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Cedar Community serves the Lord by creating relationships, services and environments that enhnce the well-being of seniors and theri families.
Mr. Steven Jaberg
Retirement Housing, Residential Care, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living for Seniors, Education,Therapies, Rehabilitation, Dementia Care, Subacute Care , Benevolent Corp. Cedar Campuses
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As of 7-1-02 we are Benevolent Corp. Cedar Community
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5595 Hwy Z
West Bend, WI 53095
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C. (E99)
Nursing, Convalescent (Geriatric and Nursing) (E91)
Education N.E.C. (B99)
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CEDAR LAKE HEALTH CARE CENTER - provides skilled nursing care to those 18 years of age and older. (229 beds) CEDAR CROSSINGS - Located within the Cedar Lake Health Care Center cedar Crossings provides sup-acute care to those 18 years of age and older. FRIENDSHIP HOUSE - Assisted living and programming for those in the early to mid stages of memory loss. (14 private rooms available) CEDAR COVE - Skilled nursing care and specialized programming for those in the mid to late stages of memory loss. CEDAR BAY East and West- Assisted living and programming for those 62 years of age and older. Multiple support services.The two programs offer studio, one and two bedroom apartments. West has 105 apartmetns and East has 54 apartments. CEDAR RIDGE RETIREMENT APARTMENTS - Apartment living for those 62 years of age and older. One, two bedroom apartments and suites. Offers a variety of opportunities for the independent retiree. (309 apartments) CEDAR LAKE VILLAGE HOMES - Independent ranch style homes for retirees who desire a high degree of freedom with peace of mind. Volunteer opportunities and easy access to a full range of services offered through Cedar Campuses. (85 homes arranged in 4 Villages) CEDAR HAVEN REHABILITATION SERVICES - Cedar Haven provides physical, occupational, speech and massage therapy. Also offered are professional services such as lymphedema therapy, urinary incontinence therapy, ergonomic work station evaluations, and others. Residents and members of the general community are welcome. CEDAR VALLEY EDUCATION AND RETREAT FACILITY -"The Valley" extends an invitation to individuals or groups for retreats, meetings, family gatherings and business seminars. Cedar Valley features overnight accommodations, meeting rooms, trails, delicious home cooked meals, a restored log cabin and more. YE OLDE SCHOOL - Classes of yesteryear are held daily during the school year in this one room school built in 1917. History comes alive for the field trip classes that comprise the student population which totals well over 4500 students per school year.
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Initiation of a Home Health Care and Support Care Services division serving Cedar Community and the greater West Bend community.
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Mr. Jaberg has been with Cedar Campuses for 14 years and is only the second CEO for Cedar Campuses. Mr. Jaberg is a progressive, vision driven individual who holds high values and places the needs of the resident over all else. In addition to his CEO duties, he serves in a wide variety of leadership positions to further the rights and care of the elderly. A few of these involvements include president-elect for the Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, President of Wellspring, Innovative Solution for Integrated Health Care, Director serving on the Lakeland College Board of Directors. He is skilled in communication and promotes the use of technology throughout our work. He is frequently asked to present at local,state and national conventions and educational events.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 3, 1980
|Filing date
|Aug 14, 1978
|Priority date
|Aug 14, 1978
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|Richard W. Prugh, Brownlow J. Fadden
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|Gtco Corporation
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|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (39), Classifications (7), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to the determination of the physical position of coordinate determination on a surface by employing a cursor embodying a coil with relation to a grid of parallel conductors and more specifically to determining the position of the cursor in a continuous linear fashion.
Apparatus for translating the position of a writing instrument into electrical signals for transmission to a remote location such that the position, and corresponding movements, of the writing instrument may be recreated, are well known in the art. Thus, drawings, manuscripts, or the like, may be reproduced at remote locations. Among the more sophisticated prior art devices, are those in which movements of the writing instrument in the X and Y coordinates are sensed by electromagnetic means, or the like, and each sensed dimension is translated into a signal capable of transmission. X and Y coordinate positional information derived in the traditional manner may provide inputs to data processing apparatus such as computers, remote data terminals and special systems for processing coordinate data.
Some objections to some of the known art apparatus are limited resolving power, detrimental environmental effects, sensitivity to adjustment and instability and lack of accuracy to the degree which would be desirable. A number of other problems exist in these known systems including the need for a high density of grid wires for comparable performance and more complex circuits. As an example, most of these systems are both amplitude sensitive and phase sensitive, which places strict limitations on the inputs to the system. Another problem is that the spacing of the grid lines is extremely critical and very little variation is allowable. Accordingly, manufacture of the grid tablet is relatively expensive. A further problem relates to the critically of a coil diameter and the necessity of the position of the sensor being substantially parallel to the grid. Yet another problem with the known sensors is the fact that the cursor cannot be removed and replaced during a single operation, but must be initiated from the start if it is so removed.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide apparatus whereby the position of the cursor can be determined in a continuous linear fashion by using accurate electrical interpolation techniques to determine position between grids.
It is a further object of this invention to provide apparatus wherein the rate of counting is variable, thus providing any resolution desired.
Another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus wherein the accuracy of the output is not wholly dependent upon the scan rate.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which is substantially insensitive to amplitude and phase variation.
A still further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus wherein the diameter of the cursor coil is not critical.
A still further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus wherein some tilt of the cursor coil is permissible.
Another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for obtaining absolute coordinate determination while permitting removal and replacement of the cursor from the grid tablet without re-initializing.
Still further objects of this invention are to:
provide a system without routine preventative maintenance requirement;
provide a small number of wires per inch;
provide a stable system without adjustments;
provide a system relatively more immune to temperature, humidity, noise, dielectric variations, magnetization and electrical noise;
provide a system with interchangeable subassemblies;
provide a system with lower parts count and assembly labor.
provide a system relatively immune to source (hard copy) material and thickness (except ferrous metals); and
provide means to energize the grid wires by sharing the multiplexing wires at different positions in the tablet to minimize the feed wires required.
These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein
FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams which clarify the mathematics used to derive a representation of the complex cursor signal;
FIG. 3 is a graph of the functions H(x,t) and f(t) derived in the cursor signal analysis;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the basic components of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the constant current grid drive multiplexer and grid tablet;
FIG. 7 is an exploded sectional view of the grid broad; and
FIG. 8 are graphical representations of the signal outputs at various points in the system of FIG. 5.
The basic principles of the invention can be broadly described in the context of a coordinate digitizing system in which a positioning cursor is moved over a surface with parallel wires for each axis with the axes being perpendicular to each other. The wires may be hand or machine layed, printed or etched on fiberglass printed circuit board, glass or other suitable stable substrate.
The main feature of this invention is that an electromagnetic field or wave front is generated by sequentially scanning or stepping down the grid in incremental steps, is made to appear to be traveling down the grid in incremental steps and is made to appear to be travelling down the grid at a uniformly controlled rate as it passes the cursor coil. Because this wave can be made to appear to be traveling at a highly uniform rate down the grid, a simple time measurement can be made to determine the position of the cursor over that grid.
This invention uses several well known principles to accomplish this task. They are (1) that when a coil is placed near a conductor conducting an AC signal, the closer the coil is to the conductor, the greater the energy transfer; (2) that when a conductor is excited first on one side of a coil in a given phase and then on the other side, the respective signals picked up by the coil will be 180� C. out of phase.
A less obvious principle involves detecting or interpolating a reference level signal of "STOP" signal, which is linearly related to time, from the cursor coil signal envelope when a timed or controlled wave, generated by successively activating grid lines, is made to pass from one end to the other end of a grid network and, therefore, from one side to the other side of the cursor coil. In this invention, this is accomplished in a unique and linear fashion by detecting the null (see FIG. 8B) in the envelope of the cursor signal each time the grid is scanned. Many conventional methods could be utilized to detect the null in the cursor envelope signal. The current embodiment employs a filter which responds uniquely to the complex cursor waveform to predict or interpolate the cursor coil electrical center with a resolution, accuracy and stability not obtainable with other techniques using comparable wire spacing and component parts count, and without adjustments.
