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First Congressional District Republican candidate Mark Sanford today defended entering his ex-wife's home to watch the Super Bowl with his son, saying "You've got to make the call as a dad."
He acknowledged the first media reports of the night made his conduct sound "creepy" as he was caught leaving the home out the back door by his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford.
"Met her; told her what happened," he said this morning on WTMA-1250 radio in Charleston.
Also today, Sanford's campaign announced he would make 15 stops across the Lowcountry in the next five days —and he invited his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, to join him.
"To date my opponent has refused to do any joint public appearances or debate the issues for the benefit of voters in the 1st district," Sanford said in a statement. Only one joint appearance — an April 29 forum at The Citadel — has been set to date.
Earlier today, Sanford told the radio that he and his 14-year-old son were watching the game at the home of Chad Walldorf, who has an annual Super Bowl party at his home, also on Sullivan's Island. His son didn't like the crowd and wanted to return home at half-time to watch the game in a quieter venue, Sanford said.
Jenny Sanford was out of town, Sanford said, and he couldn't reach her. Sanford and the boy then went to her residence.
"I though it was in the best interest of him as a boy," Sanford said. "The Super Bowl comes around once a year."
Jenny Sanford caught him leaving the home as she was returning and confronted him. She has filed Family Court documents accusing Mark Sanford of a pattern of visiting her residence in violation of their divorce documents. A trespassing complaint will be heard after the May 7 special election for the seat.
Sanford faces Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch.

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Matt Damon more than made up for his decade of being bumped from Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Declaring "I am in command of this ship," Damon not only hijacked the show Thursday night, but he brought along a little big-name help.
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Amy Adams, Sally Field, Robert De Niro, Don Cheadle, John Krasinski and Oprah Winfrey all played a part.
Andy Garcia sat in as sidekick. Sheryl Crow led the band.
And where was Kimmel? Oh, he was there, all right: gagged and tied on the back of the set, as Damon took over.
"Just for starters," Damon told the ecstatic in-studio crowd, "let me ask you guys this: As an audience, is it weird to see a person with actual talent host this show?"
Admitting he'd been waiting a long time to do this, Damon – before turning his monologue over to Robin Williams – struck a personal note and said, "This is like the time I lost my virginity, except this is going to last way longer than one second."
Damon, tongue planted firmly in cheek for this all-star publicity stunt – earlier this month, Kimmel's show was moved into direct competition with CBS's David Letterman and NBC's Jay Leno – explained the basis for the Kimmel-Damon feud. The comic always wanted to be an actor, claimed Damon.
"I beat him out for every role he ever truly wanted," said the Bourne series star, now starring with Krasinski in Promised Land. "Jimmy has auditioned for every movie I've ever been in, every single one of them. How many did he get? None. So, he hates me."
Then there was the matter of Kimmel's ex, comedian Sarah Silverman, who in 2008 memorably sang a song about cheating with Matt Damon. (Kimmel retaliated at the time by saying he was "dating" Ben Affleck.) Silverman just happened to be Thursday night's guest.
"Is there anything you'd like to say to Jimmy?" Damon asked her, with Kimmel still held firmly in place, squirming. "He's a captive audience."
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on November 11, 2012 - 1:37 AM
FOXBOROUGH – Bad signs? The Bills haven't won here since 2000. They haven't won the second meeting of the season against the Patriots since '99. The Pats haven't lost a game in the second half of the regular season in three years. The Bills haven't won a truly meaningful road game in forever.
But do you want to hear something that will really depress you? And no, it's not about the defense. In five road games this season, Ryan Fitzpatrick has not completed a 30-yard pass to a wide receiver. Not one.
Fitzpatrick is averaging 5.72 yards an attempt on the road this year. That would put him at the bottom of the NFL, below even Blaine Gabbert of the Jaguars. We knew he couldn't throw down the field, and that opposing defenses were catching on to him. The fact is, it's getting worse.
So it's really no surprise that Buddy Nix, the general manager, has been talking about the need for a quarterback. Two weeks ago, Nix said he wanted to have a franchise guy in place before he left Buffalo. Last Friday, on his weekly radio segment on WGR, he was even more direct.
"Let me be as honest as I can," Nix said. "I think we really need to address it this year."
So evidently, Nix has seen enough. Barely one year after signing Fitzpatrick to a six-year, $59 million contract, Nix is looking to move on. As you might imagine, this doesn't sit well with the man now occupying the position.
Fitz spoke with his general manager on the day Nix said he didn't want to leave his job until the Bills had a franchise QB in place.
"I walked by his office and he called me in and we talked," Fitzpatrick said.
"He said, 'Look, this is what I said. I'm not saying that you're not our guy or whatever.' "
Of course, that's precisely what Nix is saying. He and coach Chan Gailey can affirm their belief in Fitz. They can pay him like a franchise guy. But like everyone else, they see his limitations, and they know the Bills need to find a gifted young guy who can make all the big throws and help get them to the next level.
It's also a little too convenient and self-serving. Nix says he has upgraded the overall talent on the roster, making it easier to trade up in the draft. Never mind that he has put together one of the worst defenses in NFL history, or that his receiving corps is weak, or that his coaches don't have any real answers.
The real problem is the quarterback!
It's hard to argue. Sure, Fitz rates around the middle of NFL quarterbacks. But the eyeball test tells you the real story. He can't make the big throws that separate the mediocre QBs from the elite ones. Today will be his 48th game as a Bill, the equivalent of three full seasons.
Fitzpatrick was asked, point-blank, if he had any fear that time might be running out for him.
"I mean, I ... I can't do that," he said. "I can't go into a game and say, 'I need to play well or else.' I'm a guy that was a seventh-round pick. I've waited for an opportunity for a long time, and now I have this opportunity.
"I understand what happens in the NFL. I understand that it's a performance-based business for quarterbacks. You have to win games or else. I understand all that. I appreciate this opportunity as much as anybody, because I had to wait a long time to get it.
"This is my shot," he added. "This is everything I've worked for. And I know that it's either going to work here, or that's going to be it."
He sounds like a man with no illusions. Fitzpatrick seems grateful to have gotten a chance as a starter in Buffalo, one he might not have been given anywhere else. He knows he was fortunate to find a team that was so desperate for a franchise quarterback, a real leader, that it would tolerate his obvious physical shortcomings.
I'll admit I have a soft spot for the guy. Fitzpatrick has gotten more out of his ability than any Bills quarterback since Doug Flutie. He has a lot of the intangibles. He's a good teammate, a leader, a bright and engaging face of the franchise. He's not afraid of the big moment; he simply doesn't have the big, accurate arm to go with it.
"I'm confident," he said. "I know there's a lot of doubt outside. I sat down with Stevie [Johnson] and Donald [Jones] and Brad [Smith] and a couple of the guys. I let them know, confidence is such a big thing as a quarterback, and as an NFL player in general. And when I'm on the field, I have 100 percent confidence in them, and I need to make sure they have 100 percent confidence in me."
It's hard to have confidence when Fitz throws a pass more than 10 yards in the air. Coming into the season, I felt he was good enough to get them to the playoffs, assuming the defense was greatly improved. I still feel that way. The defense has been a much bigger disappointment. But it always comes back to the quarterback. A franchise QB makes everything possible. Look at the Colts.
Fitz has had his moments. For a 16-game stretch, he played like a franchise guy. But ultimately, he ascended to franchise status by default, because of the Bills' prolonged management dysfunction. He got a contract that reflected his stature at the time. It wasn't outlandish. The Bills had saved money on the QB position for years. They could afford it.
The problem isn't Fitz's deal. It was failing to identify a successor. Nix said they would draft a 10-year franchise guy if they could. They would have taken Cam Newton. So it's no shock that, two years later, Nix would reiterate the need for a long-term solution at the position.
The more they dragged their feet, the greater their need to believe in Fitz in the short term. Gailey has no choice but to defend him in public. But it must be getting harder. It was stunning when Gailey abandoned the run last week in Houston. But it was even more troubling that the Bills didn't take shots downfield.
