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7 The ADESTE Gold Medal 

10 Letters To The Editor 

Exclusives 

26 Jo Lee Anniversary Exclusive 

The World’s Top Bankers 

The 16 Who Matter 

By Susan Berger 

Special Assignment – JO LEE Magazine 

New York/San Francisco/Hong Kong/ 

London/Tokyo/Rome/Toronto 

14 The Power Image 

From the private collection of 

Ray Scotty Morris 

Internationally Renowned Photojournalist 


San Francisco – California 

86 L’Occhio / The Eye 

Damnoen Saduak’s Floating Market 

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Wealth 

66 Pizzazz 

And That’s PIZZAZZ 

By Kathleen Mailliard Solmssen 


76 The Rich & The Famous 

Visiting Spain’s Balearic Islands 

In Style And Luxury 

By Heide Van Doren Betz 


102 The Provocative & Challenging 

World Of Arceri 

Lloyd Nolan: 

A Champion To Remember 

By Gene Arceri with Sandra Grabman 

New York / San Francisco / London 

105 I’ve Always Been Nuts 

Prescience 

By John Paul Jarvis 

Toronto – Canada

Intoxicating Opinions 

16 The Marvelous Maverick 

Human Evolution 

And Slow Recovery 

By H. Gail Regan 

Toronto – Canada 

18 Pros & Ex.Cons 

This Evolving Universe 

By Stanley J. Dorst 


63 You Are What You Ate 

By Dr. Andrea Buckett 


64 Synaptic Transmission 

In The Mind’s Eye 

By James T. Rutka, MD 


70 The Power Of Momentum 

African Renaissance 

And Momentum 

By David C. Wesonga 

Nairobi – Kenya 

72 Double Entendre 

Rewards Of Aging 

By Saul Levine, MD 

San Diego – California 

98 When Angels Cry 

Liberating The Child 

By Kelechi Eleanya 

The Niger Delta – Nigeria 

100 The Digital Divide 

Putin’s Eurasian Empire 

By Craig Ricker 

Moscow – Russia 

Travel 

60 Yes, Virginia! 

Come – Explore With Me 

Copper Canyon, Mexico 

By Lois M. Gordon 

Silicon Valley – California 

Indulgences 

12 Contributors 

20 The Poet’s Corner 

By Dr. Margaret R. O’Keeffe Umanzio, 

Sally Anne Reisner & Vera Resnik 

22 Power In Motion 

Photography By Ron Henggeler 


94 All That Glitters Is Gold 

By Guy Lamarche 

City of Timmins – Canada 

107 Editor at Large 

Power Up With Yoga 

By Carla Dragnea 

Bucharest – Romania 

Limoncello 

108 LA GRANDE FINALE 

Early “Green Power” 

By Monte S. Bell 

Warren – Vermont 

109 Wits End 

Humor And You 

By JO LEE Magazine 

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Jo Lee Power 2012 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Cameron C. Weinstat 

CEO 

London – England 

Congratulations JO LEE on an 

Anniversary Issue splendidly done. 

The World’s Most Powerful becomes 

a fascinating twist to the charmed 

pages of JO LEE. Your presentation, 

your flow of content, and your 

photography are outstanding. 

Metah Zarkonis 

Executive 

Hamburg – Germany 

The Marvelous Maverick’s miniature 

politics of community associations is 

often intrusive and equally as trying 

as major world politics. Finding 

community solutions is a real 

challenge and this story, Unfairness, 

History And Magic, is an interesting 

example. Trying to assign benefits to 

need may not be even possible. 

Lester B. Arthur 

Book Lover 

New York – New York 

Mr. David C. Wesonga, Nairobi, 

Kenya, brings to mind the story of 

Rwanda – which I had forgotten. 

(Power Of Momentum, Anniversary 

Issue). It is a story of great recovery 

– and I sense the USA is moving 

toward withdrawal world wide – 

hoping the world will leave us alone 

in peace and prosperity. This article 

is a great reminder of a country that 

deserves our friendship. 

Eri Taafe 

Professor 

Nuuk – Greenland 

Epiphanies (A-Ha!) – Our minds are 

indeed fascinating! They look at a 

problem over and over to see the core 

truth, or an answer to the puzzle. As 

the author, Dr. Saul Levine, cleverly 

states: the enlightenment that comes 

in an insight, or solution, is amazing. 

(Anniversary Issue 2011) 

Timothy Spawn 

Sr. Store Keeper 

Dundee – Scotland 

Powerful is the When Angels Cry 

piece in the Anniversary Issue. 

Organized Crime: We Must Protect 

The Child – it is interesting how 

different the milieu of a teen in 

Africa can be from one in Canada. 

In North America our teens are overindulged, 

while in Africa they are 

abused, tormented by criminals. Is 

there ever a middle ground? 

Ana McCatherty 

Executive 

Edmonton – Canada 

In Craig Ricker’s The Digital 

Divide (Anniversary Issue 2011), 

the argument that Communism 

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 

affect whether there is a God; and 

second, the morality of Christianity 

can exist whether the government 

believes in God or not. Caring for 

our neighbor (person or country) is a 

valid philosophy that produces results 

in this world. Whether that concept 

is incorporated in government action 

is more a matter of democracy vs. 

dictatorship. Dictators resort to 

oppression in order to keep control, 

while a democracy denies control to 

oppressors and allows progress. 

Monica De Salle 

Banker 

Chicago – USA 

Government is too generous with 

other people’s money, as read in 

Pros & Ex.Cons, Anniversary issue. 

I agree that the people who see 

humans living in peace and sharing 

their wealth are not of this world! 

We can be generous as individuals, 

but allocating the role of spending 

“our money” to government does not 

work. 

JL

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CONTRIBUTORS 

Gene Arceri 

The Provocative & 

Challenging World 

of Arceri 

Gene Arceri has gained world 

attention as a writer, critic, 

award winning PBS reviewer and 

publicist. A native New Yorker, 

Gene resides in San Francisco 

and spends considerable time 

in London. Among his best 

selling books are: ‘Elizabeth 

Taylor: Her Life. Her Loves. Her 

Future’, Susan Hayward’s ‘RED’ 

and ‘Charlie of Nob Hill’. {San 

Francisco’s most famous cat} 

arcgen@sbcglobal.net 

Monte S. Bell 

La Grande Finale 

Monte S. Bell was a practicing 

architect in San Francisco for 

almost 40 years while affiliated 

with Sidmore, Owings and 

Merrill before forming his 

own firm in 1970. Born in 

Vancouver, Canada, Monte 

is now retired and living in 

Vermont. Always interested in 

art, he began drawing cartoons 

for his high school magazine and 

has continued cartooning to the 

present. 

Andrea Buckett 

You Are 

What You Ate 

Andrea Buckett, Dr. of 

Homeopathy, lecturer, writer, 

renowned food expert – is 

passionate about helping people 

feel young. She is a graduate of 

The Homeopathic College of 

Canada and her successes to date 

have become a sole focus on the 

body’s benefits and pleasures of 

great food. 

Stanley J. Dorst 

Pros & Ex.Cons 

Stanley J. Dorst is a retired officer 

of Chevron Land Development 

Co. and CEO of Grosvenor 

Development Co. He’s been 

advisor to European governments 

and private companies as Vice- 

President of The International 

Urban Development Association 

and advisor for The International 

Executive Service Corps on 

behalf of the United States 

State Department Agency for 

International Development. 

