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www.roti.org FE BR UAR Y 2019
ROTI is about the first Object of Rotary:
the development of acquaintance as an
opportunity for service.
ROTI members are in a special position to
www.roti.org develop acquaintances. With members
from around 100 countries, friendship
Madhumita Bishnu, Chair and acquaintance has taken on a whole
E-club of Melbourne, D9800 new meaning and concept. ROTI
Tris Tristram, Vice Chair members are in a position to further
RC Four Marks and Medstead, D1110, UK world understanding in a way none have
Reinaldo Viccini, Secretary ever experienced before.
RC Cucuta III, D4270, Colombia
Eugene Beil, Treasurer The mission of ROTI is to apply modern
RC Hudson, D6950, Fl, USA information technology to enhance
Jesse Tanchanco, Sgt at Arms Rotary service, fellowship and
RC Loyola Heights, D3789, The Philippines knowledge, and to use Internet
communications to further world
DIRECTORS
understanding and peace.
Mike Barr, Membership
RC Metairie Sunrise, D6840, USA
John Buchanan, Boardlist moderator Rotary International recommends that
RC South St.Paul/Inver Grove Heights, D5960, USA every District to have a web site to
Don Higgins, ROTI FB improve communications between clubs,
RC Pinellas Park, D6950, Florida, USA DGs, DG staff and Rotary International.
Chris Sweeney, Webmaster ROTI members worldwide have
RC Conwy, D1180, North Wales contributed to this over the past 10
years.
BOARD MEMBERS
Patrick Coleman At the start of the 21st century, ROTI is
RC Luanshya, D9210, Zambia conscious of our responsibility to ensure
Deborah Perrone-Guelfi that new technologies are used
RC Estancia Centro, D4420, Brazil effectively to help our organization. At
James Kalassery the same time, we need to remember the
RC Cochin Sunrise, D3201, India old adage "If it isn't broken, don't fix it".
Marco Kappenberger
Eclub of Apia/Samoa/Polynesia, D9920, Samoa ROTI members have led the way
Subhash Saraf (see history) in showing the rest of Rotary
Rotary Aundh Pune, D3131, India how Internet communication has
Tom Telfer increased the speed and efficiency of our
RC London North, D6330, Canada all our programs.
COUNCIL OF ADVISERS: All past chairs
Come join us at ROTI and be a part of this
new adventure!
The BREADBASKET is a monthly publication of the
Rotarians On The Internet. Please send articles
and high resolution photos (maximum of 5) to
giomckay@gmail.com on or before the 3rd of each
month
Giovanna McKay, Editor
RC Attadale, D9465
Western Australia
Dear ROTI Friends
Madhumita Bishnu, ROTI Chair Greetings! The new RI theme was rolled out
E-club of Melbourne, D9800 during the International Assembly in San Diego
last month and we are all looking forward to
working with RIPE Mark Maloney.
Wishing in advance our Chinese Friends ‘Happy
New Year of the Pig’! Wishing the very best to
All!
We didn’t get adequate response to the hotel
booking for Hamburg in June 2019 by December
and I had to give up the room reservation as the
hotel was not keen to hold the booking.
Members who are either registered or are yet to
register for Hamburg would now have to make
their own choice of hotels to stay in (after
registering for the RICON).
The dinner menu for June 1, 2019 has yet to be
provided by the restaurant. Members will be
duly informed of the menu choices as soon as we
hear from the restaurant.
We have a room for our Annual General meeting
on June 5, 2019 — details of which I had shared
earlier. Please attend the meeting in large
numbers.
I wish our members the very best at all times
and look forward to be an Inspiration to all in
our community.
Yours in ROTI
Madu Bishnu
Chair 2017-19
OUR WORLD
David Ives
Rotary Club of Rhinebeck, New York
D
AVID IVES was a 16-year-old in rural
Ohio in 1967 when he embarked on a
trip that changed his life. With his
parents, Ives visited church missions
in South America, where he saw people living
in shelters made of corn stalks or tin cans,
and in homes with no furniture other than a
mattress on the floor. He saw rivers that
were used as both sewers and sources of
drinking water.
