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The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Selection by Kiera Cass
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.
Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself--and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
* The Break Down:
Welcome to a world where if the Bachelor and Graceling were to at one point have a child, this would probably would be their bi-product.
The Selection is centered around a caste system dwindling in wealth of each number starting with the richest, One to 10, which is basically dying on the street. Then there is "the selection" where 35 girls are chosen from different castes to compete for the heart of Prince Maxon and become is bride and queen of their country.
Enter Miss American Singer, who only enters the selection because her mom promises that she can keep half of her income if she does it. Thinking that she won't get picked any how and she'll live a long and happy, though relatively poor life with her secret boyfriend Aspine.
Just goes to show that fictional character should really stop expecting things:
Katniss: No, Prim its only your first year you won't get picked.
Percy Jackson: I'm probably just Hermes son.
Thomas: There is a wonderful world of freedom outside this maze, boys.
Much to her shock and dismay, America
is selected and goes to live the palace with Maxon and the other girls, where she learns and feels more than she ever expected.
When I started reading The Selection, I sure so sure that it wasn't going to do it for me, I mean lets just start with the names America Singer... does anyone else think it sounds like a superhero? Oh and guess what she sings. How ironic.
I LOVE it when a book turns out to better then I thought it would be, it's a pleasant surprise
Most of my doubt came in the beginning of the book because I didn't like Aspen
, I still don't. To me Aspen didn't seem that interesting, sure he was swoon worthy but really, I wish there was just more there.
Although I wasn't quite impressed with Aspen
's character it didn't take me long for my opinion of the book to change. I curled up in my bed at nine, and didn't sleep till two. It was just so compelling. I loved all the details of the contestants. It made even the characters with very few lines seem interesting and important and the dimensions of America's character grew as the story progressed, so I never felt detached. Though there was a lot of character reader friction.
I still can't empathize for America
's reasons for wanting him so badly. I really want to understand what she views in him but I can't. I'm hoping he'll pull a Gale and I grow to appreciate him over time but at this moment, I hope he figures out that a supporting role is more fitting for him.
Now moving on to the other side of the love triangle; Prince Maxon.
*Pause to swoon
I found Maxon's character to be refreshing. He's lack of confidence, and frankly his lack of experience in life was surprising. This is a man who is supposed to one day be to rule the country, the guy who is render unless by tears, Too funny. It turns out that Maxon was NOTHING like I expected. Imagined that wrong twice in one post, wow. At the beginning of the book, when Maxon was just an allusion, I expected him to be a snobby, rich bad boy who could do anything he wanted. Could I have possibly been more wrong? Turns out during the end I really came to like him and I am proud to be Team Maxon.
The Selection in general was just enthralling subject with the caste system. This is a political point that now many authors of dystopian novels uses. Usually the dystopian world we are consistently to seeing is poor society with a wealthy powerful dictatorial head, such as the Capital or The Districts. This is a great tool for novels that are plot driven such as this one. It ables light to be shed without going into too much detail about each caste.
Over all, I loved it and The Selection is one of my favorite reads from 2012. The plot was driven, the characters were defined and Kiera Cass, I praise you as an author.


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After flirting for 5 months with the Mollusca, I picked up a 2lbs bag of the frozen (yes frozen .... you know the rule, no fresh shellfish in months without an R). Call me superstitious.
I came home and stuck it back in the freezer. Finally last weekend I was inspired by an old magazine containing this intriguing combination of peppers raspberries and SCALLOPS..... right on, i though. And without further thought I headed to the kitchen.
Here is the recipe adapted from the July/ August 2010 edition of Clean Eating magazine.
Scallops in Blackberry Roasted Pepper Sauce.
(serves 2)
1 Cup of fresh Blackberries
2 tsp of lemon zest
1/4 cup of lemon juice
1 splash of honey
1 roasted red pepper chopped
6 large scallops (20 count)
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
1/4 cup of god quality dry white wine
If using frozen scallops make sure to taw then in the fridge for about 6 hours before cooking them.
In a bowl combine Blackberries, lemon zest, lemon juice, honey and red peppers. Set aside.
