May 6, 2013 Issue Bulletin no. 37 RY 2012 - 2013
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LOYOLA STAR Tonight’s Programme 37th RCLH Regular Meeting May 6, 2013
Call-To-Order Invocation National Anthem Rotarian‘s Pledge Introduction of Guests Recognition Time Announcements Committee Reports Secretary‘s Reminders President‘s Time Adjournment
Pres Morris Agoncillo Rtn Joel Reyes Rtn Boy Indefonso Rtn Joey Urquia Rtn Francis Cabugon PP Rod Apostol Visiting Rotarians Various Committees IP/Sec Raul Addatu Pes Morris Agoncillo Pres Morris Agoncillo
Rtn Leo Dizon Night Chairperson
Next Week’s Programme 38th RCLH Regular Meeting May 20, 2013
Call-To-Order Invocation National Anthem Rotarian‘s Pledge Introduction of Guests Recognition Time Announcements Committee Reports Secretary‘s Reminders President‘s Time Adjournment
MAY Promote RI Convention Month
INVOCATION Almighty God, we invoke a blessing upon this gathering. Open our eyes to the power for understanding and peace as we see ourselves, not alone by ourselves, but united with fellow Rotarians in many parts of the world. Make us aware of the deeper significance of our meeting as we develop our friendships as the source of Rotary service - service radiating from this community to the wider community beyond. Amen.
Peace Quote of the Week
Pres Morris Agoncillo Rtn Jon Peter Ferrer Rtn Belen Guevarra Rtn Henry Chua Rtn Aries Polumbarit Rtn Abet Abesames Visiting Rotarians Various Committees IP/Sec Raul Addatu Pres Morris Agoncillo Pres Morris Agoncillo
PP Tony Lazaro Night Chairperson
“Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do,and something you give away. ” Robert Fulghum
Inside. . . President‘s Corner Secretary‘s Report From the Editor Rotary through the years Rotary Basics Rotary Updates / Announcements RI President‘s Message, May 2013 TRF Trustee Chairman‘s Message, May 2013 Register for the RI Convention in Lisbon Photo Section District/Club Activities/Schedules Rotarian‘s Pledge Humor / Knowledge Section A better world is possible e/Mail Corner 10 Tips for a more effective PPT Presentation 10 Tips for a more effective PPT Continuation Rotary / RCLH Hymns PHF/Sister, Daughter Clubs/Honorary Roster of Members
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Presidents’s Corner President Mariano “Morris” Agoncillo RY 2012 – 2013 It is good to be back in Rotary after my vacation with my family last April. Presiding our regular club meeting last April 29 after an absence of three weeks gave me the feeling of renewed passion and dedication to Rotary just to see a great number of fellow members in attendance to welcome me back. I would like to express my gratitude to Past President Piolo Catabijan and President Nominee Paul Galang for presiding over the club's activities and meetings in my absence. I also would like to thank District Governor Special Representative Jesse Tanchanco for the updates of our club's and district's activities through his daily emails to me. As my term is about to end in one and half months, now I can reflect of my performance as Club President on how I was able to muster the support and cooperation of each members for the successful delivery of all the service projects we did during term. For me success to deliver is not enough, I must be able to gauge and assess the impact of the projects it made to the people we intended to help and how our club created impact to our community for them to understand the true meaning of Rotary and it's motto of " Service above self". Maybe we will not immediately see and feel the impact created by our projects to all the beneficiaries because I know we gave them a long lasting legacy of pure humanitarian concern and understanding of their needs. Such projects are the family beneficiaries of the twelve housing units we donated in Our Lady of Banneux housing project. Now this families who were victims of the Ondoy flooding in Metro Manila some 3 years ago will now be safe and secured in their new houses located at the top hill in Montalban, Rizal. The more than 300 pre schoolers in our Barangay Loyola Heights and Brookside of our CHEERS program under the supervision of the Child Development Center of Meriam College, the big advantage to learn to read and write before they enter formal schooling. To the fishermen of Bay, Laguna who lost all their fishing implements in the Habagat floods , we saw on their faces the happiness when we replaced their tools of the trade through our donations. To the malnourished children in Payatas through one of our Matching Grants the Peanut Butter project, to see these children grow healthier and happier is another sense of fulfillment. As I said earlier we will not immediately see the impact of these projects but deep in our heart we know we did something good for them. This month of May, the Rotary theme is International Convention, i think it is a must for every Rotarian to at least attend once a Rotary International Convention. This year it will be in Lisbon, Portugal. I am sure thousands will be there to experience the camaraderie, friendship and fellowship between fellow Rotarians from more than 120 countries all over the world. That's how big Rotary is. I can still remember my own experience last year in Bangkok, Thailand. The exchange of smiles, pleasantries, meeting and talking to Rotarians was simply amazing and unbelievable. The theme Peace through Service is very appropriate and timely for us Rotarians to promote and achieve peace in the world. Thank you to Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka for coming up with that theme and I am very proud to serve during his term.
