K.G. Ananthraj Urs President H.S. Venkatesh Secretary Arun B.R. Editor Issue: 40 18th April 2013 PRIP Almon E. Roth Rotary Club of Palo Alto, California, USA “Busy men the world over have found in Rotary something which grips their imagination, holds their interest, and impels their loyalty to a degree few institutions have enjoyed.” - The Rotarian , July 1930 www.rotarymysore.org +91 821 4247823 Rotary Children's Library Association (RCLA) has been Rotary Mysore's pet project. RCLA has the rare distinction of being the first library of its kind exclusively meant for children in the then Mysore state. Located in the heart of the city, with its unique edifice, RCLA is a knowledge hub with sophisticated well equipped halls, state-of-the-art facilities like multimedia with the latest acoustics and a Creative Center, and is regularly used for educative programs. The manicured gardens with its unique fountain give it a royal flavor. The leadership, membership and effective usage have been remarkably good over the years, ensuring stability and growth. RCLA has 335 life members and 1115 student members. Historical Origins The origin of RCLA is an inspiring story. The year 1955 marked the Golden Jubilee of Rotary International. To celebrate the occasion with a unique project, visionaries of Rotary club of Mysore led by President Rtn. A.C.Devegowda decided to establish a first-of-its-kind children's library in Mysore. His Highness Sri Jayachamaraja Wodeyar then Maharaja of Mysore consented to be the patron-in-chief and donated a sum of Rs. 4000 in the name of his family members. A site measuring about 309 x 209 sqft in the Biligiri Lawns was granted free of cost by CITB to Rotary Club of Mysore for starting the Library on 9-8- 1955. The Library was initially started on 25th February 1956 in a rented building (Scout Head Quarters). RCLA was registered on September 26 1957. Rtn. A.C. Devegowda's persistent efforts procured a grant of Rs. 25000/- towards the building fund during 1958-1960. The RCLA also received a grant from the Social Welfare Board and the Mysore city Municipality. In 1962 the RCLA building work was completed. Under the dynamic leadership of President PHF PDG F.K. Irani, the RCLA took a definite upturn and never looked back. Rotary Mysore's dream project - RCLA th Today @ Rotary Center Business Meeting – AGM of RCLA Thursday 18 April 6:30 pm. First Donors List Unique Fountain-thanks to Rtn. Mark Flint Bust of Paul Harris-handcrafted by Rtn. Mark Flint
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K.G. Ananthraj UrsPresident
H.S. VenkateshSecretary
Arun B.R.Editor
Issue: 40 18th April 2013
PRIP Almon E. RothRotary Club of Palo Alto,California, USA
“Busy men the world over have found in Rotary something which grips their imagination, holds their interest, and impels their loyalty to a degree few institutions have enjoyed.”
- The Rotarian , July 1930
www.rotarymysore.org
+91 821 4247823
Rotary Children's Library Association (RCLA) has been Rotary Mysore's pet project. RCLA has the rare distinction of being the first library of its kind exclusively meant for children in the then Mysore state. Located in the heart of the city, with its unique edifice, RCLA is a knowledge hub with sophisticated well equipped halls, state-of-the-art facilities like multimedia with the latest acoustics and a Creative Center, and is regularly used for educative programs. The manicured gardens with its unique fountain give it a royal flavor. The leadership, membership and effective usage have been remarkably good over the years, ensuring stability and growth. RCLA has 335 life members and 1115 student members.
Historical OriginsThe origin of RCLA is an inspiring story. The year 1955 marked the Golden Jubilee of Rotary Internat ional . To celebrate the occasion with a unique project, visionaries of Rotary club of Mysore led by P r e s i d e n t R t n . A.C.Devegowda decided to establish a first-of-its-kind
children's library in Mysore.His Highness Sri Jayachamaraja Wodeyar then Maharaja of Mysore consented to be the patron-in-chief and donated a sum of Rs. 4000 in the name of his family members. A site measuring about 309 x 209 sqft in the Biligiri Lawns was granted free of cost by CITB to Rotary Club of Mysore for starting the Library on 9-8-
1955. The Library was initially started on 25th February 1956 in a rented building (Scout Head Quarters). RCLA was registered on September 26 1957. Rtn. A.C. Devegowda's persistent efforts procured a grant of Rs. 25000/- towards the building fund during 1958-1960. The RCLA also received a grant from the Social Welfare Board and the Mysore city Municipality. In 1962 the RCLA building work was completed. Under the dynamic leadership of President PHF PDG F.K. Irani, the RCLA took a definite upturn and never looked back.
Rotary Mysore's dream project - RCLA
thToday @ Rotary Center Business Meeting – AGM of RCLA Thursday 18 April 6:30 pm.
First Donors ListUnique Fountain-thanks to Rtn. Mark Flint
only Rotary meetings of various clubs but also to a
huge number of congregations and discussions.
