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Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Damageable vehicles: Yes
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Pictures for this video game were provided by: TrueCrime , civic_eg6_94 , Racedriver43 , idk , Retr0_50s , Mark0 , Speedevil
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RacingFreak (98)
2012-06-05 09:26
|A title that come out as complete surprise on Ubisoft's E3 Conference. Seems like a "gta clone" but infact is something more fun - it's about surveillance technology and the gameplay so far consists of hacking various electronic devices including cell phones, cameras, and traffic lights in order to reach the target.
Official Site.
stryder237 (3)
2012-06-05 10:45
|Fist time I have seen this...is it like GTA in terms of open-world, stealing cars, police chases sortof GTA clone? That would be good.
RacingFreak (98)
2012-06-05 10:47
|Official gameplay video:
However, the E3 gameplay is way more detailed, I will cut it off from the E3 Conference video and upload it.
stryder237 (3)
2012-06-05 10:58
|Yeah, it seems open world (map), guns and cars, and police, also very detailed, the people, the weather. Lots of detail in enviroment, person got into taxi, peds helped in car crash. I am just going to run around hacking traffic lights for fun.
BeanBandit (1)
2012-06-05 13:15
|Oh, it is set in Chicago, great!
Star Wars Fanatic (487)
2012-06-05 15:04
|Absolutely loved this simply because it was the first genuine surprise at E3.
carcrasher88 (20)
2012-06-05 16:30
|There was also an SUV shown when the traffic light was hacked, causing the pile up. Looked a lot like a Range Rover Evoque to me. Anyone able to get a shot?
2012-06-05 16:36
|This or Sleeping Dogs or GTA V, I wonder which will become the best sandbox game this year?
carcrasher88 (20)
2012-06-05 16:37
|Agreed. Gonna be some very tough competition this year.
RacingFreak (98)
2012-06-05 16:49
Yeah, I just forgot to post the pic of it (traffic version tho).
stryder237 (3)
2012-06-05 18:50
|It was very detailed, the whether, people talking, woman gets in taxi, the peds help in the car crash, I hope in normal gameplay it is like that, not just to show off in a E3 demo.
ItsaUserName (69)
2012-06-05 20:39
|Now when he changed the traffic lights... THAT was cool! It really is going to be tight in the sandbox genre this year.
carfanatic280698 (0)
2012-06-05 23:01
In the trailer someone mentions that it is Chicago! This looks extremely good to me.
racersg (0)
2012-06-06 04:12
|SICK! I'll probably getting GTA V and Watch Dogs!
stryder237 (3)
2012-06-06 10:01
|It is in Chicago, at the start the news stand says Chicago news on it, so it is in Chicago. The last time I went to Chicago in a game was in driver 2! Need more info!
BeanBandit (1)
2012-06-06 12:51
|Yes, and it is unmistakebly Chicago skyline in the beginning, Willis (ex-Sears) Tower with its two antennas and corn-cob like twin towers of Marina City.
stryder237 (3)
2012-06-07 18:44
Its not this released this year, but it sounds really good. I can't wait.
racersg (0)
2012-06-19 01:48
| Do you mean the white one? It's at 6:44 on the vid.
racersg (0)
2012-06-19 01:51
|Don't forget to get cool sports cars that crash in the process, or parked ones like that SLK.
-- Last edit: 2012-06-19 01:51:31
Vicky234 (0)
2012-08-28 15:06
|This game is looking very well. The concept is awesome. Looking forward to it!
Andra125 (8)
2012-09-01 07:45
|in the gameplay trailer at 7:49 there is a taxi located on the left that resembles a 2004-2010 Ford Focus.
-- Last edit: 2012-09-01 07:48:34
carcrasher88 (20)
2013-02-21 02:12
Well, time to create the PS4 icon already.
There's also a new racing game for the PS4 that's been announced called Driveclub.
Cars for that game include:
Hennessey Venom GT
Koenigsegg Agera R
Maserati GranTurimo MC Stradale
BAC Mono
Pagani Huayra
Aston Martin Vanquish (the new one, apparently)
Car names mentioned visually:
Will also include brands like:
Marussia (I caught the Marussia B2 name in a set of manufacturer logos on the video)
It will have team based racing.
The game's been in development for 10 years, name was trademarked 9 years ago.
So, if anyone wants to get shots for making a page, the video is in the link above.
PikesPeak (14)
2013-02-21 02:17
|Damn ... Watch Dog coming to the PS4? why not PS3?
2013-02-21 02:19
|I suppose PS3 AND PS4, not only PS3. Maybe the same for the Xbox 360 and the next gen Xbox.
carcrasher88 (20)
2013-02-21 02:26
|True...I mean, Bungie said that their new game Destiny will be simultaneously released on PS3 and PS4.
Quote from Kotaku:
Source: kotaku.com/5985801/bungies-destiny-is-coming-to-ps4
Sandie (0)
2013-02-21 03:42
|Year here should probably be 2013 (as that is now when this game is supposed to come out).
Antti-san (38)
2013-02-21 05:04
CTR3 Clubsport, to be precise.
carcrasher88 (20)
2013-02-21 13:19
|About a minute into the latest demo video you can see what looks like a fictionalized 2011+ Chrysler 300.
There was also a red sports car that looked like something between a TVR and a V12 Zagato (or, at least, that's what I thought it looked like).
Andra125 (8)
2013-02-21 15:21
|GTA V, Watch Dogs, ... Looks like i'll have some precious software to spend time with in summer 2014
stryder237 (3)
2013-02-21 18:02
|The new video is here. this is the same video put a different game, so the non-scipted things are different, like the cars, so a few new cars can be seen.
There are some new cars-the police cars a small turquoise car at the start, a sports car, a limo, and a few others.
The game is a detailed as the previous video, by shows what is said to be normal free roam (it will be scripted though)
There is no point me explaining what happened watch the awesome video!
Oh, its running on the new PS4.
-- Last edit: 2013-02-21 20:06:03
davidmanoy (0)
2013-02-22 02:01
|Make it have car chases like in Ronin. If you shoot the car in the tire, It will roll over and set on fire and then explode. If the player runs, The camera will be on the center. I want the Jump from Car to Car. And If he pulls a gun from the car, the game will slow down. I know and I want him to take a gun by sliding on the table, car, etc. And even running chases. And when he gets out of the car, he points the gun.
