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For the week beginning June 17, 2024
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning June 17, 2024
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Kitt Brand
Rotarian Kitt Brand
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Inspirational moment
"I had been on assignment at a Detroit Montessori school for two days, and shot hundreds of photos. Some were very good, but I knew I hadn't gotten THE shot.
That afternoon, as we all sat on the floor in a circle listening to a story, I bowed my head. When I raised my head, this little girl leaned over to lay her head on the little boy's lap. He very gently lifted his arm to receive her.
I call this photo 'The Age of Innocence." 💕💕💕
Credit: Marco Mancinelli
Originally published at https://goodvibesto.quora.com/I-had-been-on-assignment-at-a-Detroit-Montessori-school-for-two-days-and-shot-hundreds-of-photos-Some-were-very-good-4
That afternoon, as we all sat on the floor in a circle listening to a story, I bowed my head. When I raised my head, this little girl leaned over to lay her head on the little boy's lap. He very gently lifted his arm to receive her.
I call this photo 'The Age of Innocence." 💕💕💕
Credit: Marco Mancinelli
Originally published at https://goodvibesto.quora.com/I-had-been-on-assignment-at-a-Detroit-Montessori-school-for-two-days-and-shot-hundreds-of-photos-Some-were-very-good-4
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Canadiana
1. Indigenous peoples have inhabited Canada for over 10,000 years.
2. The Vikings visited Canada before other Europeans.
3. The Canadian Shield is home to the world’s oldest rocks.
4. Canada became a country on July 1, 1867.
5. Canada didn’t get its flag until the 1960s.
6. Canada signed 11 treaties with its First Nations People.
7. Québec City is the only walled city north of Mexico.
8. Bison are indigenous to the prairies.
9. Canada’s first PM almost burned to death.
10. Canada and the United States have been at war.
11. St. John’s might be the oldest city in North America.
12. Most Canadians have settled near the border.
13. Canada grew with the railway.
14. The longest-running Prime Minister was in office for over 20 years.
15. Basketball was invented by a Canadian.
16. The original Parliament building burned down in 1916.
17. Canada is a land of immigrants.
18. Canada’s two languages became official in 1969.
19. The California roll was invented in Canada.
20. Some of Canada’s earliest inhabitants were dinosaurs.
21. Canada’s national park service was the first in the world.
22. The beaver became Canada’s national animal in 1975.
23. It took over 20 years to build the Trans-Canada Highway.
24. Canada has official policies that helped build its entertainment industry.
25. Canadians got a powerful tool to protect their rights in 1982.
26. The city of Saskatoon is named after berries.
27. Newfoundland was the last province to join Confederation.
28. The Canadarm changed space exploration.
29. Queen Elizabeth II visited Canada more thanany other country in the Commonwealth.
30. Canada has hosted the Olympic Games three times.
To read the details about each of these facts, click here.
2. The Vikings visited Canada before other Europeans.
3. The Canadian Shield is home to the world’s oldest rocks.
4. Canada became a country on July 1, 1867.
5. Canada didn’t get its flag until the 1960s.
6. Canada signed 11 treaties with its First Nations People.
7. Québec City is the only walled city north of Mexico.
8. Bison are indigenous to the prairies.
9. Canada’s first PM almost burned to death.
10. Canada and the United States have been at war.
11. St. John’s might be the oldest city in North America.
12. Most Canadians have settled near the border.
13. Canada grew with the railway.
14. The longest-running Prime Minister was in office for over 20 years.
15. Basketball was invented by a Canadian.
16. The original Parliament building burned down in 1916.
17. Canada is a land of immigrants.
18. Canada’s two languages became official in 1969.
19. The California roll was invented in Canada.
20. Some of Canada’s earliest inhabitants were dinosaurs.
21. Canada’s national park service was the first in the world.
22. The beaver became Canada’s national animal in 1975.
23. It took over 20 years to build the Trans-Canada Highway.
24. Canada has official policies that helped build its entertainment industry.
25. Canadians got a powerful tool to protect their rights in 1982.
26. The city of Saskatoon is named after berries.
27. Newfoundland was the last province to join Confederation.
28. The Canadarm changed space exploration.
29. Queen Elizabeth II visited Canada more thanany other country in the Commonwealth.
30. Canada has hosted the Olympic Games three times.
To read the details about each of these facts, click here.
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
April 29. Make Learning Addictive. I wasn’t aware of that App, and will probably give it a try.
-- Todd Colbourne, Rotary Club of Kingston, District 7040
May 5. Good TED talk on How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media by Luis Von Ahn. Not surprising is that they get more people using Duolingo to learn a second language than all the schools in the U.S.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
May 6. Great review of Alberta. I came to Alberta in July of 1979. After 6 months, I knew I was not going back to Ontario. You’re hooked when you visit your old stomping ground, but refer to Alberta as home.
-- Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
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A submission from Rotarian Doug – dated June 13, 2024
Thank you, Doug.
This month marks not only the 80th anniversary of D-Day, but also of a terrible atrocity in a small village in France.
A Nazi Panzer division was ordered to seek revenge and make a statement.
The tiny village of 1,100 people of Oradour was their unfortunate target. By the time they were done, 642 innocent men, women, children, and babies had been slaughtered.
They were rounded up, machine gunned, gassed, and burned alive. No one was spared. Their remains were destroyed to prevent identification.
Today, the town remains in its burnt-out state as a memorial. There is also a museum that tells the story.
My visit there this week made my heart weep.
I could hear the screams of terror from the schoolyard.
It made me pray for the victims of Gaza, Ukraine, and so many other countries where innocent people get in the way of hatred.
The question is how are men able to be so cold-blooded and heartless?
"There is no humanity in humans."
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Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event. Plan to join us.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
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Environment
Humour
For your consideration -
An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.
A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
Two quotation marks walked into a “bar.”
A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
A question mark walks into a bar?
A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.
Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Get out – we don’t serve your type.”
A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.
A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
Two quotation marks walked into a “bar.”
A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
A question mark walks into a bar?
A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.
Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Get out – we don’t serve your type.”
A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
"IRRESISTIBLE" CLUBS
Luckily, Rotary President-elect Stephanie Urchick isn’t one to wither in the face of change. Instead, she embraces it. On the bookshelf in her office at Rotary headquarters, among the club directories and banners, the commemorative plates and plaques, and — surprise! — even some real books, there is a wooden sign adorned with multicolored leaves that reads, “Fall is proof that change is beautiful.”
Urchick, who wears an Action Plan pin this day on her black quilted jacket, champions the Rotary plan as a guide for Rotary clubs hoping to undergo a similar metamorphosis. “I’m all about helping clubs look for ways to change their culture so they become simply irresistible,” she says.
“If you look at our worldwide numbers, there’s something like 150,000 people who come into Rotary every year, but there are 160,000 who leave. What that says to me is that some people are not finding value in their club experience. They’re not really leaving Rotary; they’re leaving a Rotary club. We need to get clubs to examine what’s happening.”
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Food for thought
And maybe you thought you were a good speller -
Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
THIS WEEK - The Sound of Silence
Two separate renditions
The first - Tico and the Man
(Bear with me, please. The bird is a marvel!)
And the genuine song -
The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Neil recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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