"America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair." Arnold Toynbee

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1 Meeting Mondays, 7:15 AM - Marriott Hotel, 1400 Parkview Ave - Manhattan Beach Officers and Directors Bill Bloomfield, President Tom Jeffry President-Elect Russ Rothner/Russ Samuels Directors Lindy Murrell Secretary Richard Ham Director John Rhind Treasurer Kathleen Terry Director Roger Cox Past President Geoff Bremer/Ron Sokol Directors Paul Allman Historian Lee Walker/Dave Long Directors ROTES QUOTES PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 691 Manhattan Beach, CA Jim Hallett Editor Ron Sokol Advertising Dennis Ridge Publisher Governor District 5280 President Rotary International Brad Robinson Kalyan Banerjee Transform Lives Reach Within to Embrace Humanity Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 "America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair." Arnold Toynbee

2 Rotes Quotes Vol.62, No.9 September 5, 2011 Programs Sept 5 th Labor Day. There is no regularly scheduled meeting this morning. Enjoy your holiday and travel safely. Sept 12 th Singing Therapy. Ronnie Jayne is our guest this morning. Since we have become a singing club, she is here to tell us why singing is good therapy for exercising your mind and strengthening your voice. Sept 19 th Wells Bring Hope. This morning we will hear the latest on the Wells Bring Hope project. Member Larry Johnson is on the Board of Directors for WBH and Brings us former LA County District Attorney Gil Garcetti to help us understand what is happening with the project. and we will also be treated to a Craft Talk from new member Shannon Ryan. Sept 26 th Boy Scouts of America. All things BSA is on the program agenda this morning. Paul Moore, CEO of the Boy Scouts of America is our program. How many of you remember... On My Honor I Will Do My Best To Do My Duty To God And My Country? Save The Date September 18 President s Reception. Save this date for the 2011 President's reception. Details to follow.

3 Rotary is Service Above Self Rotary Stars It was Monday, August 29, 2011, and I missed Summer Breeze, but arrived in time to see President Bill Bloomfield award Sharon Gradinette (musical bride of musical Paul Allman) a Paul Harris Fellowship. (September 11 in the evening is Sharon s We Can Pediatric Brain Tumor Network annual fundraiser at Salt Creek Grille ask Paul for details.)..our starry array of guests included District Governor Elect Lew Bertrand, District Membership Chair Dean Reuter, Wendell Harter s wife Madelyn, John Acker s wife Lisa, and Ray Padilla s wife and daughter, Margaret and Jennifer..President Bill thanked Randy Meadors for his weekend Star Party, Kathleen Terry reminded us to be at Finance Park (Junior Achievement) on September 17 with spouses in tow, and President Bill inducted our newest Rotary star, Stephanie Skrbin, sponsored by Jordan Peister (i before e except after c and in Peister). Starry Nights Our guest speaker rightly occupied the entire meeting. Dr. Geoff Marcy, professor of astronomy at Berkeley and San Francisco State, treated us to a compelling talk on the search for intelligent life in the universe, timely following Randy Meadors star party and Steve Murillo s talk on ufology. Dr. Marcy is the recipient of numerous awards, including California Scientist of the Year, and is a worldrenowned expert on exoplanets (planets outside our solar system). Here s some of what he had to say: Exoplanets We are very, very close to finding life out there, and perhaps intelligent life. There is clearly no intelligent life in our solar system other than Planet Earth. We find planets by looking for regularly repeating dimming of star light an orbiting planet may cause dimming of one part in 10,000. So a space-borne telescope is needed, and we have the Kepler Telescope out there on a 4-year mission its every camera shot takes in 150,000 stars. The star called Kepler 10 has been a major focus, with a planet now identified as to size, orbital period, mass and density. This work is accelerating we ve identified 2000 near-earth-size planets, including 1235 in the past year. We ve found

4 Rotary is Service Above Self 6 planets on the star Kepler 11. Just a few weeks ago we learned the Kepler Telescope has found 170 multiple-planet systems. Habitable Planets Habitable planets need lukewarm temperatures and the basic ingredients for life: water, energy and organic molecules. What are the odds of finding such a planet? The Milky Way has 30 billion planetary systems and the universe has hundreds of billions of galaxies. The most pessimistic scientists guess that one in a million planets is habitable, which means there should be thousands of civilizations in our galaxy alone. Signs of Life However, we have no signs of life out there. The untouched surfaces of Mars and the Moon reveal no visitors. There have been no telescopic sightings of UFO s, no radio signals, no gamma rays, no robotic probes, nothing. Three speculative but possible explanations for this: 1. Earth is very precious, with just the right amount of water 0.06%, and unlikely to be replicated. 2. Evolution does not necessarily favor intelligence see, for example, the dinosaurs, so a habitable planet may not evolve intelligent life. 3. Technology may cause civilizations to self-destruct. How to learn more? Fund SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), the organization spearheading this quest, which Dr. Marcy believes is comparable to our quest to put a man on the moon. Technological Life Interestingly enough, both Dr. Geoff Marcy and Steve Murillo ended their talks on the same note: Technological life may simply be extremely rare, despite the odds, because technological civilizations may not have the social/political/spiritual capacity to handle technology. Which may explain why Dr. Marcy flew down from the Bay Area to address our local Rotary Club because Rotary represents the best our technologically advanced civilization offers and needs to survive. Yours in Rotary, Jim Hallett