Carla Dragnea 

Editor at Large 

Carla Dragnea is a Biologist 

whose interest in feature writing 

has encompassed ‘the study 

of life’. In September, 2008, 

she was appointed Intellectual 

Advisor to the YES! E-Help 

Campus which assists 11+ 

million young people worldwide 

with their problems, each month. 

yesintl.com 

Kelechi Eleanya 

When Angels 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. 

Lois M. Gordon 

Yes, Virginia! Come – 

Explore with Me 

Lois M. Gordon is a world 

traveler and resides in California’s 

Silicon Valley. She has spent her 

life as wife and mother, chairing 

several committees and indulging 

in her passion for reading and 

writing poetry. 

John Paul Jarvis 

I’ve Always 

Been Nuts 

Paul Jarvis has enjoyed a full 

corporate career as CEO of 

four subsidiaries of foreign 

multinationals and served on six 

boards. Board and boat sailor, 

tennis player, terrible musician 

all tempered by eclectic friends 

– affords a basis for views and 

opinions on a broad range of 

topics. 

Saul Levine, M D 

Double Entendre 

Saul Levine, MD, is Professor 

of Clinical Psychiatry at the 

University of California and 

the Head of Psychiatry at Rady 

Children’s Hospital in San 

Diego. He is an international 

author and former host of a 

long-running television advice 

show. He is especially interested 

in the paradox of humanity: our 

capabilities to be benevolent 

and inspirational, yet also to be 

greedy and destructive.


L’Occhio / The Eye 

Ray Scotty Morris is an 

internationally renowned 

photojournalist and successful 

San Francisco society 

photographer. He has won 

29 photo awards in just ten 

years – local, state and national, 

including best news picture of 

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. 

Dr. Margaret R. 

O’Keeffe Umanzio 

The Poet’s Corner 

Dr. Margaret R. O’Keeffe 

Umanzio, Peggy, has been an 

advisor to CEOs and corporate 

executive teams. She was a 

cofounder of the first fullyintegrated 

alternative public 

school in the U.S., has lectured 

at Boston University as well as 

at Stanford, Berkeley and Tufts. 

She is currently writing a book 

titled Delivering on the Promise. 

H. Gail Regan 

The Marvelous 

Maverick 

Gail Regan is vice-chair of 

Cara Operations. She chairs 

Energy Probe, is a member of 

the Canadian Association of 

Family Enterprise, the Family 

Firm Institute and the Strategic 

Leadership Forum. She has a 

PhD in Educational Theory 

and an M.B.A. in Finance. Her 

background in sociology and her 

personal experience of business 

have given her an intellectual 

interest in the problem of evil. 

Sally Anne 

Reisner 


Sally Anne Reisner grew up 

in San Francisco’s Bay Area 

and then taught in an urbansuburban 

high school in New 

Jersey for eighteen years. At 

the age of fifty she left her job, 

re-married and focused on her 

writing. 

Vera Resnik 


Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 

Vera Resnik lost most of her 

family in the Holocaust. Her 

volunteer work in the New Jersey 

court system – as a conflict 

resolution resource and advocate 

for children’s rights – led to a 

court appointment to the child 

review committee. Today, Vera’s 

writings are widely read. 

Craig Ricker 

The Digital Divide 

Craig Ricker is a prolific 

writer and among the world’s 

best photographers. He 

went to Russia to develop an 

understanding of its world from 

the inside and to accurately 

portray their life predicament 

within his books. 

Dr. James T. 

Rutka 

The Rich & 

The Famous 

Dr. James T. Rutka is the R.S. 

McLaughlin Chair of the 

Department of Surgery at the 

University of Toronto; Co- 

Director of The Arthur and 

Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour 

Research Centre, and pediatric 

neurosurgeon at The Hospital for 

Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. 

He has served as Chairman of 

the Division of Neurosurgery, 

University of Toronto and 

President of the American 

Association of Neurological 

Surgeons. 

Kathleen Mailliard 

Solmssen 

Pizzazz 

Renowned designer, writer, 

successful photographer, 

hilarious speaker, chef, mixologist 

Kathleen Mailliard Solmssen 

resides in the magnificent 

outskirts of San Francisco. Her 

pinterest.com/fashionandflair 

and fashionwithflair.blogspot. 

com is filled with life lessons and 

laughter, exquisitely mirrored in 

her column Pizzazz. 

Heide Van Doren 

Betz 

The Rich & 

The Famous 

Heide Van Doren Betz, an 

Art Consultant specializing in 

Ancient Art and Icons, has taught 

Art History and created world 

famous collections of Antiquities 

and Icons. Her accomplished 

photography was shown in a solo 

exhibition at the Winckelmann 

Museum in Germany. 

David C. Wesonga 

The Power 

Of Momentum 

David C. Wesongaa, partner 

of Keyakinuthia Capital, is 

founder of Afrizo Corporate 

Communications, Kayrox, East 

Africa’s first online lending 

bank, and of ‘ICONS’. He is an 

International Library Of Poetry 

Silver Inductee, and recipient of 

the 2008 prestigious ADESTE 

Gold Medal. JL 


EXCLUSIVE 

The Power Image 

Photography by Ray Scotty Morris 


The maiden voyage of Queen Mary 2, arriving in San Francisco 

under the Golden Gate Bridge, greeted by a Union Jack.

THE MARVELOUS MAVERICK 

Human Evolution And Slow Recovery 

By H. Gail Regan 


Work of Art By Andraz Begus 

Nova Gorica – Slovenia 

Recovery from the 2008 financial crisis 

is slower than recovery from cataclysms 

like the world wars or other financial 

crises (other than the crash of 1929). 

Why can’t we agree on a few new 

banking rules and bounce back? 

Human evolution explains. Smallbrained 

hominids were successful 

hunters. We (Homo sapiens) did 

not need large brains for the work of 

hunting and gathering. We evolved 

them to cheat and to catch cheaters. 

Suppose two Paleolithic men say 

they go on a long journey to hunt 

big game for the tribe, but their 

intention is to meet women from 

a distant area. When they return, 

silent, empty-handed, and claim a 

share of the community soup pot, 

should they be fed? Continuous, 

emotionally intelligent teamwork will 

be necessary for them to maintain 

the integrity of their lie and not turn 

“state’s evidence” against one another. 

If insightful interrogation discovers 

their goofing-off, it takes community 

talent to rehabilitate the men into the 

hunting norms of the tribe. It also 

takes institutional genius to develop 

ecological norms, ones that encourage 

diligence without efficiency. The tribe 

will want work to be challenging, 

difficult, thrilling, so that it is special 

and resources are conserved. 

Catching perpetrators in their lies 

and punishing them help maintain 

the system. This is what happened 

in the case of Enron. Leaders were 

found guilty and jailed, prosperity 

continued. It has not happened 

post-2008. Hundreds of people -- 

entrepreneurs, bureaucrats in quasigovernment 

agencies, academics, 

regulators, politicians, investment 

bankers, mortgage brokers – have done 

immense harm to the economy and 

are still working. Not even demoted. 

Evolution explains how. 