“That’s the touchstone I can never get rid of,”
he says, “the feeling that I had when I saw
poverty for the first time.”
Ives turned that experience into a career
dedicated to peace and the eradication of
poverty. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa
Rica, he was a nutrition educator, helping
people plant gardens to feed themselves
during difficult economic times. While there,
he tried unsuccessfully to save the life of a
child whose lungs were filled with worms as
a result of drinking dirty water. “She’s on my
mind a lot,” he says.
Ives is a former Rotary Peace Forum
coordinator, an adviser to the World Summit
David Ives
of Nobel Peace Laureates, and the executive
Photo by Peter Ross
director emeritus of Quinnipiac University’s
Albert Schweitzer Institute, which conducts
programs based on Schweitzer’s philosophy of reverence for life to bring about a more civil and ethical
society characterized by respect, responsibility, compassion, and service. He has organized Rotary peace
conferences around the globe which feature world leaders such as former Costa Rican President and Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias Sánchez. At one of those peace conferences, in Côte d’Ivoire, Ives —
himself a polio survivor — helped administer the polio vaccine to children in local communities.
With his fellow Rhinebeck Rotarians, Ives helps raise money for U.S. high school students to visit Costa Rica
and carry out humanitarian projects in conjunction with Earth University, which teaches students from
Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America how to work for socioeconomic and environmental change.
Though now living with Parkinson’s disease, Ives, who turns 68 this month, shows no signs of slowing down
his peace efforts — particularly where Rotary is concerned. “I’ve been extremely impressed with the power
of Rotarians to be a force for peace,” he says. “We have great potential to do even more.”
— Anne Ford
PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY
Rotary has 1.2 million members; every year, one of them becomes the organization’s president. What steps must
a Rotarian follow to reach that position? Ultimately, all candidates have their own paths, but there are some
universal requirements. We combed through Rotary’s bylaws to boil it down to these basics.
1 Club president
Any member in good standing is eligible to be elected club president for a one-year term, though most
presidents have already served their clubs as a committee chair or in some other leadership role.
2 District governor
Districts select their future governors through either a nominating committee, ballot by mail, or a district
conference. Any club may suggest one of its members for consideration, though the nominating committee is
not limited by these suggestions. Governors serve a one-year term. A nominee for district governor must
have been a Rotarian for at least seven years and have served as a club president.
3 RI director
Every year, eight or nine of Rotary’s 34 zones each selects a director. Nominating committees are made up of
one past governor from each district in the zone or section of the zone for a two-year term. The committee
members interview candidates and choose one to represent the zone. Past district governors are eligible; at
least three years must have elapsed since the end of their term as governor. Candidates must also have
attended at least two Rotary institutes and a Rotary convention in the previous three years.
4 RI president
Every year, half of Rotary’s zones get the opportunity to elect Rotary’s president through their representatives
on the 17-member presidential nominating committee. (The zones electing the president alternate every
other year.) Only past RI directors may serve on the nominating committee – current Board members are not
eligible. If more than one past director from a zone wishes to serve, clubs in their zone hold an election.
Only past RI directors are eligible to serve as RI president, and most presidents have held additional
leadership roles, including serving on committees that offer international experience. The term is one year.
Presidents choose their vice president and treasurer from among the second-year RI directors.
Additional steppingstones
While on paper the path to the presidency is only four steps, in practice, the Rotarians who lead the
organization have held many other roles along the way.
District leaders: District committees include finance, membership, public image, and Rotary Foundation
training. Other topics vary by district.
Regional leaders: Regional leaders include regional Rotary Foundation coordinators, Rotary coordinators,
Rotary public image coordinators, and endowment/major gifts advisers. Other leaders may serve as trainers
and facilitators at Rotary institutes, governors-elect training seminars, and other events.
RI and Foundation leaders: Rotary’s committees are made up of Rotarians and Rotaractors from around the
world who work with the organization’s leadership. Qualifications for membership vary by committee.
Application information is listed annually in The Rotarian. Rotarians may also serve as Rotary Foundation
trustees.