-- Last edit: 2013-02-25 13:52:51
insanecow (8)
2013-02-22 02:30
So what you're saying is, you want Sleeping Dogs :P I think this game will be different.
-- Last edit: 2013-02-22 02:30:42
Hamisxa (1)
2013-02-22 21:54
Yeah but you can hack shit!
I'm gonna hack all the traffic lights
And looks at the crashes when he changed the lights.
For me it looked like a real life crash!
insanecow (8)
2013-02-22 22:04
Yeah, this game will be awesome. I was just saying everything that guy said was in Sleeping Dogs.
DriftAndreas (0)
2013-04-30 15:26
|www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKPiMp7V6Q new gameplay
carcrasher88 (20)
2013-04-30 16:37
|^ That trailer shows a WiiU logo at the end. Someone needs to add that to the consoles on this page.
DriftAndreas (0)
2013-04-30 16:43
|Over 65 vehicles in this game-as said on Amazon
stryder237 (3)
2013-04-30 18:28
|Love the new trailer. Release date, driving cars, pre-order to get vehicle expert pack... can't wait to play this on my new xbox 720/infinity or ps4. I like the new focus on vehicles, and the amazon page says that vehicles have "state-of-art physics and handling"
Also, the people are made driver san franciso are doing the vehicles. ( I assume that means the handling or models, or both)
-- Last edit: 2013-05-01 22:03:00
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2013-04-30 19:12
If that's the case, maybe they will add several unused generic cars that planned to be on Driver: San Fransisco.
schaefft (0)
2013-05-01 18:07
|Still tons of cars that were visible in the Gameplay trailer missing. Also from the video that stryder237 was mentioning.
Mad Mike (17)
2013-05-06 11:26
|Getting a vibe of the TV series 'person of interest' from this, which isn't a bad thing. It'll be Interesting to see how this turns out
jackmap (0)
2013-05-10 17:07
|Has anyone seen this trailer yet? www.gametrailers.com/videos/nojre7/watch-dogs-first-take Sorry if its old...
stryder237 (3)
2013-05-10 17:31
|No-that is new. IGN's version of that video is here.
It is a preview of the free-roam gameplay, with snippets of new footage. Can see the front view of the unknown scion xb like car, rear of what appears to be a very new cadillac/ expensive buick and a delivery truck, plus a van, with a very weird grill. There are some driving sections, but not enough to judge how good the driving is.
The graphics look good, but the biggest change is the detail of the city and the vastness of what you can do. (according to the guy speaking) I hope all next gen games will be able to have more content, not just better graphics.
This picture, alothough it appears to be concept art, shows some more vehicles. A traffic car seems to be swerving out the way, something we have only ever seen at very low speeds in a few games.
-- Last edit: 2013-05-11 00:41:50
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2013-05-11 07:40
In that shot there is also the rear view of the Camaro listed on this page.
valera (8)
2013-05-12 13:44
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ArK67tAMQ&feature=player_embedded
Unknown truck 3:30
Unknown supercar 4:45
Cadillac CTS 4:50
Mercedes S-Class 4:49 and 5:12
DriftAndreas (0)
2013-05-26 20:43
|www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvzRF9sNn40-demo part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=STgOq3I3GDE-demo part 2
And i think this orange car is calling "Papavero"
-- Last edit: 2013-05-26 20:43:12
schaefft (0)
2013-06-15 20:21
|Someone should update the page with screens from the latest E3 trailers/gameplay. Tons of new cars in there.
XThUnDeRX (173)
2013-06-17 19:19
|This game is getting me all excited when I have my PS4 later this year. I will play the crap out of it, and likely love it.
stryder237 (3)
2013-06-21 22:16
|On topic, what vid did these new pictures come from? Iv'e been keeping a close on this game and I can't find the vid with the chevy van and the BMW-esque car.
schaefft (0)
2013-06-21 22:53
stryder237 (3)
2013-06-22 01:16
|Thanks. The driving looked pretty realistic, with the car spinning out and the camera moving around like a racing game.
Can't wait for this.
jackmap (0)
2013-08-01 18:18
|Is this a new trailer for it?
I think it's got some new vehicles...
Justuxful (1)
2013-10-16 13:00
|Delayed along with The Crew: www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-16391-Watch-Dogs-and-The-Crew-Delayed-Into-2014.html Quite sad, actually. I was waiting for Watch_Dogs to be released soon, but oh well! Guess there will be more time to play NFS Rivals
-- Last edit: 2013-10-16 13:02:10
xenotime (13)
2013-12-04 12:15
But unfortunately, NFS Rivals was fail.
Justuxful (1)
2013-12-04 13:27
For me it wasn't
jackmap (0)
2014-03-06 18:50
|Watch Dogs is officially coming out May 27th and the new story trailer has some new vehicles in it! Source: Email
EDIT: New source is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcdgbzZe_A
-- Last edit: 2014-03-07 00:22:01
carcrasher88 (20)
2014-04-23 20:47
9 minutes worth of new multiplayer gameplay, perhaps you guys can find some new vehicles or better shots of already listed ones.
Also, the taco van may be worth a separate listing from the other vans, if only for the big sombrero on the roof.
DriftAndreas (0)
2014-05-01 15:59
|www.youtube.com/watch?v=Molp6qbf3S8 Season Pass trailer
stryder237 (3)
2014-05-02 18:22
|In the new videos there has been several new vehicles as well as different shots of old ones. There's a minivan, a Bentley-esque car with that is rather small; a truck, ambulance, massive, 4-door futuristic-looking pick-up and a crossover SUV too.
Some may already be on here, and there may be more I've missed. But I think at this time its just best to wait for release seen as the game come out this month.
I just went on IGN, and there's a new developer commentary that wasn't very interesting until it got to 1:50-he was driving in cockpit view. Will this be the first non-racing openworld game with cockpit view?
-- Last edit: 2014-05-02 18:37:59
carcrasher88 (20)
2014-05-23 03:18
Here's a multiplayer video. It's nearly half an hour long, so likely lots of vehicles will be easily visible.
carcrasher88 (20)
2014-05-23 20:20
Here, you can see the map and watch someone drive from one end of the map to another.
