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The follow cancellation and schedule changes have been announced in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy:
The following are closed Monday
Alton Central School
Barrington Community Child Center
Barrington School District
Berwick Academy, York, Maine
Birchtree Center, Portsmouth
Centre School, Hampton
Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Cooperative Middle School (SAU#16)
Cornerstone Christian Academy, Ossipee
Cornerstone Kindergarten, Berwick, Maine
Cornerstone School, Stratham
Cross Road Kindergarten and School, Dover
Dover Adult Learning
Dover School District
Durham School District
Effingham, Rochester
Emmanuel Child Care Center, Rochester
Epping Recreation Programs And Childcare
Epping School District
Exeter School District
Exeter Adult Education
Farmington Children's Center
Farmington Parks and Recreation
Farmington School District
Girls Inc. of N.H. Child Care, Rochester
Gov. Wentworth Regional, Wolfeboro
Great Bay E Learning Charter School, Exeter
Greenland School District
Hampton Falls School District
Hampton School District
Homestead Woodworking School, Newmarket
Jack and Jill School/Daycare, Rochester
Kingswood Regional Middle & High School
Krempels Center, Portsmouth
Madbury Public Library
Marston School, Hampton
Mast Way Elementary, Lee
Middleton School District
Milton Childrens Center
Milton Learning Center
Moharimet Elementary, Madbury
Monarch School of New England - Foss & Williams School, Rochester
My School, Dover
New Castle School District
New Durham Elementary School
Newington School District
Newmarket School District
North Hampton School District
Northwood School District
Ossipee School District
Peter Cottontail Preschool, Dover
Portsmouth Christian Academy, Dover
Portsmouth School District
Prospect Mountain High School, Alton
Rochester School District
Rollinsford School District
Rye School District
Saco Food Pantry in York, Maine, will be closed
Sacred Heart School, Hampton
Saint Mary Academy, Dover
Seabrook School District
Seacoast Charter School
Seacoast School of Technology
Somersworth School District
South Hampton School District
St. Elizabeth Seton School, Rochester
St. Patrick School, Portsmouth
St. Thomas Aquinas, Dover
Strafford School District
Stratham School District
The Learning Tree, Exeter
Tri-City Christian Academy
University of New Hampshire, Durham (also closed on Tuesday, Oct. 30)
UNH Prof Dev. & Training, Pease/Portsmouth
Wakefield School District
Winnacunnet High School
Wolfeboro School District
Other cancellations and rescheduling
— Amtrak has cancelled all trains in the northeast as of Monday, refunds can be made.
— Strafford trick-or-treating is now on Friday, Nov. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m.
— Rochester trick-or-treating is now on Friday, Nov. 2, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
— Dover trick-or-treating is now Saturday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m.
— Lebanon, Maine, trick-or-treating is postponed until Saturday, Nov. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m.
— The Annual open house at the Lebanon Rescue Station has been postponed until Saturday, Nov. 3, from 4 to 8 p.m.
— Attorney General Mike Delaney has cancelled his "Ask, Listen, Learn" event at Plymouth Elementary School for this coming week.
— Presidential candidate Mitt Romney cancelled his campaign visit to Milford for Tuesday.
— First Lady Michelle Obama cancelled her Tuesday visit to Durham at the University of New Hampshire.
— Vice President Joe Biden's campaign event scheduled for today in Keene is cancelled.
Area cancellations, rescheduling for Monday
The follow cancellation and schedule changes have been announced in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy:


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_ The successful Tokyo "Doolittle Raid" was on 18 April, 1942. Col Bill Bower was the last Command Pilot of the Raiders (now 5 remain). Bill was laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery 16 May, 2011 with his wife Lorraine... Bill passed quietly at his family home in Boulder Colo. His family was with him, the result of complications from a fall the year before. _
_ Lt Col William "Bill" M Bower was the Commanding Officer of the 428th Bomb Squadron of the 310th Bomb Group, the 57th Bomb Wing in the 12th Air Force. He was given the COMMAND of the 310th Bomb Group near the end of WWII ...in July of 1945._
The Nation honored Col Wm. "Bill" Bower on 16 May, 2011. Col Bower was the last surviving Command pilot of the 18 April, 1942, Doolittle Raid, the risky surprise attack on the Japanese home islands that bolstered American morale in the early, tragic months of World War II. Col Bill Bower died on 10 Jan. at age of 93 and was laid to rest Monday 16 May, at Arlington Cemetery.
The Doolittle Raid was one of the "gutsiest" calls ever made by a president. Shortly after the Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, Franklin Delanore Roosevelt issued a directive that the United States should hit the Japanese homeland as soon as possible. Those were dark days for the homeland of America. America was in an existential fight, not with ragtag bands of violent extremists but with the mightiest armed forces in history, then at the height of their power. The Japanese Empire enjoyed an unbroken string of victories after Pearl Harbor, having boosted their confidence and feeling completely safe from the Unites States. Bombing JAPAN was intended to deliver a blow to Imperial pride, and indeed, it had the desired devestating effect.
The raid was planned and led by Lt. Col. (later General) Jimmy Doolittle.
_*** 80 Brave Men;_**
Eighty volunteers were tasked to fly 16 B-25 medium bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo and other targets. The plan carried incredible risk. The Hornet could be detected by enemy naval forces and sunk. The weather might force a scrub or cause the bombers to miss their targets. The lightly armed aircraft might be shot down before reaching Japan. Even if successful in dropping their payloads, the crews would have to ditch their aircraft, parachute to Earth and survive the hunt by the Japanese ARMY through Manchuria.
Despite these challenges, the raid was a success. The bombers launched from the Hornet and flew undetected to strike their targets without losing a single aircraft. The raiders did minimal damage to Japan's industrial base, but they inflicted a telling blow to the Japanese sense of security and caused decisionmakers in Tokyo to radically shift strategy. President Roosevelt maintained the air of mystery by sharing none of the operational details of the attack, and quipped to reporters that the raid was launched "from our new secret base at Shangri-La."
The aftermath of the attack is as much a tale of human endurance and courage as the raid itself. Most of the crew members survived the mission. Col Bill Bower bailed out of his plane in the darkness and waited for dawn on a mountaintop wrapped in his silk parachute for warmth. He linked up with other members of his crew and was smuggled out of China by Nationalist guerrillas. Of those who didn't make it back, two men drowned and another was killed while bailing out. Eight were captured by the Japanese, of whom three were executed and one died of disease. The highest price was paid by China. An estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians were murdered in reprisal actions by Japanese forces for the assistance given to American flyers.
Col Bower displayed the amazing modesty of our heroes from the Greatest Generation. He was doing his job. He was doing what needed to be done. The Doolittle Raiders remained close after the war, getting together for hunting and fishing trips well into old age. Doolittle himself died in 1993 and is just uphill and to the west of Col Bill Bower, below the Tomb of the Unknowns.
