RCCDO February 08 Bulletin

Vol. 1 No. 25
FEBRUARY RI THEME: Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

OUR PAST PRESIDENTS
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1953-1954 Johnny Paraiso
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1955-1956 Nemesio Chaves
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PROGRAM
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PAMBANSANG AWIT
FELLOWSHIP
RECOGNITION
ENTERTAINMENT
SECRETARY’S REPORT
PRESIDENT’S TIME
ADJOURNMENT
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
PS SONNY TIRO
PDG MANNY ALONG
RTN. BEN BOOC
PAG JOHN MARK SARRAGA
PAG MANNY ALINABON
SEC. NEIL QUE
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
RTN JIMMY CASINO
WHAT’S INSIDE:
President's Message 5
Secretary’s Report 6
Meeting Photos 7
Why is February Called the Month of
Love
8-9
The Biggest Stories from Davos 11-13
Rotary Peace Centers shape hundreds
of careers in Peace and Conflict
Resolution
Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?
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Editorial Staff
RTN MIKE MENDOZA
Editor-In-Chief
Contributors & Members
Pres. Tonyboy Fernandez
PAG John Mark Sarraga
ANN Pres. Angelie Mae Dael
Sec. Neil Que
Dir Leony Quicoy
PD Nasali Cornelio Silava
RTN. Rey Lomarda
Dir. Gus Rodano
Did You Know & Joke Time 17
L
ord God, you are my strength.
Hold my hand in my weakness
and teach my heart to fly. With
you, there’s nothing to fear, nothing
to worry about. Hold me tight
in your embrace, so that I can
be stronger than the challenges
in my life. Amen.
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President Tonyboy Fernandez
F
ellow Rotarians , This week we
tackle the scheduling and purchase
of the materials needed for
the Balubal Day Care Center . For those
who don’t know , we were awarded a
district grant for it’s renovation and water
system. Rtn. Rey Lomarda and I will
meet with the Barangay officials to set a
date when we can start the project. We
are targeting the dates February 12-16
for the start of renovation. Hopefully , if
we start the renovation as planned , we
will be able to complete the project by
the middle of March. This will give us
enough time for turnover and reporting
of the funds used to the District before
the deadline in April.
I am also happy to announce that PE
Danny and Ann Juliet Empedrad have
gladly offered to be our gracious hosts
for the Valentine Fellowship on February
17,2018. This will be held at their residence
in Xavier Estates . Assessment is
free of charge.
Presidential Citation for RY 2017-2018.
Since the 2nd Semester is not yet done ,
we will have more projects to report and
will add more greens to the citation table.
Let us participate in the District Conference
to be held at the LimKetKai Luxe
Hotel on May 11,2018. This year is your
chance to attend the conference in our
home city . This will mean that our expenses
will not be as much as if it were
held in a different place. The registration
fee is P 2,500 until the conference. It
goes up to P2,800.00 on the date.
To date , our contributions are already
over $17,000 with more rotarians pledging
their support in the next coming
months. With this development , we may
achieve our goal of $ 21,000 . As of this
writing , we are currently in 2nd position
as RC Kalayaan is at the forefront with $
34,000.00 . We have also the 2nd highest
per capita in contributions to TRF.
I am also happy to inform you that the
Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro has already
earned the Rotary International’s
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Secretary Neil Ronard J. Que
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Rotarians enjoyed the very enlightening
discussion during the
Rotary Information section of the meeting.
PP Tony Soriano brilliantly articulated
the topic of Federalism and our current
unitary government and eloquently
presented the issues and provisions pertaining
to them. We further discussed
the issue of the amendment of the constitution,
and the constituent assembly.
PDG Tinnex Jaraula shared his insights
on the topic in response. We encourage
those who were not able to attend to
open up a discourse with our in house
experts of the law regarding the topic -
it will be a wealthy conversation!
President Tonyboy also presented the
check for the RI Grant, in which we
were awarded php125,000. Proceeds
will be for the Balubal Daycare Center
renovation.
PP Tony Soriano
FEBRUARY 2018 MILESTONES
BIRTHDAYS (FEB 05-11)
11 - ANN MALEEN CAMAT
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES (FEB 05-11)
05 - PT VINCE & ANN PAM VALENCIA
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PHOTO
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Why is February called the Month
of Love?
Source: http://olntv.ng
T
he history of Valentine’s Day–and
the story of its patron saint–is
shrouded in mystery. We do
know that February has long been celebrated
as a month of romance, and that
St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today,
contains vestiges of both Christian and
ancient Roman tradition. But who was
Saint Valentine, and how did he become
associated with this ancient rite?