More opportunities to find more cars and better views of already listed cars.
stryder237 (3)
2014-05-24 12:54
|In the gamespot livestream they confirmed there is an interior view for cars. There are multiple videos online with loads of shots of different vehicles.
Mark0 (618)
2014-05-24 23:11
|Is someone planed to capture vehicles? I pre-ordered the game so i can get pictures.
93montero (0)
2014-05-27 00:50
|There are not hills next to downtown Chicago like in this game. It's actually very flat until much farther north along the lake.
alatriste2003 (31)
2014-05-30 21:08
|I dont like the cars of this game. The designs are too ugly for me. The designs are too mixed
idk (3)
2014-05-31 00:18
no they're not
anyways, added 3 unplayable rvs from the pawnee trailer park+a schoolbus, and an unknown muscle car(looks like a mopar of some kind to me, definitely not based off a playable vehicle)
ItsaUserName (69)
2014-05-31 18:40
|I wonder how long before these cars are converted to GTA IV and SA? The Grand Prix and Corolla are really good looking models.
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2014-05-31 18:49
Dunno, perhaps until PC gamers learn how to extract vehicle models from this game. Probably the same way as modders extract the vehicles from D:SF.
idk (3)
2014-05-31 19:19
|game uses .fat and .dat, same as far cry 2 and 3. i tried the extraction tools and they didn't work on the WD archives, they must've changed something around.
krq9 (3)
2014-06-01 22:06
|So, what are the IGCD folks' impressions on the game? I'm considering picking it up, but the reception on the interwebs has been rather mixed so far.
idk (3)
2014-06-01 22:09
|all the hate is from graphics whores and ubi-hate bandwagoners. get it, it's good.
trikz007 (0)
2014-06-02 01:01
|How is the driving? I'm on the fence and how good or bad the driving is could change my position.
idk (3)
2014-06-02 01:20
|feels like driver san fran, but a little floaty.
hanwoo (146)
2014-06-02 15:00
|Busses not included?
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2014-06-02 16:05
Nope. It's weird that a city doesn't have any bus system on it. Wish they bring these into the streets for added realism.
On side note, one of many things that make this game a bit unrealistic is that ownership of a certain car doesn't depend of the owner's income. For instance, I found a Scafati GT driver with an income of $30k, while the one on Sculptor 2.5R has a $102k income.
-- Last edit: 2014-06-02 16:10:20
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2014-06-02 21:29
|Added interior view on some vehicles now!
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2014-06-04 15:24
|Okay, one important question: Should I list all gang cars in separate entries? As you can see I did some of Viceroy's gang car listed in separate entry, but is it worth to list it separately? Since they don't have in-game name and the models are slightly atlered. Plus I think the bodykit and rims doesn't treated as extra parts like in GTA IV.
idk (3)
2014-06-04 17:35
|since the viceroy gang cars got accepted and not denied, I guess you can.
stryder237 (3)
2014-06-04 18:19
|Where are the pictures from? The textures look really bad. I unsure to get a next gen console for this or wait for more games (although with Horizon 2, I probably get a new console). if the shots are from last-gen systems I'll get the game for next-gen, because some of those textures are PS2-era, and I don't really care about graphics.
civic_eg6_94 (71)
2014-06-04 18:25
Those are from my laptop. I run the texture on medium quality settings, but the rest of the graphics are run on the lowest settings possible. Hell, you better have a high-end PC or next-gen consoles to play this game.
idk (3)
2014-06-04 18:28
heavily compressed small jpeg images are not how you judge a game's textures. very ignorant comment. the game's textures are gorgeous on high, and if i had 3gb of vram on ultra they'd look unreal i bet.
stryder237 (3)
2014-06-05 15:31
|I know the graphics are really good on next-gen and high PC, I was just wondering if they where from 360/PS3 or not. I've also looked at videos of 360/PS3 too but some pictures just looked poor so I asked about it, calm down.
biaxialemperor (0)
2014-06-11 16:14
|Hey, anyone notice any weird glitches around the site recently? I noticed that some of my comments are being posted under other people's names, and how some people are posting incomprehensible drivel under mine. I'm wondering what's going on here.
-- Last edit: 2014-06-11 16:14:43
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-06-03 19:42
I don't see how Rinspeed can help you with that.
Rinspeed (1229)
2016-06-03 19:43
i don't understand. i can't hack your ps4.
speedfreak975 (358)
2016-06-03 19:49
isnt their a PS website were you can upload your pics and clips. xbox one had this that's how i added the crew contributions pre overhaul
Rinspeed (1229)
2016-06-03 23:29
are you serious?? you think that sony gave me the right to introduce in each ps4 in the world to add this thing?
Hakari (20)
2016-06-04 00:23
Console players.
Hakari (20)
2016-06-04 00:25
You own a Mac? Say no more.
Speedevil (178)
2016-06-04 00:45
I think you really didn't understand. He wants to send pictures using his PS4 browser. Though if he can't that just means Sony didn't implement this and there's nothing anybody can do about it.
Razor440 (3)
2016-06-05 20:45
|Racedriver, if you want to know how to transfer PS4 screenshots to your computer, all you have to do is send the images to yourself via PlayStation, download the PS Messages app for your phone, save the images and then upload them to your computer.
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-06-05 20:50
Or, even simpler, just export them straight to a USB and put them on your PC. That's what I do for PS3 games.
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-06-05 21:43
It's called sharing advice. ass. -_- (I don't want to hear it about my attitude. This guy created that account to troll me)
Good. Cause that's the only simple way to do it.
speedfreak975 (358)
2016-06-08 18:02
|Anyone watching the Watch dogs 2 premiere
speedfreak975 (358)
2016-06-08 18:24
|From what I saw the game looks promising basically levels of gta5 in world details and more, take place in San Francisco and the protagonist isn't as boring as aiden. His name is Marcus and is a part of ded sec so missions are mainly with other hackers, there is definitity a lot more things to do. I spotted many new cars two are a Pruis and ford GT 2017 parody. Parkour is a big thing now like sleeping dogs and your melee is a cord with a billiard ball . It's said to be released in 16.11.2016 which I find enthusiastic
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-06-08 18:29
|You lost me a GTA V, But got me back at San Fransisco.
speedfreak975 (358)
2016-06-08 18:36
The concept looks really good lets hope the end result is as they portrayed, I have to say they've definitely caught San fransico unique vibe
speedfreak975 (358)
2016-06-08 18:41
|Do I add the game ?
