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First of all, I must offer a very warm welcome to the members who have joined ICUFR in the two months. I hope that all of you will have received your member's pin and will wear it with pride at your Rotary functions. Remember If you have any ideas for improving the fellowship please let us know. I must also thank all those members who have renewed their subscriptions for another year or more. It is thanks to those subscriptions that we are able to run the booths at the Convention, our main means of advertising our existence to the world of Rotary. August has been a busy month for me. Summer Holidays always give me a chance to spend some time with my teenage grandchildren, which is a real pleasure for Ernie and me. Family times are always special. On 18th August we celebrated our 45th Wedding Anniversary - another milestone. During the past couple of weeks your Board of Directors has been meeting - on-line of course - in the Forum Board room, and a number of interesting issues have been discussed, all to do with the continued well-being of ICUFR. In due course a full report will be available to you. Being a 'virtual' Rotarian (I am a member of the eClub London Centenary) I was invited to the international conference meeting of another of the eClubs - based in Finland. For the benefit of the international attendees, the meeting is conducted in English, through some clever conferencing software. Being able to converse with Rotarians as far afield as Singapore, Australia and Latin America, and see them is quite something. Not as good maybe as meeting face-to-face, but surely the next best thing. And think of the environmental impact!! None of us had to take an expensive flight to attend. This being a Fifth Wednesday in Ernie's Club's Calendar, I shall be attending the dinner this evening, where I understand the Speaker will be talking GREEN Issues. Should be interesting!! I am looking forward to attending the ICUFR Annual Conference in Lancaster in September. Roger has organised an excellent programme for us, and I understand the attendance will be good. If you have been contemplating coming, I am sure there is still space for you. It'll be a shame if you miss it. Hope to see you there. Stella Russell Chairman |
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Goodness, where has the year gone? Once my heat wave is over (111 degrees F today), I'll have to start thinking about Christmas again. Oh My. It's been a busy month especially with the first Board meeting of the new year still in progress, so I don't have a lot to tell you, but I do have an update from Roger. It appears to be coming together and will be well attended, so if you live close, try to make it this year. If it's your first time, you will be pleasantly surprised at the unusual amount of friendship that is developed at one of our conferences. At least attend the Saturday learning sessions. (And Roger, Be sure and have someone send me a report each day) THE ANNUAL CONFERECE - ICUFR@LANCASTER UK
Venue: Lancaster House Hotel, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK Arrive: Friday 21st Sep - evening party Talks and workshops: Saturday - evening conference dinner Annual general meeting and depart: Sunday 23rd Sep. Email the conference secretary now for a programme and booking form: Roger Siddle lancaster@davcrane.demon.co.uk Day delegate: £38.77 per person -
Conference + lunch and coffee Optional extras: Remember, I need ideas and articles if I am to serve you well. Best Regards, Carl P Cardey Editor - Director |
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Things have been quiet on the ChatList since the big guy from Nova Scotia hasn't been around to foment problems. Of course his immediate neighbor to the South of him, his lobster mate, has also been somewhat quiet. We have a big guy, at least he claims to be big >g< out Midwest and HE doesn't hesitate to make his opinions known. There have been more postings on this List since we have that femme fatale from Tennessee popping in every so often. In addition to the above, we have been missing the good doctor from that island near to France as well as his chum .. the digger. Our black belt Asian arts champion hasn't been around for quite awhile, perhaps his Rotweiller has him cornered. Our 'Message for the Millenium' author over in India (although I thought he was in the Philippines) popped in for a brief message. Not having been here for awhile, few people recognized him. Maybe that's the reason he disappeared again. >g< The Forum has been like a roller coaster. Dr. James celebrated his 60th birthday by going ape literally. Of course there are some who would comment on that. His birthday brought out Douggie who informed us that P-P was having a birthday. This elicited a lot of kudos. Our horse breeder from Lansing went down to Chattanooga where he was regaled by our Southern Belle. He claims he only went because there was a convention. On a more serious note, that normally serene island of Hawaii was threatened by Flossie and our motorcycle rider there had to batten down the hatches. Galen didn't complain too much when all he had to do was dry off the outdoor furniture. We were all happy that it bypassed the big island. Mel Fabricant |