5 Rotary is Service Above Self Volunteer at Finance Park Join us for a day at Junior Achievement Finance Park located at 6250 Forest Lawn Dr., Los Angeles, CA to work with teens in financial literacy. September 17th 11:00-4:00pm. This is a great experience helping teens be an adult for the day and compile a budget that balances. No need to take time from work. No big problems with traffic. No getting up at the crack of dawn. It's a great experience working with the teens and there is even pizza! Rotary Make-Up Clubs - 12:15pm Rotarians Participate at Weekly Meetings! Hermosa Beach PV Sunset Redondo Bch Westchester 2521 Valley Drive Red Onion 7:00pm Blue Water Grill 5855 W. Century 736 Silver Spur 655 N. Harbor Dr. LAX Marriott Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday LA Int l Airport El Segundo Lawndale Palos Verdes Raddison Hotel Hacienda Hotel Hacienda Hotel Palos Verdes 6255 W. Century 525 N. Sepulveda 525 N. Sepulveda Country Club Thursday Thursday Thursday Friday Meals on Wheels Schedule Rotarians serving their community! Monday Wednesday Sept 05 LABOR DAY Sept 07 Tom Callahan Sept 12 Wade Austin Sept 14 Roger Cox Sept 19 Mark Curran Sept 21 Ken Deemer Birthdays Anniversaries Sept 10 Jim Hallett Sept 10 Patti & Charlie Panucci Sept 10 Bill Bloomfield Sept 10 Matt & Maggie Peck Sept 19 John Rhind Sept 17 John & Carole Hugunin Sept 19 Arturo Di Pietro Sept 21 Ken & Candy Deemer The Rotes Quotes is now available on the web at

6 Manhattan Beach Rotary Active Members Strong! The 2011/12 Rotary year is another growth year. You can see by scanning the classifications below John Acker Financial Planner Dr. Richard Ackerman Aerospace Management Kathleen Adams Financial Advisor Susan Adams Aerospace Paul Allman Personnel Training Deborah Arnold Business Software Consultant Tim James Auringer Automotive Dealer Wade Austin, Jr. Photography Harris Bass Business and Tax Law Bill Bloomfield Commercial/Laundry David Boochever Consultant/Computer Jim Bowser Insurance (ret.) Geoff Bremer CPA Jan Buike Social Worker Giusy Buonfantino International Marketing Kent Caldwell Insurance James Caprell Artist Marc Castellani Wealth Management Richard Chase College Professor Roger Civalleri Business Broker Roger Cox Business Consultant Mark Curran Advertising and Marketing Steve De Baets Truck Refrigeration Ken Deemer Private Investor Arturo Di Pietro Int l Bus Consultant Mike Doell Moving & Storage Patrick Donahue Advertising Donn Ennis Oil Refinery Engineer Monica Farrell Non-profit Development Richard Farrell Video Production (ret.) Vinny Fazzino Builder/Engineer Robin Gary Pilates Instructor Katie Gleason College Development Nelson Gray Honorary Member Robert Guilford Business Consultant Mimi Haines Toy Manufacturing Megan Hall Caterer Jim Hallett Criminal & Family Attorney Richard Ham Aerospace Engineer Jay Harkenrider Real Estate Residential Dave Harris Wealth Advisor Wendell Harter Peace Advocate Lisa Hemmat - Restauranteur Dave Hornbecker Office Supplies John Hugunin Community College Professor Jim Hunter Property Management Eric Iverson Web Developer Ian Jackson Mortgage Banker Tom Jeffry Attorney - Health Care Lawrence Johnson Investment Banker Don Jung CPA Business Manager Bill Keenan Interim CFOs what areas are open. Let s think and then act. Harry Keller Education Technology Anne Konie Interior Designer Brad Koppel International Trade David Long Executive/Recruiter Kathy McElroy Physical Therapist Barbara Matles Travel Agent Randy Meadors Architect Dennis Morehead Property Mgt Gerry Morton Nutritional Products Steve Murillo Mortgage Broker Lindy Murrell Communications Wayne Nelson Marketing Dr. John Nylund Dermatology John Osten Commercial Publishing Dr. Ray Padilla Dentist Dr. Patricia Panucci Orthodontist Matthew Peck Accounting Jordan Peister Graphic Designer Dave Peters R.E. Invest/Develop/Mediation Don Redman Mfg Executive (ret.) Jan Rhees Residential Real Estate John Rhind Accounting Dennis Ridge Printing Dr. Deborah Robertson Veterinarian Roger Rombro Attorney - Family Law Russ Rothner Business Consultant Joel Ruben Attorney - Real Est. & Bus. Lit Shannon Ryan Financial Planner Daniel Saks Insurance Russ Samuels Fitness & Personal Training Dr. Paul Sanchez Dentist Bill Sauber Auto Club Services (ret.) Dr. Les Silverman Optometrist Ronald Sokol Attorney Darrell Sperber Automotive Dealer Charlie Steinmetz Investor - Real Estate Steve Stepanek Aerospace Engineer Bob Stephenson Accountant Corporate Lincoln Stone Business & Immigration Law Marc Teitelbaum Honorary Member Kathleen Terry Management Consultant Herb Trachtenberg Aerospace Engineer Dr. Chris Ullman Chiropractic Rod Uyeda Law Enforcement John Van den Akker Property Mgt/Invsts June Vantrimpont Window Treatment Mfg. Russ Varon Jeweler Lee Walker Insurance - Casualty Ingo Werk Manufacturing Duke Winser Honorary Member Larry Wolf Real Estate Broker/Owner Alexander Yoffe Attorney Active Past Presidents Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950