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Christine Zeihen has worked for W.M. Grace Development Co. (Grace) since 1995 when she was hired as the Chief Financial Officer. Christine has over 25 + years of real estate experience in development of commercial, residential, multi-family, office, resort and golf courses. Negotiated and closed real estate financing transaction for construction, permanent, bridge, bond and letter of credits with various lending institutions. Engaged in strategic implementation of acquisition, disposition and development of real estate. Develop business relationship with financial institutions, investors, partners and clients with a sense of trust and integrity.
Previous to her employment at Grace, Christine worked with Gosnell Development Company since the early 1980s where she held many positions while working and going to college. Upon graduating, she took the position of Controller responsible for accounting/financing for mixed used projects including resorts, residential, apartments, office and golf courses.
Christine graduated in 1985 with a bachelors degree in Finance from Arizona State University. Christine is a licensed real estate broker and is Designated Broker for owned company, Biltmore Realty Advisors, LLC.
Christines community involvement includes 2008-2009 President Real Estate Investment Advisory Council, Urban Land Institute, ICSC, Valley Partnership, Brokers for Kids, ASU Alumni, Arthritis Foundation, Home Base and Arizona Family Hope.
Major responsibilities include: Report to the Owners and collaborate in the formulation and implantation of corporate strategy including financing, development, acquisition and disposition of real estate. Evaluate financial viability of new development projects and potential acquisitions through proforma analysis. Responsible for on-going project budget and cost analysis. In conjunction with the Project Manager assist in the pre-development stages from acquisition, entitlements, development to completion of projects.
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Philip Hamilton joined Rencor Development at the beginning of 2009. His primary focus is the acquisition of commercial projects which includes both improved properties and land for future development. He holds two Master degrees as well as the CPM, RPA and CCIM designations and has worked for companies such as Gerald D. Hines Interests, Trammell Crow Company and Opus.
R. Chapin Bell is President of the PB Bell Companies, which focuses on several areas of the multi-family industry in Arizona: management of approximately 5,000 units in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas; development and acquisition of apartment communities in the state; processing of condominium conversions; and general contract construction services for PB Bell-developed communities and third party developers. PB Bell also focuses on for sale condominium developments. Bell, a licensed real estate agent with over 14 years of industry experience, oversees the daily operations of the management and development arm of the company. He was the 2007 Chairman of the Arizona Multihousing Association, and has also chaired the Political Action Committee (AMAPAC) and Finance, Government Affairs, Phoenix Education Conference, Strategic Planning and Trade Show committees and Family Transitional Housing Subcommittee for the Arizona Multihousing Association. He is currently on the Board of Directors and Facilities Committee for UMOM New Day Center Homeless and Transitional Shelter for families.
Cheri Brady is Vice President and Southwest Regional Sales Manager for the National Commercial Services division of First American Title Insurance Company, an international provider of title and information related products and services and the longest established Arizona title insurance underwriter.
Ms. Brady began her title and escrow career in 1977 in Boise, ID. In 1987 she moved to San Diego, CA to take the position of VP, Regional Director for HomeFed Banks Escrow Department where she managed the activities of a region with 6 branches. In March of 1993 Ms. Brady moved to Phoenix, AZ and joined the First American family as a commercial sales professional. During her 17 years with First American she has worked in both the National Commercial Services and Home Builder divisions.
Ms. Brady currently serves on the Compass Bank Advisory Board (2004 to present), recently completed her second term on the Board of Valley Partnership (2002 to 2009) and prior to that term chaired its State Legislative Committee where she followed legislation that affects our real estate community. She served as a Director for The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties of Arizona (NAIOP) from 1994 to 2008 and chaired the Public Affairs Committee. In 2001 she was appointed to the National NAIOP State and Local subcommittee that focused on development issues nationwide. Ms Brady serves as a Director for the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC) from 2000 to present and is an Honorary Commander of the 310 Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base (2009 to 20011).
Ms. Brady earned a B.S. of Business Management from the University of Phoenix. Her life partner is Dr. Reed H. Day, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and has a son who recently graduated from Arizona State University. Ms Brady enjoys golf and wine collecting as hobbies.
Lawrence A. (Larry) Heath is President and founder of Flagstone Capital, LLC located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Flagstone Capital specializes in providing consulting services and capital market solutions for real estate ventures. Mr. Heaths real estate career in finance, development, brokerage and property management spans 21 years. Mr. Heath is a graduate of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois. He is the Founder and Past President of the Real Estate Investment and Advisory Council (REIAC) of Arizona. Mr. Heath is married with three children.
T.A. Shover is the Director of Leasing and Sales for DMBs Commercial Division. T.A.s main responsibilities are more than one million square feet of commercial holdings which includes such notable projects as Market Street at DC Ranch, newly completed DC Ranch Crossing, which is anchored by an AJ's Fine Foods, Centerpoint on Mill and One Scottsdale. Future projects also include the retail and
commercial components in DMBs latest planned development Mesa Proving Grounds in Mesa, AZ.
Prior to joining DMB, Shover contributed to the development of Troon North in Scottsdale, Palm Valley in Goodyear, and over 3,000 acres of commercial real estate holdings across the western United States.
T.A. received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Menlo College, in Melno Park, California.
Shover is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and a board member of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC), as well as an active volunteer for various community organizations.
T.A. resides in Scottsdale with his wife, Julie, and their two boys, Kellen and Jasen.
Brian J. Zavislak practices in the area of real estate law.
Mr. Zavislak's recent experience includes: Representing local and national developers in connection with real estate acquisition and construction financing, financing transactions including $181,000,000 construction financing for a retail development in Texas and $93,000,000 construction financing for a commercial project in Southern California, representing local and national developers in connection with commercial real estate development, including real property land acquisition and sales, and transactions including the development of a commercial and residential project in North Scottsdale, sale of a multi-tenant commercial project in Scottsdale, and the acquisition of a multi-tenant residential development in Arizona.
Mr. Zavislak's education includes: University of Notre Dame, J.D., cum laude, 2000; University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1997.
Bar & Court Admissions: Arizona, 2000. Associations & Memberships: State Bar of Arizona - Member, Maricopa County Bar Association - Member.
Todd Jarman joined BBVA Compass in 2009 as the manager of the Phoenix Commercial Real Estate Group. Todd has over 13 years of real estate banking experience, specializing in both construction and bridge financing for multi-family, office, retail and industrial properties. Todd is responsible for underwriting, structuring and closing CRE loan requests, as well as the ongoing monitoring of the loan
portfolio. In his current role, Todd is responsible for the Banks calling efforts in both Phoenix, AZ and Salt Lake City, UT.
Previous to his employment at BBVA Compass, Todd spent over 10 years with Wachovia Bank. Todd began his career with Wachovia in his hometown of Atlanta, GA as a junior CRE Relationship Manager. In 2005, Todd moved to Phoenix, AZ as the Site Manager for Wachovias new Commercial Real Estate LPO covering the Mountain West. In 2008, Todd was promoted to Director and became the Western Regional Head of Underwriting, managing a $5.5 Billion book of CRE loans across offices located in California, Arizona and Texas.
Todd and his wife, Polly, are the proud parents of three children, Wesley, Parker and Emmie. Outside of the office, Todd enjoys spending time outdoors with his family (adventures as his kids call it) hiking, camping and exploring our beautiful state. Todd is also an avid motorcyclist who loves the twists and turns of Northern Arizona. Todd is a die-hard Georgia Bulldog fan, and holds both a bachelors degree, as well as an MBA, from The University of Georgia.