Suppose two men say they go on a long 

journey to hunt big game for the tribe, 

but their intention is to garner riches 

for themselves. They return with some 

new tools, two beautiful brides and a 

big animal the women helped them 

catch on the way home. Have they 

cheated? Have they broken the norms 

of the tribe? Will they get in trouble? 

Yes and no. Their intentions were 

dishonest. They were outside of the 

ecological norm, necessary for resource 

preservation. They may have broken 

the marriage laws. But perhaps they 

will be praised as heroes, becoming 

leaders who edge their tribe to resource 

depletion and migration. 

We used a deviance paradigm to mop 

up the damage of the world wars, 

Enron and parts of previous banking 

failures. In 2008, we were too rich and 

too grateful to our respected financial 

leaders to think of them as deviants. 

Hence the slow recovery. We get over 

betrayal by perceived bad guys, but not 

mavericks who misguide. 

Some of the skills for heading 

mavericks in a useful direction are the 

same as for rehabilitating deviants. 

But they are not exactly the same. 

When we rely on deviance as the only 

explanation, mavericks escape and 

create an upsetting world. It takes time 

to catch up to them. 

JL 


PROS & EX.CONS 

This Evolving Universe 

By Stanley J. Dorst 


It is so popular to say that the world 

is going to hell as planets explode and 

crash into each other, countries engage 

each other in wars of increasing terror, 

and individuals shoot each other on 

the streets and in the schools. 

But what is the result of these 

collisions? Besides death and 

destruction, harmony gradually 

evolves. 

We have been given a random universe 

that is not in sync. God has not 

created a harmonious state of affairs, 

but rather an evolving destiny that is 

gradually emerging. Every collision 

results in a redirected force closer to a 

harmonious path. 

Gradually stars and planets that do 

not have a clear orbit are destroyed, 

as countries that do not seek peace 

are redirected toward that end and 

criminals are isolated in prisons. 

You can’t really deny that these trends 

are happening. Our lives really are 

safer than 1,000 years ago, or even 

100, or 20 years ago (Viz. early 1910s 

and 1980s, World War I and the Cold 

War). Today nations have been largely 

at peace since Vietnam. 

Still, we despair that people continue 

to attack each other. But not everyone, 

all the time, as in the good old days 

when the Vikings stole from everyone 

within a boat ride, or Genghis Khan 

annihilated all those in his path. The 

world was a continual struggle of 

nations and cities. 

The universe and the countries on 

earth are gradually sorting out paths 

that avoid destruction. 

For 2,000 years we have worked at 

progressing from “an eye for an eye” to 

“love thy neighbor”, and before that, 

from “destroy the unbelievers” to “an 

eye for an eye”. Although everyone 

is not there yet, we do have a lot of 

people seeking peace rather than 

conquest, capture, theft and rape.* 

Probably the greatest move toward 

harmony on this planet since Christ 

was the implementation of the 

Marshall Plan following World War 

II. To pay the perpetrators of WWII 

for the cost of repairing the damage 

we caused to their country in order to 

stop their conquests truly moved the 

world immeasurably toward peace. 

Germany and Japan are now peaceful 

contributors to a prosperous world. 

So let’s once in a while appreciate the 

steps that have been taken toward a 

world living in harmony. 

What do you think? 

* “In the 19th century 70 people were 

killed in battle for every 100,000 of 

population, whereas today 0.3 people 

are; and before modern times it was 

500.” 

The Arizona Republic 

JL 


INDULGENCES 


By Dr. Margaret R. O’Keeffe Umanzio, Sally 

Anne Reisner & Vera Resnik 

Photography By Vera Resnik 

Florida / New Jersey 

Monsters 

Monsters exist, so I have been told 

expert authority of one three-year-old. 

Monsters hide in closets, sometimes in drawers and under 

beds. 

And don’t need meds. 

Monsters sneak, prowl in attics, basements 

waiting in far away corners. 

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 

Ice cream and candy they eat lots. 

Monsters, nighttime explorers, travel through windows, 

give quite a fright. 

They never visit mommy or daddy’s room. 

They are too busy to zip and zoom till noon. 

Monsters, monsters, 

they are everywhere. 

Never talk, make noise, smile, are silly, like light or play. 

But always remember to stay and never go away. 

©Veraresnik 

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. 

We sip our morning coffee watching 

you sitting on your eggs. Two weeks pass. 

One evening over wine and cheese 

we see tiny heads bobbing out above the nest. 

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 

in the grass. 

One day I step outside to find a speckled chubby 

robin out of the nest, a toddler walking the rafter. 

In an instant it flies into the trees. 

What about the other two? 

I don’t want them to leave. 

©Sallyanne 

Hands 

Calm, strong, focused hands 

Hands that knead and shape clay into exquisite expressions 

of beauty 

Hands that rhythmically guide water to bring forth new life 

hidden in our garden 

Hands that race with pen to paper to reveal the deepest 

feelings within his heart 

Hands that gently and lightly massage the kitten’s furry chin 

Hands that cradle my hands 

Hands that say, “I love you, love me back” 

Beautiful, loving, magical hands of life. 

©margaretumanzio 


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Glenn Stevens was appointed Governor of the Reserve 

Bank of Australia in 2006. He is also Chairman of the 

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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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Alexandre Tombini 

Central Bank of Brazil 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Mark Carney 

Bank of Canada 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Zhou Xiaochuan 

People’s Bank of China 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Baudouin Prot 

BNP Paribas SA 

Chairman of the Board 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Jens Weidmann 

Deutsche Bundesbank 

President 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Chanda Kochhar 

ICICI Bank 

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Sri Mulyani Indrawati 

World Bank 

Managing Director 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Stanley Fischer 

Bank of Israel 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Masaaki Shirakawa 

Bank of Japan 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Agustin Carstens 

Bank of Mexico 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Maria Ramos 

Absa Bank Limited 

Group Chief Executive 




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 antiapartheid 

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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Stefan Ingves 

Sveriges Riksbank 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Patrick Raaflaub 

CEO 

FINMA 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Sir Mervyn King 

Bank of England 

Governor 




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 


EXCLUSIVE 

Dr. Ben S. Bernanke 

Federal Reserve System 

Chairman of the Board of Governors 




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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Copper Canyon, Mexico 

By Lois M. Gordon 

Silicon Valley – California 

This canyon system is four times larger 

than the Grand Canyon in the United 

States. Four of its six canyons are 

deeper – some by more than 1,000 

feet. 

For a trip filled with beauty and roads 

filled with terror, a trip to Copper 

Canyon will fill both needs. This was 

one of the best trips we ever took, 

going deep into the canyons and high 

on the ridges on roads that made my 

stomach flip. Well worth the trauma! 

The Copper Canyon is truly one of 

the Western Hemisphere’s great scenic 

and cultural journeys. The Sierra 

Tarahumara (Copper Canyon) belongs 

on the wish list of almost every traveler. 

It is fast becoming Mexico’s most 

popular “soft-adventure” attraction 

while also catering to hardcore 

backpackers, day hikers, mountain 

bikers, bird watchers, historians and 

naturalists. It is also one of Mexico’s 

most popular attractions for older adult 

vacationers. 

On a map, the trek looks like a simple 

train trip between Chihuahua, capital 

city of the state of the same name, and 

the small city of Los Mochis in Sinaloa 

near the Sea of Cortez. In fact, this 

journey showcases not only one of the 

world’s great engineering feats (the 

railway), but also some of the world’s 

most awesome scenery and the most 

primitive aboriginal culture still living 

in North America. 

