Devon History Society (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Anna Eliza Bray, engraving from frontispiece of Autobiography . Click to enlarge. Anna Eliza Bray (1790-1883) was a writer of considerable output, which included biographies, historical novels and topographic works. Born Anna Eliza Kempe, she was first married to the historical draughtsman and antiquarian Charles Alfred Stothard, with whom she travelled widely until his death in 1821 from a fall while...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Review: 2009 Audi Q5 3.2 Quattro is crossover magic - at a cost For $50,000, you can put your rump in vast automotive acreage, or opt for something smaller and more practical. The Audi Q5 fills that need with a host of amenities, and a ride that finally puts the "sport" in Sport Utility. Porsche club hits the road to celebrate Ferry's 100th September 19, 2009 would have been Ferdinand "Ferry"...
Broadly Offensive (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Above is a lovely picture of the M5 motorway in the UK, it goes from Exeter in Devon to... Somewhere else.. Anyhoo, Tie and I have driven this motorway many many times including today. Not specifically very interesting but bear with me. These are some amusing games that we play on the motorway. Pissing people off - Fairly self explanatory, mostly involves not moving out of the way and preventing people...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Today is Outer Alliance Pride Day ! Interviews Stomping on Yeti interviews Paul Melko . Ubiquitous Absence interviews Neth Space . Writing Excuses has Mary Robinette Kowal as a guest (podcast). S.M.D. interviews Kage Baker . Locus Magazine interviews Mary Robinette Kowal . Advice/Articles Dear Author on How to Get Into Book Reviewing as a Blogger . The Kill Zone on Writer, This is Your Job . Jeremiah...
Toshiba Delays Final HD DVD yamata. (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Weather hampers Air France debris search. Oh, and on Court One, tenth seed Nikolay Ford f150 accessory is in a spot of bother after losing the first set to Argentina's Diego Junqueira. Task force says no more automaker bailouts. Second Stampede British Commonwealth Mid Alondra Title, ending Smith's. Ray and Devon nail the Dudley Death Drop for the pin on Steiner. Abyss then dove off the scaffolding...
Autocar (Free subscription) | 16/08/2009
Starting your own car company can be a good way to make a small fortune - but usually out of a large one. But thankfully that doesn’t dissuade plenty of Brit businessmen doing it every year and it seems that here in the USA it’s no different. Devon unveiled at Pebble Beach Step forward Scott Devon, a likeable man who I’ve just met at the Californian launch of the Devon GTX, and the...
Engine Punk (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
I spotted this Ford Anglia at the recent Powderham Show, run by the Crash Box & Classic Car Club of Devon . It was a Ford Anglia that my parents had when I was born and my father dropped me on my head in it. My mother turned over the Ford Pop that she was driving during the winter of '62/'63 whilst pregnant with me so I couldn't really turn out any other way. With such a long standing affiliation...
Hoops on Campus (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Florida International coach Isiah Thomas got his first huge committment from 6-9 rising junior Chris Coleman of Mt. Zion, NC Academy. Immediate reaction of coaches at Reebok: I wonder if Isiah is still going to be there by the time he's ready to enroll? But the truth is Coleman, who is originally from Buffalo, could help change the image of this Sun Belt program. The Reebok All American camp held...
Birds, Birding, and Me.... (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
What a weekend! The main event being my brothers wedding, which was held at Ford Abbey - a stunning place! I won't bore you all with loads of photos, but here's one... My brother and I... It was a total success, as was - surprisingly - my speech! This was amazingly the first wedding I've ever been too. I was thrown in the deep end, but enjoyed every minute of it! : ) Oh ok, one more photo then....
LimitedHype (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
Here’s a preview of the Devon GTX supercar that’s scheduled to be revealed at the 2009 Pebble Beach Coucours d’Elegance in August. This will be the first car produced by industrial design house Devon Motor Works from California whose design philosophy centers around simplicity, functionality and beauty. The GTX was conceived by renowned Ford car [...]
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The family that owns the Fred Beans Pontiac Buick GMC dealerships in Southeastern Pennsylvania sent the following letter to President Obama and Frederick Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Corp.: On behalf of our 1,500 employees in southeastern Pennsylvania, I ask for your help to ensure that GM's bankruptcy does not cost our families their livelihood. In 1959, I opened a two bay service...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
Central Bucks South's highly successful pitching duo of Devon Utterback and Francesca Carullo did it again yesterday. The pair combined for a no-hit, 10-0 PIAA Class AAAA softball win over Central, the District 12 runner-up, at Spring-Ford. The opening-round game was shortened to 41/2 innings because of the 10-run rule.
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Daniel Paulin, former Ford designer, has created a design concept for Devon Motorworks that hints at a future American supercar. Known as the ‘design that navigates between the past and science fiction,’ the new Devon GTX is said to be the shape of the future supercar from America. The exterior features a blend of muscle and [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 17/05/2009
Pimlico ban on outside alcohol, bad economy shortchange neighborhood entrepreneurs Devon Ford, 13, counts on the Preakness every year to earn a little extra cash toting people's coolers in a shopping cart from their cars to the gates of Pimlico Race Course.
Bloggers4UKIP (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
Liebour MEP, Glyn Ford, has been to Gibraltar (no doubt paid for by the taxpayer) to kick off his election campaign there.Gibraltar was lumped in with the South West England euroregion after Gibraltarians successfully challenged the British government's inaction on organising EU elections in Gibraltar.Ford is courting Gibraltarian votes by calling for a specific Gibraltar region of the European
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