Scott Holland is a founder and Principal of Keystone Commercial Capital. In addition to being a managing partner of Keystone, Scott is a Commercial Mortgage Banker responsible for originating debt and equity investments on all commercial property types. Scott has been in the commercial real estate finance industry since 1991. He has worked as both a lender with a life insurance company and credit company
as well as representing numerous life insurance companies, pension funds, investment banks and other financial institutions in financing commercial real estate projects.
Prior to forming Keystone, Scott was a Senior Vice President at Capmark Finance Inc., formerly known as GMAC Commercial Mortgage in Phoenix, Arizona. He joined GMAC when the company purchased Keystone Mortgage Partners in 2001, a private mortgage banking company where Scott was a Commercial Mortgage Banker since 1998. Scott earned an undergraduate degree in Finance from Arizona State University and is an active member of various industry groups such as NAIOP and MBA. Scott is a licensed real estate agent in Arizona.


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EXETER — On June 16, 1992, the Exeter News-Letter ran a collection of recent birth announcements. One of those entries announced the birth of a child who would grow up to become the man who gunned down a classroom full of young children at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
A black-and-white photo of the newborn Adam Peter Lanza, born April 22, 1992, and weighing in at precisely eight pounds, can be found on Page 26 of that particular issue.
"He looks like all the other babies," said Barbara Rimkunas, the curator at the Exeter Historical Society, who found the birth announcement on Saturday and passed it along to the News-Letter and Seacoast Media Group.
Rimkunas said she was working on a separate project when, out of curiosity, she decided to see whether she could find any information about Lanza in historical society archives. She had heard the reports that he was originally from Kingston, and thought it was possible he was born at Exeter Hospital.
She first found in phone directories that his parents, Peter and Nancy Lanza, lived at 44 Depot Road in Kingston from 1988 to 1994. She then spent some time going through old issues of the News-Letter and it wasn't long before she found the Lanza birth announcement.
"From my perspective as the historical society curator, I was going to have to start a file on him anyway because it's a big story. A sad story, but we keep everything," she said.
Rimkunas, who worked at Exeter Hospital at the time Lanza was born, said she may even have checked his parents in, although she has no way of knowing for sure.
She called the shooting "horrible" and said she couldn't help but think, as a leader of a local Girl Scout troop, that the number of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday equalled her entire troop. "It's hard to even comprehend that," she said.
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Irish Manufacturing Slowdown Raises Question on Bailout Austerity
Amid the turmoil about the future of the euro, the latest survey data showing that output from Irish manufacturing plants contracted last month provides a warning that the apparent Irish tolerance for austerity could unravel soon.
The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell in November below the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction, according to the survey published Thursday by Markit Economics and NCB Stockbrokers.
Unless the European Central Bank acts there will be a full blown recession in the euro area next year, and the manufacturing data shows time is running out, said Brian Devine, chief economist at NCB. This matters a good deal to Ireland because its large number of international pharmaceutical and technology plants rely on export orders from the euro zone and the U.S.
Snuff out euro zone growth and the painful measures the Irish have endured over the last three years to deal with their own deep banking debt crisis will count for naught. Without growth, the trail set a year ago by the country's bailout lenders–the European Union, International Monetary Fund and ECB—will get much more rugged.
On Wednesday, Ireland's leading think tank–the Economic and Social Research Institute–slashed its growth outlook for the Irish economy and also warned the euro area will plunge into a recession next year if the ECB does too little to resolve the deepening crisis.
The ESRI had thought that Ireland's export-focused economy would continue to make a strong recovery from its deep three-year recession, but the euro crisis now threatens that. Worse, government data published Wednesday showed Ireland's jobless rate rose in November to 14.5%, its highest level this year.
The country faces being squeezed between the euro debt crisis that threatens its exports and the large amounts of austerity ordered by its bailout lenders at home. The jobless rate, which has soared from about 4.5% in late 2007, when the country's banking crisis began, would be higher again but for the high level of net outward migration. As far as one can judge such matters, the Irish appear so far to have accepted that the billions of euro in government spending cuts and tax increases is the inevitable price to be paid to get the country out of its own deep banking debt crisis.
Next week, over two days, Irish Budget Minister Brendan Howlin and Finance Minister Michael Noonan will detail to the Irish parliament a further €3.8 billion in austerity to cut a budget deficit in 2012 to a target set by the bailout lenders.
But everyone knows that Ireland needs economic growth to get out of its debt crisis and emerge from its bailout. The deepening crisis in the euro zone threatens that. One can but wonder if the Irish will continue to accept so much pain for so little gain.


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Silas Marner
by George Eliot
Silas Marner Religion Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
The inhabitants of Raveloe were not severely regular in their church-going, and perhaps there was hardly a person in the parish who would not have held that to go to church every Sunday in the calendar would have shown a greedy desire to stand well with Heaven, and get an undue advantage over their neighbours—a wish to be better than the 'common run,' that would have implied a reflection on those who had had godfathers and godmothers as well as themselves, and had an equal right to the burying-service. (1.10.16)
The villagers of Raveloe don't have to work at religion. There's no fasting or penitence involved, and there doesn't seem to be much prayer, either. Their religion is communal: rather than designed to put an individual right with God, it keeps the community together, more like a social club than a religion. Anglican churches have traditionally focused on the communal aspects of religion—even today, all the different countries that have Anglican churches are said to be part of the "Anglican communion."
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Dolly's exposition of her simple Raveloe theology fell rather unmeaningly on Silas's ears, for there was no word in it that could rouse a memory of what he had known as religion, and his comprehension was quite baffled by the plural pronoun, which was no heresy of Dolly's, but only her way of avoiding a presumptuous familiarity. (1.10.40)
Dolly's religion is so communal that she even refers to God as "they." She can't think of religion as something between just herself and God, and luckily there are no English teachers around to correct her.
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Those green boughs, the hymn and anthem never heard but at Christmas—even the Athanasian Creed, which was discriminated from the others only as being longer and of exceptional virtue, since it was only read on rare occasions—brought a vague exulting sense, for which the grown men could as little have found words as the children, that something great and mysterious had been done for them in heaven above, and in earth below, which they were appropriating by their presence. (1.10.56)
Only at Christmas, and probably other major church holidays, do the Raveloe villagers actually seem to feel something like belief—and only then because the celebrations are special. Otherwise, religion is ordinary and everyday, something done because everyone else does it. (Again, like brushing your teeth or saying "bless you" when someone sneezes.)


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11.23.10 | Dave Boardman is an English teacher at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine. Although he teaches a traditional English curriculum, his students aren't producing typical five-paragraph essays or even research papers.
Take the case of "Tilman," a writing assignment a struggling freshman produced a couple of years ago. "Tilman" is a moving video that tells the story of Patrick Tillman, the NFL player who quit football to fight in Afghanistan and came back in a body bag. The video moves seamlessly back and forth from the student's own thoughts on the case and CNN coverage, atop edited pictures and news footage.
"I think the definition of writing is shifting," Boardman said. "I don't think writing happens with just words anymore."
In his classes, Boardman teaches students how to express their ideas and how to tell stories —and he encourages them to use video, music, recorded voices and whatever other media will best allow them to communicate effectively. He is part of a vanguard of educators, technologists, intellectuals and writers who are reimagining the very meaning of writing and reading.
