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As mentioned in a couple of episodes, Andrew Jackson kept a two-ton block
cheese in the foyer of the White House for the public. It was to remind
everybody that The White House belongs to the people, and that their voice
should always be heard and represented. Well, "West Wing" is a love poem
the ideals of a portion of America that has not had a voice in a long,
time. Be forewarned, this show is not a docudrama watered down or dumbed
down in order not to offend the sensibilities of the mainstream. It is
unabashedly - dare I say in these reactionary times - ultra-liberal and
proud of it. President Bartlet and his staff represent the spirit,
depth and imagination that many (but obviously not all) faithful Americans
feel this country was founded on: a spirit that they would like to see in
their political candidates, but rarely find anymore. It is the stuff of
dreams. Check that twice; this isn't reality TV so don't go ballistic if
certain "facts" about the official processes of White House machinery are
incorrect. The show isn't meant to provide documentation of life in the
west wing. It's meant to give us an idea of the complexities of the
political process, as well as a look at the dedication and personal
sacrifice most politicians and staffers have to endure. Most importantly
though, the show is meant to be a springboard for ideas and values. Is
President Bartlett in any way realistic? Hell, no! He's a wild composite
of every liberal politician and scholar that ever positively influenced
country, as well an authority on antiquated history, philosophy,
national parks, chess, and virtually every nation in the world. What makes
him especially endearing is that all of these qualities are rolled up in a
homespun charm that could make Garrison Keillor positively green with
Some people don't seem to get the joke: he has every single element that
been absent in politicians - Democrat and Republican alike - for a
time. The fact that he is so unreal is THE element of social satire that
this program propagates. Frankly, I find it thrilling because as much as
love other political satires like "Bob Roberts" and "Wag the Dog", it
wonderfully refreshing to see satire being directed from politicians
than at them. There will never be a real president like Jed Bartlet in
White House, but every American can get a healthy dose of inspiration from
fictional Jed Bartlet, 'man of the people'. [I'd include other
nationalities in that statement, but there's something about Bartlet that
quintessentially American. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I
visualize it along the lines of reading the Constitution while eating a
of chili. Other nationalities will have to come up with their own
particular mixture of homespun idealism.]. I should include his staff in
that statement too, since any of those in the West Wing (with the
of Ainsley Hayes, sweet as she is) would make a fantastic
As for the other elements of this show... On first watching it, I was very aware of the fact that the White House staff seemed to spend more time holding conversations while walking in corridors, than actually sitting in their offices. I was also aware of how the cameras twirled around them unceasingly. And I often found the dialogue in both quality and delivery to be something along the lines of Spalding Gray meets Gore Vidal; i.e. extremely quick, witty and brilliant, but how many people really talk that way? Well, by the third episode I became so attached to the fascinating qualities and idiosyncrasies of each character that in my ears, their dialogue seemed to flow quite naturally. By the forth episode I was tickled pink to follow them anywhere. And by the fifth episode, my inner gyroscope finally synched up with the show's steadicam. I'm hooked- what else can I say! All the characters/performers of "West Wing" are excellent, and the "what if" scenarios in each show cleverly cover situations that we're all familiar with, with just the right touch of emotional depth (or in some cases, levity. The show's humor is always delicious!).
`West Wing' is simply brilliant through and through. The only bad thing about it is when it's over, we all have to face reality once again. Damn!
I couldn't get into the West Wing when it began its run. The people spoke
too quickly, I didn't get most of the references, and where the heck were
they powerwalking to? I just didn't get it. After an episode or two, I
forgot about it.
On a recent weekend, though, I heard the pilot was being broadcast and thought I'd give it a try. Watching this show from the beginning - and being able to see episodes over again - makes all the difference. This time, I realized that I wasn't *supposed* to understand what they were referring to right out of the gate; it would be explained before the episode ended. After watching the pilot, I also realized that unlike most TV shows, The West Wing episodes are visual manifestations of great books. Both force the viewer to ask questions, challenging simple answers, refusing to provide easy, fixed-in-60-minutes situations, and providing sudden, unexpected plot twists.
As excellent as the actor's performances are, it's the writing that makes the show so good. It doesn't shy away from moral ambiguity, it rarely takes the easy way out, and it compels you to believe in your government despite all the reasons it gives you to despair of it.
Some might think that only jingoistic supernationalists enjoy the West Wing, but neither of those words describe me. I feel very comfortable questioning the decisions my government makes, and I appreciate how the West Wing has broadened my understanding of how it operates. For that reason alone, it deserves the accolades it receives. It's one of the best shows in the history of television.
I first caught "The West Wing" for two reasons: 1) our school was AGAIN
on strike and 2) I had a crush on Annabeth Gish from "The X-Files", and
I'd heard she was going to be in the Season 5 premiere. I watched a few
eps on Bravo to get a little background so I wouldn't come in
completely cold (my very first ep was "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet", which
is still in my top ten). It took me awhile to get used to Aaron
Sorkin's writing style, but by this point, it's my absolute favorite
I think that the idiot Republicans who b**** about the "liberal bias" are, well, idiots. The show is written by a very openly liberal guy, so why are you surprised? It's not like AS is a Republican, and NBC forced him to write a "liberal" show. THEN you might have a case for complaining. Besides, very few Republican characters are presented as "evil". Besides the obvious (Ainsley Hayes and Cliff Calley), most of the other guys are presented as against the president's agenda, which DOES NOT EQUATE WITH EVIL, unless maybe you are an intolerant far-right Republican who thinks people against the war in Iraq like Martin Sheen are "evil" and "un-American" (I was for the war personally, and I'm not saying ALL Republicans). There are a few guys, like John Diehl's Claypool, or the congressman from "Bartlet For America", or Bruce Weitz and Paul Provenza, who are portrayed as rather unlikeable, but they are an aberration on this show. And most Republican view points are given a fair airing, at least.
That said, there's not a whole lot I can say about this show that hasn't already been said a hundred times over. The writing, acting, and direction is arguably the best in television history, and I now prefer it to "The X-Files". Besides the marvelous starring cast (save Moira Kelly and Joshua Malina), there's also an excellent supporting cast as well, and fantastic guest casting. Tim Matheson is my favorite non-regular character as the egotistical, self-serving yet intelligent and likable Vice President Hoynes. Then there Timothy Busfield, Anna Deveare Smith, Marlee Matlin, Roger Rees, Emily Procter, and John Amos, and many other very memorable characters. My favorite one-shot guest star has to Karl Malden's Father Cavanaugh from "Take This Sabbath Day" (the death penalty episode).
I think that all of the main characters do outstanding jobs. Martin Sheen is really the glue that holds the show together, so I'm glad they decided to make him a regular. He isn't THE star, but he is simply wonderful, and his interaction with the cast is a focal point of the show.