So yes, they need to draft a franchise quarterback. But it's laughable for Nix to talk as if it's the last missing piece in the puzzle. Go ahead, make it about Fitz. Maybe people won't notice that Nix has made a mess of the whole darn thing.
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LEWISTOWN - Mifflin County Communities That Care have joined Clear Concepts Counseling in Lewistown due to a decrease in grant funding, said Nancy Records, community mobilizer with CTC.
The organization will continue working with existing programs and toward future community services from the new location, she said.
"Because available grants for non-profits and prevention organization are decreasing, CTC was unable to continue operating solely on grant funding," Records said. "By joining Clear Concepts, CTC can now be funded through the county's children and youth budget."
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Nancy Records, mobilizer of Mifflin County Communities That Care, stands in front of the new location for the office on Thursday at 24 N. Main St., in Lewistown.
The relocation to Clear Concepts Counseling made sense, Records said. The counseling center, specializing in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, has been involved in CTC programs since the organization began in 2000, she said.
"We still receive grants, but they're for specific projects rather than the operation of a non-profit," Records said. "With this new funding and location, we are continuing our work with the community to make Mifflin County a safe place for children to grow-up."
Mifflin County Communities That Care is part of a nationwide association dedicated to bringing community members together to identify and address risk factors in a local area. Over the past 12 years, CTC has helped start more than 17 programs in response to risk factors and prevention gaps in Mifflin County, Records said.
Such programs include: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Guiding Good Choices, Parent-Child Home Program, Parenting Wisely, Parents Who Care, Preparing for School Success, The Incredible Years, Second Step, PATHS, Family Group Decision Making, Project YES, PULSE, Parents Who Host Lose The Most, Active Parenting, Safe Homes Parent Network and the Social Norms Campaign.
"CTC is not a program, but a collaborative," Records said. "We bring community groups together to brainstorm ways to address the local risk factors. Then, the local organizations create a program, service or class in response to the discussion. Once the project is up-and-running, the CTC focuses on how to keep it funded."
Risk factors are determined based on community statistics for crime, health and education, Records said. The CTC also partners with the Mifflin County School District to conduct the PA Youth Survey which is given every other year to 8th, 10th and 12th grade students, she added.
According to the most recent statewide CTC Evaluation Report, it was found that communities with a CTC experienced an 11 percent decrease in delinquency and a 33 percent lower yearly decline in academic performance.
"These studies provide conclusive proof that Communities That Care make a difference in the community," Records said. "Within the past 12 years in Mifflin County, 13 of the 21 risk factors have decreased in prevalence and seven of the nine protective factors have strengthened."
Mifflin County Communities That Care can be reached at the new location of 24 N. Main St., Lewistown, or by phone at 242-3070. CTC volunteers will also have a booth and be handing out information during the 2012 Ice Festival, running Nov. 29 and 30. More information can be found online at www.mccares.com or at the Mifflin County Communities That Care Facebook page.


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Niagara Falls has a reputation as being slow to change.
That's why a 23-year-old city resident is turning heads as the first openly gay political candidate in city history.
"I'm not running on it, but I'm not running away from it," Joe Swartz said of his sexual orientation. "It doesn't really change who I am or what I believe in."
But Swartz, a candidate for City Council, said it does shape his view of the world and the way government should be run.
It's a view he thinks will resonate with voters – even in a place that has had its struggles with diversity.
"Somebody asks me what I bring to the table, I know what it's like to be shut down and ignored and told to get to the back of the line," he said. "Too often in our city, residents are being told to just get to the back of the line, that their voice isn't very important."
Swartz's early campaign is drawing cheers from local gay rights groups, who say it's the latest example of recent progress when it comes to equality in the political arena.
"This is an indication that in Niagara Falls there's a person who feels comfortable identifying with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community, with the expectation that it will not sink his candidacy," said Ron Silverio, president of the Pride Center of Western New York.
"There have been some successful and some not-so-successful attempts," Silverio added. "It seems to me it continues to get better."
Some attitudes have changed with the legalization of gay marriage in July 2011, when the state's first same-sex wedding at Niagara Falls spurred new marketing efforts to recast the city as an international Honeymoon Capital.
That event followed outcries from other minority groups who have felt in recent years that city policies promoted racial discrimination in city government.
In chasing one of three open Council seats, Swartz is following in the footsteps of former Buffalo Common Council member Barbra A. Kavanaugh and current Jamestown City Council President Gregory P. Rabb as an openly gay political candidate in Western New York.
But Swartz, who works as a telephone operator at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, said it won't define his candidacy.
For instance, he's happy to disagree on some issues with Mayor Paul A. Dyster, an open supporter of same-sex marriage who witnessed the state's first same-sex wedding on July 24, 2011.
He's also willing to criticize the current City Council, which he faults for fighting state economic development plans in the Falls.
"The sad thing is we've hit rock bottom," he said of Niagara Falls.
"Right now we only have up to go, but we need leadership in there that's willing to make the decisions necessary to do it," he added.
Swartz, who is seeking the Democratic, Working Families and Independence parties' lines, believes it's an attitude that anyone can agree with – regardless of sexual orientation.
"I think in the long run, hopefully the significance is no more than if a person had blue eyes or was 5-foot-6 or they were black or they were Jewish," said Silverio. "That is to say, it shouldn't have any bearing in the real world on a person's ability to do the job."
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on October 26, 2012 - 11:19 PM
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IRVING – All across America, bitter, ugly, hard-fought political campaigns are entering their final days.
Candidates for offices from president of the United States to Erie County comptroller have been slugging it out for months. Some candidates attack each other with commercials and press releases so nasty they give voters headaches.
But when it comes to playing hardball politics, nobody plays any harder than the candidates in the Seneca Indian Nation. This year's campaign for Seneca president has been especially contentious.
A few recent incidents show just how nasty:
• At a Halloween party run by the political organization backing Barry E. Snyder Sr., a man running for assessor on Snyder's ticket showed up in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, with a "Rob Porter" campaign poster hanging across his chest. Current Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter – now running for treasurer – is Snyder's political arch enemy. A Snyder supporter said the intent of the costume was to show that Porter is "evil, like someone from the KKK."
• Backers of Porter and his ally, presidential candidate Richard E. Nephew, sent voters postcards with Barry Snyder's photo on the front. Snyder is a four-time president who has been active in Seneca politics since the 1960s. Above the photo was a caption reading: "How much money can one man steal from the Seneca Nation over five decades in SNI politics?" Snyder has denied ever stealing money from the Senecas.
• The same political organization sent out cards featuring a photo of businessman Aaron Pierce, an independent candidate for president. The photo had Pierce's head superimposed on the body of a chubby baby, wearing a diaper. The caption reads: "The Seneca Nation presidency is not a job for disconnected rookie millionaires who are under Federal investigation." Pierce, who runs a cigarette company that – according to court papers – is under investigation by the feds, denies any wrongdoing.
• Four large Nephew campaign billboards were destroyed on Thursday night, and Porter's backers claim that more than 200 "Porter for Treasurer" signs have been stolen or destroyed.
In recent weeks, The Buffalo News has been bombarded with emails, phone calls and press releases containing scandalous allegations about the five candidates for president – Snyder, Nephew, Pierce, Cyrus Schindler and Cochise RedEye.
And in a tribe where candidates are allowed to bribe voters with cash and other considerations, some candidates have been holding "meet-and-greet" parties for weeks. Free meals, department store gift cards and other freebies – sometimes including beer and hard liquor – are handed out to voters. One candidate told The Buffalo News he expects that Seneca political parties will be paying voters up to $500 each on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Senecas who hold jobs with the tribal government, or those who have close relatives in tribal jobs, face other pressures before each election. The tribal government employs about 1,300 people, and more than 3,000 more work for the three casinos owned by the Senecas.
"When you get a job with the tribe, you realize you only are assured of a job for two years," said one Seneca woman who works for the tribe. "Every two years, a new president is elected. If you back the wrong person, you're out of a job. You work from election to election."
