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IzdavaMensa Srbije, potanski fah 196, 21000 Novi Sad

Glavni i odgovorni urednikIgor Jeremi

UrednitvoAleksandra Borovi

LektorkaIvana Popa

Grafika urednicaDunja ai

Fotografija na koricamaIgor Jeremi

[email protected]

tampaBit inenjering Beograd

Avgust 2014.

Tira 1200 primeraka

Tekstove za bilten slati na [email protected] ukljuenom unikod podrkom za Serbian (Latin)Fotografije uz tekstove se slati na: [email protected]

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MOZAIQ / glavni i odgovorni urednik Maja abaz. - 2004, br. 50- . -Novi Sad : Mensa Srbija i Crna Gora, 2004- (Novi Sad). - 24 cm

Od br. 105 (2012) izdava Mensa Srbije, Beograd. - Od br. 105 (2012)glavni i odgovorni urednik Igor Jeremi. - tamparija od br. 105 (2012)Bit inenjering, Beograd. - Je nastavak: Bilten Mense Jugoslavije

ISSN 1820-385X = Mozaiq061(497.11+497.16)COBISS.SR-ID 118110988

Mensa Srbije nema ni jedan zvanian ideoloki, politiki, filozofski ili religijski stav.Sadraj lanaka u biltenu nije stav Mense kao organizacije, ve autora lanaka.


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SadrajUvodnik Aleksandre Borovi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Radionice u okviru DANA MENSE u Beogradu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Malo druenja, malo funkcionalnog znanja i uimo da uimo! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Milo Vlalukin Biti svoj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

EPOMANIJA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

(Omiljene muzikalne) . E. N. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Notice Inviting Nominations for the International Election 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Experiences Of A LEAP Ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Join the Mensa Volunteers! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Mensa World Journal (october 2014) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Potovani lanovi,

Poela bih ovaj uvodnik pozivom da seu to veem broju okupimo na jesenjemzasedanju Skuptine Mense Srbije, koje jezakazano za 26. 10. 2014. u Novom Sadu.

Osim to emo razgovarati o planovima zanarednu godinu i o deavanjima u Mensiirom sveta, imaemo priliku u Novom Sa-du i da se lepo druimo uz program kojinam pripremaju naa koordinatorka Mili-ca Bonjak Kiralj i lanovi iz Novog Sada.

Nakon leta koje je vrvelo od aktivnosti iokupljanja, jesen nas je doekala sa tipi-nim aktivnostima za ovaj deo godine. To

je, pre svega, priprema i realizacija akci-

je Dan inteligencije, koju smo ove godineproirili odravanjem vie predavanja na-ih lanova za javnost, u raznim gradovi-ma. Imali smo aktivnosti u pripremi naekandidature za domaina sastanka Bordadirektora Mense International za 2015.godinu. Sproveli smo nekoliko konkursa,hvala svima vama koji ste se na njih oda-zvali. Izabrali smo dvoje lanova koji eobavljati sekretarske poslove u naoj kan-

celariji u Novom Sadu, a to su Ana Turi iNikola Etinski. Izvrena je obuka naih la-nova psihologa, koji su se stavili na ras-polaganje radi proirenja komisije za testi-ranje. Izabrani su pobednici Foto-kupa zaovu godinu, a oekujemo da nam veb tim

omogui i glasa nje za fotografije koje ese nai na naem kalendaru za 2015. go-dinu. Obavljeni su konkursi za dizajn lan-ske karte i biznis kartice.

Na okupljanju odra nom poetkom sep-tembra na Paliu imali smo loe vreme,ali provod je svejedno bio odlian. Dobilismo neke nove nosioce olimpijskih meda-lja, saznali dosta zanimljivih informacija opodsvesnoj komunika ciji i razvoju umnih

vetina. Odran je sastanak lanova Pred-sednitva i Nadzornog odbora, na kojimasu pretresena razna pitanja i dogovorenioblici budue saradnje.

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I konano, krajem septembra sam prisu-stvovala sastanku borda direktora MenseInternational u Engleskoj, sa koga dono-sim dosta novih i zanimljivih ideja, kao ilepe vesti. Izvetaj ete uti na Skupti-ni, a dobre vesti vam odmah prenosim:

imaemo zadovoljstvo da idue godine uNovom Sadu ugostimo predsednike svihnacionalnih Mensa i rukovodstvo Mense

International! Naa kandidatura za do-maina sastanka IBD 2015 je prihvaena,uprkos jakoj konkurenciji, koju su inili

Kopenhagen i Visoke Tatre. Uz nacionalnepredsednike, u goste e nam doi i brojnidrugi lanovi Mense iz celog sveta. Nadamse da ete svi nastojati da pomognete dase pokaemo dostojnim ove asti koja nam

je ukazana.U nadi da se uskoro vidimo na jednom

od jesenjih testiranja, Skuptini, ili na ne-kom od prijema za nove lanove, srdanovas pozdravljam!

Aleksandra BoroviPredsednik Mense Srbije

Redovno jesenje zasedanje Skuptine Mense Srbije bie odrano u nedelju26. 10. 2014. u Novom Sadu, u amfiteatru Tehnolokog fakulteta, sa poetkomu 12h.

DNEVNI RED:1. Izvetaj predsednika sa sastanka IBD Mense International2. Plan rada za 2015. godinu - predlaga predsednitvo3. Predlog rebalansa budeta za 2014. godinu - predlaga predsednitvo3. Plan budeta za 2015. godinu - predlaga predsednitvo4. Izvetaj o radu Mense Beograda (pravnog lica) - predlaga predsednitvo5. Izvetaj o radu Mense Novog Sada (pravnog lica) - predlaga MilicaMladenovi i Nemanja Dimitrijevi6. Izvetaj o radu Mense Vojvoanske regije (pravnog lica) - predlagaMilica Mladenovi i Nemanja Dimitrijevi7. Korienje imena Mensa od strane Instituta za Integrisanu bezbednostZatita preventiva d.o.o. (http://www.procena-rizika.com/mensa.htm) -predlaga Nemanja Dimitrijevi

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Pa da krenemo redom :)

#1 Na prijatelj iz Mense Nemake Thor-sten Kreissig (u narodu poznat kao Tee-Key) odrao je radionicu sa temom Eure-ka Everyone can be a Think-Tank!.

Okupili smo se u Sali za sastanke u Do-mu omladine u subotu i sat vremena slu-ali o kreativnosti kako kljuu do uspehau poslu. Za sve zainteresovane jedva da jebilo mesta. Za priu o raanju inovativnihideja, razvjanju koncepta i tehnikama ka-ko se u tome uvebati termin je bio pre-kratak.

Tema je bila zanimljiva, publika je aktiv-no uestvovala, ostala je gomila pitanja.

Zato smo odmah zakazali produetakradionice za ponedeljak. Razraivane sukonkretne ideje naih lanova, vebali smosluanje kolege, predstavljanje, kritikova-li, savetovali, pokazali zato su 2 glave pa-metnije od jedne, a sala puna naih lano-va prava riznica kreativnih ideja. I tema i

jedinstven nain na koji TeeKey prezentu-

je ideje i navodi prisutne da razvijaju svojebili su odli no prihvaeni.

#2 Da nije samo sala mesto za radionicenam je pokazala Romea Bauch, koja nam

je stigla iz Mense vajcarske. U pauzi iz-meu 2 ture sjajne hrane na rotilju na AdiRomea nam je pokazala kako je svaki po-kret ples i kako je svako od nas koreografi plesa.

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#3 Posle smo kombinovali ovo i u nezva-ninom sastavu u restoranu, tako da smoimali kreativan pristup veeri u orijental-

nom restoranu jer uvek se da neto novonauiti

#4 S ponosom javljamo da radimo naor ganizaciji radionice u trajanju od 3 da-na na kojoj bi mogli da zaokruimo celinu.

Pratite info listu, ovo ne elite propustiti ;)John Foster Dulles

Malo druenja,malo funkcionalnog znanjai uimo da uimo!

Zovem se Vladimir urovi, dolazim iz

uruga, malog sela nedaleko od Novog Sa-da i lan sam Mense od prole godine. Popredlogu Milice Bonjak Kiralj doao samu letnji obrazovni kamp u Sremskim Kar-lovcima sa namerom da poboljam svojeintelektualne sposobnosti, upoznam ljudesline sebi kao i da unapredim znanje stra-nih jezika.

Prvog dana u kampu upoznao sam josdvojicu svojih kolega iz Mense, UroaRakovia i Jovicu ordaa, kao i mnogo

nadarene dece iz dijaspore. Uro i Jovi-ca dolaze iz Aranelovca, koji se nalazi upodnoiju planine Bukulje, i ovo im je dru-gi put da su ovde.

U kampu smo devet dana trenira-li mozak, uili kroz jednostavne vebekako da dosegnemo nivo funkcionalnogznanja i osposobimo se da pariramo ne-kim zemljama koje su trenutno mnogoiznad nas u tom pogledu. Sa dr Rankom

Rajoviem, Uroem Petroviem i timom

profesora druili smo se skoro svaki dan ikroz naizgled lake igre asocijacija, poga-anja i nabrajanja razvijali svoje umove.