The Honor Flight for Col Bower was a silver B-25 that flew over the cemetery this week glinting in the bright sunlight, flying low enough for those on the ground to hear the recriprocial sound of her twin engines . A caisson drawn by a team of white horses stood in the shade of a nearby copse of trees. Col Bower was given a 21-gun salute over the hills and valleys of Arlington. Col Bower's life-time freind Col. Richard E. Cole, 95, (co-pilot of Crew 1) walked slowly to say his last goodbuys to his special friend.
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MUKILTEO — The mosaic of the new Mukilteo waterfront is beginning to come into view.
Five government agencies have drawn up a tentative plan for dividing the 22-acre former U.S. Air Force tank farm on the city's shoreline.
The state for years has planned a new ferry terminal for the site, but that takes up less than half the land. As for the rest, it's been anybody's guess.
The first step in determining how the property will be used — its ownership — may be settled soon. The Port of Everett recently received the land as a donation from the Air Force and is negotiating deals on parcels with the state, the city of Mukilteo, Sound Transit and the Tulalip Tribes.
The far west end, next to the current waterfront business district, would go to the city of Mukilteo for possible commercial, residential or mixed use. The city will solicit ideas from the public for how to use the property, Mayor Jennifer Gregerson said.
"We're going to have a big conversation with the community and the City Council to help further develop that vision for the waterfront," she said.
The current waterfront property, where the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration operates a research lab, will remain in the hands of the agency. Plans are in the works to replace the current lab, in a former military building, with a new structure, according to Gregerson. Directly to the east of the NOAA lab, the city would receive a waterfront parcel, likely for public access. A beachfront walkway could be placed behind the NOAA building.
Between this parcel and the railroad tracks, and stretching to the east, would be the $140 million ferry terminal. State officials are targeting construction to begin in 2015 and conclude in 2017.
Next to the terminal, along the tracks, a rectangular parcel is set aside for Sound Transit parking. The number of spaces has yet to be determined, agency spokeswoman Kimberly Reason said.
Sound Transit just this month began working on an $8.1 million addition to the current train platform and a pedestrian bridge to connect the water side of the tracks with Old Town Mukilteo. That work is expected to be done in 2015.
Next, beyond the ferry terminal, another parcel would go to the city for open space.
"There'll be a more natural feel down at that end," Gregerson said.
Japanese Gulch Creek currently runs through a culvert beneath the tank farm and empties into Possession Sound. Plans call for the creek to be restored to its natural state.
The next parcel could go to the Tulalip Tribes. The port is negotiating an agreement with the tribes for this piece of property, said Les Reardanz, deputy director for the port. A city-owned walkway would provide public access to the beach along this stretch.
The last piece, set aside as a park in 2008 when the port built its adjacent container terminal, would be the only piece to remain in the port's hands, Reardanz said. Parking spaces were put into Edgewater Park but those and the park are largely unused because access was cut off when the Sounder commuter train parking area and turnaround were built.
The port is planning later this year to build a new access road to the park. The city this summer plans to build a footpath to the beach from the Sounder parking area, which also would allow people to reach the park.
The cost of the land transfers to the various agencies will vary, Reardanz said. The port and state are planning a one-for-one land swap, with the state getting the land for the ferry terminal and the port taking ownership of the land where its container terminal now sits. The port has been leasing the property from the state.
The port could donate the open space and public access portions of Mukilteo's property to the city, Reardanz said. By state law, the port might require some type of compensation for the commercial property, he said.
"We are talking with them about doing some sort of in-kind," he said.
The agreement could be made final by early April, Reardanz said. After that, the land transfers may take place, he said.
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The public on Tuesday can have a chance to weigh in the state's plans for a new ferry terminal on the Mukilteo waterfront. An open house is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Mukilteo City Hall, 11930 Cyrus Way, followed by a hearing from 7 to 9 p.m.


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Sylvia Mackey noticed the first ominous signs seven years ago. Herhusband cashed a $10,000 check he inexplicably was carrying in his wallet,then gave half of the money to an acquaintance he hadn't seen in four decades.
"I thought that was strange," she says in what can only be regarded aspolite understatement. "Someone gave him a sob story and he volunteered tolend this person $5,000 -- cash."
Soon, the symptoms she saw transcended excessive generosity: Her husbandwas lying in bed for hours at a time, engrossed by the Weather Channel;leaving business proposals sent to him by associates unopened; sinking intohollow, cliche-filled conversation.
These were extraordinary changes in her husband, John Mackey, a man ofmammoth proportions, who while playing for the Baltimore Colts became the mostfeared tight end in professional football, stood up to arrogant owners andfought discrimination when few were.
The changes at first infuriated Sylvia Mackey.
"You're angry at him for beginning to act stupid, or not normal," she says."I'm thinking: 'He has nothing to do. Why is he so lazy? What has happened?' "
It wasn't until much later that Sylvia Mackey learned that her husband hasa relatively rare form of dementia, a degenerative mental disease.
Watching John Mackey scribble autographs recently during an appearance at aBorders bookstore in Towson, it seems inconceivable that anything about himhas deteriorated: At 62, his 6-foot-2 frame is still as straight as a Virginiapine, he has hands as steady and sure as when he was hauling down passes, andhis weight is 10 pounds below his high school playing days.
When he speaks, though, it becomes apparent something is not quite right.
"Don't forget," he admonishes a stranger, "I'm sending you out for atouchdown."
Asked if he is proud of the 75-yard touchdown pass he caught to help theColts win Super Bowl V in 1971, Mackey replies in a voice that is vigorous intone but empty in content: " 'I' means you can't see. 'Me' means you'remissing everything. But when you play together as a team -- T-E-A-M: togethereveryone achieves the mission, or more. And 'we' means win and enjoy."
He offers, without prompting, "Physical age is how you take care ofyourself, and spiritual age is how you think. So I say, chronological doesn'tcount, physically 32, and spiritually, a kid at heart."
Book just published
While there is never a good time for such things, the timing of Mackey'sillness seems especially cruel, because it has denied him the enjoyment fromthe publication of Blazing Trails: Coming of Age in Football's Golden Era, abook chronicling Mackey's childhood, the racism he endured and hisextraordinary college and professional football accomplishments.
The book, published in late August, is the culmination of a dream Mackeyhad for two decades.
"He's been trying to do a book for years," says Sylvia, his wife of almost40 years. "He wanted to get the story out because he thought it'sinspirational, and important for people to know all aspects of him andfootball, and how it has changed."
John Mackey still relishes the limelight, evident by the disarming grinthat sweeps across his face as he shows off to admiring fans his oversizedSuper Bowl ring, or gives autographs.
He inscribes his name, followed by "88," then, on a second line: "H.O.F. --92."