I just created a page for the game but its with no cover (since there isnt one). Just to avoid multiple pages like need for speed 2015
-- Last edit: 2016-06-08 19:00:16
Razor440 (3)
2016-06-17 23:13
|Name is actually "Watch_Dogs", not "Watch Dogs."
And hold on, there's a Wii U version? And no controversy over that? Wow.
Racedriver43 (103)
2016-12-04 06:34
|Were my submissions accepted?
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-12-04 06:38
Seiously, did NOBODY read this?
Racedriver43 (103)
2016-12-04 06:56
I DID! I'm just asking to make sure THEY WEREN'T DENIED, OR IF THEY WERE FOR ANY REASON.
Burn Rubber (346)
2016-12-04 07:43
|And you expect RS to answer when he has no Internet connection?
Racedriver43 (103)
2016-12-04 21:08
NO! Have you not noticed admins have been accepting some cars?!
Speedevil (178)
2016-12-04 22:31
I think admins can add cars without having to get them validated by a webmaster, but they can't validate other submissions.
Razor440 (3)
2016-12-05 00:00
|Racedriver43, calm your tits. Get in touch with JFK or someone else with a high rank other than Rinspeed on Discord and he might be able to help.
Racedriver43 (103)
2017-01-05 21:48
|Since when did all of the sudden cars have manufacturers? And some cars cannot be stored, therefore have no name. This isn't the same as Watch Dogs 2.
Not to mention this game does not have electric cars.
If you don't own the game and find something new, just leave everything alone, please.
-- Last edit: 2017-01-05 22:02:13
Burn Rubber (346)
2017-01-05 22:03
|Most likely CarMaster777's doing.
-- Last edit: 2017-01-05 22:04:33
Racedriver43 (103)
2017-01-05 22:10
Figured so. He mentioned editing the Cavales.
Racedriver43 (103)
2017-01-05 22:18
|I hate to bring it up again, but to me, this is why RS needs to have someone else here on the sidelines accepting, and deny pictures and edits, because things like this happen, since RS is at work most of the day, so he usually comes home, and just accepts about anything... I don't blame him if his job is stressful, or just tiring in general, but ever since Takumi lost his admin rights after going mentally insane, the acceptance rate has dropped, and even ridiculous edits are accepted. I'm not saying RS is doing a bad job, but we need someone else with the mental capacity, and energy to help IGCD be a better place.
Rinspeed (1229)
2017-01-05 22:33
?? Ridiculous to say that! Takumi don't accept nothing since a lot of years... It's only me, so before it was good when it was me, and now it's not good when it was me. Seriously?? You known all the games in the world and if there is a name for each car or not. You are god. And off course you know all in the world and don't tolerate errors. It's not you for example that change 10 times the cars for Street Racing, that do a lot of errors etc... Ah and it's not you that insult me on Discord also ... So your word, you can keep them.
Burn Rubber (346)
2017-01-05 22:33
|At this point I've given up on IGCD getting a new admin. I wish it would because we need it, but to be honest there aren't many members that would be good admins right now.
Racedriver43 (103)
2017-01-05 22:41
I didn't know that he hasn't accepted in years, although he did when me and BR were covering PSP games.
And I don't know everything. I'm not a god either.
As for SLR:R, I just didn't really care for IGCD, and was extremely immature at the time, and go figure, I get backhanded by everyone, hence my horrible reputation.
I do tolerate errors, but it'd be best they get fixed.
Yes, I do joke about French things in Discord, but I wouldn't take it seriously, or personally.
-- Last edit: 2017-01-05 22:41:40
Speedevil (178)
2017-12-12 11:48
|The title is stylized as Watch_Dogs.
Klumb3r (550)
2018-12-09 22:37
|TrueCrime, use .jpg please
Speedevil (178)
2018-12-09 22:39
|His pictures are very pixelated too, not sure if we should use them. Then again maybe it won't matter because of the compression.
-- Last edit: 2018-12-09 22:39:26
TrueCrime (99)
2018-12-09 23:21
|Listen... Pixelation always happens whenever you take a capture. It's unavoidable. And I'll use .jpg from then on.
And the PC version is awful so I can't do that either. All I did was crop the photo.
-- Last edit: 2018-12-09 23:48:16
speedfreak975 (358)
2018-12-10 02:31
|Pixelation is unavoidable thats very true. try not to crop your images and make car as big as it can in the shot. Its helps and it might be more difficult in some games for not having photomode
TrueCrime (99)
2018-12-14 19:10
|Can the "Ubisoft_Montreal147" comments please be removed from this page? It's spam and completely unnecessary.
Gagarsa06 (2)
2018-12-14 22:54
Also, it is a fraud account falsely claiming to be a Ubisoft developer.
Kundra (0)
2019-01-10 18:27
|Looking back to this game after playing watch dogs 2, I am honestly VERY DISAPPOINTED with how it does NOT have a TOYOTA PRIUS in sight!! >:(
I deeply hope the future Watch dogs games will have a Toyota Prius.
-- Last edit: 2019-01-10 18:29:16
TrueCrime (99)
2019-01-10 18:33
To be fair, Watch Dogs, despite being set in the near-future, lacked substantial EV's. Mind you, this was developed before EV's were common (development on the game started in 2009). And a Prius wasn't exactly popular in Chicago, and not even Ubisoft has an infinite budget to please the playerbase. It isn't until Watch Dogs 2 was set in San Francisco, and I don't know where WD3 will be set in, and I bet it could be London. Or Paris. Or Rome. Or even Madrid.
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I am doing this to practice when I can and for fun.
I will mainly be kitesrufing when it comes to kites but I wanted to practice land jumps, etc.
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The American Workers' Concert Series will return to the Evergreen Elks Lodge on May 21.
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The performance includes more than a dozen local musicians, including singer-songwriters performing original songs and covers of music that speaks to the struggling American worker.
