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Dr. Joseph Goldberg to Speak on “India - Potential for Terrorism and Armed Conflict” at the Rotary Club Meeting on December 1, 2016
 
Dr. Joseph Goldberg is a "defense intellectual" who worked for over three decades on actual and emerging international "hotspots."  His talk will focus on India and will cover a broad range of issues, including the potential for terrorist activity in India.
Dr. Goldberg is a native of Sioux City, Iowa and received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington (Seattle).  He studied as well at the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan.  He served as a faculty member at Simon Frazer University (Vancouver, British Columbia), the University of Virginia, and Hampden-Sydney College (Farmville, Virginia), where he served as well as Chairman of the Department of Political Science.
He accepted a position as Director of Research at the Institute for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, where he conducted and directed research on national security concerns.  After five years, he joined the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (now the Eisenhower School) as a Professor of National Security Studies.  In addition to examining strategic issues, Dr. Goldberg concentrated on counter-terrorism, South Asia, and weapons of mass destruction.  Dr. Goldberg has published on national security concerns in these areas, as well as on the Middle East.  As is the case with many Department of Defense officials, his work required significant foreign travel.
After over twenty years with the U.S. government, Dr. Goldberg retired and has been working on a study of terrorism in India, an issue that has enabled him to integrate ideas related to the areas on which he has worked for many years.
The issues on which he will speak are of great concern to the United States and the rest of the world.
In Sympathy:  The Passing of Past Rotary Club President Nabil Bedewi's Father

The viewing is this Thursday 7-9pm at Pumphrey’s Funeral Home in Rockville, MD http://www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/.

The funeral mass is Friday at 1pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rockville, MD https://stmarysrockville.org/.

The Rotary Foundation Announces Top Clubs for 2015-2016
The Rotary Foundation Announces Top District Clubs for 2015-2016
 
Top Three Highest Clubs in Annual Per Capita Giving-- Catonsville, Ellicott City, and College Park
The Rotary Foundation (TRF) recently announced club recognitions based on annual foundation giving for the 2015-2016 Rotary year ending June 30.  The Rotary Club of Catonsville with contributions to the Annual Fund of $341.67 per capita was ranked first in District 7620.  The Rotary Club of Ellicott City ranked second with per capita giving of $322.61 and the Rotary Club of College Park ranked third with per capita giving of $316.30.  These clubs were three of only 1564 clubs worldwide to achieve Top Three Highest in Per Capita Annual Giving honors.  Only clubs with a minimum of US$50 per capita were eligible.
100 Percent Giving Clubs
 
Eleven district clubs were recognized as a 100% Foundation Giving Club.  They were:  Aberdeen, Baltimore, Bonds Meadow, Catonsville, College Park, Columbia Town Center, Crofton, Elkridge, Metro Bethesda, Potomac, and Potomac-Bethesda.  Only 4,609 clubs worldwide attained this status.  To be eligible, 100% of all active members must personally contribute to TRF and the average contribution must be at least US$100.
 
Every Rotarian, Every Year/Sustaining Member Clubs
Six district clubs were among the 2,253 clubs worldwide to attain 100% Foundation Sustaining Member Club status.  They were:  Aberdeen, Baltimore, Bonds Meadow, Columbia Town Center, Metro Bethesda, and Potomac-Bethesda.
The above clubs received banners noting their accomplishments.
 
Twenty Clubs were honored for supporting the End Polio Now Campaign with an annual donation of $1,500 or more to the PolioPlus fund.  The clubs, recognized with a certificate of appreciation, included Aberdeen, Annapolis, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Bonds Meadow, Carroll Creek, Charles County (La Plata), College Park, Columbia, Columbia-Patuxent, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Glen Burnie, Lake Shore-Severna Park, Lexington Park, Montgomery Village, Parole, Potomac, Potomac-Bethesda, Silver Spring-Kensington, and South Anne Arundel County.
 