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Secretary’s Report Secretary/PE Raul Addatu April 29, 2013 Our 36th regular meeting was held at MY PLACE on April 29, 2013. Peace President Morris Agoncilio who just arrived from Europe for a well deserved vacation presided over the meeting. He called the meeting to order at 8:05PM and assigned PP Beth Constantino to serve as the Night Chair. Rtn. Chito Canlas led the invocation while Rtn. Grace Cube Barzabal sang the National Anthem. Rtn. Rear Admiral Mike Rodriguez recited the Rotarian‘s Pledge. Rtn. Abet Abesames introduced our guest, Ms. Ludmilla ―Mimi‖ Dabajo, our GSE and VTT representative who just arrived from Australia. PP. Jess Birosel recognized President Morris for coming back after his stint abroad and PE Raul for the preparation of his plans and programs for the next Rotary Year and Rotarians who contributed their precious time to the cause of rotary. COMMITTEE REPORTS: PP Jesse Tanchanco reported the results of the recently concluded Council of Legislation (COL) held in Chicago, USA. Some of the highlights and developments include an additional US $1 a year increase in per capita dues that clubs have to pay to Rotary International starting RY 2014-2015, the change of Service to New Generations to Youth SERVICE, the provision of two (2) E-Clubs per District and Satellite Clubs, creation of the office of the Vice Governor from among PDG‘s, allowing grandchildren to TRF an changing DISTAS to CLUB LEADERSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR. Ms. Mimi Dabajo, our VTT representative talked about her six-week stint in South Australia. The Vocational Training Team (VTT) this year is composed of educators within Quezon City Schools. Ms. Dabajo expressed her profound appreciation to RCLH for sending her to Australia. She gave an account of her visit to the different schools and observed the educational system of Australia. She was able to prepare an improved curriculum of her school after proper benchmarking on the curriculum of the schools that she visited. She also learned about the rich culture and history of Australia. She attended club meetings in South Australia and handed over our Club Bannerette and in turn also received the bannerette of the Rotary Clubs that she visited. Ms. Dabajo turned over ten (10) bannerettes to President Morris during the meeting. Mr. Gamaliel ―GARY‖ Sampedro a former Rotaractor of PSBA-QC presented a new Rotaract Club called ―ROTARACT CLUB of LOYOLA HEIGHTS‖, a community based Rotaract Club which was organized recently after their DISCON in Baguio City. He submitted the required documentations to President Morris for recognition from Rotary International (RI). SECRETARY’S REMINDERS : Secretary Raul Addatu reminded the incoming officers to attend the DISTAS on May 4, 2013 at the Manila Hotel. The meeting place is at Mcdo Katipunan at 7:00AM and there will be CARPOOL for our transportation. Likewise, SEC Raul reminded everyone to attend the Final Planning Session o May 11-12, 2013 in PANSOL,LAGUNA. Sec Raul also informed the members to attend the District Awards Night on May 25, 2013 at 3PM at CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL in Ortigas Avenue, Corner Asian Development Bank Avenue, Quezon City. PRESIDENT’S TIME : President Morris Agoncilio who looks brighter now as he is about to end his term expressed his profound gratitude to PP Raymund, PN Paul and PP Jesse for their great time and effort s during his leave of absence for the past two weeks. Pres Morris also thanked Mimi Dabajo for her splendid participation in the recently concluded VTT Program in South Australia. President Morris also extended his birthday greetings to Rtn. JR dela Cruz. 3 Likewise, Pres Morris acknowledged the prime movers of the newly established community based Rotaract Club headed by Gary Sampedro. Pres Morris also thanked all those RCLH members who supported him during his incumbency.There being no other matters to be take up, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30PM. Fellowship ensued at BAHAY LIGAYA Restaurant in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City
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Effective Club Management Jesse Tanchanco Loyola Star Editor
We just attended the District Assembly, earlier in the year several other training events were held – PETS, DTTS, AG/AGR Training, etc. and more to come. The PE‘s are excited and so are the incoming DG‘s and his/her district associates to get on with the new Rotary year. With all the trainings that we have to go through every year, it is very easy to assume that the clubs understands what is a functioning club. In order to refresh our minds, below are the minimum standards that was adopted by the RI Board : 1. Pays per capita dues to Rotary International 2. Meets regularly 3. Subscribes to a Rotary World Magazine Press publication 4. Implements service projects that address needs in the local community and communities in other countries 5. Receives the visit of the governor, assistant governor, or any other officer of Rotary International 6. Maintains liability insurance appropriate for the geographic region in which the club is located, or pays mandatory liability insurance with the semiannual report 