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Mnogo toga korisnog smo nauili o NTCsistemu uenja, to e nam svakako ko-

ristiti u daljem kolovanju. U kampu uKarlovcima nauili smo dosta i o srpskojistoriji, gramatici i pravopisu, uili smoi kako da lake savladamo zadate lekci-

je pomou asocijacija i slika; da pojmovelake pamtimo ako ih ubacimo u neku ne-loginu priu, kao i to da nam nije dovolj-no samo nae reproduktivno znanje ve

je potrebno i da razvijemo tzv. funkcio-nalno znanje, to je bio i glavni cilj ovogkampa. Uro Petrovi nam je zadavao

mnoga od njegovih zagonetnih pitanja,na koja bi svako od nas pojedinano veo-ma teko odgovorio, meutim, poto smosvi radili timski, uspevali smo da dajemoodgovore na njih.

Uporedo sa treniranjem mozga, dru-gi deo programa u kampu podrazume-vao je timski rad sa ostalim polaznicima,socijalizaciju i druenje, u kojem smo svimi uivali. Prijateljstva sklopljena u ovom

kampu e, nadam se, trajati jo dugo, a uprilog tome govorili su nai izrazi lica na

rastanku, kao i naa neverovatna energijakoja je bila na maksimumu tokom itavogboravka u eko-centru Radulovaki.

Ovo je sam poetak naeg lanstva uMensi i nadam se da e nam i u budunostibiti ovako zabavno i dinamino. Nas troji-ca prenosimo priu o Mensi u naim mesti-ma, a i ire, i nadam se da emo tim putembar nekako pomoi da se broj lanova po-vea. elimo da se zahvalimo Mensi Srbi-

je, dr Ranku Rajoviu, Dejanu Milanovom

(koordinatoru lokalne Mense Aranelov-ca), Milici Bonjak Kiralj (koordinatorkilokalne Mense Novog Sada), Urou Petro-viu, kao i izvanrednom timu predavaana odlinoj saradnji i nadamo se skorijemponovnom druenju.

Uro RakoviJovica ordas

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U dananjem svetu, na prvi pogled delu-je da ima najvie mediokriteta i stereoti-pa, i da su oni najuspeniji bar u medijskojsferi, kao i u sferi kulture. Tako izgledadok se povrina ne zagrebe i ne doe doljudi koji su zaista kvalitetni i koji su stvo-rili neto originalno, to je postalo javnodobro. Htela bih da parafraziram scenu iz

filma Velika lepota Paola Sorentina, gdeglavni junak, novinar, intervjuie umetni-cu performansa, koja govori o tome kako

je inspiriu i pokreu vibracije. Na pitanjeta su te vibracije ona ne zna odgovor. Akoupotrebim Miloev naziv za takve osobe,razotkriveno je da je ona lanjak. Sanjim sam razgovarala o tome kako ostatisvoj a ujedno i biti uspean, i da li ovekmoe da gleda samo sebe i svoj napredaku svetu u kom mu osrednjost stoji na putu.Zakljuili smo da je na tom putu najzna-ajnije postii i ouvati duevni mir.

1. Kako ostati svoj u svetu u kojem semediokriteti najvie cene?

Ostati svoj znai baviti se svojim po-slom, raditi to na najprofesionalniji nain,davati sebe u tome i to ti se posle na nekinain vrati. Ne treba se obazirati na oko-linu, nego treba gledati u svoje dvorite,

odnosno gledati ono to ti radi i ime sebavi, i to raditi najbolje to moe. Jedinotako moe da ostane svoj. Koliko se po-trudi, toliko e ti biti dobro u ivotu. Neverujem u prie meni ne ide, ja ne mogui sl., sedeti i kukati moe svako, a dii sei raditi neto treba da bude cilj, pogoto-vo mladima, koji sada zavra vaju kole ifakultete i upadaju u sistem kapitalizma,rada i pitaju se gde smo, ta smo i ta ra-

dimo. Kad sam ja zavravao srednju kolu,zbog viznog reima sam mogao samo dasanjam da odem negde, a i kada bih iao,to je bilo pregledanje i zagledanje viza danisu falsifikovane. Sada se to promenilo,razmene uenika i studenata su najnor-malnija stvar. Mladi treba to da iskoriste.Mislim da treba ostati ovde i praviti ovu

zemlju boljom, jer kakva je, takva je, naaje. Ja sam uvek bio za to da ostanem ovde iradim na kulturi naeg grada i zemlje.

2. Mnogi koji misle da su posebni i dasu individualci zapravo nesvesno pratetrendove odreene grupe (nose odre-enu obuu, sluaju istu vrstu muzike,prate ista deavanja, ak se na isti nainizraavaju i govore iste misli) kako bi bi-li deo te grupe koja smatra da je kul,kako bi bili prihvaeni. ta za tebe znaibiti poseban?

Biti poseban moe da uradi samo ne-kim delom. Sluati drugu vrstu muzike je uovom trenutku svima dostupno. Zbog in-terneta ne postoji vie neto to ne moeda vidi. Jedino moe nekim delom netoda uradi pa da se izdvoji od drugih.

3. Da li treba praviti kompromise sa sa-

mim sobom?Komprimise mora uvek da pravi, i sa

drugima i sa sobom, pogotovo u poslu ko-jim se ja bavim, jer je to kolektivna umet-nost i tu mora timski da radi, tako damora da prihvata neke stvari koje modane bi prihvatio, a isto tako mora tebe nekoda prihvati u nekim stvarima koje verovat-no on ne bi prihvatio. Kad su u pitanju po-zorite, film, televizija, to je timski rad i tu

Milo Vlalukin Biti svoj


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mora da se oformi tim i da ceo tim igra zaistu ideju, kao u sportu.

4. Kakvo je tvoje vienje kulture?Kultura je neto to mi pravimo i ime se

bavimo, to e nekog edukovati. Neko ese posle predstave ili filma zapitati i raz-misliti dobro o toj temi koja se obraivala.Generalno treba neko posle da se zapitata smo mi hteli i ta je uopte tu napra-vljeno. Zbog toga je kultura jedna od naj-bitnijih stvari za bilo koju naciju i nadamse da e naa kultura da se uzdigne i da e

bar naa deca imati mnogo bolju i kultur-nu svest i politiku. Mi smo takva genera-cija koja nema neku kulturu jer, kad smoimali 10 godina, poela je kriza i evo ve24 godine ne prestaje, tako da mi ne zna-mo uopte kako je iveti van krize. Nama

je to jedna normalna stvar sa kojom ivi-mo. To je bar moje miljenje.

5. Da li ti se ini da ljudi vie nikoga inita ne potuju? Zbog ega to tako iz-gleda?

Tu se vraamo na ivot u krizi. Na na-rod, pogotovo ljudi koji imaju decu, porodi-ce, gledaju kako da spoje kraj s krajem, i tuse gube vrednosti, jer ljudi gledaju kako dase prehrane i plate raune. To izgleda kaoda se ljudi ne potuju, ali ako udari nekakriza, tu se Srbi opet ujedine. Loa su vre-mena trenutno, ali mislim da moemo danapravimo ujedinjenje kad je neophodno.

6. Koja je uloga obrazovanja? Zbogega mnogi ne shvataju da je formalnokolovanje samo pomo pri radu na iz-gradnji sebe?

kolovanje kree od kada krenu da tevaspitavaju. Deca su suneri, dosta togaupiju ve do pete godine. Ja sam okruendecom u deijem pozoritu. Bazino obra-zovanje im daje kola, ali iz kue moraju da

pokupe dosta toga, od ega zavisi da li e ikako provoditi vreme na ulici, da li e pri-ati o igricama i svako drati svoj telefon

ili e uzeti loptu. To zavisi i od obrazovanjau kui, i od obrazovanja u koli. Sada je fi-ziko vaspitanje u kolama toliko zaposta-vljeno da, kada vidi fotografiju dece sadai dece kada sam ja iao u osnovnu kolu,to je kao da je prolo 40 godina, a prolo

je 20. Deca ne znaju da tre, ne znaju tas loptom, gojazna su, da ne priamo o bo-lestima, a to je ve druga tema. Mislim dato prvo kree iz kue jer posle toga, kad se

ue u kolu, tu se ve bavi neim drugim,a roditelji nemaju vremena da se bave de-com. Ali, nadam se da e nam biti bolje.

7. Da li je svako sposoban za rad na se-bi ili su neki preduslovi neophodni?

I ko nije sposoban, morae da se potrudii malo vie radi da nadoknadi ono to nijestigao da uradi. Mislim da svako ko sam sasobom odlui da neto uradi moe to dapostigne.

8. Kakav je tvoj stav prema umetnostikao biznisu?

Sve vie e umetnost biti kao biznis kodnas. To je na zapadu ve reeno tako daumetnost jeste biznis. Pozorita ive samaod sebe. Kod nas pozorita ive od grada.Kad se promeni taj sistem, verovatno ese promeniti svest ljudi kako to treba dafunkcionie. Sve vie i glumaca i raznih lju-

di u umetnosti prelazi na to da sami budusebi menaderi, da zarauju, i preko svogtalenta i umea biznisa da naprave posao.

9. Glumio si u zanimljivim filmovimakoji su aktuelni u dananje vreme kaoto je Milo Brankovi. Da li misli data pria poten cira negativne pojave udrutvu ili su zaista sve vrednosti takodegradirane kao u tom filmu?


