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Background: Originally from Co. Wexford, John O. Murphy is the president of New York's newest GAA club, the Manhattan Gaels. He is also a lawyer with his own firm.
Where are you from?
"Ramsgrange, Co. Wexford, five minutes from the Kennedy homestead in Dunganstown. I wish I could have been there for 50th anniversary of the JFK visit last week!"
When did you move to the US?
"I came in 1993 on a scholarship to Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. They've had a fantastic Irish program for over 20 years. I got my degree in history, edited the school newspaper, played some soccer and had a thoroughly rich undergrad experience, although it was very cold in winter!"
You studied law in Notre Dame and now head John Murphy & Associates law firm. Was this the dream when you first came here fresh out of high school in Ireland?
"Not a notion! Being ninth of 11 kids from a farm in Co. Wexford, I was thrilled to have a chance at making a future in the U.S. But it has been the innumerable helping hands along the way - including many in our Irish and Irish American community - that have gotten me to the point of opening up my own law firm. I have benefited from the support of so many folks. I am the luckiest man going!"
Where did the idea for the Manhattan Gaels come from?
"Since I helped start Irish Network NYC (IN-NYC) in the mid 2000s a few of us talked about how difficult it was to make training in the Bronx and how it would be great to have a team in Manhattan. The arrival of Peter Ryan to the Irish Consulate and the involvement of the likes of Greg McIntyre, John Riordan and Ryan Canavan really got the Gaels off the ground in 2012."
How has interest been so far?
"There has been a massive interest with 30-plus at trainings on Randall's Island since the dead of winter, and the numbers keep growing! Women's team players are also growing. The Gaels have helped bring a lot of former GAA players back to the game, and welcomed many Americans who are picking up the game for the first time."
"Trainings are every Tuesday at 7pm on Randall's Island and in addition, we have regular social get-togethers. There's talk of a youth program. Full information is on our site at manhattangaels.com."
If you were trying to convince someone to join Manhattan Gaels, what would your pitch be?
"Even though we are a relatively young club, and even though I know this sounds a bit cheesy, we are already like a family that welcomes with open arms anyone who wants to have fun in experiencing the thrill that are Ireland's native games, not just Gaelic football, but also hurling, handball and rounders, all of which we are getting going."
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The Custodial
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My boyfriend Scott and I were walking down the streets of New York; it was dark and cold, and rain was pouring down on our heads.
'What was I thinking?' I thought as we hurried down the dark foggy streets. We were on our way to a party in Manhattan, I had to sneak out because my mother wouldn't let me go. I suddenly understood why. It was so dark and ominous tonight, bums and gangs wandering around trying to sell questionable supplies. I kept my gaze straight ahead, clutching Scott's hand when one of them headed our way. My heart started pounding as he neared, I didn't look at him. Thankfully he walked right on past us, not even acknowledging us. That was perfectly alright with me.
I kept walking feeling a little lost and scared, the rain seemed to be coming down harder now and the fog was getting thicker, I could barely see.
"Spare me some change?" asked a bum I had planned on breezing by.
We took out all the change we had and gave it to him.
"Thank you, God bless you." he said.
I wondered if God had blessed me he wouldn't have let us get lost in this storm, swallowed in the dark foggy streets.
"Are you okay, Lina?" Scott asked, caressing my hand." We can go home if you don't want to go."
"I'm fine," I said smiling at him," I'll be alright as long as I'm with you."
He stopped to smile at me, then he kissed me. Beautiful moments are born in the shower, they say. They're right. He stared at me with his beautiful Violet eyes, his blonde hair plastered to his face by the rain. He looked perfect to me, and I knew I looked perfect to him.
"I love you." he said.
I smiled and said, "I love you too."
He grinned and kissed me deeply, it was the kind of kiss you'd never forget, it's not a sloppy make out session kiss. It's a lover's kiss. This was the longest most passionate kiss we had ever shared together, I wanted it to last forever.
"Well, well, looka' here, got a cute little couple sharing a little kiss." It was the gang member that had just walked past us. And he had a gun."Boys! I got something interestin' here."
Three more gang members walked up behind us, grinning at me, completely ignoring Scott. I clung to him tighter and he placed me behind him.
"We are just going to a party, we don't want any trouble." He said strongly, I loved that about him, he was so strong and stern, a man."If it's money you want then please just take that and let us go."
"I don't want your money," said the GM,"I see something else I like." He smiled at me and walked a little closer, I could smell the evil on him. I started to whimper and Scott rubbed my hand, and said quietly to me,"it's going to be alright, Lina." I believed him.
"Don't tell the girl no lies, son." said GM two."You know you ain't goin' nowhere with us."
Scott looked at me, thoughtfully, and I saw something in his eyes I'd never seen before. Fear. He was just as scared as I was now, and he knew something was going to happen. He turned his back on the gang and squeezed my hands. He kissed my lips gently, and whispered in my ear.
He let go of my hand and turned around, he expected me to run, so I ran. I ran back up the street in the direction of my home and hoped Scott was following. I heard footsteps running after me and I assumed it was Scott so I slowed down.
The sound of a gunshot.
I stopped and looked back to see the gang members running after me, Scott wasn't running after them. He was lying on the street, motionless.
"NO!" I shrieked, running back to him. The gang stopped me and I kicked with all of my might, but they grabbed my legs and threw me to the ground.
I screamed and fought to try and get away but there were too many of them. I kept fighting and screaming, they were yanking at my jeans attempting to get them off.
I cried and begged them not to do it.
"Oh, there, there. Why would we let such a beautiful girl like you go to waste?" said GM 3 gently, lightening up on the yanking.
I started to sob audibly.
"Shh... Shhh. Don't cry, you'll miss the fun." he said with a smile, the rest of the gang laughed.
A bright light suddenly shined down upon us, blinding me temporarily,'am I dying?' I thought, but I could still move so I ruled that out.
I stared up at the miraculously bright light and I saw a figure descending from the night sky. It had big white wings and skin so tanned it seemed gold and god-like. It was a man, I could see, he was shirtless and wore only flowing white pants, it wasn't perverted, not on him, it looked natural on him. And he was beautiful.
The gang stepped away from me to observe what was still descending from sky, they didn't run they just watched in awe.
The man with the wings landed between me and the gang and when he spoke it sounded like a command from the heavens, you could not disobey.
"Step away from the child." he bellowed . His voice echoing in the streets, muting the storm that just a few minutes ago was noisily pouring down on our heads, flooding the streets in its wrath.
The gang and all their stupidity did not run, they just stared, frightened and stone still.
"Leave this place, NOW!" roared the man again. They scattered this time, some slipping and falling on the slippery sidewalk.
I yanked my jeans back up and buttoned them. I got to my feet shakily and wobbled over to Scott's body, there was a hole in the middle of his chest, where his heart would be, it was oozing thick red blood down his sides. I knelt beside him and held his hand, he was growing cold and I didn't feel a pulse in his wrist. Tears started to well in my eyes and I couldn't hold back the little sob that was coming. A hand touched my shoulder and I jumped to my feet and backed away from the thing that had touched me.
"I am no enemy, child," He said, it was the man that ordered the gang to leave. He had dark hair and didn't look too much older than myself, maybe 20, his hair was dark with gold highlights streaking threw it, the gold sparkled lightly as he held his hands up in an "I mean no harm" gesture.
"I am an Angel of God," he said walking towards me, slowly," I am your guardian, Lina."
"I don't have a guardian."I said, though it was a stupid thing to say considering the fact that he just said that he is. He looked at me thoughtfully, with sad sincere eyes, and knelt down beside Scott.
"You loved this boy?" he asked.
"I cannot save him, but I can stay here until help comes to you." he said sadly.
I walked to the Angel and knelt down next to him and Scott. I took out my phone and called for help, I called my mother too, she was frantic fear and asked too many so I hung up on her and stared blankly at Scott's dead eyes. He was so young.
"I'm so sorry I could not come sooner, Master's commands were to watch you and you alone. Scott had his own guardian, but I'm afraid it was his time. He did a noble thing for you, he fought the young man with the weapon with only his fist, not knowing if you were going to get away or not. Master told me not to waste the boys efforts, he gave me permission to reveal myself and save you."
"I'd rather die right now."I said.
"No you don't," he said," if you wanted to die you would have taken what those boys wanted to do to you in silence, with no struggle and no will to live. You fought just as hard as Scott did, but God has blessed you with a little help."
"Why didn't God help Scott?" I asked, tears streaming down my face.
"When someones time comes, there death is inevitable, it cannot be stopped, nor can it be reversed. He sacrificed his life for you, Lina, do not throw it away because you claim to be unable to live without him. He was a nice and lovable boy.Very few humans are worth such merciful regrets."
"I'm not ready for him to go, though." I sobbed.
"Nobody is ready for anyone to go, especially the ones they truly love. You just have to remember that he is with God now, probably just as saddened about his loss for you as much as you are about your loss for him. He is in a better place now, and you will see him when your time comes." We heard the ambulance sirens nearing our location and the Angel stood up in preparation to ascend.
"Wait. Will I ever see you again?"
He looked at me mournfully his brown eyes sparkling with gold.
"When thy time of need arrives, I shall descend again upon thee."
He smiled a gentle smile at me and ascended into the heart of the warm light shining from the heavens, until he was no more.