For Mackey aficionados -- and there are many, even though it's been 31years since he last walked onto a football field -- the code is easy todecipher. The "88" is the number that was emblazoned on his blue and whitejersey for nine years while playing for the Colts; the "H.O.F. -- 92"signifies the year he was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
But he remembers so little else. He doesn't recall seeing his grandchildrenmoments after visiting with them, or the names of persons to whom he's beenintroduced five seconds earlier, or the destinations and purposes of tripsdespite frequent reminders, or even most of the contents of his book.
Sylvia Mackey regards Blazing Trails as a legacy for the public, so thatpeople "know how instrumental he was in making change," as well as for herfamily, which includes two daughters and a son, all grown, and fivegrandchildren.
"They have a lot to be proud of, no matter what condition he ends up in,"she says. "And they can hand that book down forever and a day."
For all it does cover, Blazing Trails does not refer to Mackey's disease,and only his closest friends and family have known of his illness.
"Here is a fellow who five years ago was a different person," says PeteWright, a corporal with the Howard County Police Department who frequentlychaperones Mackey to autograph sessions. "Now, he's more in the past."
A slow deterioration
The Mackeys believed life after football would be quite different.
Indeed, it was at the beginning.
Upon retiring at the end of the 1972 season with the San Diego Chargers,John Mackey was involved with several business deals, and Sylvia was asuccessful model, providing the couple with a comfortable if not lavishlifestyle in California.
Slowly, though, Mackey grew indifferent to his business relationships andthe family's finances, until he neglected them altogether. The familyincreasingly depended upon the money Sylvia earned as a model and incommercials.
Among those she modeled for were Vogue magazine and the catalogs for Searsand J.C. Penney. She also appeared in numerous commercials for McDonald's, Nestle Tea, 7UP and communications giant AT&T.
The money was good but not dependable, ranging from $90,000 one year to$11,000 in another. Nor did modeling and commercial work provide benefits,like medical insurance.
Sylvia Mackey at first tried nudging her husband. "I said, 'What are youdoing?' And he kept saying, 'Oh, I'm going to a get a job.' "
He never did, so five years ago, at the age of 57, Sylvia Mackey began asecond career as a flight attendant for United Airlines to help make endsmeet.
It was at this time that her husband's behavior began changing morenoticeably: John Mackey's memory was fading; he was often lethargic; and whenhe was busy, it usually was with the trivial.
One day Sylvia Mackey returned home to find her husband anxious to show offa tiny shelf he had constructed.
"I'm thinking a big businessman like you doesn't get a joy out of puttingthis little shelf together and showing it to me like he's so proud," sherecalls. "It really wasn't cute, or pretty or anything."
Another, more troubling, trait was also emerging: John Mackey's tone becamethreatening -- "violent" in the words of his wife. Those eruptions for a timesevered the relationship with his youngest daughter, Laura, now 35.
"He used profanity. He called me a bitch," she recalls. "I wouldn't standfor it from anyone. I was shocked that he would use that type of language withme, because I was always the baby to him."
She didn't speak with her father for two months.
Back to Baltimore
Sylvia Mackey was confused by her husband's erratic behavior andintemperate outbursts.
It wasn't until after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when she waslaid off for three months from United Airlines and had time to observe herhusband around the clock, that she was gripped by alarm that he was seriouslyill.
Her fears were confirmed shortly after by neurological specialists at theUniversity of California at Los Angeles, who diagnosed John Mackey withfrontotemporal dementia.
The disease, the cause of which is not certain, is relatively rare,incurable and typically worsens with time. It affects one's ability to think,and serious changes in personality and behavior and significant memorydenigration are common.
"After that diagnosis, I realized that he wasn't going to be a majorcontributing factor in our financial affairs anymore," Sylvia Mackey recallsthinking. "I had to do everything."
Even with her husband's pension from playing in the NFL -- about $1,900 amonth -- and the money he earned from occasional personal appearances, sheknew that in time their savings would be wiped out.
"I realized, to make life easier, we had to get out of California," shesays. "I cut our living expenses by more than half. And I thought, what a morefitting place to live than Baltimore. It's like coming full circle."
She moved them to Baltimore last year, purchasing a condominium in CrossKeys.
Some stick by
Sylvia Mackey rarely expresses sorrow, but sometimes the regret can't beconcealed.
"It's so sad," she says, pausing for a long second. "There is nothing thatcan be done to treat it, only medications that can be tried to slow down ortemporarily arrest a certain behavior. I read about things that look hopeful... but the research is 10 years away."
A common symptom of the disease is becoming obsessive, and Mackey hasbecome fanatical about his physical health. After ballooning to more than 300pounds after retiring from football, he's down to 207 now, less than heweighed in high school.
"I don't want to become a sumo wrestler," he says.
And he's just as likely to spontaneously tell people about the merits ofred wine.
Never a drinker, Mackey now enjoys a daily glass after hearing it was goodfor you. "Whenever you're in your 60s, it's red wine," he says, "because theNFL doctors said it gets iron to your heart and keeps you above ground. ...Never liquor and never beer."
Because her job requires her to be out of town for days at a time, SylviaMackey has developed a routine for her husband, one his obsession with healthhas helped.
She often leaves for him a plate of cooked sea bass, soybeans, bananas,orange juice and soy milk. "He can eat the same thing every day; it doesn'tbother him at all," she says. She doesn't leave the car with him, but Mackeyis content to take walks in the neighborhood when the weather is nice. A fewfriends help out by checking in on him when Sylvia is out of town.
Mackey is oblivious to his illness. "You look back on what he was, but thething is, it's never going to hurt him," his wife says. "He's as happy as akid."
Reactions from others to the changes in him, however, vary widely, bothwithin and outside the family.
Some friends, like Corporal Wright and former teammate Lenny Moore, helpwatch after and entertain Mackey.
But others, once close friends, don't call anymore.
Sylvia Mackey insists she doesn't fault them.
"I don't think people are consciously saying, 'I don't want to be aroundhim,' " she says. "It's just that ... what are they going to do? Theconversation will be over in three minutes. They ask, 'Hey, how are youdoing?' and he says, 'I'm on offense. I'm blocking for you.' "
Daughter Laura doesn't quite buy her mother's claim of charitableunderstanding.
"The hardest part is not necessarily who he is . . . [but] the way otherpeople react," she says. "It's amazing who your friends are when you are doingwell, and who they are when you are sort of down and out.
"A lot of people have turned away. It doesn't hurt [my father], but I cansee how it has affected my mom."
Mackey's annual invitation to play in the Bobby Mitchell Golf Tournamentdoesn't arrive anymore. When his name was mentioned at the podium at atournament banquet in July 2001, Mackey ran onto the stage and would not leaveuntil the organizers found a way to lead him off. Later, he insisted onclutching a pear-shaped canvas bag during a group photo of Hall of Fameinductees attending the golf tournament.