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To je pria koja je aktuelna jer se deavakada jedan sistem koji je uniten unita-va jednog oveka. Celo okruenje unita-va pojedinca, to smo mi videli na hiljaduprimera u naim ivotima i istoriji. Film je

aktuelan zato to ga je reditelj i scenaristanapisao tako da je to njegova lina pria,koju sam ja pokuao da verno predstavim inadam se da sam u tome uspeo.

10.Kako se boriti protiv nemoralnihljudi?

Lanjaka je mnogo vie nego originala ito je tako uvek bilo i bie. Ne znam da lise treba boriti protiv toga ili samo gledatisvoju priu. Moda ipak ovo drugo, gle da-

ti u svoje dvorite i pokuavati da to svesredi tako da ti bar bude zadovoljan i datebi u ivotu bude lepo, npr. kad se probu-di i kad ode na probu ili na snimanje, aovi koji hoe da te unite, oni e samo to iraditi. Ne treba se obazirati na njih i trebase uvati da ti ne isisaju energiju.

11. Igra i jednu od glavnih uloga upredstavi Gospoa ministarka. Tvoj lik

eda je poten mlad ovek koji je vrlodomiljat i snalazi se u primitivizmu ko-

jim je okruen. Kako on to postie?Ta uloga je jedini lik u Ministarki ko-

ji pravi protivteu ivki. On dri balans.

Ministarka ima tu prvu petorku. Tu sui ostali koji igraju, ali mi svi igramo zaMinistarku. Krug se iri, ali mi smo taprva petorka koja ima vee uloge i tu smonapravili takvu igru da on vraa ministar-ku u realnost kad se ona popne. To jezanimljiva uloga, i igrati Nuia je izazovza svakog glumca. Odigrali smo skoro 60predstava za jednu sezonu, a mislim da e-mo naredne sezone igrati isto.

12. Koliko se aktivno bavi muzikom?Ne bavim neto aktivno muzikom, vie

amaterski, za sebe, a moda u nekada inapraviti neto muziko-scenski. To jo neznam, videemo kako nas bude vreme slu-ilo. Za muziku ima vremena. Instrumenteimam, tu su, vebam, to je bitno.

13. Da li je novac zaista danas presu-dan za odnose izmeu ljudi?


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Novac je bitan zato to se njime radi svei tako je od kad su ga stari Feniani izmi-slili. To je realno. Generalno, novac doe i

proe. Ja sam prilino zatien ovde, ne-mam nekih specijalnih problema jer imamgde da ivim, imam ta da jedem. Novacmoe mnogo da promeni ljudske odnose itreba se samo truditi da, i kad ima i kadnema para, bude u nekoj bar normalnojsituaciji sam sa sobom. Toliko o novcu.

14. ta smatra uspehom u ivotu?Smatram da je uspeh u ivotu biti duev-

no srean i zadovoljan ivotom.15. Novi film u kom si glumio je u zavr-

noj fazi. ta ima o tome da kae?Novi film u kom sam glumio, Sistem,

jeste u zavrnoj fazi. Ne znam ta e biti satim. Snimanje je zavreno pre dve godine.Pria je zanimljiva. Radi se o dva drugaraiz kraja koji nau nain da prevare sistempiramidalne trgovine i da se obogate. To je

jedna urbana pria. Nadam se da e to onidobro napraviti.

16. Kakvi su ti poslovni planovi za bu-dunost i da li e imati novu predstavuu narednoj sezoni?

Nadam se da u imati neku novu pred-stavu. Jo ne znam ni ta se radi, ni ta ebiti. Neke projekte imam u glavi, neki sumi najavljeni. Dok se ne ralizuje, dok nesnimim prvi kadar, dok nemam prvu pro-

bu, ne bih nita najavljivao. Uglavnom, ra-die se, sigurno.

17. Koje vrste umetnosti tebe privlae,kao publiku ili kao stvaraoca?

Najvie volim da odem na neki dobar kon-cert, rokenrol po mogustvu. Volim kad pri-jatelji neto naprave ili napravimo zajednoda moemo da uivamo u neemu, bila topredstava, koncert ili neka atrakcija. Ja ve

godinama radim na Festivalu ulinih zaba-vljaa. Ove godine sa jako malim budetom.Nadam se da emo napraviti taj peti po re-

du, isto da odrimo konstantu. To je jednazanimljiva stvar gde mi dovedemo strance izcelog sveta, maioniare, onglere, akroba-te i neto novo pravimo u Beogradu. Zasadnemaju mnogo sluha za nas, ali dosta e seto i promeniti u budunosti.

18. ta misli o drutvenim priznanji-ma i nagradama?

Lepo je biti nagraivan i nagraditi. To su

lepe stvari koje idu uz na posao. Ne trebada ti ue voda u ui kada dobije neku na-gradu. Treba ostati prizeman, svoj, pame-tan i to znati iskoristiti. Nagrade su dobrastvar, ali treba znati igrati sa njima.

19. Ako je ovek zadovoljan sobom, tamu je vie od toga potrebno? Da li je tokonani cilj?

Mislim da konani cilj ne postoji, jer akosi zadovoljan a zna da moe vie, ondatreba teiti ka neem viem. Kad god mo-e jo neto da uradi, uradi jo neto, jere, iako ne uspe, bar znati da si pokuao.

20. Polonije u Hamletu kae Laertu(prvi in, trea pojava).

Al prvo: budi veran sebi sam,I onda e doi, ko za danom no,Da nee biti krivac nikome.Zbogom. Moj blagoslov nek zaini sve.

ta misli o tome?Apsolutno bih se sloio da treba prvotreba da se bavi sobom, pa da onda gledadruge. Generalno, ako ti sam sebi postavineki cilj, ako ti sam sebe usmeri i radi natome, moe da ti bude samo dobro. Same sobom biti zadovoljan i srean. Ako joneto i napravi veliko u ivotu, treba odr-avati to i biti dobar u tome.

Nataa Filipovi


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Mnogi ve znaju da je na inicijativu la-nova SIGa Dobre volje Mensa Srbije postalapartner Udruenju paraplegiara i kvadri-plegiara Banata u akciji ep za hedikep.

Novac prikupljen od reciklae epovakoristi se za nabavku invalidskih kolica zanjihove lanove. Ova kolica su laganija i

prilagoena osobi koja ih koristi, tako daje pomak u kvalitetu ivota veliki.

Poto Mensa nije masovna organizaci-ja odluili smo da nau pamet i trud upo-trebimo to efikasnije. Zakljueno je da jeplakat koji objanjava cilj akcije i pozivada se svako pridrui ubacivanjem epa na

mesto za skupljanje odliannain da se proiri svesto ovome. Nakon to smoosmislili plakat i neke orga-nizacione detalje bacili smose na promociju akcije.

kole, fakulteti, firme,fitnes centri, svako me-sto gde je akcija mogla bitipredstavljena, plakat oka-en i posle prikupljena koli-ina predata UPIKu nam jebila meta. Pridruili su nam

se nai lanovi u drugimgradovima, lokalne Men-se, a bogami i neije tetkei komije. Nezvanini am-pioni u kategoriji promo-viem epomaniju u VesnaPolomac-Lazi i Dejan Sa-vi, dok je Prirodno-mate-matiki fakultet u NovomSadu neprikosnoven uka-

tegoriji razdvajanja epovapo bojama ;)kolska deca su se poka-

zala kao najbolji skupljai,a njih smo ujedno i nauilida se reciklaom uva oko-lina, a da kad pomae dru-gima izgrauje sebe.

Akcija se proirila kaovirus pa zatiemo kopirane

EPOMANIJA


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nae plakate i na mestima gde ih nismo miostavili. Mediji su izvetavali to o akciji upojedinim kolama gde smo pominjani kao

suorganizatori, to uopte o ovoj inicijati-vi. Nekoliko novina i televizijskih kua jeprenelo i vest o sledeem dogaaju:

26. septembra je u Zrenjaninu uprilienamalena sveanost povodom dodele 11 ko-lica lanovima UPIK-a Banat. Iskoristili supriliku da urue i plake te/medalje organi-zacijama i firmama koje su im pomogle, aMensa Srbije je meu njima. Idemo dalje,akcija se nastavlja. :) Svako ko ima gde da

inicira skupljanje neka se javi koordinatoruSIGa dobre volje e- mailom na adresu [email protected] da do-bije plakat i jo informacija. I sve te epovepo kuama da ne bacate, nego u kancelari-ju u Beogradu ili Novom Sadu donosite!!!

John Foster Dulles

Nedavno sam tvitovao kako su (svega)tri (u redu, etiri) vrhunska albuma iza-la u istoriji muzike: Fever Ray, The Fool(i istoimeni Warpaint) i Shaking the Habi-

tual, i dopisao kako ne moram ni da nagla-avam da je u njihovom stvaranju uestvo-vao samo jedan mukarac, Kerinin bratUlof Drejer, koji nikako nije mao.

Petar Cvetkovi, ugejz feministaOnda je, nevezano za tvitove, M. N. pred-

loio da napiem neto za Slovopres, a namoje pitanje o emu da piem sugerisao jeda tekst bude o enama, jer me one inspiri-u. Tano, nebrojeno puta sam se odao.