"The written word is coming to life by being a key part of multimedia," Boardman said. "When people can not only pick up something by the written word, but also listen to it, see it move across the screen or see someone's interpretation of that word through moving images, then I think it becomes much more alive."
We find when writing moves online, the connections between ideas and people are much more apparent than they are in the context of a printed book.
– Bob Stein, Institute for the Future of the Book
Bob Stein is founder and co-director of the MacArthur-funded Institute for the Future of the Book, an organization premised on the idea that "the written page is giving way to the networked screen."
Stein agrees with Boardman that our definition of writing must change to include audio, visual and graphical components. Take a moment to digest that, because it's actually the easy part. What Stein is working on at the Institute is something deeper than just the idea of books and other kinds of writing becoming multimedia. He's encouraging a complete transformation of the notion of ownership of writing altogether.
"The age of the know-it-all author who went into her room for three months and figured something out that no one figured out, and had a whole idea that was hers alone – it's over."
The keys to understanding this new perspective on writing and reading lie in notions of collaboration and being social. More specifically, it's believing that collaboration and increased socialization around activities like reading and writing is a good idea.
"You and I grew up with the notion of the little girl curled up in her chair reading, or the writer in her garret, right?" Stein said. "But what we've discovered is that when you move the function of reading and writing online, the social aspect comes forward."
According to Stein, the idea of the author as someone who works alone to produce something that is hers comes from the Enlightenment—and from then until now is only a "blip in time." This notion, he adds, is "only part of the picture." The other part is facilitated by our increasingly networked world—reading other books, collaborating, sharing ideas, chatting with colleagues.
"We find when writing moves online, the connections between ideas and people are much more apparent than they are in the context of a printed book," Stein said.
Essentially, the writer is a synthesizer of the information and ideas.
One of the Institute's projects is CommentPress, an open-source plug-in for WordPress that aims to turn a document into a conversation (view examples here). Readers can comment on, say, an academic paper before it has gone to press and add insights and questions in the margins of the text.
It's an idea very much in the air. The MIT Media Lab tagged collaboration as one of the key literacies of the 21st century, and it's now so much a part of the digital learning conversation as to be nearly rote. In his new book, "Where Good Ideas Come From," Stephen Johnson argues that ideas get better the more they're exposed to outside influences.
It is not only the act of writing that is changing. It's reading, too. Stein points to a 10-year-old he met in London recently. The boy reads for a bit, goes to Google when he wants to learn more about a particular topic, chats online with his friend who are reading the same book, and then goes back to reading.
"What I'm arguing is that we should say reading equals all of these behaviors," Stein said. "Not just when you're looking at the book, but also when you're talking to people about the book or when you're Googling things that occur to you as you read the book."
The implications for learning are huge. In a recent experiment by the Institute, professors at the University of North Carolina used CommentPress when assigning the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce in a first year seminar course. The story was posted online along with clips from the 1962 film adaptation. Students engaged with the text not only in the classroom, but also while they were at the library after class and at home after the library. (Learn more about the project in this video.)
"They come back to class the next day still talking to each other," Stein said, "because the conversation continued in the margins."
Laura Flemming is an elementary school library media specialist in River Edge, N.J. About three years ago, she came across a hybrid book—half digital, half traditional—called "Skeleton Creek" by Patrick Carmen.
"The 6th graders were running down to library class, banging down the door to get in, which you don't often see," Flemming said.
Indeed, she was so struck not only by her students' enthusiasm, but also by the way they were picking up themes of character, setting and mood that she started researching the subject in her spare time. Now she writes the blog edtechinsight.blogspot.com, where she discusses digital reading and writing.
Flemming's favorite transmedia work is "Inanimate Alice," a remarkably evocative and compelling multimedia book from the BradField Company. Alice is an 8-year-old girl in China searching for her missing father in episode one. Music plays; images float by; text rolls across the screen.
"We tell our kids we want them to know what it's like to walk in the shoes of the main character," Flemming said. "I've had more than one child tell me that before they read 'Inanimate Alice,' they didn't know what that felt like."
Flemming believes that digital storytelling, done right, can increase children's ability to empathize. It is also about teaching kids interactive communication skills, because, says Flemming, "this is the world they're growing up in."
That is an answer you'll hear a lot in the world of digital media and learning. But Stein says that's not good enough. We must be sure we're driving the horse, he argues.
Stein says it's better to take advantage of new technologies to push the culture in the direction you want it to go. Stein is fully aware of the political and cultural implications of his vision of the future of reading and writing, which shifts the emphasis away from the individual and onto the community. It's asking people to understand that authored works are part of a larger flow of ideas and information.
"We've grown up in a world where all great ideas are pretty much ascribed to a single individual," Stein said. "What we're not particularly good at is understanding what the origins of that idea were or seeing the continuous flow of ideas."
Such a redrawing of the boundaries of authorship, of course, undermines our system of intellectual property and copyright laws. If the creation of a book is a collaborative process, who owns it in the end?
"The writer gets the marquee billing," Stein said, but is this really appropriate? Consider a party, he says. A guy named Bob may have hosted, but if there weren't any guests, the party wouldn't exist. We call it Bob's party, but is it really his?
As for what a new "progressive system" of copyright law might look like, Stein doesn't have a prescription. He just knows that what we do have isn't working.
Stein was recently in San Paulo giving a talk. While there he found himself deep in discussion with a filmmaker, a colleague of Jean-Luc Godard.
"He was arguing the auteur version of filmmaking," Stein said, still going over the conversation in his mind. "And I understand why that worked for the first hundred years. But it's not the future. The future is the collaborative effort."
annette black (ireland)
Inanimate Alice is wonderfully evocative, I could already see the spellbound children in front of me. In one way it would seem a shame to explore such a story, but given that that is what we teachers do it would be great to pool ideas on this. Finally, is this link permanent?
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Wanted: A person with good attention to detail and willingness to work long hours. Your daily tasks will consist of viewing people naked all day, including children. You will also be asked to pat down the private regions of men, women, and children on a regular basis.
quote: So if you work for a security organization, and you're smart, then you don't just profile the Muslims.
quote: 100% of all Islamic terrorists have been Muslims. Sorry, that's a documented proven fact.
quote: Anyway, it is a proven fact that 100% of all Christian terrorists are christian.
quote: And, by the way, saying only muslims are terrorists is prejudice.
quote: Second, there have been plenty of christian terrorists around the world (IRA is an example)
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by Teresa J. Mitchell
This time of year gives pause for reflection on thankfulness and gratitude. If you're traveling on a journey to parenthood, the reasons to be thankful abound!
Enjoy these favorite Thanksgiving comments from our members who are getting pregnant, pregnant, have babies and beyond!