Trustees of The Rotary Foundation: Trustees must be Rotarians. Candidates should have broad experience
within Rotary and also have held leadership positions in business, government, philanthropy, or the nonprofit
sector.
Past and present Rotary senior leaders suggest individuals for consideration. A task force appointed by the
Rotary president-elect reviews the names and recommends at least three candidates for each open trustee
position. The Rotary president-elect chooses the nominees from among these recommendations, and the RI
Board of Directors formally elects them to a four-year term.
The Board of Trustees elects its chair from among the current members for a one-year term.
Facts about 5 5 2 5
RI presidents had had served as a had chaired the RI had chaired an RI or
the Rotary been in Rotary for Rotary Foundation Finance Committee Rotary Foundation
more than 30 years trustee committee
presidency
of the five 3 1 3 5
most recent served as a
president's aide
was a member of the
Arch Klumph Society
had received the
Service Above Self
had been members
of a convention
RI presidents Award committee
A Memorial to Paul Harris
What began as a flood of checks has become a means
by which Rotarians can back up ideals with action.
T HERE was no need to devise a memorial for Paul
Harris. Immediately after his death on January 27,
funds started coming in from Clubs and
individuals who knew, without prompting, what had
been nearest the heart of Rotary’s Founder and
disaster has brought general destitution and suffering,
and for other effective projects developed for the
advancement of international understanding, goodwill,
and peace.
President Emeritus. Since announcement of the Memorial Fund a number
of Clubs in widely scattered Districts have reported
They knew that he had requested that no flowers be 100 percent participation by their members at an
sent to his funeral, and that he hoped those who so average of at least $10 each. Clayton, New Mexico, first
desired to honor him in death would instead devote in the United States, and the Alberni District Club in
the money for the advancement of international British Columbia, first in Canada, came in on the same
understanding. They recalled, perhaps, that as far day, closely followed by Edgerton, Wisoncsin.
back as 1921 he had said:
Some Club had contributed 100 percent to the
“Rotary believes that the better the people of one Foundation before announcement of the Memorial
nation understand the people of other nations, the less Fund—all seven Clubs in District 100 (Hawaii);
likelihood of friction, and Rotary will therefore Champaign, Illinois, which completed its quota some
encourage the acquaintance and friendships between time ago and has kept up-to-date by contributions of
individuals of different nations.” $10 for each new member; and San Antonio, Texas.
They knew of the motto that he used so many times: But Paul Harris would have preferred to put the
“He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to emphasis, not on the money coming in, but on the
spare.” money going out to serve the ends of international
understanding. He was always deeply interested in
They knew of his interest in the Rotary Foundation as student exchanges, and also in those exchanges of
a practical means of putting his ideas of international children between Rotary families of different nations
friendship into useful world service. that enabled boys and girls to become acquainted with
ways and customs of other peoples.
So it was the spontaneous thought of a number of
Clubs, including, of course, the Chicago Club which he He was especially interested in the Foundation’s plan
had founded and which knew him best, to designate for advanced scholarships, enabling students from one
gifts to the Foundation as a memorial to Paul Harris. country to do graduate work in another country.
P
These generous gestures inspired the Rotary AUL HARRIS himself had, to an eminent degree, a
Foundation Committee to revise its plan, approved feeling of warm fellowship that extended itself to
only a few days before by the international Board, for every Rotarian everywhere, in all parts of the
raising the 2-million-dollar fund that had been world. He was not demonstrative, often appearing
requested by the 1938 San Francisco Convention. It almost shy, yet none he met could escape the feeling
was decided that this fund should be known as the that he hoped to have all call him friend.
Paul Harris Memorial of the Rotary Foundation.
It seems most fitting, then, that this great
The Fund will be available in its entirety to the characteristic of his should be extended after death, an
Trustees and the Board of Directors for expenditure ever-lengthening shadow of his great personality.
during the strategic years that lie immediately ahead
in carrying out the Foundation’s objectives. Paul Harris cared nothing for commemoration in
bronze or marble. No more fitting memorial could be
These are to provide Fellowships for Advanced Study, devised for him than that which seemed the
to set up or support in more countries Institutes of spontaneous wish of his friends: a continuing of his
International Understanding, for emergency relief to work for world peace through world understanding.
