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2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal

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Jothy & Carole’s 2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal Every year we take on 2 or 3 significant athletic challenges to raise money and give back. We need your help to reach our fundraising goals. To date, since 1998, we have raised and given to these causes over $100,000 thanks to so many generous donors. Thanks for all [...]

Latest talk abstract

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This talk will weave together the war stories of an incorrigible entrepreneur, how cloud computing will transform the way we get our computing done more dramatically than any other time since computers starting being used by corporations, and how extreme life challenges can lead to extreme responses that help prepare a person for the rough [...]

2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. rowing championships

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I entered the 2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. (stands for Charles River Association of Sculling Has Beens) indoor rowing championships this year. Something like 2000 rowers from all over the world converge on the Agannis Arena at Boston University for this event. In the main competition area, the Concept2 rowing machine manufacturer set up 80 Erg machines connected [...]

This year’s athletic events

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I have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list: date location event what it is fundraiser 2/20 Boston, MA C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor rowing championships not a fundraiser 4/16-17 D.C. to Gettysburg FOA ride World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military—disabled, veterans and active duty—in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA Resources and support to injured service members, [...]

Interview with ESPN

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(video) My interview by ESPN’s Scott Pentoney. Discussed Jim Valvano, Lance Armstrong, sports, disabilities, self-confidence and many other topics.

Anthony, Zach, Derek, Dan & Ted’s Ride

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Ted Berg and his friends Anthony, Zach, Derek and Dan are off on an incredible adventure riding for 3 months across the southern tip of south america. Ted is a great guy, a former Americorps volunteer and now a highly valued employee at Healthcare for the Homeless Program (where my wife Carole is director of [...]

Joining the Board of PiersPark Sailing Center

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I am thrilled and honored to be the newest member of the board of directors of PiersPark Sailing Center. Here is a brief overview of what PiersPark is all about from their Web site (http://piersparksailing.org): Our Mission Piers Park Sailing Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community sailing center on the East Boston waterfront in Boston’s Inner Harbor. [...]

Guest post: Art Boulet

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This is a guest post written by Art Boulet. Art is married to my niece Liz Hohl Boulet. Art is a grad student at Princeton Seminary and is the coordinator of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project, which works on translating and publishing all of the dead sea scrolls. He is (now!) an avid runner and [...]

Tiffany Taylor’s Amazon Review

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Tiffany Janes Taylor was doing some research and came across my book. After she read it she reached out to me and posted a wonderful review of it on Amazon. Here is what she said: I stumbled on Jothy Rosenberg’s book, Who Says I Can’t, while doing my own research on Osteosarcoma. I am an 11 [...]

Gunnelling Across Temagami

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How to Gunnel a Canoe Gunnelling a canoe is a challenging fun summer water-based activity but it stems from a very practical war-time practice of native americans who traveled a lot by canoe. The idea is for one person to drive a canoe without using paddles and therefore their hands. This of course allows the native [...]

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