Pat dry scallops with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat up a skillet till its hot, add a little olive oil and about 1 spoon of butter maybe 2. Do NOT let butter burn (make sure you keep stove on medium-medium high). Sear scallops for about 2-3 min on each side till golden. Remember if there is no color there is no taste. For smaller scallops 1-2 min. Remove scallops from heat place them in a plate covered with aluminum foil and keep warm.
Deglaze pan with white wine, add the blackberry concoction, and let it simmer for about 4 min (till berries start popping)
We acompaigned it with whole wheat couscous as suggested by the recipe.
I am proud to announce that i love scallops and can't wait to cook them again. Next time Coquilles St. Jacques, bien sure!

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I can't vouch for everything in this, but it'sagain worth more and more people realizing - this is about how a good chunk of Libyans feel. Right or wrong, they're angry and scared and grief-stricken with what they see as a huge crime against their nation.And the perpetrators are just patting themselves on the back for averting or punishing crimes that are largely works of pure fiction.
The rape of Libya -- NATO's proxy "rebels" continue to loot and massacre
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Since "rebels" entered Tripoli, under the cover of NATO bombing and led by foreign Special Forces, the abject criminality of imperialism's takeover of Libya is becoming increasingly evident.
Fighting continued to rage throughout the Libyan capital for many days, whose two million residents have been made hostages of the armed gangs and Western special forces troops that have seized control of the city's streets.
The focus of NATO operations has become a frantic effort to hunt down and murder Muammar Gaddafi. A $2 million bounty has been placed on his head, and the British media now openly boast that SAS special forces troops are leading the search for him and his family. A vast array of US armed Predator drones, AWACS spy planes and other surveillance equipment have been concentrated on the North African country to facilitate the illegal manhunt.
The pretense that the US and its European NATO allies were intervening in Libya to "protect civilians and civilian populated areas from threat of attack," as stated in the United Nations Security Council resolution has been effectively abandoned. Behind the fig leaf of this resolution the naked imperialist and colonial character of the war has emerged.
The Security Council's stipulations that ground troops not be introduced into the country, that an arms embargo be kept in place and that mercenaries be prevented from entering Libya have all been flouted in this criminal operation to seize control of an oil-rich former colony and loot its resources. There is barely any attempt to hide the fact that special forces, intelligence agents and mercenary military contractors have organized, armed and led the "rebels", who have not made a single advance without the prior annihilation of government forces by NATO warplanes.
After being terrorized for five months by NATO bombs and missiles, the people of Tripoli are now facing sudden death and a looming humanitarian catastrophe as a result of the NATO campaign to "protect civilians".
Kim Sengupta of the Independent reported Thursday from the Tripoli neighborhood of Abu Salim, which the "rebels" stormed under the cover of NATO air strikes. Known as a pro-Gaddafi area, its residents have been subjected to a reign of terror.
"'The rebels are saying they are fighting government troops here, but all those getting hurt are ordinary people, the only buildings being damaged are those of local people...'"
Meanwhile, other reports laid bare war crimes carried out by NATO and its local agents on the ground in Tripoli. Both the Associated Press and Reuters news agencies documented a massacre perpetrated against Gaddafi supporters in a square adjacent to the presidential compound that was stormed and looted.
"The bodies are scattered around a grassy square next to Moammar Gadhafi's compound of Bab al-Aziziya. Prone on grassy lots as if napping, sprawled in tents. Some have had their wrists bound by plastic ties," AP reported.
"The identities of the dead are unclear but they are in all likelihood activists that set up an impromptu tent city in solidarity with Gadhafi outside his compound in defiance of the NATO bombings."
AP said that the grisly discovery raised "the disturbing specter of mass killings of noncombatants, detainees and the wounded."
Among the bodies of the executed the report added were several that "had been shot in the head, with their hands tied behind their backs. A body in a doctor's green hospital gown was found in the canal. The bodies were bloated."
Reporting from the same killing field, Reuters counted 30 bodies "riddled with bullets". It noted that "Five of the dead were at a field hospital nearby, with one in an ambulance strapped to a gurney with an intravenous drip still in his arm." Two of the bodies, it said, "were charred beyond recognition."