Dreaming of a Baby
"I'm thankful for friends who understand my baby fever even when my partner doesn't. They support me with logical argument to counter waffling when I need it and a shoulder to cry on if I'm past logic." ~Angela
"I am so incredibly grateful for the man that I married -- willing to dream with me about the family we'll have someday. Holding my hand and sharing a secret smile as we walk past the infants' department of a store; tossing out names to consider and reject as all wrong for our child. I am forever thankful for marrying my best friend!" ~Rachel
Serious About Baby Making
"It's easy to get caught up in trying to conceive, ovulation charts and pregnancy tests and forget about our blessings. I'm thankful for a place to live, food to eat and love to share...and for my wonderful friends." ~Teresa
"Ok, I'll admit it! My partner and I are in the throes of looking to catch THE egg! I think we are celebrating enjoying the process of 'getting there!' The intimacy between us is definitely worthy of giving thanks!" ~Jenn
Growing a Baby
"My journey may not have been an easy one, but there's a small human growing in my womb. I am thankful for all my friends, family and mostly my partner for their support during this wonderful time in our lives. Thankful that they understand my body, hormones and emotions are going through some major changes and sometimes I just simply need a nap." ~Megan
"This year, I'm thankful for a miracle taking place. I'm fascinated with following the wonderment of my baby developing into this perfect human being -- wriggling fingers and toes, waving at me on the ultrasound, with his own personality yet to be revealed. I can't wait to welcome him to the world – and next year, and all of those to come – to give thanks for my son being a part of my life!" ~Pamela
Our Sharing Birth Mom
"You are giving us the most unselfish gift a person can give, our son/daughter. I am thankful to know you as a person and as our child's birth mother. I am thankful that you see in us as the safe loving environment you want for your child." ~Wendy
"We're celebrating this Thanksgiving as parents of a precious little one. We had an amazing journey that took us across the world and back again. We're thankful to open our home, our lives, and our hearts -- all from the choice of life made by another thousands of miles away!" ~Katie
A Safe Birth
"After a difficult pregnancy, I found myself on bedrest from 27 weeks on. I worried daily if "today" was it and the risks an early birth would present for my baby. Weighing into the balance was my blood pressure, spiking and becoming unresponsive to drugs until the last possible moment. While I still delivered early, I am very grateful for having a safe delivery. Both mommy and baby are fine!" ~Jodi
"After hours of labor and even more pushing, we knew that our baby wasn't going to be arrive as we had dreamed and planned. While I still feel that twinge of disappointment in our birth, when I saw our child's heart decelerate to dangerous levels, I know that having a c-section was what was in the best interest of my child. I'm thankful the skilled doctors and caregivers who acted quickly and after a few exciting moments, delivered our bouncing baby girl safely!" ~Alison
A Snuggling Newborn
"I gaze into the eyes of my newborn, play with those little toes and host evening cuddle-fests and awe at the wonder of it all. And then you cry and I'm thankful for my birth board, the advice, the compassion and the companionship." ~Krystal
"I am thankful for the squishy warmth of your little face. Thankful our day has finally come and you've entered our family. I know you will grow out of this stage quickly, but today I'm thankful to be able to snuggle and smell your sweet baby smells. You're so precious to us, and I am sure our whole family feels the same way." ~Chelsea
Baby's Emerging Personality
"You've transitioned from newborn to a baby and you're learning new things everyday. I'm so thankful to be able to show you how to blow kisses and raspberries. Soon, you'll patty cake, crawl, walk and RUN. I'm thankful for your health and your little chubby hands as they squeeze the sides of my face. I love seeing the changes and growth every day, knowing that we help mold you into the adult you will become." ~Lauren
A Terrific Toddler
"I'm grateful for the 'no's.' Though at times he's irrational, I'm thankful that this child is developing a sense of self and the confidence to express it. I'm also thankful (most of the time) for the opportunity to develop patience." ~Julia
Big Kids
"I am thankful for looking. Looking at my children as they grow, stretch, and create themselves. They are so young and are already amazing people. I am thankful that I get to experience life outside of myself through the beauty that is child." ~Christina
"Your first step into a school atmosphere and I'm so thankful for your acceptance of change. It was hard at first, but soon school became a thing of excitement and joy. I am thankful for your teachers. As I tuck you in bed, I'm thankful to be able to read to you and help you pick out the words you're starting to recognize. You're still my baby (and will be for years to come), but I'm thankful to see you grow into a beautiful person." ~Melissa
What are you thankful for this year? Share as many ideas as you'd like!
From our house to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
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A refreshing change from the usual theme of this series last night, as the team left Al Qaeda in a box under the bed for the week while they tackled a banking crisis artificially engendered by international financier Alexis Meynell, played with deliciously superior menace by Paul Rhys. And in a shocking development, the high-level mole in the Sugarhorse affair was revealed!
Having torn Connie's home apart looking for evidence that she was the mole, and finding nothing, Harry discovers a tape in a strange memento given to Connie by her long-time partner and fellow spook on his death bed. She has always been a bit peeved that he never told her how he really felt, and couldn't find anything more appropriate as his final gift, but the tape finally addresses that failing as well as completely absolving Connie.
So Harry is left with no choice but to ask Lucas to use his extraordinary mental powers to remember anything useful from his time under interrogation about Sugarhorse. Lucas is horrified – he was tortured for 17 days straight – and initially refuses. But alone in his flat he remembers hearing several mentions of polonik – the pilgrim – and Harry's intelligence reveals this to be none other than Qualtrough – Spycatcher – the very man whose help Harry had enlisted to look for the mole! (Dun-dun-durrrrr)
Meanwhile Ros has gone undercover at Meynell's office to try to secure evidence of what he's doing and convince the ineffectual Chancellor Gillian Calderwood to freeze his assets. Meynell's sidekick labours under the rather unfortunate name of Asa Darlek, which threw me out of Spooks world and into the Tardis each time I heard it. True to his name, he did (almost) shout "exterminate" at the end, when his plan to bring down the UK economy with billions of pounds of Russian mafia money was thwarted at the very last second by a complex double-counter-anti-mega bluff. But even with a gun at her head the awesome Ros is never without a move, and she escaped with her life and her spooky credentials intact.
Sadly the same cannot be said for Jo – she of the cropped ash-blonde hair and permanently startled look – who caught sight of her rapist Boscard in Meynell's office (despite the fact that he's supposed to be dead) and fell into a sweating, panting heap. The poor girl's on the edge and the photos of a dead Boscard that Ros showed her were barely enough to bring her back into balance. For now.
Definitely one of the best stories so far in what has been an impressive series, if a little heavy on the Islamic terrorist side at times. With three episodes to go the Sugarhorse story is building nicely to a crescendo, and it looks virtually certain that Jo's fragile mental state will play a part in the denouement too. Can't wait!


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Why All Kids Should Have a Wrestling T-Shirt
There are certain items of clothing that all children have as standard practise as a part of their wardrobe. It goes without saying that t-shirts are a staple item of clothing and they come featuring all kinds of images, designs, motifs and slogans. There are a number of arguments as to why a t-shirt featuring wrestling related designs should be included as part of their collection, and this goes for both boys and girls. Here are a few of the top reasons as to why all kids should own a wrestling t-shirt.
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"It was pain-free, no ailments or inflammation," Wilson said of his right elbow, which sidelined him for much of the second half last season. "I don't imagine there will be any hiccups."
Wilson said he threw at 75-80 percent effort on Monday, although he did air it out on the last few pitches of a long bullpen session. Manager Bruce Bochy watched from a few feet away, along with pitching coach Dave Righetti and team doctors.
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Hundreds of Malaysian protesters marched on the Russian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on July 22, waving signs and demanding justice for victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight that was shot down last week.
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Western countries have accused the pro-Russian separatists, possibly with help from Moscow, of shooting down the plane.
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The local Jaycees chapter, established in 1939 as the first in West Virginia, resumed meeting in early 2011 after shutting down in 2004. And now the Parkersburg Area chapter is climbing toward its membership goal and undertaking community service projects.