Rotarians and their families wherever war or other
Source: Jailan El Shazly, PP, Rotary Club of Giza Cosmopolitan
‘I Am and
I Will.’
M ONDAY, February 4th is World Cancer Day, when organizations and people around the world
unite to raise awareness about cancer and work to make it a global health priority. An
estimated 9.5 million people worldwide were expected to die from cancer in 2018 – about
26,000 cancer deaths a day - and that number is predicted to grow.
Around the world, communities will hold festivals, walks, seminars, public information campaigns
and other events to raise awareness and educate people on how to fight cancer
through screening and early detection, through healthy eating and physical activity, by quitting
smoking, and by urging public officials to make cancer issues a priority.
This year, the Union for International Cancer Control, which organizes World Cancer Day, is
launching a new 3-year campaign with the theme: “I Am and I Will.” It calls for a personal
commitment to help reduce the global burden of cancer.
How people can help themselves:
• Make healthy lifestyle choices that include avoid using tobacco products, getting plenty of
physical activity, eating a healthy diet, limiting alcohol, and staying safe in the sun.
• Know about signs and symptoms of cancer and early detection guidelines because finding
cancer early often makes it easier to treat.
• Share stories about their own cancer experiences, communicate with decision-makers, and
join support groups to help make positive change for all people affected by cancer.
• When possible, use work and other daily activities during and after cancer treatment as
opportunities to maintain normality, routine, stability, social contact, and income.
How people can help others:
• Support cancer patients and survivors with
the physical and emotional impacts of cancer even
I AM AND I WILL
after treatment ends.
Whoever you are, you have the
• Call on government leaders to commit adequate power to reduce the impact of
resources to reduce cancer deaths and provide a
cancer for yourself, the people
better quality of life for patients and survivors.
you love and the world.
• Educate themselves and others about the link
between certain lifestyle behaviors – World Cancer Day 2019
including smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical
highlights early detection as one
activity – and cancer risk.
of the most impactful ways to
• Dispel rumors and myths that lead to stigma and improve health outcomes and
discrimination against people with cancer in some reduce the global cancer burden.
communities.
• Encourage schools and workplaces to implement To find out how you can get
nutrition, physical activity, and no smoking policies involved visit World Cancer Day.
that help people adopt healthy habits for life.D
ON HIGGINS of the Rotary Club of
Pinellas Park invites you all to try
out his new social media website
www.myfacepad.com where you
can create up to seven pads which
are web pages with a picture and text
on each one.
An example is one of his seven pads
about Rotary: https://myfacepad.com/
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Create up to seven pads with pictures
and text. Your pads can be about
whatever is most important to you.
You can share your pads with family,
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read Terms of Service which defines what is acceptable content and what is not. No hate speech or
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There is no advertising and the pads only change when the owner updates or replaces them with new
pictures and/or updated text with hyperlinks. Users can select which pads to view by key word, scope of
user pads, and selected order such as by last update or most likes.
Here are some things you can do on this website:
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Join the email user group or Facebook group to participate in group discussions and learn from other
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improvement.A glimpse from my Travel Diary
I love travelling and I always plan for my next travel while on the current one. After my successful
volunteer work in Taiwan, I planned for a weekend trip to Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest of
the world which my part of the world has it, though 25%
of it and 75% of it with Bangladesh. I did a weekend trip
between January 25-27, 2019. I do this trip every year
which is conducted by West Bengal State Tourism
department and they do it pretty well. The vessel can
accommodate 46 people and we were 43 people in total.
We set sail on this river cruise on Friday, 25th January in
the morning and reached Sajnekhali in the noon. We
cruised through Matla river, saw wild boar, monkeys,
crocodiles, red fiddler crabs, black capped kingfisher,
common kingfisher, spotted deers, darter. We toured
Sadhyanakhali, Dobanki, Buri Dabri and returned on
Sunday, January 27th, 2019. The trip is a relaxing
experience with ample opportunities of photography.
Good food and watching large stretch of mangrove
forest and cruising through it makes me a happy
person every time.