To determine the electrical makeup of this filter, the complex cursor waveform was defined mathematically as follows:
Referring to FIG. 1, the pickup coil (cursor) is taken at a height h1 above the successively excited parallel grid wires. As is described later, there is a steel shield C a distance d below these wires. The resulting magnetic field is the same as that produced by a wire B at a distance h1 below the coil and another wire D with opposite current at a distance h2 =h1 +2d from the pickup coil.
The flux passing through the coil was calculated by considering an arbitrary point A on the pickup plane (tablet surface). Again, referring to FIG. 1, the distance to the wire along the horizontal plane is denoted by x. The distance between wire B and arbitrary point A is r1. Therefore, the normal component of flux contributed by wire B is given by: ##EQU1## Because of the shield, the total component is
x/(x2 +h1 2)-x/(x2 +h2 2)=U (eq 2)
To determine the total flux linking the coil, the integral of U over the area of the circle bounding the coil is computed. As seen in FIG. 2, X0 denotes the horizontal distance of the center of the coil E to the grid wire B. A scale factor is taken so that the radius of the coil is 1.
In the plane of the coil, y denotes the axis parallel to the grid wires. Integrating once in the x direction, the total flux U is ##EQU2## where
x2 +y2 =1
Substituting y=cos θ and x=sin θ, dy=-sin θdθ
The total flux U is given by ##EQU3##
Having defined the complex cursor waveform, a filter function f(t), which is practical and accurate, was chosen to operate on U(x) such that the resultant zeros produce a highly accurate and linear output as a function of time and distance.
The output of the system is defined as
H(x,t)=o n U(x-k)f(t-k) (eq 5)
The zeros of H were calculated, using a computer, with various sample functions for f(t). Extremely accurate and linear results were achieved using
f(t)=e-0.5T sin4 (0.5t),t>0 (eq 6)
f(t)=0 t≦0 (eq 7)
Using many sample points, and using a least squares linear fit to evaluate the deviation, a theoretical system error of 0.0014" was achieved.
FIG. 3 shows plots of H(1,t), H(3,t), and f(t).
As can be seen in FIG. 3, the amplitudes of the maximums of H(x,t) are different but the zeros of H(x,t) are exactly two divisions apart on the time axis in the example.
Sample and filter detector 23, shown in FIG. 4, was synthesized from the mathematical filter function f(t)=e-0.5t sin4 (0.5t).
The electrical implementation of f(t) is extremely simple from a component count and assembly point of view and utilizes only inexpensive, commercially available devices.
Detection of the cursor coil position by the above means provides a level of performance not obtainable through instantaneous or peak amplitude, or phase measuring techniques using the same number of grid wires and components. As shown by the above equations, the detection scheme is mathematically predictable and shows that an exceptionally high level of performance is obtainable. The filter characteristics are therefore unique and are critically related to the generated cursor coil signal.
Other variations of stimulating the grid wires should be utilized to obtain similar results providing that the predicting or interpolating filtering circuit is altered to provide an output which accurately and linearly relates the distance of the electrical center of phase reversal point of the cursor from a reference to time.
This circuit then operates on the complex cursor signal, which is induced in the cursor coil from the sequential actuation of grid lines by passing current through them, to afford a means of measuring cursor position relative to an arbitrary reference point by relating distance to time in an accurate linear fashion. The current system enables a precision clock to counters when the electromagnetic wavefront passes the arbitrary reference point and inhibits the precision clock when the detection circuitry discussed above detects a phase reversal in the complex cursor signal. The contents of the counter then contain a count which is precisely related to cursor position. An X-Y scanning system is used to thoroughly define the cursor position, that is, the horizontal position of the cursor is initially determined by scanning the X axis and then the vertical position is determined similarly by scanning the Y axis. Adding to the efficiency of the system is the fact that X axis and Y axis detection and counting circuitry can be common, thereby further reducing assembly and parts costs.
The invention will be explained by first describing the schematic illustrations of a preferred embodiment thereof with a subsequent description of the operating characteristics and signal outputs within the system.
Referring to the block diagram of FIG. 4, a precision crystal oscillator and divider 11 provides the basic system clock and subdivisions thereof required by the digitizing system. Connections are made to grid drive multiplexer 13 and system control circuits 15. Grid drive multiplexer 13 utilizes subdivisions of the basic system clock and inputs from system control 13 to sequentially energize the X and then the Y grid lines of the grid tablet 19. Grid drive multiplexer 13 is unique in that it minimizes the number of interconnections between grid tablet 19 and controller digitizing system 10, and eliminates the need for active components in grid tablet 9 which is very advantageous from a maintenance and assembly point of view. Grid drive multiplexer 13 thus establishes the electromagnetic field which induces an electrical signal in the cursor 21. The cursor inputs this signal to sample and filter detector 23, where it is processed to provide an input to system control 15 which relates the cursor position to time in a precise, linear fashion. System control 15 oversees system operation and provides gated clock inputs to the X+Y counter 17 where these gated clock pulses are accumulated in counters to precisely represent the physical position of the cursor on the grid tablet.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The input to the system in provided by a crystal oscillator 11 having a fixed frequency. The output of the oscillator is coupled to a frequency divider and scaler 35 whose division parameters determine both the rate of scan and the system resolution.
A first output from divider 35 is supplied to the scan control counter 59. Scan control counter 59 also receives inputs from the start/stop/control counter 53. Under control from these inputs, the scan control counter 59 provides inputs to the constant current grid drive multiplexer 13 to enable current to one grid line at a time in the proper order (sequentially left to right-X axis, followed sequentially bottom to top-Y axis).
A further output from the divider is coupled to the constant current grid drive multiplexer 13. This input enables a constant current source in the constant current grid drive multiplexer 13 which passes a controlled, fixed current to the selected grid wire.
Constant current grid drive multiplexer 13 provides outputs to grid tablet 19 to generate the moving electromagnetic field which is sensed by cursor 21 as the complex cursor waveform which was previously discussed. Constant current grid drive multiplexer 13 is critical to this invention in that it eliminates the need for active switching elements in grid tablet 19 by minimizing the number of interconnections required to control a large number of grid lines. This circuitry is shown in more detail in FIG. 6. As can be seen, the circuit is divided into sink and source elements. A sink element provides a ground to one group of grid lines while the source element provides a constant current signal to one grid line at a time. Other grid lines are connected to the activated source line but no current flows in these grid lines since the sink elements at the other end of those grid lines are inactive.
Cursor 21 inputs the complex cursor waveform to filter 31, which is one stage of the synthesized circuit which represents the mathematical model required for optimum interpolation of the cursor signal, as discussed previously. The output of filter 31 is coupled to a sample and hold circuit 33. The output of filter 31 is sampled under control of another output from the divider and scaler circuit 35, thus synchronizing the sample to the grid scan. The sampled signals are held capacitively and input to filter 37 which completes the synthesized circuit representing the previously discussed mathematical model required to linearly relate cursor position to time.
The output of filter 37 is coupled to two level detectors, lock detect 39 and stop detect 41. The output of filter 37 is a voltage envelope approximating one sinusoidal cycle, as will be discussed later in conjunction with FIG. 8. Lock detector 39 detects an arbitrary voltage level on this envelope which indicates that the cursor is coupled electrically to the grid tablet sufficiently to provide accurate results. The output of lock detector 39 clocks F/F 43 to remove the inhibit signal from gate 45.