The whole cast, indeed, provides us with one of the best ensembles in television history. Rob Lowe did a much better job than I expected he would with his role as Sam, the deputy communications director. Stockard Channing simply blows the doors off the place as the First Lady. Dule Hill never has a whole lot of screen time as Charlie, Bartlet's personal aide, but he usually injects a fun shot in the arm. Janel Moloney is really cute and side-splittingly hilarious as Donna, Josh eager-beaver assistant. Allison Janney as CJ, the press secretary, is a bit of a sore spot for me, however. In the first few seasons she was great, a character with intelligence and a great sense of humor. However, in recent years (and this I blame on the writing) her character has devolved into a whiny feminazi (see "The Women of Qumar"), just a notch above Mary-Louise Parker's Amy Gardner (a character I like, but most people don't). However, Janney is a talented enough actress to largely overcome this. Richard Schiff is fantastic as Toby Ziegler, the prickly, mumbly Communications Director. And then there's John Spencer as my favorite character, chief of staff Leo McGarry, a recovering alcholic, drug addict, and Vietnam vet who represses his emotions very well, but has a very deep sense of loyalty to all his friends and employees. Spencer gives a bravura performance week after week, and he is totally believable in the role. His greatest moments were his dialogue with the fired White House staffer in "Take Out The Trash Day", and the very end of "Bartlet For America" (of course). Wonderful actor. And then there's Bradley Whitford, as the egotistical but good-natured Josh Lyman, Leo's deputy, who is as every bit as loyalistic as Leo. (BTW, I hope that Josh and Donna NEVER get together; remember Mulder and Scully on "The X-Files", anyone?) Whitford starred one of the best episodes ever, "Noel", where he overcame his bout with PTSD. And of course, Martin Sheen I've already commented on. Moira Kelly and Joshua Malina are fine actors, but they were given rather poor characters to work with, and just didn't fit in to the fabric of the show.
As to the departure of Sorkin: certainly the show has declined in quality, is less humorous, and there have been a good amount of stinky episodes this past year ("Access", anyone?), but Season Five of "The West Wing" is still almost infinitely better than anything else on TV. "7A WF 83429", "The Stormy Present", "The Warfare of Genghis Khan", "An Khe", the rightfully well-loved, Sorkinesque "The Supremes", "Gaza", and "Memorial Day". BTW, quit ragging on Gary Cole as the new VPOTUS, guys, just because he was in "Office Space". Tim Matheson was Otter in "Animal House", and I didn't any of you bring that up when he first showed up.
My favorite episodes are "Take This Sabbath Day", "And It's Surely To Their Credit", "Lord John Marbury", "A Proportional Response", and "Noel". I'm sorry I didn't too much deeper, but really, what could I say about this show that everyone else here hasn't already.
A bazillion stars for the greatest show in television history IMO.
This is the finest show ever produced for TV. Each episode is a
triumph. The casting, the writing, the timing are all second to none.
This cast performs miracles.
The secret to this show is that it is, at heart, a comedy, even when tragic things are happening. That gives Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff et al. the room to work. And do they ever.
It works because it is deep, the characters are well-drawn. Early in the first season, CJ gets a root canal and walks around for the rest of the episode with cotton stuffed in her mouth, yelling things like" The Pwesident must be bweefed!" This has to be seen to be believed. It had me literally on the floor, laughing until I feared I would hurt myself. I don't know how many shows have tried cheap stunts like that and they are just that, cheap. On "The West Wing" it works because we know CJ, we know how unlike her, and yet like her, that moment is. And Toby's slow-burn reaction is pitch perfect.
This gem of a series really took me by surprise. Observing the world of
American politics and the lives of those working in the White House could
an extremely dull concept. But thanks to an outstanding script and the
wonderful skills of the experienced cast, The West Wing effortlessly draws
the viewer in and provides top quality drama in every action-packed
Following the trials and triumphs of those working behind-the-scenes in and around the Oval Office, this series perfectly portrays the shrewdness that the president and his staff require to do their jobs and the way they inter-relate in a manic environment to get those jobs done, while still managing to maintain a personal life. Combining a subtle mix of poignancy, humour and dramatic tension with varying degrees of pace, it is a joy to watch.
Each episode is relatively self-contained with running storylines developing throughout the series. The characters are perfectly rounded, the script continually sharp, and credit goes to the directors and editors who ensure such slick movement and spot-on timing on screen.
Singling out any particular member of the cast is difficult as each one of them is truly first-rate. However, Martin Sheen is excellent as President Bartlet, a fiercely intelligent and discerning man with a genuine passion for his job. Rob Lowe is a revelation as Sam Seaborn, the wise and witty deputy communications director, and Allison Janney, as the astute press secretary, CJ, is far removed from her almost unrecognisable role as Barbara Fitts in American Beauty.
Whether White House life is in reality as appealing as this remains to be seen. It would, however, be very reassuring to believe that those who actually do hold such influential positions are as unashamedly charming as The West Wing brilliantly depicts them.
Network: NBC; Genre: Drama; Content Rating: TV-PG; Available: DVD and
syndication; Perspective: Modern Classic (star range: 1- 5);
Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (7 seasons)
Created out of the ashes of the tragic failure that ABC befell his neo-classic "Sports Night" (which I also highly recommend), Aaron Sorkin's next effort aims at nothing short of the most powerful office in the world. "The West Wing" takes us behind the scenes of the Bartlet (Martin Sheen) administration and his staff, which includes special counselor Leo (John Spencer), the dryly spunky Press Secretary C.J. (Allison Janney), Chief of Staff Josh (Bradley Whitford) and his model-like assistant Donna (Janel Moloney), morose Communications Director Toby (Richard Schiff), aid Charlie (Dule Hill) and Deputy Comm Director Will (Josh Malin, "Sports Night").
To best enjoy "Wing", with its occasionally maddening bouts of self indulgence and nose-in-the-air intellectual showboating, is to understand how purposefully different it is from just about anything else on TV. It lacks the kind of compelling situational drama you'd expect. Most of the real action occurs off screen, with us simply hearing that a crisis was solved. This show is about conversations, history and civics lessons and an ambitious deconstruction of wedge issues that you never heard spoken of so thoughtfully in entertainment television. "Wing's" vision of politics is an old-fashioned fantasy of a noble grass roots attempt, guided by history and the framers, where the political process is a necessary tool, o do what's right for the common man.
The political right has taken the show out to the woodshed for spouting liberal propaganda (every character is a vocal Democrat), but in my experience with it, it has been nothing but honest and fair with it's topics, unlike the blunt object beating we get from David E. Kelley and Dick Wolf shows. You have to be quick to catch inferences to tax cuts creating service cuts and women's lives being ruined by having a child and not an abortion. Free from a need to create simplistic sound-bytes or follow poll numbers of real-world politicians, Sorkin's world depicts the kind of well reasoned discourse lost in the modern, media-driven political climate.