U poslednjih sedam godina inspirisa-le su me, pre svih, lanice etvorke War-paint, Kerin Drejer Anderson i Nika RozaDanilova (Zola Jesus), a onda i Ognjenka

Lakievi (Autopark) i Una Gai (Bitipa-tibi), en Maral (Cat Power), sestre Ko-ko i Rozi (prema kojima sam krstio svojenekadanje psie, jer Koko moe proii kao muko ime, a i ne mora, androginismo), devojke na pokretnoj traci zvanojNouvelle Va gue (ureivao sam studentskiradio, to mi je dugo bio izgovor za na-vodni kompromis koji sam pravio s NV),Soap&Skin Anja, nenija polovina bra-

(Omiljene muzikalne) . E. N. E.


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nog para Low, Houp Sendoval, Suki Eversi, hajde, on iz Mazzy Star, En Brun, milapratnja Strej doga na nastupu skautkinjeNiblet, te deadpan sopran kojim se Trikijupeva Nothings Changed. I, kad smo vestigli u prolu godinu, stignimo i u ovu:Marisa Nadler, En(i) Klark i Liki Li. I, na-ravno, (Lana del) Dej. I lepa polovinarazvedenog para Handsome Furs, AleksiPeri (valjda tako)...

Oito meu dvadeset najsluanijih u po-slednjoj sedmoletki dominiraju ene. Kadim se doda i E. Hegarti...

Ali kad sam dola kui, nala sam jojedan poklon. Od Kitofa. Mora da ga jeostavio iznad kamina pre nego to je oti-ao. Ba je sladak. Bio je to CD na kom ne-ki ovek koji se zove Entoni tuno peva otome kako bi eleo da bude ena. Ve samga nekoliko puta presluala, i sluam ga i

sad dok ovo piem, i ba je mono, enjana visokom nivou i, mada njegovi proble-mi nisu kao moji, ipak mi na neki nainpomae, u pitanju je bol, i to mi je dovolj-no, svaki bol se moe iskoristiti. Kitof poceo dan lepi ploice i katolik je, ali nije odjue.

Ponovo itam Mulej Erlenda Lua, nima-lo ne udi to neke od svojih najuspelijihredova ispisuje kao Julija.

Entonije va enja za tim da postane e-na kod mene postaje enja za smru. Re-enice koje peva za mene imaju drugaijeznaenje. Kao da moj mozak zanemarujepravu radnju pesama i preraunava je uneku drugu valutu. Toliko enje u jednompravcu postaje jednako mnogo enje u

jednom drugom pravcu. enja se konver-tuje, kao kompjuterski fajl. Nita ne ne-staje. Samo se menja predznak. Koliinaenje ostaje nepromenjena.

Ne eznem da postanem ena. Premasvemu bitnom ve jesam. Veina nabro-

janih i mnoge druge ene ne privlae mesamo muziki. Tome nesumnjivo doprinosii surova statistika da sam vei deo odabra-nog intervala proveo sm. Mada, iao samna koncerte ena i u paru, nije da nisam.I nisam krio naklonost. Moda se tu krijeodgonetka to sam vie sam nego to ni-

sam. Mislim da je enski doivljaj muzikeiskreniji. Nema toliko kolekcionarki jer ko-lekcionarstvo ionako podrazumeva ubra-

janje neega samo da bi bila celina. O ba-vljenju muzikom da i ne priamo. ene sene bave muzikom zbog ena. Manje ih je,ali su odabrane. Vidimo se na zagrebakojPlanning2rock, ona sigurno vrednuje Dap-hne Oram kao moja majka.

Petar Cvetkovi


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In accordance with Article X of the Constitution of Mensa, the International ElectionCommittee (IEC) invites nominations for the following internationally elected offices:

INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMANINTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR-ADMINISTRATION

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR-DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL TREASURER

Nomination by National MensasNational Mensa committees may nominate a candidate or a slate of candidates for any

or all offices by submitting the name(s) of such candidate(s). A national Mensa groupmay nominate more than one individual for each office. Nominations should be madeon the National Mensa Committee nomination form available from the IEC. The identi-ties of all nominating national Mensa groups shall be made public to all voters with thecandidate material.

Nomination by members

Members may nominate a candidate or a slate of candidates for any or all offices bysubmitting:1) the name(s) of such candidate(s);2) a petition signed by at least 100 members who are in good standing as of January

1st, 2015;3) verification of such good standing.

Petition signatures must be submitted on a form, which can be obtained from the IEC.

Requirements for nominees

Each candidate must:1) be a member in good standing as of the date of nomination and continue to remaina member in good standing throughout the election period until May 31st, 2015;

2) have not served in the post they are nominated for in the previous two consecutiveterms;

3) submit written acceptance of his or her nomination (using the form available fromthe IEC);

4) state his or her willingness to serve if elected; and5) agree to abide by the rulings of the IEC and the International Ombudsman in the

matter of complaints and conflicts arising from the elections.

Notice Inviting Nominations for

the International Election 2015


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Burning for StrategyWhat are your impressions about strate-

gy? Boring? Dry, theoretical stuff? Or morecreating a great plan? YEEESSSSS! Thatswhat strikes me about strategy. An overallmission as general purpose of an organisa-tion like Mensa, visions of what you wantto be, breaking them down into goals toreach and measures, how to achieve this.

It is a big task, involving all areas of an or-ganisation, the consensual will of all stake-holders to contribute, and the backup ofthe executive board. I find it thrilling tocoordinate people and measures, tryingto convince others to work with us andthird parties, and to watch implications ofmeasures on various units and its interde-pendencies. Thats what I like to do, andMensa offers me the stage for it.

LEAPing ahead!In 2011 I started working on Mensa Ger-

manys strategy. Although it brought quitea few challenges, I became more and moreinvolved in it. When I reported about it atMensa meetings, I was amazed about thewide resonance I received. No matter ifboard members, volunteers or normal

Ms, they all agreed in emphasising the im-portance of the subject, so I felt confirmedand pushed ahead in my work. Togetherwith other interested Ms I formed a team.To develop a working plan, I consulted na-tional and international constitutions andplans, but somehow we did not get theright kick-off. So I travelled to the Inter-national Board of Directors (IBD) Meetingin Calgary, where I met other national rep-

All nominations including petitions and acceptances must be sent in hard copy or inscanned electronic copies to the MIL office in time to ensure its arrival no later thanJanuary 28th, 2015 at the following address:

Mensa International Ltd.Slate BarnChurch LaneCaythorpe, Lincolnshire NG32 3ELUnited Kingdome-mail: [email protected]

Contact the IEC at [email protected] for all enquiries regarding the election includ-ing nomination forms.

LEAP Talks 2014 in Boston and Zurich

Experiences Of A LEAPAmbassador


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resentatives experienced in strategic work.The best advice probably was, Just do it! and thats what we did J

I found all that so inspiring, that Iwished to share this experience with oth-ers. Besides the valuable advice I received,I also had noticed that others had beenstruck by similar difficulties. Independentfrom one another, we kept reinventing thewheel. Intelligent people should find bet-ter ways, I thought to myself. Just the rightsubject for LEAP, the Leadership ExchangeAmbassador Programme of Mensa Inter-

national. So I applied (see my applicationvideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTywNoNc5zw&feature=youtu.be).Mensa Germany promoted my applicationto the international LEAP committee, andin March 2014 I was appointed as one ofsix LEAP ambassadors (one had to dropout a few weeks later). Holly from Austra-lia works on growing Generation Y and of-fering them attractive chances in Mensa,Alexandros wants to motivate Ms not only

in Greece, Jeudi had a short journey fromChicago to Boston, referring about the per-fect demographic for Mensa, and Zdravkoreported on the competition for creativeminds he has initiated in Serbia and eightother countries. Mensa International hasinvited us to the Annual Gathering ofMensa USA in Boston and to the EuropeanMensa Annual Gathering in order to pres-ent our subjects and experiences at two of

the three biggest Mensa events worldwide,providing travel expenses, accommodationand registration fees for us.

02 06 July 2014, Boston: Annual Gather-ing Mensa USA

We headed for Boston on the 02 July,our wedding anniversary. My husbandKevin accompanied me, and due to thetime shift, we had an extended anniver-

sary of 30 hours but just a normal day. Af-ter checking in at the hotel we went for awalk. Paul Reveres spirit seemed to be om-

nipresent. Boston Tea Party, Harvard andthe MIT. I tried lobster for the first timein my life (but didnt particularly like it).Not really being used to having a hospital-ity suite (air-conditioned to chill!), I washappy to see some familiar faces amongthe over 2.300 participants, mainly Msfrom various countries I had met in Cal-gary. Unlike the German annual gatherings(AG) there were hardly any events outside

the hotel. However, there were plenty oflectures, workshops and presentations atthe hotel as well as games suites. Togetherwith my registration documents, I also hadreceived invitations to two receptions, onefrom the chairman of Mensa USA, DanBurg, the other one from the Mensa Edu-cation and Research Foundation (MERF).At the official opening in the evening wereceived a more detailed impression ofthe meeting, the representatives from

other countries, the volunteers and activi-ties. After MILs investment in the LEAPprogramme, I found it a bit disappointingthat neither the LEAP programme nor thecommittee members or ambassadors werementioned. The next day Elissa, the chair-woman of Mensa International, organiseda LEAP Meet and Greet. Zdravko had beenon the same flight from Frankfurt, andAlex I knew from Calgary, but there I met

my other fellow LEAPers for the first time.Also some committee members, LEAPersof former years, took part.

