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With approximately 120,000 inhabitants, this global city exists in a parallel dimension, and has a portal in every part of the world.  \nSome candidates who receive letters of acceptance are happy just to have the visa to this global city in their pockets for possible use one day. Others actually join and get their passports, but are content just to goto the airport to be able to say,“I’ve been there, I am a member.” Some even set foot outside the airport and start to explore the city, but after a \"rst encounter – good, bad orindi!erent – think that this typi\"es Mensa  \nNothing could be further from the truth. As in every city, there is a wide gamut of people, areas, cultures and events. Every city has its Left Bank of artists, its Greenwich Village of writers; its Wall Street of investors, its Fleet Street of Journalists. So, too, does Mensa.  \nBut one needs to seek out these areas; knowledge of the city comes through exploration, wandering down winding alleys, cul de sacs, retracking from deadends and not being distracted by di\\#cult people and other obstacles. And when found,  \nwhat riches! $e Mensa Greenwich Village, for example, includes Jean Aeul, creator of the Clan of the Cave Bear, Dr Jack Cohen, scienti\"c writer, SciFi writers such as Arthur C Clarke, and many, many more. We have hundreds of writers who write magazine articles, short stories, romantic novels, poetry, academic tracts … and we have thousands of writers who have yet to put pen to paper. Who knows what willemanate from their pens and word processors? Mensan Dan Brown, author of !e Da Vinci Code, didn’t write his \"rst novel until the age of 53. Now he is a household name.  \nEvery city also has its ethnic centres: its Chinatowns, its Bohemian quarters; these are easiest to \"nd in Mensa, because of our real-life geographical divisions into national Mensas. Your citizenship in our Mensan realm gives you entry to all quarters; meetings in every part of the world; all enjoying a slightly di!erent %avour and emphasis. And best yet, you can visit several at once: EMAG (European Mensa Annual Gathering) introduces one to Mensans in Europe; AMAG to Mensans in Asia. Last year the AMAG, for example, was held in Bali. Despite this being a popular holiday destination, the theme was a serious one: ‘Global Brains for the Poor’ and three days of combined M energy was directed towards means of ensuring education for those who couldn’t yet a!ord to access even the most basic of the three Rs.  \nAnd, just as in real-world cities,  \n!erese Moodie-Bloom  \nwe have a wide range of socioeconomic strata and members have a wide range of educational levels (some not having completed grade school but ably self-educated, others heads of their academic \"elds in universities around the world) -with widely divergent occupations, and personalities.  \nWhile this global city of Mensa lies in a very accessible notional dimension, with entry tests and IQ scores as portals, it sometimes seems that we have slipped through a different portal – a looking-glass-and ended up in Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland! Like Alice, we meet weird and wonderful people. And, as in Wonderland, our Mensa global city inhabitants can be fascinating, extremely clever, eccentric, odd, rude at times, strident, or gentle and kindly; they often appear to speak in riddles, and can be quite unconventional.  \nIn my twenty years of Mensa membership I have met them all. I have empathized with some members who have been turned away by the more strident characters who sometimes seem to dominate a meeting, but Mensa is far big","cbCaioxirK6dcbnW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioxirK6dcbnW","pdf",974610,"English","# Mark Your Diaries\n# The Man Behind Our Science News","[{\"question\":\"What theme is discussed for Mensa as a global community?\",\"answer\":\"Mensa is portrayed as a global city, with a portal in every part of the world, far beyond a simple village of members.\"},{\"question\":\"How are international Mensa gatherings referenced?\",\"answer\":\"The text mentions events such as EMAG (Europe) and AMAG (Asia), including an AMAG held in Bali with a theme focused on “Global Brains for the Poor.”\"},{\"question\":\"Who is John Blinke and what does he contribute to the journal?\",\"answer\":\"John Blinke has written for Mensa publications for 23 years, with his column “SuppleMentally” widely followed by members worldwide, and he is introduced with personal background details.\"}]","Mensa World Journal - September 2013 Issue 009 | PDF",1791050374]