Last 4 Rotary Years

Speaker Archive

Topics & guest speakers from our weekly meetings

Volume 72

2020/21 3 talks
16th July 2020
LOCKDOWN – 104 DAYS AND COUNTING

To beat the Covid-19 blues, now more than ever, it is important to

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9th July 2020 PDF
2nd July 2020
Revealed: The Physics of Sticky Tape

It turns out to be hellishly complicated stuff

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Volume 71

2019/20 3 talks
18th July, 2019
Some thoughts after a short visit to Sweden

The best thing from my short visit was the natural beauty, best seen hiking,

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11th July, 2019
Food safety

1. Can you tell if food is off just by smelling it?

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4th July, 2019
The Last Resort

In the middle of the sparkling blue Caribbean Sea there’s a string of

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Volume 70

2018/19 34 talks
27th June, 2019
The Agulhas Current

A potentially viable alternative energy source?

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20th June, 2019
Rotary and Sea Scouts

By Dave Barnard

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13th June, 2019
A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, PLANET

Paul Sinton-Hewitt founded parkrun in 2004.The first ever event was in

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6th June, 2019
PEERING OVER THE EDGE

Drive over the heel of Signal Hill towards the City when the sun is rising

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23rd May, 2019
HILLSBOROUGH FOOTBALL TRAGEDY

This has appeared recently in the media, so for our non-football followers,

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9th May, 2019
How does a safety

match ignite?

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2nd May, 2019
Notre-Dame Cathedral

Due to the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday 15 April I felt it

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11th April 2019
NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATION

Queen Charlotte Sound

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4th April 2019
How schools can prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet

According to Microsoft research, … , by 2030 up to 375 million people will

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28th March, 2019
A Hearty ‘Thank You’ to all members of the club, friends and family,

colleagues and Rotarians, who joined us in making

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14th March, 2019
SVALBARD

Situated between the mainland of Norway and the North Pole lies the

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28 February, 2019
Spanish Wells

Spanish Wells is one of the over 800 islands that comprise the country

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14 February, 2019
To elaborate on last week’s Editorial on AI, here is an article from the

Australian on-line magazine FUTURE CRUNCH (“a fortnightly jumble of

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7 February, 2019
AI

By Stephen Bredenkamp

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24th January, 2019
TIPS FOR THE NON-DEAF

I thought it might be helpful for all those non-deaf people out there to

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13 December, 2018
THE DOMINANCE OF HOMO SAPIENS – BUT AT WHAT COST?

The Weizmann Institute of Science recently published research

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15 November, 2018 PDF
1 November, 2018
Having recently seen the observance of World Polio day, I thought it

apt for our Club to reflect on one of RI’s key focuses over the last 30

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25th October, 2018
Water consumption spike and Dam levels Decrease

Water consumption levels rose to a

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11th October, 2018 PDF
4 October, 2018
RICHARD COCK AND THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS

Early in 2001 Richard Cock was offered an Honorary Doctorship in Music

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27 September, 2018
South Africans are emigrating abroad in record high numbers

Record high emigration is resulting in a national skills shortage. Statistics

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20 September, 2018
THE SANTA SHOEBOX PROJECT

The Rotary Club of

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13 September, 2018
SOON, SKYSCRAPERS COULD BE MADE OF WOOD

US researchers find a simple way to make wood stronger than steel

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6 September, 2018
67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela

Making a difference stitch by stitch...

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A LOW-PROFILE KILLER

What illness are you most scared of?

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Weird ET stone gets even weirder

A stone from space found in Egypt in 2013 continues to baffle scientists

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