Back to the dialog and the most important thing. This is a show that can be written with such lyrical beauty and directed with such cinematic majesty that it elevates it from a conceptually tedious concept and static stories. Sorkin brings back the snappy, lightening-fast "His Girl Friday" conversations of "Night". A man in love with his dialog (I can't fault him for that), he crams very syllable of every crisp monologue in the running time.
Satisfying the audience's desire to see behind these particular closed doors, "Wing" consciously maintains a fly-on-the-wall quality as we follow the White House staff through hallways and offices discussing everything from the most frivolous everyday annoyances and grammatical idiosyncrasies to weighty issues of domestic and foreign policy. It gives us the wonderful illusion we are seeing the real nit and grit behind the political process - from getting enough votes to pass a bill to keeping piece in the Middle East. This is C-SPAN stuff, packaged with beautiful, epic pageantry.
At series' end my initial reaction to the show still holds water. By comparison it doesn't have the heart or the laughs of "Sports Night". It has a rich look and feel but, for all its philosophizing and linguistic gymnastics, I still remain detached from the characters and any emotional core at all. Spencer is terrific and Janney and Whitford make TV stars of themselves with what are for the most part mechanical characters with just enough quirks to get them banging against each other nicely. That said, Whitford and Moloney have an engaging chemistry that draws us in and lets us root for them. A chemistry that the show takes a smart 7 years to pay off.
Sorkin and Sheen's president is a Frank Capra fantasy the melds together the most idealistic elements of politics and Americana into someone who can represent the best of his ideology and is still human enough to display the worst. Granted, this is Sorkin's fantasy so the latter is rare and Bartlet gets the last wise word most of the time.
After the 4th season, Sorkin leaves the show amid rumors of drug use and studio hack John Wells is brought on board. Wells is a network hack who took over "ER" when Michael Crichton stepped away and turned it into a soap opera, and then did the same with his own "Third Watch". The show slowly changes under Wells and while he resists his usual urge to sadistically kill of major characters, Sorkin's trademark dialog is slowed down and the show gets more traditionally exciting, but the intellectual substance remains and Wells gels with the show well.
I don't love "The West Wing" as much as others. Each episode starts strong and ends strong, but almost always looses steam in the long 2nd act. So goes entire seasons, which can bring us in and go out with an assassination, a kidnapping, terrorist attack or some other exciting peril for a main character and stall for entire hours in the winter.
Under Wells' control, the series ends with a spectacular bang. The final season brings an end to the Bartlet administration and follows the feverish presidential campaign of both parties race to win the election and instill their candidate - either Republican Senator Vinick (liberal He-man Alan Alda) or Democrat congressman Santos (Jimmy Smitts) - in as his successor. After 7 seasons the show goes out as rewarding and classy as it came in. A behind-the-scenes celebration of the American political process. It is an exceptional final season for a classy and classic show.
* * * * / 5
This is what all television used to be like, in the 'good old days'- well
written, well acted (even by Rob Lowe!) and beautifully directed.
The plots are thick and interesting and the people are smart and pretty and I just can't get enough of it. I wish Aaron Sorkin would write another movie (he wrote A Few Good Men) and also be as prolific as David E. Kelly- Sorkins work is by far the superiour, and I could watch it day in and day out. Tune in, you won't be disappointed.......
I just started watching this show 5 days ago. My family received the
first 3 seasons on DVD and I put it in and started watching. I'm on the
14th episode of the third season now, and having sat here for 36+ hours
watching, I must say this show is intelligent, witty, funny,
reasonable, has wonderful acting and actors, writing, and is a great
look into the White House and the government of this country.
I'm only on the 3rd season and I don't know how long it will take for the others to come out on DVD (as i won't be watching the show on TV, since i don't want to miss anything) but up to this point, I LOVE this show, the characters and will continue to watch it at any opportunity available to me.
Now that the last episode has been shown in Australia, and having very
much enjoyed the show despite seeing it out of order in several
different countries, I'd like to make a few general comments.
Thankfully the ABC showed series six and seven weekly in blocks of two
episodes without commercials; thus the pleasure was undiluted.
1. Whatever inaccuracies there may have been in the depiction of White House procedure (apparently Clinton adviser Dick Morris was not impressed) and however impossibly smart everybody seemed, "West Wing" caught the essential flavour of politics, US style, where a squillion issues, some great, others trivial, all compete for attention in a complex legalistic and ponderous system.
2. There is a lot of emphasis on the trappings of the "imperial presidency"- flitting around the countryside in Air Force One at a cost of about $10,000 an hour, the amazing White House protocol for almost everything, the veneration of the public for the office. Louis XIV never had it so good. But then I was brought up in a country where until recently the Prime Minister's phone number was in the phone book and he used to walk the 800 metres to work. Of course the security measures don't require much justification in the land of guns for all.
3. President Jed Bartlet is indeed the liberal ideal (the show could well be called "Left Wing") but he is also a patriot, and to those of us who have to put up with the US heaving its weight around abroad this is a problem, not a matter for praise.
4. The "walking heads" delivering rapid-fire dialogue are off-putting at first, but do give the show pace; compare "Commander in Chief" which is leadenly slow (and otherwise dire) by comparison. It no doubt helps to know something about how the US political system works but generally there is enough information provided to at least follow the story.
5. The internal politics of the White House are downplayed; Bartlet's team are portrayed as uniformly bright, keen and loyal, both to the president and each other, and not interested in internecine conflict. Lucky Jed.
6. The acting from the main players is all that one could ask for they emerge as real people, but then they get a lot of air time, sometimes with most of an episode to themselves. Some of the minor roles tended to be written and played as stereotypes. My favourite was Lily Tomlin as the Pres's secretary she acted as if she could do his job herself, although Allison Janney as CJ ran a close second.
7. It must have been a fun series to create and we must thank Aaron Sorkin for the effort he made in developing this show from his "The American President" which was a piece of fluff by comparison. He got away with what must be about the talkiest show on television. Alas, things did tail off a bit after he left (after the fourth series) but the show had enough momentum to make it entertaining right to the end of Bartlet's second term, though the last few shows were rather limp.
So much political reporting seems to be an attempt to fake a drama out
of little material. I missed the West Wing when it started, but am
catching up now, and find that it turns the specifics of politics into
gripping human drama with a fast pace.
The camera seems to move as quickly as the people, following one conversation, then picking up another as two corridors intersect, and going off after that conversation instead. It's a remarkably effective dramatic device, that helps generate a sense of many topics, issues and personalities all being constantly on the move in response to events.
The acting is uniformly good, and often not on screen, Martin Sheen's president remains a constant presence shaping every story.
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Spanish football expert Phil Kitromilides believes the price of 5/6 for a rampant Cristiano Ronaldo to score at anytime is just too good to turn down in this match
The hosts are hanging by a thread in the competition, knowing that another defeat would leave them with an uphill struggle to qualify for the knockout stages, while Madrid are all but through to the last 16 after three wins from three matches so far.