The ambulance arrived and told me to step away from the expired body, to let them handle it. Even though there was nothing to handle.
My mother came shortly afterwords and pulled me into a lung crushing hug.
"Lina, oh God! Are you alright?" she asked, shedding tears of joy for my safety.
"Yeah, I'm okay, momma." I said calmly patting her back.
"Are you sure? Do you need the the paramedics to look at you?"
"No, I'm fine they didn't do leave any scars, and nothing's broken."
She hugged me again as if she'd never let me go again. And she probably wouldn't have if the paramedics hadn't told her they needed to check me out.
They checked me out and asked me questions about my health: how did I feel, was I tired, did feel weak. Then the police showed up and asked more questions: did you see who did it? Can you describe them? Etc. They finally let me go home with my mother, to "get some rest". Did they really think I would rest after what just happened ?
When we got home I went to bed, I didn't sleep,though. I thought about the Angel, my guardian, who will always watch over me. I wondered if he and Scott were watching over me now. And I wondered if Scott was happy.
\"He is happy, Lina.\" says a gentle whisperer.
The Angel.
I smiled and wrapped myself in my blanket. Slowly drifting easily into a deep and peaceful sleep.
© Copyright 2018 AemmaBella. All rights reserved.
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I thought the ending was so touching when the angel whispers to her and gives her something similar to closure. I thought it was amazing!
This was so touching that it made me wanna cry.
I wish scott was alive though. It hurts kmowing that whom u love died because of you.
Well done and gd luck in the contest :)
Isn't it just sweet to know that like Scott, Jesus died for us and gave up His life willingly so we could live like heavenly:)
Good story. very touching. Youre a good writer! 5 more days the winner will be announced........and it could be you ;)
Wow! Loved the part about the angel! That's so nice to think about she had a guardian protecting her ;) But that just makes me wonder where Scott's guardian was...
It's a wonderfully touching fantasy story:D I love it! And the music goes well with the story...what's the title if I may ask?
There are 4 different songs (if it didnt't pause)
the first is called Long lost wind by Helena Jane Long
second is called Finding Beauty by Craig Armstrong (my favorite)
The last two are called Stars and the other Porcelain both by Helena Jane Long
Sorry, it was well written and I did read it, but the topic and much of what happens is just not in my tastes. I'll try something else and give a better comment :/
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Today: Santa Clara University professor says Twitter will likely look at acquisitions, secondary offering after its IPO leads to a booming stock price. Also: Tesla falls after another Model S fire, SolarCity suffers after earnings report.
The Lead: Twitter moves up to land of tech big boys with funds from IPO
Twitter enjoyed a very anti-Facebook first day on Wall Street, with shares gaining more than 70 percent Thursday from the $26 price the San Francisco company commanded in its initial public offering.
With up to $2 billion flooding into the social network's coffers, Twitter has options galore on the road ahead. BizBreak chatted with Robert Hendershott, Santa Clara University finance professor and private equity expert, about what will be next for the social network after the transition from private to public company.
"Twitter is following a very proven and time-tested task. They are using the IPO as what is likely to be their last financing round," Hendershott said Thursday.
With the funds collected, Twitter now plays with the big boys of the technology sector.
"The IPO raises a war chest that they want to compete with the Microsofts, the Googles, the Facebooks of the world for new ideas, talent, acquisitions, whatever opportunity might come down the pipe," the professor said Thursday in a telephone interview.
Twitter has already been active with acquisitions while doubling its workforce to more than 2,000 employees over the past year, many of whom showed up early to celebrate Thursday's achievement. But many of those purchases were smaller than the talent grabs competitors such as Facebook — which famously paid $1 billion for Instagram — could accomplish.
"Twitter has been inquisitive, but now they have a public currency and a big slug of cash," which makes them more of a competitor, Hendershott said.
But that doesn't mean Twitter's going to run out and start laying down big bids on other companies tomorrow.
"I would expect them to sit on it and wait for the right opportunity to come along. This is the first time they've had billions of dollars in cash to compete with, say, Facebook for Pinterest," Hendershott said, qualifying his statement by saying a battle with Facebook for Pinterest was just an example off the top of his head, not an upcoming reality.
"But if you were to spend that money at once, spend a billion or two on acquisitions, it puts them right back to where they were a month ago, without the war chest that gives them options," he added.
A more likely follow-up to Twitter's IPO will be a secondary offering that allows employees and early investors to "cash out." Hendershott compared Twitter's IPO to that of San Jose-based eBay (EBAY), explaining that eBay also used its IPO as a financing engine, then came back with a secondary offering six months later in which stakeholders sold their shares to the public at the going rate.
"That is the traditional route, and given how traditional Twitter has been — they have done the IPO by the book — I would expect" Twitter to exercise a secondary offering in six months to a year, Hendershott said.
Other than possible acquisitions or a secondary offering, Hendershott believes little will change for Twitter beyond the regulatory and administrative burdens of being a public company.
"Although they are a public company today, where they were a private company yesterday, it does not change the trajectory of them as a technology startup," Hendershott said.
SV150 market report: Tesla, SolarCity among companies hurt on tough day for stocks
While Twitter was flying high Thursday, the rest of Wall Street was declining as investors feared the Federal Reserve would cut back on its stimulus after the Commerce Department reported strong economic growth for the United States in the summer quarter. Technology stocks suffered a large hit in Thursday's sell-off, with the Nasdaq clocking the largest decline of the three major U.S. stock indexes, declining 1.9 percent, and SIlicon Valley stocks following a similar path.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) continued a decline that started Wednesday as a result of its Tuesday earnings report, but many observers attributed Thursday's weakness to another car fire involving a Model S. The Palo Alto company confirmed that one of its electric cars caught on fire in Tennessee, which follows a Model S fire in Washington and one in Mexico, creating concerns that the cars could be susceptible to fires in the case of collisions. Tesla stock fell 7.4 percent to $139.91, its lowest closing price since mid-August.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's other Silicon Valley company, San Mateo-based SolarCity, suffered its own post-earnings dive Thursday, declining 16.7 percent to $49.69, the largest percentage decline in the SV150 Thursday. The residential solar installation company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter in a Wednesday afternoon report, but forecast a larger loss in the final three months of the year than Wall Street analysts expected. Thursday's biggest SIlicon Valley earnings report was San ta Clara chipmaker Nvidia, which met expectations and included news that the company would boost its dividend and expand a stock-repurchase program. Nvidia shares lost 2.4 percent to $14.55 in regular trading Thursday, but regained all that it lost during after-hours trading.
Silicon Valley's social-media companies couldn't follow Twitter to gains, either: Facebook dropped 3.2 percent to $47.56 while announcing a new office near the campus where the social network began, LinkedIn fell 4.2 percent to $211.47, Zynga dropped 6.6 percent to $3.46, and Yelp continued a recent slide with a 7.2 percent decline to $61.83. Netflix (NFLX) dropped 2.6 percent to $326.86 as the Los Gatos video-on-demand company announced a Marvel team-up that will lead to original programming featuring some of the comic book publisher's popular superheroes. Apple (AAPL) dropped 1.6 percent to $512.49, Google (GOOG) fell 1.5 percent to $1,007.95, and Adobe (ADBE) fell 3.1 percent to $53.17 while giving customers a chance to find out if their account info was accessed in a recent cyberattack.
Up: NetApp, Intuitive Surgical, Hewlett-Packard
Down: SolarCity, SunPower (SPWRA), Tesla, Yelp, Zynga, LinkedIn, Pandora, Facebook, Adobe, Applied Materials, Workday, Netflix, Gilead, Nvidia, Yahoo (YHOO), SanDisk, Apple, Salesforce, EA., Google, eBay
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Down 22.22, or 1.58 percent, to 1,381.57
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 74.62, or 1.9 percent, to 3,857.33
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 152.9, or 0.97 percent, to 15,593.98
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 23.34, or 1.32 percent, to 1,747.15
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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This is what Samsung was considering putting to market in the summer of 2006, six months before the unveiling of the iPhone.
One of these phones (the bottom-right one) became the Samsung F700 - a product Apple once included as an infringing product, but later withdrew once it learned Samsung created it and brought it to market before the iPhone
It extends to more than just the hardware - Samsung was also working on interfaces that looks remarkably like iOS (actually, that look remarkably like PalmOS) - in the summer and fall of 2006. Again, before the iPhone was released.
The most damning and interesting graphic is one of those 'before-after-the-iPhone'-ones. In it, Samsung quite effectively demonstrates that its phones - like the Galaxy line - are clearly descendant from Samsung's pre-iPhone designs, and not from the iPhone.
Seems like an open and shut case to me. Samsung didn't have to look very far for prior art - it created it itself. Doesn't that just boggle the mind? Samsung is being accused of stealing, even thought the company was clearly working on what it supposedly stole before the iPhone was even released. Samsung's phones bear more resemblance to its own pre-iPhone designs than to the iPhone, yet Apple and its supporters still insist Samsung is a thief.
All this reminds me a lot of the early '80s and the development of the graphical user interface (a process I prefer to divide up into generations). The 'invention' of the GUI was a very long process, which, in my view, started with Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad (1st generation GUI), and ended with the work done at Xerox (3rd generation GUI). I say 'ended' because even though some people are easily fooled by fancier graphics and swapping a mouse for a finger, every device we own still employs what is essentially Xerox' interface.
