Knoxville, Tennessee -based Sea Ray's new $1.6 million 540DA Sundancer features a state-of-the-art joystick-controlled drive system allowing it to turn on a dime and literally maneuver sideways. The 54-ft. yacht has two 600 hp Cummins MerCruiser Diesel motors; the Zeus pod drive system employs propellers that work independently of each other and rotate 360 degrees on their axes to allow feats of steering...
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has announced a boycott of brands “that have cheated consumers for years and recommend honest organic brands in order to promote certified organic personal care.” The major brands on the OCA boycott list are Desert Essence Organics Body Care, Organics by Noah's Naturals, Giovanni Organic Cosmetics, Nature's Gate Organics, Amazon Organics, JASON Pure...
SHOW NOTES: Author Simone Elkeles (author of the "How to Ruin" series) and kidlit expert and professor June Cummins discuss trends in Jewish YA chick lit at the Association of Jewish Libraries convention in Chicago, Illinois. You can hear June's lecture at this conference, "Bat Mitzvah and Beyond" on the AJL Podcast . AUDIO: Click the play button on this flash player to listen to...
The charm quickly peels awayfrom Boston's atavistic transit system. Like the crappy Pennsylvania Turnpike, we have the hemisphere's oldest subway. It seems like it. Series note: This is part of the Rail-Volution inspired post set . At the weekend's conference, I was surprised and pleased to learn about the Fairmount Corridor from two key players. Marvin Martin, who drove this city-train revolution...
Western Force winger Nick Cummins is disappointed by his latest injury suffered in camp with the Wallabies, but is determined to come back from it fitter and stronger.
If there's one thing we love just about as much as music, it's photography. Mix the two together, even better. Kevin Cummins, one of the greats and a favorite of ours, has a new book out documenting his amazing shots...
Penguin flogs it (and sells some books) What's the most depressing piece of Penguin merchandising? Notebooks featuring the classic covers of much-loved titles that cost more than the novels themselves Anthony Cummins, guardian.co.uk , Wednesday 4 November 2009 Left - a reader at the Guardian Hay Festival. Photograph: Martin Godwin Few publishers are brands the way Penguin is a brand. Launched in 1935,...
Filed under: Truck , Work , Dodge 2007 Dodge Ram BFT Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery In addition to the passing note about considering a unibody replacement for the slow-selling Dodge Dakota , Ram CEO Fred Diaz said (with conviction...!) that they are strongly considering entering the heavy-duty 18-wheeler market with the Ram brand. Interesting, no? The consumer-grade pickup that...
As a follow-up to the recent arrival of several Brontëana items back in the Brontë Parsonage Museum, The Telegraph and Argus has an article, a video and three images: An example of the early writing of one of English literature’s greatest authors has been given to the Bronte Parsonage Museum. The tiny script, praising the Duke of Wellington, was written by Charlotte Bronte in miniature...
One year ago today, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. If you thought last year’s campaign was dirty, Joseph Cummins, author of Anything for a Vote, has a story for you. In an article we first posted last fall, Mr. Cummins explains what passed for mudslinging in the Roaring Twenties. The Election [...]
With the MSC Poesia scheduled to set sail from Fort Lauderdale two months from today, there’s been plenty of news about Jam Cruise 8 to share. First off, the schedule for all five jam-packed days was just released . [Photo of Toubab Krewe on JC6 by Dave Vann ] As a Jam Cruise virgin, I was warned that there wouldn’t be much sleep involved the trip and after a look at the schedule I can...
According to Behind The Badge, D.C. United coach Tom Soehn "has removed his name from consideration for the club's head coaching position" . The short-shorts enthusiast joins TFC's Chris Cummins as the first occupants of the 2009 off-season coaching carousel; perhaps if they sit close enough together they can share some reading materials amongst one another.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cummins and Innovasic are pleased to announce that they have signed a long term strategic supply agreement whereby Innovasic will develop and supply a mixed signal custom ASIC for use in future models of Cummins diesel engines. “Innovasic is very pleased to have been selected by Cummins as a partner for development of this new ASIC,” said Keith Prettyjohns,...
Sports Commentators and Source Credibility: Do Those Who Can’t Play...Commentate? Justin Robert Keene & Glenn Cummins Journal of Sports Media, Fall 2009, Pages 57-83 Abstract: Although research has examined how commentators shape perceptions of mediated sports, the area of commentator credibility remains unexplored. Using an experimental design, this study examined the effects of commentators’...
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