I really had enjoyed the IBD meeting inCalgary, so I was looking forward to theCanada night in the hospitality suite. Ca-nadian decoration and food, so the goodmood spread quickly through the venue. Itwas the 03 July, and due to an upcominghurricane, the fireworks the Independence


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Day had been advanced by one day. Whata happy coincidence, that Dans receptiontook place on the 26th floor! One would

think that fireworks are more or less thesame, but I was impressed by shapes offlowers and smileys, as I had never seen itbefore. I was excited being in the US fortheir national holiday, expecting parades,proud Americans and oceans of flags. Wasit only because of the hurricane (whichhad attenuated to major rainfalls andsome gusts of winds)? Or hadnt I been atthe right places? Nothing but perhaps a

few more flags than the days before.Elissa had developed a feedback sheetfor the LEAP presentation. Most of us at-tended each others presentations and dis-cussed our subjects and slides. I was reallyhappy that my presentation received lotsof consent from the audience. I had wishedfor some more attendants from the rows ofnational representatives, but unluckily mypresentation had to share a time slot withthe IBD Meet and Greet. In regard to the

investment MIL had spent on us, we wouldhave wished for a bit more announce-ment and attention. Nevertheless we weregrateful that we had the chance to presentat such a big meeting.

At the gala dinner on Saturday nightElissa had invited us to her table, togetherwith many others I knew, like Abby Salny,which I had met at the MERF reception,Michael Feenan, the executive director of

MIL, and Jim Werdell from MERF. We hada nice meal, but afterwards many peopleleft, instead of sitting together and enjoy-ing nice talks. Also at the Farewell brunchI had the impression that having a mealseemed to be of major importance thanthe people attending. The organisers pre-sented a review of the gathering with inmy perception- more focus on local celeb-rities than on Mensa. However, it has been

an exciting experience and my first USgathering surely will stay in my memory.

If the article is split for two editions, Irecommend using the following lines asstart for the second half. Otherwise theyjust can be deleted.

Each year Mensa International ap-points five to six members that work onsubjects of major importance for Mensafor the Leadership Exchange AmbassadorProgramme (LEAP). Those LEAP ambas-

sadors are invited to the Annual Gather-ing of Mensa US and either to the Asianor the European Mensa Annual Gathering(AMAG / EMAG). Jutta from Mensa Ger-many has presented about strategy. Follow-ing last editions report about the US AG, read(where applicable)Read about her impres-sions and insights at 2014s EMAG.

If only the EMAG part is used, pleaseinsert the first two paragraphs here.

30 July 03 August, Zurich, Switzerland:European Mensa Annual Gathering (EMAG)

For a chocoholic like me, Zurich is aplace to be. I will not go into details on howmuch chocolate I purchased (neither howmuch money I spent on it). The gatheringoffered so much more. Okay, perhaps thecanteen of Zurichs university was not themost striking place for the Icebreaker on

Wednesday night, but the food was nice,and I met my fellow LEAPers and commit-tee members. I was not too disappointedfor leaving early for the Night WatchmansTour through Zurichs old town, gatheringfirst impressions of the city and its history.

The trip to the river power station Hnggexceeded my expectations considerably.The sign No sharks in river Limmat ca-tered for some amusement among the par-


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ner. The meal was not only sweetened bydelicious desserts, but also with a marvel-lous view over the city and the lake. After

nightfall fireworks exploded all over thecity, and from our heightened position weactually looked DOWN on the fireworks.What a fantastic experience!

As airline employee, the tour at Zurichsairport Kloten was a Must for me. Walkingthe terminal landside and airside was forme probably less exciting than for others,but the baggage transportation systemand the baggage security checks also con-

tained some deeper insights for me. Out-side on the apron we watched the arrivalof an incoming flight with lots of detailsabout the ground-handling services.

Upon return there was hardly enoughtime to get dressed up for the gala dinnerat the glamourous banquet hall of Scht-zenhaus Albisgtli. Probably other trav-ellers on the tram were slightly stunned,when they all of a sudden found them-selves surrounded by people in gala out-

fits. Mensa Switzerland has spent extraor-dinary efforts to provide an entertainmentprogramme with the excellent meal. Sev-eral piano performances, great singers andan extremely surprising Mensa choir pre-sented what they had rehearsed, in somecases, only a few hours. MultifunctionalTeeKay entertained the guests with someinsight about Swiss habits, but also assinging and dancing Brother CleMensa.

Later the stage gave way to a dance floor.Unfortunately, soon the music was turnedup so loud, that it became impossible totalk to one another, and, being over-sensi-tive to noise, I was not the only one feelingcompelled to leave earlier than desired.

Despite its unembellished location(again) at the university canteen, the Fare-well Brunch offered once more tasty Swissfood (dont ask for my weight!) in the com-

pany of interesting people chatting aboutall the world and his brother. It felt hard toleave everything behind. Even the sky over

Zurich started crying. Our plane took off inthe rain, and clouds deprived us from a lastfarewell view of the city.

Its not only that I would have missed twoexciting Mensa events without the LEAPprogramme. My work for strategy benefitsfrom the opportunity to present my ideas,from the interest and support of manypeople I have met and the message thatis spreading. I have returned to Germany

with new ideas and motivation to drive ourstrategic plans further. I have heard of andasked by other national Mensa chaptersabout strategy. According to my latest in-formation, the International Board of Di-rectors (IBD) will discuss a motion to installa Strategic Planning Committee at theirmeeting in Windsor end of September 2014,and I have been asked to join the commit-tee. Keep your fingers crossed for it!

Even when I am now writing this article a

week later (enjoying the last Swiss choco-lates), I am still on cloud nine. Thank you,Mensa International, for the opportunityto work on this subject, and I hope it willrepay soon, in Germany, in many othercountries and for Mensa International.

Are you working on a subject of interestfor other Mensa chapters? Think about ap-plying for LEAP, too! Find more informa-

tion at https://www.mensa.org/leadership-exchange-ambassador-program-leap (login first!) and look for the call for proposalsin the Mensa World Journal!

Jutta Ziemen-GravesM 049 3835 DE

Mensa in Deutschland e.V. / MensaGermany

[email protected]


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Mensa was made to foster intelligencefor the benefit of humanity, to supportresearch about intelligence and helpintelligent people to know and keep intouch with each other.

The Mensa International Web Board

wants to support these concepts with theuse of technology.Are we smart enough to create a better

international online platform together?

Join the challenge!Any Mensa member can help, as we do

not only need volunteers with technologi-cal skills:

1. Developers:1a. Mostly Drupal experts1b. Security Experts

2. Communicators:2a. Writers2b. Graphic designers2c. Videographers and animators

3. Translators for multi-language sup-port

4. Lawyers for international data pri-vacy issues5. User feedback and beta-testers for

betas and user stories and everybodycan choose to contribute in as manyprojects as s/he wants!

Volunteer projectsWeb Board project collaborations

are based on the idea that we are col-laborating for the long term benefit ofevery Mensa member. Projects shouldtherefore be based on motivation, trust,transparency, freedom, mutual respectand final satisfaction. Fun and humorare welcome in this enjoyable experi-ence!

Red Projects - Productioncoordinated by Sylvia - covering opera-

tional aspects, website maintenance anduser support.

Green Projects - Major Developmentscoordinated by Kymberley - coveringplanned enhancements to the Drupal-based website and ICT infrastructure.

Blue Projects - Future Developmentscoordinated by Alessandro - covering

new developments to prepare for the fu-ture and to cater for worldwide needs.

You are also invited to join us on Face-book on the Mensa Web Board TechGroup https://www.facebook.com/groups/397707003691889/

Mensa International Web BoardPeter Frhler - Sylvia Herbert -

Alessandro Merletti de Palo -Kymberley Wilson

Join the Mensa Volunteers!https://www.mensa.org/volunteer-registration(you need to be logged in)


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mensa world journal

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Nominations for the International Election 2015

In accordance with Article X of the Constitution of Mensa, the International Election Committee (IEC) invites nomina-

tions for the following internationally elected offices:

INERNAIONAL CHAIRMAN

INERNAIONAL DIRECOR-ADMINISRAION

INERNAIONAL DIRECOR-DEVELOPMEN

INERNAIONAL REASURER

Nomination by National Mensas

National Mensa committees may nominate a candidate or a slate of candidates for any or all offices by submitting the

name(s) of such candidate(s). A national Mensa group may nominate more than one individual for each office. Nomina-

tions should be made on the National Mensa Committee nomination form available from the IEC. Te identities of all

nominating national Mensa groups shall be made public to all voters with the candidate material.

Nomination by members

Members may nominate a candidate or a slate of candidates for any or all offices by submitting:

1) the name(s) of such candidate(s);

2) a petition signed by at least 200 members who are in good standing as of January 1st, 2015;3) verication of such good standing.

Petition signatures must be submitted on a form, which can be obtained from the IEC.

Requirements for nominees

Each candidate must:

1) be a member in good standing as of the date of nomination and continue to remain a member in good standing

throughout the election period until May 31st, 2015;

2) have not served in the post they are nominated for in the previous two consecutive terms;3) submit written acceptance of his or her nomination (using the form available from the IEC);

4) state his or her willingness to serve if elected; and

5) agree to abide by the rulings of the IEC and the International Ombudsman in the matter of complaints and conicts

arising from the elections.