Xerox didn't realise they were sitting on a revolution, so other companies swooped in and created the 4th generation of GUIs; Apple, Amiga, and Digital Research (GEM) all developed a fourth generation GUI simultaneously in pretty much the same timespan. However, these days, many people just give all the credit to Apple and be done with it.
Apple acts as if the iPhone was developed in a vacuum, and wants the world to believe that it, and only it, invented the concept of a touchscreen phone. With that nonsensical idea, the company not only ignores the long history of mobile computing (specifically PalmOS which is iOS' and Android's common ancestor), but also the fact that other companies were working on touchscreen phones at the same time (LG Prada, these Samsung images).
Apple wants to rewrite history. As a geek, I find that incredibly offensive.


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Cook Taste Savor by Sunset
If you had to pick the 16 ingredients that are most central, most essential, most beloved in your cooking, what would they be? For the editors and cooks of Sunset magazine, this collection of staples is pulled straight from the cuisine and farmers markets of the West — artichokes and berries, dried beans and lamb, nuts and chiles, to name just a few. It's an eclectic group of favorites, and one that makes perfect (and delicious) sense after spending some time with them in Sunset's latest cookbook, Cook Taste Savor. The philosophy is simple: start with the ingredients, not with the recipe. I couldn't agree more.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Sunset
• Who published it: Oxmoor House
• Number of recipes: Over 200
• Recipes for right now: Italian Chicken Sausage and Artichoke Soup, Smoky Huevos Rancheros with Roasted Tomatoes, Creamy Pumpkin Seed and Green Chile Posole, Bean and Fennel Ragout, Apple-Pecan Breakfast Buns, White Cheddar Sage Popovers
• Other highlights: Here's the full line-up of Sunset's essential ingredients:
Dried Beans
Dried Fruit
Each ingredient makes its own chapter, though there is plenty of crossover within the recipes (lamb stew with chiles, crab tacos with avocado, and so on). The editors also sneak in a few extra ingredients with special "feature" sections between the chapters: chocolate, olive oil, bread, wine, beer, and coffee.
It really does feel like an eclectic collection to me, especially with some of the ingredients feeling very specific (artichokes) and others more general (dried fruit). But then I realized that these ingredients aren't the end-all and be-all of the pantry: these are just the starting off point. They're also the ingredients that the Sunset editors love the most — a sentiment that is clear in every well-thought recipe and vibrant photo throughout the book.
This ingredient-driven approach ultimately feels creative and inspiring. There is plenty of diversity among the recipes within each chapter, with the focus ingredient sometimes taking center stage and sometimes acting as accent to the main dish. We get sweet and savory recipes, summer and winter dishes, elaborate dinner party concoctions and easy weeknight meals. It's enough to make me look at the familiar ingredients in a new light (hello, onions!) and to convince me to give the new ones a try (confession: I've never cooked crab).
If I didn't already live here, I'm pretty sure this book would be all the persuasion I'd need to buy a plane ticket and head west.
• Who would enjoy this book? Those of us lucky to live on the West Coast, but folks in the rest of the country shouldn't feel excluded! These ingredients can be found everywhere, and the recipes in this book are like taking a virtual vacation via your kitchen.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Cook Taste Savor by Sunset
• Visit the author's website: Sunset
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XFX 9800GTX+ Review
This year has been the year of the launch and relaunch in the video card market. No sooner than one company brings in a new product, there is something to counter, be it on price or performance. This constantly changing technology, update or just rebranding has the effect of making more cards available at many more performance levels and price points than I have ever seen. ATI started the year with the 3 series and dropped a bomb with the release of the HD48xx series of cards. The G92 series were the top of the heap in the beginning of the year and by April the 9 series arrived with the 9600GT the 9800GTX to replace the 8800GTX and the 9800GX2, which is still a strong performer. The 9800GTX+ was brought into existence to offer direct competition to the HD4850 from ATI. The XFX 9800GTX+ features a die shrink to 55nm and increases in both the Shader and GPU core clock speeds to push the performance to the level of the competition. Not much else has changed from the initial release of the 9800GTX. Will the 9800GTX+ from XFX and Nvidia be able to compete in the price and performance arena that ATI is enjoying success in this year? Let's take a look and see.
Closer Look:
The packaging of XFX products while sometimes similar are ultimately quite unique from any other manufacturers. XFX has played on the 9 with different cards to project an image. This time the packaging is slightly smaller and is roughly the size of the 9600GT packaging. The front panel features the 9 as a high performance engine. The assumption is that the Video card is a hyped up beast. The front also shows some of the capabilities of the XFX 9800GTX+ including Physx, SLI and the 738MHz core clock speed. The rear panel goes into greater detail on the feature set of the XFX 9800GTX+.
The card is stored in an inner box in the Lime green I have become accustomed to from XFX. This box has a window that allows the end user to glimpse the card before opening the package. The 9800GTX+ is packed tightly in a form fitting foam block to minimize and chance of damage. Underneath the foam block is where the bundled accessories are stored during transit.
XFX provides a bundle that contains a manual, quick start guide, connection diagram, a "Do not Disturb" door tag featuring the Alpha Dog and an assortment of cables for both power and connectivity. There are two power adapters provided, one is an 8 pin PCIe to 6 Pin PCIe and one is dual 4 pin Molex to a 6pin PCIe connection. The thin cable is an S/PDIF cable to connect the digital out sound signal directly to the 9800GTX+ so that sound can be carried over an HDMI connection. Of course this requires a DVI to HDMI adapter.
Now you know how it comes to your door and what comes with this replacement for the 9800GTX, the 9800GTX+ from XFX. Let's see what it's made of.


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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
Kindergarten teacher Franca Imme of Plantsville Elementary School recently counted down from ten as her students lined up one by one to make their way to the all-purpose room where they participated in Apple Day, an event full of fun and educational activities.
All 15 students gathered their backpacks together in a hurry on a recent Friday afternoon, eager to take part in the celebration. Between sequencing the life cycle of an apple tree and taste-testing apples and pies, students spent 15 minutes participating in each activity, sharing their excitement with each other and with parents who volunteered to help out.
Imme said the activity reinforces what she is teaching her students in the first full-day kindergarten program, including graphs, matching numbers and the development of fine motor skills. Earlier in the day, Imme taught her students venn diagrams during their reading lesson to show the difference and similarities between two books they read.
"Why do we use venn diagrams," Imme asked the class. One student replied, "to know when things are the same or different."
After the reading lesson, the students sat in a circle to go "fishing" during their math lesson. The activity involved a fake fishing pole, orange and blue fish made of construction paper, clothespins and a graph. Each student took turns using the fishing pole with their eyes closed, not knowing which colored fish they would catch. After catching each fish, the students indicated the number of blue fish they caught compared to the number of orange fish on the graph using clothespins.
Imme said her students have adjusted well to the first year of the full-day kindergarten, and she has also adjusted quickly.
"I am loving it," Imme said. "The kids have taken to it very easily."
Diana Avigne, a parent who volunteered on Apple Day, applauded the full-day kindergarten program, and said her son Zachary has transitioned quickly.
"In the beginning he was a little tired, but he absolutely loves it," Avigne said. "Full-day kindergarten is the only way to go."
Imme said the first day of school turned out to be a success. She organized a scavenger hunt for her students so they would learn how to navigate around the school.
"It went smoothly," she said.
The students start their day at 8:35 a.m., and end their day at 3:05 p.m., adopting a daily routine. After students get settled in, a morning meeting takes place in which students participate in an alphabet chant and a writer's workshop. Currently, Imme is conducting a storybook unit, and the students also use picture books to help guide a story orally.
Imme said the full-day kindergarten program allows her to "dig deeper" into each subject, and she hopes her students will start writing sentences by December or January.
"The full-day program allows me more time for questioning," Imme said. "Right now the writing component is oral, but we are building up for that."
Students eat lunch at 11 a.m., and re-energize during recess right after they eat. Specials, including art and music, take place in the afternoon.
Although they do not have a nap time, the students spend 15 minutes a day resting in the classroom where they color or look at books.
"I have not had any child fall asleep on me," Imme said.
Imme said she the full-day kindergarten program also gives her an opportunity to develop a close relationship with her students, since she spends the entire day with them.
"It allows me to get to know them on a deeper level," Imme said. "We get to talk more."
Karen Smith, assistant superintendent of schools, has visited the classrooms across all eight elementary schools to observe the progress of the full-day kindergarten. She said the program is doing "wonderful," and "better than expected."
"The children and the teachers are enjoying having more time together to have more opportunities without feeling rushed," Smith said. "We are constantly assessing and developing ideas."
Officials: Full-day kindergarten kicks off to success
By Lisa Capobianco


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How To Waste (Almost) Nothing In The Kitchen
It doesn't take a lot to significantly cut down on waste in the kitchen. We've made a few changes in our habits, and, suddenly, hardly anything is going into the trash. It feels good to know we're sending very little to the landfill.
What You Need
Recycling bin
Cardboard box
Glass containers
Cloth Napkins
Trader Joe's Amazing Kitchen Cloths
Trader Joe's Pop-Up sponges
1. Kill your paper towel habit with rags, cloth napkins, and a set of Amazing Kitchen Cloths from Trader Joe's. We had a ratty old towel that we cut up into (almost) uniform little squares. We use these, or a sponge from trader Joe's to clean up our mess and wipe down the counter when we're done cooking. And we use homemade napkins for messy meals.