Any given day would likely see a couple of
engagements at least.
The introduction of an e-library at RCLA tingles
my nerves. E-books and e-zines take less time and
resources to publish and could be made available to
a global audience in a short time. It is the best
example of anyone anytime anywhere learning.
Suffice to say that e-books are the future. And that
we are on the right track.
LIONS HOSTROTARIANS
It happens only in Mysore! The Lions of Mysore West hosted us on a Saturday night of camaraderie, fellowship and sumptuous high dinner. It was literally a magical occasion!
The joint meeting between our two clubs on Saturday brought old friends together and helped make new friends. Fellowship was the key where the members of the two clubs met, exchanged notes, shared with and befriended each other. The following service project was jointly conducted by both clubs on the occasion - Donation of Solar heater equipment and Water Tank to Mysore City Jail. This was symbolically initiated by the two Presidents.
Ln. Gururaj called for a joint trust to conduct a permanent project between the clubs. This was endorsed among others by PDG Rtn. R. Guru. Ln. Ashwini Ranjan called for help to improve conditions of slum-dwellers. On behalf of Rotary Mysore, Community Services Director Rtn. Manjesh donated the cost of 20 times dialysis to recipient K. Siddaiah. Presidents Rtn. Ananthraj Urs and Ln. Dr. Sathish Kumar and the Hon. Secretaries of both clubs were on the dais. The program culminated with a magic show, followed by fellowship, cocktail and dinner hosted by the Lions. Thank you Lions West!
Long live the friendship between our two clubs!
Service with SincerityClub NO: 039656 I Region : III Zone : I
Lions Club of Mysore West
A twist in the tail – some points of note:• The Lions start late, usually at 8 pm.• The equivalent of our rather sombre
Sergeant-at-Arms is the Tail Twister.• The Lion Ladies present were almost as
many in number as the Lions. A rather different scenario from ours.
• They meet twice a month.
20 kvAgenerator
Godrej safe
From the RCLA Managing CommitteethOn behalf of the Managing Committee, I have pleasure in presenting the 44 Annual Report of
the Society. The committee thanks the donors, sponsors and members of Rotary Mysore for their generous contribution towards the Society. The committee places on record the valuable services of our office staff, the support and co-operation of the management and staff of Ideal Jawa Rotary Primary School, the President and Board of Directors of Rotary Mysore, M/s Hariharan and co., Chartered Accountants and their staff for auditing our accounts. - Rtn. PP PHF R. Ajay Kumar Singh, President, RCLA
• The Association has donated a sum of Rs. 15,00,000/= to the Rotary Dattagalli Integrated School for the RCLA Library Block.
• A 20-kva and a during the year along with ongoing maintenance of building, equipment and furniture.
• E-Library initiated along with SOFTEN of Infosys.
• Rotary Secretariat with modern, well-equipped, air-conditioned, state-of-the-art office-cum-conference hall was
t hcompleted on 25 Nov 2010 and inaugurated by Rtn. PDG R. Guru at the AGM of the association.
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RCLA –some highlights
The month of April is annually designated
as "Rotary's Magazine Month," an occasion to recognize and promote the reading and use of the official RI magazine, The Rotarian, and the regional magazines, which make up the Rotary World Press.
THE ROTARIAN has been around since 1911 as the medium to communicate with Rotarians and to advance the program and Object of Rotary. A primary goal of the magazine is to support and promote key programs of Rotary. The magazine also disseminates information about the annual
theme and the philosophy of the RI president, major meetings, and the emphasis of the official "months" on the Rotary calendar.
The Rotarian provides a forum in which both Rotary-related and general interest topics may be explored. The magazine serves as an excellent source of information and ideas for programs at Rotary club meetings and district conferences. Many articles promote international fellowship, goodwill and understanding. Regular readers usually have superior knowledge of the activities of
Rotary InformationTHE ROTARIAN AND REGIONAL MAGAZINES
the
rotarianRotary and how each Rotarian may be more fully involved in the Avenues of Service around the world.
In addition to THE ROTARIAN, the Rotary World Press includes 29 regional magazines printed in 21 languages with a combined circulation of almost half a million. Although each regional publication has its own unique style and content, they all provide Rotarians with up-to-date information and good reading all through the year. (In Australia, the regional magazine is Rotary Down Under.)
Today, more than 400 scientists, doctors and technical experts from 75 countries launched the Scientif ic Declarat ion on Pol io Eradication. The declaration's launch
Scientific Experts join fight to end Poliocoincides with the 58th anniversary of the announcement of Jonas Salk's revolutionary polio vaccine.The world is closer than ever to eradicating polio, with just 223 cases in five countries last year. To capitalize on this time-limited opportunity to end the disease, a wide range of experts has signed the declaration to emphasize the achievability of polio eradication and endorse the Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan, a new strategy by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to reach the end of polio by 2018. The scientists and experts s igning the declaration include Nobel laureates, vaccine and infectious disease experts, public health school deans, pediatricians and other health authorities.