7. Acts in a manner consistent with the RI Constitution and Bylaws and the Rotary Code of Policies 8. Pays its RI membership and district dues without outside Assistance 9. Provides accurate membership lists to RI in a timely manner 10. Resolves club disputes amicably 11. Maintains cooperative relations with the district 12. Cooperates with RI by not initiating or maintaining litigation against Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation, associate foundations, and the international offices of the Secretariat Actually only eleven out of the twelve is applicable to Philippine clubs. No. 6 are for US based clubs only. Now the question is, how come this late in the RY, there are still a significant number of clubs that : 1) Have not paid their second semester SAR dues; 2) Does not meet regularly; 3) Have no subscription to any of the prescribed magazines; 4) Have not received the visit of the DG; 5) Does not provide accurate membership lists on a timely manner. These are the most commonly violated ? overlooked? criteria for functioning clubs. Now tell me, have we not done enough to train, orient, educate, etc. our club presidents and district leaders ? If the answer is no, then what else do we need to do? Perhaps the topic of club management and fund stewardship should be introduced in the curriculum ? Maybe there is a lack of emphasis and focus on club administration and too much on The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and Membership Development. Every year, clubs are urged, encouraged, challenged, pressured, etc. to recruit more members, extend clubs and contribute more to the various programs of the TRF. Have we exerted the same amount of time and effort to convince the clubs to at least meet or satisfy their basic obligations? Who in the district is responsible to monitor and make sure that the clubs and the presidents are able to comply within a reasonable time frame ? Is it the DG?, the DS?, COS?, AG‘s ? All of the above? Your guess is as good as mine. Why do we need to remind errant clubs every year that they run the risk of termination at the end of the year ? And most of the time, they are the same clubs that have been struggling through the years. What‘s the point of keeping these clubs if they do not show any effort to improve and be more effective and productive. Personally, if a club has been struggling for at least 3 years in a row (without showing any clear signs of improvement) should already be laid to rest so that they can stop being a burden to the district. Maybe it‘s time to re-consider our priorities and focus more on strengthening the clubs. And I‘m not referring to membership development as the answer.
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Rotary Through the Years Historic Firsts Did you know that Rotary founder Paul Harris wasn‘t the first president of a Rotary club? That distinction is actually held by Harris‘s friend Silvester Schiele, who served as the first president of the Rotary Club of Chicago. Harris deferred his club leadership duties until February 1907, when he was elected the third president of the Chicago club. Club firsts On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Chicago for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting. A second club was formed in San Francisco in 1908, and soon after, clubs began to pop up across North America. On 1 August 1912, the Rotary Club of London became the first club chartered outside of North America. The Rotary Club of Dublin, Ireland, had been organized earlier, but didn‘t receive its charter until 1 May 1913. The first Rotary Club in Asia is the Rotary Club of Manila which was chartered in 1919. The first Rotary club in what is knownh as District 3780 is the Rotary Club of Quezon City. Chartered in 1960. Presidential firsts Paul Harris was elected as first president of the National Association of Rotary Clubs (which later became Rotary International) in 1910, and is the only president to have served two terms. Other firsts: Canadian E. Leslie Pidgeon (1917-18) was the first Rotary president from outside the United States, Sydney W. Pascall (1931-32) was the first from Great Britain, and Maurice Duperrey (1937-38) was the first from continental Europe. Learn more about past Rotary presidents. Foundation firsts In 1929, The Rotary Foundation gave its first gift, US$500, to the International Society for Crippled Children (later Easter Seals), which was founded in 1921 by Rotarian Edgar F. Allen, of the Rotary Club of Elyria, Ohio, USA. Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established in 1957 to show appreciation for contributions, and to encourage substantial ones, to what was then the Foundation‘s only program: Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships. Today, the recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation Convention facts Edinburgh, Scotland, hosted the first convention outside North America in June 1921. Rotary‘s first convention in Asia was held in Tokyo in 1961. Among the record-setting 23,366 paid and unpaid registrants was the emperor of Japan. The largest convention to date, based on the number of paid registrants, was Osaka, Japan, in 2004, followed by the Rotary centennial convention, held in Chicago in 2005.