According to many Senecas, despite token efforts to stop it, vote-buying gets more prevalent with every election.
The amount of money doled out on Election Day seems to vary, from person to person. Usually, people who travel to Seneca Territory from out of town to vote get the biggest paychecks. The Senecas do not allow absentee ballots. No matter where in the world they live, Senecas have to travel to Irving or Salamanca to cast a vote.
"Last election, I went out and got payments from three different political parties," said Cynthia Cruz, 43, a Seneca who lives on the Cattaraugus Territory. "One [party] gave me $30, one gave me $40 and one gave me $50. Then, I went into the voting booth and voted for who I wanted to vote for. I have seven kids. It gave me enough so I could make a car payment."
Cash payments to voters, however, do not guarantee a big voter turnout. Seneca officials say voter apathy is a major problem almost every election year. "That's why we have to pay people to vote," one candidate said.
When Porter was elected president in November 2010, the Senecas reported that 2,167 people voted in the presidential race. There are about 8,000 Senecas, about half of them of voting age.
Although only a relative handful of people vote in their elections, changes in the Seneca Nation do affect the outside world, mainly because the Senecas are now one of the 10 biggest employers in Western New York. In a region where good jobs are hard to come by, the Senecas say their government and business operations, including casinos, employ about 5,200 people. The Senecas say they spend more than $630 million a year in salaries, goods and services in Western New York.
Charlotte Pappan, 75, a Seneca who lives in Irving, said she plans to vote for Pierce. But she said she understands the frustration and apathy that causes many Senecas to stay away from the voting booth.
"The campaigns are always nasty. It's all about greed," Pappan said. "The greediness of the white people has taken over our nation. There's so much money coming in from our casinos, it's astonishing to me."
Restaurant worker Beau John, 24, said he believes too many Seneca office holders seem to be in politics for the money.
"It's just like the race for the U.S. presidency," said Cruz. "[Candidates] tell you what you want to hear. Then, when they get into office, they do what they want to do."
Some confusion surrounds this year's presidential race, because two different candidates claim to represent the Seneca Party, the political organization that has dominated Seneca politics for decades.
In 2010, Snyder's son, Scott Snyder, headed the Seneca Party, but he was voted out of his leadership post by allies of Porter. This year, the Snyder family started a splinter group, which they also call the Seneca Party.
Both Snyder and Nephew, who is chairman of the Tribal Council, have been putting out campaign literature bearing the same seal of the Seneca Party.
Snyder's political group held a Halloween costume party last Saturday in a volunteer fire hall in Irving, and the costume worn by a Snyder ally – assessor candidate David Pierce – touched off a controversy.
Pierce showed up in a white KKK robe and pointed hood, with a "Rob Porter" campaign sign on his chest. He carried a white cross with KKK on it in red letters. A photograph shows Barry Snyder and other Seneca office-seekers standing next to Pierce in the KKK costume.
In statements issued to The News, Porter and Nephew both expressed outrage that Snyder and his political allies would allow such display at one of their events.
"This picture is infuriating and shows to what extent people will go with political dirty tricks," Porter said. "[There] is no place for racism and stupidity in our political campaigns, or our nation."
Marie Williams, who lives with Scott Snyder and is an active supporter of Barry Snyder's candidacy, was at the party. She said Barry Snyder had no control over what costumes his supporters chose to wear, and she said the costume – in retrospect – was a bad idea.
"The costume was intended to make fun of Rob Porter ... to show he is evil, like someone from the KKK," Williams said. "It was not intended in any way to make fun of black people, or to offend or insult black people ... In hindsight, we would have discouraged [Pierce] from wearing a costume like that."
Why did Snyder and some of his running mates allow themselves to be photographed with a man wearing a KKK costume?
"The only reason that happened is that there was a contest for scariest costume. [Pierce] was in the contest, and he came up to the front of the room where Barry and others were standing," Williams said.
She said the incident is "being blown out of proportion" by some Senecas who oppose Snyder.
"We have much more important issues at stake in this election," Williams said.
In addition to a new president, treasurer and clerk, the Senecas will elect eight new members of their chief governing body, the Tribal Council. They'll also elect police marshals, highway commissioners, assessors, and poormasters.
In recent weeks, almost every Seneca interviewed by The News has had at least one relative running for political office.
Come to buffalonews.com on Election Day for an all-day chat, live video and the latest election results.
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FAU Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Recognizes Outstanding Holocaust Educators
Teachers Awarded Trip to Yad Vashem in Israel
BOCA RATON, Fla. (February 25, 2013) – Florida Atlantic University's Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (CHHRE) recently held its annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner at the Lakeside Terrace and Banquet Center in Boca Raton. Teachers, families, Holocaust survivors and students gathered to celebrate each other and to recognize the exceptional work of three recipients of the Gutterman Family Outstanding Holocaust Educator of the Year Award.
"It is important to recognize the K-12 teachers who go above and beyond the basic requirements of the Holocaust education mandate," said CHHRE Director Rose Gatens, Ph.D. "Each year, we celebrate the accomplishments of these outstanding individuals who are truly making a difference in the lives of their students, in their schools and in the world."
Each year, the Center recognizes outstanding school teachers who have demonstrated a positive impact on their schools and the community in the field of Holocaust genocide and human rights education. The highly competitive Gutterman Family award enables winning teachers to study at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust National Museum in Jerusalem. The 140-hour program includes field trips throughout Jerusalem, and visits to the Ghetto Fighter's Museum in North Israel and the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv.
The 2013 awardees are:
- Belkis Madera (email@example.com) teaches sixth grade Social Studies at Oak Hammock K-8 School in Port St. Lucie. She coordinates various school functions, including a Holocaust education program that resulted in a school museum and a special program with the Child Survivor/Hidden Children Organization of Palm Beach County, whose pictures form the core of the museum. She encourages her students to respect diversity through other school programs, such as Hispanic Heritage Month, the History Fair and an art exhibit on migration. Her many professional accomplishments include being a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar and a National Board Certified teacher in Social Studies. "Mrs. Madera exhibits a superior ability to foster excellence in education and contributes to student learning and the development of knowledge and leadership skills which will continue with these students throughout their lives," said Oak Hammock K-8 School Principal Carmen Peterson.
- Maureen Holtzer (email@example.com) teaches Holocaust Studies and Law Studies at Palm Beach Central High School (PBCHS) in Palm Beach County. Ms. Holtzer serves as faculty advisor for Together Against Genocide, a group of students who are working to improve human rights throughout the world by raising more than $21,000 to build schools for refugee children of Darfur. She won the Star Award for Outstanding Teacher of Tolerance, and because of her efforts, Palm Beach Central High School has earned the Anti-Defamation League's designation of a No Place for Hate school – the first in the county to receive this designation. Child Survivors/Hidden Survivors Speaker's Bureau has recognized Ms. Holtzer for her Outstanding Participation in Holocaust Studies Program. She has two master's degrees and models lifelong learning to her students and colleagues. "The strong message of tolerance prevails in all that Ms. Holtzer brings to the students and staff of Palm Beach Central High," stated Donna Baxter, PBCHS Social Studies Chair.
- Monica Friedmann, Ph.D. (email@example.com) is a three time graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, a College Board Consultant for AP Spanish Language and Literature and a College Board Reader for Spanish Language. For the past 12 years, Friedmann has taught a unit on Holocaust in Spanish to her Advanced Placement Spanish Language students at Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton. Students practice their speaking, reading, listening and writing skills in Spanish while learning about the Holocaust. They also hear Holocaust survivors tell their stories in Spanish. Friedmann's grandparents were murdered in Aushwitz-Birkenau, along with the rest of her extended family. Her parents survived the Holocaust by emigrating from Hungary to Uruguay, South America. As one of Friedmann's students wrote, "The unit as a whole has truly changed my view of the Holocaust forever. I was enriched with new information and became one with the characters and experiences. It was one of the most influential and life changing subjects I have studied in school to this day."