All nominations including petitions and acceptances must be sent in hard copy or in scanned electronic copies to the MIL

office in time to ensure its arrival no later than January 28th, 2015 at the following address:

Mensa International Ltd., Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EL, United Kingdom

e-mail: [email protected]

Contact the IEC at [email protected] or all enquiries regarding the electionincluding nomination orms.


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A ying startOn April 20th 2013,

the Dutch Mensa

Foundation was

launched during the

AGM of Mensa Te

Netherlands. Tefoundation got off to

a ying start thanks

to a donation from

Mensa Te Nether-

lands and the Foun-

dations 23 Founding

Friends, who each donated 1,000 euro.

As the Foundation is recognized as a

charity by the Dutch ax authorities,

donations to the foundation are tax

deductible.

Advantagesof a separateFoundationTis separate

vehicle also

enables us to nd

funds outside the

Mensa circle. Te

organization canbe completely

transparent on

funding and

spending to non-members also. An

independent Foundation guarantees a

long term focus - a managerial focus -

on a multi- year strategy.

Spending money wiselyTe Foundation doesnt only raise

money, but seeks to spend it wisely. In2013 the necessary steps were taken

so that it is clear how and why the

Foundation supports what it does. Four

of the eleven requests for nancial sup-

port have been received. Te Founda-

tion also encourages good examples

and best practices on an individual level

via the Awards Program

Awards programIn 2013 the Founda-

tion started its Awards

Program, which we will

repeat annually. Te

awards aim to promote

and encourage best

practices in dealingwith the highly gifted,

and in so doing inspire

others to follow suit.

Tere are three categories of awards,

and the 2013 awards were presented

in November last year. A team, whose

project was an educational program

within schools for highly intelligent

children, won theEducationcategory.

In the category of Work, the winner

was a manager of the Police High

ech Crime eam. In the category,

Society, the winner was a V presenter.

Te awards gathered together many

inspiring examples of how the talents

of highly intelligent people can beharnessed.

FundingDuring 2013, several people started

spontaneous initiatives to support the

foundation as part of Mensa Te Neth-

erlands 50th Gold Anniversary: a

Gold Concert, a Gold Pin-Up Calen-

dar and the farewell party - including

an auction organised by the chairman

of Mensa - raised funds for the Foun-

dation. Tese initiatives are proof of the

wide support for the Foundation.

In 2014 the 100 member club

was launched: a network of people

who commit themselves to donate 100

euro plus 100 minutes for ve years.

Members can choose how they spend

their 100 minutes, for example, by

talking about the Mensa Foundation

at a Mensa event, at their office, or anyother event in their own network. A

presentation or an article also contrib-

utes to the 100 minute criteria. So far,

the members of the club have been very

creative in what they do with their 100

minutes as was to be expected!

PRPublicity wise, the awards program was

very successful. We expect that once

this becomes a famous nationwide

awards program it will generate even

Dutch Mensa Foundation one year on

Te awards gath-ered together manyinspiring examplesof how the talentsof highly intelligent

people can beharnessed.

Jury chairperson and awardshow host

Leila Prnjavorac (left) Mensa Fonds

chairperson Angela Riddering (right)



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more publicity. Tis award program is

unique in Te Netherlands. It is aninstrument with low implementation

costs with a high return on investment.

On 1st November we will hand out the

2014 awards. Te deadline for nomina-

tions is 4th September and nomina-

tions (in Dutch only) can be made

through our website www.mensafonds.

nl.

Special projectsOne of the focus points in the secondhalf of 2014 will be the grey people.

Tere is no program for the gifted

elderly. Some are unable to attend

Mensa events, and local activities for

the elderly are sadly lacking in ap-

pealing to the gifted. Society wastes

talented, experienced and knowledge-

able people who can still contribute to

the society. In developing this theme

the Foundation focuses on bringingparties together, such as an old-age

home and students from a university.

We are starting with a pilot in 2014

and hope this will inspire many others

to follow suit.

Te coming yearsTe awards and funding program will

be continued. We will intensify our

search for new nancial resources and

are looking to develop more expertise

in this eld. Tere are still so many

projects we would like to initiate!

More information can be found on our

websitewww.mensafonds.nl, or send an

email to [email protected].

Willem Bouwens,Board member

how to globalise your Mensa membership

Have you ever wondered what Mensa is like in other countries? Or have you

been to Mensa meetings elsewhere and would like to keep abreast of what is

happening there?

All this can be done without any nancial outlay and without moving from

your computer!

Go to the Mensa International website:www.mensa.org, click on register,

situated in the top right of the home page, and follow the instructions on the

registration page.

You must be a member in good standing in your own country.

Ten, amongst the many delights that await you, you will nd a section for

National Magazines. Browse through them to discover what members do in

other parts of the world! You can also nd the fullMensa World Journalthere,

along with the DIMs version - which includes a page of puzzles if you want

to give your brain an extra workout.

If your own magazine, or the one youre looking for, isnt there, please

contactthe relevant chairman who can make arrangement to remedy this!

VALE

French MensanJean-Marc BAGGIO

graduated from one of the largest engi-

neering schools in France. He worked

globally for the famous Schlumberger

company. He developed a special affec-

tion for the people of Malaysia, Indone-

sia, Brazil and India. At 40 he returned

to his native Lorraine and developed

numerous inventions using his extraor-

dinary abilities in mathematics and mechanics. For ten years, he was Vice-

President of Mensa France. He was also a member of the Licensing Advisory

Committee for Mensa International.

He leaves his companion of 35 years, Danile.

We used to laugh with Jean-Marc. Jean-Marc, you laughed with positive humour,

a humour that made us grow. You always laughed, to invent new ways of under-

standing the world, to see things from a new viewpoint.We miss you, Jean-Marc. Your family and many friends are lost without you.

Alain Seris


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got a wide face? things could go yourway...

Having a wider face helps menwhen they negotiate for them-

selves but hurts them when theyare negotiating in a situation thatrequires compromise. Addition-ally, men who are more attractiveare better collaborators compared

to less attractive men.

Tese are among the ndings outlined

in a just published paper co-authored

by Michael P. Haselhuhn and Elaine

M. Wong, assistant professors of man-

agement at the University of California,

Riversides School of Business Ad-

ministration. Te paper describes four

negotiation simulations set up by the

authors of the paper.

In one, they found that men with

wider faces negotiated a signing bonus

of nearly $2,200 more than men with a

more narrow face.

Similarly, in another scenario, they

found that when men with wider faces

were selling a chemical plant they

negotiated a higher sale price than menwith a more narrow face. When those

same wide-faced men were in the buyer

role they negotiated a lower price than

the narrow-faced men.

In the third negotiating scenario, in

which a creative solution is needed to

bridge a gap on a real estate transaction,

the researchers placed men in teams of

two. Tey found that the teams with

wider-faced men were less successful inthe negotiation.

In the nal scenario, research as-

sistants were given a series of questions

to access the attractiveness and beauty

of the research subjects. Again, the men

were paired off and given the same

scenario in which they needed to come

up with a creative solution to bridgea gap on a real estate transaction. Te

researchers found that the more attrac-

tive men were more successful in the

negotiation.

Tese studies show that being a

man with a wider face can be both a

blessing and a curse

and awareness of this

may be important for

future business suc-

cess, Haselhuhn said.

Te paper, Nego-

tiating face-to-face:

Mens facial structure

predicts negotiation

performance, was

published online in the

journal Te Leadership

Quarterly. Haselhuhn

and Wongs co-authors are Margaret

E. Ormiston and M. Ena Inesi, bothof the London Business School, and

Adam D. Galinsky of Columbia Uni-

versity.

Te paper builds on several previous

papers focused on what Haselhuhn,

Wong and the other co-authors call

facial width-to-height ratio. Previous

ndings include:

Individuals behave more selshly

when interacting with men with

wider faces and this selsh behav-

ior elicits selsh behavior in others.

Men with wider faces are more

likely to lie and cheat.

Men with wider faces tend to lead

more nancially successful rms.

With the most recent paper, Hasel-

huhn and Wong aimed to ll a hole inthe negotiation research eld.

Skillful negotiation is a critical com-

ponent of effective leadership. A lot

of research has examined negotiators

behaviors, such as asking questions

and making aggressive rst offers, and

their inuence

on processes and

outcomes.

However,

with the excep-

tion of research

on sex and

gender effects,

there has been

considerably

less research on

how individual

psychological or

physical differences impact negotiating

outcomes. Haselhuhn said he believes the most

recent ndings are valuable to every-

body.

We negotiate everyday whether we

think about it or not, he said. Its not

just the big things, like a car or a home.

Its what time your kid is going to go

to bed or what you or your spouse are

going to have for dinner.

(www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140723123948.htm)

Tese studies show

that being a man with a

wider face can be both a

blessing and a curse and

awareness of this may

be important for future

business success



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We all know that OpSpeak is a

particular, esoteric topic of exchange

among the sometime hospitalized that

have that experience to recycle later in

tranquillity. Te trafficking in fulsome

details of scalpelling and dosage, and

the general vicissitudes that the average

person cant call on, make for rich trad-

ing over a disconcerted dinner-table.