"He just keeps junk in it, but he had to hold onto this bag that he ispossessed with," Sylvia Mackey says. "They told him, 'No, John, we'll holdit,' and somebody reached to take it from him. He said, 'Get the [expletive]away from me.' That was unnerving for them. ... So here he is in the picturewith all the Hall of Famers, and he's standing up holding this bag."
And while the Mount Washington Tavern enjoys the times Mackey dines thereand entertains customers by freely giving autographs, two other restaurants inBaltimore have asked him not to return.
"He might go up to the same table five times and ask them if they wanted anautograph," his wife explains.
Hard on family
While those moments at times are awkward and embarrassing, they are not theworst of Mackey's personality and behavioral changes. When irritated, he stillbecomes belligerent, sometimes cursing at his wife in public.
But Sylvia Mackey professes neither to be embarrassed nor hurt by herhusband's unpredictable and insensitive conduct.
"I don't care who hears it," she says. "It's the disease. I don't owe theman explanation or anything."
The illness has affected the three Mackey children differently as well.
Son John Kevin Mackey, who lives in Atlanta with his wife and threedaughters, is "very understanding" and supportive, his mother says.
Laura, who once displayed "horrible anger" toward her father, patched uptheir differences after the diagnosis, and has plans to relocate to Baltimorefrom California to help care for Mackey.
"It made me less angry at him and more understanding, knowing it wasn't hisfault," she says. "I'm more compassionate of him."
Another daughter, Lisa, has had trouble adjusting to the changes in herfather.
It has been especially hard, Lisa Mackey says, because she was always theclosest to her father. She fondly remembers the days when she would dash intothe room and jump onto her father's lap and they'd sit there talking.
She acknowledges that she doesn't visit with her parents as often as"perhaps I should," but attributes that as much to her family's schedule as touneasiness with her father's illness. She is employed as a reading specialistat Bladensburg Elementary School, and her two sons are involved with youthsports.
But she admits it has not been easy adjusting to the radical changes in herfather.
"He's like a totally different person," she says. "The hardest thing toaccept is his overall behavior around everybody. It bothers me more than itdoes the others. ... I just get nervous. I don't feel comfortable being aroundhim by myself. His behavior is like a time bomb."
'Whatever it takes'
By all accounts, John Mackey has never physically harmed anyone, but thereis the constant dread that someday that could change, and perhaps require himto be placed in a facility where he would receive around-the-clocksupervision.
"He's talked a good game, but John's never been violent," his wife says."But I do worry about it. I have a feeling that there's going to be anincident that's going to make me realize that I have to do something else."
As a football celebrity, Mackey always received preferential treatment, "sonow, if we have to stand in line, he becomes belligerent," Sylvia says. "Hebecomes very determined. It's me, me, me -- nobody's going to tell me what todo." She carries a letter from a psychiatrist so that airport security treatsher husband gently, "or he might go off."
Friends say Sylvia Mackey has been remarkable in caring for her husbandwhile also holding down a fulltime job with United and still acceptingoccasional modeling assignments.
"She has never complained," says Wright. "She makes the most out of a toughsituation. She does whatever it takes."
Her daughter, Laura, thinks her mom "needs some support right now," butadds that Sylvia has never asked for assistance.
"I ask, 'Mom, what can I do to help?' but I'm still waiting for theanswer," she says.
Sylvia's response is stoic. "It's my burden. Everybody's got their ownproblems," she says.
But clearly she sees herself as up to the task. "I read where 43 percent ofthe caregivers die before the patient dies," she says. "I'm not going to beone of those 43 percent. I love life, I have a good time, and I'm happy. Iknow what to expect."
Her only hope is for a cure, though she acknowledges: "That's not going tohappen. But that's want I'd want. I don't want to see him go downhill."
While others try to adjust to the changes in John, she somehow sees thesilver lining.
"I'll tell you one thing," Sylvia says, "I've heard, 'I love you' more inthe last two years than I heard in the first 38 years."
Book took a team
The book Blazing Trails: Coming of Age in Football's Golden Era (TriumphBooks, $24.95) is described by the publisher as John Mackey's autobiography.
That's something of a stretch, even for the as-told-to genre often used forbooks about athletes. Mackey's mental illness prevented him from writing ortelling much of his story, and the book covers only half his life.
Blazing Trails was written by Thom Loverro, a sportswriter with TheWashington Times, and is principally the result of a collaboration withMackey's wife, Sylvia. Much of the book is based on notes taken by the Mackeysover the years, old newspaper clippings and records, and interviews withSylvia Mackey.
"Thom talked to John at a point where he was sort of aware of what he wasdoing," she recalls, but then "John reached a point where he could no longerreally do the interviews.
"Thom and I did all of it through what I told him over the last two years.He would call me, we would talk. I'd send him articles. That's how we put mostof it together."
Still, the book provides a glimpse into Mackey's thoughts on a number ofissues:
On signing with the Colts: "I desperately wanted to be drafted by the NewYork Giants. ... I was crushed when they passed me over."
On Baltimore fans: "There were no fans, perhaps in all of sports, likeBaltimore Colts fans ... "
On Johnny Unitas: "The greatest quarterback to play the game ... "
On Colts coach Don Shula: "Shula was an excellent coach. He taught us to doeverything we could to take advantage of and find the weakness in the playerswe were going up against. He also told us that you must go back and studyyourself to find your own weaknesses."
On pro football's team owners, after he became president of the playersunion: "The owners clearly did not realize that this was a different time forthe union. They figured we would just buckle and sign what they wanted. But wedidn't, and that's why I led the players in a walkout ... "
On being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: "It was my time inthe sun, and my feet were on the ground, but my head was in the clouds. ... Itwas that kind of day, to celebrate not just what I had accomplished, but how Idid it as well, with the life lessons of honesty and integrity - and colorblindness - that I have learned at home from my parents, the lessons I havetried to pass on to young men and women."
On winning the Super Bowl: "I had finally won the big one. No matter whatelse happened to me, I would always be a Super Bowl champion."
On the end of his career: "I'd like to think that I gave as good as I gotin the game, that I had contributed as much as I had received from football."


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Derek Holland wanted to ensure his long-term future with the Texas Rangers, so he agreed to a $28.5 million, five-year contract rather than wait to become a free agent.
The deal, announced Tuesday, calls for salaries of $1 million this year, $3.2 million next year, $5.4 million in 2014, $7.4 million in 2015 and $10 million in 2016.
Texas holds an $11 million option for 2017 with a $1.5 million buyout. If the first option is exercised, the Rangers have an $11.5 million option for 2018 with a $1 million buyout. There are additional escalators.
He would have been eligible for free agency after the 2015 season.
"I know I gave up that stuff, the three years, but to me it's all about being in Texas and wearing that Texas uniform and going back and getting some championships," the 25-year-old left-hander said. "I'm very excited to be a part of this. We've got an unbelievable team. We've got upcoming stars coming up through the organization, and I want to be part of that, as well. I want to show them what it takes to be up here. That's my main objective is to carry out what I've been doing, continue to work hard."