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Rotary International Programs
RI‘s programs are designed to help Rotarians meet needs both in their own communities and internationally. Interact Rotary clubs organize and sponsor this service organization for youth ages 12-18. There are more than 12,300 Interact clubs in 133 countries and geographical areas. Rotaract Rotary clubs organize and sponsor this leadership, professional development, and service organization for young adults ages 18-30. There are more than 8,000 Rotaract clubs in 167 countries and geographical areas. Rotary Community Corps (RCC) Rotary clubs organize and sponsor these groups of non-Rotarians who work to improve their communities. There are more than 6,800 RCCs in 78 countries and geographical areas. Rotary Fellowships and Rotarian Action Groups Rotary Fellowships (groups geared to vocational and recreational interests) and Rotarian Action Groups (groups focused on humanitarian service activities) are open to all Rotarians, spouses of Rotarians, and Rotaractors. There are about 70 groups. Rotary Friendship Exchange Rotarian teams or individuals, often accompanied by their families, make reciprocal visits to other countries, staying in each other's homes and learning about different cultures firsthand. Rotary Youth Exchange Clubs and districts send and host students ages 15-19 who travel abroad for cultural exchanges ranging from one week to a year. More than 8,000 exchanges take place each year. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Clubs and districts sponsor seminars to encourage and recognize leadership abilities of youth and young adults ages 14-30.
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From left, RI President-elect Ron Burton and wife, Jetta, Foundation Trustee Chair Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Past RI President Luis Vicente Giay, RI President Sakuji Tanaka, RI General Secretary John Hewko, and Celia Elena Cruz de Giay at the awards banquet.
Rotary receives top honors for Future Vision Rotary has received a silver Edison Award in recognition of the Future Vision Plan, the new grant model that enhances the scope, impact, and sustainability of humanitarian and educational projects funded by The Rotary Foundation. Since 1987, the Edison Awards have recognized innovative new products, services and business leaders in the United States. The awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Edison. Winners represent active contributors to the cause of innovation in the world. RI President Sakuji Tanaka accepted the award during the annual Edison Awardsgala held 25 April in Chicago, the city where Rotary was founded in 1905. The Future Vision Plan received top honors among funding models competing in the Lifestyle and Social Impact category. Nominee ballots were judged by a panel of more than 3,000, including members of seven associations that represent a wide range of industries and disciplines. ―This Edison Award recognizes and validates Rotary‘s innovative approach to humanitarian service, as we constantly strive to improve lives and communities by addressing the world‘s most pressing problems,‖ says Tanaka. ―It is a great honor to accept such a prestigious award on behalf of Rotary‘s global membership of 1.2 million men and women.‖ The Edison Award coincides with the successful completion of a three-year pilot in which 100 Rotary districts in more than 70 countries tested Rotary‘s new grant model. The Future Vision Plan simplifies Rotary‘s grant process, and focuses Rotarian service efforts where they will have the greatest impact. The model is innovative in combining Rotary‘s volunteer base and a global reach with local resources to support sustainable, high-impact results in communities all over the world. The model funds more than US$100 million in service projects annually. The new grant model will be implemented 1 July for Rotary clubs worldwide. Since 1987, the Edison Awards™ have recognized and honored some of the most innovative new products, services and business leaders in America. The Awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) whose extraordinary new product and market development methods garnered him 1,093 U.S. patents and made him a household name across the world. The Edison Awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Edison, while also strengthening the human drive for innovation, creativity and ingenuity. The Edison Awards™ are among the most prestigious accolades honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design and innovation. Unique to the world of award programs, the Edison Awards™ are focused on the innovators as much as the innovations. Award winners represent "game changing" products, services and excellence and leadership in innovation around fourcriteria: Concept, Value, Delivery and Impact. An Edison Award represents significant value to the award winner and to the cause of innovation.