The disclosed embodiment of this invention detects a transition across 0 volts to activate stop detector 41. Therefore, the first transition across OV of the output of filter 37, following the removal of the inhibit output of F/F 43 will pass through gate 45 as a STOP signal to clock F/F 47 thereby removing the count window enable from count gates 49 and 51.
Count gates 49 and 51 also have inputs from divider and scaler 35. These inputs are a high frequency clock (count clock) which are passed through count gate 49 or 51 to become the X COUNT or Y COUNT signals. The frequency of count clock relative to the grid scan rate determines the resolution of the system.
Count gates 49 and 51 also receive inputs (X Axis and Y Axis) from the start/stop/control counter 53. These signals indicate which axis is being scanned and, along with the count window signal (discussed below) enable the count clock through the proper count gate 49 or 51 to the X counter 55 or the Y counter 57.
Start/stop/control counter 53 receives an input from divider and scaler 35 which is a clock signal with a frequency of two times the basic grid scan rate. Counter 53 generates a START signal which sets F/F 47 to enable the COUNT WINDOW signal h and clears F/F 43. This signal, START, indicates the arbitrary reference point discussed previously from which time is measured to the STOP signal to give an accurate representation of cursor position. The time from START to STOP is represented by the duration of the COUNT WINDOW signal.
Start/stop/control counter 53 also has an output to scan control counter 59 which synchronizes the grid scan to the remainder of the system circuitry.
Other outputs from start/stop/control counter 53 are the "counter clear" and "register load" signals. The counter clear signal clears X counter 55 and Y counter 57 following the completion of an X and Y scan and just prior to the start of a new X and Y scan. The register load signal loads the contents of X counter 55 and Y counter 57 into X and Y output registers 61 and 63 following a complete X and Y scan but prior to the counter clear signal.
X counter 55 and Y counter 57 receive the X count and Y count signals, respectively, as inputs. The contents of these counters, at the time the register load signal occurs, represents the position of the cursor on the grid tablet relative to an arbitrary reference point. X counter 55 and Y counter 57 have outputs to X output register 61 and Y output register respectively. These outputs are stored in the registers when the register load signal from counter 53 goes active. The outputs of these registers are available to external interface equipment such as computers, terminals, etc., for further processing or storage.
It should be noted that X counter 55 and Y counter 57 can be combined into a single counter, to further optimize the circuitry, with the outputs multiplexed to an external device. Also, the system could have the X count and Y count signals as outputs to eliminate the need for counters and registers in this invention. In this case, the external interface equipment would provide the counting circuitry required to determine cursor position.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred digitizing table. As can be seen, the construction is very simple, consisting of only four parts, thus minimizing both material and labor costs. Reliability of the digitizing table is excellent since there are no active electronic components in the table.
The digitizing table is enclosed by a protective top cover 71 which has a smooth top surface made of durable, abrasion resistant material. The present embodiment of this invention utilizes a printed circuit board 73, with conductors forming an XY grid array (shown schematically in FIG. 6) with parallel X conductors on the top surface of the board and parallel Y conductors on the bottom surface of the board, to generate the moving electromagnetic field discussed previously. The printed circuit board also routes individual grid lines to the anodes of diodes 75, or to source bus 81 as shown in FIG. 6. Source bus 81 and the cathodes of diodes 75 are then routed to a card edge connector (not shown) for connection via a cable to the constant current grid drive multiplexer electronics. Other techniques for manufacturing the XY grid network would work equally well. Among these are hand or machine strung insulated wires bonded to virtually any nonferrous substrate, etch and fill, and deposition. A nonconductive spacer 77 (FIG. 7) serves two purposes. It insulates the Y grid conductors on grid board 73 from shield 79 and it establishes the distance d between the shield and the grid wires as shown in FIG. 1 and discussed previously in conjunction with the derivation of the mathematical model of the electromagnetic field generated by the grid array. A cutout on one edge 76 of spacer 77 is cut so as to provide space for sink diodes 75. Shield 79 serves as a protective bottom cover for the digitizing tables. More importantly, it is an integral component in the generation of the electromagnetic field. As can be seen in equations 2, 3 and 4, the shield serves as a non-linear attenuator to the generated electromagnetic field. It virtually cancels the field generated by wires not in close proximity to the cursor pickup coil. This is beneficial in that it minimizes unwanted edge effects caused by the discontinuity of the XY grid network at the edges of the table and by the fields generated by the routing conductors from the edge connector. Also, it modifies the generated field such that the complex cursor signal is more readily linearized (distance to time) between the discrete grid lines. The shield additionally minimizes the effect of unwanted externally generated electronic noise. Finally, it adds rigidity to the structure. The current embodiment of this invention utilizes cold rolled steel as a shielding material.
The digitizing table has been made translucent for back lighting application. This is accomplished by utilizing a clear or translucent material for protective top cover 71 and spacer 77. Good results are achieved using standard PC board material for the printed circuit board 73. However, best light transmission results from an XY grid network of conductors bonded to a clear glass or plastic substrate. A perforated shield may be utilized to allow for light transmission while still retaining the beneficial effects of the solid shield discussed previously.
A transparent tablet, for rear projection applications, has been realized by manufacturing a precisely registered 2 layer XY grid network with grid currents flowing in opposite directions in each plane as suggested by the mathematical model. This technique eliminates the need for a shield, but is more costly to manufacture and is more susceptible to externally generated electrical noise.
FIGS. 8(a) through (i) show outputs of the system at various points as identified in FIG. 5.
The input to the scan control counter 59 from divider and scaler 35 is the scan clock and is shown in FIG. 8(a). It is a constant clock which drives scan control counter 59 to enable current to one grid line at a time in the proper sequence through the constant current grid drive multiplexer 13.
FIG. 8(b) is the complex cursor waveform after it has been filtered and amplified by filter 31. As can be seen, when cursor wave form is present, there is one cycle in the cursor waveform for each cycle of the clock 8(a). Also, a 180� phase reversal is shown. This occurs as the moving electromagnetic field passes the exact electrical center of the cursor coil.
FIG. 8(c) is a step function which represents the output of sample and hold circuit 33. This signal is input to filter 37. The output of filter 37 is shown in FIG. 8(d). This signal corresponds to the function H (x,t), discussed previously and shown in FIG. 3, the zero crossing of which linearly relates cursor position to time.
The output of lock detector 39 is shown in 8(e). This circuit is a level detector which monitors the negative transition of the output of filter 37. When signal 8(e) is not present, it indicates that the cursor coil is not sufficiently electrically coupled to the grid tablet to provide accurate results.
FIG. 8(f) is the output of stop detector 41. The first positive transition of this signal following the lock detect signal, 8(e) clocks F/F 47 to remove the count window signal, FIG. 8(h). This positive transition indicates the zero of the function H (x,t) shown in FIG. 3. F/F 43 is set by the start pulse, FIG. 8(g) which indicates the arbitrary reference point from which time is measured to the stop signal to represent cursor position. The count window signal FIG. 8(h) is a signal which is true for the duration of this period, from start pulse to stop pulse. It is used to gate the high frequency count clock through count gates 49 and 51. FIG. 8(i) is the gated count signal at the output of either count gate 49 or 51. It should be noted that the frequency of the count clock relative to the scan clock, FIG. 8(a) determines the system resolution. By varying this ratio, virtually any scale or resolution is possible.
It is to be understood that the above description and drawings are illustrative only since equivalent components could be substituted in many instances without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the following claims.
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"The problem lurking behind all of this is President Obama," said Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), during a conference call Friday. "I find this deeply disturbing that he has not fired Alan Simpson."