Visit as a Cadre Member to Aurangabad
I’m a Past Technical Advisor for Literacy and a Cadre
member of TRF. I had been sent to Aurangabad, in
West India as an Interim Site Visitor to review E-
Learning Centres in 52 public schools in Aurangabad.
The GG project is of Rotary Bombay Elite, RID 3141 and
Rotary Biratnagar, RID 3292 of USD108000. I visited the schools
and interacted with parents, school children, teachers,
Principal and Government representative and everyone
appreciated the benefit of this project and is very happy that
Rotary has come forward with this project which is of immense
value for students. I had a good visit.
Rtn Madhumita Bishnu
PE & International Service Chair, E
Club of Melbourne, RID 9800,
AustraliaSurprising Facts About St. Valentine
Who was St. Valentine, and why do we celebrate him on February 14?
By ELIZABETH HANES
1. The St. Valentine who inspired the holiday may have been two different men. Officially
recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, St. Valentine is known to be a real person who died
around A.D. 270. However, his true identity was questioned as early as A.D. 496 by Pope Gelasius
I, who referred to the martyr and his acts as “being known only to God.” One account from the
1400s describes Valentine as a temple priest who was beheaded near Rome by the emperor
Claudius II for helping Christian couples wed. A different account claims Valentine was the
Bishop of Terni, also martyred by Claudius II on the outskirts of Rome. Because of the similarities
of these accounts, it’s thought they may refer to the same person. Enough confusion surrounds
the true identity of St. Valentine that the Catholic Church discontinued liturgical veneration of
him in 1969, though his name remains on its list of officially recognized saints.
2. In all, there are about a dozen St. Valentines, plus a pope. The saint we celebrate on Valentine’s
Day is known officially as St. Valentine of Rome in order to differentiate him from the dozen or
so other Valentines on the list. Because “Valentinus”—from the Latin word for worthy, strong or
powerful—was a popular moniker between the second and eighth centuries A.D., several
martyrs over the centuries have carried this name. The official Roman Catholic roster of saints
shows about a dozen who were named Valentine or some variation thereof. The most recently
beatified Valentine is St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, a Spaniard of the Dominican order who
traveled to Vietnam, where he served as bishop until his beheading in 1861. Pope John Paul II
canonized Berrio-Ochoa in 1988. There was even a Pope Valentine, though little is known about
him except that he served a mere 40 days around A.D. 827.
3. Valentine is the patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many other things.
Saints are certainly expected to keep busy in the afterlife. Their holy duties include interceding in
earthly affairs and entertaining petitions from living souls. In this respect, St. Valentine has wide-
ranging spiritual responsibilities. People call on him to watch over the lives of lovers, of course,
but also for interventions regarding beekeeping and epilepsy, as well as the plague, fainting and
traveling. As you might expect, he’s also the patron saint of engaged couples and happy
marriages.
4. You can find Valentine’s skull in Rome. The flower-adorned skull of St. Valentine is on display in
the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. In the early 1800s, the excavation of a catacomb
near Rome yielded skeletal remains and other relics now associated with St. Valentine. As is
customary, these bits and pieces of the late saint’s body have subsequently been distributed to
reliquaries around the world. You’ll find other bits of St. Valentine’s
skeleton on display in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland, England and
France.
5. Chaucer may have invented Valentine’s Day. The medieval English poet
Geoffrey Chaucer often took liberties with history, placing his poetic
characters into fictitious historical contexts that he represented as real.No record exists of romantic celebrations on Valentine’s Day prior to a poem Chaucer wrote
around 1375. In his work “Parliament of Foules,” he links a tradition of courtly love with the
celebration of St. Valentine’s feast day–an association that didn’t exist until after his poem
received widespread attention. The poem refers to February 14 as the day birds (and humans)
come together to find a mate. When Chaucer wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day /
Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate,” he may have invented the holiday we know
today.
