gertrude Stein-like salons held at an eccentric lady’s mansion in San Francisco. We’ve all survived the airplane delayed/lost luggage experience. To avoid an “I’ve done it all and now I’m bored” attitude, a friend entertained us and then wrote about the evening Last spring, a glamorous gal-friend careened through this in the newspaper the following week. very nightmare with great flair and style. Pushing her taxi driver to the limit, she arrived at her hotel in record Gazing around the table at the Bohemian and socialite time. It was her son’s graduation and cocktails were in mix, you could only imagine what she would write each full swing in her ex-husband’s suite. week. To add a bit of punch to her story, we were given permanent ink pens and invited to sign her table. I With C.Z. Guest-like “grace under pressure,” wearing remember writing on the edge of the table, “living on the only T-shirt and jeans, she shouldered her way through edge with you tonight was a true delight.” the “cocktailing crowd” towards her son. A few hugs, kisses and toasts later, she greeted her ex with a PIZZAZ is and always has been her middle name!

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THE POWER OF MOMENTUM

AfricanBy David C. Wesonga Renaissance And Momentum Nairobi – Kenya

Work Of Art By Laurence Longueville Geneva – Switzerland

There is this jigger-infested tale left tomorrow.” But wait a minute; similar to Greek poets Euripides and that is oft told of the royal birth of it was not always like this! That is Aristophane. The great African Library festering in Africa. In the ’60s and momentum! at Alexandria, razed down by Julius ’70s, a young missionary arrived in the Caesar in 48 BC, was the greatest Kenyan kingdom of Wanga, and spent Long ago, Africa ruled the world, repository of knowledge. But pray, her missionary years not just preaching and history will tell you of the great where were the so-called super powers the word of God, but also teaching civilization that was Carthage in then? young kids about hygiene. Then, the Tunisia. It was brought down in 146 kingdom was full of jiggers, and no one BC and slavery took its toll. The Africa, aided only by itself, had dared stop them, because, according Punic Wars of 264 to 146 BC crippled momentum until the well-told lie took to the rich tale, they had come to the Carthage, but not before Hannibal off, overran logic, and became truth. court of the Wanga King from the had led armies to Rome, not in nuclear However, momentum to the negative court of the Buganda King, ferried by armed planes, but on elephants! Yes, is rarely reversible. The African a royal courtier who had fallen from Africa ruled Rome for 15 years! renaissance has the power to thrust grace. So, the origin being royal, the forward, but not until we heed Chinua right of entry was thus also royal! Think Egypt. Senegalese scholar Cheik Achebe’s words, that the trouble with Anta Diop has demonstrated in his Africa is simply and squarely a question But who talks of royal problems in the book African Origins of Civilization of poor leadership, and, I might add, 21st century? Think – someone seated that ancient Egyptians were indeed well-told lies. Political hygiene will do on a plane, coming all the way from black Africans! The people who built well, even solve some of the problems, Washington, D.C. to teach us hygiene? the pyramids with such precision and and we do not need missionaries to tell Americans have conquered space, gone mathematical ingenuity rivaled only by us that! Some little hygiene, personal to Mars, and chained together time the space shuttle were Africans! Think too, might erode a lot of the gains – a and travel. You could leave Asia on of the city-states that straddled the Nile small jigger problem if you ask me. Saturday and get to America on Friday valley – Thebes and Memphis. Think of the same week, and if asked say, “I of Africa scholars and philosophers JL

