US-Georgia Friendship Association - Board of Directors; China Business Network; Institute of Management Consultants USA; Downtown El Cajon CDC - Economic Restructuring Committee; International Association of Business Communicators - Membership Retention Chair; American Association of Political Consultants; Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

Alternative investments; commodities; bonds; equities; 1031; technology; crisis management; branding; geopolitics; golf; mountain biking; sailing; maritime; aviation; wine; Chinese tea

Formosa Quartet; Karen Gomyo; Luscious Noise; The Myriad Trio; Lindsey Yung

Margin Call; Floored; Enter the Dragon; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Bullitt; Open Range; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Ocean's Eleven; A Good Year; The Great Escape; Curse of the Golden Flower; The Battle of Red Cliff; House of Flying Daggers; Hero

The Shipping Man; Dynasties of the Sea; When China Ruled the Seas; Iliad; 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea; Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty 1405-1433; Currency Wars; Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World; The Art of War; A Colossal Failure of Common Sense; Security Analysis; The Black Swan; Shogun

Game of Thrones; House of Cards

"The person who knows that he doesn't know much, knows much." — Marc Faber

"An economy built on shopping malls and serving lattes doesn't work." — Steven Kasok, VP and treasurer, Millipore Corp.