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As Guardiola is acknowledging his squad's weak points and fixing them with the addition of quality players, hopefully, this will provide a balance to Manchester City they haven't had since their 2013/14 title victory. This Premier League season looks like it will be a close one with multiple sides vying for the trophy, however, if early betting markets are anything to go by, City are favourites to lift the trophy come the end of the season. Q2 - Which team will win the Championship? Choices: Aston Villa Middlesbrough Fulham Norwich City Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Derby County Leeds United Sunderland Hull City Reading Any other team Recommendation: Wolverhampton Wanderers While most will be looking at Aston Villa and Middlesbrough to battle it out for this seasons EFL Championship, one side that is flying under the radar is Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Midlands club is looking to be the dark horse of the competition, as their new manager, Nuno looks to establish his contingent of players. Already Wolverhampton has announced some impressive signings with the club signing a variety of different Portuguese players he has worked with during his time in Spain and Portugal. With the likes of Helder Costa, Ivan Cavaleiro and Diogo Jota the stability and quality within the ranks of Nuno's side is astonishing. If they can pull all the pieces of the puzzle together, they should be able to comfortably put themselves in a position to win the title at the end of the season. Q3 - Who will win League One? Choices: Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Portsmouth Bradford MK Dons Charlton Athletic Oxford United Scunthorpe United Peterborough United Any other team Recommendation: Blackburn Rovers Falling from grace is always a hard thing for a team to swallow, especially such a historic club like Blackburn Rovers. However, one would assume that the side would back and return to the Championship after a strong showing in League One. With Owen Coyle's sacking, Blackburn will start a new under Tony Mowbray as they enter League One. While they have lost a few members of their squad from last year, the club has invested in the market to bring in some new faces for the new season. The League One title will be hotly contested as there is an array of excellent teams vying for the opportunity to lift the title, however, if the market is anything to go by, Blackburn is the outright favourites to lift the title once the season is over. Q4 - Which team will win League Two? Choices: Mansfield Town Luton Town Coventry City Lincoln City Swindon Town Cambridge United Carlisle Chesterfield Exeter Notts County Any other team Recommendation: Luton Town A fourth place finish and a narrow defeat in the playoffs left Luton with a disappointing end to what was a terrific season. So many would expect Luton to pick up where they left off and dominate the competition. While they have had a few faces depart the club so far in the transfer market, they have added to the side and done so quite cleverly utilising many free agents and loan moves. Nathan Jones' team are looking in a good position to take the league title, although they could suffer competition from relegated League One sides. The market is reflecting that they are second favourites to claim the title with Mansfield leading the market as favourites. Sign up & play >> Q5 - Which team will win the FA Cup? Choices: Chelsea Manchester City Manchester United Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Everton Southampton Leicester City Any other team Recommended: Everton If a team that has invested heavily in the transfer market doesn't win any silverware in the upcoming season, questions will be asked. So the pressure is on Ronald Koeman to perform with his new acquisitions, so the FA Cup looks like a tournament the Toffees should set their sights on. While they will want to finish as high in the league as possible, FA Cup silverware would be a fantastic achievement for a team that hasn't been amongst the trophy picture for a while. With their new look eleven and aspirations of putting themselves in the same conversation as their top flight rivals, Everton is expected to have a big season. Q6 - Which team will win the Champions League? Choices: Barcelona Bayern Munich Real Madrid Juventus Manchester City Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain Atletico Madrid Manchester United Recommended: Barcelona While Barcelona did win the Copa Del Rey last season, they would have been left with a bitter end to the finishing seeing as their main rivals Real Madrid won not only La Liga but also the Champions League. Although some of their big names are rumoured to move away from the club, it's hard at this time to find any validity in these claims. While this is happening, however, Barcelona are investing in adding more talent to their side with moves for fullbacks and most covered Liverpool's Phillipe Coutinho. The quality of their frontmen Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi is just too big to ignore, and with the right draw, we could easily see Barcelona lift Europe's biggest prize. Q7 - Which team will win the Europa League? Choices: Arsenal AC Milan Villarreal Everton Lazio Athletic Bilbao Lyon Real Sociedad Marseille Any other team Recommended: Any other team With the structure and rules of the Europa League allowing a team that doesn't qualify yet, finished third in their group drops down to compete in the Europa League means that the competition is wide open and many other teams could enter the competition at this stage. So with the outcome of the group stages in the Champions League having a huge effect on Europa League fixtures, it makes sense to chose the option of any other team. Q8 - Which team will win La Liga? Choices: Barcelona Real Madrid Atletico Madrid Sevilla Villarreal Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad Valencia Celta Vigo Any other team Recommended: Real Madrid While La Liga is always a competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid with Sevilla and Atletico offering some issues, it's always a struggle to tell which way it could go. Again if the rumours are true that Messi and Neymar could be departing the Catalonian club, it could have a huge effect on the standings of La Liga. Noting this Real Madrid have been relatively calm in the transfer window so far, but Zidane is expecting to make some new big name additions to the squad before the window closes. 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A lawyer for Reese Witherspoon says the actress has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge resulting from a heated confrontation with a state trooper in Atlanta.
Municipal Court of Atlanta Deputy Solicitor Ronda Graham said in a statement Friday that Witherspoon entered the plea and paid a $100 fine, resolving the case.
Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said earlier Friday that the department will release video from a state trooper's dashboard camera that captured the confrontation and Witherspoon's arrest. Celebrity website TMZ has aired a copy of the video.
The footage shows Witherspoon asking the trooper, "Do you know my name?" and then adding, "You're about to find out who I am."
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Only 14 percent of Americans are very confident that they will have enough money to retire and live comfortably, according to the 22nd annual Employee Benefit Research Institute's Retirement Confidence Survey released today.
This number hasn't changed since 2009 when a host of people not too far from retirement lost their jobs. According to the survey, 42 percent see uncertainty over whether they will have a job as their most pressing economic issue.
The survey also emphasizes that many Americans haven't saved much for retirement. Some 60 percent of workers say -- not counting the value of their homes and any old-fashioned defined-benefit pensions they may expect -- their savings total less than $25,000. That's a drop in the bucket if you're depending on it to pay for your retirement.
As a result, 37 percent of people are planning to retire later than age 65 -- a big change from the 1991 survey results when only 11 percent of workers said they expected to retire after age 65. The survey points out that the idea of delaying retirement may not work out because historically, 50 percent of people are forced by either their employers or their health to retire earlier than they expected.
In the meantime, most people apparently aren't doing much to help themselves. More than half of workers -- 56 percent -- say they haven't even tried to figure out how much money they'll need to retire -- a solid starting point for retirement planning.
While the EBRI is king of the bad-news bears -- I've never read a positive analysis from them -- most of this report rings true. And it comes at a time when it is unclear how Social Security's shaky finances will be shored up.
It seems clear that we should all do ourselves a big favor and start saving as much as we can.


