BRAIN TEASER!!!???

If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain. 

If you see it the other way, you are using left brain. 
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.

 If you try to see it the other way and if you do see, your IQ is above 160 which is    almost a genius.

 Then see if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's        current.  

 

BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN

This was proved at Yale University, over a 5 year study on the human brain

And it' s functions. Only 14% of the US population can see her move both ways.

COUNTDOWN – LESS THAN 30 DAYS TO GO FOR R.I.DISTRICT 3300 CHARITY WALK/JOG/RUN/WHEEL-A-THON WITH THE DISABLED JOINTLY WITH MORE THAN 40 NGOS.

ORGANISED BY

SPASTIC CHILDREN’S ASSOCIATION OF SELANGOR & FT

DEWAN BANDARAYA KUALA LUMPUR

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 3300

DATE : SUNDAY 24^th NOVEMBER 2013

TIME : 8.00 A.M.

VENUE : PADANG MERBOK, KUALA LUMPUR.

We are less than 30 days away from this significant signature project. Have you collected the fund raising cards to collect funds to do your community service projects through this signature project?

Have you blocked off this date – 24^th Nov 2013 to come walk, jog, wheel, and run – a – thon with more than 5000 people? Have you inform and spread this headline news on this event of the year to all the people around you, near and far? Have you signed up for this project yet?

Rotary Launches Its "Strengthening Rotary" Global Public Image Initiative

EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com), Rotary today announced the launch of its global public image initiative "Strengthening Rotary" to enhance and amplify the volunteer service organization's great story, visual identity and digital experience.

The global organization includes Rotary, Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation and more than 34,000 clubs worldwide. Its membership comprises neighbors, community leaders and global citizens who come together to  exchange ideas and take action to improve communities around the world.  

"Rotary has had a tremendous global impact over the past 100 years—including the decades-long charge to eradicate polio; however, much of the organization's collective contributions were not being fully recognized by the public," said Rotary International President Ron D. Burton. "So in 2011, we engaged Siegel+Gale to help us clearly communicate who we are and what we do for greater understanding, relevance and impact."

Through extensive global research, Siegel+Gale discovered that Rotary had all the necessary strengths for greatness—it just needed to communicate its differentiated approach and impact in terms that were clear and compelling to its audiences.

"Our team worked collaboratively and tirelessly with Rotary—with input from thousands of Rotarians—to crystallize Rotary's essence, amplify its voice, and activate its values," said David Srere, co-CEO and chief strategy officer of Siegel+Gale. "Rotary is a tremendously impressive global organization, and the team's challenge was to dramatize the breadth and depth of its impact. Harnessing the power of simplicity, together we cut through the volume and complexity of the organization to present a clear, credible and compelling story."

Working with a global steering committee, the Board of Directors of Rotary International and the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation, Siegel+Gale helped Rotary to elevate the benefit of bringing together diverse perspectives to solve problems, and, ultimately, define the type of impact Rotary creates—community impact scaled globally. The team then developed a brand architecture framework that clearly signaled how both members and non-members can engage with Rotary—join leaders, exchange ideas and take action through local and global service projects.

"Rotary has an identity that's recognized around the world," said Justin Peters, global executive creative director of Siegel+Gale. "The team didn't set out to reinvent the wheel (logo). On the contrary, the goal was to celebrate the wheel's heritage and build upon an identity that has unified and inspired Rotarians for over a century. The new identity enables the organization to move forward with a stronger, more consistent visual expression. While the design system better aligns Rotary communications, it also provides enough flexibility that each club can have its own creative voice within the framework."

Next, Siegel+Gale and Rotary tackled the organization's digital experience. To elevate Rotary's collective impact and deliver on its new public image strategy, two sites were developed—based on the brand architecture framework—to meet the needs of Rotary's dual audiences.

"Together, My Rotary and Rotary.org convey the organization's global vantage point and its active engagement in communities around the world," said Thomas Mueller, chief experience officer at Siegel+Gale. "In eight languages and with a responsive site design approach that provides an optimal experience across platforms—from desktop to mobile—Rotary is now fully equipped for the new digital age."

Working through the lens of simplicity, Siegel+Gale was able to help Rotary communicate its global impact in a manner that is relevant and meaningful to its various audiences across all points of interaction.

"Rotary is an organization defined by the compassion and great work of its members. With our new public image platform, visual identity and digital experience, Rotary's passion for a better world is now at the forefront for all to see," said Rotary International General Secretary John Hewko.   

Rotary Club of Seputeh Charter Installation Night

Our baby club, RC Seputeh will be having their Charter Installation as follows:

Date:           1st December 2013

Time:           7 pm

Venue:         Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort,

                    Jalan Jalil Perkasa 3,

                    Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur

Dress code: Formal (gents/ladies) or evening dress for ladies

Tables are being sold at RM1000 or individual seats @ RM100 each.