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DOUBLE ENTENDRE

RewardsBy Saul Levine, MD Of Aging San Diego – California

Photography by Ron Henggeler San Francisco – California

Are the “Ravages of Age” inevitable? makes significant personal changes or national resource. To be relegated Are we destined to become infirm embarks on a new challenge. to disrespect is an affront and and useless, or, to quote Peggy Lee, humiliating, and it is a terrible loss to “Is that all there is?” We see radical departures from society. long-standing patterns in roles and We are a youth-oriented culture; relationships: Older people can In a New York Times column entitled the media focuses on youthful move from being social outcasts The Geezers’ Crusade, David Brooks fashions and lifestyles, and there is to confidantes, from rejection to urged seniors to share their energy envy of youth for their energy and appreciation. They learned from and wisdom, and called for them to exuberance. Jethro Tull’s Too Old To their successes, and from their lead a “generativity” revolution, with Rock ‘n’ Roll reinforces the message failures. They became wiser, more an ethic of selflessness and communal of the incapacity of aging; while Paul philosophical, more generous and caring. Elder volunteers offer their McCartney’s poignant Yesterday is a generative, eager to share their expertise and energies in the Peace beautiful elegy for our lost youth. wisdom with younger generations. Corps, the UN, NGOs, and other agencies throughout the world. Retirement communities spring up As we age, we continue to evolve like wildfire, seen by many as a form psychologically and socially, with The presence of thousands of healthy, of “warehousing.” Life expectancies changes in our goals. We still ask wise and motivated older people, are extended, and the health of older ourselves lifelong existential and the crying needs all over the generations is improved dramatically. questions about our aspirations world for their contributions, offer There is wear and tear as we age, but and relationships but as we age and us a seminal opportunity for the people in their seventies, eighties wrestle with new issues, our answers ennoblement of our species. We and beyond are often remarkably to these questions change as well. need the wisdom of our older citizens energetic and active. who can be a major source and In the Far and Middle East, older impetus for social change. David We need a new mindset, which I individuals are inherently respected, Brooks concluded his essay with call “The Rewards of Aging”. There often perceived as elder sages whom these sage (and ironic) words: “The are often exciting developments in people go to for guidance and advice. elderly: They are our future.” the lives of older people, including In our own culture, to be older is remarkable transformations. As seen as a hindrance or even a shame. we age, we develop insights into ourselves and others, and often a Appreciation of elder wisdom new confidence and worldliness. It may finally be permeating our is magical when an older person consciousness. It is a valuable

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Visiting Spain’s Balearic Islands Words and photography by Heide Van Doren Betz InSan Francisco Style – California And Luxury

A private yacht trip from Spain to the set in motion the foundation, which with high end shopping, art galleries, Balearic Islands must have been designed eventually allowed the islands to become churches and restaurants. Villages in in heaven. Warm sunshine and soft part of Spain, even though invasions by the mountains are accessible via miles breezes accompany the magnificent pirates and Ottoman generals continued of picturesque narrow, windy roads that sailing on “Jesus water”, as our captain into the 16th century. date back hundreds of years. Old stone called the smooth azure sea, from the houses built on terraced hillsides lined harbor in Valencia to the seaport in The first island reached from Valencia is with century old olive trees, are accessible Ibiza. We glided along on the open sea Ibiza, a haven for tourists from Northern only by foot and offer exquisite local until the most stunning group of rock Europe, who worship the sandy, free crafts, especially ceramics and leather. formations suddenly appeared in the spirited beaches, artistic communities, The historic Cathusian Monastery in distance. As the boulders came closer, and entertainment at all night discos Valldemossa is a popular destination. what at first seemed like a heap of rocks, and restaurants. It is said that at Ibiza’s Frederic Chopin and George Sand spent became a lush oasis with powder white Salinas Beach a bathing suit top has the winter of 1838 there creating quite a beaches, olive and almond tree-covered not been sold in over 20 years. A scandal at the time. Sand then wrote her terraces, and cliffs jutting in and out of historic and picturesque ancient fort, book A Winter in Majorca. the sea. about an hour’s climb uphill from the yacht harbor, overlooks the city and the A fortunate indulgence aboard a These Balearic Islands, which include Mediterranean. luxurious private yacht, great climate, Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca, and Formentera calm open sea, beautiful beaches, historic off the coast of southeastern Spain, Sailing from Ibiza to the largest island, villages, ancient sites, all enjoyed with have a diverse historical past dating to Majorca is a feast for the eyes. The good friends is certainly a highlight in prehistoric times. Ancient coins and extensive yacht harbors, filled to capacity any lifestyle. artifacts discovered in gravesites have by yachts flying flags from around dated as far back as 5,000BC. the world, provide a welcome for the Conquests and rule over the islands entry maneuver of the yacht into its included the Phoenicians, the reserved space. The capital of Majorca Carthaginians, the Romans, the Vandals, is Palma, which is also the capital of the the Byzantine Empire and the Moors. In autonomous community of the Balearic the 13th century, King James I of Aragon Islands. Palma is a bustling seaport JL

Jo Lee Power 2012 77 Salinas Beach, Ibiza . A bathing suit top has not been sold in 20 years here. The entrance gate to Patara with a Lycian tomb. Patara amphitheater archway.

