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They're up industry-wide, 11.6% in the first quarter, to their highest level in 20 years. People want bigger and better RVs, says Corson, who sells everything from a $3,500 folding trailer to a $160,000 motor home the size of the Love Boat. They want AC, microwave, satellite dishes, PC stations, hydraulic slide-outs to expand room size when parked. If Coachmen could figure out how to make one with a back lawn, some Joe's going to buy the damn thing and mow it while Ethel does 65 on the interstate...
Even a home computer can serve as the brains of an automated system by storing detailed schedules for controlling lights, fans and coffeemakers. The computer sends on/off signals to various appliances along standard AC wiring in the home, a great alternative to the high-cost controllers that require special wiring and professional installation...
...rise of Jewel and other female singer-songwriters has come hand in hand with the growth of a whole new generation-spanning radio format known in the music industry as "modern adult contemporary." Modern AC focuses on acts that are adult friendly but still cool, performers with a folkie feel, such as Counting Crows, Blues Traveler, Sister Hazel and the Wallflowers. The format also tends to feature female singer-songwriters such as Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin and Jewel--all of whom just happen to be on the Lilith tour. "The blossoming of modern AC was so important," says Terry McBride...
...utilizes a new video compression method called MPEG-2. In addition, DVD uses AC-3 audio coding--the same coding used by Dolby Sound--to offer significant enhancements in audio, such as the inclusion of different language tracks on one disk...
...week, it would be really good for him," Locker concurs. "The opportunity to play and train under a coach like Parreira is fantastic, and Donadoni [who Locker met while studying AC Milan in person last spring] is a great guy, the kind of guy that Will could learn a lot from...