The Parkersburg Jaycees, for male and female professionals 18 to 40 years old, has 22 members with a goal of reaching 36 members before long, said chapter president Adam Kennedy, a certified public accountant with Suttle & Stalnaker.
The Parkersburg Jaycees meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Blennerhassett Hotel. Prospective members are welcome to attend the meetings, Kennedy said.
"The Blennerhassett Hotel has been kind to us," Kennedy said.
Chapter members are accountants, bankers, teachers, nurses and other professionals. The organization provides opportunities for networking and volunteering, and teaches personal development, Kennedy said.
The group is planning a kickball tournament in July to benefit Habitat for Humanity, partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley for a chili cookoff and concert at Riverfront Park on Oct. 6 and sponsoring a 5K run at City Park on Oct. 27.
The Jaycees helped with the Taste of Parkersburg last September and plans to be involved with the downtown food/wine/music festival again this year.
The audience attending the Actors Guild of Parkersburg's performance of "Tuesdays With Morrie" Sunday and June 16 will be invited to ask questions of the two actors and special guests.
The play deals with writer Mitch Albom's conversations with his favorite professor, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Participating in last Saturday's talkback, or question-and-answer session, after the play were Bill Thomas, chaplain at Amedisys Hospice, and Jane Couch, whose husband, Dave, died of ALS.
Kathy Hart, clinical manager at Amedisys Hospice, will answer questions after the 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee, said director Charlie Matthews, while Couch and Thomas are expected to return for the 8 p.m. June 16 performance. The audience last week posed questions to cast members John Lee, who plays Morrie, and Josh Martin, who plays Mitch. Thomas and Couch discussed end-of-life and caregiver issues.
A member of the audience said she enjoyed the talkback because it allowed her to decompress after the emotional play, Matthews said.
Matthews praised Lee and Martin for their outstanding performances in the two-actor show, which runs 90 minutes without an intermission.
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The free music weekend opens on Friday night with a performance by River City Brass Band from Pittsburgh, followed by the Mountain State Brass Band from Charleston on Saturday night, and the featured American Wind Symphony Orchestra from Mars, Pa., Sunday night, along with fireworks. All performances begin at 8 p.m.
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will bring its floating arts center to Point Park on a tour that begins June 18 in Columbus, Miss., and stops in Ravenswood July 5-7.
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Leading Restaurants in North Yorkshire
Restaurants in North Yorkshire, such as The Malt Shovel and The Star Inn are listed below.
The Malt Shovel
Main Street, Brearton, Harrogate
A white washed 16th century house is home to this family run village pub and restaurant. Old oak beams, flagstone floors, blazing log fires and comfy leather armchairs create a traditional and welcoming atmosphere. Three separate dining areas,... more
The Star Inn
Harome, Helmsley
This 14th century "longhouse" has been one of the most successful and lauded gastropubs in the land for more than a decade. In that time the business has grown to encompass luxury accommodation, but at heart it's a village pub, albeit a multi-award... more
Courtyard Restaurant
Ox Pasture Hall Hotel, Lady Ediths Drive, North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Scarborough
The Courtyard Restaurant at Ox Pasture Hall Country Hotel is the only restaurant in the Scarborough area and on the Yorkshire coast to be awarded 2 AA Rosettes for culinary excellence. The perfect place to relax, unwind and enjoy an excellent meal.... more
Drum & Monkey
Montpellier Gardens, Harrogate
Located in the upmarket Montpellier Quarter in the centre of Harrogate, this outstanding fish restaurant counts chic boutiques, art galleries and antique shops among its near neighbours. A converted pub, the Drum and Monkey has sustained a reputation... more
The Oak Room at Middlethorpe Hall Hotel, Restaurant & Spa
Bishopthorpe Road, York
Stunning is the word that comes to mind when first viewing this William III country house with its striking antique filled and wood panelled dining room. The bang up to date British menu features a plethora of foams: ginger with salmon, scallops and... more
Melton's Too
25 Walmgate, York
This sister restaurant to the acclaimed Melton's is located in a characterful old 17th century building in the heart of the city. Exposed stonework, bare floor boards, polished pale wood tables and modern chairs set the style for this buzzy bar and... more
The Angel Inn
Hetton, Skipton
The late Denis Watkins helped create what we now know as the gastropub as chef and proprietor of this 18th century North Yorkshire inn. An atmospheric panelled bar gives way to the elegant dining room with its exposed beams and well spaced linen... more
Samuel's at Swinton Park
Masham, Ripon
This imposing ancestral home set in a 20,000 acre estate is home to Samuel's fine dining restaurant. Despite the apparent pomp and circumstance, this welcoming establishment attracts serious foodies and families out for a relaxed Sunday lunch alike.... more
The Copper Horse
The Copper Horse is proud of its reputation for being one of the best places to eat and for its friendly and attentive staff and now the venue is currently undergoing an extensive interior design makeover to make it the most stylish restaurant in the... more
The Wensleydale Heifer
West Witton
A traditional white washed inn houses this award winning restaurant with rooms. Clubby leather sofas and armchairs in front of an inglenook fireplace provide a comfortable venue to peruse the menu before entering one of the two dining rooms, each... more
8/10 Princes Square, Harrogate
Sasso's is located in an unobtrusive basement in Prince's Square, Harrogate. Soft tones of taupe and beige, slick pale wood furniture and interesting works of art on the walls make for a cool contemporary atmosphere. Stefano Lancellotti, chef and co... more
13 Bridge Street, Whitby
Rob and Emma Green's award-winning and eponymous restaurant is located close to the busy fishing harbour. Warm orange textiles, crisp white linen tablecloths and intimate dining booths provide a relaxed atmosphere in the restaurant, while polished... more
The Blue Lion
East Witton, Leyburn
Ivy clings to the ancient stone walls of this traditional flagstone floored Yorkshire gastropub with rooms. Polished mahogany tables, mismatched chairs and antique silver candle sticks create an individual and stylish atmosphere in the award winning... more
Lockwoods Restaurant
83 North Street, Ripon
The traditional and contemporary sit side by at this charming and award winning neighbourhood restaurant. The completely refurbished listed building retains original features such as the brick walls, wooden floors and skylight that are counterpointed... more
Van Zeller
No 8 Montpellier Street, Harrogate
Pared down décor of polished bare floorboards, modern leather chairs, soft lighting, and wall hung art create a sophisticated atmosphere, whilst the serried ranks of sparkling glassware signal the serious intent of chef Tom Van Zeller's eponymous... more
Clocktower at Rudding Park
Follifoot, Harrogate
2AA Rosette Clocktower Restaurant at award winning Rudding Park Hotel is considered to be one of the best places to eat in Yorkshire. The Chefs serve modern British food taking inspiration from local producers, products and suppliers within a 75... more
Le Caveau
86 High Street, Skipton
Located down a flight of stone steps beneath the hustle and bustle of the High Street, a former prison provides the setting for this intimate bistro. Despite its previous incarnation, exposed brick walls, old beams and a barrel vaulted ceiling make... more
The Plough
21–23 High Street, Scalby, Scarborough
The Plough Hotel sits in the pretty village of Scalby, just outside Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast and is the perfect gateway to the majestic North York Moors and the National Park with its stunning dales and moorland walks. The Plough... more
