Lifeboat Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, federal EIN #80-0034805.
All membership fees and other gifts are tax deductible to the fullest
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 "The generations of humanity do not get to choose the troubles and dangers that assail them; their only choice is whether and how to meet those dangers. Technological progress is reaching a critical point, smashing through the conventional boundaries between what humans were or were not capable of, thrusting into our trembling hands the radically enhanced power to both destroy ourselves and to remake our world and very beings.
This situation cannot continue for any great length of time, and if we cannot seize hold of this power to create a safer and more positive world then we seemed destined to permanent disability or death. No generation before us has shouldered such responsibility, and if we act with wisdom and foresight it may be that no future generation will have to. If so we are the most critical generation that ever has been or will be, uniquely positioned to determine the fate of life in our corner of the universe for potentially millions of years, and we must act accordingly."
Frank C. Adamek - $200 (Active Executive membership) joined 07/04/09.
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Ronald Amos - $90 joined 08/30/08.
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C M Anderson - $800 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/29/07.
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 "If humanity goes extinct, not only will the possibilities of extreme life extension, sophisticated nanotechnology, intelligence enhancement, and space expansion never bear fruit, but everyone we know will be dead, never to come back. Because we have so much to lose, mitigative strategies are worth investing in even if our estimated probability of disaster is extremely low. The Lifeboat Foundation is leading the pack in this area."
Michael Anissimov - $3,655 + $100 to A-PRIZE for $3,755 total ($21,345 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 11/01/06.
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 "If a ten-year-old can donate, then what is the excuse of you adults?"
Alexis Armstrong - $1.03 joined 09/12/08.
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 "Attention, please! We have to work together to save our planet.
Learn to be a minimalist. Be efficient in all you do. Drive a small or hybrid car. Live in a cozy house (under 1,400 square feet). Have only one or two children or adopt a child who's in need of a loving family.
If everyone in the United States lived by the simple ideas expressed here, we would not need to import foreign oil or lose our young people in needless wars.
Perhaps, if we're lucky, our precious, one-of-a-kind planet will begin to heal."
I seem to have become a prodigious writer of limericks. Here is one I thought the members of "Lifeboat" might appreciate:
The moon shines on every father, mother,
On everyone one time or another.
Whenever you look up there
Do you think of all who stare,
Ask, "Is every one of them my brother?"
Mary Armstrong, 3453 Cody Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035 - $15 joined 08/22/08.
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 "Donate or I'll bark at you!"
Mulege Armstrong - $1.02 joined 09/27/09.
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 "Either donate or fill up my food bowl. Thank you."
Roxy Armstrong - $1 joined 09/27/09.
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Paul M. Battista - $20 (Active Economy membership) joined 10/19/09.
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Eric Bauswell - $2,845 ($22,155 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 10/18/07.
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Donna Beck - $6 joined 06/14/07.
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Loren Bergeson - $1 joined 04/10/08.
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 "The volcanologist Bill McGuire once said: "As a race, we survive on planet Earth purely by geological consent."
The physicist Stephen Hawking once said: "It's space flight or extinction."
I believe the Lifeboat Foundation can make a real difference securing humanity's mid-term and long-term future.
It feels good to be part of this dynamic organization."
Matt Browne - $455 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/30/07.
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 "Human survival has always been in mortal danger. It is only our slow perception of time that has given us the illusion of stability. Whether we call it luck, or by design, we have gotten to a point where through technology we may escape the risk horizon on Earth. Now we have to believe this is possible, and that we will do it, because whatever stance we take collectively will be self-fulfilling."
Humberto Castaneda - $3,000 (Active Patron membership) joined 01/14/08.
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 "Professor Hollywood believes in the critical importance of this cause." (Click on his image to see the full picture of him on the Great Wall of China!)
Tom Castelloe - $25 joined 01/04/07.
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 "The human species is at risk until it has established self sufficient colonies in space. Current technology is more powerful than ever before, so the period from now until we are established in space will be the most risky of all time. There is a good chance that humans are the only intelligent life in this galaxy and therefore amazingly precious. We need to work to prevent the extinction of the human species during this risky period and to help it get into space faster."
Vincent A. Cate - $475 joined 06/16/07.
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 "The Lifeboat Foundation concept is wonderful. Getting the best minds on the planet mobilized for a common purpose — 'to prepare for the Singularity' — may make the difference between humanity's long-term success or failure. Best wishes for success."