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May 2013
Dear fellow Rotarians, From the moment I was nominated as Rotary International president, I knew I would choose a theme that would focus on peace. This is why I planned three peace forums – to give Rotarians an opportunity to think about peace, to talk about peace, and to share their ideas on building peace together. The final Rotary Global Peace Forum takes place this month in Hiroshima, Japan. We hear the word peace every day. But most of us spend little time thinking about what peace is. On its simplest level, we can define peace by what it is not. It is a state of no war, no violence, and no fear. It means that you are not in danger of hunger, or persecution, or the suffering of poverty. But we can also define peace by what it is, and by what it can be. Peace can mean freedom of thought and of speech, freedom of opinion and of choice, and the ability for self-determination. It can mean security, confidence in the future – a life and home in a stable society. On a more abstract level, peace can mean a sense of happiness, of inner serenity, of calm. However we use the word, however we understand peace, Rotary can help us to achieve it. Rotary helps us to meet the basic needs of others – to provide health care, sanitation, food, and education when and where they are most needed. It helps to meet the inner needs as well, for friendship, connection, and caring. And Rotary helps us to build peace in its most traditional sense, by reducing the causes of conflict. It builds bridges of friendship and tolerance among people and nations. It helps us to understand one another. However we define peace, whatever peace means to us, we can bring it closer through service. Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal, and a realistic goal for Rotary. Peace is not something that can only be achieved through treaties, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is something that we can find, and that we can achieve – every day, and in many simple ways. And so I thank you for your commitment to Peace Through Service – and to a Rotary goal of a more peaceful world.
Sakuji Tanaka\ RI President, RY 2012-2013
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May 2013
In Canada, May is usually a beautiful month. Spring has blossomed, trees and flowers are in bloom, and everyone is filled with a renewed energy as winter finally comes to a close. The changing of seasons can also serve as a time for action as Rotarians bring a fresh perspective to the goals they set for the 2012-13 year. Every Rotarian, every contribution, and every project makes a difference every year. Through The Rotary Foundation, we can all do our part to work toward global peace from the ground up. Has your club worked on a humanitarian or educational project through the Foundation? And if not – why not? There is still time to make your contribution. There is still time to give a community the chance to drink clean water, a young girl the opportunity to attend school, and a mother the access to the safe maternal care she needs. Contact your district Rotary Foundation chair and see how you and the other Rotarians in your club or district can participate. I understand the impact these difficult economic times have had on all of us, but we still need your help. Foundation programs and projects all start with money. I hope each Rotarian reading my message will have given something based on his or her own situation. It doesn‘t take much from each individual when you have the support of more than 1.2 million members, but that assumes 100 percent support. If you‘ve given, I thank you sincerely. But if you haven‘t, I hope you will as together we make May a great month for Rotary and for our Foundation.
Wilfrid Wilkinson TRF Trustee Chairman, RY 2012-2013
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Register for the RI Convention in Lisbon, Europe’s friendliest city The Sé de Lisboa church
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know that an RI Convention will be a sociable experience, but those planning to travel to Lisbon for the 2013 convention, 23-26 June, have even more reason to expect an amicable welcome: The travel website TripAdvisor has named Lisbon the friendliest city in Europe. It ranked as the third most hospitable city in the world – after Cancun, Mexico, and Tokyo – in the site‘s most recent Cities Survey, an annual poll of 75,000 users. Portugal‘s capital also led the rankings in the ―best value for money‖ category – and last year, Lisbon made the USA Today list of ―10 surprisingly cheap European cities.‖ It offers many low-cost or free attractions that also happen to be great ways to meet the friendly locals. The No. 28 eléctrico, or tram, line takes you past historic sites such as the 11th-century Saint George‘s Castle, through the hilly, winding streets of the medieval Alfama district, and to the famed Feira da Ladra flea market. Browsing is free at the market, open dawn to dusk on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Like most of the city‘s churches, the Sé de Lisboa, a 12th-century Romanesque cathedral on the site of an older mosque in Alfama, does not charge admission. Entrance to many museums is free on Sundays.