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Can you believe it? Just a bit over 20 years ago I bought my first add-on external 40MB HD for my Apple iie for about $400. Today in the Sept Smart Computing issue is an article on an Iomega hard disk, the worlds first external hard drive able to store 1TB of data (that's Terabyte for you who are dragging your feet and means1,000GB) and all for $399. And our cars have way more than doubled in that time. (Carl)
1. Useful ASCII symbols There are a number of ASCII symbols that are useful for word-processing and emailing. Here are a few of the more common ones. To insert a symbol, place the cursor where you want it, hold down the ALT key, while entering the number representing that character, using the keypad on the right side of the keyboard. They may not work for all applications so try them out. (I am typing this in plain text and it works so hope they print OK. It beats going to the Insert>symbol list, which isn't even available for emails - Carl) Smart Computing - Readers Tips, Pg. 36, Bud Bergenfield If you want others, or them all, go to: 2. Don't be gullible If it says critical alert, you must 'send to all', or any other thing that raises the slightest bit of suspicion, just check it out at Snopes.com. It's easy to simply put a word or two into the search box, or check by subject etc.. The best rule is Don't EVER just pass everything on just because it says you should, or you will feel guilty.... *SNOPES.COM - Steve Laughin, Pg. 36 3. Cameras and/or film left in a hot car should be insulated. Try an insulated diaper bag. Who would want to steal that......Sandra S. Pg. 36 4. Wi-Fi hotspots hard to find in airports? Pg. 47 Travel a lot? Check 'At Large' www.atlarge.com a new beta site that hosts user reviews of Internet access at "every commercial airline in the world." 5. Buy your airline ticket early to save, and then watch it go do!!!!!!! Pg. 47 Many carriers will offer refunds in the form of travel voucher or travel credits - even on nonrefundable tickets. The catch is you must call them when the fare dips below what you paid. This is where Yapta comes to the rescue: www.yapta.com One you enter your itinerary, this site checks the Web multiple times a day for a lower fare and then emails you when it finds one. It's still up to you to call the airlines for your refund, and remember that service charges may apply, decreasing the actual refund. 1 - 5 above from Smart Computing September.
6. Park Your Mouse - Work faster keeping hands on the keyboard. Most of us know Ctrl-C means Copy whatever is highlighted and putting in on the clipboard, Ctrl-V means Paste whatever is copied on the clipboard, and Ctrl-X means Cut and save on the clipboard whatever is highlighted. But do you know that there are dozens of other keyboard shortcuts. To see them go to: find.pcworld.com/57520 You can also create your own shortcuts for launching applications. From 'Windows Toolbox' pg. 138, right-click the app's icon on the Start menu, chose 'Properties', enter the keys of your choice in the 'Shortcut Key' box under the 'Shortcut ' tab. They also recommend a specific $20 program on 'Active Keys'. The trial version is at: find.pcworld.com/57507 Use Your Keyboard for Faster Windows Control PCWorld - Answer Line - Sept. pg. 138 For keyboard shortcuts for MS Word, there is a list for all versions at: find.pcworld.com/57782 pg. 140 7. Is your email address blacklisted? If you are getting an email bounced back with a notice that you have been blocked, you may be on a spam blacklist. There are more than 100 such lists in existence and may ISPs use them to block the IP addresses of known spammers. To find out if you've been blacklisted, go to: find.pcworld.com/57536 to see the IP address that you send out to the world - probably your router's. Select the address and choose 'Ctrl>C' to copy it to the Clipboard. Wendell Daar's favorite blacklist site is Robtex at: find.pcworld.com/57537 Paste you address into the text box at the top of the page, and click Go. IF any of the blacklist sites that appear are shown in red, you have a problem. Use the contact information to found out why and how to get off of it. PCWorld, Answer Line - Wendell Daar, pg. 142 8. Steve Bass's Windows Annoyance Busters Multiple PC crashes - memory modules failing? Check with MS Windows Memory Diagnostic tool: find.pcworld.com/57525 Burn the program onto a CD, and boot from the CD. File names are in the wrong case, or mixed case