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My friend Sylvia is an excellent cook. She can take a basic recipe, tweak it a bit and come up with something new and delicious. When I tweak a recipe, it's because I'm missing an ingredient, or I've read the directions wrong or some other mistake.
Let's just say my tweaks might be new, but they are not as delicious.
Last weekend, we were invited to a party at Sylvia's house. It was the same day that my new book was being released, and in a moment of giddiness, I told her I'd bring dessert. I thought cake would be a great way to celebrate, and not just any cake. Since my new book takes place at a horse show, a carrot cake would be perfect.
I dug out my recipe cards for the cake and cream cheese frosting and went shopping. Using the cards diligently, I got everything on the list, whether I needed more of it or not. I was determined to have enough to start over if necessary.
As I dove into the recipe, it occurred to me that I have not baked this cake for at least 22 years. Prior to that, I made carrot cake fairly often. Often enough to have written rather cryptic instructions on the card.
"Combine sugar, eggs and oil," it said.
Combine? Was that with the mixer, or just stir with a spoon? Was I supposed to beat the eggs first? The next step clearly said to "beat well" when adding the dry ingredients, confusing me even more.
Unsure of myself, I consulted the internet for other carrot cake recipes. They were all slightly similar to mine, but a little different. I decided to combine a few of the better-sounding ingredients and instructions, thinking Sylvia would be proud of my creativity.
The mixture looked paler than I remembered, almost beige, but I poured it into two cake pans and stuck them in the oven.
Then I looked up "local bakeries" on Yelp.
Forty minutes later, they came out, looking darker and richer. I whipped up the cream cheese frosting while they cooled. Again, following my old recipe was confusing. I had to almost double the amount of confectioner's sugar while I wondered what kind of measuring dyslexia had caused me to write down such a wrong number.
The bad thing about cakes is, if you are going to take them to someone else's house, you really can't cut a slice for yourself to see if they're any good. You just have to slap frosting on them and hope for the best.
I looked around my kitchen for some kind of cake plate that could be covered. Unlike every other house in America, I don't own one of those plastic cake totes with a lid and a handle. The only thing I had was a formal glass plate on a tall pedestal, with a dome.
If nothing else, the cake looked impressive.
Getting it to the party required stabilizing the pedestal, wrapping it with a dozen towels and driving 10 miles per hour. There were some angry drivers whipping around me on Orangethorpe Avenue, but I arrived with dessert intact.
As Sylvia cut into the cake, I was praying it turned out okay. It did and was praised by all. I was happy to have pleased my friends with my baking, and even happier that I did it by venturing boldly out of the recipe box, just like my friend.
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With the Hardens again unplayable the fixture was switched to the new Berwickshire High School. The pitch was heavy especially the end furthest away from the road. Duns kicked off and immediately had Dunbar on the back foot with sustained pressure in the visitors twenty two. Duns in the opening quarter had plenty of chances but lady luck and the slippery ball foiled various opportunities. In the mud Duns had to play a forward orientated game with some good support play amongst the pack.
Duns eventually opened the scoring with a great try from Steve Crawford after the forwards took a scrum against the head. The conversion was missed. Duns then had further sustained pressure, being held up twice over the line by a determined Dunbar defence. Then against the run of play Dunbar scored a very good try with a touchdown in the corner. Just before the break Duns added a further try from Martin Aitchison who crashed over from close range, Aitchison having his first run out in weeks after a lay off through injury.
The half time team talk was simple – play the rest of the game on the "green stuff" and the tries will come. Just after the restart Scott Turnbull rampaged through the Dunbar rear guard to score an opportunist try which was converted by Euan Reed. This was closely followed by a fine try from Ben Foreman who finished off a move after good handling. At this stage Duns were in total control with further tries from Martin Aitchison, Matty Taylor and Tom Swan with Euan Reed converting one.
This was a good performance from the Seconds, scoring seven tries with very difficult conditions underfoot. Scott Turnbull had a great game in the pack with some strong rampaging runs and Martin Aitchison in the back row was very effective with his link play. The pack dominated the scrum taking a good few against the head and the backs for a change had a relatively quiet day. Callum Mitchell made his debut for the Club and put in a good shift in the second row.


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Finally getting around to putting some of my acrylic paintings and mixed media art back online, after upgrading to a new WordPress site many months ago. By popular demand (LOL) here is my made up town, Tweedsville 🙂
I have not been actively trying to sell this piece at all, she's been quite happy at home, but it's time to begin to sell, sell, sell and LOL. Soooo, Tweedsville is now available. Quick! Grab it while we still have snow on Vancouver Island.
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A growing body of literature links asthma with obesity, but the reason for the link has been unknown. Both conditions have become more common over the last several decades. The new study, led by Dale Umetsu, MD, PhD, and Hye Young Kim, PhD, of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Boston Children's, explored obesity's effects on the immune system. Read more.


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Eclipse Med Cruise (with baby!): Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review by Julie Jean
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Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Southampton
Overall it was a wonderful holiday and the crew could not have been more helpful and kind. I have summarised our experience below.
The embarkation was challenging although not entirely Celebritys fault. We left my parents house (12 miles from Southampton) just before 1pm. At 3.45pm we finally reached the ship with a very tired and hungry baby! The traffic was backed up for miles no accidents just terrible congestion. I seriously thought we were going to miss the ship at one point. It didnt get much easier when we arrived at the ship as my husband dropped the bags, our son and I by the ship. He then had to drive to the car park and come back through the traffic on a More shuttle bus. This took 45 minutes while I waited outside the terminal. The queues to enter the terminal were enormous many people reported standing in line for over an hour. After check-in further long lines ensued for the security screening. When we finally got on board (with a very tired and hungry baby!), the cabins werent ready. The next day, we learnt that the delay was due to a mass fumigation of the ship. I fully appreciate that this needed to be done but it would have eased my frustration if I had known that was the problem. It was clear that the housekeeping team led by the Chief Housekeeper Mihai did a great job in cleaning the ship and ensuring there was no outbreak of illness on our cruise.
When we did get into our room, we were really pleased with the space and layout. We had booked a Royal Suite as we knew we would eat most meals in our room as our son goes to bed early and was too young for the baby sitting service. The dining room and bar area was perfect for preparing his meals and milk and it was great to have a separate bedroom so that he could sleep without us disturbing him.
The ship eventually left just after 6pm and our butler (Arnel) and room attendant did a great job helping us get the room set up, finding our luggage and serving us a well needed dinner. Every request we had (and there were some unusual ones!) was met with a smile and almost immediate action.
The cruise itself was fantastic. The highlight had to be the staff who could not have been kinder or more attentive to our son this ranged from the security staff, to waiters, the Officers and events team. We accompanied our son to the Fun Factory every day and the team there were so professional there were plenty of toys and we could borrow them to take to our room. The staff also did a great job in keeping my husband and I occupied by bringing us quizzes to do while we watched and played with our son.
