Vol. 101 No. 04
Brian Street, President
Joan Posivy, Secretary
Next meeting: Tuesday July 31, 2018 Club Day! Summer Barbeque and Official Youth Gala Launch
Come and enjoy some relaxed summer barbeque fare - hot off the grill beef, salmon, chicken & veggie burgers. Build them the way you like them. Then top it all off with some scrumptious house-made pies. Yumm!!!
The patio will be open and there will be lots of time to mingle and network with fellow Rotarians before the meeting begins.
We've all been told about the new fundraising incentive to raise funds for our Youth programs and to support the Ray-Cam Community Centre's Youth Mentorship Program. This week will be the official launch for this important event. See where the committee stands, what work has been done, and where more help is needed to make this, the first annual Red Carpet Ball as successful as possible.
Please join us this week for a meeting with a bit of summer flare.
Upcoming meeting: Tuesday August 7, 2018 TBA - Hit a bit of a snag - our booked speaker has had to back out.
Check next week's Rotor for the updated info. If you have any ideas to help fill the gap, please contact Fred West or Brian Street.
Upcoming meeting: Tuesday August 14, 2018 Jamie Houssain, Principal, Elemental Energy Corp. The Future and Present of Renewable Energy in Canada
Mr. Jamie Houssain is responsible for discovering new business and investment opportunities and setting the strategic direction of Elemental Energy. He has been in the renewable energy business since 2009. He has worked for Elemental performing a variety of roles since 2010 and worked at Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital before that. His first career was in the film business, where he was President and Co-Founder of The Collective Films, an award winning documentary and commercial film production company.
Elemental Energy Corp. is committed to projects that generate long term financial returns, environmental benefits for the planet, and positive social impacts for the communities in which we work. They accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy by investing in, developing, and managing renewable energy projects that generate long-term value for our shareholder, our partners and the planet.
The images above show the RI themes for the past 4 years with the latest on the right, Be The Inspiration. It was in 1949-50 when RI President Percy C. Hodgson established four objectives for his team and launched the Rotary tradition of an annual theme. Since then, the annual RI themes have varied in length and message but all have inspired Rotarians to greater action. Some of the past themes:
Participate! in 1961-62 was the shortest theme; repeated again in 1968-69
Meeting Rotary's Challenge in the Space Age in 1963-64
Take Time to Serve, 1980-81
Mankind is One -- Build Bridges of Friendship throughout the World, 1982-83
Rotarians -- United in Service -- Dedicated to Peace, 1987-88
Believe in What You Do -- Do What You Believe In, 1993-94
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge in Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to be more effective leaders in their vocation and Rotary club and more knowledgeable Rotarians.
All Rotarians, particularly newer members, are encouraged to participate. Note: RC of Vancouver members will be reimbursed in full for their paid registration fee.
If no written objections is filed with the Secretary within 7 days of July 27, 2018 (by Aug 3, 2018), Brady Carpenter, will upon payment of the dues and assessments determined by the Board, be declared elected as a MEmber of the Rotary Club of Vancouver recognized by Rotary International.
The classification the Brady Carpenter will hold is "Financial Planning"
Proposed: Justin Emilio
Seconded: Franz Gehriger
If no written objections is filed with the Secretary within 7 days of July 27, 2018 (by Aug 3, 2018), Robert Costigan, will upon payment of the dues and assessments determined by the Board, be declared elected as a MEmber of the Rotary Club of Vancouver recognized by Rotary International.
The classification the Robert Costigan will hold is "Financial Planning"
Proposed: Gabriel Kalfon
Seconded: Franz Gehriger
Last Meeting July 17, 2018
President Brian Street chaired the meeting and gave the invocation.
Don Evans accompanied us on the piano for the singing of O Canada.
Joe Lopushinsky, Sergeant-at-Arms, introduced visitors and guests.
President's announcements:
Summer is in full swing, many of our members are enjoying family vacations, and our Membership Committee is still working hard. We have another two potential members, Robert Costigan & Brady Carpenter, whose applications are in the notice phase. Barring any problems we look forward to them joining our Club in a couple of weeks.
Franco Gallo, filling in for Joan Posivy, provided the secretary's announcements:
reminders of upcoming events/meetings (see above);
birthdays:Malcolm Hunter Jul26
member anniversaries:Adriana Zylmans 1 year, Barbara Welsh 9 years
wedding anniversaries:Graham Coleman & Lorrie Miller 19 year Jul25, Fred & Eva West 48 years Jul25
Special announcements; presentations, and members' moments:
Doug Kellough was happy to present our star golfer, David Motion with a wonderful keepsake in memory of his hole-in-one on June 14th at the Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Club. Quite a feat David; you are now among the elite boasters!
Program:
Fred West introduced Dr. Jonathon Berkowitz who entertained us all with his presentation: Word and Numbers: Closer than you Think
Dr. Berkowitz's fascination with words and patterns started when he was a wee lad. He enjoyed dinosaurs, not unusual, but what was most interesting to him were their names. Long, complicated names and he memorized them all -- backwards. Now that is somewhat unusual.