The journey is special on several fronts, 

not the least of which is the incredibly 

ingenious train route. The Chihuahua 

al Pacifico Railroad carries riders from 

sea level to over 2,400 meters (8,000 

feet) above when traveling west from 

the agricultural city of Los Mochis, 

through coastal plains, up and over the 

Sierra Madre mountain range before 

descending to the city of Chihuahua 

655 Kms (393 miles) away. Along 

with many bridges crossed and tunnels 

traversed, there’s even a 360-degree 

loop over itself at Km 592. 

The region’s geological splendor 

is equally remarkable. The Sierra 

Tarahumara is a maze of 200 gorges 

that combine to form a series of six 

massive, interconnected canyons. 

There are two ways to spend time in 

Copper Canyon. Stick to the rail 

route, making stops along the way for 

hikes, or venture into the canyons. 

This requires more planning, stamina 

and an adventurous spirit. Canyon 

visits are the most rewarding, it is here 

the awesome treasures come alive. 

If you plan on going be certain to 

find a tour company that provides the 

whole canyon not just a train ride and 

the upper rim. You must experience 

the beauty from all locations. JL 


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

And I ’ll Bet The Sweeps On That! 

By Dr. Andrea Buckett 


Q: Is turkey bacon healthier than 

pork bacon? Françoise-Marie – 

Leon, France 

AB: I love this question Françoise- 

Marie! It is funny that people 

automatically assume that this is a 

healthier choice. The fact is turkey 

bacon can contain just as much 

fat and sodium as its traditional 

counterparts. It is also interesting 

that the low-fat options often 

have even higher sodium content. 

Turkey is also likely to contain just 

as many nitrates, which is another 

health concern for many. As always, 

reading the nutrition label on the 

package is the most important factor. 

When it comes to bacon, I like to 

choose organic, at the very least, and 

pasture-raised when possible. 

Q: I’ve recently heard about the 

effects of BPA – what are the main 

sources? Cortnee – Honolulu, 

Hawaii 

AB: Cortnee, BPA is a chemical 

which is used as a lining in virtually 

all canned goods. BPA serves as a 

barrier between the food and the 

metal of the can, keeping the can 

from eroding. The problem is that 

BPA can leach into the foods and 

then into our bodies. Once in the 

body it has the ability to interfere 

with hormonal and reproductive 

health. BPA is also found in plastics 

such as baby bottles, condiment 

bottles and water bottles, another 

reason to switch to glass. 

Q: I love my daily dose of espresso, 

but I worry about caffeine intake. 

Should I switch to tea or regular 

coffee? Winston – Hong Kong 

AB: In terms of caffeine, Winston, 

it is interesting to note that a daily 

consumption should not exceed 

around 500 mg/day or the equivalent 

of three to four cups of regular coffee. 

Espresso actually comes in much 

lower with 70mg of caffeine for a 

one-ounce shot. Other sources of 

caffeine are Coca-Cola (35 mg/12ounce 

can), black tea (50mg/eight 

ounces), Mountain Dew (54mg/12 

ounces). So enjoy your espresso 

knowing that it actually contains less 

caffeine than some other beverages. 

The only reason to cut back on your 

consumption is if your caffeine fix 

makes you jittery or exacerbates 

anxiety or stress. 

Q: Is it true that vinegar aids weight 

loss? Alessio – Trento, Italy 

AB: Vinegar has been revered as a 

weight-loss aid for years, Alessio. 

There is, in fact, some truth to this 

folklore! The chemical compound 

known as acetic acid, which gives 

vinegar its characteristic bite, is 

responsible for its weight-loss action. 

Acetic acid appears to speed up 

metabolism as well as influence genes 

that cause the body to store less fat 

around the waist. While this may 

not translate into huge weight loss – 

it certainly doesn’t hurt. 

JL 


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SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION 

In The Mind ’s Eye 

By James T. Rutka, MD 


The human brain is an incredible 

organ about which, in comparison to 

other organs, relatively less is known 

regarding its function and networks 

of operations. Much is known 

about the structure and function of 

neurons, or the electricity conducting 

cells of the brain that comprise about 

half the substance of the brain, or 

90 billion cells. However, less is 

known about the supporting cells 

of the brain, called the “glia”, which 

comprise the other half of the brain 

substance, with equal numbers of 

cells. 

Neurons form networks that conduct 

impulses, which lead to various 

functions in our body such as sight, 

hearing, touch, smell, memories, and 

dreams, to name just a few. Each 

neuron can receive points of contact 

from as many as 15,000 other 

neurons illustrating the tremendous 

complexity of the organization of 

the neural networks of the brain, 

and making the most sophisticated 

internet highway appear, by 

comparison, rudimentary and crude. 

Since the discovery of X-rays by 

Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, we have 

advanced our abilities to view the 

structure and function of the brain 

through the application of imaging 

techniques such as computerized 

tomography (CT) and magnetic 

resonance imaging (MRI). These 

procedures have advanced in 

sophistication recently so that we can 

now see regions of task-activation 

in the brain using functional MRI 

(Figure 1), and regions of electrical 

disturbances causing epilepsy using 

magneto encephalography (MEG) 

(Figure 2). Finally, large neural 

networks forming tracts of concerted 

functionality are visualized these days 

using an imaging technique called 

diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) 

(Figure 3). 

As a neurosurgeon, my practice has 

been changed dramatically since 

the introduction of these imaging 

technologies. We can now plan 

neurosurgical procedures in advance 

knowing the safest approach to a 

given brain disorder. The benefit to 

our patients is profound. 

There is no question that we will 

continue to learn more in our 

journey of understanding how the 

brain works. By knowing how the 

brain works, we will be much better 

positioned to offer specific treatments 

for diseases that arise in the brain 

for which our current treatments are 

limited such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, 

Parkinson disease, head injury, and 

cancer. 

I look forward to sharing advances in 

these treatments in future issues of 

JO LEE Magazine! 


PIZZAZZ 

And That’s Pizzazz 

By Kathleen Mailliard Solmssen 


Work Of Art By Laurence Longueville 

Geneva – Switzerland 

New York City: a plethora of inescapable pleasures and 

pandemonium and the adrenalin rush on every corner 

that has a heart beating for more. 

Just past the brown and white striped awning entrance 

at Henri Bendel, I experienced one of those “take your 

breath away” New York moments. It was the drama of a 

Claes Oldenburg-sized, Baccarat-styled chandelier, placed 

high above an art deco, hexagon shaped jewelry case that 

had me nearly gasping for air. 

This more than magnificent museum-quality masterpiece 

had been spray-painted matte black! My first thought 

was: “WHY?” My second thought was: “WHY NOT?” 

I loved it. I laughed out loud. I was charmed to death. 

Henri Bendel took chances. He was the first to introduce 

my heroine Coco Chanel to retail in the United States. 

Henri Bendel had PIZZAZ. He was ahead of his time! 

Ω 

We’ve all survived the airplane delayed/lost luggage 

experience. 

Last spring, a glamorous gal-friend careened through this 

very nightmare with great flair and style. Pushing her 

taxi driver to the limit, she arrived at her hotel in record 

time. It was her son’s graduation and cocktails were in 

full swing in her ex-husband’s suite. 