Robert Citron - $1,200 (Active Executive membership) joined 02/18/07.
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John Claus - $350 joined 03/24/06.
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 "I am very interested in the kind of conversations — conversations about our future — that happen in this forum."
Brenda Cooper - $530 (Active Economy membership) joined 02/12/07.
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 "Lifeboat membership helps us learn about increasing productivity & longevity."
Edwin B. Cooper Jr. - $420 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/17/07.
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 "I am an adamant supporter of the Lifeboat Foundations goals for three major reasons, The Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and The Law of Accelerating Returns. The combination of these three principles illustrates something terribly jarring; that life throughout the universe almost always destroys itself through technology."
This is a picture of Michael working on more Ark I animations. (He also created our logo and the Earth at the top of each page!)
Michael Dickey - $3,745 ($21,255 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/03/06.
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Adam Dobrin - $825 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/06/06.
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Matt Duing - $225 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/01/08.
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Johan Edström - $22 joined 10/14/06.
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 "All the worldwide problems we want to solve, and feel we should have solved, are related to the fact that we've outgrown the ecological niche we presently occupy. I view them not as pathologies, but as natural indicators of our evolutionary stage. I would like to believe that they'll prove spurs to expansion. If they don't, we'll be one of evolution's failures."
Sylvia Engdahl - $360 joined 10/27/06.
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 "Unfortunately, I find myself pairing finite resources with unlimited advocacy. Wishing us much success..."
Michael Fleischmann - $2,250 (Active First Class membership) joined 07/05/07.
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Stephen Fountain - $10 joined 06/21/02.
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 "I am impressed by the roster of people you have brought on board — a great start! These respected leaders in their fields will not only contribute directly, but will also serve to convince others of the importance of preventing the extinction of the human race. (Isn't it strange that convincing is needed?)"
Joshua Fox - $130 joined 10/10/07.
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Paul Friedman - $30 joined 06/21/07.
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 "If humans went extinct, then who would I play with?"
Darla Fuhr - $5 joined 03/25/09.
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 "If humans went extinct, then who would worship me?"
Grover Fuhr - $10 joined 03/31/09.
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 Michael Haislip - $680 ($24,320 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/16/08.
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 "I'm proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation as a Lifeboat 500 member. The work that is being done by this organization is extremely important, and only by taking an active part in it will we be able to manage the journey sucessfully."
Chris K. Haley - $4,055 + $250 to A-PRIZE + $1,000 to AIShield Fund for $5,305 total ($20,945 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/05/08.
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 "By definition, existential threats deserve our careful attention. Sadly, they are largely ignored. The Lifeboat Foundation's efforts to correct that imbalance are greatly appreciated."
Martin Hellman - $250 joined 11/05/08.
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"So much agreement about the risks. For so many years. So little action (your considerable accomplishments excluded). Please continue promoting awareness."
Richard Hendrick - $720 (Active Executive membership) joined 05/19/06.
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 "As a graduate student at UC Berkeley, I taught a future studies course for two quarters in 1968-69 and have been involved in future studies ever since. In a state of accelerating change, we must look to the future to navigate the present."
Rodney C. Hill - $120 (Active Economy membership) joined 07/24/09.
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Benjamin R. Hoffman - $510 ($24,490 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/07/10.
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 "The goals of the Lifeboat Foundation are ones that nearly every forward thinking human can share. Especially for those of us involved in life extension and cryonics, a sustainable future is vital. I am proud to be involved with the Lifeboat Foundation Board, and to provide a contribution."
Rudi Hoffman - $75 joined 12/28/08.
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 "If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being destroyed by human consumers, while billions are starving. The future indeed looks grim, and there are, ultimately, no really long-range, positive solutions, nor motivation for making the sacrifices and doing the hard work needed now, unless we understand that we are evolving from an Earth-only toward an Earth-space or universal species."
Barbara Marx Hubbard - $275 joined 10/25/06.
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 "To survive, we understand the opposing forces that vie at the intersection of means and will. To advance, we pursue quests for truth. To progress, we choose in the equilibrium of this difficult and delicate calculus. Future reality can be shaped both by pursuit and prudence."
Rick Hubbard - $1,000 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/26/07.