6. You can celebrate Valentine’s Day several times a year. Because of the abundance of St.
Valentines on the Roman Catholic roster, you can choose to celebrate the saint multiple times
each year. Besides February 14, you might decide to celebrate St. Valentine of Viterbo on
November 3. Or maybe you want to get a jump on the traditional Valentine celebration by feting
St. Valentine of Raetia on January 7. Women might choose to honor the only female St. Valentine
(Valentina), a virgin martyred in Palestine on July 25, A.D. 308. The Eastern Orthodox Church
officially celebrates St. Valentine twice, once as an elder of the church on July 6 and once as a
martyr on July 30.
Inspirational Contemplations
• Peace: It does not mean to be in a place where
there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means
to be in the midst of those things and still be
calm in your heart. - Author unknown
• Kind words are short and easy to speak, but
their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
• This above all: to thine own self be true, And it
must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not
then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare
• The true measure of a man is how he treats
someone who can do him absolutely no good. -
Samuel Johnson
• Character is what you do when no one is
looking. - Henry Huffman
• It is not fair to ask of others what you are
unwilling to do yourself. - Ann Eleanor Roosevelt
• Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable
than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most
sacred excellences and endowments of the
human mind. - Cicero
• If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you
don't have integrity, nothing else matters. - Alan
SimpsonBRAINS OF OLDER PEOPLE
DOWNLOADING E-BOOKS
Brains of older people are slow
For those who are not aware of it, Cloud Library is an excellent app for getting
because they know so much.
books to read on digital devices. You must first download Cloud Library app
People do not decline mentally
from the app store. Once it is installed, you are asked your country, province,
with age, it just takes them
and city, and it takes you to your local library. You will need a library card to
longer to recall facts because
enter your number to get access to the books.
they have more information in
their brains, scientists believe.
After you are registered, you can borrow any book on the shelves that is free.
All you do is select it and it is put on your device. Just as with physical
Much like a computer struggles
borrowing, you have it for three weeks and then it is returned to the shelves.
as the hard drive gets full, so
There is an option to renew if not on hold.
too do humans take longer to
access information when their
So when I travel, I do not have to carry heavy books. You can even renew or
brains are full.
borrow more books through wifi wherever you are.
Researchers say this slowing
So I took a hefty book, Joseph Boyden's "The Orenda." I was able to read the
down process is not the same
whole thing while away. Waiting for and on the plane gave me a lot of time
as cognitive decline . The
that would have been wasted otherwise. In any case, the book is a page turner
human brain works slower in
and hard to put down once you get into it.
old age, said Dr.Michael
Ramscar, but only because we
I recommend this novel for ALL Canadians and for anyone interested in life in
have stored more information
North America in the 1600s. The novel covers the early life of the indigenous
over time. The brains of older
peoples, their constant rivalry with other tribal nations, and finally the effect of
people do not get weak. On the
the arrival of Europeans. It is mainly focused on the Huron nation and their
contrary, they simply know
repeated blood feuds with the Iroquois. But the novel also covers the arrival of
more.
the Jesuits with the hopes of converting the "heathen" indigenous peoples, the
effects of the early traders, mainly from France, and their establishment of
Also, older people often go to
forts for trade and protection. Of course, the introduction of guns replacing
another room to get something
bows and arrows plays an important part in the events and final outcome.
and when they get there, they
stand there wondering what
The novel is told from the first-person narrative of three central characters: the
they came for. It is NOT a
Huron chief, Bird, his adopted daughter Snow Falls, taken from the Iroquois
memory problem, it is nature's
after one of their battles and in exchange for his daughter and wife killed in an
way of making older people do
Iroquois raid, and a Jesuit priest, Father Cristophe, who lives with the Hurons.
more exercise.
There are many beautiful descriptive scenes of life for the Hurons, many
SO THERE .
fascinating characters with their loves and hates, but there are also passages
detailing the brutal and prolonged human torture inflicted on humans. The
Now when I reach for a word or
author seems to be showing that there is no good and bad side to the
a name, I won't excuse myself
situation. The Hurons, the Iroquois, the Catholic priests and the traders all have
by saying "I'm having a senior
positive and negative human traits.
moment.” Now I'll say, "My
disk is full!.”