On the subject of quizzes, that was about the only entertainment we participated in. I formed a team with some great fellow passengers (from the CC roll call) and we took part in most team trivia events. They were fun and well run. On the last port of call there was a flamenco show by a local group we really enjoyed this opportunity to see traditional Spanish dance.
We only ate in the main restaurant twice but I think that the food had greatly improved the staff were excellent at bringing our son copious supplies of breadsticks and keeping him amused. We ate in Qzine on the last formal night and I enjoyed it very much . On other evenings we had dinner served in our room. Our butler did a great job at ensuring we got the food hot and beautifully presented. We also discovered the Bistro on 5 for the first time and we ate lunch there on most days it was never very busy and always very good food.
Other mentions for great service go to the Photography team who were highly professional but great fun they made a real fuss of our son and took some fantastic pictures of him. Jonette, the Captains Club hostess continues to do an amazing job and always had a smile on her face. I also thought that the Officers were highly visible and approachable.
We enjoyed all of the ports we normally got off the ship a couple of hours after the rush and wandered around for a few hours. I think my favourite port was Cartagena especially seeing the Roman theatre.
This was a holiday of many firsts our son got his first teeth, took his first steps and said his first words I cannot think of anywhere better for him to have done this. The leadership of Captain Manetas and his senior team was outstanding and we have left with many many happy memories. We'll be back next year! Less
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By Kathleen
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I had spinal surgery a number of years ago and this past year or so have had a lot of back pain. I first tried the slippers and was happy with them and then ordered 2 or 3 pairs of the sandals and was fairly happy with them. I also ordered this orthotic and only started wearing them the past month and a half. These definitely made a difference and helped alleviate a lot of back pain. I have since decided to order the slimfit and give them a try in my more dressy shoes. I hope they are as good as the other. Thank you for your orthotics.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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I had previously left a review asking that you restock these in a size small. Much to my delight, they are back in stock and I have just ordered 2 pairs. After a MAJOR spinal surgery 3 years ago, these have been my lifesaver. The pain relief that they provide for me is undeniable. I also have a couple of pairs of the Vionic shoes, but these allow me to where any shoes I want, which MO back pain. If you are on the fence, jump off and order.....they will change your life.
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I've been using these for years. Although the quality of the latest ones I got isn't as good as it used to be, I will continue to buy these orthotics. They completely got rid of my heel pain. I stopped getting custom orthotics. These are better for me anyway, and much cheaper.
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Tell me, has this ever really meant anything? We continue to point to the departure of the few games we choose to label hallmarks of this supposed genre, but did we ever know what it meant in the first place? Let's break it down. The 'horror' part is the less important one here, meaning basically that the game has you fighting monsters of some sort. Something that is supposed to be scary and strangely difficult to take down. Please notice that I said the monsters are meant to be scary, not the game. For the love of God people, these games are NOT meant to be scary. Being "scary" really has nothing to do with it. If that's what you want then look elsewhere. Start with Amnesia and work your way backwards.
In any case, let's move on to the 'survival' part. This part is by far a lot more important, and really it just means you have limited resources, that sometimes you have to run from a fight. The catch is that limited resources don't really mean much without also having a limited inventory forced upon you. If you can carry 6 guns and full ammo with you at all times then nothing will stand in your way. Resident Evil was not a survival game because it had zombies in it, and also not because ammo and health was so scarce. No, it was a survival game because health and key items would take up half of your extremely limited inventory, and you would only have space to take a single weapon and a few clips with you at best. Survival means resource management. A good player can ration his resources, but the game still becomes more difficult if he can't carry everything with him.
Let's look at something like Dead Space. Here was a game that let you move while shooting, and even let you run side to side with ease (and now you can roll too). Did this freedom of movement make this any less a game about survival? Not at all; it just made it less frustrating. Dead Space undoubtedly got the horror part down, providing some of the most interesting monsters I have ever come across. Even though your resources were far from limited, the limited inventory and different carrying capacities for each type of ammo still made you think twice about what to take with you. Frankly there is absolutely no way one could claim this was not a survival game as well, what with your weapons actually being just re-purposed mining tools and the enemies forcing you to stay calm and accurately place your shots under pressure. The Necromorphs are by far the biggest triumph of Dead Space, their 'shoot the limbs' mentality providing the game's biggest draw.
At this point I'm not sure we really still have a clear (or even somewhat murky) definition of what survival horror is supposed to mean. So let's simplify it. It seems to be that so long as you have an inventory, enemies that require strategy beyond "shoot them in the face", and the inability to shoot from the hip then you have survival horror. That truly is the only thing that still sets apart this supposed genre from any other third person shooter, the fact that you must aim your weapon before you can fire it. That is the last vestige of this genre we once called survival horror, and something not even Dead Space 3 would give up.
Speaking of Dead Space 3, I have a burning question- what the hell happened? What happened to re-purposing tools into weapons? Now you stroll into battle with a combination assault rifle and shotgun, making you feel as powerful as Marcus Fenix in a Crysis nanosuit. What happened to the enemies that require strategic shots to take down? The Necromorphs are more interesting than ever, but an overabundance of ammo means it is also easier than ever to take them down by simply pumping them full of lead. Not to mention that half your enemies are now simply other humans. The most egregious thing they did though, the single thing that completely shatters whatever survival horror façade this series was hoping to cling onto, was to provide a unified ammo source.
That's right, they pulled a Resident Evil 6 and made the limited inventory, and consequently any idea of resource management, pointless. Sure you inventory is limited in fact, but it sure doesn't feel that way when you can carry 20 entire ammo clips in one slot, ammo that can fill any and all weapons. Dead Space 2 may have had more monsters, but it didn't let you build your own super weapons. You still had to think twice about using your most powerful weapons, as ammo for them was incredibly scarce and carrying it would quickly fill every slot in your inventory. Now what of Dead Space 3? Even the much-lauded weapon crafting is kind of pointless in the end, since a single ammo source for everything means that you can always just use your most powerful gun at all times.
You don't even have to think about it anymore, you don't have to worry about wasting resources. No more resource management means no more survival. Not even your typical military shooter would make the mistake of letting you re-purpose all ammo and thus use your favorite gun 100% of the time.
Dead Space 3 is still an incredible game and absolutely worth playing. Just make sure you go in with your expectations in check. After fighting his way through 2 entire games, Isaac is clearly done with just surviving. I think we would have received this game much better if it had been labeled a side story, Dead Space: Isaac's Rampage. The fact remains though that the game still has by far one of the most interesting settings to ever grace gaming, an atmosphere that few others could hope to match. And the enemies are still fantastically unique, still requiring some thought and sense to take down. To be perfectly honest, I would not mind if the entire game was just one long corridor of Necromorphs, much like that train tunnel section in the last game. They are just that much fun to fight.