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When I launched the Classic TV History website three years and change ago, one of the exclusive pieces that debuted there was my personal, subjective, opinonated list of the one hundred greatest American television episodes of all time. Immodestly, I thought the article included some pretty good short-form writing, and it certainly inspired some lively discussion in the comments here.
But there was one problem: I only wrote about fifty television episodes. The idea was that this would be a list to grow on, one to which I would add over my, and the website's, lifetime. I explained that in the introduction but I guess it didn't register, or else people really want the whole hundred when they're promised a hundred of something, because occasionally I still get e-mails asking, "Where's the rest?" (Or, "Hey dumbass, your list only has fifty shows on it.") In truth, I had another ten or so episodes that I had planned to add to that page at some point, but I never got around to it. For the rest, readers would to have to wait until I got around to seeing, well, every television show ever made. Not that I have a life or anything, but that's still going to take awhile.
Then it hit me that the solution to this problem was the solution to more or less everything these days: blogify it. So from now on, as I discover new episodes that belong in the canon, I'll write about them here first, and eventually archive them on the 100 Episodes page. Without further ado, number fifty-one in a series.
Gordon Forbes steps out onto a window ledge and threatens suicide unless his wife is brought to him. Only one problem: when private eye Honey West goes to pick her up, she finds that Mrs. Forbes has been shot dead. This episode represents a wistful choice, because Honey West is one of those "classic" television shows that was never very good. Most of the scripts were written by journeymen, and the stories and characters are cartoonish and silly. The producer, Aaron Spelling, liked to leer at the ladies when the gaze, and the violence, was directed against them; see Burke's Law (from which Honey West was a spin-off) and Charlie's Angels. But when he was handed a female protagonist, Spelling turned prude and made the show a live-action cartoon that would have fit in just fine on Saturday morning. Only in the series' pilot, written by Columbo creators William Link and Richard Levinson and directed by Walter Grauman, do we get a glimpse of Honey as she was meant to be: dangerous, sexy, chic. Link and Levinson returned twice – fittingly, for the final episode – and arguably topped themselves with their final script, despite the punctuation error in the title. The dialogue in "Eerie, Airy" is sophisticated, the pace fast, the stakes life-or-death, and the twist ending devilishly clever. If U.N.C.L.E. fans pine for an alternate history where Batman kept the camp to itself, then I'll take a Honey West led by L & L.


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I know envy is one of those deadly sins, but I can't help it. Other columnists can write pieces about their smart, charming and funny pets. Or heartwarming pieces about growing up with dogs and finding just the right one now, like my colleague Katie. That helped her win a New England Newspaper and Press Association Rookie of the Year prize.
I'm not jealous of that award. She earned it, and it's a little late for the particular honor for me. (See picture.) But the topic? That would be nice.


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Actor JUDE LAW is reportedly dating the wardrobe assistant from his new movie DOM HEMINGWAY.
The Sherlock Holmes star, who was previously married to Sadie Frost and engaged to Sienna Miller, has grown close to Ellen Crawshaw since they began working on the film in October (12), according to the Mail On Sunday.
A source tells the publication, "Jude and Ellen's romance is the talk of the set. It started last month when we were filming in France.
"There was an instant connection and they'd been flirting but it didn't turn physical until the night we all went out for a cast and crew party just outside St Tropez.
"Since then they have been inseparable. They are making no attempt to hide their feelings for each other and both of them look so happy. They clearly get on fantastically well. He's single and so is she, so there's nothing to hide. They are just two people in love having a great time together."


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Editor's note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today's offering:
A cowboy and a biker are on death row, and are to be executed on the same day.
The day comes, and they are brought to the gas chamber. The warden asks the cowboy if he has a last request, to which the cowboy replies, "Ah shore do, wardn. Ah'd be mighty grateful if'n yoo'd play 'Achy Breaky Heart' fur me bahfore ah hafta go."
"Sure enough, cowboy, we can do that," says the warden.
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"That you kill me first."
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DYLAN GOOLEY, 6, of Bristol reacts to the image of his painted face in a mirror held up by face-painting artist Ashley White, 9, of Bristol. Gooley was one of hundreds of kids and thousands of people who attended Bristol's Harvest Festival Saturday. More than 100 vendors participated in this year's event.
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Firelight Foundation believes in the power of African communities to create lasting, scalable change for Africa's children, youth, and families.
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People now see me and my children as humans who are worth of respect. The garden project implemented by MACOBAO, funded by Firelight, has been my ability to feed my family and provide income for their basic needs for child growth and survival on my own."
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Am I Less of a Man?
Part of the Infertility Series
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As told by Greg, age 30
I thought my self-image was unshakable. I thought I could handle anything. After all, I was a man's man. A tackle-football, monster-truck, built-Ford-tough type of guy. But then the test results came in.
The phone rang, and I answered it with my usual "Hey, this is Greg."
The nurse from our infertility clinic was on the other end of the line. "Hello, Mr. Smith, this is Jean," she said. "I have the test results for you and your wife."
"Oh, uh, okay." I swallowed. "What's the scoop?"
"Everything looks fine for Claire, but your numbers are, well" — she paused — "quite low."
I felt my stomach twist. "Low? What do you mean by low?"
"Your sperm count came in at three million per milliliter. Normal is between twenty and one hundred and fifty million."
Three? Only three million? "But, but," I sputtered. "Are you sure? Maybe there's been a mistake."
"We're very careful with these tests, Mr. Smith."
"Still ..."
"Have you been sick with a high fever in the last few months? Or perhaps you've been in a hot tub."
"Uh, no." My grip tightened on the receiver. Slowly I lowered myself to the chair near the phone. "So"—my voice wavered—"what do we do now?"
"Well, we can test you again in a couple of weeks, if you'd like. Other than that, the doctor will be happy to discuss options at your next appointment. You're coming in with Claire on Monday, aren't you?"
"Sure, I guess so." I barely muttered the words. Three million. Only three. The number pounded through my head. I was okay when I thought it was something with my wife that was keeping us from having children. But this, this was different. I was the one with the problem. It was my sperm that were lacking, my fault we weren't able to conceive.
I hung up the phone quietly.
"Who was that, honey?" my wife called from the other room.
"The clinic."
"What did they want?" Claire walked into the room and tossed the towel she was folding onto the kitchen counter.