It is a long read, almost 500 pages, but in my view, well worth the time
invested in it. It is the kind of book that stays with you, long after you have
I have more friends I
finished it. For example, in the museum at St. George in Granada there was a
should send this
display describing the plantation life for the imported African slaves and
to, but right
showing the artifacts they made reminding them of their former lives in Africa
now I can't
and retaining their cultural identity. The clash between the slaves and the
remember
plantation owners reflected the same problems as that between the
their names.
indigenous Americans and the European colonizers.Compiled by Tom Telfer, RC London North D6330, Canada
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. Please
use floor below.
IN A LAUNDROMAT: Automatic Steve Jobs died a billionaire at age 56.
washing machines. Please This is his final essay:
remove all your clothes when the
light goes out. I reached the pinnacle of success in the business
world. In some others' eyes, my life is the epitome
of success.. However, aside from work, I have little
IN A LONDON DEPARTMENT
joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I
STORE: Bargain basement on
am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed
2nd floor.
and recalling my life, I realize that all the
recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in
IN AN OFFICE: Would the person
have paled and become meaningless in the face of
who took the step ladder
my death.
yesterday please bring it back or
further steps will be taken. You can employ someone to drive the car for you,
make money for you, but you cannot have someone
IN AN OFFICE: After tea break, bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can
staff should empty the teapot be found or replaced. But there is one thing that
and stand upside down on the can never be found when it's lost - life.. Whichever
draining board. stage in life you are in right now, with time, you will
face the day when the curtain comes down.
OUTSIDE A SECOND-HAND
STORE: We exchange anything - Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse,
bicycles, washing machines, etc. love for your friends. Treat yourself well and
Why not bring your wife along cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully
and get a wonderful bargain? wiser, we realize that a $300 or a $30 watch both
tell the same time. You will realize that your true
NOTICE IN HEALTH FOOD SHOP inner happiness does not come from the material
WINDOW: Closed due to illness. things of this world. Whether you fly first class or
economy, if the plane goes down - you go down
SPOTTED IN A SAFARI PARK (I with it.
sure hope so.): Elephants -
please stay in your car. Therefore, I hope you realize that when you have
mates, buddies, and old friends, brothers and
SEEN DURING A CONFERENCE: sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with,
For anyone who has children and have sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-
doesn't know it, there is a day west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness!
care on the 1st floor.
Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate
NOTICE IN A FARMER'S FIELD: them to be happy, so when they grow up they will
The farmer allows walkers to know the value of things and not the price. Eat your
cross the field for free, but the food as your medicine, otherwise you have to eat
bull charges. medicine as your food.
The one who loves you will never leave you for
MESSAGE ON A LEAFLET: If you another because, even if there are 100 reasons to
cannot read, this leaflet will tell
give up, he or she will find a reason to hold on.
you how to get lessons.
There is a big difference between a human being
ON A REPAIR SHOP DOOR: We and being human. Only a few really understand it.
can repair anything. (Please You are loved when you are born. You will be loved
knock hard on door - as the bell when you die. In between, you have to manage!
doesn't work.)
The six best doctors in the world are sunlight, rest,
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't exercise, diet, self-confidence, and friends. Maintain
you say? them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life.CONVENTION 2019
Go public
G
ETTING AROUND Hamburg is
easy thanks to the city’s safe,
efficient public transportation
network. And for those who
attend the Rotary International
Convention from 1 to 5 June, it will
have something else to recommend
it: It will be free.
Registered convention goers will
have unlimited access to Hamburg’s
public transit system, known as HVV
(for a system overview in English,
visit hvv.de/en/about-us/overview-
service-offer). To hop onto buses,
trains, and even ferries, all riders will have to do is show their convention badge with the HVV logo and
valid dates of use on the back.
The four underground lines and 28 rapid transit and regional train lines are connected to a network of
bus routes. Seven ferry lines, meanwhile, run within the port and along the Elbe River. On the principal
train and bus lines in the city center, announcements are made in German and English.
For a bargain sightseeing tour, take the No. 111 bus, which runs along the Elbe between HafenCity and
Altona. You’ll pass sights including the Elbphilharmonie, the Landungsbrücken floating dock, the Altona
fish market, and the famous Reeperbahn with its clubs and bars.