News reports and statements from international aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in the city as a result of the NATO siege. Reporting from a local hospital, the Telegraph said: "As battle raged in the Tripoli streets hundreds of casualties were brought in, rebel fighters, Gaddafi's soldiers, and unlucky civilians, laying next to each other in bed and even on a floor awash with blood, screaming or moaning in agony. Many died before they could be treated."
The universal euphoria of the US and much of the European media, which is "embedded" with NATO and its "rebels," cannot conceal the brutal reality that a war waged under the pretense of human rights and protecting civilians has unleashed immense death, human suffering and destruction.
Far from a "revolution" or struggle for "liberation," what the world is witnessing is the rape of Libya by a syndicate of imperialist powers determined to lay hold of its oil wealth and turn its territory into a neo-colonial base of operations for further interventions throughout the Middle East and North Africa.


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The team that is sicking a new Xenomorph on another Ripley has reassured us that the next-gen versions of Alien: Isolation will look quite similar.
According to Total Xbox, Creative Assembly's Gary Napper claimed that Alien: Isolation will look quite the same when comparing the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game to one another. Napper boasts that the game will run at 1080p on both PS4 and Xbox One.
"That's actually not something I get that into, because we build it on one central engine and then kick it out to different versions," Napper said. "So when I think about working on the game it's almost platform agnostic because I only think about the differences between platforms and the different mechanics we can use like the light on the PS4 pad and the stuff with Kinect 2.0."
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Lineups for Sweden, Finlandby Adam Kimelman
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Here are the lineups Sweden and Finland will use for Friday's game.
Sweden will be without two regulars. They'll go without a backup goalie as Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Oscar Dansk is out with an injury to his right knee. Niklas Lundstrom, who allowed all 10 goals against the U.S. Thursday, again will be in net.
Top 2013 NHL Draft prospect Alexander Wennberg, who dressed as the backup Thursday against the U.S., will return to his normal position, centering a line with Pontus Aberg and Mika Zibanejad.
It's unknown what Sweden will do if something were to happen to Lundstrom.
Also sitting out for Sweden is forward Mikael Wikstrand, an Ottawa Senators prospect. It's unclear why he won't be playing, but Sweden coach Roger Ronnberg had said after the team's morning skate Thursday that he had some "question marks" for today's lineup.
The most interesting line for Finland could see Chicago Blackhawks' 2012 first-round pick Teuvo Teravainen centering Joel Armia and Toni Kallela. Armia, the Buffalo Sabres' 2011 top pick, has looked especially strong in camp.
Also, this marks the first time Finland coach Harri Lindell has split up his top defense pairing of Olli Maatta and Rasmus Ristolainen. Maatta will skate with Dallas Stars prospect Esa Lindell, while Ristolainen, a top prospect for the 2013 NHL Draft, will skate with Aleksi Salonen.
Max Gortz - William Karlsson - Filip Forsberg
Jeremy Boyce Rotevall - Victor Rask - Viktor Arvidsson
Pontus Aberg - Alexander Wennberg - Mika Zibanejad
Jakob Lilja - Joachim Nermark - Linus Froberg
Emil Lundberg - Oskar Sundqvist
Jonatan Nielsen - Oscar Klefbom
Hampus Lindholm - Rasmus Bengtsson
Linus Arnesson - Tom Nilsson
Toni Kallela - Teuvo Teravainen - Joel Armia
Miro Aaltonen - Alexander Barkov - Juuso Ikonen
Artturi Lehkonen - Robert Leino - Markus Hannikainen
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THE Sausage Casing Girls are everywhere this summer, their muffin tops hanging over their hip-skimming jeans, clothes shrink-wrapped around fleshy bodies that look as if they've been stuffed -- like forcemeat -- into teensy tops and skintight pants.
Visit the local mall, any beach boardwalk or the sidewalk in front of your neighborhood high school and you will see why healthcare professionals are so alarmed about expanding waistlines. And while chunky teen boys and young men hide in cartoonishly large basketball jerseys over big T-shirts and elephant-legged shorts, girls generally do not. They may be getting bigger, but their clothes are getting smaller.