Throw in the co-op hallucinations craziness, the side missions, and the new resource management (albeit one that exists only to force you into microtransactions) and this is undoubtedly a great game. But take out the Necromorphs and Isaac's facemask and it would no longer bear any resemblance to what Dead Space used to be. Is this an evolution? It seems we'll have to let history decide. If this is truly the wrong direction for this series, then it will stop selling, right? Right? Perhaps it is still a great game on its own, regardless of whether or not it has supposedly abandoned its roots. Check you expectations at the door, let this be "a great action game with unique weapons and monsters" and not "a sub-par Dead Space game." Join with me and stop fooling yourself into thinking this series was ever about horror.
Oh and one more thing. The new bad guy is voiced by none other than Simon Templeman, Kain himself and arguably the best voice actor in gaming. If I wasn't already excited, that alone could have been enough to make me pick up the game, even knowing the story is crap. It's the little things that matter, you know? As long as Dead Space: Isaac's Rampage continues to bring the phenomenal combat the series is known for, then it is worth playing. As long as the gameplay is fun, it is worth playing. Forget everything else and just enjoy another fantastic game. If you really can't accept it for the great game it is simply because it fails to meet your expectations of what it is supposed to be, then I guess you are just the kind of person who is disappointed with everything.
Michael Taylor is a struggling lawyer who insists on never giving up his love for games. He has been writing about them for five years now, making it his mission to challenge every longstanding and pervasive opinion within the industry. You can check him out on Facebook, and he is always available for chatting through Skype (search for atobe-sama).


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All eyes were on the private rented sector this week, as two critical reports underline the poor state of this increasingly dominant tenure. For the first time since the 1960s, more people are now living in private rented accommodation than in social housing with an important impact on public policy.
Unlike the previous two generations, a large proportion of our population is facing life in unstable, often unfit and largely unaffordable housing with no prospect of either transitioning to secure social rent or stepping into home ownership in sight.
Home Truths, a report from the Resolution Foundation published on Monday, revealed that for low- and middle-income households in the private rented sector whole swathes of the country have become unaffordable. Using data supplied by Hometrack, the thinktank calculated that a third of the country was now off limits to poorer private renters at a time when half of young low- and middle-income households are living in this tenure.
For a renting family with a combined income of £19,000 a year, half of the country is now unaffordable because the cost of accommodation takes up more than 35% of monthly take home pay.
Vidhya Alakeson, deputy chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, said her report indicated the affordability crisis was set to deepen as real incomes flatlined and fell. "There is an urgent need to provide more affordable housing for people on low and middle incomes. They are increasingly unlikely to be able to afford the deposit to buy their own home so turn to the private rented sector – but here too they are now struggling to find decent, affordable housing. Incomes for this group are not likely to grow for at least the next five years and this will only make the housing problem more acute."
Recognising the pressures on renting households, the communities and local government select committee set up an inquiry into the future of the private rented sector, which also reported its findings this week.
The report regurgitated the whole spectrum of problems visible within the private sector, from dodgy landlords and rip-off letting agents to poorly maintained housing and social instability right through to the biting problem of rent rises.
Recognising that private renters can face a frighteningly long list of problems is a good step for parliament (it's taken some time to get here), but the broad range of the report also undermines its power to make change happen.
The group of MPs made some clear recommendations: a more straightforward regulation of the private sector; offering councils the flexibilities they need to deal with rogue operators in their areas; a crackdown on letting agents and their exorbitant fees; new development of housing specifically designed to meet the needs of private renters; and finally, more security built into the sector with longer and more predictable tenancy agreements.
The report even touched on rent control – almost. "We should find more systematic, less arbitrary approaches to setting and increasing rents," it concluded, knowing that rent capping is a political non-starter and would prove a fittingly red rag to the pro-market coalition cabinet bulls.
The difficulty with the majority of these recommendations is that they close the gate while watching the horse galloping off into the sunset. Letting agents are already under increasing pressure from councils and the government, while ethical alternatives are being established in most towns and cities and renters are voting with their feet.
Local authorities already have the freedoms they need to prosecute rogue operators and prevent them from ruining families lives. The problem of undersupply of housing is a national crisis, not limited to the private rented sector. Hard work has begun to attract private investors into the sector to create a new offering for renters, while members of the G15 group of powerful London housing associations are pooling resources to support 'generation rent'. It didn't need a committee of MPs to make these small changes.
Recommendations to act on security may prove more fruitful. The government is already reported to be considering introducing five-year assured tenancies in the private rented sector, and this could offer an opportunity for change. If tenancies could be agreed with landlords for a longer period of time, then that agreement could also be extended to include some certainty about rent levels.
In an ideal world, a tenant signing a five-year contract with a landlord should also be able to negotiate and set a fixed rent for the duration of this period too. More realistically, perhaps a set yearly increment could be settled upon.
To date landlords have been held back from offering longer tenancies because of clauses in their mortgage agreements with risk-averse lenders who limit buy to let owners to offering 12-month terms. The government's plan will face a tough battle with lending lobbyists, but agreeing a set rental increase would offer stability to the landlord as well as security to the lender who can predict a borrower's income and return more accurately.
The question is, will the coalition government find the strength to take on the banks to stabilise our growing private sector?
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I have a retail grocery store in Georgia that I started 3 months ago. Recently, while a customer was reaching for a glass jar of jelly, it fell on top of the customer's foot. The customer is suing my business for an injury to his toes. Is my business liable for his medical bills?
Only the trier of fact ( judge or jury) can definitively answer that for you after hearing all the evidence, much of which you don't even know yet. You'll find out more during what's known as the discovery period of litigation. At any rate, it doesn't sound like you or your employees had superior knowledge of a defect or hazard on the premises of which you and your employees failed to warn the plaintiff, which is the legal basis for premises liability in Georgia. It sounds like the plaintiff was negligent in dropping the jar. Hopefully you had liability coverage in place at the time and have reported the situation to the insurance company. If you had coverage but have not reported it to the insurer you should do so immediately.Ask a similar question
The good news - unless you did something very foolish and started a business without a large premises liability policy (and every business MUST have that), you simply call your insurer (you should have done that already!). If there is a valid claim or lawsuit is won, they not only pay, but they pay the enormous defense costs.
If you were completely foolish and failed to do so, I suggest (1) LOCK YOUR DOORS AND SHUT YOUR BUSINESS DOWN UNTIL YOU BUY A MINIMUM ONE MILLION DOLLAR PREMISES LIABILITY POLICY - larger is better. You cannot afford the risk not to have this!, and (2) Pay a lawyer to respond to the suit. You will have a large cost to do this, but you must. The large cost would be due to your negligence in not having insurance. Remember that your anser must be filed within 30 days.
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Premises liability claims in Georgia are based upon the comparative knowledge of a dangerous condition between the property owner and the guest. Generally speaking, if one of your patrons is injured on your premises, the question that must be answered is: did the property owner know, or should have known, of a dangerous condition which led to the injury of a patron? If so, the property owner may be liable. Property owners may be able to provide a defense where they can show the patron's knowledge of the condition was equal to their own, or where the patron failed to reasonably watch out for their own safety.