But within that tight brotherhood

theres a particular elite of decidedly

one-up experience that puts us in a

league all of our own as far as turning

the faces of the assembled company

green, and not with envy, is concerned.

I refer to those of us who have had

to endure the major invasions of our

most intimate anatomies, and have

consequently undergone, like a business

enterprise under economic strain, inter-

nal rearrangement.In my case, the distinctive badge of

emergence from the theatre intact but

healthily scathed, was the fty-three

steel clamps holding my torso together.

Not visible in polite society, certainly,

but the mere description of it suf-

ced to transform me into a fearsome

character in the Captain Hook / Long

John Silver / Goetz von Berlichingen*

class. A triumph of the ironmongers

craft, half-esh, half such tangible

artice as in slightly different applica-

tion constituted the suit of Milanese

plate by Lorenz Colman von Augsburg

that protected those going into the

joust. Te man moving through this

world partly concealed by the heavy-

weight devices of surgeons and smiths

is already half-way toward monster.

You may be sure I made capital out

of it.

Alas, ten days out of hospital, the

District Nurse turned up to remove all

this jewellery more exotic than tattoos.

Okay, she proclaimed, with a con-

dence that had more to do with pro-

fessional know-how than mathematics,

Ill do it in two sessions, half now, half

on Tursday.

Half ? Oh, come now. Tats a

promise shed be hard put to keep in

equal pattern in two - or even three -

ve - in any number of sessions otherthan one. Or, of course, fty-three.

But District Nurses are immune to

the disturbance of their working day

by these higher reections, a preci-

sion timetable was not of the essence,

and my reduction to the ranks of the

normal attired in nothing more than

pathetic human fragility was a fate to

be dispensed with a minimum of fuss

or nostalgia. (She had, incidentally,

offered the none-too helpful comment

on the side that she usually suggested

to patients of a nervous disposition

that they might want to down a par-

acetamol or two before starting, but,

[cheerfully] too late for that now.)

Like the rest of you, I now go about

the world in un-terrifying guise, and

like most of us, rather desperately

ferreting around for some other such

potent distinction from the man in the

street.

attoos? Not on your belly. Well,

not on mine.

A week later - it seemed appropri-

ate - shaking the surgeons hand that

had intruded where my own had never

been, I couldnt shake off this feeling

that I was associating with a master-

craftsman whose fate it is eternally to

see his nest workmanship destroyed.

(In the case of Lorenz von Augsburg,

that outcome rather depended onwhether or not his man won the joust.)

* Ironhand, just in case youve not come across the

Goethe play.

Fifty-three Steel ClampsMany o us have aced the rigours o surgery and

all that it invloves - in and afer theatre... Be-

low, British Mensan Lance Haward shares withus the ups and downs o attaining the one-up-manship that constitutes one o the positives...

Deadline for submissions toDecember 2014 issue is

October 1, 2014

[email protected]



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books... Tom ElliottHolly the Christmas ree Fairyby Edie

Schmoll (Xlibris). Tis delightful

holiday fairy tale (not to be confused

with Holly the Christmas

Fairy) is a holiday picture

book for ages 4 to 8. In

addition to the cover, Edie

who is a well-known

author, musician, painter,

and poet did the 20+ oil

paintings that illustrate

the story, which in a non-

preachy way highlights

the ups and downs of life,

the value of friendship

and love, the joy of a family Christ-

mas, the happiness of helping others,

saving our natural resources, and the

magical world of fantasy. Te story was

awarded second prize in the SteppingStones National Contest for Childrens

Fiction. I was sufficiently impressed to

gift a copy to my granddaughter Chloe

for Christmas, and Id suggest you all

consider doing the same this season.

Te Jolly Pilgrim

by Peter Baker

(HotHive Books,

UK). For thoseof you who, like

me, rank travel-

adventure/phi-

losophy works like

Zen and the Art of

Motorcycle Main-

tenance, A Hitch-

hikers Guide to the

Universe, and some

of Richard Bachs

aviator books at the top of their hit list,heres a candidate for the new kid on

the block. Once again, the underlying

precept is that throwing oneself into a

totally strange environment is the best

path to self-

discovery and

enlightenment

and certainly

makes life an

exotic/erotic

experience as

well. Its easy

to differentiate

between his

travelogue and

his philo-

sophical meanderings as he collects

the latter under a separate Musings

headings, so if you want to read it as

an armchair adventure yarn, you can

simply skip the philosophy. Te rstleg of his journey is on a bicycle named

Nelly, going from London to Istanbul

and encompassing 150 days of medical

crises, nancial meltdowns, wild par-

ties, and heartbreak. A major obstacle:

a gal whom he considers his soul mate

and was supposed to meet

him in urkey is involved

with someone else back in

England. What to do? Ifyoure Peter, you just keep on

trucking rst to Asia and

Australia and then to South

America, piling up even

more adventures and offering

some fundamental insights

on what might be termed

the Human Project and its

implications for the future.

Do Peter and the girl ever

reunite? Youll have to read the bookfor the answer.

Percevals Secretby C.C. Yager (C.C.

Yager). Described by one reviewer a a

dense psychological suspense novel full

of surprises, this novel is set in 2048,

when world power is divided between

China and its Pacic allies and an

American-Russian-European coalition,

and both factions are attending a world

summit meeting in Vienna. Its pro-

tagonist is Evan Quinn, an American

orchestra conductor who is frustrated

by the control of the Arts Council over

his artistic freedom and consequently

defects to Vienna.

But Viennese police

suspect Evan is a spy

and they, along with a

CIA agent stationed

at the American Em-bassy in Vienna, keep

close tabs on him.

But underneath it

all Evan is in league

with a powerful force

called Perceval, which

is responsible for his success and the

source of the power hes craved since

childhood. Is Perceval the gateway

to complete freedom or an evil entitythat forces Evan to make bad decisions

that eventually lead to shattering the

Chinese-American talks in Vienna and

is actually the key to locking freedoms

door? Besides being a tense, gritty es-

pionage thriller, it explores the human

craving for power from where does it

originate, what can replace it, and what

tragedies can it cause?

All books reviewed in this column are byMensan authors


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books... Tom ElliottHolly the Christmas ree Fairyby Edie

Schmoll (Xlibris). Tis delightful

holiday fairy tale (not to be confused

with Holly the Christmas

Fairy) is a holiday picture

book for ages 4 to 8. In

addition to the cover, Edie

who is a well-known

author, musician, painter,

and poet did the 20+ oilpaintings that illustrate

the story, which in a non-

preachy way highlights

the ups and downs of life,

the value of friendship

and love, the joy of a family Christ-

mas, the happiness of helping others,

saving our natural resources, and the

magical world of fantasy. Te story was

awarded second prize in the SteppingStones National Contest for Childrens

Fiction. I was sufficiently impressed to

gift a copy to my granddaughter Chloe

for Christmas, and Id suggest you all

consider doing the same this season.

Te Jolly Pilgrim

by Peter Baker

(HotHive Books,

UK). For those

of you who, likeme, rank travel-

adventure/phi-

losophy works like

Zen and the Art of

Motorcycle Main-

tenance, A Hitch-

hikers Guide to the

Universe, and some

of Richard Bachs

aviator books at the top of their hit list,heres a candidate for the new kid on

the block. Once again, the underlying

precept is that throwing oneself into a

totally strange environment is the best

path to self-

discovery and

enlightenment

and certainly

makes life an

exotic/erotic

experience aswell. Its easy

to differentiate

between his

travelogue and

his philo-

sophical meanderings as he collects

the latter under a separate Musings

headings, so if you want to read it as

an armchair adventure yarn, you can

simply skip the philosophy. Te rstleg of his journey is on a bicycle named

Nelly, going from London to Istanbul

and encompassing 150 days of medical

crises, nancial meltdowns, wild par-

ties, and heartbreak. A major obstacle:

a gal whom he considers his soul mate

and was supposed to meet

him in urkey is involved

with someone else back in

England. What to do? If

youre Peter, you just keep ontrucking rst to Asia and

Australia and then to South

America, piling up even

more adventures and offering

some fundamental insights

on what might be termed

the Human Project and its

implications for the future.

Do Peter and the girl ever

reunite? Youll have to read the bookfor the answer.

Percevals Secretby C.C. Yager (C.C.

Yager). Described by one reviewer a a

dense psychological suspense novel full

of surprises, this novel is set in 2048,

when world power is divided between

China and its Pacic allies and an

American-Russian-European coalition,

and both factions are attending a world

summit meeting in Vienna. Its pro-tagonist is Evan Quinn, an American

orchestra conductor who is frustrated

by the control of the Arts Council over

his artistic freedom and consequently

defects to Vienna.

But Viennese police

suspect Evan is a spy

and they, along with a

CIA agent stationed

at the American Em-bassy in Vienna, keep

close tabs on him.

But underneath it

all Evan is in league

with a powerful force

called Perceval, which

is responsible for his success and the

source of the power hes craved since

childhood. Is Perceval the gateway

to complete freedom or an evil entity

that forces Evan to make bad decisionsthat eventually lead to shattering the

Chinese-American talks in Vienna and

is actually the key to locking freedoms

door? Besides being a tense, gritty es-

pionage thriller, it explores the human

craving for power from where does it

originate, what can replace it, and what

tragedies can it cause?

All books reviewed in this column are byMensan authors


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A new model shows howearly black holes could havegrown to over a billion solarmasses.