With C.Z. Guest-like “grace under pressure,” wearing 

only T-shirt and jeans, she shouldered her way through 

the “cocktailing crowd” towards her son. A few 

hugs, kisses and toasts later, she greeted her ex with a 

survival plan in mind. “You look terrific in that blazer 

and chinos; I thought you were going to wear your 

new Armani suit,” she said. Taking a sip of chilled 

chardonnay, he replied: “I thought I’d play it more 

casual.” 

With no time to waste, my glamorous friend strolled over 

to the closet, grabbed the Armani jacket by the scruff of 

its neck and lovingly begged her ex to let her wear it. The 

only reply possible was, “Yes”. Arm in arm with her two 

boys, sleeves rolled up, collar up and attitude in place, she 

headed towards the limo. 

To this day, her sons call her “ R-mommie”. Now that 

took PIZZAZ! 

Ω 

It was called “Sunday Evening Sanctuary” and if you 

made the cut, you felt quite privileged to get in to these 

Gertrude Stein-like salons held at an eccentric lady’s 

mansion in San Francisco. 

To avoid an “I’ve done it all and now I’m bored” attitude, 

a friend entertained us and then wrote about the evening 

in the newspaper the following week. 

Gazing around the table at the Bohemian and socialite 

mix, you could only imagine what she would write each 

week. To add a bit of punch to her story, we were given 

permanent ink pens and invited to sign her table. I 

remember writing on the edge of the table, “living on the 

edge with you tonight was a true delight.” 

PIZZAZ is and always has been her middle name! 


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THE POWER OF MOMENTUM 

African Renaissance And Momentum 

By David C. Wesonga 

Nairobi – Kenya 

Work Of Art By Laurence Longueville 

Geneva – Switzerland 

There is this jigger-infested tale 

that is oft told of the royal birth of 

festering in Africa. In the ’60s and 

’70s, a young missionary arrived in the 

Kenyan kingdom of Wanga, and spent 

her missionary years not just preaching 

the word of God, but also teaching 

young kids about hygiene. Then, the 

kingdom was full of jiggers, and no one 

dared stop them, because, according 

to the rich tale, they had come to the 

court of the Wanga King from the 

court of the Buganda King, ferried by 

a royal courtier who had fallen from 

grace. So, the origin being royal, the 

right of entry was thus also royal! 

But who talks of royal problems in the 

21st century? Think – someone seated 

on a plane, coming all the way from 

Washington, D.C. to teach us hygiene? 

Americans have conquered space, gone 

to Mars, and chained together time 

and travel. You could leave Asia on 

Saturday and get to America on Friday 

of the same week, and if asked say, “I 

left tomorrow.” But wait a minute; 

it was not always like this! That is 

momentum! 

Long ago, Africa ruled the world, 

and history will tell you of the great 

civilization that was Carthage in 

Tunisia. It was brought down in 146 

BC and slavery took its toll. The 

Punic Wars of 264 to 146 BC crippled 

Carthage, but not before Hannibal 

had led armies to Rome, not in nuclear 

armed planes, but on elephants! Yes, 

Africa ruled Rome for 15 years! 

Think Egypt. Senegalese scholar Cheik 

Anta Diop has demonstrated in his 

book African Origins of Civilization 

that ancient Egyptians were indeed 

black Africans! The people who built 

the pyramids with such precision and 

mathematical ingenuity rivaled only by 

the space shuttle were Africans! Think 

of the city-states that straddled the Nile 

valley – Thebes and Memphis. Think 

of Africa scholars and philosophers 

similar to Greek poets Euripides and 

Aristophane. The great African Library 

at Alexandria, razed down by Julius 

Caesar in 48 BC, was the greatest 

repository of knowledge. But pray, 

where were the so-called super powers 

then? 

Africa, aided only by itself, had 

momentum until the well-told lie took 

off, overran logic, and became truth. 

However, momentum to the negative 

is rarely reversible. The African 

renaissance has the power to thrust 

forward, but not until we heed Chinua 

Achebe’s words, that the trouble with 

Africa is simply and squarely a question 

of poor leadership, and, I might add, 

well-told lies. Political hygiene will do 

well, even solve some of the problems, 

and we do not need missionaries to tell 

us that! Some little hygiene, personal 

too, might erode a lot of the gains – a 

small jigger problem if you ask me. 

JL 


DOUBLE ENTENDRE 

Rewards Of Aging 

By Saul Levine, MD 


Photography by Ron Henggeler 


Are the “Ravages of Age” inevitable? 

Are we destined to become infirm 

and useless, or, to quote Peggy Lee, 

“Is that all there is?” 

We are a youth-oriented culture; 

the media focuses on youthful 

fashions and lifestyles, and there is 

envy of youth for their energy and 

exuberance. Jethro Tull’s Too Old To 

Rock ‘n’ Roll reinforces the message 

of the incapacity of aging; while Paul 

McCartney’s poignant Yesterday is a 

beautiful elegy for our lost youth. 

Retirement communities spring up 

like wildfire, seen by many as a form 

of “warehousing.” Life expectancies 

are extended, and the health of older 

generations is improved dramatically. 

There is wear and tear as we age, but 

people in their seventies, eighties 

and beyond are often remarkably 

energetic and active. 

We need a new mindset, which I 

call “The Rewards of Aging”. There 

are often exciting developments in 

the lives of older people, including 

remarkable transformations. As 

we age, we develop insights into 

ourselves and others, and often a 

new confidence and worldliness. It 

is magical when an older person 

makes significant personal changes or 

embarks on a new challenge. 

We see radical departures from 

long-standing patterns in roles and 

relationships: Older people can 

move from being social outcasts 

to confidantes, from rejection to 

appreciation. They learned from 

their successes, and from their 

failures. They became wiser, more 

philosophical, more generous and 

generative, eager to share their 

wisdom with younger generations. 

As we age, we continue to evolve 

psychologically and socially, with 

changes in our goals. We still ask 

ourselves lifelong existential 

questions about our aspirations 

and relationships but as we age and 

wrestle with new issues, our answers 

to these questions change as well. 

In the Far and Middle East, older 

individuals are inherently respected, 

often perceived as elder sages whom 

people go to for guidance and advice. 

In our own culture, to be older is 

seen as a hindrance or even a shame. 

Appreciation of elder wisdom 

may finally be permeating our 

consciousness. It is a valuable 

national resource. To be relegated 

to disrespect is an affront and 

humiliating, and it is a terrible loss to 

society. 

In a New York Times column entitled 

The Geezers’ Crusade, David Brooks 

urged seniors to share their energy 

and wisdom, and called for them to 

lead a “generativity” revolution, with 

an ethic of selflessness and communal 

caring. Elder volunteers offer their 

expertise and energies in the Peace 

Corps, the UN, NGOs, and other 

agencies throughout the world. 

The presence of thousands of healthy, 

wise and motivated older people, 

and the crying needs all over the 

world for their contributions, offer 

us a seminal opportunity for the 

ennoblement of our species. We 

need the wisdom of our older citizens 

who can be a major source and 

impetus for social change. David 

Brooks concluded his essay with 

these sage (and ironic) words: “The 

elderly: They are our future.” 