As a new Club they will need all our support to get going.

For reservations, please contact the Organising Chairman Chris Chin (012-3340108), Shireen (019-9922706) or Ngeu Keng Boon (012-3881965)

Why I became an ambassador for polio eradication

 

Archie Panjabi addresses the 2013 Rotary International Convention. 

By Archie Panjabi, Emmy-winning actor and celebrity ambassador in Rotary’s “This Close” public awareness campaign 

When I was 10 years old, I had an opportunity to stay in my parents’ homeland, India, for a period of two years. Coming from England, it was a huge cultural shock. But it was also a great experience for me to learn about my heritage. 

One of the things that affected me deeply was my daily walk to school –  I would witness children crawling on the streets. Some of them were on planks of wood with wheels and just rolling themselves along. When the traffic would stop they’d knock on the car doors, begging for money. 

I would ask about it, but people would avoid talking about it or give me an explanation that wouldn’t make sense. It disturbed me for years. When I was asked to become a Rotary ambassador for polio I researched it and it was only then I realized it was the crippling disease that these children were suffering from. 

In April of this year, I went to New Delhi and I actually got to meet not only the people who were carrying out this incredible work, but also mothers and parents who were bringing their children for the oral vaccine. Brothers and sisters were bringing their little siblings in. 

It was quite an incredible experience. No matter how much you read about and learn about it, being there is different. One witnesses how much effort actually goes into getting the vaccine to the children and you see how quick and simple it is to just give them the drops. 

I got the opportunity to place the drops myself in quite a few babies’ mouths. I was so moved … knowing that this child was now safe from this devastating disease forever. Just connecting with the mothers was also quite an experience. There were long lines of mothers waiting in the heat to come in and get the vaccine. 

This is a journey that I’m on with Rotary. And I can’t wait to see it to the end. 

Presidential Message - November 2013

Every Rotarian joins Rotary for his or her own reasons. Often, the reason someone decides to join isn't the same as the reason that person ultimately decides to stay. When I was asked to join Rotary, I accepted because I thought it would be a good way to get more involved in my community. In the end, though, what really got me excited about Rotary service was something I didn't even know about when I joined: our Rotary Foundation. 

I knew I could do plenty of good work through my Rotary club in Norman, Okla., USA. But through our Foundation, I could have a hand in the work of every single Rotary club and district around the world. I could look at any Foundation-supported project, any Foundation program, any country that was declared polio-free, and say: I helped make that happen. 

Once I realized that, there wasn't any turning back. 

I've been very fortunate that over the years, I've gotten to see an incredible amount of our Foundation's work firsthand. The more I see, the more passionate I become about our Foundation. When you visit a school for AIDS orphans and meet the kids who are being cared for, educated, and taught a trade – and when you know, as you look into their faces, that if it weren't for our Foundation, they would be sleeping on the street, eating out of the trash – you don't ever see our Foundation in the same way again. 

We are in the middle of one of the most exciting years we have ever known for our Rotary Foundation. We've just rolled out a new grant model, one that will challenge and inspire us all to think bigger and to develop more ambitious projects that will have a more lasting impact. We've accepted a new challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has committed to match, two to one, every Rotarian dollar contributed to polio eradication for the next five years, up to US$35 million per year. And we are now fighting the final battles in our war against polio – a war we are absolutely committed to win. 

Our Foundation's goal always has been Doing Good in the World. With our new grant model, we aren't going to be satisfied with simply doing good. We will do the most good we can, in the most lasting ways possible – for the people who need us the most.

TRF Trustee Chair's Message - November 2013

Celebrate Rotary Foundation Month. 

November gives us the chance to build greater ownership and pride in our Foundation. PolioPlus is successful because Rotarians believe in our commitment and support it financially. We give to the polio eradication effort because we see clearly what our money is doing and what we are helping to achieve. We all take pride in knowing that the money we give is helping to fund a polio-free world. 

But many Rotarians do not have the same pride and ownership of the Foundation's Endowment Fund and Annual Fund. We are still falling short of our goal of Every Rotarian, Every Year. Why? Because Rotarians do not know what good works the Endowment Fund and Annual Fund enable us to do. 

The Endowment Fund and Annual Fund are what make Rotary more than just an association of Rotary clubs. They allow us to share our resources, work together, and bring our work to a higher level. The greater our Foundation's resources, the greater our ability as Rotarians to meet the needs of our communities. 

And when every one of us donates to The Rotary Foundation, it truly becomes our Foundation – and we all share the pride in the good that it does. 

This is why we have Every Rotarian, Every Year. And this is why our goal for the Annual Fund in 2013-14 is US$120 million, which represents a donation from every Rotarian, averaging $100 each. 

If we want the freedom to be ambitious in our service, we must know that we have a strong Foundation supporting us. And if we want to know that Rotary will endure, we need a strong Endowment Fund – for whatever lies ahead.