One is tempted to applaud the Sausage Casing Girls; after all, Southern California is an epicenter of body consciousness, and here they are thumbing their noses at the idea that they must be whippets or Lindsay Lohans to wear the current styles, which for the last several seasons have been exaggeratedly body-hugging and skin-revealing. Perhaps all that self-esteem building has finally paid off.
But this phenomenon does not appear entirely to be about self-acceptance and the conscious abandonment of repressive physical ideals. It is far more complicated than that. Yes, there are plenty of young women who can confidently say that they are happy with their less-than-svelte shapes -- and that is to be applauded. But there are many others who in the rush to be fashionable are unable to admit that they are larger than they wish to be, or that their bodies just don't look good in the clothes they are choosing. Instead of reveling in their big, beautiful bodies, many girls instead are deep in denial, pouring themselves into clothes that are putting them in a python squeeze.


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Last night, the Atlanta Hawks put on an incredible performance against the Chicago Bulls to even their second round series at two game apiece. They played aggressive, moved the ball well and played with energy – all of which have not always been the case for the team this year. Atlanta seems to be the ultimate light switch team – they show up sometimes and completely disappear at others – but their talent should allow them to be one of the best teams in the NBA.
With Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Horford, Jamal Crawford, and a deep bench, the Hawks play to their potential almost as often as they play disinterested. And not knowing which Hawks team will show up, they have been one of the most interesting teams to watch in the past few years. This bipolar identity makes the Hawks the perfect team for the city of Atlanta.
Atlanta has never been in the conversation for best sports town because despite having four pro teams, the support isn't what one would expect from one of America's largest and most dynamic cities. When the Atlanta Braves won 13-straight division titles, playoff sellouts were still not a given at Turner Field. The Atlanta Falcons have had attendance problems until recently when the franchise has been revived behind the play of Matt Ryan. The Atlanta Thrashers are losing a lot of money and have made only one playoff appearance in their history. The combination of a lack of support and losing money has the team's ownership group, the Atlanta Spirit LLC, looking for new investors. The Hawks face the same problem with their fans.
Since taking the Celtics to seven games in 2008, the Hawks have been one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference. While the franchise has drawn more fans than it did previously, the Hawks still ranked 22nd in the NBA in attendance this year, not exactly the ranking you'd expect for a team as good and exciting (at times) as them. Additionally, since Atlanta is home to a lot of northern transplants, when the Celtics, Knicks or Bulls come to town, Philips Arena will often be divided 50-50 between fans of the Hawks and those teams. The inconsistent fan support changes in the playoffs though when Phillips Arena becomes one of the loudest arenas in the NBA.
During the playoffs, Hawk fans have rallied and come out in force for their team. They wear their white shirts and wave their towels. They shout, they motivate, but most of all they are there. One might say, well it's the playoffs, every fan base does that. That might be true, but for a team that hasn't realized their full potential yet, having fans fill up "The Highlight Factory" makes a big difference.
The TNT announcers made a great point last night that the Hawks have a lot of athleticism, but that having athleticism gets confused with playing with energy – something the Hawks don't always do. However, they played with a ton of energy last night, attacking the rim in a way not seen often enough from this team. Guys like Smith and Zaza Pachulia feed off doing things that put the crowd into a frenzy, whether it be a ridiculous dunk or a headbutt. And when the crowd gets going, the players get noticeably juiced.
So while the Hawks don't always play to their potential, they epitomize Atlanta as a sports town. Both can be inconsistent – one in their play, the other in their support – but when both are at their best, they make for a pretty lethal combo.
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Had a couple of games vs Tim's British for a practice game leading up to Call to Arms. First game was a draw as the game ended before we could do enough damage to each other to force a break. I took a few pictures but I forgot my camera so only phone pics.
I gave up taking pics for the second game but I did win it with a mighty breakthrough from the Landwehr Cav.
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In most states, ordering a gun online is perfectly legal. As is ordering pornography, cigarettes and ammunition. A bottle of merlot, though, could land you in jail.