PE Raul Addatu, the “First Class” president of the RCLH at the D3780 District Assembly with the RCLH delegation below.
RCLH donation to the medical-dental mission organized by the Parish of Della Strada
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Recent Club Activities Accomplishments (Feb - May 2013)
RCLH sponsored Voice of the Youth candidate is first runner up in the national finals. Participated in the D3780 World understanding celebration Sent Biggest delegation to RYLA, Corregidor Sent Biggest delegation to Interact Discon Formal turnover of computers and books to AFP J7 Turnover of 12 low cost housing units to beneficiaries at OLB, San Mateo, Rizal Graduation of CHEERS Loyola Heights Sponsored delegates to the Interact Discon Participated in Project Bukas Inducted new members Al Scalabrin and Jesse Coz bringing total membership to 82 Attended Antipolo ―Harana‖ Graduation CHEERS Brookside Hosting of GSE team from D8700 Australia Attended Discon2013 Baguio City 1st Place in the club exhibits competition Sponsored 10 Rotaractors at the Rotaract Discon, Baguio City Conducted Pre-Planning for RY 2013-14 Sponsored 20 teachers to the ATTEST Training program Participated in the Della Strada Parish Medical / Dental mission Attended District Assembly
CALENDAR OF CLUB & DISTRICT ACTIVITIES (RY 2012 - 2013) DATE:
PARTICULARS
May 2
Deadline to submit concurrences
May 4
District Assembly
May 11
Club Planning – Final (Laguna)
May 25
Distriuct Awards Night
July 22
RCLH 25th Induction & Governor‘s Visit
CELEBRRATIONS For the Month of MAY
BIRTHDAYS Carla Divino Lupe Lazaro Nitoy Velasco Jennifer Velasco Ryan Vance Catabijan Pol Rabena Fr. Bong Bongayan Jaybo Sison Patrick Nicholas David Alan Yu Gabe Baradi Michele Peralejo
May 3 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 12 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 21 May 29 May 29
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Rod & Everly Apostol Henry & Vicky Coralejo Danny & Beth Constantino
May 3 May 11 May 21
Attendance Make-Up Certification This is to certify that Rtn _________________________ Attended the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Loyola Heights RI District 3780, Quezon City On __________________ At _________________ Certified By: Raul Addatu Club Secretary, RY 2012-2013
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THE ROTARIANS PLEDGE I am a Rotarian I will always uphold the TRUTH.
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I am a Rotarian I will always strive to be FAIR in all my dealings with my Fellowmen. I am a Rotarian I will always endeavor to build GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING in my community, among my countrymen and people of all nations. I am a Rotarian I will always seek to promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE. I am a Rotarian I will always uphold the Rotary International Motto, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
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I'm not addicted to facebook! You know, I just use it whenever I have time. Lunch time, break time, bed time, off time, that time, this time, any time, all the time! That awkward moment when you notice someones zipper is down but you don't want to say anything because you don't have a good excuse for why you were looking that low. Years of education, solving tough problems, handling complex issues, yet we take a while standing before glass doors thinking whether to Push or Pull. If if you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me and we can make fun of people together.
Lisbon, Portugal
The Lisbon Half Marathon, held every year in March, is one of the most attended events of its kind in the world. Lisbon is ranked number 1 in the Portuguese most liveable cities survey published yearly by Expresso newspaper. Lisbon has one of the mildest climates in Europe. The city is sunny throughout the year, with an annual average of 2900-3300 hours of sunshine. Lisbon‘s Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest bridge in Europe. The world record for the largest dining table was set when some 15,000 people were served lunch on the bridge as part of the inauguration celebrations. The city‘s spectacular Aqueduto das Águas Livres, the aqueduct which still brings water to the ancient fountains of Lisbon, has the highest ogive arch in the world, standing 65 meters high and 29 meters wide. the Santa Engrácia church is in the Guinness Book of Records has having the longest construction time of all churches: it started in the 17th century and only in 1966 was the last dome completed.