The Cleveland Tontine
Staddlebridge, Northallerton
The Cleveland Tontine is nothing less than a Yorkshire institution. The 19th century building was at one time a private residence but is best known as a hostelry. In the mid-70's, it became one of the leading restaurants in the country. Now recently... more
Magpie Cafe
14 Pier Road, Whitby
Overlooking the fishing port, the Magpie café is housed in a smart black and white building with stone steps up to the entrance. The dining room, which has a view over the busy harbour is simply furnished with round wooden tables and red leather... more
Le Langhe
The Old Coach House, Peasholme Green, York
Neutral colours and polished floors create an airy atmosphere for this buzzy venue. The kitchen combines the best available local seasonal ingredients with the fine Italian food and wine sold in the shop to create a daily changing menu. Starters may... more
The Devonshire Fell Hotel
Burnsall, Skipton
The Devonshire Fell Hotel is owned by The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire and situated in the Yorkshire Dales in the village of Burnsall. Located against the River Wharfe, this upscale Edwardian inn is 5.9 miles from Bolton Abbey and enjoys some of the... more
The General Tarleton Inn
Boroughbridge Road, Ferrensby, Knaresborough
There's a lot of history associated with this former 18th century coaching inn, and not only because it's named after a notorious general who fought in the American war of Independence. Chef John Topham worked with the late and legendary Dennis... more
The Sandpiper Inn
Market Place, Leyburn
A characterful stone 17th century building, with ivy creeping over the walls, houses this award winning gastropub. The interior is quintessentially traditional English pub with a cosy bar, open fires and menus on blackboards while the restaurant... more
The Harrogate Grille
The Balmoral Hotel, Franklin Mount, Harrogate
With its caramel banquettes, exposed brickwork and simply laid polished wood tables, this contemporary hotel brasserie is perfect for a casual lunch or a celebratory dinner. Slabs of grilled meat and fish – a T bone steak, pork chop or tuna perhaps... more
The Dining Room
20 St James Square, Boroughbridge
Located in this north Yorkshire town's fine Georgian square, Liz and Chris Astley's small (it seats 30) semi-formal restaurant is the one locals and those further afield flock to. Chris Astley, a past chef at the Savoy and at Mallory Court, sources... more
The Old Deanery
Minster Road, Ripon
Wood panelling and an open fire contrast with slick contemporary furniture in the attractive dining room. Locally sourced seasonal ingredients, including meat, game and cheese, are used in the kitchen to produce carefully prepared modern British... more
33 Queen Street, Scarborough
This award-winning restaurant is located behind the floor to ceiling windows of a classic shop front in the centre of Scarborough. The understated interior with walls lined with Italian wine making artefacts does not prepare one for the prowess of... more
7 Scarcroft Road, York
You can't help but be lifted by a visit to this excellent neighbourhood restaurant thats been run with caring aplomb by Michael and Lucy Hjort since 1990. The cheery blue painted facade stands out amongst the terraced row of shops a few minutes... more
The Punch Bowl
Marton, Marton-cum-Grafton, York
This traditional village inn dates back to the 16th century and still retains its old world charm and cosy character with oak beams and open fires. Dine informally in the traditional bar with its large wooden tables and roaring fire where there's... more
The Dawnay Arms
Newton on Ouse, York
This is no ordinary pub. There's the picturesque setting on the banks of the River Ouse, the inviting open fire and homely scrubbed wooden stools and tables. But more importantly, there's chef Martel Smith in the kitchen. Smith trained with the... more
Jamie's Italian, York
26 Lendal, York
Telly chef Jamie Oliver can certainly pick 'em. His nationwide chain of modern tratorrias are all individually designed and are housed in everything from former pubs and old banks to new build shopping centres. But this Grade II listed building that... more
The Burlington Restaurant
The Devonshire Arms Hotel & Spa, Bolton Abbey, Skipton
As the most highly rated restaurant in Yorkshire, with 4 AA Rosettes; the Burlington is renowned for outstanding award winning food, accompanied by one of the most remarkable wine lists in the country. At the helm of the Burlington is Adam Smith, a... more
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The Feversham Arms & Verbena Spa
1/8 High Street, Helmsley
The Feversham Arms is a stylish, yet unpretentious country house hotel on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors. Warm earthy tones, cream wood panelling and subtle soft lighting create a welcoming and intimate atmosphere in the restaurant. Head Chef,... more
Golden Lion
6 West End, Osmotherley
An 18th century stone house overlooking the old market cross in the small Yorkshire village of Osmotherly is home to this restaurant with rooms. White washed walls, oak beams, and a raised, open log fire set the tone for this welcoming and... more
The Bull at Broughton
This isn't just any old gastropub. Run by Nigel Haworth and Craig Bancroft of Michelin starred-Northcote fame, its the fourth of their Ribble Valley Inns that also includes the Three Fishes, The Highwayman and The Clog and Billycock. The rugged... more
Crab & Lobster Restaurant
Crab Manor Hotel, Dishforth Road, Asenby, Thirsk
The decor at this thatch-roofed pub restaurant might be eccentric with a daring mix of fishing nets and diving suit alongside hats and musical instruments, but factor in candles and linen and the overall effect is cosy and romantic. Despite the... more
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Hotel du Vin & Bistro
Prospect Place, Harrogate
With its smoky cream walls crowded with art, large central brown leather banquette and polished hard wood floor, Bistro du Vin offers modern European cooking in classic Parisian bistro-style surroundings. Order a well made steak tartare or high... more
The Black Swan at Oldstead
Oldstead, York
A handsome, double bow-fronted 16th century building set amid the beautiful North York Moors. The Black Swan provides a tranquil setting for some superior grub. Inside there's everything you'd want from a rural English pub; natural flagstone floors,... more
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The Devonshire Brasserie
Bolton Abbey, Skipton
Located in the award winning Devonshire Arms Hotel on the Bolton Abbey Estate, the vibrant brasserie & bar has a riot of rich jewel colours, contemporary art and the buzz of guests and locals to make this a really unique little spot. Ruth and her... more
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Hotel du Vin & Bistro
89 The Mount, York
Housed in a converted 19th century orphanage in the Mount area close to York's historic centre, Bistro du Vin offers modern European cooking in classic Parisian bistro-style surroundings. Start with a bowl of Moules mariniere from the 'simple... more
Vennell's Restaurant
7 Silver Street, Masham
Vennells, named after owners Jon and Laura has been highly praised by the critics since opening in 2005. The intimate, thirty cover restaurant had an amazing new makeover in January 2012. Jon Vennell's cooking is traditional yet modern. Buy a main... more
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Giving Something Back:
The Jacksonville Jaguars
Many professional teams today devote time and energy
to charitable foundations, but the Jacksonville Jaguars have made
it a full-time effort.
By Gerald M. Costello
Praises Jaguars as Role Models
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Follow Their Lead
Each time the Jacksonville Jaguars take
the field at ALL TEL Stadium, nobody knows who will win or the
final score. But one thing is certain. At the end of the first
quarter, owner Wayne Weaver and his wife, Delores, will rise
from their box seats and wave excitedly to youngsters in a far
corner of the stands. And the kids—about 900 of them, all wearing
yellow T-shirts—will wave back, grinning and shouting as they
The routine has become fixed at every Jaguar home game, and
it's hard to tell who enjoys it more: the Weavers or the kids.