2. The most important step in creating an (almost) waste-free kitchen is a notepad and pencil. Seriously. If you prepare yourself in advance, you can shop so that you have little to no food waste. We shop once a week, usually on Sundays. Before we go, we plan our week of meals -- mainly breakfast and lunch, as breakfast generally consists of cereal. On one side of the list, we jot down the meals we plan to have each day of the week. We check the recipes, run the ingredient list against what we already have in our cupboards and refrigerator, and then write down what we'll need for the week on the left. This cuts down on duplicate purchases, over-buying food, and impulse buys. We get what we need for the week, and end up with very little leftover at the end of the week. Actually, we aim to under-shop, if anything, knowing we can always walk to the store during the week if we need anything last minute.
3. We keep a bowl on our kitchen counter when we cook. All the odds and ends, carrot peels, and garlic skins go in there. When we're done preparing dinner we stick the bowl in the freezer and take it down to the food scrap recycling bin after dinner is over. If you don't have food scrap recycling in your area, you can easily start composting, even if you live in a small space.
4. Packaging can pose a problem. Set up a recycling area that works for you. Depending on how your city/town collects recycling you may need a number of receptacles, or you may only need one. We have one large trash can we use for collecting our plastic and metal, and a cardboard box to collect paper and cardboard packaging.
5. Glass containers! Critical. We often intentionally make a little extra for dinner so that we have enough for lunch the next day. Use glass containers and you can avoid disposable plates at work, and you can safely heat your leftovers in the microwave.
Additional Notes:
If you stick to these 5 steps, very little should be going into the trash can every week. What else do you do to cut down on waste in the kitchen?
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Most of the 50+ ughits are hentai sites (how do they compose their gobbledegook – and why?) but the remainder can be construed as curate's-eggcornish at least, despite the reversed familiarity-ratio.
A brazier might be misinterpreted as someone who is brazen in the sense of being bold and defiant of convention, admirable characteristics for a genuine trail-blazer I imagine. There is also, perhaps, the suggestion of heat and light in the cold darkness of night:
He is a recipient of the "Kool Achiever", a national award that recognizes outstanding civic leadership, and has been awarded the Trail Brazier Award a …
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But Voice of America's Shaka Ssali who describes Wamala as a giant pillar, a pathfinder, a lightening rode, a trail brazier, all rolled into one in terms of …
He was the pioneer and trail brazier who came before Arthur and Stanley did 2001, before Gene did Star Trek and before Lost in Space was a concept. ...
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Since Liberty Life claims to offer a number of corporate relationship advantages to its clients, I trust the new player may choose to be the trail brazier …
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Trail brazier – wonderful. Simultaneously forward-looking and medieval.
In North America (and perhaps globally) "braziers" are still burning – in the Burger King. Given my degenerate proclivities, I always thought that their brazier burger was a none-too-subtle attempt to compete with MacDonald's' mammary Golden Arches.
Isn't a trail blazer a deerskin jacket?
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Peter Forster wrote:
… the remainder can be construed as curate's-eggcornish at least, despite the reversed familiarity-ratio.
Remind me what curate's eggcornishness is about?
I'm guessing it's the sort of thing you find on sites that try consciously to use archaic language? E.g. medieval war-gaming sites, Jane Austen fanfics or other writing aspiring to reflect the language of a particular bygone era and/or foreign venue. Is that it? You choose to use what is to you the less common word in place of the common one (thus effecting the reversed familiarity ratio), assuming the two coincide even when they don't, committing interesting malapropisms, some of them eggcornish, in the process.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Sorry to be so unintentionally obscure, David, but sometimes it's easy to forget there are expressions that haven't floated or flown far since hatching. Here's Michael Quinion's explanation from his excellent 'World Wide Words' –
[Q] From Brian Smith in California: Could you please give the meaning and derivation of the curate's egg?
[A] Perhaps I should start by explaining curate, since I'm told that this name for a junior ecclesiastical post is not well known outside Britain. A curate is an ordained minister who is an assistant to a vicar or parish priest; he (these days sometimes she) is at the bottom of the priestly pecking order, poorly paid and with no job security.
Let us now turn to the humorous British magazine Punch for 9 November 1895, which featured a cartoon drawn by George du Maurier. This showed a timid curate having breakfast in his bishop's home. The bishop is saying "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones", to which the curate replies, in a desperate attempt not to give offence: "Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!".
Readers liked this exchange so much that the cartoon led to the catchphrases "parts of it are excellent", and "good in parts", which are recorded from the beginning of the twentieth century. The phrase curate's egg itself means something that is partly good and partly bad and so not wholly satisfactory: "this book is a bit of a curate's egg". (Despite one American dictionary, it does not mean "something discreetly declared to be partly good but in fact thoroughly bad", which would be its literal interpretation.)
By 'curate's eggcorn' I meant no more than an eggcorn "good in parts" but, again, not wholly satisfactory.


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Record-setting deluge that rolled into the area will continue, with some areas getting upward of 6 inches of rain. Flood advisories are in effect.
Lightning split trees and blew the fascia off a house, flooded streets proved dangerous to navigate and the steady downpour set a rainfall record at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Monday.
The airport saw three inches of rain by midnight, breaking the Sept. 23 record of 2.67 inches set in 1947. But that wasn't even the worst of it.
A weather observer in Englewood reported 6.6 inches of rain, while 5 inches fell in South Venice according to the National Weather Service.
Englewood Fire Department Captain Scott Lane said his crews responded to three lightning strikes Monday. Two lightning bolts struck trees, causing minor brush fires. Another strike charred the roof of a house on Clearwater Street in East Englewood and popped off some of the roof fascia.
Emergency workers also responded to a car that slid off McCall Road in Englewood. The driver was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.
"The main thing to point out is to make sure you use extreme caution when you're on the road," Lane said. "If you don't have to go out, stay in."
The Weather Service upgraded flood advisories for local rivers late Monday, warning that the Manatee River, Myakka River and Peace River are all expected to reach minor flood stage in the next 24 hours.
"Right now it seems like it will be minor river flooding but that can change quickly," said Weather Service meteorologist Andrew McKaughan. "Especially with all this additional rain that's offshore and coming over our area."
The Weather Service is forecasting bouts of heavy rainfall in Sarasota and Manatee Counties through Wednesday.
Total rainfall at the airport for the month of September had reached eight inches by Monday, nearly an inch above the average rainfall for the entire month.
EARLIER: Keep that umbrella handy.
After record-setting rains soaked Sarasota and Manatee counties Monday, even more of the same is expected to continue for the next day or two, bringing the possibility of more street closures and flooding problems.
Forecasters say a stalled front across Florida is helping drag moisture across the peninsula, and the downpours could continue through Wednesday. This, after a record amount of rain fell Monday at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, with 3 inches recorded through midnight, breaking the record of 2.67 inches in 1947, the National Weather Service reported.
The conditions will aggravate flooding problems, especially in low-lying areas, with minor flooding expected on the Myakka River at Myakka River State Park beginning Tuesday night, according to Weather Service warnings. Late Monday, the river was forecast to exceed the 7-foot flood stage, and rise to 7.9 feet by Monday morning.
It could continue rising beyond that. At 8.5 feet, most of the park is closed.
A flood watch is in effect for the region through at least Tuesday night. The National Weather Service warns that some areas could see accumulated 48-hour rainfall totals of more than six inches by Tuesday evening and minor to moderate flooding.
"This more than just your typical summer rains," said Weather Service meteorologist Ernie Jillson.
Rainfall at the airport so far this month is slightly below the average for all of September.
Monday's rain led to a handful of street closures in Sarasota and pushed rivers near flood stage. The Myakka and Manatee rivers are forecast to hit minor flood stage Wednesday, while the Peace River should crest just below flood stage.
A low pressure system has been moving along the boundary of a cold front that stalled over the Florida Panhandle, pushing tropical moisture east across the state.
Forecasters predict the rain will come in waves through Wednesday before the region begins to dry out.
The city of Sarasota briefly closed U.S. 301 at Sixth Street on Monday morning after an intense rain burst. Officers also directed traffic away from St. Armands Circle, which was under water.
The streets quickly reopened.
"It was just a matter of so much rain so quickly in such a short period of time," said Sarasota Police Department spokeswoman Genevieve Judge. "It kind of overwhelmed everything."
The rainy summer season has helped erase a rainfall deficit incurred early in the year. In January and February, the Sarasota-Bradenton area's rainfall was nearly four inches below normal. But through Sunday, the airport rain gauge recorded 43.66 inches of rain, a touch below the normal total of 43.74. Monday's rain will push the annual total into the plus side.
Other records across the area also are falling, as 1.81 inches of rain has fallen on Tuesday in Fort Myers, surpassing the Sept. 24 record of 1.42 inches set in 1978, with more expected.