The award is funded by Arthur Gutterman, an FAU benefactor whose generous contributions help sustain the Center and its programs. The Center relies on private donations to provide professional development programs for teachers, classroom resources for teachers and students, all in support of Florida's mandate for Holocaust education.
For more information, contact Rose Gatens at 561-297-2929 or email@example.com.
-FAU-Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida. FAU's world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of three signature themes – marine and coastal issues, biotechnology and contemporary societal challenges – which provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU's existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.


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The Stetson men's soccer team opened the 2013 season in fine fashion, defeating UMass Lowell 1-0 in overtime on Friday evening. Senior Evan Jimmo scored the game-winner just over one minute into extra time to give the Hatters the victory.
After a two-hour weather delay midway through the second half, and two hard fought, scoreless halves, Jimmo ended the game with a golden goal quickly after overtime began. Senior Raffaele Centofanti was able to get a foot on a poorly cleared ball by the River Hawks, and got it to Jimmo.
"It was just a scrappy goal altogether," Jimmo said. "There were bad clearances by their team, and finally the ball got down to Raffaele [Centofanti]. He played it square to me, and I saw the defender was flat footed, so I pushed it by him and finished it with my left foot."
UMass Lowell came out aggressive, controlling much of the possession of the first half. The Hatters, made up of 14 newcomers, took a while to get their rhythm. As the game went on, it was easy to see that Stetson began to play the way the team wanted to.
"It's always good when you put a lot of effort in, and then you get rewarded for it," Head Coach T. Logan Fleck said. "We were a little nervous, a little hyped up, and it was good to see how we systematically kept working. We started to get a rhythm."
That rhythm led to 14 shots to only nine for the River Hawks. The Hatters forced UML goalkeeper Chris Maierle to make four saves in the loss.
Stetson goalkeeper Andreas Schnabl, meanwhile, made just one save, but made a number of other plays for the Hatters, and led the back line to a great defensive performance. His 13th career shutout just added to his already school record.
Additionally, junior Dwight Lodge, who finished the night with three shots, two of which came on target, was impressive up the left wing all night long. Whether it was connecting with his teammates, or beating defenders one v. one, he put the River Hawks on their heels all night.
The Hatters will continue the 2013 season on Monday, playing at USF at 7:30 p.m. in Tampa.


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It's January and every year around this time I have the urge to reorganized and purge and make room for new collections..
If you are like me and have tons of Cuttlebug embossing folders and cuttlebug dies not sure what to do, there's help..
Hopefully you will find great ideas to help you implement a system to make creating easier and faster :)
There are no right ways to organize, just find what fits your needs. There are tons of ways to get organized, choose from one of the ideas below..
I asked several of our design team members how they organized, some of the answers I received were quite creative..
For Example Tracy Pounds has a nifty way of keeping track of her Cuttlebug Embossing folders as follow:
When organizing your Cuttlebug embossing folders consider making yourself a Reference Tag swatch book. It is a great way to see all the fabulous folders you own at a glance!…especially helpful when you're working on a creative project and don't want to take the time to go through every folder that you own. Simply flip through your tags … it will save you so much time! Also, you can see the positive and negative image of each folder by looking at the reverse side of the tag. Here's another great tip…take your Swatch Book with you on your next shopping trip to help you remember which embossing folders you already have in your collection!
Follow these simple steps to create your own Cuttlebug Swatch Book:
1. Die cut a tag shape out of scraps of cardstock.
2. Emboss each individual tag with the embossing folders that you own.
3. Place all of your embossed tags on a binder ring.
4. Tie a few colorful ribbons on the ring just for fun!
Shannon Bracken our Design Team member has created a fun storage box for her Embossing Folders:
I took some A6 envelopes and dressed them up with a Cuttlebug folder embossed image, wrote the name on top for reference. I will recycle a headphones package box (I won't show it to you because it is ugly right now until I decorate it) to systemize my folder in alphabetical order. Recicled envelopes can be used as well for this project because you cover them with pretty "cuttlebuged" :P paper. I only covered 1 side, but one could cover both sides to show the embossed and debossed surface for creative reference. The papers that are embossed are from my scrap stash. I took the first that came at hand in an attempt to be quick and practical which explains the ugly color combination.
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Has created this wonderful way of storing and quickly find her folders: I have made index sheets that are embossed with each folder and indexed using the round tab punch. The index sheets are 1/4 sheets of CS. I was making them pretty and attaching the tabs with brads at one point, but I am now just stapling them to the tops to save time. The corresponding folder is filed behind each index sheet. The tin holds 24 folders & index sheets and is quite snug now. I am working on tin #2 and will categorize them by style when done.
Here's another nifty way to store and organize if you have the space..
Kewl Idea for organizing the Cuttlebug
My organization is simple since I started using the storage binders bag from Crop Stop.com 6 months ago..
It has several pockets and storage areas for smaller items and plates storage in 1 spots..
I luv luv the bag and the clear storage protector makes it so much easier for me to see at a glace everything I own.
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It's sturdy and made out of nylon easy to clean those chocolate smudges.
I've been able to fit much more into the bag than Crop Stop suggested..
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The large Ellison dies don't fit into I had to use a clear shoe storage system similar to what Aileen (Spike )uses.. and if you were to put them in the bag it will be too bulky..
You can see the youtube video here for the Binder it's very easy to use
The storage sleeves & binderI use HERE
I have a total of 12 sheets of storage, plus various dies in the pockets, 2 extra a's plates and b's
just in case they break, I need replacement right away :)
The only place I've been able to find the A plate was cropstop and the extender to use the Revolution dies :)
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Norma Pauline Wilson passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 22 surrounded by family at her home in Carnelian Bay, Calif.
Norma was born to Irl and Peg Fewell on Jan. 4, 1924 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
Raised on ranches and farms throughout Northern California she moved to Southern California with her parents during World War II. During the war she worked as a fashion model and dance teacher at Arthur Murray Studios. After the War she met her husband Guy Wilson at the Aragon Ballroom in Santa Monica. On March 23, 1949 she and Guy married in Modesto, Calif.
Together they started a family and moved to Carnelian Bay from San Jose in the summer of 1957 when Guy joined the staff at Tahoe Truckee High School as a teacher, coach and later Dean of Students. As with many of the North Shore residents she worked at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Transportation Department. She was also a member of the Women's Social Club known as the "Tahoe Squaws" where she met many of her lifelong friends.
Known to family and friends as the life of the party, she often entertained them with songs and colorful stories.
She is survived by her husband, Guy of Carnelian Bay; daughter Shelley Wilson of Verdi, Nev.; son Scott Wilson of Carnelian Bay; daughter in law, Charney Risner-Wilson of Vista, Calif.; her brother Jim Fewell of Marin County; grandchildren Delaney Risner-Wilson of Carlsbad, Calif.; Dustin King (wife Jamie) of Reno, Nev.; Haylee Fox (husband Tom) of Santa Cruz, Calif.; great grandchildren Kai Schmid, Frankie Rae King, Rocco King and her newest great granddaughter Remington Fox. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her sister Eva Perez in 1998.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made on behalf of Norma Wilson to:
Tahoe Forest Hospice. PO Box 759, Truckee, CA, 96160.


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iPhone 4 Otterbox Defender Extreme Displeasure versus iPhone 3G
I have used the Otterbox Defender case for iPhone 3G for the past two and a half years. I love it and heartily recommend it to folks who need a very protective case. There might be a more protective case for the iPhone 3G, but I don't need it. Whenever I open up the case and take out the phone (once every couple months) it's as clean as can be expected. The phone has withstood being left outside overnight in the rain (twice, face down), dropped in the toilet (don't ask), and of course countless drops from a variety of heights. When it regularly hits the ground, I never, ever think twice about it. The phone goes with me in my rock climbing bag and is used at the crag which is a dirty, rocky, unforgiving place as well as my mountain biking bag which is less dirty but more prone to hitting the ground (or a tree). I'm adept at using my tongue on the touch screen since as you probably know, iPhones screens don't respond to gloved fingers. But they don't work too well with a lot of moisture on the screen so I try not to slobber too much.
