Archive for June, 2008

Single?

By JO LEE Magazine
Location: New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London/Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

A little old lady was sitting on a park bench in The Florida Villages.            A man walked over and sat down on the other...

My Piano

By John Paul Jarvis

Board and boat sailor, tennis player, terrible musician all tempered by eclectic friends – provides a basis for views and opinions on a broad range...

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Russian New Year A Pantheistical Odyssey

By Craig Ricker
Location: Moscow - Russia

As a Westerner, the inner meaning of Russian New Year has always escaped me.  This year a friend of mine, who is a renowned expert...

Change A Face

By Kelechi Eleanya
Location: The Niger Delta – Nigeria

Architects and great builders talk of giving face-lifts.  They act to reshape, redefine and redesign structures so they may come out brighter, more attractive, pleasant...

And I’ll bet the sweeps on that!

By Dr. Andrea Buckett

Q: Is it safe to use antibacterial soap on a regular basis and what are the dangers of not washing your hands?  Charles – Memphis,...

Berlin’s Museum Island Cultural Highlight For The World

By Heide Van Doren Betz
Location: San Francisco – California

Berlin’s incredible Museumsinsel is a ¾ square mile island mid city. During World War II, over seventy percent of the original Museum buildings were destroyed,...

What Is Money?

By Guest Contributor
Location: Hong Kong - China

Qiao Pan   Most people don’t spend much time wondering what money is. Their major concern is how much they have, and how to get...

ENCORE Summer 2008

By JO LEE Magazine

JOANNE GIANCOLA Sr. Contributing Editor – JO LEE Magazine I AM A COLLECTOR OF ~ I don’t collect. I redistribute treasures to those who are...

Clever !

By JO LEE Magazine
Location: New York / San Francisco / Hong Kong / London/Tokyo / Rome / Toronto

CLEVER ! A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he stole the paintings and made it safely...

How To Green Your Baby

By Carla Dragnea
Location: Bucharest - Romania

The average baby uses approximately 6,000 diapers before potty training. Petroleum-based disposable diapers take between 200 and 500 years to decompose. Australia uses 2.2 million...

The Future Of Paul Gavin Screenwriter

By Gene Arceri
Location: New York - San Francisco - London

All things must come to a beginning.  Had Paul Gavin’s course been charted for him? The movies certainly cast their spell over this impressionable child. ...

Introducing Arturo Stable

By Guest Contributor
Location: Nicaragua – Central America

Danilo Navas   Arturo Stable belongs to a generation of Cuban musicians living abroad. Formally educated in Cuba, he had the opportunity to travel and...

Gilberto Munguia World Renowned Cellist

By Ray Scotty Morris
Location: San Francisco - California

  World renowned cellist, Gilberto Munguia was born in Kingsville, Texas in 1937. His father, an orchestra leader and trumpet player, instilled in him his...

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The Assassination Of Chauncey Bailey

By Guest Contributor
Location: San Francisco – California

Lani Silver I have been forlorn since August 2, 2007, when a man wearing a black mask assassinated, in broad daylight – the beloved Oakland,...

Venezuela’s Leading Young Conductor Of His Generation Gustavo Dudamel

By Guest Contributor
Location: Caracas - Venezuela

Mendotti Guino The leading young conductor of his generation, Gustavo Dudamel, was born in 1981 and is a product of el sistema, the National System...

The Trouble With Diversity

By Guest Contributor
Location: Richmond - Virginia

Astrid Symfield   Our two great liberal preoccupations – celebration of cultural difference and the fight against inequality – go hand in hand, right? Wrong....