The calls on Obama to fire Simpson followed an e-mail the commission co-chairman sent to the head of the Older Women's League. Simpson said Social Security needed to be reformed because it had "reached a point now where it's like a milk cow with 310 million tits!"
"Call when you get honest work!" added Simpson, who served as a senator from Wyoming and as a Republican whip.
O'Neill said the president should have acted as soon as he found out about Simpson's "abusive and misleading" e-mail.
"He should have stepped up and said, 'I know women elected me to office, and I know Simpson has gone beyond the pale and needs to be removed,' " she said.
Liberals have been critical of the White House fiscal commission since Obama created it last spring, fearing that it could lead to cuts in entitlement programs that seniors, the middle class and the poor rely on. The left has increased criticism of the bipartisan panel, tasked with producing a deficit-reduction plan, since Simpson's controversial remarks.
"Mr. Simpson has demonstrated for decades a consistent and offensive attitude toward seniors and women," said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), on Friday's conference call. "He needs to be removed, and with that removal, we also bring into question the function, purpose and eventual product of this commission."
The latest flap between Obama and liberal groups follows the controversy surrounding White House press secretary Robert Gibbs's comments that the "professional left" will never be satisfied with Obama. Groups on the left have been frustrated with the president over healthcare reform, gays in the military and several other issues.
Simpson's controversial remarks were made in an e-mail to Ashley Carson, head of the Older Women's League. He apologized to Carson in a letter Wednesday.
"I can see that my remarks have caused you anguish, and that was not my intention," he said. "I certainly did not intend to diminish your hard work for the Older Women's League. I know you care deeply about strengthening Social Security, and so do I, just as deeply."
Liberals questioned the decision to name Simpson as the co-chairman of the commission soon after Obama announced it.
Carson's group said Simpson has made sexist remarks before. In 1991, Simpson dismissed Anita Hill's allegations that she was sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and said she would face "real harassment" during the Senate nomination debate.
"She will be injured and destroyed and belittled and hounded and harassed, real harassment, different from the sexual kind, just plain old Washington-variety harassment, which is pretty unique in itself," Simpson told reporters in October 1991.


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History Traveled to The Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter
CAIRO-archaeologists that came from the Czech Republic has found burials which was 4500 years. The tomb was found in the southern part of Cairo is thought to be the tomb of Pharaoh's daughter.
Ancient Egypt reveal ministries if the tomb of the daughter of Shert Nebti is surrounded by four other tombs. The tomb is the tomb of fourth of high officials in the fifth dynasty in 2500 BC in the Sir Abu complex located near the famous pyramids of Saqqara.
"Further Excavations must be done before it can be opened to the public," said Mohammed El-Bialy, an official of the Ministry.
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Pools Fall To Exeter Defeat
A goal in either half proved enough for visitors Exeter City to take the three points from a below-par Pools this afternoon.
Ronnie Moore's side failed to really get going on a quiet afternoon at Victoria Park and Exeter City played a patient game to take the points.
It was a first half lacking in entertainment as the swirling wind also played its part at Victoria Park this afternoon.
While Pools saw plenty of the ball in the first 45 minutes, they failed to really threaten Bobby Olejnik's goal with anything of note.
Trevor Caron made a great save on 12 minutes as Exeter City got their first glimpse of goal; Tom McCready sent a good effort towards the Pools keeper's net but Carson got up well to tip it round the post for a corner.
At the other end Jordan Richards won a corner with one of a number of testing crosses from the right but the following kick was dealt with comfortably.
Jake Carroll sent a well-taken freekick into the box from the right but his effort sailed through the box untested and went out at the far post.
Michael Woods and Rakish Bingham linked up well on the edge of the box before the latter flicked the ball into the box for Woods to run onto but with the goal in his sights, the midfielder was muscled off the ball by Troy Brown who took it away from danger.
Pools continued to see most of the ball as the half progressed but there was no spark in the final third to threaten a goal and Exeter City took advantage.
On 36 minutes Exeter broke from deep inside their own half to open the scoring and were allowed the space to do it. A ball into the box picked out Alex Nicholls who sent a flicked header past an out-stretched Trevor Carson to make it 1-0.
The visitors had a good chance to double their lead before the break as Jayden Stockley sent a glancing header at goal but his effort went just wide of the far post.
Pools went in a goal behind at the break and needed more of a spark if they were to get anything from this game and to lift the fans who met the half-time whistle with boos.
Sub Nathan Thomas, on in place of the injured Rhys Oates, looked to provide that spark on 51 minutes as he burst in from the left to shoot on goal but his effort went through a crowd and wide of target.
But with an hour on the clock, Pools had done little else to threaten an equaliser and with the game looking very flat, Ronnie Moore made two changes.
Both Billy Paynter and Carl Magnay made their returns from injury to join the game, with Nicky Featherstone and Michael Woods making way.
Another cross in from Nathan Thomas gave Pools an opening but his pacy ball into the box was just nicked away from Paynter and put into the arms of Olejnik.
Magnay and Paynter offered Pools more bite and this started to tell as Moore's men put more balls into the box.
A Jordan Richards cross from the right made its way to the far post where Nathan Thomas sent it high before Jake Carroll's freekick, again from the right, was headed over by the defender under pressure from Bingham.
Another decent cross in from Thomas, who was starting to find more space on the left, picked out Bingham close to goal but there was just too much height on it and it cannoned off the striker and over the bar.
Richards crossed in again from the right into a busy area but with the ball bobbling around, Lewis Hawkins saw a hopeful strike deflected wide.
Jake Carroll tried a shot from distance that was held by Olejnik on the floor but Pools were finally causing the visiting defence a few problems.
But while Pools were busy trying to score at one end, Exeter broke up field to put the ball over the line as Joel Grant hit one in off the underside of the bar to make it 2-0 on 85 minutes.
And so it was game over for Pools on what was a poor performance from Moore's side who know they need more from home matches.
Full Time: Pools 0 Exeter City 2
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Carson, Richards, Harrison, Jackson, Carroll, Woods (Paynter 64), Featherstone (Magnay 64), Gray, Hawkins, Bingham, Oates (Thomas 33).
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Bartlett, Jones, Walker, Fenwick.
Exeter City:
Olejnik, McAllister, Ribeiro, Oakley, Holmes (Davies 60), Nicholls, McCready, Tillson, Grant, Stockley, Brown.
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Butterfield, Reid, Wheeler, Watkins, Taylor.
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We finished the rest of the soldiers. That odd presence was around. Mark had obviously joined the fight. I thought to myself. In the distance gun shots go off and someone obivously was fighting soldeirs. It was wierd I would usually would be like. Sorry but my survival first and take off. But now I felt it was important to go help. I chewed on what was left of the bar.
" Luna can I go over to investigate?" I asked sorta like she was my superior officer.
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TLH NEVER HAPPENED, although I may be using some characters. This takes place just months after the Titan War, and Percy and Annabeth are happy together. Too bad Athena doesn't agree…
Athena's POV
On Olympus…
"Cursed sea spawn." I muttered under my breath.
I was watching in my reflective pool at my throne, looking at my daughter, and by default, her idiotic, kelp-headed, egotistic boyfriend, Perseus Jackson. He was currently busy attacking my daughter Annabeth's lips, which she was furiously returning. I hate seeing this. The way their hands would touch every part of the other's body. The way Annabeth would moan seductively, and the way the Perseus deepened their kiss even more just makes me want to blast him to pieces.
And the worst part of it all? They were alone in his cabin. And the door was locked.
Just then, Poseidon came in the throne room. "Whatcha watchin' there, owlhead?" he asked sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes. "Nothing, barnacle-beard. Just looking at your stupid, perverted son grope my innocent daughter." I pointed at the image of them making out ferociously.
He just chortled. "They're sixteen, what do you expect?"