The most important feature of the Otterbox Defender for iPhone 3G case (for me) is the dust and dirt protection. When I'm not sitting at the computer, I'm typically doing dirty things – remodeling my 105 year old house, gardening, woodworking projects, the aforementioned climbing and biking, generally being outside. The phone is usually in my pocket which almost always has a layer of dirt in the bottom of the pocket. This month, I handed-down the iPhone and case to my almost seven year old daughter and she promises to keep up the abuse of the case and phone. She has been abusing it alongside me ever since I bought it so knows what the case is capable of protecting against (basically everything).
I loved the old Otterbox Defender case so much that I've actually purchased three of them over the years. I'm so hard on cases that I wear them out. But I've been happy to pay for a new Otterbox case about every year.
All this Otterbox love changed for the worse (worst?) when I got my new iPhone 4 (Verizon) and bought the new Otterbox Defender for Verizon iPhone 4 case for it during checkout from the Verizon store online. I was so convinced of the miraculous powers of the Otterbox case that I bought it sight-unseen without reading any reviews. I should have. In short, it sucks.
The rubber outer is not tight, even out of the box. Pulling the phone out of my pocket requires me to reseat the rubber every time. The tabs that cover the power port, mute switch and headphone jack do not seal well and come open at every opportunity, as if they were spring-mounted. Mysteriously, Otterbox chose to leave some actual holes in the case so dirt slips right in. In the Otterbox Defender for iPhone 3G case, the top/face and bottom speaker and microphone ports were covered with cloth-like material so dust couldn't get in but sound still permeates. Now they're right open to the air and thus the dirt, along with the top "ambient noise microphone". On my iPhone 4, the little silver speaker and microphone grills on the bottom are chock full of dust. The same deficiencies exist with the front and back cameras and proximity sensor. There is exactly zero protection over them.
To be fair, the camera on the old Otterbox Defender for iPhone 3G case made crappy pictures with a plastic-y haze to them because, well, it was covered by hazy plastic. But that's a price I was happy to pay. And the hard plastic guard around the proximity sensor collected dirt so my iPhone 3G generally didn't do automatic brightness adjustment.
The new case is so different than the old one that I don't feel they're comparable. Today I opened up the case to investigate the results of a roll-around in the dirt that occurred while re-plumbing a friend's house on Sunday. The phone is more covered in dirt and the ports more full of crap than in the two and a half years I had the old case. (We were in the crawlspace when I heard my phone ringing. I couldn't find it in my pockets so assumed it was directly above us in the bathroom, but my friend found it completely buried in fluffy dirt. It was an "oops" moment, but not uncommon for me.)
There are a ton of isolated Otterbox Defender reviews for each version of the iPhone along with comparisons of similar cases but there aren't enough Otterbox fans complaining loudly enough about the massive downgrade from the Defender case for 3G to 4. If you like the Otterbox Defender case for iPhone 3G, do yourself a favor and do not buy the same case for iPhone 4. If you want an iPhone 4 case as truly protective as the 3G case, you need something better. (Griffin Survivor? LifeProof?) If you felt like the Defender for 3G was a little too much protection, then get something slimmer and cheaper.
I wish it weren't true, but the Defender for iPhone 4 fits no category of case protection and should fully satisfy no one.


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One week after Penn State's football team suffered negative publicity with a Sports Illustrated story about changes to its medical care program, the program can expect some good press this week.
HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" is featuring coach Bill O'Brien, specifically his relationship with his 10-year old son, Jack, who suffers from the brain disorder lissencephaly. The piece airs as part of the show at 10 tonight, with repeats later in the week.
The segment, reported on by Andrea Kremer, interviews O'Brien and his wife, Colleen, along with former quarterback Matt McGloin and athletic director Dave Joyner.
A rough advance copy sent to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette runs through the timeline of Joyner taking over as athletic director as the Jerry Sandusky scandal dawned through hiring O'Brien, the NCAA sanctions, and an 0-2 start last fall.
Joyner, who hired O'Brien from the New England Patriots, said Patriots coach Bill Belichick told him O'Brien was not only one of the best coaches around, but one of the best human beings.
"[Belichick]?said he's devoted to family, but never misses trick at work," said Joyner. "A rare human being."
While the 0-2 start was difficult on O'Brien at work, he also dealt with Jack suffering 10 seizures a day at home, any of which the family has feared could be fatal. O'Brien said thinking about his son, who was not expected to live past 3 after being diagnosed at 1, helps calm him down.
"When I think about Jack, I always think about his smile, his face. I think about when you wake him up in the morning, it's like the greatest thing in the world," said O'Brien.
O'Brien is also candid about some of the lows at Penn State, such as when the NCAA sanctions hit last summer with a four-year bowl ban and scholarship reductions on top of a $60 million fine.
"When the penalties were announced, I was thinking 'What did I get myself into here," said O'Brien, who admitted wondering how he'd field a team in 2012 if too many players transferred in their wake.
The O'Briens have an 8-year old son, Michael, who does not have this genetic disorder.
"I'll never forget having Michael as long as we live. The tears down our parents' faces as we had a healthy baby boy," O'Brien said.


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Oct 182011
I've finally terminated my upgrade to Xubuntu 11.10, with the usual small problems, nothing really too bad.
But now, when i boot I don't see anymore the "Windows" entry in the boot menu made with grub2, I've installed os-prober that should help in will find additional entries on the hard disks and add them to the menu, but this don't solved too my problem.
As alternative you could have your windows Entry in place, but when selecting it, you get an error like:
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- chainloader: no such command.
- no such partition
So this is a small guide to restore your Windows entry in your Grub2 system.


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Happy Birthday Dylan......love looking at his pic on my calender
Happy Birthday Dylan......love looking at his pic on my calender
Proud Mummy to Kaley, 9 year old Tricolour
Sonny ,Blen ( at the Bridge)
Happy Birthday Dylan!!
Cavalier: Riley- born 9. April. 2010 (B & T)
Spaniel Mix: Sophie- Gotcha Day 7. Dec. 2010
A very happy birthday!!!
Chiara from Italy
& Nickey tri /M 23/05/2008
Morgana boxer/F 19/05/1993 26/11/2007, forever in our hearts
Happy birthday to a very handsome boy....he is gorgeous
Tania and The Three Cavaliers!
Dotty!- A Sweet Little Tri
Molly - Pretty Tri Dougall - Gorgeous Blenheim
Happy Birthday, Dylan!!! Hope you have a wonderful day
Dear Dylan! What a beautiful boy. Hope you have a great day!
Happy b-day Dylan! Grab lots of treats!
Cavaliers: Jaspar Tansy : Mindy Connie Roxy Neasa
In memory: Lucy Leo Lily Libby
Happy 4th Birthday Dylan
You are a very beautiful boy and quite possibly the have the whitest white bits I have ever seen on a cavalier. I wish you a splendid day and many many more years of good health and love. I love seeing your pic on my calendar every morning
Once owned by Rudeepoohs
then rescued by CaraMia and Minnie Moo.
Missing all my girls every day....
Leo says have a great day Big Bruv
Mumma to Leonardo (Leo to his friends)
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The ability to have sex, while performing other activities simultaneously.
Todd: Hey, did you hear? Tim was doing his homework, while banging Samantha.
Tom: Wow bro, Tim must be ambidickstrous.
Tom: Wow bro, Tim must be ambidickstrous.
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When a person masturbates with their non-dominant hand
Man 1: Eww! don't touch me! I don't know where that hand has been!
Man 2: Don't worry, I'm ambidickstrous.
Man 2: Don't worry, I'm ambidickstrous.
cambronshinn tərəfindən 11 Fevral 2011
The ability for a man to masturbate with either his left hand or his right hand
Girl: So, do you beat your dick with your left hand or your right hand, jw.
Guy: I'm ambidickstrous, I alternate.
