When Markets Collide

When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change by Mohamed El-Erian is an insightful book + he is a doer and a thinker + someone who understands risks. He is one of the world’s most respected financial and economic analysts.

Useful link:
www.pimco.com

Ecotourism

What is ecotourism?
The International Ecotourism Society defines ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.

Useful links:
www.ecotourism.org
www.rainforest-alliance.org
www.sustainabletravelinternational.org
www.tia.org
www.wildland.com

Green travel has gone from a trend to a part of mainstream consumer and corporate culture.
- Brian Mullis, Sustainable Travel International

Enjoy nature + relax.

Politicians + Art

Jerry Adler writes about the art of politics + other viewpoints @ http://www.newsweek.com/id/147791

When I get to heaven, I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject.
- Winston Churchill

Useful link:
www.pbs.org

Great Collectors Of Our Time

Great Collectors of our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton is an interesting book on art collectors. A must-read.

Useful link:
www.sothebys.co.uk

Sometimes you have to buy out of the box and pay out of the box. That’s the collector. They are the pilot fish of taste.
- James Stourton

Astonishing Photos

The photographs taken by Hal Brindley of a leopard savaging a crocodile @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml was brilliant.

Useful links:
www.halbrindley.com
www.krugerpark.co.za

Before The Rains

Before the Rains directed by Santosh Sivan is a romantic drama/tragedy set in the Colonial India of the 1930's. A strong narrative, interesting characters and good acting = Good movie. A must see.

Useful link:
www.beforetherains.net

Video Games Artwork

Louis Marchesano gives a tour of video games artwork designs @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7514493.stm

Useful link:
www.getty.edu

Sir John Marks Templeton

Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist. It was very inspiring to read the obituary of Sir John Marks Templeton @ http://www.economist.com/obituary/displayStory.cfmsource=hptextfeature&story_id=11745591, a man with such great a life philosophy, who seemed to live close to God and at the same time a dedicated investor. Congratulations to the Economist.

Useful links:

www.templeton.org

www.unlimitedloveinstitute.com

www.templetonprize.org

None of us know what’s going to happen after we die, any more than that caterpillar knows.

- Sir John Marks Templeton