Noesis

 

 

 

The Journal of the Mega Society

 

 

October/November 2004             Issues 174/175

 


 

 

 

Officers

 

Editor and Publisher:                           Ron Yannone

189 Ash Street #2

Nashua, NH 03060

 

Administrator:                                     Jeff Ward

13155 Wimberly Square

San Diego, CA 92128

 

Internet Officer:                                    Kevin Langdon

P.O. Box 795

Berkeley, CA 94701

 

Founder:                                             Ronald K. Hoeflin

P.O. Box 539

New York, NY 10101

 

 

no·e·sis – Greek Þ understanding – to perceive.  Psychology Þ the cognitive process

 

The Mega Society was founded in 1982 and has been documented in the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS during the 1980s as the most exclusive society.  Mega means million and denotes the one-in-a-million status of its members.   Presently, the only viable adult-level admissions test is the Titan Test, developed by its founder, Ron Hoeflin – where 43/48 correct answers corresponds to the minimum accepted IQ level of 176.  See www.megasociety.org  Since its GUINNESS “distinction” in the 1980’s, the Mega Society with its 99.9999 percentile member status, remains “the most elite ultra-high IQ Society.”

Editorial Introduction to NOESIS Issues #174/175

– October/November 2004

 

 

Greetings avid readers to the combined 9th and 10th issue of Noesis (174 and #175) for October/November 2005.  In this special “combined set of holidays” issue everyone will find something of interest for themselves and the special people in their lives!

 

We open this issue with Halloween Memories by the editor – and although this fun day has passed by, its magical nostalgia has not.  Here you’ll learn the art of pumpkin carving, among other things.

 

We then move to Mathematical Quickies from the famous math problem developer, Charles W. Trigg.  We select some of the more challenging problems Charles has devised over the years.

 

As we move toward the next big American holiday (Thanksgiving), we celebrate it with the article A Time for Thanksgiving.  In this section we share recipes for an Apple Bavarian Torte and Cream of Pumpkin Soup!

 

 Everyone liked the insightful quotes by Joe Griffith presented in the past publications.  We continue with three areas of interest to all types of business – via the article Quotes on R&D (Research and Development), Risk, and Technology.

 

A short item by Albert Einstein will inspire our readers titled Three Rules of Work.

 

Myrna Reid Grant offers encouraging Poems for a Good and Happy Life.

 

Next, a real treat for our readers of Noesis, is a Star Trek original TV series quiz.  The exercise was developed by the editor after about 40 hours of viewing the 1st season, taking copious notes, and typing the article titled Start Trek Quiz – 1st Season (1966-1967).  This is a rare article that captures dialog in the first year’s shows that are not readily available elsewhere – a real collector’s treat!

 

I saw a book for “75 percent off” in price at the Barnes & Nobel bookstore a couple months ago titled: “The Art of Spelling – The Madness and the Method,” by Marilyn vos Savant.  Publisher is W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-393-04903-5.  In the back inside jacket cover of the book we read:

 

Marilyn vos Savant is listed in The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame for her record IQ score: 228.  Her “Ask Marilyn” column appears weekly in Parade, the Sunday magazine for 341 newspapers, with a circulation of 37 million and a readership of 81 million: the largest in the world.

 

After reading Marilyn’s accolades, a fantastic idea came to mind.  Read about it in the article Pending Inquiry to Marilyn vos Savant on Publishing the Titan Test in Parade Magazine.

 

I want to thank Mega Society member Chris Cole for loading many of this year’s Noesis journal issues onto the Mega Society website (www.MegaSociety.org) – and for enhancing the method to monitor the number of visitors to the site.  Early October was the last time I worked on this final, combined Noesis journal issue for October [#174] / November [#175] until November 14th – after I returned from Germany.  My desire is to release the combined issue the week of Thanksgiving.  The Mega Society “hit counter” has improvements, via Chris Cole,

 

“Now that there are more Noesis issues online, the search engines are picking up the site and we’re getting more visitors.  I had to move it to a new server to handle the load.  One of the features of the new server is that it has better reporting tools.”  (10-1-04) by Chris Cole

 

In early October when I went into the “hit counter” the bar graph read as follows:

 

Day

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Date

9/29

9/30

10/1

Count

150

209

98 (as of 6:30 a.m.)