As others have suggested, you should report this to your insurer if you have not already and let your insurer's attorneys handle the claim for you.Ask a similar question
Simply put, there is no way for anyone to reasonably predict whether you are liable or not. Liability will really depend upon the specific facts of your case. Since you recently opened for business, it is unlikely that an event like this has ever happened in the past. Thus, it will be more difficult for a patron to say that you should have worked harder to make your store safe for invitees. However, on the other hand one might argue that a shop owner with any experience should have known that placing glass jars several feet above the ground created an unreasonable risk to patrons given that you should have expected accidents like these, e.g. they are common in the industry. These are just a few preliminary examples of how your facts will be reviewed. In any case, you should retain a lawyer as soon as possible to provide a case evaluation and/or to begin preparing your case.
FYI, it is advisable to have an employee get a written statement from the customer to memorialize what she/he perceived prior to and contemporaneously with the incident; i.e. get a narrative. It always helps to have the customer tell you everything they recall while it is still fresh in their mind. Alternatively, you should review the video of the accident (and preserve it) should it exist.
I hope this helps. Best of luck to you.
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Questions/Help regarding mounting a scope
I want to talk process and steps, not about brands and such. At least for now.
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I found an only late 1960's Ruger 10/22 in my old mans closet and it was rusted and gunked up. I cleaned it all out nice and got it shooting again and decided to mount a scope on it. No it's not a $50,000 scope and I don't have laser guided precision nanobots to assist in the install.
Here is what I did:
The 10/22 had a little rail mount on the receiver as you would expect. When I put the scope on and tightened everything down I used a bore sight and at 25 yrds the laser dot was off center to the left by half way and to low by about half way as well, meaning essentially that the sight was aimed too high and too far to the right of the barrel. When I adjusted the L/R and elevation on the scope I essentially had to adjust in all the way in both directions to get the scope and bore sight centered. This however would be unacceptable because there is no more room for adjustment either to the right or to go up.
So I took the scope off and adjusted the L/R and elevation to be in the middle of the dial so there was plenty of room for adjustment either way. I then used electrical tape and pretty much put that in the needed areas on the eyelets so when the scope rested in them the tape would force the scope to correct itself by cradling it when the eyelets were tightened down. Doing this I was able to get the bore sight and the scope to perfectly center … however I used a lot of tape and just doesn't seem like the right way to go about it.
So I assume that the best way to go about this would be to go to a gunsmith and have them center the rail better since it's an old rifle and I'm sure it is off. Since I'm not going to do that, what is the best process for mounting a scope?
first I would have have shot it instead of basing everything off the boresiter. Not saying its not right but I would want to be sure. while it is possible the holes in the receiver are off that is unlikely. the base could be a reject but unlikely. the rings could be rejects but unlikely. could be a bad scope but unlikely. most likely it is the boresiter. You could change the rings and bases to some that have windage adjustment(like Leupold).
Go back to square one-
Mount the scope & SHOOT IT-
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So first the guidance of removing the tape and starting fresh is sound. Yes using the tape to adjust the alignment of the scope via the rings (I assume that is what you are calling the eyelets) instead of the scope internal windage and elevation is conceptually correct. I would suggest you do a search on Google for scope mounting procedures where you will find a number of articles that describe various ways to make sure that your base and rings are in alignment with the bore and level. You can then adjust the windage via the rings and elevation if needed via shimming the base. You should also invest in some alignment bars to make this easier and can be used again and again. You could also lap the rings to ensure that the scope will lay in the aligned rings without any binding what so ever. Mounting correctly should bring you, after bore sighting, very close to zero and the internal adjustments using the scopes windage and elevation should be minimal. Good luck.
Those 10/22 rails are notorious for being a little loosey-goosey. Is yours metal or plastic?
I would start by making sure you have a good, solid base and that the screws are secured with Loctite. Then think about the rings...I doubt you'll ever have a good, repeatable zero if you're using tape to shim them one way or the other.
Ruling those things out, then you'd want to look at the scope.....what kind is it?
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text: The educational modules of CEIP were originally created in 2008 for the inaugural CEIP class, but have steadily evolved since that time to reflect changes in the foodservice industry.Among those attending will be several chefs from colleges and universities, including: University of Southern California Executive Chef Eric Ernest, who oversees menus and training for 40 unique locations on two campuses; and Boston College Associate Director of Food and Beverage Michael Kann, whose pre-culinary school biochemistry background gives him unique insights into food. Attending from the healthcare segment is Christina Bodanza, executive chef at Watermark Retirement Communities, who is also certified as a dementia practitioner by The National Council of Dementia Practitioners; and Justin Johnson, executive chef at the University of Wisconsin Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center, who revolutionized foodservice in a local retirement home and is in the process of doing the same at a hospital. Others in the class include Mary Grace Viado Howard, corporate executive chef at the 11-unit Village Tavern restaurants, who was challenged with ensuring the food made with local ingredients at the chain's Philippine location tasted the same as its American counterpart; and Martin Pfefferkorn, executive chef of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, an Austrian-born chef who had extensive experience working in European hotels before coming to the U.S. to live in the Upper Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast. "We want to help these chefs see the world a bit differently, so they can bring a broader vision and wider horizons to their organizations, and ultimately the industry at large," said Bill Dion, product innovation team leader for the foodservice division of Hormel Foods. The company is a co-founder of the program and has underwritten the development of the curriculum. It also sponsors the tuition for each of the participating students. "We feel we're helping to prepare today's best and brightest chefs for leadership in our industry," Dion said.


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My name is Ali Kasper and I'm delighted to be a Style Guru for a fourth semester. I'm 22 years old and a senior at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. I'm majoring in graphic design and minoring in fine arts, advertising and communications. In addition to my academics and writing for CollegeFashionista, I work part time as a receptionist at Philosophie Salon & Apothecary. I'm blessed to be working with some of the most amazing and talented people in the industry. They keep me up-to-date with the latest and greatest trends in fashion, design and beauty.
I grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin where my enthusiasm for fashion was always somewhat suppressed. It wasn't until I moved to the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida that I could fully embrace my personal style. St. Augustine has a unique culture that encourages individuals to thrive within their craft, whether it be music, art or fashion.
My personal style is random. I've never really felt the need to totally embrace any certain style or trends. I think it's fun to play with your wardrobe and take on any look you'd like. I think it's silly when someone says they can't "pull off" a look. Why not? Give it a try!
I will admit that I have a very serious addiction to the color black, leather jackets and red lipstick. It's also very unlikely that you'll ever spot me in shoes without heels. Being a petite 5'1" I quickly adopted the notion that the higher the heel, the better. I think that style should be effortless, but never sloppy. Looking put together is very important to me.
Writing for CollegeFashionista allows me to do what I love—praise people for their fabulous style! I look forward to sharing Flagler College's campus style with you.