I glared at him. "Can't you control your son?"
He sighed. "The sea does not like to be restrained, Athena. My son inherited that trait from me."
I got right in his face. "well you better start restraining him, or else."
"Or else what?" he challenged.
"Or else you might not have a son anymore, let's just put it at that." I said smugly.I turned to leave, but a wall of water erupted right in front of me.
"YOU WOULDNT DARE!" Poseidon shouted. His trident started to glow blue-green with power, and his eyes became a sea blue color. Tons of water swirled around him in waves. He started to walk towards me, that water following him directly.
He stopped and stood right in front of me. My feet felt as if they were glued to the floor. In our Millennia of rivalry, he never showed me any signs of aggression, nit like this. Usually he would just douse me in the face with water. Right now, he looks as if he is planning to drown me in it.
"Hurt my son in any way, shape, or form, and I will drown you for a thousand years, personally skin you alive, chop your body into little pieces, and throw your remains to Tartarus, where you can join our father in eternity." He threatened. Just to prove his point, he sent a wave of water down on me.
I was soaking wet. I could've used my godly powers to clean myself up, even get some well-deserved revenge if I wanted to, but couldn't. I mean, I really couldn't. It's as if my mind was present, but my body was frozen in time. The tension is the sir was so thick, you could practically see it. MY heart was beating faster than normal. Sweat is falling from my skin. I was staring at him with wide eyes, and my body was shaking lightly. But what took me most by surprise was the fact that looking at him, surrounded by gallons of raging water directly at his control, made me want to pee me pants. Is this…fear?
My mind kept telling me that it was only a bluff, and he will never do it, but his eyes tell me otherwise. He started to go for the door. "And don't call me Barnacle Beard, I hate that name." he added as an afterthought before he left.
Once he closed the doors, I released a breath that I didn't even know I was holding. My body responded to my thoughts again. Was I afraid of Poseidon? Yes. But strangely, I don't blame him.
Poseidon's POV
I went to my temple, trying to calm myself. If I don't, a country somewhere might have a…let's just say that it won't be a country anymore. After a few hours, I finally got bored, so I went out.
As I was walking through Olympus, my mind wandered back to what happened earlier. I was out of line. The look on Athena's face when I doused her with water was priceless, but strangely, I hated it.
Fear. I saw pure fear in her eyes.
She was afraid. Athena, the goddess of Wisdom, and one of the most collected goddesses that I ever knew, was absolutely and utterly afraid of me.
I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn't even notice Hermes waving hello.
"Yo! Poseidon, what's up?" he said.
I shrugged and kept on walking.
"Hey, didn't you hear me? What's wrong with you-." He was slammed back with a column of water.
"If…you…wanted…to…be…alone, you could've…just…asked." He said while coughing up water. I gave him a death glare, which must've been pretty scary since he left as fast as he could. I went back to moping.
I had been planning to end our rivalry today. The fun and thrill was lost some two thousand years go. My time with Percy finally taught me two things: Family is everything, and even gods can change. I finally realized that even though she was a god, Athena is still my niece, and I should at least try to make amends with her. I even planned to swallow my pride for once and be the first one to apologize, but she just had to send me over the edge.
"No one threatens my son." I said to myself.
Suddenly, the building beside my exploded. Hundreds of things came rampaging throughout the streets, stabbing gods, burning buildings, and causing mass panic. Most of them saw me, and charged, but I was ready. I conjured up gallons of raging water behind me. I flicked my hand casually towards them and the water responded to my will, drowning them in tons of water. I snapped my fingers, and the water evaporated, leaving about fifty dead warriors on the ground. I went closer and examined one of them. It wasn't exactly human. Its skin was black. It had no hair, just like the others, and they all shared the same nightmarish features: slanted pupils, no noses, human mouths with shark's teeth, three-fingered hands, and black armor.
"What in Zeus' name are these?" I heard someone say behind me. I turned around, ready for another fight, but to my surprise, Athena was calmly walking to one of the creatures, and laid her hand on its head. She muttered a spell in ancient Greek, and all of a sudden her hand that was holding the beast glowed. She closed her eyes, as if in a trance.
I took the time to study her. Her clothes were still sopping wet, and she was still a little shaken up. She was afraid, all right.
Suddenly, her eyes snapped open. Her face paled, and she looked at me, then at the beast, then at me again. She stood up, wiped her hand on her dress, but did nothing else but stare at me.
"What!" I finally demanded.
She pointed at me with a trembling finger. "You-you just-you-"
"Spit it out already, Athena!" I yelled. She never got the chance. I was so focused on her, I didn't even notice one of the beasts sneak up behind her, its sword raised, ready to decapitate her. From what I saw, those weapons had the power to kill gods, even powerful Olympians like her.
Time slowed down. Athena turned around, and her eyes widened. Obviously, she was still too shaken up to think properly and react. Instinctively, I ran to her, my powers forgotten. I put myself between her and the beast, and the last thing I heard was a scream.
Athena's POV
My heart races. One of the beasts was directly behind me, ready to cut my head off. From what I saw, they can apparently kill gods. Then I saw Poseidon go between me and the beast just as it was about to strike, and did the last thing I expected him to do.
He shielded me from its strike.
The blade hit his left shoulder, and cut his arm clean off. I heard someone scream; then I realized that it was me. He started to fall, but not before gutting the beast in the stomach with his trident. He fell facedown on the stone walkway, golden ichor pooling underneath him. His trident vanished.
I ran over and flipped him face up. The wound was turning green, his breathing was raspy. The blade was poisoned. Typical. I tried to heal him using my godly powers, but they nullify as soon as they hit the wound. Oh, great.
"Apollo!" I start to scream. Immediately, he appeared in a flash of golden light. "What's up, sis- oh."
"Can you something, anything?" I pleaded. Why do I even care? "I tried my powers, but they wouldn't work." Apollo looked at the wound, and shook his head gravely.
"I have never seen this kind of wound before." He said. "It looks like it's spreading fat. And you say your powers don't work? This is powerful magic, powerful magic indeed. I can probably stabilize him, at least until I find the cure, but it will only delay the inevitable." He started chanting in ancient Greek.
Suddenly, I felt someone grab my hand. I looked down. Poseidon was coughing up ichor, and his eyes closed in pain.
"A-Athena." He stuttered.
I was shocked. This may be his last moments, why was he calling me?
"Yes?" I asked curiously.
He coughed up more ichor. "I-I'm so-sorry."
I just stared at him in shock and disbelief. Here was my uncle, apologizing?
"I'm…sorry." He said between breaths. "You…were right. I need to…teach my son…a few manners…concerning…girls." He coughed up blood, but continued. "And Athens. Your…gift was better…than mine. I was just-" he screamed in pain.
"No. Don't talk. You're wasting your energy." I chided.
"No…I was just…jealous. Our stupid…rivalry…was for…nothing. Too…bad, I only…noticed it now… You were right. You…were…always…right." He finally said, and closed his eyes slowly , his lips curling up in a small smile. I could tell that something heavy in his heart has been lifted.
I cried. Yes, I, Athena, goddess of Wisdom, actually cried over Poseidon. "I forgive you. I forgive you. And I'm sorry too." I whispered in his ear, but I knew that he wouldn't hear it. I looked at Apollo with puffy, red eyes, and he put a hand in my shoulder reassuringly.
"He's fine, for now. C'mon, help me put him in the hospital." We slung his arm over our necks, and teleported to the Olympus Hospital.
Zeus' POV
I declared a war meeting immediately. How dare these beasts attack Olympus, and more importantly, me? They totally destroyed my day with Hera.
"What were those things?" I demanded as soon as the meeting started.
"I believe they are Chaos' minions, father." Artemis said grimly. Immediately, I could feel the tension in the air.