Holland, originally from Ohio, intends to purchase a home in Texas.
"The most important thing for me is getting a house in Dallas, being a resident in Texas," he said.
Holland was 16-5 last season, the most wins for Texas among players under 25. He pitched two-hit ball over 8 1-3 shutout innings against St. Louis in Game 4 of the World Series and is 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA in 12 postseason appearances during the past two years.
"We said at the beginning of the offseason that it was one of our goals to extend some of our core members and keep this group intact as long as possible," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. "I think we all saw Derek really start to reach his potential last year especially in the second half."
Texas added Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish during the offseason for a $56 million, six-year deal.
"They're going to be big parts of our rotation, no doubt about that," Daniels said. "It's certainly about the individual, but it's about our commitment to signing and developing the best pitching we can. It's an organizational mindset. We've tried to turn that corner a little bit and this is further evidence of that."
Holland made only 10 starts and four relief appearances in 2010 after rotator cuff inflammation. He went 8-13 with a 6.12 ERA in 2009.
"Baseball is full of adversity," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "There wasn't a time that Derek dealt with adversity that he didn't fight back. That's what I like about him. He's maturing."
Rangers president Nolan Ryan said most young player go through struggles.
"With Derek, he would bounce back from them and be better each time he went through a period like that," Ryan said.
Holland said there were "quite a few times" Washington chewed him out on the mound.
"When Wash comes out there, I don't take it to heart," Holland said. "He's always out there to make you better. That's just the way it is. If he sees something, he's going to tell you. That's what makes him so good. He's not afraid to speak his mind and let you know."
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René2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Help us with a fresh, innovative and easy-to-use web2.0 design
We are a young and innovative company which sets up an online service for private persons which allows them to sell, buy or just giveaway goods to other private persons. The service offers of course creating, editing and deleting new offers, searching, contacting, etc.
This will be a flexible and easy-to-use service for everybody – slim processes which are intuitively usable.
Blauesbrett is german and means literally blue board and is meant as a synonyme to bulletin board!
The target group is only private persons at age 14-99. There is no special group, the service addresses everybody.
We need a design for the startpage and the detail view of an entry.
General requirements:
- The Logo must be on the top left
- The colors should be mainly blue
- The design should be simple, intuitive and easy to use
- We need a fresh and modern web 2.0 style
- There must be an important and prominent search field and button (search will be used very often by the users) on the top
The startpage
It must have four big navigation elements on the top:
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These four navigation elements are very important.
Also on the top should be a smaller navigation for FAQ, Kontakt, Impressum, Anbieter.
To the left we need a listing of the main categories and in the middle a list of the latest entries of the users. Please take a look at: http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeig…16l6725r50. At the bottom of the entries listing we need a nice pagebrowser (<< < 1|2|3|4 > >>) with nice symbols.
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Regional specialists wear many hats - teacher, facilitator, collaborator, partner, co-learner, etc. - all of which require us to be good marketers of ourselves, our programs and University of Missouri Extension.
To be successful, we must present ourselves from the customer's view and educate people about the benefits of our programs and services improve their lives. Each encounter is an opportunity to deliver that message, whether it's during a phone call or teaching a workshop.
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"The Peer-to-Peer Human-Robot Interaction Project", in Proceedings of the AIAA Space 2005, Long Beach, 2005. Download PDF (627.37 KB),
"A Preliminary Study of Peer-to-Peer Human-Robot Interaction", in International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2006. Download PDF (719.83 KB),
"Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Human-Robot Collaboration", in Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vancouver, 2007. Download PDF (176.62 KB),
"Test and evaluation by genetic algorithms", IEEE Expert, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 9 -14, 1993. Download PDF (635.43 KB),
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Dry, hot weather might make for tough duck hunting season
It's been a long hot summer and it's not nearly over yet, but hunting is on the horizon and Sept. 1 is the opener on doves, with teal up shortly after that. And before you know, it we'll be getting up at 4 a.m. to make a duck hunt. With that in mind, it's time to think about how the statewide Texas drought is going to impact duck hunts. Also, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has come up with proposed duck hunting dates that have yet to be approved by the TPW commission.
First, the good news. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is saying that we're in for a great waterfowl season. In fact, USFWS studies show that we have an estimated mallard abundance of 9.2 million birds, a 9 percent increase from the 2010 estimate of 8.4 million birds and higher than the long-term average.
Blue-winged teal estimated abundance is a record 8.9 million, which was 41 percent above the 2010 estimate of 6.3 million, and 91 percent above the long-term average.The northern pintail estimate of 4.4 million was 26 percent above the 2010 estimate of 3.5 million, and similar to the long-term average.
Estimated abundance of American wigeon was 14 percent below the 2010 estimate and 20 percent below the long-term average.
That's all very good news for duck hunters. But there is a huge glitch that could cause major problems for Texas duck hunters, and it all centers on the drought.
"This year's exceptional drought could have significant impacts on waterfowl this fall as habitats that these migrants rely upon continue to degrade under a hot, dry Texas sun," says Tom Harvey with TPWD. "The upshot for hunters is that it won't be a banner waterfowl season in Texas, but those who are mobile and do their homework have a shot at decent and even potentially great waterfowl hunting in some places."
Between 5 and 6 million waterfowl on average call Texas home over the winter, and this year's migration is expected to be huge due to excellent habitat conditions throughout the breeding grounds in the Dakotas and southern Canada. Unfortunately, all those ducks will likely get a warm, dry Texas welcome when they begin arriving in September.
"The same weather pattern that has left us high and dry has continued to bless the entire waterfowl breeding grounds up north with tremendous amounts of moisture," says Kevin Kraai, waterfowl program leader with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "We're projecting duck numbers as good as we have ever seen."
Kraai says that weather projection models indicate very little relief from the drought in Texas heading into September's early teal season, and dry conditions will have a severe impact on migration for months to come. While the Aug. 4 NOAA U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook shows intense drought continuing in most of Texas through October, the forecast also shows a possibility of some improvement along the Texas coast.
"The drought has impacted the wetlands, marshes, reservoirs, ponds, creeks and bottomlands across the state," said Kraai. "Natural food production will most certainly be limited in many areas."
Waterfowl biologists with TPWD report that the impact of the drought on Texas' primary waterfowl wintering areas along the Gulf Coast prairies and marshes have been severe. Marshes are dry, and those areas still holding water have become extremely salty. The high salinities are crippling fresh and brackish marsh vegetation, and adversely impacting even some of the more salt tolerant vegetation.
Kraai says that if conditions do not improve, duck hunters could see birds making a detour before they even cross the border into Texas. Waterfowl have an uncanny sense of assessing habitat conditions during migration and could bypass the Lone Star State entirely.
A good example of waterfowl responding to habitat conditions was illustrated with recent telemetry data that showed a hen pintail on the coast of Louisiana that reversed migrated more than 500 miles in the dead of winter to Missouri in response to a flood event that created tons of very productive new habitat.