i.e. photos may all be in upper case and you want them in lower case. "Recase" to the rescue. Highlight one or all of the files., whether upper-, lower-, or mixed case-and "Recase" find.pcworld.com/57524 will change them for you. (This is one little 57kb program I want, but, it DL and unzipped OK, but I can't then figure how to get the "recase" to show in a right click. If anyone figures it out, let me know what I'm doing wrong ccardey@verizon.net) Too many files, and can't remember the contents of many of them? I have 100k+ and it happens to me. Use 'AnnotSX' (annotator shell extension) at: find.pcworld.com/57529 a neat little program that lets you add unlimited notes for any file. You just highlight the file, press <ALT>-<Enter> to access its Properties, choose the Annotations tab, and start typing your notes. PCWorld - Steve Bass - Hassle-Free PC Pg. 144 The PCWorld Sept. issue focuses on Ultimate Mobile Tech Guide From Sunbelt Counterspynews that I subscribe to: Aug. 13th edition. Some Neat videos I liked: 9. "Powers of Ten" A short documentary film made for IBM, depicting the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten: 10. Amazing Physics: Colored corn syrup is dropped into a mixture, mixed up, and when the direction is reversed, the drops form their original state: 11. You HAVE TO GO GET THE KIDS and WATCH THIS: http://www.counterspynews.com/GBDZLO/070719-Amazing-Video 12. Eight minutes of Autocar magazine video: comparing some of the fastest cars in the world: Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Gallardo, Audi R8, Porsche 911 GT3and Aston Martin DB9. Must See Pure Autolust: http://www.counterspynews.com/GBDZLO/070705-Fast-Cars 13. Mirage Jets flying through the Swiss Alps. Amazing Video: http://www.counterspynews.com/GBDZLO/070705-Jets
This Week's Links We (Sunbelt) Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff Disclaimer: WXPNews does not assume and cannot be responsible for any liability related to you clicking any of these linked Web sites. a.. Power Replacements for built-in Windows Utilities http://www.wxpnews.com/U66UAQ/070814-Window-Utilities b.. Duct Tape Server c.. Space Shuttle in 3D - compliments of Microsoft d.. Amazing 3 year old finger painter (sound) e.. Ten things your IT department won't tell you f.. Try that bike stunt (YouTube) g.. Strange Maps site (my favorite: the inverted world) h.. Jessica the Hippo has made herself a member of this South African family. Since she broke a couch and a bed, she is now restricted to only going into the kitchen: i.. Amazing Magic Trick! Master Magician Kevin James performing on America's Got Talent: j.. This is a quick and easy way to make a wi-fi range extender for pennies and double the range of your wireless router. Seems to work: k.. Worlds Weirdest Animals and Creatures Thanks. I hope you find something of help. Carl P Cardey Editor, Director |
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47 Numbering of Clubs "In the beginning, Rotary numbered the clubs in the order in which they became affiliated with Rotary International and they were assigned a charter number based on the date that they were elected to membership in Rotary International. After WWII in about 1951, Rotary stopped using the numbering system that it had before the war. Today's assigned numbers are for financial purposes and are not placed on the charter nor should they be considered for order of entry into Rotary International. 48 Numbering of Clubs 2 Officially a Rotary Club only moves from the 'interim' (provisional) stage to full membership when it receives its Charter. In the early period of Rotary, clubs had to apply for affiliation to the newly formed National (or from 1912, International) Association of Rotary Clubs). Sometimes because of administrative delays or even lack of knowledge of the correct procedure, some of Rotary's earliest clubs failed to be chartered for several months or even years after their inaugural meeting. Thus, Winnipeg was formed at a meeting on November 3, 1910, but did not receive its Charter until 1912. 49 Rotary in Scotland Rotary in Scotland started in 1912 when the Rotary Club of Glasgow (International Club Number 60) received it’s Charter. It was quickly followed by the Rotary Club of Edinburgh (International Club Number 62) which received it’s Charter the same year. Other Clubs followed and when the number had risen to eight Scotland consisted of one District covering a large area under the jurisdiction of the “Scottish District Council”. 50 Rotary in Burma (Myanmar) The Rangoon Club, described by then RI Special Commissioner Jim Davidson, as the second in Burma after Thayetmo, was inaugurated in September 1929. Rangoon started with 88 members. Davidson pointed out that “The reason for having so many charter members is that owing to the peculiar conditions in Asia with so many going away on home leave (to Britain) it is important that clubs be started with as large a membership as possible.” 