For a moment I didn't answer.
She looked at me and raised one eyebrow, just like she always does when she thinks I'm acting strangely.
I rubbed my hand over the counter top and glanced away. "The test results are in."
"Low sperm count," I mumbled, too quietly for her to hear.
"Low sperm count," I said again, just a little louder.
"Oh. Did they say anything about my tests?"
"Yours are all okay."
"So now we know what the problem is." Her eyes caught and held mine. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Absolutely not, I thought. But I only shook my head, turned, and went into the garage. "Got some work to do," I called behind me. "I'm going to Sam's Hardware." A trip to Sam's was just what I needed to gather my thoughts. If I could hold a few wrenches, try out a couple of power tools, I'd feel fine again.
So I took my trip to the hardware store. I strolled around the tool aisles. I even bought a new table saw. And slowly the implications of those disturbing test results receded to the back of my mind — until Claire and I attended a party at a friend's house a few weeks later.
We were casually chatting with friends. Claire was on the couch with a group of women and I was standing by the TV when I overheard what she was saying.
"Greg's got a low sperm count," I heard her say.
Maybe it was my imagination, but the room seemed to fall silent. Quickly I looked around, hoping the other guys hadn't heard. But my best friend, Jerry, patted me on the shoulder and gave me a sympathetic look. "Hey, that's too bad, man. Sorry to hear it."
"What's up?" Adam walked over with a Pepsi in his hand.
Jerry turned to him. "Greg's got a low sperm count."
I felt myself shrinking.
Adam took a swig of his soda and made some remark that I'd rather not repeat.
I tried to fake a chuckle, but it seemed to get stuck behind my tonsils and came out like a choking cough. I cleared my throat and turned toward Jerry, hoping to change the subject before it got any worse. "So how's the job going?" I asked. "Heard you were up for a promotion."
Jerry dropped his hand from my shoulder. He seemed nervous. "Job's going great. I'm looking at getting that raise and promotion any day now."
"Bet Margaret's glad to hear that."
"Yeah, she's pretty excited about having a few extra dollars every month."
The conversation stayed on Jerry's job for a few more minutes before we turned to everyone's picks for the upcoming Super Bowl. I breathed a sigh of relief. Football was a safe topic. Talking about quarterbacks and pass plays kept the conversation from turning back to more personal issues. Still, for the rest of the evening, I pasted on my fake smile while becoming more and more angry with Claire for sharing our private information.
On the way home from the party, my anger boiled over. "What were you thinking, Claire?" I said through gritted teeth.
My wife glanced at me with a confused look on her face. "What are you talking about?"
I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel and glared at her before turning my eyes back to the road. "Oh, come on, you know what I mean. Telling everybody about my sperm count! Don't you think that is a little private?"
"What's the big deal? Ann asked me if we'd found out what was wrong, and I told her."
"You didn't need to mention my low sperm count." I couldn't believe she didn't think it was a big deal.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Claire looked somewhat amused. "If we'd found out I had problems with my ovaries or had a blocked fallopian tube, you wouldn't have any objection to my telling Ann about that."
"That's different."
"What is different about it?"
I slammed my hand against the steering wheel. "Look, my sperm count is private. I don't want you telling anyone about it. No one. Especially our friends."
"Okay, then, what am I supposed to say when someone asks? Lie?"
"I don't know. I don't care. Just don't talk about my sperm count!"
Claire shook her head and turned toward the side window. "All right, all right, I didn't know you were so sensitive about it."
I stared out into the rainy night. The only sound was the sloshing of the windshield wipers. I didn't really know why I'd reacted so severely. Of course, I was a little embarrassed. But Claire was right. If it had been her problem, I wouldn't have thought twice about telling friends the test results. But I felt differently about it when it was my problem. How could she not understand that? How could she not understand that a low sperm count was something that hit a man hard, something you just didn't share in a group?
Now that the sperm issue was out there, I did what I figured any real man would do — I ignored it. Oh, I swallowed a few extra vitamins, took cooler showers, and stayed away from the hot tub, but other than that I simply refused to think about it. But my friend Jerry changed my mind.
I hadn't seen him since the party, so I thought I'd stop by and surprise him at work. But I was the one in for a surprise.
I opened the glass door and stepped up to the receptionist's desk. "Hi, I'm here to see Jerry."
The woman glanced up at me and frowned. "Jerry doesn't work here anymore."
I stepped back. "What? Of course he does."
She shook her head. "Jerry was laid off two months ago."
Two months ago? That would be a month before the party. Surely if Jerry had lost his job he would have told me. Something strange was going on, and I needed to find out what it was. I mumbled "thanks" to the receptionist and hurried out to my car.
I finally tracked Jerry down that night in his garage. He was lying beneath the chassis of his 1967 Mustang. "Hey, Jerry!" I called.
He slid out from under the car. "Greg! Good to see you, man. I didn't hear you come in. What's up?"
I crossed my arms. "I don't know, buddy. Why don't you tell me?"
Jerry wiped his hands on his overalls, then stood up. "What do you mean?"
"I stopped by your work today."
An awkward silence fell between us. Jerry turned away to finish cleaning his hands on a rag. He refused to look at me. "Guess you know then."
"They told me you were laid off two months ago."
"So what was all that talk at the party about a promotion?"
He shrugged and turned back to me. "I just couldn't bring myself to tell you guys that I didn't have a job."
"Does Margaret know?"
Jerry twisted the rag in his hand. "No."
"I leave every morning and come back in the evening, same as I've always done. Only instead of going to a job, I'm looking for one."
"You're kidding me."
"I wish I were."
He looked like a dejected puppy. I draped an arm around his shoulders. "Gosh, man, you should have told me. I could have tried to help, or at least prayed for you."
"What? And have you guys think I'm a loser? No thanks."
"Come on, Jerry. You are not a loser because you've lost your job. Our self-worth is found in God, anyway, not in our job. You know that as well as I do."
"Yeah, I guess I do."
"Hey, I hope you find something real soon. And remember to let your friends know the next time something important happens in your life, huh?"
Jerry's eyes locked with mine. "Yeah, like you told us about your sperm count being low."
"Well, that's different," I mumbled.
"Yeah, right."