The Catholic Church recognizes at least
three different saints named Valentine or
Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
One legend contends that Valentine was
a priest who served during the third century
in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II
decided that single men made better
soldiers than those with wives and families,
he outlawed marriage for young
men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of
the decree, defied Claudius and continued
to perform marriages for young lovers
in secret. When Valentine’s actions
were discovered, Claudius ordered that
he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may
have been killed for attempting to help
Christians escape harsh Roman prisons,
where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, an imprisoned
Valentine actually sent the first
“valentine” greeting himself after he fell
in love with a young girl–possibly his
jailor’s daughter–who visited him during
his confinement. Before his death, it is
alleged that he wrote her a letter signed
“From your Valentine,” an expression
that is still in use today. Although the
truth behind the Valentine legends is
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murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal
as a sympathetic, heroic and–most
importantly–romantic figure. By
the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this
reputation, Valentine would become one
of the most popular saints in England
and France.
ORIGINS OF VALENTINE’S DAY: A
PAGAN FESTIVAL IN FEBRUARY
While some believe that Valentine’s Day
is celebrated in the middle of February
to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s
death or burial–which probably
occurred around A.D. 270–others claim
that the Christian church may have decided
to place St. Valentine’s feast day in
the middle of February in an effort to
“Christianize” the pagan celebration of
Lupercalia. Celebrated at the ides of
February, or February 15, Lupercalia
was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus,
the Roman god of agriculture, as
well as to the Roman founders Romulus
and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the
Luperci, an order of Roman priests,
would gather at a sacred cave where the
infants Romulus and Remus, the founders
of Rome, were believed to have
been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa.
The priests would sacrifice a goat, for
fertility, and a dog, for purification. They
would then strip the goat’s hide into
strips, dip them into the sacrificial blood
and take to the streets, gently slapping
both women and crop fields with the
goat hide. Far from being fearful, Roman
women welcomed the touch of the hides
because it was believed to make them
more fertile in the coming year. Later in
the day, according to legend, all the
young women in the city would place
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their names in a big urn. The city’s bachelors
would each choose a name and
become paired for the year with his chosen
woman. These matches often ended
in marriage.
VALENTINE’S DAY: A DAY OF
ROMANCE
Lupercalia survived the initial rise of
Christianity and but was outlawed—as it
was deemed “un-Christian”–at the end
of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius
declared February 14 St. Valentine’s Day.
It was not until much later, however,
that the day became definitively associated
with love. During the Middle Ages,
it was commonly believed in France and
England that February 14 was the beginning
of birds’ mating season, which added
to the idea that the middle of Valentine’s
Day should be a day for romance.
Valentine greetings were popular as far
back as the Middle Ages, though written
Valentine’s didn’t begin to appear until
after 1400. The oldest known valentine
still in existence today was a poem written
in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans,
to his wife while he was imprisoned in
the Tower of London following his capture
at the Battle of Agincourt. (The
greeting is now part of the manuscript
collection of the British Library in London,
England.) Several years later, it is
believed that King Henry V hired a writer
named John Lydgate to compose a valentine
note to Catherine of Valois.
BUT DID YOU KNOW?
Approximately 150 million Valentine’s
Day cards are exchanged annually, making
Valentine’s Day the second most
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What just happened? The biggest
stories from Davos 2018
Source: http://webforum.org
T
HE world’s most powerful leaders
were at Davos 2018 for an annual
four-day elite conference known
as the World Economic Forum.
But what is Davos 2018 and who attended
the World Economic Forum?
A global political get-together for around
2,500 movers and shakers from the
worlds of business, politics, finance and
media, the World Economic Forum is
held annually each year in the town of
Davos.
The mountain resort sits high up in the
eastern Alps of Switzerland in
Graubunden, the largest and and most
eastern member state of the country.
Davos 2018 runs from January 23 to 26
under the theme of “Creating a Shared
Future in a Fractured World” and will be
the the 48th forum to date.
The event was founded by German business
professor Klaus Schwab in 1971 and
was attended by 444 executives in its
first year.
With over 400 sessions on the official
programme (160 of which were broadcast
live on the WEF website), here's a
recap of some (but by no means all) of
the week's big stories.
The three greatest threats to civilization,
according to Narendra Modi
On day one of Davos, Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi listed his three most
significant challenges to civilization as
we know it: climate change, terrorism
and the backlash against globalization.