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Words and photography by Heide Van Doren Betz 


A private yacht trip from Spain to the 

Balearic Islands must have been designed 

in heaven. Warm sunshine and soft 

breezes accompany the magnificent 

sailing on “Jesus water”, as our captain 

called the smooth azure sea, from the 

harbor in Valencia to the seaport in 

Ibiza. We glided along on the open sea 

until the most stunning group of rock 

formations suddenly appeared in the 

distance. As the boulders came closer, 

what at first seemed like a heap of rocks, 

became a lush oasis with powder white 

beaches, olive and almond tree-covered 

terraces, and cliffs jutting in and out of 

the sea. 

These Balearic Islands, which include 

Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca, and Formentera 

off the coast of southeastern Spain, 

have a diverse historical past dating to 

prehistoric times. Ancient coins and 

artifacts discovered in gravesites have 

dated as far back as 5,000BC. 

Conquests and rule over the islands 

included the Phoenicians, the 

Carthaginians, the Romans, the Vandals, 

the Byzantine Empire and the Moors. In 

the 13th century, King James I of Aragon 

set in motion the foundation, which 

eventually allowed the islands to become 

part of Spain, even though invasions by 

pirates and Ottoman generals continued 

into the 16th century. 

The first island reached from Valencia is 

Ibiza, a haven for tourists from Northern 

Europe, who worship the sandy, free 

spirited beaches, artistic communities, 

and entertainment at all night discos 

and restaurants. It is said that at Ibiza’s 

Salinas Beach a bathing suit top has 

not been sold in over 20 years. A 

historic and picturesque ancient fort, 

about an hour’s climb uphill from the 

yacht harbor, overlooks the city and the 

Mediterranean. 

Sailing from Ibiza to the largest island, 

Majorca is a feast for the eyes. The 

extensive yacht harbors, filled to capacity 

by yachts flying flags from around 

the world, provide a welcome for the 

entry maneuver of the yacht into its 

reserved space. The capital of Majorca 

is Palma, which is also the capital of the 

autonomous community of the Balearic 

Islands. Palma is a bustling seaport 

with high end shopping, art galleries, 

churches and restaurants. Villages in 

the mountains are accessible via miles 

of picturesque narrow, windy roads that 

date back hundreds of years. Old stone 

houses built on terraced hillsides lined 

with century old olive trees, are accessible 

only by foot and offer exquisite local 

crafts, especially ceramics and leather. 

The historic Cathusian Monastery in 

Valldemossa is a popular destination. 

Frederic Chopin and George Sand spent 

the winter of 1838 there creating quite a 

scandal at the time. Sand then wrote her 

book A Winter in Majorca. 

A fortunate indulgence aboard a 

luxurious private yacht, great climate, 

calm open sea, beautiful beaches, historic 

villages, ancient sites, all enjoyed with 

good friends is certainly a highlight in 

any lifestyle. 

JL 


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Patara amphitheater archway. 

The terraced old town of Dia seen from 

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Words and Photography By Ray Scotty Morris 


The most famous of the hundreds 

of floating markets in Asia has to be 

Damnoen Saduak, which is situated 

about 100 kilometers from Bangkok. 

My photographs are from this market, 

which was made very famous because 

of its starring roll in the James Bond 

movie, Man with the Golden Gun. I 

say, even without the Bond fame, this 

market would hold its own with any 

market, floating or otherwise, in the 

world. 

The sheer size, smells and colors make 

it unique. The canal, built in 1866 by 

King Rama IV to connect two rivers, 

is 32 miles long with the market being 

only a few hundred yards long, but in 

1967 it became a famous tourist stop: 

thanks to the Bond film. 

The market is so unique and colorful 

now that it is a photographer’s dream; 

point your camera anywhere and you 

come up with great pictures. All the 

colors from the rainbow are there, the 

flat-bottom boats with the owners in 

bright, colored clothing and hats are 

just a joy to see and photograph. 

In parts of the canal the boats are so 

crowded together that you could use 

them for stepping stones from one 

bank to the other. Not only do you 

have the boats filled with food, fruit 

and vegetables but along the banks are 

other sellers with souvenirs, handcraft 

items, hand woven silk dresses to 

Ramayana masks or wood carvings 

and, of course, the delicious duck soup, 

spring rolls, barbecued chicken, deep 

fried bananas, all vying for space. 

To me, the market was like 

photographing a beautiful rose with 

the glitter of morning dew shimmering 

in the morning sun. What a picture! 

JL 


Entering an abandoned house.

Susan climbing in through a window. 

Fresh local produce at Damnoen 

Saduak floating market in Bangkok.

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.

INDULGENCES 

All That Glitters Is Gold 

By Guy Lamarche 

City of Timmins – Canada 

Photography Johnny Jones, the Quintessential Prospector 

compliments of the Timmins Museum archival collection 

Located in Northeastern Ontario, 

Canada in one of the richest mineral 

producing areas in the Western 

Hemisphere, the City of Timmins is 

synonymous with gold exploration 

and mining and is known as a fourseason 

destination for adventurous 

vacationers, families, and travelers from 

around the world. 

The story began in 1909 with the 

Porcupine Gold Rush, a gold rush 

like no other. By 2011, the Porcupine 

Camp had mined over 70 million 

ounces of gold, compared to the 12 

million ounces produced during the 

Klondike Gold Rush. 

Hundreds of men headed north 

to Timmins in search of fame and 

fortune, and fuelled the Porcupine 

Gold Rush. One hundred years later, 

interest in the Timmins region is at 

an all time high with prospectors, 

developers, and aftermarket, minerelated 

manufacturers finding their way 

here in search of prosperity. 

From the discovery of gold and other 

precious commodities including 

diamonds, history repeats itself and the 

“City with a Heart of Gold” continues 

to reap the benefits of renewed 

exploration fever. 

The discovery of gold in 1909 helped 

shape our community and the many 

things that define it. Our colorful past 

helped to shape our promising future. 

Hardy and adventurous souls the likes 

of Benny Hollinger, Sandy McIntyre 

and Jack Wilson were on to something. 

Was it a vision, an intuition or simply a 

gut feeling? You be the judge. 

Picture for a moment the exhilaration 

that men like Jack Wilson and his 

fellow prospectors felt when in 1909 

they discovered the “Golden Staircase” 

that would become the fabled Dome 

Mine still operating and still producing 

gold 100 years later. Timmins became 

the premiere mining camp of North 

America. Where other mining camps 

came and went, Timmins carried on. 

Through booms and busts and even 

the catastrophic fire that cut through 

the Porcupine in 1911, it endured, 

continued to grow and attracted many 

community builders who found fame 

and fortune by association to the 

mining discoveries. 

To recognize all those who persevered, 

the City of Timmins embarked on an 

ambitious 

four-year celebration that began in 

2009 recognizing 100 years of mine 

exploration, mining production, and 

the Great Porcupine Fire of 1911, all 

leading to 2012, where we celebrate 

100 years of Timmins. 

Many events are planned, including the 

unveiling of three, seven-foot bronze 

statues of McIntyre, Hollinger and 

Wilson, three important icons in the 

city’s first 100 as well as the unveiling 

of a hand-painted mural of 100 faces of 

our most prominent citizens who have 

without a doubt, excelled and inspired 

the rest of us to reach for new heights. 