We stood there for a moment without speaking. "Look, I gotta go. I'll stop by tomorrow and see how the job hunt's coming."
As I drove away, Jerry's words haunted me. I had to admit the truth. The low sperm count made me feel less of a man, just like his job loss made him feel. And while those reactions may be perfectly natural, they showed how we were finding at least part of our identity in something besides our relationship with Christ.
For the next several months I considered what it meant to be a man in God's sight. I thought about how Jesus proved himself through obedience to God. I also thought about the great price that Christ paid for me on the cross. I thought about how a man should be measured by the greatness of his faith, not by his sperm count. But it wasn't until I stumbled on the words of Isaiah 56:3 5 that I really began to understand that my identity doesn't come from my ability to procreate, but from the God who made me the man that I am: "Let not any eunuch complain, I am only a dry tree.' For this is what the Lord says: To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant — to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off' " (Isaiah 56:3 5).
If God didn't think less of me because I had fewer sperm than other guys, what right did I have to think less of myself?
These days I find that I'm much more at peace with my condition. While I still don't want my wife talking about my sperm count at parties, I find that I can accept the fact that our fertility problems lie with me. It's God who makes me who I am, and by his grace I am content with that — no matter what the numbers read.


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Artist's description:
These are really unique original paintings. They are not the usual squares but circles. A grouping of these on a wall would make a wonderful contemporary look.
• Measures•• 6" in diameter, 1/2" thick.
• Materials•• Mixed media on sintra. Sealed with a high gloss varnish.
• Artist Hand signed and dated on back
• All artist biographical information will be included with this purchase.
• Listing is for one painting only (first image).
This piece will come with a hanging attachment separately so that you can choose the hanging direction that you like best. You can also simply display on a small easel.
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Citi Private Bank and the London-based real estate advisors, Knight Frank , just came out with their Wealth Report 2012, a study of the globe's ultra rich and where they are buying property. Consider it a global version of Penta's much-read annual list, Best Places for Second Homes. It makes for an interesting read.
According to Ledbury Research, there are 63,000 people globally in possession of $100 million or more in assets, with 18,000 centa-millionaires located in South East Asia, China and Japan. That compares with 17,000 in North America and 14,000 in Western Europe. The number of centa-millionaires rose 29% globally between 2006 and 2011, with the U.S. accounting for a 6% rise.
Applying their pencil scratching to regional GDP-growth projections for the coming years, the wealth researchers figure that by 2016, the U.S. will still have the most centa-millionaires on a country-by-country basis, with 17,100, but probably not for much longer after that. China, it is assumed, will in that short time double its number of centa-millionaires to 14,000. It's all, of course, about the globe's wealth-creation center of gravity shifting from somewhere in the mid-Atlantic to somewhere over in Asia. It's the ongoing and painful global restructuring we read about in the newspapers every day.
So Citi and Knight Frank pored over these new-wealth projections and asked themselves, what are the globe's main real-estate hubs today for the world's richest folk and what are these hubs likely to be in a decade or more from now? According to Citi and Knight Frank, these are the cities that currently "matter most" to the world's richest folk –
- London
- New York
- Hong Kong
- Paris
- Singapore
- Miami
- Geneva
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Berlin
In a decade from now, Citi and Knight Frank predict the most important cities to the super-rich will be:
- London
- New York
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Paris
- São Paulo
- Geneva
- Berlin
What gives? If so much wealth is being made in the emerging market economies, why do London and New York remain on top? According to the report's authors, "The most significant driving force of any city is its people. It is crucial to have a livable environment for increasingly mobile populations, and to attract a significant workforce. More than one-third of the people in New York and London are foreign-born. Despite their astonishing growth, Asian economic powerhouses fail to reach that level of cosmopolitan culture. New York or London will continue to top the indices, but only if they ensure their strong cultural offers are unmatched and maintain open immigration policies."
Partly true. Anyone who has recently tried to make their way through the thronged pavements of Piccadilly in London knows there's another, more important and less politically-correct answer for why certain cities in the West will remain top dogs. The reason is flight capital. The globe's rich aren't really moving to London or New York – they are fleeing their home countries and cities.
Any private banker will tell you, that as soon as a centa-millionaire in Moscow, Beijing or São Paolo makes their fortune, the first thing they do is figure out how they can ferret away large chunks of that wealth to countries that guarantee political and personal freedoms, have sound legal systems, a favorable tax environment, good security and good schools for their kids. Those last two items are not to be underestimated. When asked what was the most important factor drawing them to a city, 63% of the globe's super-rich said "personal security" and 21% said "education."
It's a no-brainer, really. Being wealthy in Russia or China or Colombia or Egypt comes at great personal risk. If a wealthy businessman falls afoul of politicians in any of these countries, or attracts the attention of gangsters, it's in the realm of very real possibilities that they will get a midnight knock on the door. Best to have a bolt-hole beyond the reach of the local thugs, political or otherwise.
Miami is, for example, currently one of the world's most important cities (ranked 6), precisely because it offers security and stability to Latin America's mega rich. That translates into a real-estate bonanza for Miami when the rest of Florida remains mired in the real-estate doldrums. "Miami, where prime property values rose 19% last year, is a good example of a location that experienced double-digit growth on the back of HNWI capital flight, favorable exchange rates, and value for money after a sharp fall in prices during the credit crunch," states the report.
And, of course, never to be underestimated is the tax regime of the host city-country. That's an important reason why London continues to keep its top berth. In a law passed in 2008, so-called "non-doms" (non-domiciled residents from another country) living in Britain, only pay U.K. taxes on the money they physically bring into the country; any of their wealth parked overseas is simply taxed at a flat 30,000 pounds ($48,000). This "flea-bite" tax for the mega rich, with literally hundreds of millions of dollars or pounds at stake, is now set to rise to 50,000 pounds for any non-dom resident in the U.K. for more than 12 years.
That sweet deal does not, of course, apply to Americans who are taxed on their worldwide income, whether parked domestically or abroad. But most other nations – including emerging nations – allow for that hairsplitting distinction. And that, in a nutshell, is why London remains on top.


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It was frivolous, when you order coffee, you should expect it to be hot.