The terraced old town of Dia seen from the Orient Express Hotel opposite: Old Town, Majorca where shopping becomes sport

Sunset at Palma’s most famous “sunset The main street of Patara. cafe” Cafe del Sol.

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L’OCCHIO / THE EYE opposite: Most of the marketing takes place right on the long boats.

DamnoenWords and Photography Saduak’s By Ray Scotty Morris Floating Market San Francisco – California

The most famous of the hundreds point your camera anywhere and you of floating markets in Asia has to be come up with great pictures. All the Damnoen Saduak, which is situated colors from the rainbow are there, the about 100 kilometers from Bangkok. flat-bottom boats with the owners in bright, colored clothing and hats are My photographs are from this market, just a joy to see and photograph. which was made very famous because of its starring roll in the James Bond In parts of the canal the boats are so movie, Man with the Golden Gun. I crowded together that you could use say, even without the Bond fame, this them for stepping stones from one market would hold its own with any bank to the other. Not only do you market, floating or otherwise, in the have the boats filled with food, fruit world. and vegetables but along the banks are other sellers with souvenirs, handcraft The sheer size, smells and colors make items, hand woven silk dresses to it unique. The canal, built in 1866 by Ramayana masks or wood carvings King Rama IV to connect two rivers, and, of course, the delicious duck soup, is 32 miles long with the market being spring rolls, barbecued chicken, deep only a few hundred yards long, but in fried bananas, all vying for space. 1967 it became a famous tourist stop: thanks to the Bond film. To me, the market was like photographing a beautiful rose with The market is so unique and colorful the glitter of morning dew shimmering now that it is a photographer’s dream; in the morning sun. What a picture! JL

Jo Lee Power 2012 87 Entering an abandoned house. Saduak floatingmarket in Bangkok. Fresh localproduce atDamnoen

Susan climbing in through a window.

Locally made straw hats for sale on land or water.

Overall view of the market area of a 32-mile long canal.

Susan at the abandoned olive presses. next page: Susan dragging the chair from the church.

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AllBy Guy Lamarche That Glitters Is Gold City of Timmins – Canada

Photography Johnny Jones, the Quintessential Prospector compliments of the Timmins Museum archival collection

Located in Northeastern Ontario, helped to shape our promising future. Wilson, three important icons in the Canada in one of the richest mineral Hardy and adventurous souls the likes city’s first 100 as well as the unveiling producing areas in the Western of Benny Hollinger, Sandy McIntyre of a hand-painted mural of 100 faces of Hemisphere, the City of Timmins is and Jack Wilson were on to something. our most prominent citizens who have synonymous with gold exploration Was it a vision, an intuition or simply a without a doubt, excelled and inspired and mining and is known as a four- gut feeling? You be the judge. the rest of us to reach for new heights. season destination for adventurous vacationers, families, and travelers from Picture for a moment the exhilaration One such person is Dorothea Lee around the world. that men like Jack Wilson and his Mascioli, mother to Jo Lee, founder fellow prospectors felt when in 1909 and publisher of JO LEE Magazine. The story began in 1909 with the they discovered the “Golden Staircase” Great people make great things happen Porcupine Gold Rush, a gold rush that would become the fabled Dome and over the past century, thousands of like no other. By 2011, the Porcupine Mine still operating and still producing residents of Timmins have contributed Camp had mined over 70 million gold 100 years later. Timmins became to the quality of life we enjoy. Relive ounces of gold, compared to the 12 the premiere mining camp of North our colorful past at the Timmins million ounces produced during the America. Where other mining camps Museum: National Exhibition Centre. Klondike Gold Rush. came and went, Timmins carried on. Come celebrate with us! Through booms and busts and even Hundreds of men headed north the catastrophic fire that cut through www.timmins100.ca to Timmins in search of fame and the Porcupine in 1911, it endured, fortune, and fuelled the Porcupine continued to grow and attracted many Gold Rush. One hundred years later, community builders who found fame interest in the Timmins region is at and fortune by association to the an all time high with prospectors, mining discoveries. developers, and aftermarket, mine- related manufacturers finding their way To recognize all those who persevered, here in search of prosperity. the City of Timmins embarked on an ambitious From the discovery of gold and other four-year celebration that began in precious commodities including 2009 recognizing 100 years of mine diamonds, history repeats itself and the exploration, mining production, and “City with a Heart of Gold” continues the Great Porcupine Fire of 1911, all to reap the benefits of renewed leading to 2012, where we celebrate exploration fever. 100 years of Timmins.