A coalition of wine retailers from across the country has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if prohibiting interstate wine transactions is constitutional. If the court takes the case, consumers might finally be able to procure the wine they want, regardless of where it's sold.
Today, nearly 7,000 U.S. wine retailers have a presence on the Web. But just 13 states and the District of Columbia allow consumers to order wine from an out-of-state retailer. Even California, which bills itself as the "land of wine and food," prohibits its citizens from ordering wine from outside the Golden State.
Such laws stifle consumer choice and keep prices artificially high. And they're a relic of Prohibition.
When the "noble experiment" was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment, states were given the authority to regulate alcohol within their borders. While some chose to take total control over the sale and distribution of alcohol, most states created a "wholesale tier" to sit between producers and consumers.


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Name: Tina Gerow. Also write as Cassie Ryan
Website: http://www.tinagerow.com & http://www.cassieryan.com
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm a multi published author under two pen names. As Tina Gerow I write paranormal romance with snarky, strong heroines and hunky, kick ass heroes. As Cassie Ryan I write erotic paranormal romance. Still with snarky, strong heroines and hunky, kick ass heroes, but with smokin' hot and kinky love scenes and out of this world paranormal!
I live in Phoenix with my two favorite men – my son Darian and my husband Jon, a huge Maine Coon cat (16 pounds of fluffy sweetness) and an adorable black kitten.
When I'm not writing I'm an active speaker and online teacher for a multitude of writing related and motivational subjects.
On my right ankle I have this one:
When did you get your first tattoo? I got my first tattoo – the "Jon & Tina forever" one when I was 34, just before my husband and I got married. I wanted a tattoo and didn't have any idea what I wanted and what I would love long term. When he came up for the idea for that I loved it, and once I saw the design I was hooked!
When did you get your last tattoo? I sold my first book in 2005 even after being told that only one person in a million gets a book contract. I'm so glad I didn't buy into that!! I wanted something that represented my dreams coming true, and Tinkerbell fit the bill!
Do you have a favorite? They are both my favorite in their own way. I think once I get the first one touched up and it looks great like it did when I first got it that will go back to being my favorite just because it represents my wonderful husband and I :)
Is there a special meaning behind any of your tattoos? Oops – I guess I put that up earlier….
Are you planning on getting anymore? I would love to get more, but once again, I don't have any idea what I want or where I d like to get it. I do still have a few spots that won't sag when I m 80, so I'm good to go once I figure out what I want. I need to get my first one touched up and then look for a third one. I'm waiting for an idea to fall in love with :)
Tell us a little about your book: Why don't I do a Tina Gerow book and a Cassie Ryan book here…
Life and circumstances keep pulling soul mates Matt and Sarah apart, but now that Matt has reason to believe Sarah might be in danger, he'll stop at nothing, against all odds, to find her. Can they overcome karma to finally find their happily ever after? **Smokin' hot scenes and sexy situations...
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First in a sexy new series featuring four succubus sisters fighting demons and desires.
Jezebeth is living out the centuries as any succubus must-seducing men to survive and corrupting souls to make her quota with her queen, Lilith. But, when she's attacked by a bounty hunter demon, it's a handsome human who saves her.
Noah Halston is a horror writer who owes his life to Lilith. Now he must pay up by eluding the fearsome beasts of hell while escorting a very attractive and tempting succubus safely to Lilith's lair-or else he will forfeit his soul to an eternity of torture.
Trouble is, if he spends too much time with the all too tempting Jezebeth, he may just lose his heart-or, even worse, his life.
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Thank you so much for starting this new blog! People with Ink get a bad rep sometimes, but authors are in the unique position of having a profession where it doesn't really matter if we have some cool Ink! And it's a really fun idea to see which of us have what and where :)
Thanks for sharing your ink with us Tina!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between an area pass and a pool pass?
The area pass gives you access to everything in the Storrs Pond Recreation Area except the pool. You have access to the two beaches on the pond, tennis courts, hiking and biking trails, basketball courts, and discounts to all our programs. The pool pass allows you everything the area pass as well as access to the pool.
Why is the pond level lower than what I'm used to?