— Gundula Miethke
• Register for the 2019 Rotary Convention in Hamburg at riconvention.orgImportant deadlines 27 June 2018: Last day for special promotional discount 15 December 2018: Last day for early-registration discount 31 March 2019: Last day for preregistration discount 30 April 2019: Last day to request to cancel registrations or tickets 5 June 2019: Last day for online registration Registration fees Register early to take advantage of discounted rates. Go to registration fees for information about rates, cancellations, and refunds, and what your registration includes. Group registration Groups of 25 or more Rotary members, Rotaractors, and club and district employees may register as a group. All fees must be submitted in full in a single payment using a credit card or check (drawn from a U.S. bank only), or through an international office or fiscal agent. Review the group registration guidelines and download the group registration form. After 31 March 2019, additional group members can be added only on-site at the convention. Cancellations and refunds All registration cancellations are subject to a $50 service fee. Requests to cancel registrations or tickets must be received by 30 April 2019. Registrants who cancel after the deadline will not receive a refund. In cases of force majeure, refund requests will be considered on a case by case basis, and all approved funds will be less than a $50 processing fee. Registration fees and ticketed event fees will not be refunded on requests after 30 April, unless they are due to a visa. Cancellations caused by visa denial must be received by 5 June 2019. Cancel online (preferred method) Cancel by email: ri.registration@rotary.org Cancel by fax: +1-847-556-2194
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twin balconies or French balconies
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»» “Sip & Sail” Daily Cocktail Hour with
complimentary wine, beer, spirits and soft
DAY DESTINATION ACTIVITIES
drinks May 20 Basel EMBARKATION
»» Cocktail Reception and Captain’s Gala Dinner May 21 Breisach Riquewihr excursion
»» Complimentary Wi-Fi access on board OR Freiburg excursion OR Breisach wine country bike tour
»» Guided shore excursions in every port OR Black Forest excursion
including Special Interest Tours
May 22 Strasbourg “The Gem of Alsace” tour OR Strasbourg bike tour
»» Live entertainment, cooking demonstration
and more May 23 Ludwigshafen “Romantic Heidelberg” excursion
»» Complimentary bicycles
OR Heidelberg Philosopher’s hike OR “Secrets of Speyer” tour
Rüdesheim Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum OR Rüdesheimer Coffee
»» Services of a professional Cruise Manager
May 24 Rüdesheim Gondola ride and wine tasting
OR Schloss Johannisberg bike tour OR Vineyard hike
OPTIONAL
land program Rhine Gorge
Lahnstein
Castles along the Rhine scenic cruising
Exclusive festive celebration
PRE-CRUISE FOR $1,560 PER PERSON: 2 nights May 25 Cologne “Holy City” walking tour and cathedral visit
hotel in Zurich at the Marriott Zurich (or similar), OR Kölsch Beer tasting OR Cologne bike tour
then 2 nights hotel in Lucerne at the Hotel
Schweizerhof Lucerne (or similar) May 26 Amsterdam Canal cruise tour OR Jewish Heritage tour
»» Transfer from the hotel in Zurich to Lucerne, May 27 Amsterdam DISEMBARKATION
then to the ship in Basel *Itinerary subject to change
»» Daily breakfast
»» Guided city tour RIVER CRUISE CRUISE & LAND
TYPE SIZE
CATEGORY PRICE PP
»» Porterage service
SUITE Twin Balcony 350 sq. ft. $4,552.68
Cat. AA Twin Balcony 235 sq. ft. $3,694.68
Cat. AB Twin Balcony 235 sq. ft. $3,562.68
Cat. BA Twin Balcony 210 sq. ft. $3,430.68
Cat. BB Twin Balcony 210 sq. ft. $3,298.68
Cat. CA French Balcony 170 sq. ft. $2,968.68
Cat. CB French Balcony 155 sq. ft. $2,770.68
Cat. D* Fixed Window 160 sq. ft. $2,572.68
Melissa Taylor Cat. E* Fixed Window 160 sq. ft. $2,375.34
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