Something to ponder:
Rotary (meaning something that turns, around an axis, with no end in sight) meets at the Terminal City Club (meaning the end of something)
If you change the first letter of Rotary; Votary (a person who strongly supports a particular cause or person); Notary (an official who has the legal authority to make an oath official)
Could this be a latin word puzzle? The following message was carved into a wooden pillar. Can you interpret it?
TOTI
EMUL
ESTO
Answer: TO TIE MULES TO; it's all in how you look at it
There are many ways to look at words. Remember the movie: DUMB and DUMBER. How about: NUMB and NUMBER. When you see the word, NUMBER, do you only think of its mathematical meaning?
What about ONE. It doesn’t rhyme with: BONE CONE HONE LONE PONE TONE ZONE. It does rhyme with: DONE NONE. And none of these rhyme with: GONE.
How about some new math? Look at 11 + 2 – 1 = ? Did you get 12? A more creative way: 11 plus 2 is 112, then 112 minus 1 is 12. Creatively, in Roman numerals: XI plus II is XIII, then XIII minus I is XII. Exceptionally clever solution: ELEVEN + TWO = ELEVENTWO; remove O,N,E, to get ELVETW; move the last two letters to the front to get TWELVE. So ELEVEN + TWO – ONE = TWELVE in words and letters and numbers.
Some postcripts:
There are two such examples in Spanish. Find them, for homework.
Write 1 + 12 = 2 + 11 in Roman numerals, reverse order from right to left, add one space: I + XII = II + XI → IX + II = IIX + I → IX + II = I + IX + I
Translation: 1 + 12 = 2 + 11 becomes 9 + 2 = 1 + 9 + 1. Wow!
Some short puzzles:
What is half of 8, aside from the obvious answer of 4?
Answer: 0 (top or bottom half), 3 (right half)
The numbers 7 and 11 are both odd. How can you make them both even?
Answer: Drop the first letter of SEVEN and the first two letters of ELEVEN.
A classic: Continue the following pattern: O T T F F S S …
Answer: E. The first letters of One, Two, Three, Four,…
What is the only number in English with its letters in alphabetical order?
Answer: FORTY
What does the following sequence represent?
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
Answer: Number of syllables in each letter in the alphabet.
Lucky and unlucky numbers:
Lucky number: one spelled with seven letters. There are three.
FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTY
Unlucky number name: one spelled with thirteen letters. There are many.
Smallest is ONE HUNDRED ONE (Largest is NINE DECILLION)
Lucky unlucky equation: add the three lucky numbers…
15 + 16 + 70 = 101, the smallest unlucky number
Truthful numbers:
ONE – counts itself as a single word, single syllable, single digit, single consonant
FOUR – correctly counts the number of letters in its name. It’s the only such number in English.
TWENTY NINE – requires 29 straight lines to make its letters!
TWELVE – truthful in Scrabble since it equals the sum of the point values of the letters: 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 12.
10,213,223 – is self-enumerating.
There is 1 zero, 2 ones, 3 twos and 2 threes. This is my favourite.
“ENGLIMATRIA” – numerical value of words. Dr. Berkowitz does gematria in English, hence the term Englimatria, using the Letter/Number substitution: A=1, B=2, C=3,..., Z=26. Here are some special (perfect) ones:
F R E D W E S T = 6 + 18 + 5 + 4 + 23 + 5 + 19 + 20 = 100
P H I L W E B B E R = 16 + 8 + 9 + 12 + 23 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 18 = 100
J. T R U D E A U = 10 + 20 + 18 + 21 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 21 = 100
And
R O T A R Y = 18 + 15 + 20 + 1 + 18 + 25 = 97
Add the C. as an abbreviation for Club
R O T A R Y C. = 100!
More curiosities:
Write the denominations in a deck of cards, from two through ace: TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, JACK, QUEEN, KING, ACE.
It takes 52 letters.
The sum of pips or dots on one die: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21
The alphabetic value of the word DICE: 4 + 9 + 3 + 5 = 21
Read this as a limerick: ((12 + 144 + 20 + 3 √4) ÷ 7) + (5 x 11) = 92 + 0
A dozen, a gross, and a score,
Plus three times the square root of four,
Divided by seven,
Plus five times eleven,
Is nine squared and not a bit more.
Conclusion:
What is the alphabetically first number, that is, the first you would encounter in the dictionary if all number names were included? EIGHT is the usual answer. But this overlooks the name of the numeral “0”. It has many names.One of them is AUGHT, the first number name. Another is ZERO, the last number name.
This is a sensational discovery – from ashes to ashes, from dust to dust, from nothing to nothing. And the end is a good place to end.
Thank you to Dr. Jonathon Berkowitz for bringing some levity and thoughtfulness to our meeting.
Meeting adjourned with a toast to strength in numbers.
programs and to support the Ray-Cam Community Centre's Youth Mentorship Program. This week will be the official launch for this important event. See where the committee stands, what work has been done, and where more help is needed to make this, the first annual Red Carpet Ball as successful as possible.