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of sorth virginia one bleak december norning while the snow covered the ground and the winds howled around mr c imp i left my bivouac fire to at cad tin session of the court wind ing for miles along uncertain paths i nt length arrived it the court ground tt liound oak church day after d.iy it inul been our duty to try the gallant soldiers of that army charged with violations of military law but never had i on any previous occasion been greeted by such anxious spectators as 0:1 that morning awaited the opening of the court case after case was disposed of and at length the case of the qonfederate stales vs edward c toper was called charge desertion a low inunner rose spontaneously from the battle-scarred sp rtators as a young artillery ni.m rose from the prisoners beach and in response to tin question 1 liltv or not guil y answered ki noi the jii ige adv icate wa \ proceeding to open the prosecution when the court observing that tin 1 prisoner was unattended by counsel interposed and enquired of the accused k "\\ no is your counsel he replied i have nu counsel supposing that it was his purp ise to represent himself before the court the judge advocate was in structed to proceed livery charge and specification against the prisoner was sustained the prisoner was then told to introduce his witness es he replied 1 have no witnesses a dished with the calmness with which beseemed to be submitting to wii it he regarded as inevitable fate 1 aid tii him have you no defence i it possible that you abandoned your comrades and deserted your colors in th ■presence of the enemy without any reason ? 1 1 1 replii 1 " fhere was a re is hi but it will u\)t avail me before a military court 1 said perhaps you arc mistaken you are charged with the highesl crime known to military law and it is your duty to make known the cause which influenced your actions for the lir.-t time his manly form trem bled and his blue eyes swam in tears approaching the president of the court he presented a letter saying as he did so there general is what did it i . ■i the letter and in a moment my eves fiiled with teal's it was passed from one to another of the court until all had seen it and those stern warriors who had passed with stonewall jack son through a hundred battles wept like children soon as i sufficiently recov ■;■,■i mv seli'-po.«essiou 1 read the letter as the defence of the prisoner it was in these word my dear edward 1 hive always been proud of you and since your coor n ction with the confederate army 1 have been prouder of you than ever before 1 would not have you do any thing wrong for the world but before iiod edward unless you come home we must die last night i was moused by little eddie's crying i called and said what's the matter eddie and lie said oh mamma i'm so hungry and lucy edward your darling lucy die never complains bnt she is growing thin ler and thinner every day and before god edward unless you come home we must die your mary turning to the prisoner i asked what did you do when you received this letter lie replied 1 made ap pilc ition for furlough and it was reject ed again i made application and it was rejected a third time i made applica tion and it was rejected and that night as i wandered backward and forward in the camp thinking of my home with the mild eve of lucy looking 1 upon me and the burning words of marv sinking in my brain i was no longer a confederate soldier but i was iie father o lucy and the husband of mary and i would have passed those lines if every gun in the battery had fired upon me i went to my home mary ran out to meet me her angel arm embraced me and she whispered o edward 1 am so happy ! am so glad von got your furlongh 1 she must have felt me shudder for she i turned as pale as death and catching her breath at w^yy word she said ilaw you come without your fur longh oh edward edward go back go back lei me and my chil iln i go down together to the grave b it (), for heaven's sake save the ion r of oar n ime and here i am gentlemen not brought here by mil tiirv power but in obedience to the command of mary to abide the sen of your court every officer of that court-martial felt the force of the prisoner's words . them sto d in beautific vision the eloquent pleader for a husband's j and a fathers wrongs but they had i i e mi trained by their great leader r oert r lee to tread the path of duty though the lightnings flush scorched the round beneath their feet mt each in his turn pronounced the verdict guilty kortunately i'o i111 mojiity fortunately for the confeder r the proceedings of the court wvv reviewed by th ■commanding general ind upon the re ord was written 1 1 :•: 7l v.rtkrs \. n \ . tli • finding of the cor.r is approved the prisoner is pardoned and will i port to hjs company during the second battle of cold harbor when shot ami shell were fal ling like torrents from t h e mountain clo'i 1 my att ntio w i ; directe 1 1 > the fict that on of o ir b itteries w.u being sii.'.u ; 1 by th ; c ) i : ifcr.ite 1 tir : of th - enaniy wii.'ii [ nj.iehau the butl every gun but one had been distil m tled and by it stoo.l i solitary confe.l prate soldier with the blood streaming from his side as he recognized e he elevated his voice above the.roar of i the battle and said general 1 have one shell left toll me have 1 saved the honor of mary and lucy i raised my hat once more a confederate shell went crashing through the ranks ui the enemy and the hero sank by his gnu to rise no more heaven knows mv countrymen i loved the cause but this in which we are now engaged is no less sacred we will do our whole duly in this caaipaign and if need be in the mo ment of death fire the last shot in our battery for the honor of mary and lucy this little story is so good that it will do to reproduce once a year it does not pay it does not pay to have the mother and children of twenty families dressed ; in rags and starved into the semblance of emaciated scarecrows and living in h'ovels in order that the saloon-keeper's wife may dress in satin and her chil dren grow la and hearty and live in ! a bay-window parlor 1 does not pay 1 to have ten smart intelligent boys turned into hoodlums and thieves to enable oue man to lead an easy life by selling them liquor h docs not pay to give one man for a trifle a license to soil liquor and then spend an enormous amount on the trial of tim mclaughlin for buying that liquor and then committing murder under its in fluence it docs not pay to have one thousand homes blasted ruined de filed and turned into hells of dis order and misery in order that one wholesale liquor dealer may amass a fortune it does not pay to keep six thousand ! men in the penitentiaries and hospitals i and one thousand in the lunatic asy lums at the expense of the honest in dustrious taxpayers m order that a lew rich capitalists may grow richer by the manufacture of whiskey a saloon keeper sold a drinking man one pint of new rum making fifteen cents cleav profit the man und,er the influence of that pint of rum killed his son-in law and his apprehension confine ment in jail execution etc cost the county more than one thousand dol lars which temperate men had to earn by the sweat of their brow it does not pay ! the loss sustained l>y socie ty morally and financially the sorrow and suffering the misery and destitu tion produced and augmented and what is infinitely a greater considera tion than all else the destruction of soul and body the inevitable result of usinir and trafficing in intoxicating liquors these all attest the truthful ness of the verdict it does not pay ! header it does p.iy to lead a temperate life to be an honest and upright citi zen to exert a pure and holy influence upon mankind and to honor grod by a righteous u<e of all his gifts \\ e be seech yon then for your own soul's sake and for the sake of suffering hu manitv touch not taste not handle not the unclean thing a literary cariosity the royal library at stockholm con tains a remarkable literary curiosity called the devil's code which is said to be the largest manuscript in the world every letter of this gigantic piece of work is as beautifully formed as if it iv re minutely and carefully dra\vn,and ii seems almost impossible that it should have been done by a single human being the devil's code was brought to sweden from prague after the thirty years war and the deutsche huus frauen zeitunrf tells the following story of its origin : a poor monk who had been condemned to death was told that his sentence would be commuted if he were able to copy the whole of the ode in a single night relying on the impossibility of the task his judges furnished with the original pen and ink and left him in his well-barred prison a dro.vning man catches at a straw to save himself and the unfortu nate monk he 1 .. in to try his last impos sible task with the vain hope of accom plishing it before long however he saw that he could not save his life by his own weak exertions afraid of a cruel and certain death and perhaps doubting the promise of a better iilv hereaft r he invoked the aid of the prince of darkness promising to surrender his soul if he were assisted i;i his task the dark spirit appeared its soon as he was called c included the contract sat down like any copying clerk and next morning the devil's rode was finished — pall mali — — r — — no h3p?3 of eaiias th strik2 pittsburg pa june 3 • the failure of yesterday's conference b tween oper atives and sinkers to agree upon a set tbment of the coke lockout \< regarded i fatal to all lupes of ending tho s ike there are l:j.«hh m n out the fate of old saws a cart heavily 1 den with n peculiar aud apparently miscellaneous assort ment of rubbish was making the way laboriously through i west side street the other day when it attracted the at tention of an inquisitive p-isser-by a closer investigation disclosed the fact that the rubbish consisted of broken i distorted and worn-out saws of every i description from the cumbersome cross ' cut saw of the lumberman to the finest , and most fragile of the cabinet-maker's instruments what do yon do with this stuff was asked of the good-natured driver who sat o;i his lofty perch in imminent danger of being bisected by the teeth of a villainous looking cross-cut be hind him come along and i'll shew you he : replied the stranger mounted the wagon and was driven a short distance to a large manufactory not far distant which be 1 1 longs to a well-known fulton street firm ! 