Modi, leader of the fastest growing major
economy in the world - as well as the
world’s largest democracy - also spoke
about the opportunities and dangers of
technology, India’s plan to fight income
inequality, job creation, and how the
country is “cutting the red tape and rolling
out the red carpet” to international
trade and investment.
Countries have failed to work together
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and to live up to their environmental
pledges, said the Indian PM. “We should
all have come out of our limited narrow
confines and we should have demonstrated
solidarity.
“Everyone talks about reducing carbon
emissions but there are very few people
or countries who back their words with
their resources to help developing countries
to adopt appropriate technology.
Very few of them come forward to help.”
Addressing the pushback against globalization
in some countries and parts of the
world, Modi said: “Many societies and
countries are becoming more and more
focused on themselves. It feels like the
opposite of globalization is happening.
The negative impact of this kind of mindset
and wrong priorities cannot be considered
less dangerous than climate
change or terrorism.
“Everyone is talking about an interconnected
world, but we will have to accept
the fact that globalization is slowing losing
its lustre.”
'Finally a real panel, not a manel'
The Co-Chairs of Davos discussed the
theme of this year's meeting in Davos -
Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured
World.
It's the first time that the Forum's Annual
Meeting has featured an all-female
panel of co-chairs, something that wasn't
lost on IMF Managing Director Christine
Lagarde.
Norwegian PM Erna Solberg called for a
focus on corruption and illegal money
flows and asked for action on gender
equality. Education is the first step, she
said, making sure that girls take a full
part in education. Chetna Sinha, Founder
and Chair of the Mann Deshi Foundation
called for financial access for everyone.
She announced an alternative investment
fund for female entrepreneurs,
worth 100 million rupees.
IBM's Ginni Rometty said she wants to
see greater transparency in technology,
a set of principles for data and workers
prepared for the future of work.
Christine Lagarde, meanwhile, said we're
economically in a sweetspot and this
allows us to focus on shared responsibilities.
We have to turn the anger we have
seen into action, she added. "Even with-
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out testosterone, we can produce positive,
constructive energy," she said.
Isabelle Kocher, meanwhile, expressed
her desire to reconcile economic growth
and development with social good.
CERN Director General Fabiola Gianotti
said the passion for knowledge and
learning is a shared passion for all of
humanity. Scientific knowledge has no
passport, no gender and no political party.
The world needs to renegotiate a new
social contract, and re-write the rules,
said ITUC General-Secretary Sharan Burrow.
We built this fractured world, now
we need to learn some lessons and rebuild.
Trump at Davos: Trade, taxes and
what America First really means
"America First does not mean America
alone," US President Donald Trump said
in his speech.
The state of the US economy featured
highly in the President's speech.
"After years of stagnation, the United
States is once again experiencing strong
economic growth, he said. "The stock
market is smashing one record after another,
and has added more than $7 trillion
in new wealth since my election.
"The world is witnessing the resurgence
of a strong and prosperous America...
America is open for business."
Trump also spoke in depth about recent
reforms to the US tax code, jobs, security,
immigration, and why "America First
does not mean America alone."
"I will always put America First. Just like
the leaders of other countries should put
their countries first," he said.
"When the United States grows, so does
the world. American prosperity has created
countless jobs around the globe
and the drive for excellence, creativity
and innovation in the United States has
led to important discoveries that help
people everywhere live more prosperous
and healthier lives."
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FEBRUARY RI THEME: Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month
Rotary Peace Centers shape hundreds of
careers in Peace and Conflict Resolution
W
ith bloody conflicts raging in
the Middle East, Eastern Europe,
and parts of Central Africa,
the message of nonviolence and reconciliation
that nations worldwide will
observe on 21 September demands more
urgent and collective attention.
In 2001 the United Nations designated
the September date as an annual International
Day of World Peace "to be observed
as a day of global ceasefire and
nonviolence" according to a General Assembly
resolution.
The day's devotion to peace connects
closely with what Rotary members have
been fostering since The Rotary Foundation's
mission to advance world understanding,
goodwill, and peace, was proclaimed
in 1917.
Source: Rotary.org
Rotary's goal of worldwide peace and
tolerance has been an unwavering pursuit:
conducting global forums, hosting
international peace symposiums, advancing
peace through its 60-year collaboration
with the UN, as well as grassroots
initiatives such as the Rotarian Action
Group for Peace.
But Rotary's most significant effort to
wage peace is the Rotary Peace Centers
program, established in 2002. Each
year, the program trains some of the
world's most dedicated and brightest
professionals, preparing them to promote
national and international cooperation
and to resolve conflict. They include
graduates of a two-year master's degree
program and a three-month professional
certificate program at Rotary's partner
universities.
