http://mamensa.org More fun if you think! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:20:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mamensa.org/2011/09/09/autumnal-equinox-starlight-walking-tour-of-mount-oread/ http://mamensa.org/2011/09/09/autumnal-equinox-starlight-walking-tour-of-mount-oread/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:45:18 +0000 admin http://mamensa.org/?p=173 http://mamensa.org/2011/09/09/autumnal-equinox-starlight-walking-tour-of-mount-oread/feed/ 0 http://mamensa.org/2011/03/03/looking-for-key-to-unlock-mensa/ http://mamensa.org/2011/03/03/looking-for-key-to-unlock-mensa/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:16:41 +0000 admin http://mamensa.org/2011/03/03/looking-for-key-to-unlock-mensa/
Instead, I was taking a test to join the St. Louis Area Mensa, a chapter of the international high-IQ organization.
[...]]]> http://mamensa.org/2011/03/03/looking-for-key-to-unlock-mensa/feed/ 0 http://mamensa.org/2010/10/03/asian-respect-for-mensans/ http://mamensa.org/2010/10/03/asian-respect-for-mensans/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:00:45 +0000 admin http://mamensa.org/?p=16 If your IQ is off the charts, this is where you belong KARACHI: When Abu Nasar Alvi went to Korea on a scholarship sponsored by Samsung, he was surprised to be received with bows. It was only later that he realised that his superior IQ had earned him the respect of the Koreans — something they don’t accord many. “You tell them you work for Samsung and they bow at an angle of 45 degrees. But when you tell them you are a member of Mensa, they bow at an angle of 90 degrees,” he said. “They respect you so much that they do not even make eye contact with you.” [...]]]> http://mamensa.org/2010/10/03/asian-respect-for-mensans/feed/ 0 http://mamensa.org/2010/09/28/mensa-testing-days-2011/ http://mamensa.org/2010/09/28/mensa-testing-days-2011/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:54:15 +0000 admin http://mamensa.org/2010/09/28/mensa-testing-days-2011/ Mensa testing dates coming up are:
March 20th (Sunday)
April 17th (Sunday)
May 21st (Saturday)

all 1:30-3:30 pm at Lackman branch of the Johnson Co Library, 15345 W. 87th St. Parkway, Lenexa.
Contact Information:
Rhonda Johnston
(913) 671-8736
rjohnston99@aol.com


A short video about Mensa Testing is available at www.youtube.com/usmensa.
Check the calendar for further details Carpe Mensa
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Prizes:
1st place - $50.00
2nd place - $30.00
3rd place - $20.00
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The diminutive 81-year-old commands respect, and the two dozen or so choir members who've gathered for their Wednesday-night practice wait quietly for their cue.

[...]]]> http://mamensa.org/2010/02/24/profile-of-a-mensan/feed/ 0 http://mamensa.org/2010/02/24/e-books-vs-paper-books-controversy/ http://mamensa.org/2010/02/24/e-books-vs-paper-books-controversy/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:14:57 +0000 admin http://mamensa.org/2010/02/24/e-books-vs-paper-books-controversy/ Organizers of the Sharp Writ Book Awards confirmed that they has received threats of legal action by a Kindle� Author for excluding Kindle� (and other) eBooks from being nominated for the prestigious 2010 Sharp Writ Book Awards. Meanwhile, printed books continue to pour in at the Book Awards� San Diego office for consideration for the 2010 awards from across the world. Nominations for this prestigious Award, which is open to English books printed between January 2006 and February 2010, are being accepted till March 15th.
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