"Are you sure of this?" I asked.
"Yes. Me and my hunters have fought them, but that was millennia ago. Why would they come back now, of all times?"
"Chaos," Athena said, "wants to end our reign, and give rise to a new power: man." Athena stated matter-of-factly. "He has already succeeded in fatally injuring Uncle Poseidon. He is in ICU right now."
For the first time, I notice that Poseidon's throne was empty.
"How did this happen?" I asked. Were these things so strong that they can defeat one of the Big Three?
"It was about to decapitate me, but Poseidon got in the way, and blocked the attack with his own body, before stabbing it with his own trident." she said. I just sat there, my mouth agape. :I thought you hated each other?" Hephaestus asked.
"Not anymore." She said quietly, and she started crying. What the Hades was happening between those two?
"It seems that his fatal flaw got to him." Hades said.
"Yes. Loyalty can be a bitch sometimes." Dionysus yawned.
I thought for a moment. "Chaos wants war. But now, with Poseidon injured, our chances of victory are…" I turned to Athena.
She just looked at the floor. "30%, my Lord."
I turned to Apollo. "Any chance of Poseidon actually healing?"
"Not on his own, father. However, there may be a way to heal him, but…naw, it impossible." I looked at Athena; she looked like she blames herself for this.
"What are you talking about, Apollo?"
"The blood of the gorgons. The blood from their right side can cure anything, while the blood from their left can and will assure you an excruciatingly painful death. We can send out a quest to retrieve the blood, but it's too risky to send any of our demigods. The gorgons aren't exactly pushovers."
Then Athena did the last thing I ever expected her to do. She stood up and said, "I will go."
There you go, the first chapter! Oohhh, What's Athena up to? What's her plan? Find out in the next chapter. Oh, and reviews to me are like friends, the more there are, the happier I'll be. :P


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Gillin Boat Club
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Gillin Boat Club is the rowing program for St. Joseph's University Rowing and St. Joseph's Prep Rowing.[2][3] It is situated at the 1,000-meter mark of the Schuylkill River race course in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gillin Boat Club was admitted to the Schuylkill Navy in 2004, by a unanimous vote of the Navy's members.[4]
The club's state-of-the-art boathouse has the capacity for 42 eights, 14 fours (quads), and 14 small boats.[4] It was the first new boathouse built on this stretch of the Schuylkill River in 98 years.[5]
Gillin also hosts the Fairmount Park Commission's Community Rowing Program, which is designed to provide an experience for youth in the city of Philadelphia who have not had the opportunity to experience the sport of rowing.[6]
Robert M. Gillin Jr. Boathouse[edit]
In 1998, Philadelphia City Council approved construction of what is now known as the Robert M. Gillin Jr. Boathouse.[7] The boathouse was dedicated in May 2002.[8] The building was designed by Robert L. Owen - Architects and built by Nason and Cullen, Inc.[9] While some have praised the structure as "the Taj Mahal of Kelly Drive,"[2] others have levied criticism on the boathouse's design, calling it a "bloated hulk of a building."[8] Work has been done to repair the second floor, which began buckling shortly after construction was completed.[10]
University crew[edit]
The men's and women's crew teams of St. Joseph's University regularly compete on a national level.
Dad Vail Regatta[edit]
St. Joseph's University has been a perennial contender at the Dad Vail Regatta, the nation's largest collegiate regatta.
In 2010, St. Joe's won gold in the Men's Frosh/Novice Heavyweight Eight.
In 2008, St. Joe's won a silver in the Women's Frosh/Novice Heavyweight Eight and a bronze in the Men's JV Heavyweight Eight.[11]
In 2007, the team finished 2nd in Overall Points and 3rd in Women's Points.[12]
In 2006, the team finished 1st in Overall Points, 1st in Men's Points, and 2nd in Women's Points.[13]
In 2005, the team finished 1st in Overall Points, 1st in Men's Points, and 3rd in Women's Points.[14]
In 2004, St. Joseph's won 2nd in Overall Points, Men's Points, and Women's Points.[15]
Earlier in its history, St. Joseph's University won a Gold medal at the 1970 Dad Vail Regatta and a Silver medal in 1959, the first year of the program's existence.[citation needed]
IRA Championship Regatta[edit]
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association's IRA Championship Regatta is the most competitive race in collegiate rowing and is considered to be the United States collegiate national championship of rowing.[16] In 2004, St. Joe's Varsity Four finished fourth in the Grand Final at the IRAs.[17] In recent years, St. Joseph's has qualified multiple boats for IRAs.[18]
Henley Royal Regatta[edit]
The University Crew has competed at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta, a race in England. In 1999, a crew from St. Joseph's pursued the Temple Challenge Cup at Henley.[19]
Preparatory crew[edit]
St. Joseph's Preparatory School has amassed racing records unequaled by any other American high school, including winning the Stotesbury Cup ten times since 1987.[2]
Stotesbury Cup Regatta[edit]
The Stotesbury Cup Regatta is the largest high school regatta in the United States and is considered the high school national championship.[20] The Boys Senior Eight boat won the Stotesbury Cup in 1987, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, and 2010; and the Boys Lightweight Eight won in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.[21]
In addition, The Prep is the only team to ever sweep all of the eights races at the regatta. This feat was first accomplished in 1997.
In 2008, St. Joe's Prep accomplished nearly the same result sweeping all five events in the eight-man category.[22] As a result of the sweep, a poll by Row2k.com ranked The Prep as the crew of the week, over collegiate national champions.[23] Vespoli, a manufacturer of racing shells highlighted the team's accomplishment among other national champions.[24]
Henley Royal Regatta[edit]
The Prep regularly competes at the Henley Royal Regatta. Rowers from St. Joseph's Prep "have been to Henley eight times and won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 2000."[2] In 2010, St. Joseph's Prep lost to the Kent School in the semi-finals.[25] In 2008, St. Joseph's Prep was eliminated by Eton College in the quarter-finals.[26] In 2005, St.Joseph's made it to the finals, but lost to Eton College.[27] The Prep's quest for the Princess Elizabeth Cup in 2005 made news in London[28] as well as in the United States.[29]
- ^ "Gillin Boat Club". Schuylkill Navy. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d Brendan F. Quinn, "A New Era of Rowing at St. Joseph's Prep", The Bulletin, May 15, 2009
- ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ a b Rober Gillin, Jr. Boathouse, sjuhawks.com
- ^ Dedication of St. Joseph's Boathouse, First New One on the Schuylkill in 98 Years, Set for June 15, thefreelibrary.com
- ^ "Fairmount Park Rowing Camp 2009 Brochure" (PDF).
- ^ St. Joe's Gets Nod For New Boathouse, Rowing News p. 5 (February 28, 1998)
- ^ a b Steinberg, "Bloat on the Water", Philadelphia City Paper, April 17-23, 2003 Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Project Profile of Nason & Cullen
- ^ St.Josephs University - Boathouse Floor
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta Results -- 2008
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta Results -- 2007
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta Results -- 2006
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta Results -- 2005
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta Results -- 2004
- ^ Since 1995, the IRA Championship Regatta has been held on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey.
- ^ IRA Regatta 2004, row2k.com p. 4, Race 101
- ^ For examples, search for "St. Joes" in IRA results for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
- ^ Temple Challenge Cup, 1999 Results, hrr.co.uk
- ^ The Prep Rocks Nationals, Rowing News (June 20, 1998) p. 9
- ^ List of Winners of every Stotesbury Cup Regatta race since 1927, boathouserow.org
- ^ Ed Hewitt, Stotesbury 2008: St. Joe's Sweeps; Bishop Eustace Repeats, Row2k.com (May 17, 2008)
- ^ Crew of the Week, Row2k Polls (May 19, 2008)
- ^ EXCELLENCE ON DISPLAY: WINNING VESPOLI CREWS: Stotesbury Cup:St. Joe's Prep Varsity Boy's Eight
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup Results", Times of London, July 4, 2005.