One such person is Dorothea Lee 

Mascioli, mother to Jo Lee, founder 

and publisher of JO LEE Magazine. 

Great people make great things happen 

and over the past century, thousands of 

residents of Timmins have contributed 

to the quality of life we enjoy. Relive 

our colorful past at the Timmins 

Museum: National Exhibition Centre. 

Come celebrate with us! 

www.timmins100.ca 

JL 


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WHEN ANGELS CRY 

The Next 100 Years: One Child’s Journey 

How She/He Will Live, Love And Never Really Die 

Liberating The Child: 

Keep Your Perspectives Right 

By Kelechi Eleanya 

United Nations Development Program 

Abuja – Nigeria 

Who would think that “liberating the 

child’ sends any message of particular 

importance or need? In a world of 

growing insecurity and hazards, what 

makes a child need to be liberated? 

Very well though, it is quite relevant 

and timely to reason in this direction. 

Total human development is a 

lifelong process that must be carefully 

understood. The term “liberating” 

could be examined in a generalized 

way. 

We can begin to think of selfliberation, 

which is a process of human 

development where one liberates 

oneself from dependencies of any sort, 

toward freedom. In this instance it 

becomes revealing how this concept 

of self-liberation can be applied to a 

child’s development. We should begin 

to reason that as early as birth each 

child begins to move to obtain freedom 

by his or her own efforts. This means 

that caregivers and parents must realize 

that from the first breath, the process 

of self-liberation of a child begins; it 

is a vital aspect of a child’s need for 

security, which many parents and 

caregivers overlook. 

We may also consider the struggle of 

a child during the mother’s labor as 

a sign of a thirst for liberation – “Let 

me go,” the baby seems to be asking 

during the push from its mother. 

Parenting experts observe that parents 

see a newborn as a vulnerable, 

defenseless human being, who is very 

dependent on adults. However, we 

must note that by learning to hold 

heads up, to crawl, to stand – the 

baby liberates him/herself from his/ 

her helplessness and weakness. He/ 

she self-liberates toward new spaces 

and new sights. Parents may put a 

hand on the child’s back or to support 

the child’s feet but who makes the 

movements? The baby does, all by 

itself. Is this not self-liberation? 

What we must all understand here is 

there are limits we must not go beyond! 

The child has a code he/she wants to 

demystify, a message he/she wants to 

pass across to the world, a change he/ 

she wants us all to see. And this is why 

it is important to understand the role 

of self-liberation in human life starting 

from infancy. 

A child, being once helpless, selfliberates 

from weakness toward 

independence, toward freedom. 

The process continues throughout 

childhood and beyond. 

Ours is a simple responsibility! 

Let’s help children to make the whole 

process as natural as possible. Let’s 

not let our need for their security 

interfere with their need for further 

development. Make it work now. 

JL 


THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 

Putin’s Eurasian Empire 

By Craig Ricker 

Moscow – Russia 

Work Of Art By Alexandre Guillaume 

Paris / New York City 

The Neocons are howling because 

of Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian empire. 

Since most of the leading Neocons are 

former Trotskyites themselves this all 

smells like a bad comedy. 

Why? – because the Soviet Union 

never actually collapsed. The Neocons 

know this so why are they surprised by 

its official reformation? The only thing 

new about this empire is that it is being 

openly declared. 

Where does this Euro-Asian empire 

come from? Putin’s global politics guru 

is a man named Alexander Dugin. 

He is a neo-Bolshevik/nationalist. I 

personally believe he is a Russian 

patriot at heart, but that is where his 

patriotism ends. Unfortunately for 

Mr. Dugin’s patriotism, there is no 

room for honest nationalism in Putin’s 

Marxist-Leninist regime. 

In the world of nationalist philosophers 

Julius Evola is the king. Julius Evola 

was a Sicilian Baron who lived from 

1898 to 1974. His ideas played a large 

role in the Italian anti-communist 

struggle, and his influence is growing 

today. Evola defined himself as a 

radical traditionalist. Evola felt that 

all things left, Marxist, liberal, etc., 

are facets of a larger and total war on 

all forms of traditional societies; a war 

that the forces of the left are winning, 

decisively. His book, Men Amongst 

the Ruins is a powerful analysis of the 

plight of traditional Western culture. 

The left hates Evola. They have tried 

everything to discredit him, but all 

has failed. The left does not debate 

his ideas; they are too strong. The 

left’s only option is to pretend he does 

not exist. That worked well until the 

Internet appeared. 

Alexander Dugin is an Evolist. He 

even maintains an Evola society. Yet, 

Mr. Dugin operates in a Marxist- 

Leninist world, a world in which Evola 

embodies the eternal enemy. Mr. 

Dugin helped author the Eurasian 

empire and he claims it is in the spirit 

of Evola. How can this be? 

According to Evola’s traditionalist 

concept, an empire must unite societies 

that are based on a common traditional 

culture. Evola’s European empire, 

which includes Russia as a European 

society, may only voluntarily include 

cultures rooted in traditional European 

culture. A non-European culture 

cannot be part of such an empire. 

Other cultural groups must form their 

own cultural unions. 

Mr. Dugin’s empire joins Russia, 

Belorussia and the Ukraine, which are 

European cultures, to central Asian 

cultures in Kazakhstan and beyond. 

Naturally a trade union is possible, 

but not an empire. The Eurasian 

empire concept is an attack on Evola’s 

philosophy, to which Mr. Dugin claims 

to adhere. If not Evolist, then what is 

it? 

To grasp this we must examine the 

favorite tool of the left; cognitive 

dissidence. Putin’s Eurasian empire 

is the final curtain on the Perestroika 

deception theater. The Soviets 

pretended to collapse; now they are 

pretending to form a traditional, 

nationalistic, Evolist Empire. This 

comedy is set in a society ruled by an 

anti traditionalist, Marxist Leninist 

KGB. With top hat and cane, the 

Trotskyite, American Neocons, are 

pretending to take this cognitive 

dissident nationalism seriously. 

JL 


THE PROVOCATIVE & CHALLENGING WORLD OF ARCERI 

Lloyd Nolan: A Champion To Remember 

By Gene Arceri with Sandra Grabman 

New York / San Francisco / London 

Born in San Francisco to Irish- 

American parents, Lloyd Nolan 

was one of Hollywood’s most 

dependable and respected actors. 

Whether a wisecracking investigator, 

compassionate police officer, grouchy 

doctor or dastardly bad guy, he was 

completely believable in any role. 

Lloyd and wife Mell had two children, 

Melinda and Jay. Jay suffered from 

autism, a disability that kept him from 

understanding the world in which he 

lived and altered his behavior to such 

an extent that he needed specialized 

care. Mell and Lloyd searched near 

and far for help, and then they found 

the Institute for Achievement of the 

Human Potential in Philadelphia, 

which would give Jay the best possible 

care. He was enrolled at the Institute 

in 1956, when he was thirteen years 

old. Under their care, he thrived; and 

the family would visit often. 

In 1969, Jay had been eating dinner 

and choked on a piece of meat. 

Predating the advent of the Heimlich 

Maneuver, first-aid measures failed to 

save his life. 

Lloyd was devastated. 

From that moment on, he made it 

his mission in life to better the lives 

of children with disabilities and 

their families. He made television 

public-service announcements. He 

hosted telethons. He narrated the 

1973 documentary Normalization: 

A Right to Respect, a project of the 

Atlanta Association for Retarded 

Children and Wooster Productions. 