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 "I hope that some of the more practical of the many ideas that sprout on Lifeboat will be put into practice, so that our overpopulated world, especially those regions where people are undernourished, deprived of education and opportunities (especially the women!) will change for the better and will flourish (and, perhaps, that megalomaniacs will become extinct)."
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 "Today it is outrageous that the term existential risk is not even in the vocabulary of most policymakers, not to mention the public at large. The next decade is absolutely critical — either we get these issues recognized globally, from the highest levels of intergovernmental meetings, down to the lowest common denominator of popular culture — or — we abandon all hope of steering our future as it overcomes us."
Joseph P. Jackson III - $430 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/18/07.
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 "It is gratifying to be part of and donating to Lifeboat Foundation as the extraordinary group of members of this foundation operate in an 'out of the box' approach in bringing an awareness of the implications of science and technology to our day-to-day lives. This collective effort will take all of us into the next domain of science in terms of realization of the power of nanotechnology in medicine, agriculture, and environment restoration."
Kattesh V. Katti - $150 joined 12/28/08.
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 "Lifeboat Foundation's goal to safeguard humanity is extremely valuable and worth our support."
Bruce J. Klein - $150 joined 12/08/07.
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 The Human-Space Connection® - Space is a continuation of the environment
- Space is an extension of the global economy
- Space is a place of abundant resources
Jeff Krukin - $25 joined 10/30/07.
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 "A self-replicating pathogen, whether biological or nanotechnology based, could destroy our civilization in a matter of days or weeks. We cannot rely on trial-and-error approaches to deal with existential risks and that is why I support the Lifeboat Foundation."
Ray Kurzweil - $10,381.60 joined 03/07/06.
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C.J. Lanhan - $1 joined 10/09/09.
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 "We will want to go beyond the bounds of earth anyway, we might as well start getting ready now. The preparations may prove useful in themselves long before we get off the ground."
Alan R. Light - $400 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/26/08.
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Marcel Lossi - $60 joined 06/01/08.
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"Dedicated to Alexis Armstrong and her comment on 9/12/08. But for your comment, I would not have donated. Hope to have the pleasure of a daughter like you one day. Hope the donation helps out!"
Robert T. Liimatainen - $101 joined 11/12/08.
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 "What do I want from the bottom of my heart? What dilemmas are likely to impinge upon us in the next 30 years? What joys can we look forward to?"
Donald Maclean - $6,170 ($18,830 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 04/16/08.
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 "I have little faith that the government will properly plan for the dangers of advanced technology. So I have decided to put my faith in Lifeboat Foundation instead."
Carl Martinez - $1,550 joined 06/22/06.
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Aaron Mayzes - $50 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/24/09.
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"Because somebody has to save the world."
Tom McCabe - $20 joined 08/31/07.
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 "We're really close to an extraordinary future and I don't want to leave things to chance. The Lifeboat Foundation is working toward that future and that is why I support them."
Ryan McCall - $25 joined 09/13/06.
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"The future is so damned interesting. Pity I'll miss the majority of it."
Glenn A. Miller - $220 (Active Economy membership) joined 04/29/07.
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 "Don't accept the limits others place upon you."
Peter Murray - $450 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/15/07.
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"I'm aware $10 USD isn't much, but I believe any amount of money is a help to your cause."
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 "I realize my contribution is not as much as you really need or would like to have, but at least I am demonstrating my vote of confidence in Lifeboat Foundation for this endeavor. I am glad you are planning our rescue. We have nothing to lose and the pessimists might be wrong about an inevitable extinction."
Nick Pavlica - $6,000 joined 01/19/03.
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 "Isn't my grandson cute!"
John J. Peters - $1,000 plus free room and board for 11 months for a volunteer. (Includes bedroom with two beds and a separate office with a fireplace and bathroom.) Joined 04/01/06.
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"The best minds of the world should be focusing on making sure humanity survives. This should be our number 1 priority! I hope we will make it through this extremely trying century. Best of luck!
Linus Petersson - $110 (Active Economy membership) joined 05/14/09.
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"Let's hope we can achieve sufficient AW (artificial wisdom or enhanced wisdom) in time to ensure the Singularity will be benign."
John N. Phillips (Jack) - $360 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/19/07.
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"While future technologies will likely provide great benefits for humanity, they also bring many global catastrophic risks. I hope the next Lifeboat Foundation conference will help raise awareness of such issues and help ensure a safer future."