- ^ Mike Rosewell, Army steal a march on rivals, Times of London, June 30, 2005.
- ^ Henley Morning Report, row2k.com (July 2, 2008) For more Henley results, see 1999, 2000 2005, and 2008.
External links[edit]
- "St. Joe's Rowing". Facebook. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- "St. Joe's Prep Crew". Facebook. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- Gillin Boat Club on wikimapia.org
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Rugby players and Christianity don't seem to go together, unless you are England rugby player Jason Robinson. Jonathan Carswell reports
'Robbo', as he is known to his fellow players, began his career at Wigan Rugby League Club after his home team Leeds turned him down. The day after his 17th birthday he turned professional. By the age of 19 he was an international player.
In 2000 he switched codes, signing for Sale – a transition that many felt he would not succeed at. Then, with only 10 Union matches under his belt, he was selected for England. In his own words, "I just love playing rugby … on any ground".
Tortured by loneliness
Jason was brought up in a small terraced house in a deprived area of Leeds, often witnessing "the battlefield" of his drunken step-father beating his Mum, and her children. "Watching your Mum being beaten up is something no one should have to experience," he says. "There was bloodshed and screaming rows. An air of menace pervaded that house."
He struggled at school and felt that he only gained some form of identity when he had hold of a rugby ball.
His life began to change as he progressed in rugby. He was drinking heavily, partying all night and now had a child with another one on the way. He had charges for assault, affray and criminal damage hanging over him, and was tortured by a loneliness at odds with a public image of confidence, fun and popularity.
Faith in a friend
Inga T'wingamala, a rugby giant in every sense of the word, was playing for Wigan at the same time as Jason, and "through the fog of my own despair I could not help but notice him". He knew Inga was somehow different from the other guys. He had happiness, meaning and a purpose to his life beyond rugby.
"Sometimes you'd go into the treatment room and find Inga reading his Bible. He would read aloud. Inga wasn't chasing anything. He didn't go out drinking with the other lads. He didn't sleep around. He didn't have the best car in the car park. Why was he so happy?"
As weeks of friendship turned into months, Jason learned of Inga's relationship with Jesus Christ. Inga didn't force anything on Jason, but he answered questions when asked. He explained how individual wrongdoing and thinking separates a person from God, but how God the Father sent Jesus into the world.
When Jesus was crucified, he didn't just go through physical pain, but also all the agony of the punishment that resulted from all human sin. Jesus paid the punishment for sin - in our place.
Inga explained how Jesus not only died, but rose again, proving that His claims were true. Jason could stake his whole life and future on Jesus, giving control over to Him as his Lord, and trusting Him as his Saviour and rescuer.
It was some time later that Jason realised that it wasn't money, a bigger house, or a faster car that he needed, but forgiveness of his sin, and a relationship with God. "I felt like God had taken the scales from my eyes," he says.
Jesus changes lives
Jason's life was turned on its head. Life, including his rugby, had new meaning. The drinking and drunkenness came to a halt, the swearing stopped, and he began to work on reconciliation with Amanda, who is now his wife.
Jason explained why his faith affects everything: "The Bible says you will know people who are Christians by the way they live and act. Being a Christian is not all about do's and don'ts, but about what is right and what is wrong.
"I love my rugby; I love the physical side especially; but in the end the Bible says that in everything we should do it unto the Lord. All I am doing is trying to do that. I pray to God now in everything I do, and try to live my life by following the Gospels. I live for Him, and that includes everything, on and off the pitch."
"Jesus changes lives. Whatever we have done Jesus loves us enough to forgive us. He showed this when He died on the cross. He was taking the punishment we deserve so that if we ask Him, we would be free and able to start a new relationship with Him."
While England's progress in the Rugby World Cup will be having many supporters praying, it's good to know that at the heart of the team is a man who knows where real success lies: knowing Jesus and following Him.
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[Pages S3834-S3835] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PUERTO RICO Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, it is important for the United States to continue its efforts to promote a close relationship with Puerto Rico and its citizens. That includes supporting a fair and democratic process for Puerto Ricans on the perennial and controversial issue of statehood. I commend Puerto Rico's new Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla on his work to tackle the current challenges facing the island, particularly on the economic front. Congress has long supported reciprocity between Puerto Rico and the United States, with very positive results. When the Puerto Rican economy flourishes, trade with the United States increases, helping promote job creation here at home. I am disappointed the most recent budget proposal submitted to Congress by the White House recommends $2.5 million in fiscal year 2014 to conduct yet another referendum on Puerto Rico's political status. Allocating U.S. taxpayer dollars for this purpose is wasteful and unnecessary, since a plebiscite was just held in Puerto Rico last November on this very question. The vote on Election Day specifically called for Puerto Ricans to express their views on the island's political status. Its backers sought to show that popular support exists for turning Puerto Rico into a State. But it is widely acknowledged that the ballot was not developed in a fair and inclusive manner. It instead presented statehood alternatives with a predetermined result in mind, to force Puerto Ricans toward an option they have rejected time and again, and to stack the deck in favor of statehood. The first part of the ballot asked whether or not Puerto Rican voters wanted to continue their territorial status. The second portion then provided three different non-territorial alternatives: statehood, sovereign free associated state, or independence. Keeping the island's current Commonwealth status was not even listed as an option in the second round. As expected, a slim majority--nearly 51.7 percent of the 1.9 million who voted--opted for changing the current status. However, in response to the second question, 834,191 voters chose statehood, 498,604 left the second question blank, 454,768 selected sovereign free associated state, and 74,895 favored independence. Any way you slice it, 1,028,267--or nearly 55 percent--of the Puerto Ricans who traveled to the polls voted for options other than statehood. As Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, the first woman of Puerto Rican heritage elected to the United States House of Representatives, correctly pointed out: ``Casting a blank ballot is part of traditional form of objecting to an unfair process in Puerto Rican political history.'' In accordance with this tradition, the Commonwealth Party in Puerto Rico adopted a resolution calling on Puerto Rican voters to protest last November's plebiscite process by casting blank ballots. When you include the nearly half a million voters who left the second question on the ballot blank, it is clear--despite the claims of some statehood proponents--that a majority of voters do not support statehood for Puerto Rico. In fact, more than 1 million, or nearly 55 percent, of Puerto Rican voters who participated in the plebiscite actually demonstrated support for something other than statehood. A concurrent resolution was adopted last week by the legislature in Puerto Rico stating that the plebiscite on November 6, 2012, portrayed a false majority in favor of statehood and prevented an accurate vote on the option of Commonwealth status. I ask unanimous consent to insert into the Record the text of that resolution. The Senate and The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO THE CAPITOL We, EDUARDO BHATIA-GAUTIER, President of the Senate, and JAIME R. PERELLO-BORRAS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, CERTIFY That the Senate of Puerto Rico and the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico approved in final vote Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 24, introduced by Messrs. Nadal- Power and Rosa-Rodriguez and Co-sponsors Messrs. Fas- Alzamora, Tirado-Rivera, Bhatia-Gautier, Dalmau-Santiago, Torres-Torres; Mmes. Lopez-Leon, Gonzalez-Lopez; Messrs. Nieves-Perez, Pereira-Castillo, Rivera-Filomeno, Rodriguez- Gonzalez, Rodriguez-Otero, Rodriguez-Valle, Ruiz-Nieves, Suarez-Caceres, and Vargas-Morales and that the same reads as follows: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To inform the President and the Congress of the United States about the results of the plebiscite held on November 6, 2012, and support the request of the President of the United States of America for the Congress to appropriate $2.5 million to the State Elections Commission for a federally- sponsored plebiscite after conducting the appropriate voter education campaign, which incorporates all options, including the enhanced Commonwealth, based on the principles of fairness and equality; to authorize the disbursement of funds; and for other purposes. STATEMENT OF MOTIVES On November 6, 2012 a plebiscite was held in Puerto Rico along with the