Recently I had a meeting with Joshua Zeman, an American film producer and director.

Joshua Zeman is a native New Yorker who has co-produced five feature films in recent years, most notably, The Station Agent, which won the 2003 Sundance Audience and Screenwriting Award. He was the producer of Mysterious Skin, which was nominated for a 2006 Spirit Award. His film, Choking Man, won the IFP Gotham Award.

He is a partner in the production company Ghost Robot and a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Initiative. In 2002 he wrote and produced Members Only – a documentary on the history of organized crime in New York.

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Recently I had a meeting with John St. Augustine, a famous American radio talk-show personality, author, and motivational speaker.

John St. Augustine is one of today’s most influential radio personalities. His daily radio show was created to make sure people all over the world have access to information that would not only entertain but also inspire them to a greater life experience.

Thousands of listeners tune in daily to hear John’s views on world events and his conversations with today’s leaders and heroes. John’s talent behind the microphone has led to numerous broadcasting awards, including three “Best Talk Host” awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and his on-stage presence has made him one of the most powerful speakers in America.

Since the inception of his program in 1997, he has recorded over 7500 shows and interviewed over 5000 people from all walks of life. He has communicated his messages of human potential to over one million people.

In 2006 John became a producer of Oprah & Friends for XM Satellite Radio, having created a program entitled, “Powerthoughts for Living an Uncommon Life.” He is the author of Living an Uncommon Life: Essential Lessons from 21 Extraordinary People (Hampton Roads, October, 2006).

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Recently I had a meeting with Steve Rubel (left), one of the world’s leading bloggers.

Steve Rubel is a Public Relations Strategist with an extensive experience in public relations, journalism and marketing communication. He is the Senior Vice President of Edelman Digital, specializing in PR and communications. Mr. Rubel studies global technology, media and online trends and shapes them into actionable insights and marketing communications strategies.

His Micro Persuasion blog on digital trends (http://www.micropersuasion.com/), which launched in 2004, has 50,000 readers daily and has been cited as a must-read by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNET, PC Magazine and Forrester Research. In addition, he is actively followed by more than 25,000 on Twitter, writes a column for Advertising Age and is often sought by the press and as a keynote speaker.

Rubel has been named to several prestigious lists, including: PR Week’s 40 Under 40, The Forbes.com Web Celeb 25, PC Magazine’s 100 Favorite Blogs, Media Magazine’s Media 100, the AlwaysOn/Technorati, Open Media 100 and the CNET News.com Blog 100.

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I recently had a meeting with Michele LaFountain, anchor on the ESPN channel.

From Wikipedia: Michelle LaFountain is the first Puerto Rican to become anchor of ESPN’s (Entertainment Sports Programming Network) Spanish version of SportsCenter. She also hosts an interview program created by ESPN called “Primera Plana” (Front Page), which features exclusive chats with special sports stars of the moment. The show’s first guest was David Beckham, the soccer star who played then for the Real Madrid team.

In 2008, LaFountain became a regular anchor on ESPNEWS, speaking English. She can commonly be found anchoring the Hot List from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.

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The well-known Italian business newspaper, “Il Denaro,” recently published our article on global regulation:

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While in New York, I had an interview with renowned American psychologist, Dr. Kalman J. Kaplan.

Dr. Kaplan is a social and developmental psychologist as well as a licensed clinical psychologist. He has published widely in the areas of interpersonal and international relations, and life-span developmental psychology, with concentration in the areas of aging, family theory and therapy, as well as the emerging field of biblical psychology, the use of transactional analysis in schizophrenia, and in suicide and suicide prevention.

Currently, Dr. Kaplan is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, and Director of the Program in Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health (www.rsmh.org) sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.

He was a Fulbright Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Tel Aviv University in 2006-2007, served as editor of the Journal of Psychology and Judaism, is on the editorial board of Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, and is also a reviewer for the International Journal of the Psychology of Religion.

He has been the recipient of federal grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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I had an interview in New York with Caroline Adams Miller, a Certified Professional Coach, author, media personality, keynote speaker & teacher.

Ms. Miller is an internationally-known coach, author and speaker on the topic of goal accomplishment, its connection with happiness and how it can be applied to one’s life for maximum transformation and growth.

For over two decades, she has focused her work in the areas of change and goal accomplishment, has appeared on dozens of global television and radio programs, and was featured in American and international magazines and newspapers.

She works with groups and individuals all over the world, and her “Positive Tip of the Day” has been broadcast on XM Radio’s Channel 155 since 2007.

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Recently, while in New York, I had a meeting with DJ Moby – a popular DJ, singer, musician and composer.

Richard Melville Hall, (born on September 11, 1965), a.k.a. Moby – was born in Harlem, New York, and raised by his mother in Darien, Connecticut.

According to Hall, his middle name and the nickname “Moby” were given to him by his parents because of an ancestral relationship to Moby Dick author Herman Melville: “The basis for Richard Melville Hall – and for Moby – is that supposedly Herman Melville was my great-great-great-granduncle.”

He plays keyboards, guitar, bass guitar and percussion, working in many styles – from electronics to pop, rock and punk. He is a solo artist, recording most of his albums himself, with his band accompanying him only for live concerts.

Having taken 8 singles into the UK Top 40 in 1990’s, he recorded “Play” – an album that sold more than 10 million copies worldwide in 1999 and won him the 341st slot in the list of greatest albums of all time compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. His later albums, “18” (2002), “Hotel” (2005) and “Last Night” (2008) sold more than 6 million copies and won gold and platinum status in over 30 countries.

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I recently had a meeting with Mark Jacobson, a writer and journalist who lives in Brooklyn.

Mark is best known for his investigation of the not-so-pretty side of city life in America as well as life outside the cities, and for his unique and ingenious view of popular culture. Mark writes for New York Magazine and is a frequent contributor to Village Voice, National Geographic, Natural History Magazine, Men’s Journal and other large-scale publications.

Mark has written a few articles on crime gangs. In the year 2000, he wrote a short biography on Frank Lucas, “the biggest heroin kingpin in history,” which later went on to become the basis for Ridley Scott’s American Gangster starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crow.

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The seventh issue of the Spanish language publication, The Voice of Kabbalah, is now available:

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