Rotary Mysore, Vijay Foundation & Global Chest Initiatives jointly conduct a workshop on “Balancing Lifestyle the Wellness Way” for the general public on
thSaturday 20 April 2013 at 5:30pm, at Rotary C e n t e r , J L B R o a d , M y s o r e . D r . P.K.Vedanthan Chairman of Global Chest Initiatives and Dr. B.R.Pai Founder of Vijay Foundation will conduct the interactive workshop. BALANCING LIFESTYLE is an interactive session using real-life scenarios with our peers, family, spouses, children, neighbors, clients and society as a whole. It deals with the issues we face on a daily basis, the expectations and the actual 'reality', perceptions and introspections. It will deal with various issues like child-rearing, student issues, job stress, personal and marital life issues, and interpersonal relationships. This session will give food for thought and ample discussion. It will not answer all the issues, but will serve as a platform for healthy and purposeful discussion. It is well suited for students, young and old professionals and their spouses.Workshop is Free, but Prior Registration is Must and will be on First come First Serve basis.
Annette Gokul Chittaranjan's paper written in Switzerland is making waves in far away Chicago. The paper is titled “Classifying Personality Traits with Smartphones” where Gokul and team extrapolate human personality traits (Extroversion, Agree-ableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness to Experience) based on smartphone data collected over 17 months. This information would
be used by Nokia for personalizing services on smartphones. Comments Lior Strahilevitz from far away University of Chicago:“Chittaranjan and co-authors brilliantly show that it is straightforward to mine data from smart-phones in an automated way so as to identify particular "Five Factor" personality types in a large population of users…It's very unlikely that the phenomenon that Chittaranjan et al. identify is limited to phones. I expect that similar patterns could be identified from analyzing peoples' use of their computers, their automobiles, and their television sets. The Chittaranjan et al. study is a fascinating, tantalizing, and perhaps horrifying early peek at life in a Big Data world.”Congrats to Annette Gokul and proud father PP Chittaranjan! Thanks Gokul for pointing out that we are neither human beings in spiritual form nor spiritual beings in human form, but that we are all smartphones in human form! J
The iPhone, not the eye, is the window into the soul
Balancing Lifestyle –interactive session
The Four-Way Test“Of the things we think, say or do:
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?”
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S&V Agencies, Mysore.
With Best Compliments from:
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BIRTHDAYth 16 AprilDhirendra Kumar R. Mehta
Quote HangerEgotism:
He that falls in love with himself will
have no rivals.
- Benjamin Franklin
We would rather speak ill of ourselves
than not talk of ourselves at all.
- La Rochefoucauld
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly
as he wishes to be esteemed.
- Vauvenargues
To love oneself is the beginning of a
lifelong romance
- Oscal Wilde
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Lawyers rip-offs:
When the man in the street says: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," the lawyer writes:"Insofar as manifestations of functional deficiencies are agreed by any and all concerned parties to be imperceivable, and are so stipulated, it is incumbent upon said heretofore mentioned parties to exercise the deferment of otherwise pertinent maintenance procedures."
*****What's the difference between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer? A bad lawyer can let a case drag on for several years. A good lawyer can make it last even longer.
An applea day…
An applea day…
•feel safe and provides a strong foundation on which to build our dreams.
• Keep a day-per-page diary – note down miscellaneous details you need to remember.
• Make a limbo box – for papers you are not sure whether to keep or not, cleaning the box out periodically.
• Do one of the four Ds – Do it, Delegate it, Dump it, or Defer it.
• Delegate upward when necessary – delegate to where the decision-making power is.
• Do one task each day that you do not like doing – spread the load, avoiding a backlog of unpleasant tasks.
• Complete small tasks adequately – rather than perfectly. Concentrate on the more important tasks at hand.
• Give yourself mini-deadlines – each day for the completion of open-ended tasks.
• Make notes on your mistakes – avoid making the same mistakes twice.
• When making a phone call – have all the relevant documents to avoid “information impasse.”
• Get to know your computer – different programs, features, short-cuts.
• Regularly save your work on your computer – save every few minutes; back up your work at the end of every day.
• Learn speed reading – absorb the essence of a text without getting bogged down in the words.
• Cultivate positive challenges – not negative ones. Focus on the challenge of the task.
(from a 1001 ways to Relax by Mike George)
Don't knock routine – routine makes us
Come May 18 Saturday, be witness to RCB exacting sweet revenge over CSK at the Chinnaswamy. Enjoy the grudge match with corporate tickets, with proximity to good food and water. Book your tickets immediately (Rs 3300/= only) with Rtn. Sunil (98802 32446) / Rtn. Mahalingaiah (98451 18222).