"Waterfowl have a tendency to know where the best habitat on the landscape can be found to carry out their annual life cycles, often from hundreds of miles away," said Kraai.
Ducks have plenty of options. For example, they can head east to the Mississippi Flyway, or keep heading south to Mexico.
"There is always water somewhere in the state of Texas, and some of it will be near good food resources like peanuts, rice and corn," says Kraai. "I am confident some fortunate landowners and hunters that receive rainfall or have access to water either from wells or irrigation canals are potentially going to experience a season they will not soon forget."
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By Shereen Jegtvig
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A fairly
rare eating disorder whose signature is excessive eating — though
not necessarily binging — at night needs further study since it may
signal other mental health issues, researchers say.
They analyzed eating disorders and mental health
history in more than 1,600 university students and found about 4
percent met night eating disorder criteria, with about a third of
those also engaging in binge eating.
"Night eating syndrome is characterized not only by eating at night — certainly many college students might have a late night study fest
with eating — but it's also characterized by other things, like
feeling that you can't eat in the morning, and feeling like you have
to eat in order to go back to sleep," Dr. Rebecka Peebles told
Reuters Health.
Peebles, the study's senior author, is an attending physician at the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a researcher in the
department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania.
"Our study helped extend findings of previous studies that have not
been controlling for binge eating," Peebles said. "We know that
binge eating and night eating have a pretty moderate overlap so a
lot of people who come into the clinic for night eating often have
binge eating."
"We think night eating is something to be aware of even though it
only occurs in just under 3 percent of the students after
controlling for binge eating, so it's still a pretty important
entity," Peebles said.
Distinguishing night eating from binge eating is important, Peebles
and her colleagues write in the Journal of Adolescent Health, for
several reasons. Night eating may require a different treatment
approach than other eating disorders, which could also be present.
Night eating was also more common in students with a history of
anorexia nervosa and in students taking ADHD medications, they
report, so those other disorders may play a role in the nighttime
eating syndrome.
Night eating disorder is a distinct diagnosis in the newest
psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), the
researchers note.
The syndrome is often characterized by increased appetite at night,
but usually takes the form of "grazing" on food all evening, rather
than intensive binging, and also may include waking up in the night
to eat.
Often the urge to eat is tied to the feeling it that it will improve
sleep or allow the person to get back to sleep.
The authors said that young adults tend to eat more at night and
college students who are stressed and have inconsistent sleep
patterns may be at risk for night eating.
But most previous research on the subject has been limited to small
groups and has failed to adjust for the overlap of binge eating
disorder among night eaters.
To get a sense of how common night eating disorder is and what other
traits or risk factors go along with it, the researchers analyzed
data from a large 2008 survey of students in 10 U.S. universities.
A total of 1,636 students were included in the new analysis. About
60 percent were young women and 74 percent were white. About 60
percent of the students were also competitive athletes.
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The online survey included information on height and weight, plus
four questionnaires focused on night eating, eating disorders in
general and health-related quality of life. Scores on the Night
Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) were used to diagnose night eating
Binge eating was also measured by students' reports of details
such as a feeling of loss of control over eating. Recurrent binge
eating was defined as binge eating large amounts of food at least
four times during the previous month.
A total of 67 respondents (4.2 percent) met the criteria for night
eating syndrome. They were also more likely than other students to
have other eating-disorder behaviors such as excessive laxative use,
compulsive exercise and purging, as well as lower quality of life.
Another 222 students (14 percent) appeared to be binge eaters.
Of the 67 students with night eating syndrome, 22 were also binge
eaters. Excluding the binge eaters from the group of students with
night eating syndrome reduced the prevalence of night eating to 2.9
A history of depression and self-injuring was more common among
those with night eating disorder.
"I think it's important to know that it affects both men and women
and also all races and ethnicities," Cristin Runfola told Reuters
Runfola, a researcher with the University of North Carolina Center
for Excellence for Eating Disorders, led the study.
The study showed that night eating syndrome was also associated with
other eating disorder behaviors that could lead to serious physical
and psychological consequences, she said.
It's important that people with night eating syndrome get help,
Runfola said, adding that parents and friends can spot signs of
night eating in young adults.
"You might see fluctuations in weight or you might notice food
missing in the house," she said.
"Oftentimes these people are eating throughout the night," she
added. "They might even be waking up and feeding multiple times
throughout the night, so if you're frequently hearing that someone's
getting out of bed throughout the night and you're noticing that
food is missing, there might be something going on."
Source: http://bit.ly/1e7kPgB
Journal of
Adolescent Health, online Feb. 3, 2014.
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The CU Hiking Club , founded in 1919, is the longest-running student organization on campus. Go to colorado.edu/StudentGroups/uchc for details, including their trip schedule. Membership is $20 for a year.
There are so many amazing trails here, it's hard to know where to start hiking. City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks alone claims more than 140 miles of trails.
Your first time out, all you have to do is chose one and put one foot in front of the other. Try one of these five hikes if you're not sure where to start.
And keep going — in Boulder, you can keep hiking new trails year-round until you find your favorites.
1 Royal Arch
3.5 miles (out-and-back/loop)
This hike to a hidden arch in the Flatirons is a local favorite.
The trail is steep and the payoff is big — you'll get up close and personal with the Flatirons along the way, and the impressive arch, which is right off the trail, serves as a 20-foot frame for far-reaching views.
Royal Arch is a great early-morning hike on hot days. It'll be sunny through the meadows around Chautauqua, but you'll find shade in the upper stretches of trail.
Trailhead: Chautauqua Park, west Baseline Road
2 Mount Sanitas
3.4 miles (loop)
This steep loop is a Boulder classic, and a great way to squeeze in an uphill workout before or after class. Go clockwise to go with the flow of traffic (this is how most people hike and run it). You'll catch peeks of higher peaks to the west, chill on the rocky summit, then enjoy the easy cruise down the valley trail at the end.
Like to climb? Look for bouldering spots on the way up.
Trailhead: Two parking areas on either side of Sunshine Canyon Drive, just west of Fourth Street
3 Bear Peak
6.3 miles (lollipop)
Make your own mini-epic.
Bear Peak rises about 3,000 over town, guarded by Flatirons. Power up the steep Fern Canyon Trail through forest to the summit (bonus points for tacking on the summit of South Boulder Peak, just to the south), then descend a longer route via the Bear Peak West Ridge and Bear Canyon trails.
It's a tough day out, right from town…and you'll see people running it. Sweet.
Look for bears — but you're more likely to see dogs. And keep in mind that the biggest danger you might encounter on this or other local trails is the dreaded poison ivy.
Trailhead: National Center for Atmospheric Research, west end of Table Mesa Drive.