1 the so-called rubbish was dumped into | the yard and after being quickly as sorted by workmen was carried into the i building the mystery of the proceedings was j then explained by the superintendent | as follows : this apparently worthless collection of refuse said he has a value beyond calculation these old pieces of steel i which have done yeiirs of duty in the ! carpenter and butcher shops will be quickly transformed into the most deli cate instruments of the surveyor's art the material of which saws are formed ' is of the finest and best-tempered steel land is just suited for our purposes if you will step this way i will show you the superintendent then led lheway ; to a room in which stood a case inclos ! ing a collection of sextants compasses ; graduated rules etc all highly polish ed and of exquisite workmanship this said the speaker is what \ becomes of old saws xeio 1 orh it is weil to reiaomber that anxiety is easier to bear than i sorrow that talent is sometimes hid in nap kins audacity never that good brains are often kept in a poor looking vessel that an insect has feeling and an | atom a shadow that the most brilliant roses bloom | among the sharpest thorns that the time to bury a hatchet is before blood is found upon ir that no mm i born into the world whose work is ot born with him that mistakes are often bought at a big price and sold at a small one th^t leisure is a very pleasant gar ment but a bad one for constant wear that the best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new : ones that if it were not for emergencies but little progress would be made in the i world that it is often better to go a good ways round than to take a short cut across lots that the statement so often m d i in 1 print that rest makes rust is the veriest rot that the lightest of labor are a bur i den to those who ha*ve no motive for ' performing them that men often preach from the housetops while the devil is crawling into the basement window that contentment is a good thing until it readies the point where it sits in the shade and lets the weeds grow that tears shed upon a coffin will not blot out the stains that may have been cast in life upon the stilled heait that many a man sets up a carriage only to find less of enjoyment in it than lie h.-is had in holding the ribbons from his one boss shay that if we would do more for others while we m iv we should have less re grets when too late that more had not been done when it mi;ht have been — good housekeeping how dil you like th9 sermon let us if only for the sake of vari i ety change this trite commentary on i our sunday engagements how did i j-ou enjoy the prayers how did the reading of god's word effect you i how much reality did you feel in con i fessiug your sins how many of your sick weary sorrowful and sinful friends did you remember u your knees how much did your thoughts | go with the hymns you sung how ; much did y'ou pray that the servant of 1 <;..! might be blessed in his word and j that your own soul might be humbled land assured in the love of christ i and how f..r has the prayer been i answered oil but you say these are really private questions then put theui to youralves dear friend ex a new york man got3 20 years new york june 3 morris marx convicted of manslaughter in the fir t degree in having poured vitriol ■v r hi landlady was seateucel to-day to mini healing ani mini reading a physician in extensive practice was , latelv asked what proportion should you say of tlio.se people who send i servant flying to yonr office with com 1 right away 1 or make the telephone jingle with come as quick a you can 1 are suffering chiefly from imagi nation stroking lii.s beard the learned medicine replied well i might safely put it at two-thirds ' when i arrive the uiere announcement that it is nothing serious allays the ' fear while i am writing the pre scription and chatting pleasantly on some other topic the last stage of con | valescen.ee has been nearly reached ! and when i say in assuring tone rake this and you will be all right in th morning 1 the ease is settled in thi connection the doctor was asked wha he thought of mind cure which is now making such a furore medical ly speaking 1 he replied it is a hum bug bat with patients whose supposed sickness is ill hi the mind it may work to this the respondent sum moned the courage to ask well doc tor ii your estimate of the number of lackadaises and hypochondriacs in the community be correct why is not th ruiud healer a useful member of society seeing that to those who have faith in j him he effects as good results as yon j minus the drug here the doctor abruptly cut off further debate but to i the mind of the nn tutored layman the latter question seems not so eiitin - ly out of order boston globe odd di:c3very of an invention the way in which the process of vul canizing rubber came to be disc vered by the goojycavs was told to a v reporter soiae years ago by john dix on one of goodyear's employes the m u had a habit of chewing rubber ni:i:-li as the modern school girl chews gum chid day while dixon and an lrishm 1:1 were earning some rubber on an iron haadbarrow to the oven the irishman was taken with a lit of cough ing as he passed a barrel of sulphur an i involuntarily spat out lii.s rubber cud it fell into the barrel setting down the barrow he made a grab for it and recovered it the sulphur how ever adherer to i:s moist surface and he threw it down witii an expression of disgnst it fell upon the barrow and was put into the oven wit li if v hen the barrow was taken from the oven dixon saw that the little piece of rubber had put on n new appearance he examined it carefully and became convinced that he held in his hand the ki-v to the discovery mr goodyear had i ■■n searching for he took the little thing to mr good}'ear who when be siw it became much excited dixon rold him the circumstances under which the change had been effected and mr goodyear set his son and dixon at work experimenting it was several mouths before they succeeded but they dually learned the secret of making vulcanized nxhbcr.—xeiv york times louder gatriel one of the best replies ever made is sail to be that of the brilliant bi erratic tom marshall of kentncy i answer to one who interrupted hii while he was speaking to a vast and eiice in buffalo x y when mai shall was eloquently describing th or!ori ins liberty and each sentence b from his lips as chaste and beautifi as the marble block that comos froi the sculptor's hand some political o ponent in the audience cried on louder louder marshall did no at first tumble to the trick bat o being interrupted by the same cry he paused in his magnificent flight oi eloquence and said mr president on the last and final day of this our mortal earth when the angel gabriel shall take his departure from the blue dome of heav en and placing one foot on the rolling sea and the other upon the land shall lift to his lij;s the golden trumpet and announce in his clarion notes that time shall be no more when amid the gush ing m do lies of angelic choirs he shall announce to the pile form of the res urrected dead that the day of immor tality is at at hand and the souls of men shall rise from the tomb i have u . doubt but that some d d fo 1 from i buffalo will start up and cry oat loader gabriel loader a brooklyn in in who was looking about dakota last fall came across i d sertel so 1 house and on the door was written with chalk the following two hundred and fifty mile t . the n m;v-l r.ii'r i i o e hun ired mil i the ne iresl p >-'- h'ee six an 1 a h ilf m i isto woo i : three miles to water sis inch s from hell '•> d bless our horn •. i me t » live with wife's folks ' v 1 t > have w tter right in his door and a uniformed letter carrier to del iv •" z - beautiful woman from whenci thy bloom thy beaming eye thy features fair what kindly hand on thee was laid - endowing t !:■■•<" with beauty ran •■twos not ever thus the damereplie.1 once pule this face these features bold the favorite prescription of dr pierce wrought the wonderou3 change which friendship !■> i golden com :.. .' good use for cnion3 those who are in the habit of in lul u in raw onions may be cons \ i for the mature and able bodieil which wraps them as i veil and c men women tind children to flee from their iii.ilui.uir vicinity by the fact j that onions arethebest nervine known xo medicine is really > l efficacious in cases of nervous prostration aigl they tone up a worn out system i;i a very short time their absorbent powers are also most valuable especially in time of epidemic it has repeatedly been observed that an onion patch in the immediate vicinity of a house acts us a shield against the pestilence which is very apt to pass over the inmates of that house sliced onion in a ick room absorbs all the germs and prevent contagion during an epid mic confirmed onion eater should eschew his usual diet as the germs of disease are preseut in the onions and contagion can easily result a holiday for the wife give your wife a vacation she . needs one liu cares a;e harder to bear than greater responsibilities and she has many more cares than her hus band and sometimes as great responsi ; bilities a woman's work is nevi r done and modern life lir-.s incr and intensified it cares have multi plied faster than conveniences life is more complex its demands are great er and more numerous society more exacting who needs a vacation if she dies not y and she cannot im it at home the more quiet and restful the home is to yon the more evidence that it is a car if not a burden to her a housekeeper can no more take a vacation in her home than a merchant in his counting house even though ; her absence occasions inconvenience give her an occasional vacation the south is full ot booms and there are many obscure places appeal j n<x to the public for favor and money but it would be difficult to find a town which has so many attractions as a lo cation for manufactories and a place of residence as the beautiful d city of nashville nashville is the wealthiest city per capita in the south she has been unconsciously working up to her present great enterprise fora hundred years the town of west nashville is immediately west of the old city and the location combines charming s with the most complete advailability for manufacturing and business pur poses it will be rather strange if the auction sale of lots to l>e held by the nashville l mcl improvement company the 2uh 23th 2 ith and 28th i month is not a brilliant succe-s the joys of parents are secret and so are their griefs and fears southerners the strongest friends of the amcricr.n union wlir a r ■man i h ferson dtivis he lived to witness the death of nearly i!l his eon temp raries under the old g n i majority of his tradueers consign ed to th • grave and yet he lives on and not only ilo s uperllnous on tains to i wonderful ■the brilli mi and \ ig rona intcl lig :.: which i ; cli i iin re markable career w lienevcr i proper occasion offers is he heard from and when he puts in his blow ho ret ires grace fully until another call i.s made upon him his latest speech to the southern boys was to theeffect that wenre now in the union and next time it is broken lterapt must bo made from another quarter a seutinent which ha been crystalized in the southern hear and strange aa it m :;. appear yet it is a f;ict that tin 1 strongest friends of the amer ican union to-day sire to be found in ihi s uthern states royal grandeur in afiica the u xotes in south afri can hunti the following : i went to call on a k with a man who knew the proper way to ilo it led iu afier a l ng d ij s shoot • ing,very dirty an ! tired to see the old man 1 on tt l it a circular mud ; hut we hitche i our horses to a log and i walked in no one was to be seeu so ; my fi . n ork to shout fancy shouting i r a real live king '. pre sently i hideous old hag with a small freehold garden on her and clothed in an old skin thai a london bagman \ would pass by in disgust came in and ' told us that the chid hud been unwell j all day but would come out and see us this meant that he had been as drunk loe fora week post soon a blear eyed til thy smelly disgusting old drunkard came in and sat down mi the tlocrwith a grunt then he i>!<nl for some tobacco as v\v had only ijood tobacco we said we hadn't any then he asked f r brandy subsequently f«»r;i co.it a pair of trousers some boots or 1 a hat and the interview finished up by 1 his trying to sell us a dozen of his ii ij ttle of brandy the citadel of chivalry a i ang '-'!■• i : recent ni'-ft vvoiuan's christian temper ti in savannah chivalry which has tied from all other quarter has taken refuge in the newspaper of lices its unnecessary to state that this young lady is the prettiest and live of her se in gi:t \,;-:.\ :.!•' i ■■- tl:i : ■p.'iy lwo '■•■:. r apieeff v eminent se?ea eeuta a i ■. ulcntlv wants the kirth ■i'ucl eczema erabjoateb i " gentlmhu^ftis dne ron to my hat t ii sewm.1 afl * m the begbmiu-rrf cold uunther list : . i.ae neverretnrned s s s no doubt broki and i ot well it nl»o benefited my wife greatly in ca ' •< : ' < - ll cure uf a breaking out on say little three year " ,. y onwq r i r-ux-i,.-.;:^-;.-:-v,-.r.-.<ry f f . ■"•! j-,"ts"ss5 thonsan3««smti«7 absolntelt fttrm - ; i»»l n~>d and hrohon dowa men to tho i ; ' " ... . ■■>■■.: ,,,■> c2rf~-i:r;'ir".:i.vi:i:i!yrfren«thandviboroi ■* 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( nic :. . : t line u the prices jn i ro i-ivcil dry ami fancy needs fhocf hat piece goods hardware see i am now in i . ■■tat line ol orleans rav^sugs and^in : ny '" ' atiow d l"rrsh gardes seed for 1887 givcmeacall ];..-; >->;;;.. : > . j rowan davis