51 Rotary Fellowships In 1928, according to Rotary International, Esperanto became the first Rotary Fellowship. Today, more than 90 fellowships offer Rotarians with similar vocational or recreational interests the chance to enjoy Rotary together. 52. Early Women in Rotary From 1911 to 1917 there was an all women’s Rotary Club in Duluth, Minnesota. The Duluth Women’s Rotary Club met on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at the Spalding Hotel until 1915 when it moved to the Club Room of the Duluth Public Library. This club was not chartered by RI. The Duluth Rotary Club #25 met on the first Thursday of the month at noon and on the last Thursday at 6.15 pm at various locations. normw |
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James Pitt-Payne is a retired medical practitioner and Analytical Psychotherapist. In Rotary since Jan 1975. |
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James writes a weekly bulletin for his club, Langley Park, and the thing that started him on this line of thought was his club board who felt that they wanted something that represented the club better. He said:" Hence a look at the life of Paul Harris, about which the Brits know little or nothing, and another chance to evaluate him using the life skills I have acquired through my career." "Whilst he is revered, few stop to think and ask the most basic of questions - and the answers to these questions is what made him the man he was and made Rotary develop the way it did." "Whilst he may have founded Rotary, he would have been the first to acknowledge that Ches Perry was the builder, so good in fact that when he handed on the RI secretary job in 1942 things went without a hitch. But it was Paul Harris's humanity that inspired the soul of the movement, and it does no harm to have another look at the man and see just how human he was." |
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Paul Harris was born on Sunday 19 April 1868, the second son of George and Cornelia Harris. It was a time when many families were still mourning their dead in the aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-65). It had been a costly war with casualties exceeding both world wars,Vietnam and The Gulf wars. More than one million Americans had been killed or badly wounded. 1868 was the year the Klu-Klux-Klan was formed; the year President Andrew Johnson was impeached and tried, and the year that Louisa M. Allcott wrote that book, Little Women. All was not well in the Harris household. Talented though his parents were, they were rotten in their management of their financial affairs. George Harris's efforts to derive an income from his talents was, shall we say, somewhat lamentable and whilst given to a fertile imagination his flights of fancy were to do him a power of no good. His mother, Cornelia Harris, made up for some of the things his father lacked; being of a determined and vigorous nature, but she had been brought up with money and was used to the good things in life - and rather expected to go on that way. George Harris tended to turn to his father for help, and they remained solvent and very much in a Fool's Paradise. The third child, Nina May was born in 1869 and her arrival made the need for finance greater but the financial props had started to fail and George Harris found himself insolvent in 1871. The business and the family home were sold. And efforts were made to install George Harris, seen now as a financial nincompoop in a situation where things could be kept under stricter control. The family broke up. The two boys went with their father to his parental home in Wallingford, Vermont and were cared for by their grandparents. Paul Harris was three when this happened. A critical age for a boy to be parted from his family in this way. Cornelia Harris refused to go to Wallingford and stayed in Racine with Nina May taking lodgings whilst giving piano lessons to raise the much needed cash. It was the beginning of a new life. The grandparents were a devout couple and Harris would never forget the night he arrived in Wallingford after quite a long journey. It can be said now that he was fortunate to be raised by his grandparents but the loss of his real parents was a primary psychological scar which made him a marked man for life - psychologically speaking.... (to be continued.....) |
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Summer holidays are behind us,. September is here and it's three weeks to the annual ICUFR conference in Lancaster, England. Twenty members have booked to date, and this is your last chance to be there!
And Finally I'll finish with a list of favorite links that I got from the Sunbelt Software WinXP email newsletter that I subscribe also to. Aug. 13th edition.
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