He served as Honorary Chairman 

of the National Society for Autistic 

Children. He testified before the 

House of Representatives’ Committee 

on Education and Labor’s Selection 

Subcommittee on Education in 1973. 

He described for them the challenges 

of autism and urged the government 

to continue funding special schools 

and their programs that make such a 

positive difference in these children’s 

lives. 

This effort helped to bring about 

Public Law 94-142, which guaranteed 

challenged children a free and 

appropriate public education. Lloyd 

would even occasionally join the 

picket line when cuts to disabled 

children’s programs were threatened. 

He was wanted on major talk shows to 

expound his show-biz career. Instead, 

he wanted to talk about a much more 

important topic – childhood disability. 

They were not interested. The Jack 

Klugman television series Quincy was 

interested, though. They presented an 

episode entitled “A Test for the Living,” 

in which Lloyd’s character educated 

others about autism. 

Autism affects roughly one in 100 

children in the United States alone. 

Scientists around the world are 

searching for biological indicators. 

After the personal heartbreak, Lloyd 

Nolan subjugated his life and career, 

cast in the role pre-destined for him. A 

loving father figure, to these children 

of the real world, determined to offer 

hope for their future. 

You can find more information about 

Lloyd Nolan in the book Lloyd Nolan: 

An Actor’s Life With Meaning, ISBN 

978-1-59393-600-6, by Joel Blumberg 

and Sandra Grabman. 

JL 


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By John Paul Jarvis 


In the early years of Cuban tourism, 

a decade after the 1959 revolution, 

the beaches were spectacular and the 

purported first class accommodation 

was adequate. The country was still 

mired in the 1950s because of U.S. 

embargos, and anything new to the 

Cuban people was either forbidden, 

illegal or both. The island functioned 

with vintage cars ingeniously held 

together with bailing wire and pirated 

parts. 

Travel to Cuba was only through 

formal tours closely chaperoned by 

educated bi-lingual guides and grouped 

for all travel or events. It was basically 

tourist apartheid as we were studiously 

kept away from Cubans. 

The Ministry of Tourism, had not 

figured out the food as the diet 

consisted of free-range chicken and 

shrimp; that’s it. They provided all 

activities and we were constantly 

reminded of the Communist 

government with posters and signs 

and propaganda. The bon voyage pig 

roast was a special occasion because it 

presented a welcome variance in diet 

but equally due to the fact that a band 

was performing. The musicians arrived 

in a rickety bus accompanied by their 

own undercover chaperone, dressed in 

a suit at a beach resort, to prevent them 

from becoming “tainted” by Canadian 

tourists. 

The afternoon preview set revealed a 

brass section of six horn players on 

every brass instrument you could 

imagine, percussion by a master 

drummer, stand up bass as well 

as the basso guitarrón, piano, and 

acoustic and electric guitars. Each 

musician played whatever number 

of instruments the song dictated. 

The sound produced was simply 

unparalleled and the intricacies of the 

melody were subtly rendered, and none 

of the musicians could read a note. 

The songs were all by ear committed 

to memory, learned while listening to 

forbidden Florida radio 90 miles away. 

A traveling companion had a small 

hand-held tape recorder and taped as 

they covered Chicago’s full repertoire 

with virtuoso solos. At the first 

intermission the band, curious, 

gathered around and, through hand 

gestures, asked to hear the tape. This 

was the first time they had ever heard 

their sound played back. They were 

knocked out, laughing like children, 

teasing to each other when they heard 

their solos blended with the group’s 

brassy sound. 

That evening after two sets, they 

abruptly closed down the show and 

kicked everybody out of the beach 

pavilion at 11:00 p.m. As we started 

to leave their suited minder indicated 

that the four of us should remain 

behind. We bought much duty free 

rum that night, at $2 a bottle, and sat 

around a table in the shuttered pavilion 

while we were serenaded to some of the 

purist solos imaginable. They played a 

private concert until 3:00 a.m. 

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EDITOR AT LARGE 

Power Up With Yoga 

By Carla Dragnea 

Bucharest – Romania 

From one point of view, life is like 

looking through a kaleidoscope. You 

see wonderful colors and geometric 

patterns. If you are interested 

only in the physical reality, you will 

deconstruct the kaleidoscope, and 

come to the conclusion that all the 

beauty you have seen comes from only 

a few splinters of old colored glass. 

You are disillusioned. The dream of 

the kaleidoscope has been destroyed. 

The same goes for yoga. One cannot 

look at it only as a form of exercise. 

Yoga books tell us that yoga aims to 

unite the mind, the body, and the 

spirit. Yogis view that the mind and 

the body are one, and that if it is given 

the right yoga kit and tools and taken 

to the right environment, it can find 

harmony and heal. Yoga, therefore, is 

considered therapeutic. It helps you 

become more aware of your body’s 

posture, alignment and patterns of 

movement. It makes the body more 

flexible and helps you relax even in the 

midst of a stress stricken environment. 

This is one of the foremost reasons why 

people want to start practicing yoga, 

to feel fitter, be more energetic, be 

happier and peaceful. 

Yoga is a science that has been 

practiced for thousands of years. 

It consists of ancient theories, 

observations and principles about the 

mind and body connection, which 

are now being proven by modern 

medicine. Substantial research has 

been conducted to look at the health 

benefits of yoga – from the yoga 

postures (Asanas), yoga breathing 

(Pranayama), and meditation. The 

information on yoga poses and benefits 

is grouped into three categories: 

physiological, psychological and 

biochemical effects: 

Physiological Benefits of Yoga include: 

stable autonomic nervous system 

equilibrium, pulse rate decreases, 

respiratory efficiency increases, 

cardiovascular efficiency increases, 

gastrointestinal function normalizes, 

endocrine function normalizes, 

excretory functions improve, 

musculoskeletal flexibility and joint 

range of motion increase, eye-hand 

coordination improves, reaction time 

improves, posture improves, strength 

and resiliency increase, energy level 

increases, weight normalizes, sleep 

improves, immunity increases. 

Psychological Benefits of Yoga: somatic 

and kinesthetic awareness increases, 

mood improves and subjective wellbeing 

increases, self-acceptance 

and self-actualization increase, 

social skills increase, anxiety and 

depression decrease, hostility decreases, 

concentration improves, memory 

improves, learning efficiency improves, 

mood improves, well-being increases, 

self-acceptance increases, and attention 

improves. 

Biochemical Benefits of Yoga: glucose 

decreases, sodium decreases, total 

cholesterol decreases, triglycerides 

decrease, HDL cholesterol increases, 

LDL cholesterol decreases, hematocrit 

increases, hemoglobin increases, 

lymphocyte count increases, and total 

white blood cell count decreases. 

In this modern era, yoga’s tendency 

to let everything go, and silence, at 

first, seems insane, then inspired. The 

notion of bodies at rest becoming 

souls at peace is reactionary, radical 

and liberating. If it cures nagging 

backache, great! But isn’t it bliss just to 

sit this one out, to freeze the agitation 

and “om” to what may be beyond it, or 

within ourselves? 

Namaste! 

JL 


LA GRANDE FINALE 

JL

WITS END 

Humor And You 

By JO LEE Magazine 


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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