4 Betasso Preserve
Up to 8 miles (loops)
Betasso's Canyon Loop Trail is uber-popular (because it's so good!) with hikers, trail runners and mountain bikers, so don't expect solitude — just make new friends.
The new 3.12-mile Benjamin Trail provides an extra loop to tack on to the Canyon Loop. It's narrow and steep in places, so pass other users with care. Boulder County is working with local volunteers to build a .84-mile connector trail from the Benjamin to Fourmile Canyon Drive; it's scheduled to open in Fall of 2011.
Bikes are not allowed at Betasso on Wednesdays or Saturdays, so hike then if you want to avoid the two-wheeled crowd.
Trailhead: Head west up Boulder Canyon (Canyon Boulevard) about 4 miles from the edge of town to Sugarloaf Road. Go north on Sugarloaf Road 0.9 miles to Betasso; right to two trailheads.
5 Eldorad Canyon Trail
3.5 miles one way; add on Walker Ranch for a 14-mile loop
This trail from the end of the canyon climbs away from the rushing creek to reveal big views of the canyon and its towering walls. Skirt boulders and yucca, spy climbers high on the canyon's upper walls and fight off the vertigo as you climb to viewpoints of Denver and the Indian Peaks.
Trailhead: Visitor Center parking lot at Eldorado Canyon State Park, just west of Eldorado Springs.


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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - The Tennessee Tech soccer team wrapped up its Ohio Valley Conference regular season Friday night at Jacksonville State, as the Golden Eagles fell to the Gamecocks 3-2.
JSU's Amber DeLaney scored the game-winning goal off a penalty kick in the 83rd minute to break a 2-2 tie. It was DeLaney's seventh goal of the season.
The Golden Eagles fell behind 1-0 in the game's seventh minute when Lindsay Boehmler scored off a free kick to put the Gamecocks up 1-0. Tech would even the score later in the first half when Jen Hoffman scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season off an assist from freshman Andrea Meloff in the 28th minute. But JSU had an answer just before halftime as Eli Arthur scored in the 45th minute, putting the Gamecocks up 2-1 at the break.
Taren Brown scored her first goal of the season for the Golden Eagles in the 71st minute to tie the game with a helper from Kris Cambron, but DeLaney's late goal put JSU up for good.
The Gamecocks outshot Tech 12-9, including a 6-4 advantage in shots on goal. Hoffman and Emily Homan had two shots for the Golden Eagles, and Brown, Leigh Heffner, Michelle Decker, Kerri Reid and Lindsey Reed all had one.
Tech goalkeeper Kaitlyn Thacker finished with three saves, while her counterpart Ali Koenig had two.
Tech finishes the OVC season at 3-3-2, and falls to 4-11-3 overall. The Golden Eagles will face Lipscomb in a non-conference matchup on Oct. 27 at Lipscomb before heading to the OVC tournament Nov. 5-8. The OVC tournament will be hosted by the league's regular season champion, with the top six teams earning a bid. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will receive a first-round bye.


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Hi I am not specialist in probability so I will not be surprised if the answer for this question is just a simple consequence of well known results from the random walk theory. In this case, I will be happy if you can tell me the "magic words" to find the material related to this problem.
Let $\sum_{i=1}^n X_i$ a random walk in $\mathbb{Z}^d$ defined in the following way: In each step, the walker look at your current position and as long as its distance to the origin does not belong to the set $\{d_1,d_2,\ldots\}$ ( we assume that $d_n\in\mathbb{N}$ and $d_i<d_{i+1}$ ) it jumps for one of its nearest neighbor with probability $1/2d$. For the other hand if $\|\sum_{i=1}^n X_i\|\in \{d_1,d_2,\ldots\}$ then the walker toss a biased coin if the result is head, which occurs with probability $p$, it goes back to the previous position, that is, $\sum_{i=1}^{n-1} X_i$. If the result is tails it chose randomly one of its neighbors with probability $1/2d$.
I would like to know if there exist a non-trivial $p_c$ such that this random walk is transient for $p<p_c$ in dimension $d=3$. Of course, for this question to be well posed we have to define the sequence $(d_n)$. I would like to chose it randomly but I have no idea for what kind of distribution this problem is tractable. So at this time we can assume that $d_n$ is deterministic sequence and, for example, has a polynomial growth as $d_n=n^2$.
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Join the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design for a review of many exciting healthcare design projects at the CBID Annual Fall Showcase & Shark Tank.
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Hamptons design fiends are in luck. This summer, half a dozen home design shops are opening -- some just for the season -- and bringing high style to the beach. While there's certainly no shortage of slick shopping options on Long Island, these stores want to offer some truly unusual ideas, from eye-popping colors to one-stop mini boutiques.
50 Jobs Lane, Southampton, 631-353-3700
This is the first time Missoni will be bringing its wild, cheerful style to the Hamptons, and according to the store's co-owner Roxane Mosleh, it's a perfect match. "When you think of the Hamptons, it's summer parties and entertaining, and this entire brand is screaming that," she says. This vibrantly colored store, which will be open year-round, offers all of the iconic zig-zag prints you'd expect, plus a wide range of splashy patterns and fun colors on everything from furniture and candles to towels and cushions. Prices range from $29 for hand towels to upwards of $1,000 for throws.
Inside Dodds and Eder, 11 Bridge St., Sag Harbor, 631-725-1175, baltimoredesigncenter.com, doddsandeder.com
The Baltimore Design Group pop-up shop, open through late September, is about 1,500 square feet of antiques, decorative items and accessories, as well as a few high-end reproductions and internationally sourced one-of-a-kind items from proprietor Keith Baltimore's extensive travels. Because of the location, the designer is leaning toward a beach theme for most of the items, with lots of driftwood and beachwood. "I bought all these antiques from Europe, and some cool Mexican tables, so we're doing fine antiques, interesting pieces, travel pieces and summer accessories," says Baltimore. Prices range from $300 to $1,000 for accessories to $5,000 to $15,000 for furniture.
26 Main St., Sag Harbor, 631-996-2971, customcoolrugs.com, blackswansouthampton.com
The Black Swan Antiques and Custom Cool store is still filled with a collection of folk art, primitive decorative pieces and Americana that has made Randy Kolhoff's Bridgehampton Black Swan location a can't-miss destination for anyone seeking one-of-a-kind antiques. This new store adds Custom Cool's colorful (and custom-made) fabrics to the mix. "Our Sag Harbor shop has a softness to it, with the rugs and the pashminas and the pillows from Custom Cool combined with the iron and the hardwoods from Black Swan," says Kolhoff. Having Custom Cool's exclusive fabrics in the same location as Kolhoff's antiques means customers will be able to have their purchases upholstered on-site. Prices range from about $35 for a small Custom Cool candle to more than $30,000 for a large vintage piece.
