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Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!
WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!
Thank you for stopping by our club meeting! We hope you will enjoy your visit.
Our E-Club banner is shown at left! Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange. We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website.
We are now officially a fully-fledged chartered Rotary Club in District 7020. Our charter date is August 12, 2013. We hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.
December is Family of Rotary Month.
Visiting Rotarians. Click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active Members. Click for Attendance Record.
Happy Hour Hangout. Happy Hour Hangout. Our Happy Hour Hangout on a Saturday morning is early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion. If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below. Morning coffee is on the house! (Your house, that is...) Hope to see you there!
Please note: Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
Interested in joining us? Click the link Membership Application and Information.
Our President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting. Please listen in...
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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020
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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
International Responsibilities of a Rotarian
As an international organization, Rotary offers each member unique opportunities and responsibilities. although each Rotarian has first responsibility to uphold the obligations of citizenship or his or her own country, membership in Rotary enables Rotarians to take a somewhat different view of international affairs.
In the early 1950s, a Rotary philosophy was adopted to describe how a Rotarian may think on a blogal basis. Here is what it said:
"A world-minded Rotarian:
- looks beyond national patriotism and considers himself as sharing responsibility for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace
- resists any tendency to act in terms of national or racial superiority
- seeks and develops common grounds for agreement with peoples of other lands
- defends the rule of law and order to preserve the liberty of the individual so that he may enjoy freedom of thought, speech, and assembly, and freedom from persecution, aggression, want and fear
- supports action directed toward improving standards o living for all peoples, realizing that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere
- upholds the principles of justice for mankind
- strives always to promote peace between nations and prepares to make personal sacrifices for that ideal
- urges and practices a spirit of understanding of every other man's beliefs as a step toward international goodwill, recognizing that there are certain basic moral and spiritual standards which will ensure a richer, fuller life."
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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...
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A ROTARY MOMENT - NEW
Moving from words to action...
Jennifer Scott: My Rotary Moment from Rotary International on Vimeo.
Together, we can change the world!
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- Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Disease Prevention and Treatment
- Water and Sanitation
- Maternal and Child Health
- Basic Education and Literacy
- Economic and Community Development
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A MUSICAL INTERLUDE
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ROTARY WISDOM - Royce Abbey - Why I am a Rotarian
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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WELLNESS CARIBBEAN
Risk factors for Osteoporosis
Bone is a living tissue, comprised mainly of calcium and protein. Healthy bone is always being remodeled, that is, small amounts are being absorbed in your body and small amounts are being replaced. If more bone calcium is absorbed than is replaced, the density or the mass of the bone is reduced. The bone becomes progressively weaker, increasing the risk that it may break.
Osteoporosis means 'porous bone.'
Risk factors
- Female
- Caucasion, East Indian, or Oriental
- Ancestors mainly from Northern Europe, the British Isles, India, China or Japan
- Small build (size 8 dress or less; man's jacket size 38 or less)
- Have (or had) light hair, a fair complexion, or freckles
- Consume fewer than 2 milk products per day
- Exercise less than one-half hour per day or less than 5 miles per week of brisk walking
- Drink five or more cups of coffee, tea, or soda daily
- Drink three or more alcoholic beverages daily
- Postmenopausal
- Menopause before age 40
- Medical history of epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, liver disease, juvenile diabetes, or thyroid problems
- History of osteoporosis in your family
- Diagnosed with moderate to severe scoliosis
- Breastfed one or more babies
- Treated with corticosteroids for a year or more
- Premenopausal but menstruation stopped for a year or more and resumed
Other Risk Factors
- Increasing age (older than 40 years)
- Immobilization or inactivity related to chronic disease or injury
- Poor calcium intake or malabsorption
- Lactose intolerance
- Lack of sun exposure
- Lack of estrogen replacement therapy
- Proximal muscle weakness
- Constant or intermittent lethargy
- Bone pain
- Difficulty walking
- Low back pain
- Family history of osteoporosis, especially on father's side
- Advancing age
- Use of corticosteroids, anabolic steroids, anticonvulsants, or furosemide
- Weakness
- Constant or intermittent lethargy
- Bone pain
- Difficulty walking
- Low back pain
- Early decline in testosterone level
- History of malignancy
Osteoporosis means 'porous bone.'