The discovery of gold in 1909 helped Many events are planned, including the shape our community and the many unveiling of three, seven-foot bronze things that define it. Our colorful past statues of McIntyre, Hollinger and JL

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The Next 100 Years: One Child’s Journey How She/He Will Live, Love And Never Really Die

Liberating The Child: By Kelechi Eleanya KeepUnited Nations Your Development Perspectives Program Right Abuja – Nigeria

Who would think that “liberating the is a vital aspect of a child’s need for demystify, a message he/she wants to child’ sends any message of particular security, which many parents and pass across to the world, a change he/ importance or need? In a world of caregivers overlook. she wants us all to see. And this is why growing insecurity and hazards, what it is important to understand the role makes a child need to be liberated? We may also consider the struggle of of self-liberation in human life starting a child during the mother’s labor as from infancy. Very well though, it is quite relevant a sign of a thirst for liberation – “Let and timely to reason in this direction. me go,” the baby seems to be asking A child, being once helpless, self- Total human development is a during the push from its mother. liberates from weakness toward lifelong process that must be carefully independence, toward freedom. understood. The term “liberating” Parenting experts observe that parents The process continues throughout could be examined in a generalized see a newborn as a vulnerable, childhood and beyond. way. defenseless human being, who is very dependent on adults. However, we Ours is a simple responsibility! We can begin to think of self- must note that by learning to hold liberation, which is a process of human heads up, to crawl, to stand – the Let’s help children to make the whole development where one liberates baby liberates him/herself from his/ process as natural as possible. Let’s oneself from dependencies of any sort, her helplessness and weakness. He/ not let our need for their security toward freedom. In this instance it she self-liberates toward new spaces interfere with their need for further becomes revealing how this concept and new sights. Parents may put a development. Make it work now. of self-liberation can be applied to a hand on the child’s back or to support child’s development. We should begin the child’s feet but who makes the to reason that as early as birth each movements? The baby does, all by child begins to move to obtain freedom itself. Is this not self-liberation? by his or her own efforts. This means that caregivers and parents must realize What we must all understand here is that from the first breath, the process there are limits we must not go beyond! of self-liberation of a child begins; it The child has a code he/she wants to JL

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THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Putin’sBy Craig Ricker Eurasian Empire Moscow – Russia

Work Of Art By Alexandre Guillaume Paris / New York City

The Neocons are howling because all things left, Marxist, liberal, etc., culture. A non-European culture of Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian empire. are facets of a larger and total war on cannot be part of such an empire. Since most of the leading Neocons are all forms of traditional societies; a war Other cultural groups must form their former Trotskyites themselves this all that the forces of the left are winning, own cultural unions. smells like a bad comedy. decisively. His book, Men Amongst the Ruins is a powerful analysis of the Mr. Dugin’s empire joins Russia, Why? – because the Soviet Union plight of traditional Western culture. Belorussia and the Ukraine, which are never actually collapsed. The Neocons European cultures, to central Asian know this so why are they surprised by The left hates Evola. They have tried cultures in Kazakhstan and beyond. its official reformation? The only thing everything to discredit him, but all Naturally a trade union is possible, new about this empire is that it is being has failed. The left does not debate but not an empire. The Eurasian openly declared. his ideas; they are too strong. The empire concept is an attack on Evola’s left’s only option is to pretend he does philosophy, to which Mr. Dugin claims Where does this Euro-Asian empire not exist. That worked well until the to adhere. If not Evolist, then what is come from? Putin’s global politics guru Internet appeared. it? is a man named Alexander Dugin. He is a neo-Bolshevik/nationalist. I Alexander Dugin is an Evolist. He To grasp this we must examine the personally believe he is a Russian even maintains an Evola society. Yet, favorite tool of the left; cognitive patriot at heart, but that is where his Mr. Dugin operates in a Marxist- dissidence. Putin’s Eurasian empire patriotism ends. Unfortunately for Leninist world, a world in which Evola is the final curtain on the Perestroika Mr. Dugin’s patriotism, there is no embodies the eternal enemy. Mr. deception theater. The Soviets room for honest nationalism in Putin’s Dugin helped author the Eurasian pretended to collapse; now they are Marxist-Leninist regime. empire and he claims it is in the spirit pretending to form a traditional, of Evola. How can this be? nationalistic, Evolist Empire. This In the world of nationalist philosophers comedy is set in a society ruled by an Julius Evola is the king. Julius Evola According to Evola’s traditionalist anti traditionalist, Marxist Leninist was a Sicilian Baron who lived from concept, an empire must unite societies KGB. With top hat and cane, the 1898 to 1974. His ideas played a large that are based on a common traditional Trotskyite, American Neocons, are role in the Italian anti-communist culture. Evola’s European empire, pretending to take this cognitive struggle, and his influence is growing which includes Russia as a European dissident nationalism seriously. today. Evola defined himself as a society, may only voluntarily include radical traditionalist. Evola felt that cultures rooted in traditional European JL