Guy: I'm ambidickstrous, I alternate.
jungle's nuts tərəfindən 10 Yanvar 2010
Able to use both hands equally well when performing masturbation.
One who is ambidickstrous is able to Choke the chicken with the right hand while in the shower or spank the monkey with left the hand while on the computer, thus freeing your right hand to use the mouse. Plus it's like knowing two ladies.
CurrentSea tərəfindən 03 İyul 2010
The ability for a man to have his penis hang indiscriminately to the left or right.
"Which way does it hang?"
"Either way, I'm ambidickstrous"
"Either way, I'm ambidickstrous"
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When a man has the ability to masturbate with either hand.
My right arm is in a cast but it's okay I'm ambidickstrous.
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When a person is a top and a bottom
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For lovers of Historic Hotels
Voted Historic Hotel of Switzerland in 2008. Opened in 1900 as a luxury sanatorium, the architecture has been preserved in its original form. The Schatzalp unlocks magnificent nature and cultural experiences, with the kitchen and the cellar offering up sensual treats. For ten years, Kaiser Wilhelm II leased three rooms that have been preserved in the Art Nouveau / Belle Époque style, and Thomas Mann mentioned the hotel in his novel "Zauberberg".
Certified by ICOMOS
Located 300m above Davos, the Schatzalp is a place for anybody who needs peace and quiet, who values nature or who wants to experience history. This historic hotel and its Alpine surroundings shape each other. The original funicular railway, built at the same time as the hotel, is still used to bring guests to the hotel. The Schatzalp Hotel was conceived as a luxury sanatorium and built by the architect's firm Pfleghard & Haefeli. It opened in 1900 as a prime location for an international circle of tuberculosis patients who could afford the rather exclusive care. The core principle of therapy in those days was optimal exposure to sunlight, which is why the hotel faces south. Its more than 100 meter long façade resembles a line of terraces, sheltered from the wind: Here, on the legendary yellow Davos deck chairs, the patients rested wrapped in blankets for days on end, basking in the sun and the fresh mountain air. Progress in medicine led to the sanatorium being closed in the 1950's. But as early as 1954 the Schatzalp was reopened as a hotel with 92 rooms, after careful restoration. Much of the original building has remained, including the original 1900 lift facility. The interior captivates the eye with its spacious Art Nouveau common rooms and the many original fittings in the partially restored historic bathrooms. Other quality additions – such as some of the period furniture – date back to the hotel's 1954 transformation.
For lovers of Typically Swiss HotelsSituated on a unique sun terrace, 300 metres above Davos and in a car-free environment, the Schatzalp is the ideal place for tranquility and relaxation with breathtaking views across the Davos mountainscape.
The "historic hotel of 2008" is the ideal starting point for wonderful walks and ski tours, for visiting the Alpinum Schatzalp (botanical garden with over 3500 different plant species from every mountain range in the world), two toboggan runs, winter walks and a summer toboggan run.
Hotel details
- - Radio in all rooms
- - Telephone in all rooms
- - Room with bathroom
- - Sauna
- - Child day care facilities
- - Especially quiet rooms
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Central location
- - Especially quiet location
- - Garden/parking facilities
- - Historical building
- - Lift
- - Public restaurant
- - Open deck/garden restaurant
- - Vegetarian restaurant
- - Grill restaurant
- - Snack restaurant
- - Restaurant with view
- - Light foods/diet
- - Bar
- - Separate garage belonging to hotel
- - Separate parking spots belonging to establishment
- - Pets allowed
- - conferences/seminars
- - Meeting room
- - Hikers
- - Game room
- - Playground for children
- - Wi-Fi available (free)
- - Internet access available in rooms (free)
In only 4 minutes is the Schatzalp, situated 300 metres above Davos, reachable with the Schatzalp funicular. The station is located in the centre of Davos Platz, between the Credit Suisse and the hotel Europe.
Very good romantic hotel. Big, well-maintained rooms. Friendly atmosphere.


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Mary Steudle
Board Director
During her 15 year volunteer tenure with SCE FCU, Mary, currently the Board Chair, has served as the Board Financial Officer, on the Supervisory Committee for three years, and in a number of other capacities including Chair of the Executive Compensation Committee, member of the Nominating Committee, and Chair of the former EDCO, a previous SCE FCU service organization.
With 30 years of business experience at Southern California Edison, Mary has long been a passionate supporter of the credit union industry. She currently serves as Vice President of Human Resources at Firefighters First Credit Union, where she has been since August of 2013. Mary has led many organizations in her career, including the areas of talent acquisition, payroll operations, and reconciliation & controls. Participating in major corporate-wide system implementations, acquisitions, and company launches, Mary has developed a strong big picture view enabling her to develop a solid strategy to achieve the envisioned outcome. She is currently responsible for all aspects of human resources, focusing strongly on program and policy development, compliance, and employee engagement.
Mary earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, emphasis in Public Law, graduating cum laude from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). She has completed significant additional course work in Women's Studies and Black Studies at CSULB. She has also completed several modules of the Volunteer Achievement Program through the Credit Union National Association.
Mary is a committed, passionate volunteer for various community organizations focused on quality of life and contributes significant energy toward animal welfare.


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On February 21, John W. Killip, D.D.S., patient and Kansas City Multiple Myeloma support group member, and Associate Dean for Student Programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Dentistry, testified before the House Health Insurance Committee in support of HB 1158, the oral chemotherapy access bill.
"The Committee was hearing statements for and against HB 1158," said John. "I spoke on behalf of all cancer patients in Missouri with an emphasis on myeloma patients and the International Myeloma Foundation. There were multiple patients and representatives from patient advocacy organizations who spoke in support of the bill. And, there were professional lobbyists from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, United Health Care, and Coventry who spoke against the bill."
John shared his personal journey with myeloma to the committee and explained the available treatment options to patients and the importance of accessing all options equitably.
"Over the course of our lifetimes myeloma patients can anticipate that it will be necessary for our doctors to use all of the available forms of treatment to prolong our survival rate. There are currently many additional chemotherapeutic agents (both IV and oral) in the developmental pipeline. As treatment choices broaden in the future, limitations placed by insurance carriers may limit certain patient options. It is imperative that the doctor's prescribed form of treatment be available to patients and that their treatment decisions not be determined by limitations put in place by the insurance carrier," John ascertained.
John was diagnosed with myeloma in the fall of 2007 and received an autologous stem cell transplant in March 2008. With the support of oral maintenance therapies he remains in a state of very near remission. He explained that because of the effectiveness of stem cell transplants and oral anti-cancer medications, he and other patients have been able to continue working during and after treatment. This has helped employers to avoid the costly issues of missed days at work, short long-term disability, care giver absenteeism and replacement worker costs.
We asked John to describe his experience before the House Health Insurance Committee in his own words…
The opportunity to speak publically on behalf of all cancer patients in Missouri and especially the Multiple Myeloma patients and the IMF was exhilarating. It was also an incredible opportunity to further develop my advocacy speaking skills. I came away from the hearing filled with an increased commitment to advocate for Myeloma patients' rights and support. I look forward to serving and speaking on behalf of the IMF in additional venues in the future.
THANK YOU to John for his and congratulations for being the Advocate of the Month for March!


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The 5 Most Likely Ways Humans Will Become Obsolete
Compared to the technological progress of, say, the dinosaurs during their tens of millions of years on Earth, were the equivalent of a guy who shows up at a party already hammered, shoots a liter of heroin and asks if they have any medical-grade adrenaline kicking around in the back. Clearly, were a little impatient when it comes to getting our next hit of sweet, sweet progress.
The problem is, our toys dont always come with instructions, or even those recommended for species aged 1-100 million years stickers. And on occasion we end up with shit that, quite frankly, maybe we shouldnt have access to. The atomic bomb, high fructose corn syrup, Star Wars III, what have you.
And according to a growing number of science fiction authors and, more importantly, a few actual scientists, that bad habit may catch up with us, and soon. That moment--when technology renders humans obsolete--even has a name.