This condition develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed. Most people are unaware that they have osteoporosis until a fracture occurs.
The exact medical cause for osteoporosis is not known, but a number of factors are known to cause osteoporosis: aging, physical inactivity, reduced levels of estrogen, heredity, excessive cortisone or thyroid hormone, smoking, and excessive alcohol intake.
Although osteoporosis will occur in all persons as they age, the rate of progression and the effects can be modified with proper early diagnosis and treatment.
During growth and young adulthood, adequate calcium nutrition and vitamin D and regular weight-bearing exercises, such as walking, jogging, and dancing three to four hours a week, build strong bones and are investments in future bone health.
Smoking and consuming excessive amounts of alcohol should be avoided because they increase bone loss.
As people age, appropriate intake of calcium and vitamin D and regular exercise, as well as avoidance of smoking and excessive alcohol use, are necessary to reduce loss of bone mass. (Recommended amounts of calcium and vitamin D and suggested exercises are available from the Academy.)
Current treatment methods can reduce bone loss, but there are no proven methods of restoring lost bone.
Building bones through adequate calcium intake and exercise when you are young is an investment that will pay off years later with a reduced risk of hip and other fractures. The loss of bone tends to occur most in the spine, lower forearm above the wrist, and upper femur or thigh - the site of hip fractures. Spine fractures, wrist fractures, and hip fractures are common injuries in older persons.
A gradual loss of bone mass, generally beginning about age 35, is a fact of life for everyone. After growth is complete, women ultimately lose 30 to 50 percent of their bone density, and men lose 20 to 30 percent.
Women lose bone calcium at an accelerated pace once they go through menopause. Menstrual periods cease because a woman's body produces less estrogen hormone. Estrogen in women is important for the maintenance of bone mass or bone strength.
Your family doctor or gynecologist may evaluate and recommend a treatment program of estrogen replacement therapy, calcitonin or other medications currently under development. To be most effective, the treatment program should begin at menopause. A measurement of bone density when menopause begins may help a woman decide whether to use estrogen replacement therapy to retard bone loss.
...http://www.wellnesscaribbean.com/osteoporosis_risk.asp
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NOW THIS IS COOL - WAAAAY COOL!
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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
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SMILE OF THE WEEK
Canadian Humour
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THE WATERMAN - Get involved with a water project
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"THIS CLOSE" E-CLUB STYLE
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CHRISTMAS - DECEMBER 25
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SPEAKER - Tania Luna: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire
As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor of the New York homeless shelter where she and her family lived, she found a penny. She has never again felt so rich. A meditation on the bittersweet joys of childhood -- and how to hold them in mind.
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences.
Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.
When Luna was invited to take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as connected to her upbringing -- in which a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, a thrown-out toy or a mis-delivered pizza was magical -- because it gave her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises.
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TO END OUR MEETING
To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do.
Paul Amoury, a Rotary E-Club member, leads us.
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
...and official close of meeting
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Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting! We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!
The meeting has now come to an end. Please do have a safe and happy week! If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.
Rotary cheers!
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Visiting Rotarians. Click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Please consider a donation to our Club. Just as any Rotarian visiting a Rotary Club would be expected to make a donation, we hope you will consider a donation to our Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020. Please click the button below:
Active Members. Click to indicate your Attendance.
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - for Wednesday, December 18
- 8:00 p.m. Atlantic Time
- 7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is inviting you to a scheduled mid-week Happy Hour Hangout!
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
- Please click this URL to start or join. https://zoom.us/j/124429521
- Or, go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 124 429 521
- Call +1(424)203-8450 (US/Canada only).
- For Global dial-in numbers: https://zoom.us/teleconference
- Meeting ID: 124 429 521
- Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
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