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Opening Saturday, the location for both stores -- originally the Southampton Town Hall and more recently a Saks Fifth Avenue -- will be the company's first U.S. store with a pass-through between both stores. The location will feature seasonal pieces as well as furniture, tableware, lighting and accessories. The upper level also will feature Pottery Barn's Design Studio, which will offer upholstery swatches and a consultation space. The Pottery Barn Kids store will have areas for boys, girls and nursery, as well as a Design Studio and an in-store monogramming machine. Prices range from less than $20 for smaller items such as candles to upwards of $3,000 for larger furniture pieces.
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With more than 10,000 people in America claiming that defective "Chinese drywall" was installed in their home, one Cape Coral couple's fight is over.
In July 2006, Richard and Patti Kampf moved into their new house, at 233 S.E. 44th Terrace. About two years later, after replacing another corroded air conditioner coil, they discovered that defective drywall had been used.
"We were the first family in Lee County that found out," Richard Kampf said.
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Cape Coral residents Richard and Patti Kampf discovered defective "Chinese drywall" in their residence, at 233 S.E. 44th Terrace, in October 2008. It cost $125,000 to gut the home and replace the drywall. They were reimbursed for a large portion of the out-of-pocket expense through a $1 billion class action settlement.
"It was extremely traumatic," he added.
A former employee with the Environmental Protection Agency, he found himself on the other side of the glass for the first time in his life.
"But I also knew who to call and what to do about it," he said.
According to Kampf, there were about two dozen companies that supplied the defective drywall. While most of the companies are owned by the Chinese government, one of the suppliers is a German-owned company called Knauf.
"As a German-owned company, they had produced drywall using this mine," he said, explaining that the defective drywall has a high sulphur element.
The sulphur compounds attack mainly metal, especially copper and silver. It leads to corroded appliances, light fixtures, electrical workings and more.
"We lost six (air conditioner) coils in a three-year period," Kampf said.
"It eats away at the motherboard of your computer," he added. "It eats away at the components of your television."
With no help from the state or federal governments - FEMA denied a petition for aid for homeowners from the office of former Gov. Charlie Crist on the basis that the petition was not filed specifically by Crist, as required by FEMA's regulations - the couple looked to themselves for a solution.
In late 2010 and into early 2011, Kampfs took $125,000 out of their own pocket, gutted the residence back to the studs and rebuilt. Everything in the home was tossed and replaced - bedding, furniture, appliances and such.
"This was extremely painful for us," Kampf said. "It's extremely disappointing that our federal system and state system has not helped."
"This drywall has been distributed to 42 states," he added.
Others have had to short sale their home, been forced into foreclosure, or have had to walk away.
Cape homeowner Joyce W. Defrancesco and her husband, Richard, are two victims who have found themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Now in their 70s, the couple had their home at 2218 S.W. Embers Terrace built in 2006. Because her husband is disabled and uses a power scooter, they spent extra money to have it designed to accommodate his disability.
"We had our home special built," Joyce Defrancesco said.
Within a few months, the couple realized something was not right.
"Neither of us felt good," she said, adding that their stove exploded at Christmas time during the first year.
A phone call from Kampf, who had gotten the Defrancescos' information from their home builder, began to shed some light on the situation as they compared notes. A check of the electrical outlets showed black corrosion.
A piece of drywall from Taishan, a Chinese supplier, was found in the attic.
Since then, they have gone through two scooters - the one her husband used in their old home lasted five years. The television has gone out, two air conditioner coils needed replacing and faucets and mirrors have blackened.
They have lost two computers and a washer.
"It affects a lot of things you least expect," Defrancesco said.
"I live every day wondering if it's going to happen again," she added.
Hearing the Kampfs' story, the couple thought they could maybe renovate their home and fix the problem. They were given the estimate of $94,000 to do the work, but could only get approved by their bank for a $43,000 loan.
"We didn't have all this cash to turn around and turn into money," Defrancesco said. "We had no way of raising other money."
"We're still living in it because we can't go anywhere," she added.
Defrancesco explained that this was the first new home that she and her husband had, and they built it expecting it would be their dream home.
"We just watch day by day. Something happens every day," she said. "I am literally at the point where I just don't know which way to turn."
Fortunate to have been able to rid themselves of their destructive drywall, the Kampfs were also lucky - if that is the right word - in the type of drywall installed in their home. One hundred percent of the defective drywall used was supplied through Knauf.
A U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana, who is overseeing a multi-district litigation related to the defective Chinese drywall, determined that Knauf should be held accountable to those affected by the drywall it supplied.
In October, a settlement involving $1 billion was proposed.
Under the settlement, a Knauf-appointed contractor can fix a home in 90 days or less at no cost to the homeowner. The homeowner will get about $9 per square foot to use toward utilities, moving expenses, temporary housing and such.
In a second scenario, the homeowner can hire their own contractor.
Finally, victims can turn over their house to Knauf for a reduced payment.
Kampf said the settlement is expected to be finalized in November.
"We were fortunate to have all of the drywall in our home Knauf," he said.
After about 14 months, and having to show significant proof of what they did to fix their home, the Kampfs recently received their reimbursement.
"We were made near-whole," he said, adding that he could not be specific.
Out of the 10,000 cases nationwide - approximately 1,500 in Lee County and 500 to 600 in the Cape - about 300 people who have remediated on their own, like the Kampfs, got 100 percent of their drywall from Knauf.
"There are less than 20 people nationwide who have been paid to date for reimbursements," Kampf said.
He explained that the big issue that people do not realize is that many are under the impression that all victims will get money from the settlement.
"There's only a small percentage of people who have gotten anything," Kampf said. "This is five years after the fact that it was found."
He expressed that he and his wife almost feel guilty.
"That's a universe of extremely extremely difficult situations for people who likely will not see any money any time soon," Kampf said.
For victims who have a mix of say Taishan and Knauf drywall, the German-owned company will only pay its share. For those who got all of their drywall from one of the others, there was little that could be done until recently.
"The German-owned company is the only one reimbursing," he said. "And if you have a mix (of drywall), a lot of times you fall to the bottom."
This week the same U.S. District Court judge ruled that the United States does have jurisdiction in the cases involving defective drywall provided by the Chinese-owned companies and found that the U.S. can sue those suppliers.
"I think the judge is going to try to pursue lawsuits," Kampf said.
"That's the only recourse they have," he added. "There's nothing else in it for them."
Victims like the Defrancescos are cautiously optimist.
"I don't know if it will happen in our lifetime," she said. "I'm praying it does, but I think it'll be so far down the road."
Defrancesco does know that she and her husband cannot continue as such.
"It's definitely affected his breathing," she said. "We can't live indefinitely in this because I know we're not feeling good."
The couple is faced with the reality that they may have to sell.
"But our house is worth zero," Defrancesco said.
"I don't know where I go from here," she added.
While the Kampfs' fight for justice is over, the couple plans to continue advocating for victims like the Defrancescos. Over the years, they have created a network of local contacts, connecting to hubs in other areas.