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THE PROVOCATIVE & CHALLENGING WORLD OF ARCERI

LloydBy Gene Arceri Nolan: with Sandra GrabmanA Champion To Remember New York / San Francisco / London

Born in San Francisco to Irish- of children with disabilities and episode entitled “A Test for the Living,” American parents, Lloyd Nolan their families. He made television in which Lloyd’s character educated was one of Hollywood’s most public-service announcements. He others about autism. dependable and respected actors. hosted telethons. He narrated the Whether a wisecracking investigator, 1973 documentary Normalization: Autism affects roughly one in 100 compassionate police officer, grouchy A Right to Respect, a project of the children in the United States alone. doctor or dastardly bad guy, he was Atlanta Association for Retarded Scientists around the world are completely believable in any role. Children and Wooster Productions. searching for biological indicators. He served as Honorary Chairman After the personal heartbreak, Lloyd Lloyd and wife Mell had two children, of the National Society for Autistic Nolan subjugated his life and career, Melinda and Jay. Jay suffered from Children. He testified before the cast in the role pre-destined for him. A autism, a disability that kept him from House of Representatives’ Committee loving father figure, to these children understanding the world in which he on Education and Labor’s Selection of the real world, determined to offer lived and altered his behavior to such Subcommittee on Education in 1973. hope for their future. an extent that he needed specialized He described for them the challenges care. Mell and Lloyd searched near of autism and urged the government You can find more information about and far for help, and then they found to continue funding special schools Lloyd Nolan in the book Lloyd Nolan: the Institute for Achievement of the and their programs that make such a An Actor’s Life With Meaning, ISBN Human Potential in Philadelphia, positive difference in these children’s 978-1-59393-600-6, by Joel Blumberg which would give Jay the best possible lives. and Sandra Grabman. care. He was enrolled at the Institute in 1956, when he was thirteen years This effort helped to bring about old. Under their care, he thrived; and Public Law 94-142, which guaranteed the family would visit often. challenged children a free and appropriate public education. Lloyd In 1969, Jay had been eating dinner would even occasionally join the and choked on a piece of meat. picket line when cuts to disabled Predating the advent of the Heimlich children’s programs were threatened. Maneuver, first-aid measures failed to He was wanted on major talk shows to save his life. expound his show-biz career. Instead, he wanted to talk about a much more Lloyd was devastated. important topic – childhood disability. They were not interested. The Jack From that moment on, he made it Klugman television series Quincy was his mission in life to better the lives interested, though. They presented an JL

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CubaBy John Paul 1974 Jarvis Toronto – Canada

In the early years of Cuban tourism, presented a welcome variance in diet with virtuoso solos. At the first a decade after the 1959 revolution, but equally due to the fact that a band intermission the band, curious, the beaches were spectacular and the was performing. The musicians arrived gathered around and, through hand purported first class accommodation in a rickety bus accompanied by their gestures, asked to hear the tape. This was adequate. The country was still own undercover chaperone, dressed in was the first time they had ever heard mired in the 1950s because of U.S. a suit at a beach resort, to prevent them their sound played back. They were embargos, and anything new to the from becoming “tainted” by Canadian knocked out, laughing like children, Cuban people was either forbidden, tourists. teasing to each other when they heard illegal or both. The island functioned their solos blended with the group’s with vintage cars ingeniously held The afternoon preview set revealed a brassy sound. together with bailing wire and pirated brass section of six horn players on parts. every brass instrument you could That evening after two sets, they imagine, percussion by a master abruptly closed down the show and Travel to Cuba was only through drummer, stand up bass as well kicked everybody out of the beach formal tours closely chaperoned by as the basso guitarrón, piano, and pavilion at 11:00 p.m. As we started educated bi-lingual guides and grouped acoustic and electric guitars. Each to leave their suited minder indicated for all travel or events. It was basically musician played whatever number that the four of us should remain tourist apartheid as we were studiously of instruments the song dictated. behind. We bought much duty free kept away from Cubans. The sound produced was simply rum that night, at $2 a bottle, and sat unparalleled and the intricacies of the around a table in the shuttered pavilion The Ministry of Tourism, had not melody were subtly rendered, and none while we were serenaded to some of the figured out the food as the diet of the musicians could read a note. purist solos imaginable. They played a consisted of free-range chicken and The songs were all by ear committed private concert until 3:00 a.m. shrimp; that’s it. They provided all to memory, learned while listening to activities and we were constantly forbidden Florida radio 90 miles away. reminded of the Communist government with posters and signs A traveling companion had a small and propaganda. The bon voyage pig hand-held tape recorder and taped as roast was a special occasion because it they covered Chicago’s full repertoire JL