general elections. The results of such plebiscite were inconclusive because none of the options on Puerto Rico's political status that received a majority of votes. Said plebiscite consisted of two separate questions, formulated by the preceding pro-statehood government administration, which favored statehood for Puerto Rico, in order to portray a false majority in favor of statehood and prevent such formula from competing against the Commonwealth option that had been favored by the people of Puerto Rico in all previously-held plebiscites. The results were the following: the first question asked voters whether or not Puerto Rico should maintain its current form of political status. Nine hundred seventy thousand nine hundred ten (970,910), that is, fifty-one point seven percent (51.7%) of the people voted ``NO''; whereas eight hundred twenty-eight thousand seventy-seven (828,077), that is, forty-four point one percent (44.1%) of the people voted ``YES.'' However, a total of sixty-seven thousand two hundred sixty-seven (67,267) voters cast a blank ballot, which accounted for three point six percent (3.6%) of voters. The second question asked voters to choose from options that excluded the current political status. Statehood received eight hundred thirty-four thousand one hundred ninety-one (834,191), or forty-four point four percent (44.4%) of the votes cast; sovereign free associated state received four hundred fifty-four thousand seven hundred sixty-eight (454,708), or twenty four point three percent (24.3%) of the votes cast; and independence received seventy four thousand eight hundred ninety-five (74,895), or four percent (4) of the votes cast. However, such question received a total of four hundred ninety-eight thousand six hundred four (498,604)blank votes, which accounted for twenty-six point live percent (26.5%) of the votes cast. These results should not surprise us, since the preceding Legislative Assembly approved the [[Page S3835]] plebiscite disregarding the procedural and substantive consensuses required to legitimize any plebiscite held. The Party that supported the Commonwealth option, which was the political opposition at the time, objected this process. It also argued that the process was contrary to the provisions of H.R. 2499, as amended, approved by the United States House of Representatives, which included the Commonwealth among the options in the second question. Moreover, it stated that the process had been criticized by the White House because it was designed with the intent to conceal the true expression of the people of Puerto Rico. Commonwealth supporters employed two methods to express their opposition. On the one hand, the Governing Board of the Party supporting the Commonwealth option adopted a resolution asking voters to protest the process by casting a blank ballot, On the other hand, a significant number of pro- Commonwealth leaders openly conducted campaigns in favor of the Sovereign Free Associated State option. There is no doubt that the voters who wish to express their dissatisfaction with the proposals or the candidates in the ballot, traditionally do so by spoiling their ballots, casting a blank ballot, or voting for a fictional character. If the United States Congress wishes to know the amount of Puerto Rican voters against statehood for Puerto Rico, the blank ballots should be taken into account because such votes clearly express the intent of voters against statehood. Thus, it should be understood that votes cast in favor of statehood did not exceed forty-four point four percent (44.4%), which shows a two percent (2%) decrease in the historical peak it achieved in 1998. In other words, fifty-five point six percent (55.6%) of Puerto Rican voters rejected statehood in the 2012 plebiscite. Previously, in 1998, the pro-statehood party had also designed a unilateral and exclusionary plebiscite; nonetheless, voters had the option to vote for ``None of the Above.'' The ``None of the Above'' option received fifty point three percent (50.3%) of the votes cast, followed by Statehood and Independence, which received forty-six point five percent (46.5%) and two point five percent (2.5%) of the votes cast, respectively. The results of the 1998 plebiscite were consistent with those of the 1993 plebiscite, in which the Commonwealth option received forty-eight point six percent (48.6%) of the votes cast, whereas Statehood and Independence received forty-six point three percent (46.3%) and four point four percent (4.4%) of the votes cast, respectively. The only other event of this kind held since the establishment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952, took place in 1967. In the 1967 plebiscite, the Commonwealth received sixty point three percent (60.3%) of the votes cast, while Statehood received thirty-nine percent (39%). Unfortunately, the preceding government administration in Puerto Rico, whose term ended in December 2012, failed to sponsor a process that would include the recommendations of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status appointed by President Barack Obama. Such Task Force proposed--on a Report released in March 2011--various methods to ask Puerto Ricans about their political status in a manner that is fair for the supporters of all options. Furthermore, it also failed to address the issue of Puerto Rico's political status in an inclusive and responsible manner, On April 10, 2013, President Barack Obama included in the budget proposal for the fiscal year 2014, an appropriation of $2.5 million to the State Elections Commission in order to conduct a voter education campaign and a plebiscite which would include all constitutionally viable status options. The action taken by the President of the United States shows that the plebiscite designed by the preceding government administration lacks legitimacy or credibility before the government of the United States of America. In light of the history of imposed and exclusionary plebiscites that only attest to our people's division with regard to this issue, it is necessary to inform the President and the Congress of the United States about the true results of the plebiscite held on November 6, 2012. Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico: Section 1.--To inform the President and the Congress of the United States about the results of the plebiscite held on November 6, 2012, and support the request of the President of the United States of America for the Congress to appropriate $2.5 million to the State Elections Commission for a federally-sponsored plebiscite, after conducting the appropriate voter education campaign, which incorporates all options, including the enhanced Commonwealth, based on the principles of fairness and equality; to authorize the disbursement of funds; and for other purposes. Section 2.--The results of the 2012 plebiscite were the following: in the first question, which asked voters whether or not Puerto Rico should continue to have its current form of political status, the ``NO'' option received fifty-three point nine percent (53.9%) of the votes cast, whereas the ``YES'' option received forty-six percent (46%). The results of the second question, which asked voters to choose from the options that did not included the current status, were the following: the statehood option received forty-four point four percent (44.4%) of the votes cast (834,191); the ``sovereign free associated state'' received twenty-four point three percent (24.3%) of the votes east (454,768); the independence option received four percent (4%) of the votes cast (74,895), and blank ballots accounted for twenty-six point five percent (26.5%) of the votes cast (498,604). Section 3.--The foregoing shows that the representations made before the United States Congress stating that the statehood option was favored by the majority of Puerto Ricans, does not accurately reflect the results of the plebiscite on Puerto Rico's status held on November 6, 2012. Section 4.--A copy of this Concurrent Resolution shall be delivered to the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State of the United States, to all the Members of the 113th United States Congress, as well as to all pertinent government and nongovernmental organizations, human rights organizations, and the local, national, and international media, among others. Section 5.--A certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution shall be translated into English and delivered by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to the members of the United States Congress. Section 6.--This Concurrent Resolution shall take effect immediately after its approval. In witness whereof we hereunto sign and affix the Seal of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. Issued this Tuesday, 14th of May of 2013, at our offices at the Capitol Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Eduardo Bhatia-Gautier, President of Senate. Jaime R. 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A Dusk Walk in MontpellierWe headed out on an evening walk with our wonderful hosts in Montpellier, France. They've done a few nice things to the city to minimize car traffic. There is a lot of public transport on light rails, and that tended to keep congestion down. You don't really realize it until you compare it to someplace like Milan or Daegu, but there just aren't a lot of cars driving around all the most interesting places. Taking the "back way" to dinner, we stopped at this perfect little intersection so I could take a quick photo. It was a highly recommended spot by my friend Jacques. This is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier an elegant and unique cathedral that has a castle-like feel to the facade. Since I always get excited when I see a castle, this got a big thumbs up! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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