These special free seats are known as the Honor Rows, and the
youngsters who earned them—boys and girls from the Jacksonville
area between the ages of nine and 16—did so with a combination
of improved schoolwork, good-behavior pledges and community
While the Honor Rows have become recognized as something of
a showpiece for the bubbly interaction between the people of
Jacksonville and the Jaguars, it's only the beginning.
A couple of miles south of the stadium, 118 preschoolers and
30 senior citizens who get together each weekday at All Saints
Early Learning and Community Care Center have a decided stake
in how the Jaguars are doing.
So do the young women trying to earn their high school diplomas
at the PACE Center for Girls.
This is not to mention everybody at the Children's Crisis Center,
the I. M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, the Northeast
Florida Exchange Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and many
The list goes on and on, but the point soon becomes clear.
Jacksonville people of all ages, all colors and all faiths are
sharing in what is perhaps the most exciting community give-back
program in all of professional sports: the Jacksonville Jaguars
The Foundation constitutes a formal and full-time commitment
to helping northeast Floridians who need help—especially disadvantaged
youth. So far it's provided more than $1.7 million to local
agencies and institutions.
At a time when the mention of "professional sports" calls up
images of overpaid athletes and profit-driven owners, the Jaguars
have become the franchise with a difference.
Praises Jaguars as Role Models
Don't think that community leaders haven't been taking notice.
One of them is Bishop John J. Snyder of St. Augustine, whose
diocese includes all of northeastern Florida.
"Yes, we in Jacksonville and surrounding areas are very proud
of the Jaguars—on the field and off the field," he says.
"Many of the Jaguars are involved in community outreach toward
sick children and the economically disadvantaged. They have
been good role models to our young people, when role models
have been in short supply among public figures."
Bishop Snyder praises in particular the example established
by Coach Tom Coughlin, the former Boston College coach who quickly
became a favorite of fans in Florida.
"I attribute a great deal of credit to Coach Coughlin, who
sets high standards of discipline and moral conduct," the bishop
Birth of the Jaguars
When it comes to setting standards, though, Coughlin has company
in the Jaguars organization, and it comes straight from the
top. That's particularly true in regard to giving out gifts.
If the team's generosity of heart happens to establish a new
trend in the world of big-time athletes, credit the franchise's
remarkable husband-and-wife team with a major role in turning
the tide.
Wayne and Delores Weaver joke easily about their modest family
backgrounds and Southern roots—and even more so about the twist
of fate that brought them together. They knew each other as
teenagers in Columbus, Georgia, when Delores went to work in
the dress shop operated by Wayne's mother.
The two of them have tackled more than a few challenges since
their marriage 44 years ago—and, in fact, handled them with
skill and polish. They have two children and a granddaughter,
and Wayne achieved extraordinary success in the business world
as head of the Nine West retail footwear chain which he sold
a few years ago.
They were living in Connecticut when Wayne's brother Ron, a
longtime Jacksonville resident, invited them to join the city's
efforts to secure one of two new franchises that the NFL was
planning to award. That was back in 1991, and the idea—not to
mention the challenge—made sense. After all, football fever
runs rampant in Florida, and when the USFL was operating two
decades ago, it was the Jacksonville Bulls who had led the league
in attendance. If ever a city seemed a natural to join the big-time
football ranks of the NFL, it was Jacksonville.
Wayne Weaver assumed the position of principal partner of the
Jaguars in March 1993, and on November 30 that year Jacksonville
went wild when the news came that the city had indeed won its
franchise. Wayne and Delores had barely finished leading the
municipal celebration when they began rolling up their sleeves
for all the work that would follow. Part of it carried a dimension
that would set the Jaguars apart right from the start.
"It was Delores's idea," Wayne says, "and it was one of the
first things we decided about the team. 'If we're going to do
this,' she said, 'we're going to serve in the community.'"
owners Wayne and Delores Weaver (with flags) and others wave
after the first quarter of a Jaguars home game in acknowledgment
of the nearly 900 kids in the Honor Rows section.
"Wayne had accepted the challenge of being the principal partner,"
she interjects. "I felt I could accept the challenge of starting
a foundation."
Natural Fit
Penny Borgia is glad she did. Borgia is the bright and energetic
executive director of All Saints Early Learning and Community
Care Center, one of dozens of local agencies and institutions
that have received grants from the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation
over the last five years.
"We've been blessed with a successful program," she says, "but
we can't expand it; we can't franchise it. One hundred and eighteen
kids and 30 seniors is all we can handle!"
They handle them superbly, however, and it was just that talent
that caught the attention of Foundation officials. Their grant
enabled All Saints' staff members to spend time at other day-care
centers—many of which lacked professionally trained instructors—where
they passed along their skills and educational techniques. Not
only did the other centers show some immediate gains in effectiveness,
but follow-up studies have shown that they've maintained them.
That's thrilling news to Borgia, who is genuinely excited about
the Jaguars' determination to make an impact on the community
far beyond what they accomplish on the gridiron.
"Was I surprised that a football team was interested in providing
grants to programs like ours?" she says. "Not really. It seemed
like a natural fit.
"What does surprise me is that more professional sports teams
aren't doing something like this. And more churches, too!"
A tour through the center, located at All Saints Episcopal
Church, quickly indicates to a visitor one reason why Penny
Borgia doesn't want to expand her program. She can call by name
every one of the children (ranging from the diaper set to those
ready for kindergarten) and each of the seniors under the care
of her staff. And she can personally watch as the toddlers and
the seniors—many of them with Alzheimer's or other problems
associated with old age—interact with each other, at times with
results that are astonishing.
She tells of one four-year-old boy whose hostility stemmed
from a badly broken home, and whose abusive moves toward the
other children—almost enough to remove him from the program—defied
the best efforts of professional counselors. But he and the
rest of the four-year-olds had something in common: a profound
attraction to one of the seniors they saw every day. Her name
was Nina, she was almost 90 and she was in an advanced state
of senility.
One day Borgia saw the boy standing face-to-face with Nina
as she sat in her wheelchair. The youngster, so often given
to violent outbursts, was stroking Nina's cheeks softly and
whispering "I love you" in her ear.
The incident taught her an important lesson, Borgia says: "Here
we've spent all this time and energy on professional counseling
and therapy for the boy without much in the way of results,
and this lovely woman who hasn't uttered an understandable word
in five years turns out to have the answer. I could try to figure
it out, but at times like this we're better off minding our
own business and letting God mind his."
the Best
Greg Gross, the young and articulate president of the Jacksonville
Jaguars Foundation, says it's precisely that combination of
professional skills and personal care found in All Saints Center
and its director that the Foundation wants to encourage.
Gross turns out to have two enviable skills himself, and they
came to the Weavers' attention long before the Jaguars began
playing football. A specialist on charitable giving with a doctorate
from Harvard, Gross had assisted the Weavers some years ago
in setting up two family foundations. Gross accepted the Weavers'
invitation to join them in Jacksonville even though he was a
stranger to the city, but his impact on the community and its
nonprofit agencies soon became evident.
"If we asked who is the most respected person in the philanthropic
community of Jacksonville," Wayne Weaver says enthusiastically,
"they would say Greg Gross."