We have been working with two hydraulic engineering firms to determine the extent of our watershed and how much the pond might rise in a significant flood. The past few years our weather has continued to get more "severe" at least in terms of rainfall. The outflow of the dam has a limited capacity and we need to be careful not to exceed the height of the core wall of our dam. That's why we needed to remove the flashboard from the overflow pipe and lower the level approximately 12 inches. When we receive the engineering studies confirming the flood information we might be able to add to the pond height.
Why do I have to pay an entrance fee if I am a Hanover resident?
Storrs Pond is owned and operated by the Hanover Improvement Society not the Town of Hanover. The Hanover Improvement Society is an independent nonprofit organization, dedicated to provided good works to the town. It is not subsidized in any way by the Town of Hanover.
Do pass holders get special rates for guests?
No. It's not a part of our pricing structure.
Do pass holders pay to host or attend picnics?
Yes, but at a discounted rate.
How do I get to Storrs Pond?
Storrs Pond is in Hanover, NH. You can find a map on the Contact Us page.
What can I do at Storrs Pond?
Storrs Pond Recreation Area offers a wide variety of outdoor activies for the whole family:
- Swimming in the pond by the sandy beach, or at the heated swimming pool
- Tennis with 4 courts available for use
- Picnic sites available for rent
- Camping with lovely sites around the pond
- Summer camps with DayDreamer, VINS, Montshire
- Canoeing with canoes are available for rent
- Fishing for trout
- Beach volleyball beside the beach and pond
- Hiking on extensive trails around the pond
- Trail Running with the Fiddlehead Five K races
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John Deere (NYSE: DE) is currently trading well above the S&P 500 and there is no question why. The company is constantly trying to improve its products, to better serve the needs of its many different types of customers.
Deere actually operates in four separate sectors:
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- Construction and forestry equipment
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At the moment, the company has announcements for upgrades across all the equipment segments, showing just how hard it works at staying on the cutting edge. Here are just some of the products Deere has improved.
Tillage Tools
Deere just introduced two new tools in the agricultural equipment line: the 2330 Mulch Finisher and the 2230 Field Cultivator. It is a testament to the company's determination to serve the widest range of customers as possible that just the Mulch Finisher alone is available in nine separate widths, all the way up to 56.25 feet.
Showing just how much the company listens to what its customers need and want, Deere has updated two of its excavators to include requested features. The 75G and 85G excavators will now be equipped with, among other things, a hydraulic coupler capability for those who wish to use backhoe buckets and proportional auxiliary hydraulics that can be hand-controlled. Other features will also make these machines even more suited to working on congested job sites than they already are.
While John Deere might seem like a firmly earthbound corporation, they are actually quite technology oriented. The latest example of that is the creation of a golf course management platform based entirely in the cloud. Not only will it collect and manage data about labor, equipment and playing conditions, it will also offer state of the art weather forecasting services. Now wonder, then, that the PGA of America has now made John Deere its Official Golf Course Turf Equipment Provider.
No one company can please everyone all of the time. But that doesn't seem to stop John Deere from trying, and according to their share price trajectory, the company is succeeding pretty well.


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This was all thanks to Ricky Gervais, not sure if you've heard of him but he's a little known actor and comedian, check his account on twitter (@rickygervais) he could really do with a few more followers. (the poor fella only has 4,192, 062 at the time of typing this blog)
Many of you may know that I like to draw group caricatures of celebrities, from tv shows to movies, if the face works I'll doodle it. So I had produced a little caricature of the stars of Derek, Ricky's latest hilarious and heartwarming creation set in a retirement home.
As always with these doodles, I tweeted it across to Ricky, not really expecting a reply.
Within almost no time at all I had a lovely little reply simply saying, "Great Work!"
It's a simply wonderful thing to receive nice comments about your work, but little was I prepared for the power Ricky's words have. My twitter "interaction" panel went insane. Tweets came through like crazy with all sorts of lovely peeps saying how much they liked my work and this was such a huge boost to my confidence. I began saying thank you to each of them and realised this was a futile task, so opted for broader "I would like to thank everyone.." messages.