Congratulations to each of the clubs recognized.  These contributions to TRF help to fulfill the dream of sixth RI President Arch Klumph when he envisioned an endowment for the purpose of “doing good in the world” one hundred years ago.
 
Rotary District Governor Anna-Mae Kobbe
Alan Grant and Bob Nelson distributed dictionaries to third graders at Waters Landing Elementary School on November 15, 2016
Alan Grant and Bob Nelson distributed dictionaries to third graders at Waters Landing Elementary School on November 15, 2016.  [Below]  Students at the Melvin Berman Hebrew Academy display new words they found in their dictionaries.
 
 
 
Back from photo safaris in Botswana and South Africa on November 10, 2016, Nancy Mason and Bob Nelson showed some of their photos from their exciting journey.
 
Back from photo safaris in Botswana and South Africa, Nancy Mason and Bob Nelson showed 167 photos from their exciting journey. Nancy received the Rotary Cookbook from President Bob Fuhrman for her presentation.  Bob Nelson celebrated his birthday at the Rotary Club meeting. 
Susan Mathiascheck of the Nuclear Energy Institute Presented at Potomac-Bethesda Rotary
Pictured: Susan Mathiascheck and Bob Fuhrman, Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda Club President
Summary Contributor, Robert Furhman.
On October 27, 2016, Susan Mathiascheck spoke on environmental policy related to nuclear power plants including storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Susan also addressed the role nuclear power could potentially play in reducing U.S. dependency on combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas and resistance to expanding US nuclear capacity by environmental advocacy groups.
October 20, 2016 meeting featured Professor Rudolph Hock's talk, "America, a Mirror Image of  Ancient Rome?"
 
Pictured: (L to R) Toni Blanchette, Professor Rudolph Hock and Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club President, Bob Fuhrman
Professor Hock discussed the "republican" aspects of both the U.S. and Roman systems  of government in addition to his preference for the study of Rome versus ancient Greek civilization and history. 
 
 
 
On October 13, 2016, guest speaker Samantha Horwitz was thanked by President Bob Fuhrman after her talk about her new book, "The Silent Fall: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Tragedy and Triumph After 9/11​."
On October 13, 2016, guest speaker Samantha Horwitz was thanked by President Bob Fuhrman after her talk about her new book, "The Silent Fall: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Tragedy and Triumph After 9/11​."
October 6, 2016, Rotary Club Meeting Featured Brian McGrath Speaking About the U.S.Navy
Dr. Noel Howard presents the Rotary Cookbook to Brian McGrath with thanks for his presentation on the U.S. Navy.  [Photo by Tom Lewis]

 

144 Boxes of Food Packed by Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Volunteers on October 11, 2016 at Manna Food Center
Foundation Update - Amazon and Fundraising
Here is a very easy way to help us with fundraising.  If you are an Amazon shopper please bookmark this link http://pbrotary.org/Page/amazon in your browser and ask your friends and family to do the same.  Whenever you start your Amazon shopping from this page the club gets a percentage.  See the link above for details.  You can also get to it from our website banner at http://pbrotary.org.
Webmaster Update - NEW Foundation Webpage
We now have a page which serves as a launching point to our club’s Foundation.  Check it out at http://pbrotary.org/Page/our-foundation.  You can get to it in three ways from our home page (www.pbrotary.org) : Look for “Foundation” located on the banner or under the menu choices “About Us” or “Services/Projects”. Besides evolving content and links to internal and external resources, on that page we can now accept online donations for everything we do. 
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If you shop at Amazon through this link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1264058, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases (millions of products) to the charitable foundation of our club. Thank You!
Next Four Meetings
Dec 15, 2016
Review of Historian Joseph J. Ellis' Book "The Quartet"
Dec 22, 2016
Dec 29, 2016
Jan 12, 2017
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Dictionary Project at Wayside Elementary School
Wayside Elementary School (NOTE NEW LOCATION)
Dec 22, 2016
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
 
Manna Food Center Packing Night
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Jan 10, 2017
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 
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