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PowerBy Carla Dragnea Up With Yoga Bucharest – Romania

From one point of view, life is like It consists of ancient theories, and self-actualization increase, looking through a kaleidoscope. You observations and principles about the social skills increase, anxiety and see wonderful colors and geometric mind and body connection, which depression decrease, hostility decreases, patterns. If you are interested are now being proven by modern concentration improves, memory only in the physical reality, you will medicine. Substantial research has improves, learning efficiency improves, deconstruct the kaleidoscope, and been conducted to look at the health mood improves, well-being increases, come to the conclusion that all the benefits of yoga – from the yoga self-acceptance increases, and attention beauty you have seen comes from only postures (Asanas), yoga breathing improves. a few splinters of old colored glass. (Pranayama), and meditation. The You are disillusioned. The dream of information on yoga poses and benefits Biochemical Benefits of Yoga: glucose the kaleidoscope has been destroyed. is grouped into three categories: decreases, sodium decreases, total physiological, psychological and cholesterol decreases, triglycerides The same goes for yoga. One cannot biochemical effects: decrease, HDL cholesterol increases, look at it only as a form of exercise. LDL cholesterol decreases, hematocrit Yoga books tell us that yoga aims to Physiological Benefits of Yoga include: increases, hemoglobin increases, unite the mind, the body, and the stable autonomic nervous system lymphocyte count increases, and total spirit. Yogis view that the mind and equilibrium, pulse rate decreases, white blood cell count decreases. the body are one, and that if it is given respiratory efficiency increases, the right yoga kit and tools and taken cardiovascular efficiency increases, In this modern era, yoga’s tendency to the right environment, it can find gastrointestinal function normalizes, to let everything go, and silence, at harmony and heal. Yoga, therefore, is endocrine function normalizes, first, seems insane, then inspired. The considered therapeutic. It helps you excretory functions improve, notion of bodies at rest becoming become more aware of your body’s musculoskeletal flexibility and joint souls at peace is reactionary, radical posture, alignment and patterns of range of motion increase, eye-hand and liberating. If it cures nagging movement. It makes the body more coordination improves, reaction time backache, great! But isn’t it bliss just to flexible and helps you relax even in the improves, posture improves, strength sit this one out, to freeze the agitation midst of a stress stricken environment. and resiliency increase, energy level and “om” to what may be beyond it, or This is one of the foremost reasons why increases, weight normalizes, sleep within ourselves? people want to start practicing yoga, improves, immunity increases. to feel fitter, be more energetic, be Namaste! happier and peaceful. Psychological Benefits of Yoga: somatic and kinesthetic awareness increases, Yoga is a science that has been mood improves and subjective well- practiced for thousands of years. being increases, self-acceptance JL

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JL WITS END

HumorBy JO LEE Magazine And You New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London / Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

The fattest knight at King Arthur’s Round Table was Sir Cumference – proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island – but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

She was only a whiskey maker – but he loved her still.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class – because it was a weapon of math disruption.

No matter how much you push the envelope – it’ll still be stationery.

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other – “You stay here, I’ll go on a head.”

In a democracy it’s your vote that counts – in feudalism it’s your count that votes.

If you jumped off the bridge in Paris – you would be in Seine.

Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, “I’ve lost my electron.” The other asks, “Are you sure?” The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive.”

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication. JL

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