I quickly became friends with @tadpole_hitler, a twitter user who runs a Derek fan art site at www.tadpolehitler.com, who wrote a lovely little article about my work and even was so nice as to put an advert for my site on their home page.
I had originally loved the character of Vicky, played by Holli Dempsey but had not included her in the pic as at the time of drawing it she appeared to be a one episode character. But while I was receiving these comments she appeared in another episode and Holli herself left some lovely tweets about the pic. And so it was destined to be.. Vicky appeared in the picture, along with an ornamental frog.
And the flattery continued. In all my years of caricaturing I've never received such appreciation for my work and it was a truly flattering experience. Just when my head couldn't swell any further I received comments not only from Kerry Godliman who plays Hannah in the series, but also from Charlie Hanson, the series producer.
The whole crazy experience had a great finale for me when I realised a life long dream as I got to work as a caricaturist on the set of a movie.
It just so happened that Mr Gervais was on set too so I left a couple of prints with the crew for him.
To make sure he got it I tweeted,
"@rickygervais there's an A3 copy of the Derek caricature waiting for you somewhere on set, hopefully you'll get it."
and I received the reply.
"@richnairn Got it! Amazing. Thank you."
For a show that references how nice people can be, Derek has sure lived up to it's words.
Thank you everyone for a truly brilliant and flattering few weeks!


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Statistics indicate that foodborne illness continues to be a health issue in the United States. Each year, 1 in 6 Americans will become sick, 128,000 will become hospitalized, and 3,000 will die due to a foodborne illness. Under the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) jurisdiction, each food establishment is required to have one certified food manager on site.
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Romford Queen's Hospital maternity unit 'must improve'
A maternity unit in east London is often understaffed and puts patients at risk by using broken or missing equipment, inspectors have said.
Queen's Hospital in Romford did not follow some of its own guidelines, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust was told standards must increase by 30 March and equipment must be better by 15 April.
The trust said it was "already working to improve the service".
"The experience that women have during labour, and the care they receive, is extremely important, and in the past we have not always got that right," said Averil Dongworth, chief executive of the trust.
"We accept the CQC's report, and will be using it to drive forward the changes that are already taking place."
Midwives recruited
Last week, new mother Frances Randall said her son was delivered with the help of a stranger and fell on to the floor when he was born, owing to a lack of staff.
The hospital apologised for the incident and its head of midwifery, Sue Lovell, said a new triage system was being put in place.
Inspectors said some of the unit's employees felt out of their depth when performing tasks.
Targets for transferring women from the antenatal ward to the labour ward were also being missed, they added.
Some equipment - such as machines for checking contractions - had been unavailable, or was in poor condition or broken, the CQC said.
Inspections took place on two days in February and a full report will be issued later this month.
Mrs Dongworth said about 25 extra midwives had been recruited by the trust over the past week and there was funding to employ the same number again.
Services were being resdesigned and changes would be made "quickly and safely", she added.


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The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) recently upheld an Army trial judge's dismissal - with prejudice - of a sexual assault court-martial due to repeated discovery violations by the military prosecutor. Here is an analysis of the case on the blog CAAFlog:
At this point over the years, I have posted countless stories about the military justice system and how misguided politicians and advocates are seeking to destroy the fairness of the system by making changes to the system, and threatening more changes, if "trends and statistics" don't change to their liking - meaning predetermined prosecution oriented outcomes in alleged rape and sexual assault cases (UCMJ Article 120).
In this oppressive environment, the defense relies, more than ever, on prosecutors and trial judges to be immune from this improper pressure and to ensure the military justice system is fair. In this Stellato case, it appears the military trial judge did just that, but trial counsel apparently wasn't equal to the task. I wonder what Sen Gillibrand, Sen McCaskill, Rep. Speier, and others who spew their ignorance about the military justice system would think about this appellate decision? Was this, in their eyes, a necessary and sound decision to uphold the integrity of a criminal justice system and the Constitutional rights of an accused...or is this one more indication the military system is "broken" because a defense motion was granted and this sexual assault case didn't result in conviction and harsh sentence?
We are practicing during a very dangerous chapter in the history of the military justice system...
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