Beat the Heat Turn off unnecessary appliances - Appliances and other devices create their own heat when they run on electricity. Shut down your laptop if you're not using it. Turn off the TV and unnecessary lights. This helps reduce heat circulating within the room. Make sure to open your windows as well so that the breeze can come in. It's even better if your window is underneath a cool shade. Keep a spray bottle with you - Nothing cools down skin so much as cool water. When you're commuting or even indoors on a particularly warm day, carry a small spray bottle with you with which to spritz your face with water any time. Make sure to bring a hand towel too. Arrange the schedule around the sun'sHave outdoor activities in the wee (and cool) hours of the morning until around 9 AM when the sun extends its prickly fingers. Reserve indoor activities from 9 AM until around 4:30 PM when the sun is hottest. This summer, be a night person, filling your evenings with activities.
Run water over pulse points - running water over pulse points like your wrist or neck helps cool the body down because the body takes it temperature cue from the temperature of your major veins.
- the Benfica football club is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest number of fans for any one football
6. Go swimming or run under the sprinkler
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The battery that could charge a mobile phone in less than ONE SECOND
Batteries have lagged behind mobile phone technology - until now Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a super microbattery that is 1000 times more powerful than its lithium predecessors They claim that mo bile batteries of the future could charge within a second
Smart phones are more sophisticated than ever, yet the batteries that power them have remained relatively archaic – until now. Scientists at the University of Illinois have managed to develop the most powerful microbatteries ever created, making them almost 1000 times stronger than existing lithium batteries and paving the way for smartphones that could be charged in just one second. ‗This is a whole new way to think about batteries,‘ said lead researcher William King. Superpower: The next generation of microbatteries developed by the University of Illinois (pictured) could revolutionise mobile phone use Superpower: The next generation of microbatteries developed by the University of Illinois (pictured) could revolutionise mobile phone use
'A battery can deliver far more power than anybody ever thought', he said. 'In recent decades, electronics have gotten small. 'The thinking parts of computers have gotten small. 'And the battery has lagged far behind. 'This is a microtechnology that could change all of that. Now the power source is as high-performance as the rest of it. Until recently, users have had to choose between power and energy. For applications that need a lot of power, like broadcasting a radio signal over a long distance, capacitors can release energy very quickly but can only store a small amount. For applications that need a lot of energy, like playing a radio for a long time, fuel cells and batteries can hold a lot of energy but they take a long term to recharge. ‗There‘s [always been] a sacrifice,‘ said James Pikul, a graduate student and first author of the paper. ‗If you want high energy you can‘t get high power; if you want high power it‘s very difficult to get high energy. 'But for very interesting applications, especially modern applications, you really need both. 'That‘s what our batteries are starting to do. ‗We‘re really pushing into an area in the energy storage design space that is not currently available with technologies today.‘ The new microbatteries offer both power and energy, and by tweaking the structure slightly, the researchers can fine tune them so there is a better compromise between power and energy scale. Scientists sat they owe their high performance to their internal three-dimensional microstructure. Like all batteries, they have two key components, the anode (minus side) and cathode (plus side). Mobile phone batteries are a frequent cause for anger because of their relatively short battery life Building on a new fast-charging cathode design by Professor Paul Braun‘s group, King and Pikul have developed a matching anode and a new way to integrate the two components at the microscale to make a complete battery with superior performance. With so much power, the batteries could enable sensors or radio signals to broadcast 30 times farther, or devices 30 times smaller. The batteries are rechargeable and can charge 1,000 times faster than competing technologies.