Delores and Greg work with a staff of three other full-time
professionals reviewing grants, checking on the progress of
agencies and keeping the Foundation's message—but not the Weaver
family or the organization itself—before the public. From the
outset the Jaguars Foundation has emphasized that it's all about
making a difference in people's lives, and that hasn't changed
over the years.
a Helping Hand to Those in Need
Who is eligible for Jaguar grants? Primarily, nonprofit agencies
in the Jacksonville area that are committed to helping disadvantaged
youth, especially through the cooperative involvement of children
and parents (or educators or counselors) in identifying problems
and solving them. Programs that build understanding and promote
communication are high on the list.
This past year the Foundation provided 17 separate grants totaling
some $720,000, an average of more than $42,000 per grant. Foundation
money comes from the Jaguars' football operations; no fund-raising
goes on. (The Weavers themselves contributed $500,000 initially,
and occasionally add more through their family foundations.)
There's probably no such thing as a typical grant recipient,
but one program that has benefited is the Nike/ Jaguars Foundation
Community Scholars. Here college students mentor selected freshmen—all
of them, incidentally, graduates of the Honor Rows—who have
pledged themselves to community service.
Another important name on the grants list is PACE (Practical,
Academic, Cultural Education) Center for Girls in Jacksonville.
The 80 teenage girls who attend classes there weren't progressing
in the public school system for reasons like legal problems,
parental abuse and drug use. Here they work to get themselves
back on track. (Anyone who wonders if Jacksonville really needs
such an institution is likely to be brought up short by one
sobering statistic: PACE has a waiting list of 400.)
The Center relies not only on its own professional teaching
staff but also on the talents of caring volunteers. Some are
longtime Jacksonville residents, but their number also includes
a few newcomers who are inspired by the Jaguars' community involvement.
One of them is Jim Marx, a transplanted New Yorker who retired
not long ago to the ocean-and-golf paradise of Ponte Vedra Beach
following a banking career that took him on assignments around
the world. But each Monday, Marx drives right past his favorite
course to spend the day tutoring PACE students, one-on-one,
in the basic intricacies of math.
"These are girls who often find this work hard, but appreciate
the help you give them," he says. "At some point or other they
found it tough to keep up with their peers in public school,
and might have even dropped out for a while. Then they start
asking themselves, 'What can I look forward to?' We try to help
them find a positive answer."
In return, he receives the satisfaction of being able to help
others, but also the "broader satisfaction...that comes when
you see them realize—as hard as it might be for them to believe—that
something good can really happen in their world," Marx says.
Nina Waters, PACE Center's director, credits Jaguars Foundation
officials for not having "an agenda that many other funders
may have," she says. "They are very available to help you even
if it has nothing to do with their funding. They want the services
for kids in Jacksonville to be the best they can possibly be."
Anti-tobacco Strategy
In addition to the grants, the Jaguars Foundation has spawned
a number of its own programs. The Honor Rows is prominent among
them, and it's much more than a giveaway of stadium seats.
Youngsters in the Jacksonville area earn their seats by setting
important personal goals—and working on them for at least eight
weeks. All of the youngsters agree, for example, to a substance-abuse
pledge: no drugs, no tobacco products, no alcohol. There's a
long list of other criteria, all of which add up in one direction:
doing the right thing, in school and out. Earning a Jaguars
ticket is a big deal, and the yellow-shirted winners treat it
that way.
of the Honor Rows wave during a Jaguars home game. Kids from
the ages of nine to 16 earn tickets with improved schoolwork,
good-behavior pledges and community service.
There's another "big deal" in the Jaguars' universe, too: no
smoking—kids, adults, anybody. And from the beginning, the team
put that decision on the line. They turned down the traditional
game-day program ad from Marlboro, even though the revenue would
have helped to erase some of the red ink on the start-up balance
The team's anti-tobacco strategy got a great boost from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's fourth-largest
philanthropic foundation overall, and the largest one devoted
to improving health care in the United States. It awarded the
franchise $137,000 to develop the Jaguars Don't Smoke
campaign, later adding two more grants totaling $80,000. The
message gets prominent placement on everything from a 26-foot-long
billboard in ALL TEL Stadium (not surprisingly, a no-smoking
facility) to Jaguar autograph cards provided to youngsters.
In addition, there's the Playbooks Reading Initiative. These
colorful booklets in which Jaguar players and coaches describe
their own favorite childhood reading experience—and why it made
an impression on them—encourage Jacksonville area boys and girls
to develop reading habits of their own.
Through the In-Kind Support Network, the Foundation serves
as a go-between for companies with gifts and services to offer,
and the people who can use them. And Straight Talk, another
Foundation endeavor, focuses on another area entirely: reducing
teen pregnancies through programs that educate and promote self-esteem.
Follow Their Lead
Such a comprehensive commitment to a city and its people can't
help but rub off on others. That starts with the Jaguar players,
many of whom are active in charity work. To begin with, all
Jaguars agree contractually to a minimum of three community-service
appearances a year—one more than the standard for the rest of
the league. Beyond that, many players have foundations of their
own dedicated to special causes—for example, Jeff Lageman's
foundation to support a summer camp for Navajo children in Arizona.
Quarterback Mark Brunell's golf tournament raises funds for
a local children's hospital, where he's a frequent visitor.
Can the Jaguars Foundation serve as a model for other professional
sports franchises? Greg Gross thinks it can be done, but he
lists five components that have to be in place if it's going
to work: commitment, leadership and involvement by the owners;
a knowledgeable staff; an active board; solid networks with
community agencies; and a reservoir of volunteers.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, too, thinks other franchises
can be encouraged to follow the Jaguars' lead. It recently awarded
the organization $500,000 to introduce the Honor Rows model
to others in the world of professional sports, at the same time
expanding the Jaguars Don't Smoke campaign.
To date, though, while many other NFL teams might have someone
coordinating player appearances and charity events, the Jaguars
stand alone in their full-time efforts devoted to the Foundation.
And that commitment comes directly from the top.
"I think you're either of that particular giving disposition
or you're not," Delores Weaver says. "Some people who've done
well in life give because it's expected, but that's the wrong
reason. They don't give of themselves."
Her husband agrees.
"Both of our families cared about people," he says. "That was
something we were taught: your responsibility to your fellow
man and your neighbor. We've enjoyed success in business, and
at some point you say to yourself, 'How much do you really need?'
We did that, and we felt an obligation to give something back."
The commitment was intensified when the Weavers realized just
what they had in the Jaguars.
"Any time you're around kids and the team, you can just see
the tremendous awe and admiration they have for the players,"
he says. "I've looked at that and said to myself, 'What a powerful
resource we have right here in our hands. And if we don't use
it—what a waste!'"
Greg Gross reflects that sentiment when asked what he enjoys
most about his job. "The variety of ways in which we can help
others help themselves," he says. "Our identification with the
players and the team gives us a tremendous vehicle to engage
the entire community, and together we can do great things."
"No question about it," Delores Weaver adds. "The Jaguars have
opened doors for us. We're going to go through as many of them
as we can."
For more information on the Jaguars Foundation, write or
call them at: One ALL TEL Stadium Place, Jacksonville, Florida,
32202 (904-633-KIDS). Or visit the team's Web site at http://www.jaguars.com.
Gerald M. Costello is a free-lance author, as well as a
columnist for the Catholic Press Association. Prior to his retirement,
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" We are the future leaders of tomorrow and we're told that all the time. And something that's very important and the key is, to be a good leader, we need to be servants first," she said.
In comes in the form of "LPStudentServe (LPS Student Serve)." Just before the district offices burned down - hope had a vision of sorts.
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Creator: Daniel, Bessie Heath, 1886-1976.
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