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 Glenn Reynolds is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his blog Instapundit, one of the most widely read American political blogs - $100 joined 11/08/07.
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 "I'm about 80% thru Ray Kurweil's new book, and while reading the catalogue of N, G, and R risks this morning I sat up and thought: 's---, we really better hurry up and get life off of this planet, because it's hard to imagine we don't stumble into at least one of the planet-wide species level existential risks.'"
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 "We are a small startup in online vocabulary building. May god give us more money to donate to noble causes like this."
SAT Vocabulary Builder - $10 joined 08/26/09.
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 "Long-term I want to travel throughout the universe and so I want to make sure our planet is not destroyed by the powerful technologies that are coming before I have a chance to leave Earth. (After I leave Earth, then it is your problem!!!)"
Jerry Searcy - $5,040 (Including $5,000 for matching funds for our Lifeboat Podcast for iTunes grant and our University Outreach Program) joined 04/06/06.
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"Not much, but every little bit counts...."
Bo Shaffer - $100 joined 02/07/02.
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"To help enable the Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group meeting. Dear friends and colleagues: if like me, you haven't pitched in for awhile, this is an important project to support. Thank you for keeping Lifeboat Foundation afloat, so the hard working team at Lifeboat Foundation can continue to keep us ALL afloat!"
Michael Silverton - $500 joined 10/13/07.
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Kaj Sotala - $235 joined 01/06/07.
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 "All of humanity is in the same boat: Earth. And if that boat is threatened or starts to sink, we need to have a lifeboat. Plain and simple. To not plan is not a plan; it is a recipe for disaster. I'm proud to be a Lifeboat 500 member since it provides a priceless service to all of humanity."
Tyrone Steels II - $1,898 ($23,102 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/21/08.
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 "I am proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation in its efforts to help avoid or mitigate the most serious global dangers which are inherent to our era, still a rather primitive and uncertain period characterized by much human suffering, geopolitical struggles, medievally clueless societies and governments, rogue WMDs, and a state of "general lawlessness" — without proper if any surveillance of very bad apples, weak or no police force, or other forms of "adult supervision", in most quarters — coupled with the potentially highly destructive outcomes (via direct confrontation or escalation) of our typically reckless and shortsighted war games using advanced technologies. Certain uses of our advanced techs as weapons are premature and suicidal, and however we must learn to defend ourselves against both attacks and accidents surrounding ultrapowerful new technologies. For this reason, it pays to be first in getting the necessary knowhow and prepping our safeguards before we "hurt ourselves".
Despite our limitations and the worst aspects of our human nature, I am proud of all the good things that we have achieved as a species and, desperately wanting to see positive outcomes to our struggles, I think it is crucially important for as many of us as possible to focus on strategies and programs that aim to promote global balance and well-being for all sentient life, as well as programs which help us design safeguards in order to avoid the potentially globally-catastrophic scenarios that we are undoubtedly facing as our technological might skyrockets.
Only a handful of organizations are working on these types of major problems (please visit www.singinst.org, www.foresight.org, and www.crnano.org as well), and Lifeboat Foundation is the most comprehensive effort that I know of. Please consider joining our cause."
Sergio M.L. Tarrero - $22,695 + $3,400 to A-PRIZE + $2,000 to NanoShield Fund for $28,095 total ($20,790 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 10/10/06.
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 "We believe Lifeboat's work directly relates to Terasem's mission to establish diversity, unity, and joyful immortality via geoethical nanotechnology and personal cyberconsciousness."
Terasem Movement - $4,000 joined 06/05/08.
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 "Many walk the perilous path in which some claim that technology will solve our problems, and others say it will destroy us.
We each have the responsibility of working hard towards a positive future. You can make a difference. Your potential is without limit.
Thoughtware.TV is proud to sponsor the Lifeboat Foundation."
Thoughtware.TV - $805 joined 05/27/07.
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"The issue weighs heavy on my shoulders. This is a great service."
Guy M. Turner - $2 joined 09/11/08.
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 "Building arks costs money. 500 people pitching in is a great, exemplary start, and I look forward to numerous LF evangelizing opportunities to swiftly inflate the ranks of, first, the 500 and soon thereafter, the 5000, the 50.000, the 500.000 and the 5 million. The more arks the better!"
Philippe Van Nedervelde - $3,570 ($21,430 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/19/06.
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