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the carolina watchman vol xvni.-tliled series salisbury n c thursday june 9 1837 no 33 what he lcr.v'd l e lowm lie cared not for the train ( he cared not i bit to talk hut simply lowm as he psussed on twere cheaper for to walk he low'd he cared not for the ruin he i warn't a sickly feller \ n i on the crosstie sot himself with a gingham um-ure-relhi ||,. low'd his dinner time was nigh he low'd it with a j but why should i be so sad he lo'.v d with a melon patch so nigh he low'd he'd rise and walk ti he was behind the i but the engine come th i f coon w is struck and he's g me i he now air line ib 2>.-c=rj for ten or twelve years i have been severely afflicted with catarrh never before found such deeiiled reliii i :. in j.'l s -. cream balm i consider m cured j nv buffinutox mechauics ville n v price 0 cents 1 i you think s!ie asked dre as he sat 1 side her in the eircup/'thal j this is th same elcpli mt 1 saw v ik n ! was a child 1 no '■'' answered with scornful candor y u know i le nliants only live to he 2 0 y ira old jt won't be : hi ) : ir detrvil i n > look owti compare this with your purchase ; restlessness a strictly vtoctaclt ! j.li'ij fauttless fak1lt mediclf-'e | j*;|j pttllad^elphia i ss aagjgr^r -*"■■-■■r ? : szs3i aj yo . 1 erhaps life ex imim - packagi ■« u ■■'• ?• r t!it r ( i z trade-mark and t on front of wrapper and on tlie iit the sriil nud f)ik"»"ire of j ii eilir <& to ■- ■' wdoothcr genuine simmons livei regulat i jiedmont wagon j msdi at hickory n c can't be beat they stand where they ought ight square atthefh]nt it was a hard fight but they have won it ! just r a


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More About Trees and Plants...
Rain is falling in the Kentucky Pennyrile today, and the skies are gray. Despite the gloomy day, my forsythia bush is looking pretty with burgundy foliage and bright blossoms. I like its autumn look.
In the spring, every branch of the entire shrub is intensely, completely yellow. In fact, my eyes don't even enjoy that much bright yellow, except as a statement that spring has arrived. In autumn, its sprinkle of blossoms isn't so overpowering.
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GCSO: Another arrest made in cold case
GCSO: Another arrest made in cold case
Greenville County deputies have made another arrest in a 2011 cold case.
Scott Corey Lowe is charged with murder in the death of Christopher Paul Porcoro and Amber Christine Daniel. He was arrested Tuesday night.
Deputies arrested Manuel Nicolas Granados, 18, of Swannanoa, N.C., on Tuesday morning in connection with the same crime. He is also charged with murder.Deputies said they were called to an apartment fire at 2004 E. Lee Rd. in Taylors on April 3, 2011.
Investigators said firefighters found the victims lying by the front door of the home.
Both Porcoro and Daniel were pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies were able to determine that the two were fatally shot and the fire was purposely set.
According to an arrest warrant, Lowe broke into the home and shot the victims.


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It's about to get all food porn up in here.
But first, some related anticipation with not only a purpose, but hope for those of us stuck working downtown and tired of shuffling away without direction when our go-to food cart is closed for the owner's family cat's birthday (which I totally understand):
Sure, I felt positive about the opening of the first Northwest Veggie Grill location in Beaverton. I was incredibly stoked to receive an invitation to the pre-opening weekend event, especially after my indulgent weekend in LA, and just as glad to see 'normal' vegan food available from a casual chain nearby in Beaverton. I mean, once a year I seem to make the public transit trek to Uwajimaya, so figuring out a convenient stop with vegan nachos isn't out of the question.
It makes me smile big time to pretend I'm 12, and to picture that kind of accessibility to 100% vegan food in a neighborhood suburban complex. I mean, the world is changing, no big deal.
Really, it is a big deal that a major fast food chain suddenly closed in a very central downtown location, and will be re-opening as a plant-based chain.
Selfishly, I remain damn stoked about ordered a Bayou Chickin' sandwich and sweet potato fries for lunch by Spring's end, and thrilled that vegans, vegetarians and curious (and convinced co-working) omnivores alike will all be able to place that very same order.
Away we go.
Here's a look, all classic Stumptown Vegans style, at some dishes my friends and I ordered at the aforementioned pre-opening:
Sante Fe Crispy Chickin' Burger [Gardein patty]
All Hail Kale Salad
Uptown Nachos [with Daiya-based sauce]
All-American Stack [with Gardein strips]
Papa's Portobello Burger
Sante Fe Chickin', full plate
Attention: Shoppers
Disclaimer: All dishes were complimentary at the pre-opening.


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Profile of Andrea Dworkin
Activist / Writer
Date Of Birth:
26 September 1946
Date Of Death:
9 April 2005
Place Of Birth:
Camden, New Jersey
Writer Andrea Dworkin was a feminist and activist famous for her passionate campaign against pornography. She gained national attention after the publication of her book Woman Hating (1974), the first of her many books and essays addressing the sexual and political dominance of men over women. Dworkin openly and frankly discussed traumatic events of her own life, but her work was primarily about society in general and gender roles in particular. An unabashed polemic, she was often criticized by the right for being a feminist and lesbian, and by the left for advocating the censorship of pornography. Her books include: Pornography: Men Possessing Women (1981); Right-Wing Women (1983); Intercourse (1987); Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant (2002); and the novels Mercy (1990) and Ice and Fire (1987).
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LONDON — Britain's Prince Harry was quoted Wednesday as confirming he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time — almost four years after his previous secret mission was cut short when details leaked.
The Sun newspaper reported that the 27-year-old, who is third in line to the British throne, told guests at a military awards ceremony on Monday night that he would likely return next year.
"I can't wait to get out there," the newspaper quoted Harry as saying.
Harry served as a battlefield air controller in Afghanistan for 10 weeks from Dec. 2007, but was sent home early after details were made public — first by an Australian celebrity magazine and later on the Drudge Report website.
He became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina in 1982.
A spokesman for St. James's Palace, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, would not discuss the details of when or where Harry could serve in Afghanistan. He said it would be a "matter for the military chain of command."
Britain's defense ministry did not comment on Harry's potential deployment.
The prince returned to Britain in November after two months of combat helicopter pilot training in the United States.
At the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, California, Harry flew Apache attack helicopters in the desert close to the Mexican border. During training at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in southern Arizona, the prince fired missiles and rockets.
During a brief break from maneuvers, the young prince rented a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Scottsdale and rode the six-hour trip to Las Vegas for a weekend visit.
Harry is currently completing his Apache helicopter training at British Royal Air Force base Wattisham Station, in eastern England.
The newspaper said the prince told awards ceremony guests he now hoped to utilize his months of training. "I'm looking forward to putting it into practice," it quoted him as saying.
In a speech to the ceremony, Harry told military colleagues of his admiration for them — and for the families left behind when they are deployed.
"It's often said of our armed forces that they are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Well, I don't entirely buy that," Harry said. "Ordinary people don't put their lives on the line for distant folk, such as the Afghans, who need our help and are now turning their country around because of it."
Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, based mainly in the southern Helmand province. In a visit Tuesday, Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed about 500 U.K. forces will be withdrawn in 2012, ahead of the end of the international mission by the end of 2014.


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IMTS Innovations
Here are some of the products and innovations some of the top manufacturers will be showcasing at IMTS 2012 at the McCormick Place in Chicago on Sept. 10-15. Also included is the booth number the companies will be demonstrating their products
Mini Mezzanine
The Mini Mezzanine maximizes usable storage footprint and has a Storage Wall System with an aluminum slat tambour door, double bank Technician Series toolboxes, and Align adjustable-height workstations with the Nexus system of above-work surface accessories and modular components. The Mini Mezzanine takes advantage of all available height in a storage area and is a cost-effective alternative to building an additional floor or adding square footage. Comprised of stacked high-density storage cabinets, it is ideal for storing everything from maintenance and repair parts and supplies to perishable tooling and CNC tooling.