We next continue with an article we developed – titled German Made Simple – Let’s Test It!

 

Schmidt Company of Nuremberg, Germany is among the leading bakers and distributors of Lebkuchen – gingerbread in simple words.  Schmidt distributes their baked products via many companies around the world.  We share Schmidt products via material in the web site by USA mail-order-house German Food Specialties.  My 15-piece “Festive Chest” order arrived November 12th – and I plan to share its contents when I go to New Jersey for the Christmas holiday.  See the article Lebkuchen by Schmidt, Nuremberg, Germany.

 

The editor next shares the way he got into his present physical regimen via the insightful and encouraging article Those Green Sweat Pants.

 

Mega Society member Chris Cole sent a heads-up on the article Google Entices Job-Searchers with Math Puzzle.

 

The editor next shares some terrific mathematical relationships for the mathematical constant, π, via a new book by Posamentier and Lehmann titled “π.“  Besides many mathematical facts on π, you’ll learn a song about π and a mnemonic to remember the decimal places of π via a German language development.

 

Fred Metcalf shares really humorous jokes via the article Gentle Jokes.  For those who like Christmas, you’ll enjoy several of Fred’s quips centered around this joyful holiday!

 

Next, the editor shares a short article on herbs – Nature’s Medicine Chest.  The editor purchased this index-card herb set at a health seminar in the early 1990s.

 

Dr. Paavo Airola shares an article whose information can be incorporated by our readers to select healthy foods – Acid-Alkaline Foods.

 

An invaluable book by David Niven is used to share with our readers of Noesis and those they know – Some Secrets of Successful People.  The editor selects a handful of unique statistics Dave presents in his hard-cover book.

 

As the editor was preparing for his 3+ week trip to Germany (Dresden and Berlin) in October, he shared a wishful prayer with the readers in the article titled May We Foster the Healing Process prior to leaving for Germany.

 

The editor had a rich, simple childhood and Christmas has remained a landmark ingredient each year for him.  He shares this via the colorful article The Wonders of Christmas.

 

Food surrounds our lives – especially the holidays.  Folks will like a few recipes and corporate contacts to obtain great foods for the holidays and in the New Year – via articles like – Berliner Pfannkuchen.

 

The television program CSI – Las Vegas shows us the art and skill of logical deduction and lateral thinking to reconstruct complex crime scenes.  We continue with this topic via the article Lateral Thinking Puzzles – presented three times – puzzles, clues and then answers.  Readers may desire to have a friend read the progressive clues (per puzzle) to maximize the amount of genuine thought you expend on these.  The authors of the material used for this article are Ed Harshman, Des MacHale and Paul Sloane.

 

Brainstorming company offers insightful ways to “brainstorm” – via Welcome to the Random Word Tutorial.  An interesting, effective way, to brainstorm is presented.  General Electric Company developed training courses in “brainstorming” as an integral part of its creative thinking program during the 1950s and 1960s.

 

Mind Tools company has something to offer in lateral thinking as well.  See the article titled Lateral Thinking.

 

The editor continues with White Christmas – Part II as this joyful season is coming fast upon us.

 

Some of the best quotes by famous people have been captured over the past years by Reader’s Digest – and the editor shares a handful in Reader’s Digest Quotable Quotes.

 

The editor was a member of a SPEBSQSA barbershop chorus in Utica, NY during the early 1980s.  Here he shares the first song he heard, learned, and remembers to this day – A House with Love in It.

The first (of two) technical papers the editor presented at the Military Sensing Symposium in Dresden was distributed in Noesis early this year.  The abstract for the second paper is presented in this issue titled: Enhancing The Commander’s Decision Aid To Meet Future Combat System Platform Protection System Requirements.

 

Next we hear from Dai Takeuchi in Japan.  Dai is a member of several hi-IQ societies – including the Prometheus Society and provides us the article written in German – titled Leben aIs Sinn von Sein.  The editor was in Kyoto, Japan in 1985 to present a technical paper at a Controls Conference.

 

The editor next shares a short article titled Stellar-IQ People and then Linda Gottfredson shares an article Schools and the g Factor.