At the ends of the Universe there are

black holes with masses equaling bil-

lions of our sun. Tese giant bodies

quasars feed on interstellar gas, swal-

lowing large quantities of it non-stop.Tus they reveal their

existence: the light

that is emitted by the

gas as it is sucked in

and crushed by the

black holes gravity

travels for eons across

the Universe until it

reaches our telescopes.

Looking at the edges

of the Universe is

therefore looking into

the past. Tese far-

off, ancient quasars

appear to us in their

baby photos taken

less than a billion

years after the Big Bang: monstrous

infants in a young Universe.

Normally, a black hole forms when

a massive star, weighing tens of solarmasses, explodes after its nuclear fuel

is spent. Without the nuclear furnace

at its core pushing against gravity, the

star collapses. Much of the material is

ung outwards in a great supernova

blast, while the rest falls inward, form-

ing a black hole of only about ten solar

masses.

Since these ancient quasars were

rst discovered, scientists have won-

dered what process could lead a small

black hole to gorge and fatten to such

an extent, so soon after the Big Bang.

In fact, several processes tend to

limit how fast a black hole can grow.

For example, the gas normally does

not fall directly into the black hole,

but gets sidetracked into a slowly spi-

raling ow, trickling in drop by drop.

When the gas is nally swallowed

by the black hole, the light it emits

pushes out against the gas. Tat light

counterbalances gravity, and it slows

the ow that feeds the black hole.

So how, indeed, did these ancient

quasars grow? Professor al Alexan-

der, Head of the Particle Physics and

Astrophysics Department at the Te

Weizmann Institute of Science in

Israel, proposes a solution in a paper

written together with Professor Priy-

amvada Natarajan of Yale University,

which recently appeared in Science.

Teir model begins with the forma-

tion of a small black hole in the very

early Universe. At that time, cosmolo-

gists believe, gas streams were cold,

dense, and contained much larger

amounts of material than the thin gas

streams we see in todays cosmos. Te

hungry, newborn black hole moved

around, changing direction all the timeas it was knocked

about by other baby

stars in its vicinity.

By quickly zigzag-

ging, the black hole

continually swept up

more and more of

the gas into its orbit,

pulling the gas direct-

ly into it so fast, the

gas could not settle

into a slow, spiraling

motion. Te bigger

the black hole got,

the faster it ate; this

growth rate, explains

Alexander, rises faster

than exponentially.

After around 10 mil-

lion years a blink of

an eye in cosmic time the black hole would have lled out

to around 10,000 solar masses. From

then, the colossal growth rate would

have slowed to a somewhat more lei-

surely pace, but the black holes future

path would already be set leading it

to eventually weigh in at a billion solar

masses or more.

(http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/all-you-

can-eat-at-the-end-of-the-universe?press-room-rb#.U-7vwaUVrzJ)

A small black hole gains mass: Dense cold gas (green) owstoward the center o a stellar cluster (red cross in blue circle) withstars (yellow); the erratic path o the black hole through the gas(black line) is randomized by the surrounding stars

All-You-Can-Eat at the End of the Universe


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Chair: Ms Elissa Rudolph, 14210 Nesting Way Apt C, Delray Beach, Florida 33484 USA [email protected] Admin:Ms Terese Moodie-Bloom, 17/23 Waiwera St, Lavender Bay 2060 Australia [email protected] Development:Mr Bjrn Liljeqvist, Knektvgen 1, 196 30 Kungsngen [email protected]:Mr Rudy Challupner [email protected]. Smaller National Mensas:Mr Lars Endre Kjlsta, Arne Beckersgate 73, NO3188 Horten [email protected]. President: Dr Abbie Salny, 407 Breckenridge, Wayne NJ 07470 USA el: +1 973 305 0055SIGHCoordinator: Mr Pierpaulo Vittorio [email protected]. SIG Coordinator:Ms Barbara Kryvko [email protected]: Mr Martyn Davies [email protected] Director:Mr Michael Feenan, Slate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire NG32 3EL, UKel/Fax+44(0)1400272 675 [email protected]

Editorial StaffEditor: Ms Kate Nacard, 407/23 Corunna Rd, Stanmore NSW 2048 Australia [email protected] : +61 2 9516 1024Science: Mr John Blinke [email protected]: Mr om Elliott [email protected] Articles: Position Vacant

officer directory

TeMensa World Journal (MWJ) is produced under the auspices o the Mensa International Board o Directors. Mandatory content asidentied by the MWJ editor must be published in every national Mensa magazine. Publication o other content is recommended butoptional. Opinions expressed in the MWJ are those o the authors and do not necessarily reect the views o any other individual or anyofficial Mensa body. Submission Guidelines: Language: English only. ext: MS Word (Windows), .rt (Word/Mac), plain text, PageMaker(Windows), InDesign (Windows) Length: 500 word limit. Send by e-mail, ax, snail mail to the Editor. Te Editor reserves the right toinclude or edit submissions or space and content considerations. All unoriginal submissions must be accompanied by written permis-

sion or publication rom the original author.Permission is granted or MWJ articles to be reprinted in any Mensa publication providedthat the author, MWJ and MWJs editor are acknowledged. Permission must be sought rom the MWJ editor or reprinting o any part othe MWJ in non-Mensa publications.

supplementally... john blinkeSteamy ScienceScienceDaily, July 24, 2014. Steam

Energy From the Sun: New Spongelike

Structure Converts Solar Energy Into

Steam. (Nature

Communications)

MI scientists

are using graph-

ite akes and

carbon foam to

make steam with

solar energy.

Other solar steam

generators have been created, but this

one only needs ten times the bright-

ness of a normal sunny day instead of

1,000 times. And it makes use of 85%

of the light it soaks up. Te technique

employs a two-layer carbon disk thatoats on the surface of a container of

water. Te lower, porous layer provides

otation and lets water seep through

slowly to the

upper part

that is made of

microwave-

popped

graphite chips.

Local hotspots

on the chips

convert water

into steam. As low-tech as steam seems

to be, it is still the main way we move

energy into our homes and businesses,

whether it is generated by sun, fossil

fuel, or nuclear power.

SuperNew Scientist, July 19, 2014, p. 16.

Build a Better Battery With Waste Paper.

In another advance for the art of

recycling, scientists at the National

Chemical Laboratory in Pune, In-

dia have found a way to use recycled

wastepaper for the storage of electricity.

Tey bake strips of the paper at 800C

and treat it with strong acid, turning it

into a gnarly-textured carbon surface

with a vast area that can hold electrons.

Add an electrolyte gel and you get a

supercapacitor. In case you dont know,

supercapacitors can store electricity like

batteries, but they charge up a lot faster.

[email protected]


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november 2014 issue #023

mensa world journal

Asian Mensa Gathering (AMG), September 11-14 in Osaka, Japan Photo courtesy o Mensa Japan

in this issuefrom the executive committee - AMG 2014 - whats in acredit crunch? - new model of brains thought processes- kids with aspergers syndrome deserve support - chil-drens drawings indicate later intelligence - mouse

model provides window into working brain - sailingrocks on the playa - puzzles and more...


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rom the editor,

As I write,

Ive not long

been back

rom Osaka

where the 2014

Asian Mensa

Gathering was

held. It was a

great success, thanks to the superb

efforts o the organising committee,

all the attendees, and, o course,Mensa Japans Chairman,Mr Satoki

akeichi. More on the weekend and

Mensa Japan on p4.

Tere are lots o interesting articles

or you to read in this issue, begin-

ning with Vanitas Berymoores

opinion o Mensas Mensa has

no opinions rule. On p5,Marco

Migliorelli, a Mensan rom Lux-

embourg outlines the basic acts

surrounding a credit crunch, and on

pages 6 and 9 theres news o recent

research into the brains thought

processes and the possibility o

childrens drawings indicating uture

intelligence.

MemberJeffery Alan Fordspeaks

rom personal experience about the

need or support or children with

Aspergers Syndrome (p8), andJohn

Blinkeexplains the mystery o thesailing rocks on the playas o Death

Valley in Caliornia on p10.

om Elliotts book reviews and

Terese Moodie-Blooms original

Puzzles are also included.

In the December issue, I hope

to have news o the winner o the

International Photo Competition or

2014 - watch this space!

With regards,

Kate

Te world grows increasinglymore chaotic year after year,and our brains are constantlybombarded with images. A new

study from Center for theNeural Basis of Cognition(CNBC), a joint projectbetween Carnegie Mel-lon University and theUniversity of Pittsburgh,reveals how neurons in the

part of the brain responsi-ble for recognizing objectsrespond to being shown

a barrage of images. Testudy is published online byNature Neuroscience.

Te CNBC researchers showed animal

subjects a rapid succession of images,

some that were new, and some that the

subjects had seen more than 100 times.

Te researchers measured the electrical

response of individual neurons in theinferotemporal cortex, an essential part

of the visual system and the part of the

brain responsible for object recognition.

In previous studies, researchers found

that when subjects were shown a single,

familiar image, their neurons responded

less strongly than when they were

shown an unfamiliar image.

However, in the current study, the

CNBC researchers found that whensubjects were exposed to familiar and

unfamiliar images in a rapid succession,

their neurons - especially the inhibito-

ry neurons - red much more strongly

and selectively to images the subject

had seen many times before.

It was su

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