Today, more than 900 peace fellows are
applying their expertise in various fields.
They're settling border conflicts in West
Africa, developing aid programs at the
World Bank, drafting legislation to protect
exploited children in Brazil, providing
security for U.S. diplomats, and many
other career paths devoted to peace.
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Why Are There
Only 28 Days in
February?
E
ach month in the modern
Gregorian calendar consists
of at least 28 days. That number
would be a nicely rounded 30 were it
not for February. While every month
besides the second in the calendar contains
at least 30 days, February falls
short with 28 (and 29 on a leap year).
So why is the most widely used calendar
in the world so inconsistent in the
lengths of its months? And why is February
stuck with the fewest number of
days? Blame it on Roman superstition.
The Gregorian calendar’s oldest ancestor,
the first Roman calendar, had a
glaring difference in structure from its
later variants: it consisted of 10 months
rather than 12. In order to fully sync
the calendar with the lunar year, the
second Roman emperor, Numa Pompilius,
added January and February to the
original 10 months. When he reorganized
the calendar’s dates to fit the
new format, Numa tried to avoid having
months that consisted of an even number
of days, as Roman superstition held
that even numbers were unlucky. But in
order to reach the 355 days of the lunar
year (354.367 to be exact, but he
rounded up to keep it odd), 1 month
out of the 12 needed to contain an even
number of days. This is because of simple
mathematical fact—the sum of any
even amount of odd numbers will always
equal an even number. So Numa
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chose February, a month that would be
host to Roman rituals honoring the
dead, as the unlucky month to consist
of 28 days.
Despite changes in the calendar as it
was altered after Numa’s additions—
alterations that include the shortening
of February at certain intervals, the addition
of a leap month, and eventually
the modern leap day—February’s 28-
day length has stuck.independent and
self-sufficient.
FEBRUARY, from p. 09
popular card-sending holiday after
Christmas.
Malaysia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and
Indonesia BANNED VALENTINE… so do
not add this to your get away destination
spot.
South Koreans (sort of) celebrate Romantic
Holidays every month. The 14th
of every month marks a romantic holiday
of some sort. So guys and girls
that’s 12 presents to prepare
Wearing your heart on your sleeve is
more than just a phrase. In the middle
ages, young men and women drew
names to see who their valentine would
be. They would pin the names up for a
week so that everyone would know their
supposed true feelings.
Surprisingly, its NOT the most popular
holiday for greeting cards. According to
the Greeting card association, 190 million
valentine day cards are exchanged
annually, making valentine’s day the
second most popular greeting card- giving
occasion after Christmas.

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2025, ensuring its capacity to meet
future needs.
THE ENDOWMENT OR
PERMANENT FUND OF THE
ROTARY FOUNDATION
The Foundation gives special recognition
to anyone who includes a substantial
gift to the Permanent Fund in his or
her estate plan or gives outright a minimum
cash gift of US$1, 000 to the
fund. Such a donor is designated as a
Rotary Foundation Benefactor. As of
this June 2014 there were more than
92,000 Benefactors worldwide.
I
t was Arch Klumph, father of The
Rotary Foundation, who said, “We
should look at the Foundation as
being not something of today or tomorrow,
but think of it in terms of the years
and generations to come.” That’s why
the Foundation’s Permanent Fund is considered
the most important way to assure
the future of Rotary’s educational
and humanitarian programs.
Only earnings from their investment are
used to support Foundation programs.
Ultimately, it is intended that the Permanent
Fund will provide a steady and secure
supplement to Foundation support,
always guaranteeing a minimum level of
program activity and allowing for the
possibility of new and expanded programs
in the future.
The Permanent Fund is the Foundation’s
endowed fund, with gifts held in perpetuity.
Spendable earnings from the fund
supplement the Annual Fund and support
Rotary’s highest priorities, including
global grants and the Rotary Peace Centers.
The Foundation has set a goal of $1
billion in Permanent Fund assets by
THERMOMETER
NURSE: Doc, bakit may thermometer po
kayo sa tenga nyo?
DOCTOR: Naku! Kaninong puwet kaya
ng pasyente naiwan ko ang ballpen ko?
MISTER NAGYAYA SA MISIS
MISTER: Honey, pwede ka ba ngayon?
MISIS: Hindi, pagod ako
MISTER: Is that your final answer?
MISIS: Final Answer
MISTER: Can I call a Friend?
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