 

Integer sequences surround us – and here we share an invaluable resource available both as a book and computer online asset by Neil J. A. Sloane and folks – The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

 

We received some “Pony Express” mail and “voicemail” messages – by Dr. Ron Hoeflin and Paul Maxim – and we share this correspondence with our readers.  Dr. Hoeflin shares about a new book “The Know-It-All” where several pages the author A. J. Jacobs discuss Jacobs’ meeting with Dr. Hoeflin.  Energetic non-member subscriber Paul Maxim from the “Big Apple” reaches into our nostalgic mental libraries from the Prometheus Society’s Gift of Fire journal.

 

The editor and his mom were able to find Roland Muller’s home in Seiffen, Germany!  A short and colorful story will raise smiles from all readers in A Visit to Seiffen – Land of Nutcracker Artisans.

 

From early childhood, the editor continues to revolve around many pens to correspond and do work on paper.  He shares a high-tech writing instrument in the article My Crave for Pens.

 

John J. Watkins in 2004 put out a terrific book on linking graph theory and chess – loaded with theorems and the like.  Dr. Watkins sent a color photo of the book jacket cover (inside and out) and we share briefly some tidbits about his book in the final article of this issue of Noesis titled Across the Board – The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems.

 

 

 

 

Noesis Dues Status – Last Paid Issue

 

Active Mega Society Members

1

Bloom

176

2

Corley

176

3

Erlandson

178

4

Morrison

176

5

Woolsey

192

6

Bruni

208

7

Harding

185

8

Cole

176

9

Ward

Officer - Administrator

10

Langdon

Officer - Internet

11

Lee

175

12

Inada

175

13

May

174

14

Dr. Hoeflin

Founder/Editor Emeritus

15

Yannone

Officer – Editor/Publisher

16

Wooten

176 [1]

Non-Member Subscribers

1

Maxim

178

2

Sockut

184

3

Morris

178

4

Park

176

5

Schwartz

176

6

V. Yannone

175

7

F. Yannone

175

[1] new member 8/04 – receives a free issue (175+1=176)

 

NOESIS Journal – October/November 2004

– Issues #174/175

 

 

CONTENTS

#

TITLE

AUTHOR

PAGE

1

Halloween Memories

Editor

7

2

Mathematical Quickies

Charles W. Trigg

8

3

A Time for Thanksgiving

Editor

10

4

Quotes on R&D, Risk and Technology

Joe Griffith

15

5

Three Rules of Work

Albert Einstein

22

6

Poems for a Good & Happy Life

Myrna Reid Grant

23

7

Mathematical Quickies – Answers

Charles W. Trigg

24

8

Star Trek Quiz – 1st Season (1966-1967)

Editor

26

9

Pending Inquiry to Marilyn vos Savant on Publishing the Titan Test in Parade

Editor

32

10

“German Made Simple” – Let’s Test It!

Editor, Jackson, Geiger

33

11

Lebkuchen by Schmidt, Nuremberg, Germany - German Food Specialties

GFS

34

12

Those Green Sweat Pants

Editor

35

13

Google Entices Job-Searchers with Math Puzzle

NPR

40

14

Star Trek Quiz – 1st Season (1966-1967) - Answers

Editor

40

15

The Book “π” - Alfred S. Posamentier and Ingmar Lehmann

Posamentier/ Lehmann

41

16

Gentle Jokes

Fred Metcalf

46

17

Nature’s Medicine Chest

Editor

48

18

Acid-Alkaline Foods

Paavo Airola, Ph.D.

49

19

“German Made Simple” – Let’s Test It! – Answers

Editor, Jackson, Geiger

50

20

Some Secrets of Successful People

  Dr. David Niven

51

21

May we Foster the Healing Process

Editor

52

22

The Wonders of Christmas

Editor

53

23

Berliner Pfannkuchen

Editor

56

24

Lebkuchen

Editor

57

25

Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Ed Harshman, Des MacHale & Paul Sloane

Harshman, et al

58

26

Welcome to the Random Word Tutorial

Brainstorming Co.

59

27

Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Clues

Harshman, et al

61

28

Lateral Thinking – and more!

Mind Tools

62

29

White Christmas – Part II

Editor

63

30

Reader’s Digest Quotable Quotes

Reader’s Digest

64

31

Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Answers

Harshman, et al

66

32

A House with Love in It

Editor

67

33

Military Sensing Symposium – Paper Abstract

Editor

68

34

Leben als Sinn von Sein

Dai Takeuchi

69