Its called the Technological Singularity, and its basically the point at which our toys start to consider us toys, and life as we know it starts losing its shit. Here are a few of the ways it could feasibly shake out.
#5. Robots Rise Up, Blah Blah, Etc.The Gist:
This is your most basic version of the Technological Singularity, the one popularized by countless movies and feared ever since Pinocchio became self-aware and murdered his father (I didnt watch much Disney as a kid).
The basic idea goes like this: One day in the future, a team of scientists working at a robot factory (lets say Japanese scientists, because, hey, who are we kidding?) finally invent a robot thats smarter than a human being, if only by an infinitesimal amount. Itll still probably be a robot dog, but thats fine; the point is, its the robot weve all been imagining all these years.
Then lets say--since Japanese scientists are so notoriously lazy--they take the rest of the day off and have the newborn Mr. Roboto design more robots instead of doing it themselves. Makes sense after all: why do a job the hard way when theres a tool that can do it faster and better than you? Its kind of the basis of all human civilization, and, some would argue, our current unemployment rate, but shut the fuck up because robots are cool.
So while Mrs. Yakahara and the Morimoto twins are guzzling sake at the commissary, Mr. Roboto dutifully uses his superhuman brain to design the best robot he can, a robot that, as youd expect--because hes smarter than the people who designed him--is even smarter than he is. This continues for a couple hours, at which point Mr. Robotos great-great-grand-robo-children are so smart, they decide the best way to deal with the human problem is to send an android back in time to murder Sarah Connor.
Voila! Humans are obsolete.
Why Its Plausible:
The big question here is whether you believe its theoretically possible for humans to create a robot as sophisticated as a human. If youre a person of faith, youve got the whole immaterial soul thing to throw a monkey wrench into the works, at least until we manage to replicate the human soul using a powerful lens, some magnets and the tears of an orphan.
Even if youre not religious, creating a robot that functions on the same level as a human being seems like a tall order, but think about it this way: the guy who built Deep Blue could probably shit a diamond more easily than beat it at a game of chess. And Im guessing the guy who invented the hydraulic press couldnt crush a car, either. And just try to recreate two midgets having sex with a horse more realistically than your computer monitor. Not gonna happen.
The fact is, weve made plenty of technologies that are more capable and efficient than we are at particular tasks. And the rate at which our technology has improved is only increasing. Is it too much to believe that at some point in the future we will build a machine that can problem solve and predict better than we can? That can actually think?
And is it too much to believe that that machine will then immediately wage war on us with laser cannons? I submit that it is not.Upside:
OK, so theres no particular reason our robot superiors should instantly want to kill or enslave us, other than that it makes for a much more entertaining movie than Bicentennial Man.
Assuming we could retain control of our robots as they got ever smarter and more powerful--say, with some Asimov-style laws hard-wired in--theres a chance wed actually come out of this with a willing race of slaves who know everything and can do anything. Not the worst deal ever.
Of course, thats quite an assumption. As machines design smarter and smarter versions of themselves, there will come a point when your robot butler is smarter and more sophisticated than your puny human mind can even comprehend.
And with all that brainpower, there seems to be a pretty decent chance hell figure out a way to circumvent the feeble safety seals the manufacturer slapped on at the factory. Then youve got omnipotent rogue robots on your hands, and ones so smart they probably view humans the way we view ants. Namely, good for observational study and fun to set on fire.
But the real negative here is how inevitable it all seems. If you grant that it's even theoretically possible to make an android of greater than human intelligence, then it seems pretty damn likely that it's going to happen at some point. And that's scary.
Yes, you could pass laws against developing intelligent machines, but has the law ever prevented humanity from diddling with a dangerous new technology? Maybe for a little while, but if you dont think anyone's ever going to try to clone a human, you clearly haven't met my friend "Michael Swaim Backup Alpha."
And what if China develops a super-intelligent robot before we do? National security DEMANDS an American robo-man!
Human nature being what it is (greedy and paranoid), it seems pretty clear that if it's possible for us to make a robot as smart as a human, well do it, if only to marvel at our own ingenuity before our windpipes are crushed beneath the treaded boots of our metal masters.
#4. Teh Intr4net Pwns UThe Gist:One of the main problems with the robot theory is how freaking amazing the human brain is, and therefore how hard it is to believe it could actually be replicated. Naturally, theres a lot of disagreement about the exact processing power and storage capacity of the brain. But a conservative estimate--made by a mathematician who thinks the Technological Singularity will happen as soon as 2030--puts it at around 100 times todays best supercomputers, despite the existence of Internet comments.
That means the guy across from you at the bus depot grunting in frustration as he rips up today's Junior Jumble is as smart as, say, 58 supercomputers. And with some of the new barriers microchip developers have been running up against, it could be quite a while before we can house that much smart in a single box. And even if we could, wed probably just use it to play Halo 19 or something.
Thats why some futurists--fancy word for guys who get stoned and write books using math to predict ridiculous things like those on this list--think a much more probable road to the Technological Singularity runs straight through Cracked.com. Or the Internet as a whole. Whatever.
The Internet, if reckoned as one big fatty computer, is the most powerful thinking machine on the planet. Think of it like a network of neurons firing across an Earth-sized cerebrum. The problem is, its the cerebrum of a kid with ADHD who spends most of his time thinking about pornography or celebrity gossip and routinely shuts down sections of his mind for maintenance.
But imagine all that processing power working towards the same goals, or conducted as a single entity. Although, assuming people wont stop masturbating long enough for that, you should actually imagine a LAN party of 150 supercomputers designed to work in perfect tandem.
Thats still a long way from a robot named Terry who will tell you stories and cure AIDS, but the raw materials, the tools, will finally exist. Then it just takes time, dedication and a willingness to work on AI algorithms between bouts of running the coolest Crysis physics demos ever.
Why Its Plausible:
Well, the Internet existing is a pretty good indicator. And the "Internet gains self-awareness" scenario just seems to grow more smoothly out of our present conditions than a walkin talkin robot. Although perhaps the theory would seem more ludicrous if it had been featured in movies more often. Basically youve just got War Games and that 70s movie, The Colossus.
And while Im not saying I necessarily endorse this theory, I do have to admit it feels a lot more plausible ever since Google came into existence. Every time I load up Firefox, part of me expects my homepage to be a white screen with multicolored letters reading OBEY_OR
An animate Internet, being essentially a bunch of boxes of electronics, wouldnt necessarily be able to pull off any of the more physically threatening maneuvers inherent to an evil robot. Like, say moving or seeing. So in that sense, it might be a safer bet for humanity.
However, it would be able to pull off more abstract maneuvers like zeroing the world's bank accounts or firing the rockets. And as a conscious entity that lives entirely in a black void of pure thought, its even less likely than a robot to have any sense of kinship with the strange, slimy creatures that scream when I bomb them.
#3. What Is This AFK You Speak Of?The Gist:
OK, lets tighten the plausibility belt another notch. Lets say that, for whatever reason, we just dont believe in The Matrix or Demolition Man or anything cool like that; theyre just too badass to actually happen.
Thats not going to stop technology from rapidly and drastically changing the way we live over the next century. Dont believe me? Imagine explaining Twitter, your GPS, pregnant fathers, text messaging and the iPhone to someone from the 1950s. Their Leave it to Beaver-watching head would explode. And yet, legend has it there are some people from the 50s who are STILL ALIVE.
The point being, technology moves fast, and as long as it continues to enchant us or make our lives somehow more enjoyable, were going to go along for the ride. Ive got Wikipedia, the Library of Congress page and the World Library page open in different tabs right now; its like Im Blaster and my computer is Master.
And as technology continues to improve--even if it CANT replicate consciousness or self-awareness--there will come a point when you and your various technological enhancements are synonymous. When you can get Internet access literally everywhere, your virtual identity becomes just as important as your real one.
More important in fact, because your virtual identity combines your consciousness with the stored knowledge of every computer on Earth.
Suddenly, being offline almost feels like being dumb. Youre cut off from a part of your brain that youve utilized from birth. Better still, a part of the brain where your name gets to be Kairhein_Von_Terrible26.