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Announcement of D3780 DGN for RY 2016-2017
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10 Tips for More Effective PowerPoint Presentations By Dustin Wax Here are ten tips to help you add a little zing! to your next presentation. They are, of course, far from comprehensive, but they‘re a start. Feel free to share your own tips in the comments. 1. Write a script. - A little planning goes a long way. Most presentations are written in PowerPoint (or some other presentation package) without any sort of rhyme or reason. And make sure your script follows good storytelling conventions: give it a beginning, middle, and end; have a clear arc that builds towards some sort of climax; make your audience appreciate each slide but be anxious to find out what‘s next; and when possible, always leave ‗em wanting more. 2. One thing at a time, please - At any given moment, what should be on the screen is the thing you‘re talking about. Our audience will almost instantly read every slide as soon as it‘s displayed; if you have the next four points you plan to make up there, they‘ll be three steps ahead of you, waiting for you to catch up rather than listening with interest to the point you‘re making. Plan your presentation so just one new point is displayed at any given moment. Bullet points can be revealed one at a time as you reach them. Charts can be put on the next slide to be referenced when you get to the data the chart displays. Your job as presenter is to control the flow of information so that you and your audience stay in sync. 3. No paragraphs - Where most presentations fail is that their authors, convinced they are producing some kind of stand-alone document, put everything they want to say onto their slides, in great big chunky blocks of text. Congratulations. You‘ve just killed a roomful of people. Cause of death: terminal boredom poisoning. Your slides are the illustrations for your presentation, not the presentation itself. They should underline and reinforce what you‘re saying as you give your presentation — save the paragraphs of text for your script. PowerPoint and other presentation software have functions to display notes onto the presenter‘s screen that do not get sent to the projector, or you can use note cards, a separate word processor document, or your memory. Just don’t put it on the screen – and for goodness’ sake, if you do for some reason put it on the screen, don’t stand with your back to your audience and read it from the screen 4. Pay attention to design - PowerPoint and other presentation packages offer all sorts of ways to add visual ―flash‖ to your slides: fades, swipes, flashing text, and other annoyances are all too easy to insert with a few mouse clicks. Avoid the temptation to dress up your pages with cheesy effects and focus instead on simple design basics: Use a sans serif font for body text. Sans serifs like Arial, Helvetica, or Calibri tend to be the easiest to read on screens. Use decorative fonts only for slide headers, and then only if they’re easy to read. Put dark text on a light background. Again, this is easiest to read. If you must use a dark background – for instance, if your company uses a standard template with a dark background – make sure your text is quite light (white, cream, light grey, or pastels) and maybe bump the font size up two or three notches. Continued next page
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10 Tips for More Effective PowerPoint Presentations . . . Continuation from Page 20 Align text left or right. Centered text is harder to read and looks amateurish. Line up all your text to a right-hand or left-hand baseline – it will look better and be easier to follow. Avoid clutter. A headline, a few bullet points, maybe an image – anything more than that and you risk losing your audience as they sort it all out. 5. Use images sparingly - There are two schools of thought about images in presentations. Some say they add visual interest and keep audiences engaged; others say images are an unnecessary distraction. Both arguments have some merit, so in this case the best option is to split the difference: use images only when they add important information or make an abstract point more concrete. 6. Think outside the screen - Remember, the slides on the screen are only part of the presentation – and not the main part. Even though you‘re liable to be presenting in a darkened room, give some thought to your own presentation manner – how you hold yourself, what you wear, how you move around the room. You are the focus when you‘re presenting, no matter how interesting your slides are. 7. Have a hook . Like the best writing, the best presentation shook their audiences early and then reel them in. Open with something surprising or intriguing, something that will get your audience to sit up and take notice. The most powerful hooks are often those that appeal directly to your audience‘s emotions – offer them something awesome or, if it‘s appropriate, scare the pants off of them. The rest of your presentation, then, will be effectively your promise to make the awesome thing happen, or the scary thing not happen. 8. Ask questions . Questions arouse interest, pique curiosity, and engage audiences. So ask a lot of them. Build tension by posing a question and letting your audience stew a moment before moving to the next slide with the answer. Quiz their knowledge and then show them how little they know. If appropriate, engage in a little question-and-answer with your audience, with you asking the questions. 9. Modulate, modulate, modulate - Especially when you‘ve done a presentation before, it can be easy to fall into a drone, going on and on and on and on and on with only minimal changes to your inflection. Always speak as if you were speaking to a friend, not as if you are reading off of index cards (even if you are). If keeping up a lively and personable tone of voice is difficult for you when presenting, do a couple of practice run-throughs. If you still can‘t get it right and presentations are a big part of your job, take a public speaking course. 10. Break the rules - As with everything else, there are times when each of these rules – or any other rule you know – won‘t apply. If you know there‘s a good reason to break a rule, go ahead and do it. Rule breaking is perfectly acceptable behavior – it‘s ignoring the rules or breaking them because you just don‘t know any better that leads to shoddy boring presentations that lead to boredom, depression, psychopathic breaks, and eventually death. And you don‘t want that, do you?
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