Lista (IMTS Booth W-2251)
30i-B/31i-B5 CNC with High-speed Smooth TCP
The 30i-B/31i-B5 CNCs use High-Speed Smooth TCP with new fairing technology to drastically reduce cycle times while improving part accuracy and quality. In addition they offer a high-speed and large capacity, multi-path PMC that offers large-scale sequence control with a maximum of five concurrent independent ladders. Execution of common instructions is over 2.5 times faster than previous generation, with additional capability of high-speed module executing every 1 msec. Improved operability is also achieved with the Series 30i-B CNCs using the new hand held operator's unit iPendant for CNC.
FANUC FA America (IMTS Booth S-8919)
End mills
Cyclo Cut Max-Flute end mills innovate titanium roughing with a 16-flute design capable of high removal rates at low torque. The high-density end mills run at 2,037 rpm and 5.8 m/min to achieve removal rates of up to 131 cm3/min with only 33.8 nm of torque and 6.7 kW. Max-Flute end mills maintain a constant angle of engagement, making the radial cuts more consistent throughout the cutter path, increasing material removal rates and decreasing cycle times.
MAG (IMTS Booth S-8519)
Multi-tumbling batch machines
The RMT multi-tumbling batch blast machines produce blast coverage results and have no "pinch points" to damage even sensitive parts. The RMT also features a simple design with few moving parts ensuring high up times and low maintenance costs. Easy automation with custom-made loading and unloading equipment make integration into existing systems a breeze. The RMT machines suit every capacity requirement from 3-34 cu. ft. batch sizes and include a wide choice of blast turbines from 15-75 hp.
Rosler (IMTS Booth N-7432)
Laser heat-treating systems
The series of Laser Heat-Treating Systems utilize precise laser technology to treat localized areas of metal components without altering the properties. The systems are ideal for use in automotive, heavy equipment, aerospace and general industrial manufacturing. Its active process control, which provides real-time thermal feed back, guarantees the proper temperature to eliminate damged parts and accomodiates variations that are common in materials from lot to lot. The Heat-Treating Systems accept Nd:YAG, CO2, UV and fiber lasers.
Preco, Inc. (IMTS Booth N-6530)
Carbide drill
The Coromant CoroDrill 860 solid carbide drill provides fast, economical, problem-free drilling, optimized for steel and most recently for high productivity in all types of aluminum. In addition, visitors can preview a multi-application, high-performance drill that can be used across a wide range of materials. For the exchangeable-tip drills, the CoroDrill 870 will be extended with an optimized grade and geometry for cast iron materials.
Sandvik (IMTS Booth W-1500)
Vertical machining center
The VM3224 is a vertical machining center with a 38 x 24" table. The VM3224 has travels of 32 x 24 x 26". The enclosure is designed with removable side doors for accessibility through full saddle travel to accommodate long parts. VM3224 is equipped standard with 8200 CNC Control, linear roller ways, dual arm 24-pocket tool changer, 6-spigot flood coolant, 180 gal coolant capacity, and chip auger.
Milltronics (IMTS Booth S-8329)
Milling control
The TNC 640 Control is a milling control offered with optional turning enabling it to perform multi-operation machining. Just as with all other TNC controls, the user only needs to enter all the programming steps for turning operation in plain language, just as he does for milling. It also has an optimized user interface, which gives the user greater transparency during programming, presents functions better and displays status information more clearly. The TNC 640 has a stainless steel control design and a specially prepared keyboard surface and screen frame to eliminate fingerprints.
Heidenhain (IMTS Booth E-5224)
Multi-tasking machine
INTEGREX i-630V Multi-Tasking Machine is designed for aerospace and other large component manufacturing sectors. This Multi-Tasking Machine performs turning and milling and provides B-axis and C-axis capabilities. Its turning and milling spindles allow for powerful and accurate full simultaneous five-axis machining.
Mazak (IMTS Booth S-8300)
Abrasive waterjet technology
OMAX 80X-1 DualBRIDGE JetMachining Center and MAXIEM 1530 and 0707 JetCutting Centers are abrasive waterjet technologies that provide conventional machining operations for a wide variety of industries and shop sizes. OMAX and MAXIEM machines cut a wide range of materials advanced composites and exotic alloys to traditional metals, rubber and glass.
OMAX Corporation (IMTS Booth N-6228)
Toolholder system
PRECI-FLEX toolholder system is a fast, accurate and cost-effective solution for lathe tooling changeovers. It is the first system of its kind to have a single base holder and multiple tooling adapters that utilize the ER collet pocket. Available in a range of sizes, PRECI-FLEX provides unsurpassed performance consistency, with every toolholder offering repeatability within five microns.
Exsys Tool (IMTS Booth W-1664)
Machine precision tool
The LR7000 notifies the operator of a gap between the work piece of any material and the stop. It not only reduces miss-loads, but it also signals the operator of a shift during machining. This fully sealed unit remains illuminated under high flow coolants, communicating to the operator that the part has not moved away from the stop. Durable Vise Mount and Table Mount applications allow for quick and easy location around your shop.
R&R Tool, Inc. (IMTS Booth E-5427)
Wire machines
MV wire machines feature design and engineering improvements to exceed all other wire EDM machines on the market, including: non-contact cylindrical drive technology, an improved power supply, auto-threading, deeper submerged-wire threading capabilities, and more. The cylindrical drive technology delivers no wear, no cogging (inherent in flat plate systems), and no backlash – all for better energy-efficiency, accuracy, and speed.
Mitsubishi (IMTS Booth N-6825)
Interface controller
The PSSR-2 interface controller has a safety performance of CAT 3 SIL2 PLd, EN 13849. It has built in integrity monitoring for presence sensing safety mats, edges, and switches with a resistor. It has a manual and auto reset. There are 3 output contacts; force-guided relays and 2 normally open (safety) 1 x normally closed (monitor) contacts. It is 22.5 mm DIN rail mountable.
Tapeswitch Corporation (IMTS Booth E-5814)


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In the past year or so I have lost about 30 pounds. Needless to say, I no longer fit any of the suits that I wore when I was at my peak weight, which sucks. I've slowly been acquiring some new suits that fit, and I have been running out of room in the closet. I figure my pursuit of a new wardrobe would be aided (in terms of both closet space and some extra budget for new purchasing) by the sale of my old suits.
Has anyone sold clothes online? Ebay and craigslist are about the only options that I am aware of. I am trying to figure out how I would go about pricing the suits, and whether there are any other details that I should be thinking about.
Any thoughts? In case anyone out there is interested, most of the suits are 46R with about a 36" waist and 32.5" length.


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Navistar RV Announces Top Retailers for 2012
December 17, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Navistar RV Announces Top Retailers for 2012
Navistar RV, a subsidiary of Navistar International Corp., announced its top dealers for 2012 at a special luncheon held on Nov. 27 during the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky.
"Our dealers play a critical role in our success, displaying an outstanding commitment to the partnership between manufacturer, dealer and consumer," said Mike Snell, vice president of sales for Navistar RV, in a press release. "We're very proud of all our dealers. This year, a few dealers in particular stood out based on sales, service and customer satisfaction, and we'd like to recognize their achievements."
Navistar RV's top dealers for 2012 include:
Holiday Rambler
Top Dealer
• Paul Evert's RV Country – Fresno, Calif.
Top Performers
• Alliance Coach – Wildwood, Fla.
• La Mesa RV – San Diego, Calif.
• McMahon's RV – Westminster, Calif.
• Motorhome Specialist – Alvarado, Texas
Monaco Coach
Top Dealer
• McMahon's RV – Westminster, Calif.
Top Performers
• Alliance Coach – Wildwood, Fla.
• Lazydays – Seffner, Fla.
• Motorhome Specialist – Alvarado, Texas
• Paul Evert's RV Country – Fresno, Calif.
Paul Evert's RV Country, the top dealer for Holiday Rambler and a top performer for Monaco Coach, serves customers out of its flagship store in California and locations encompassing every West Coast state (Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada). The Evert family has been in the RV business for more than 50 years and has applied its extensive experience to create full-service facilities that offer daily sales specials, maintenance and repair, master certified technicians, and a dedicated and caring staff.
"RVing is one of the most wholesome and family-oriented activities I can think of, and it has been my pleasure to be involved in this rewarding business," said Paul Evert, owner. "We love the customers, the products and the special relationships we've forged with the Navistar RV staff – and the overall reputation. The floorplans, color schemes, driveability and reliability are all top notch, and we couldn't be happier."
McMahon's RV, the top dealer for Monaco Coach and a top performer for Holiday Rambler, has been in the RV business for more than 12 years and quickly became the top-selling Monaco dealer after taking on the brand in 2004. The company currently has five locations in California and Arizona, with additional seasonal stores at Parker, Quartzsite and Yuma, Ariz. McMahon's offers a variety of incentive programs such as Thousand Trails, which gives customers a year of free camping at participating campgrounds.
"We strive to deliver the highest levels of satisfaction, so our customers drive away completely satisfied and ready to see our great country. Whether their needs are to buy, consign, trade or service an RV, we want to provide the best possible experience," said Brent McMahon, president/CEO. "At McMahon's, we know RVs are vessels for adventure for families and friends, and we're excited to help get people on the road."
For more information visit www.navistarrv.com.