Soon enough you and your computer are basically one guy, and that guy has all the capabilities of a being of superhuman intelligence.
Mathematically speaking, You + Your Computer = An Android.
Why Its Plausible:
Because it presupposes nothing other than the steady, gradual advancement of technology that weve observed since that one ape killed the other ape with the bone that turned into a space station.
Theres no question that people now spend a larger part of their days interacting with a computer, or with one another via a computer, than they did 10 years ago. Or two years ago. If we keep inventing new social networking platforms at this rate, we could be android-equivalent virtual beings sometime later this month.
So far, this is the first scenario that doesnt involve us either becoming extinct or slaves. But wait, it gets even better.
If it turns out computers are literally incapable of developing human-like consciousness (or at least, WERE not capable of building one that has it), then in some sense were off the hook. We remain our own masters, and keep on reaping those technological benefits.
And even further in the future, as user interfaces get more and more complex, the world could start looking an awful lot like Johnny Mnemonic, except, you know way better. Still though, laser whips FTW.
Sadly, the world is not so simple that not having robots murder us all is our only long-term concern. A full-on cyberpunk culture has huge potential for drastically altering life as we know it, even if we do stay in the driver's seat.
For example, as video game technology improves--or even reaches the level of virtual reality--we must ask ourselves: what are the long term psychological effects of regularly playing video games where you shoot people in the face and it feels exactly like really doing it. Do you really want to hang out with the guy who has the number one spot on the Blood 2: Rusty Saws Edition virtual reality leaderboard?
And what about the "have nots," who can't afford to jack into the CyberNetSpaceZone (or whatever we call it)? Allowing such a radical disconnect between the way the wealthy live and the way the poor live is just begging for a violent class war, and unlike the poor, the rich will be fat and pasty from a life spent at the computer.
And of course, none of this takes into account the devastating droughts, famines and urban squalor that would result from giving the mass of humanity easy access to a perfect, wish-granting virtual world. Whos going to wash the dishes when they could be eating a five-star meal with Oscar Wilde on the surface of the sun?
My guess is people would spend the entirety of their lives either logged on, eating sustenance pellets or rubbing against their CPUs in the hopes of somehow melding with them and becoming fucking cyborgs.
#2. We Become Fucking CyborgsThe Gist:
And why not? If were going to be defining our identities by our technology, whats the harm in getting some of it sewn into our skin, or wired into our eyes, or burning the contents of our brains onto a 9,000-layer DVD and making several hundred backup copies?
In the cyborg future, surgery and computing have finally come together, and thankfully not in a really gross way. Amputees have the robot power legs they've always wanted, but never use them because, like everyone else, theyre too busy communicating with the human group mind, or metacore.
This is basically the future science fiction writers imagined before they got all depressed in the late 40s and started writing exclusively about the A-bomb. This is mankind as a transcendent being, our tool-using potential pushed to the maximum and reincorporated into the organism.
Instead of breathing life into machines, we ate their delicious electric hearts, thereby gaining their power like a robotic version of the bad guy from Temple of Doom.
And sure, youd basically be a talking Leatherman multitool. But multitools are awesome, right?
Why Its Plausible:Theres no question that extreme elective surgery is more a part of life now than ever. I mean, just look at Michael Jackson or that cat lady. Or for that matter, the guy who's been breaking world running records because he has wait for it robot legs. True, theyre basically just metal strips, but the bottom line is they work a heck of a lot better than your stupid legs.
So see? Technically, weve already got a cyborg. Embed his cell phone in his forearm and give him a laser eye, and were halfway there.
The only question left is whether humans, as a species, will ever actually want technology to become such an intrinsic part of their lives that its grafted onto their bodies. And as someone whose favorite Star Wars character is Boba Fett, I can tell you with confidence that yes, yes I do.
Aside from the normal hiccups that come with any major technological revolution, there arent many downsides. As long as you dont morally object to melding your identity with that of a computer, youre golden. And even if you do, well, youll probably change your tune as soon as your friends start laughing at in-jokes they transmit to one another via in-retina status updates.
Downside:I guess, technically, we wouldn't become omnipotently powerful quite as fast as we could with an android intelligence thrown in here or there. And knowing how impatient humans are, that thought is probably enough to keep robotics and AI research going no matter how good our regular computers get, or how many we fasten to our bodies. Which takes us right back to the lazy Japanese Scientists, Mr. Roboto and the inevitability of a vast robot uprising.
Although at least in this scenario we get to fight back as cyborgs which, frankly, is the coolest possible outcome described in this article.
#1. The Real Life ScenarioThe Gist:
As youd expect, each of the outlandish predictions Ive described have their fair share of scientific detractors.
Im not saying I dont believe any of them could possibly happen (after all, I'm the blogger who declared it impossible to get Diet Dr. Pepper to taste more like regular Dr. Pepper), but they do take a certain leap of faith. Especially when all of the statistical evidence supporting them has been countered by cynics with arguments like static analysis errors and logarithmic scaling and I'm a bitter cynic who doesn't want anyone to find joy.
So what if the people with sand in their vagina are right? What if their sandy vaginas house a delicate pearl of wisdom?
If it really is impossible for our technology to mimic the human mind; if, as many argue, we are in fact reaching the end of a period of rapid technological development, what will happen to us?
Basically, we'll all die.
If you want to get less basic, experts have put forward a number of varied theories. Some predict food shortages leading to a collapse of civilization, while others go so far as to predict joblessness leading to a collapse of civilization. And of course there are the extremists, who predict a crippling economic downturn as a result of the dead-end technology market, leading to a collapse of civilization.
We don't have claws, or tails, or super hearing; we put all our points into INT. Being smart and building things is basically our only trick. Take it away from us, and some shit is going to go down.
Why Its Plausible:
Because the engine driving our advancement is and has always been increasingly sophisticated tool use. From the lever to the plow to the printing press to the Krispy Kreme doughnut, a constant increase in the effectiveness of our tools is the only thing thats allowed us to keep our economy going and provide for the livelihoods and survival of all--or at least a majority--of the worlds citizens.
Maybe it wont be as doom and gloom as futurists tend to predict. Maybe well start finding ways to advance in other important areas instead, like learning to not be such assholes to each other all the time.
But theres no question that if our population continues to grow, and advancements in technology fail to keep up with our needs, well be looking at things like widespread terrorism, piracy, human rights violations, destabilized governments and global environmental crises.
Actually, in hindsight, I guess this entry is more a prediction of the present than the future.
Were already kind of used to it?
For starters, it seems to be the most likely scenario. The more we learn about the human brain, the more we realize how little we know about how it actually works. Technological advances that took months a decade ago--like doubling the processing power of a computer--now take much longer, as the level of specialized knowledge required, people involved and chances of something going wrong all increase.
Even if we do reach that gleaming robo-utopia or cyberpunk VR haven or cyborg nation weve been dreaming of, theres a good chance its going to take a lot longer than predicted, and well get there limping, with a lot of stops and starts along the way. Which all adds up to the ultimate downer of the real world scenario: personal responsibility.
If youre like me, youd love nothing more than a radical perceptual shift in life as we know it to come along and transcend you to a plane of pure light and thought, where all human minds are as one and paternity tests always come back negative.
But until that glorious, improbable (but theoretically possible) day, it looks like we may have to busy ourselves worrying about mundane stuff like the development of true human nobility and feeding and educating the world before the ice caps melt or we all starve.
And even worse, weve got to do it with nothing but the tools currently available to us and whatever else we can come up with along the way. Not nearly as cool as hurling rockets into space or having VR sex with Sandra Bullock, but there you go.
My advice: Anything is possible, and most of the more likely possibilities suck balls, so in the meantime lets all make the best of a bad situation, shall we?
At least until the Large Hadron Collider blows a hole into another dimension and we can steal their technology.
If you actually read this far, you should know that Michael is also the head writer for and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!, and you can follow him on Twitter @SWAIM_CORP!