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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong><em>During the summer of 2012 I will be one of the crew on “Edinburgh Inspiring Capital”, the Scottish boat taking part in the 11-12 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, sailing back from New York, via Nova Scotia, Derry/Londonderry and Holland to the UK. </em></strong></span></span></div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>I had polio as a child and fortunately it has not caused me a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet it is a disease that should have been eradicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However there are still those whose lives are affected and for whom the effects of polio are a daily challenge. Taking part in the 11-12 RTW Race is an opportunity, which my own experience of polio has not prevented, to raise money to help eradicate the disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></em></p>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong><em>I</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><strong><em>n 1985 Rotary made the decision to immunize the world’s children against polio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then more than two billion children have been protected against polio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number of polio cases has fallen from 350,000 a year to around 1,500 annually, a drop of 99.8%, preventing five million instances of child paralysis and 250,000 deaths. </em></strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><cite><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><cite><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rotary.org/endpolio"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">www.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">rotary</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.org/</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">endpolio</span></a></span></cite></span></cite></div>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">Please help to End Polio Now </span></em></strong></span></p>
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