But it's stereotypical of the modern American legal system
Beayf,It was frivolous, when you order coffee, you should expect it to be hot. And dont expect someone else to pay you simply because you're too clumsy not to spill it on yourself. I've heard others try to defend the plaintiff in this case which has always seemed so absurd to me. But it's stereotypical of the modern American legal system...people refusing to take responsibilities for their own actions, always wanting to blame someone else; unfortunately the courts take these people seriously rather than throwing them in jail for a week on charges of contempt of court for bringing forward such frivolous lawsuits.
But your right, I'm not certain as to how the law is written in cases like this, but if it justifies such frivolous lawsuits, we clearly need to look at revising it (as many in congress have been saying for years).
I do like the Idea of a losing plaintiff having to pay court costs, though it wouldn't have affected this case, it would certainly help discourage more such lawsuits in the future.
Old urban legends. See here.Of course, the McDonalds coffee lawsuit was perfectly justified; there is no doubt that McDonalds was liable for providing an undrinkable and dangerous product. There was nothing frivolous about it. See here for the details.
Is there a sign in McDonald's that says: "Do not throw hot coffe into your ear ?"
Here is how it works. Bushy-poo says caps on med mal cases at $250k (non economic damages), which will stop the "frivolous lawsuit". Only the guy who bring the frivolous lawsuit is looking for $7500 maybe $10k, so gets hurt?Well, I'll tell you who... it is the infant child who had his/her head punctured during delivery and is rendered a quadrapalegic for life. Since he/she is an infant, they have NO economic value (since they can't prove lost earnings) and they are capped at $250k for pain and suffering.So, poor baby John Doe, who live his life in a diaper with 24 hour care 7 days a week, better find out how that 250k will cover his medical bills for his life (not to mention making his home handicapped accessible). Of course, the OBGYN who commited the medical negligence (his 5th act of negligence) will continue to perform deliveries.Every so often, another baby will be put through this torment at his hands. God bless "tort reform".
Ah, but McDonalds could not reasonably be expected to foresee that the consumer would throw coffee into their ear. They *would* be expected to foresee that their client would try to add sugar and creamer to their coffee while sitting in a parked car.
Or the other alternative is that the parents of this Child file a lawsuit againts the Hospital or Doctor, and win say a $20 million settlement, they're set for life and still have more than enough money to take care of their brain-damaged child. However, since this happens fairly regularly, the insurance companies decide that they need to charge more to cover their costs. Thus they raise insurance premiums, which are, of course, passed on to everyone else in the form of increases in health care costs. So when John Doe's next door neighbours (well, his former next door neighbours before he and his family moved to their new five million dollar ranch) have a little girl who needs emergancy brain surgery that has say a 50% chance of success, they find our that there are only three doctors in the Country who will actually preform this surgery (for insurance reasons), and it is going to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, because the cost of the Insurance is millions of dollars a year because the insurance company assumes that a good number of the failure (remember 50% of all attempts at this dangerous, but necessary, surgery...however, without insurance involved it could be done for say $10k or $15k). Unfortunately, neither of the newly married partents have a job where they have health insurance (not at all uncommon, even in some decent paying middle class jobs), so IF these people can actually convince these Doctors to preform the Surgery, they will have little choice but to file bankruptcy, forcing financial hardship upon them for the next 10 years; possibly there is even the good chance that the Doctors will refuse to or delay in preforming the surgery because the high risk and little potential benifit, and the child will die...all of this so John Doe's parents can have their new Ranch and Luxury cars.
I don't know about "frivolous". I do know that holding a cup between your knees to pull the lid off is the kind of thing I'm always on my kids not to do. A spill is inevitable and it comes under the heading of "contributory negligence".
I don't know about "frivolous". I do know that holding a cup between your knees to pull the lid off is the kind of thing I'm always on my kids not to do. A spill is inevitable and it comes under the heading of "contributory negligence".As far as coffee temperatures are concerned: a couple of years back I did the scientific thing and measured the temperature of my wife's coffee as I made it. I make her coffee with a Melitta #6 drip unit and a vacuum coffee pump. I heat water to boiling in a tea kettle and when I measured the temperature in the drip unit it was about 200 degrees (as I recall). The temperature of the first cup of coffee was something like 185 degrees-- maybe higher. I don't believe the claim that "Coffee served at home is generally 135 to 140 degrees." If nothing else, people making instant coffee from a teakettle are going to get circa 190 degree coffee.McDonald's was punished for not settling early. The punchline is that I can't get a decent cup of tea anywhere because people get the tea water out of the coffee maker, and 150 degree water is too cold to make decent tea.
Oh please, Greekchristian. This is all nonsense. Parents who win large awards for injuries (yes, injuries, people) of their children (which someone caused by carelessness, meaning that it could have been prevented, mind you) aren't set for life. Do you realize how much it costs to care for a brain damaged child? I can't think of a more courteous way to say this...you don't know what you're talking about. And for the record, I'm not a plaintiffs attorney. I'm on the defense side.
What he said is much more informed comparitively speaking to the bad politics and naivit+¬ of the political lobbyists with respect to the economics of an insurance product (e.g. reality).
I just read the details and won't change my story one bit. I applaud McD's for at least attempting to have decent tasting coffee by keeping it hot. It's not their fault customers are stupid and careless. Matter of fact, 700 cases for a chain as small as McD's sounds rather small. Now, I think McD's should be (class action) sued out of existence (along with many other fast food chains) for the blight they are on the world's health, but that's another topic. Supersize Me! was a great rental a few months back.
How was this woman "stupid" and "careless?" The coffee was served to her in her car. She was not driving. The car was not moving. No car has a tabletop so it's reasonable to assume that someone would place the cup between their legs to add cream and sugar. I'm relatively certain that you've done the same thing.
I can't think of a more courteous way to say this...you don't know what you're talking about. And for the record, I'm not a plaintiffs attorney. I'm on the defense side.
Sounds a lot like assumption of the risk to me. Alternatively, I think I would have argued contributory negligence that outweighed McDonalds' negligence.
First of all, you took my 'dramatic scenario' (yes, I even called it that in my post) and completely missed the point. The point is that, justified or not, malpractice lawsuits do more harm to Society, as a whole, than good.
And I am by no means the only person who will say that the outrageous cost of Healthcare today is a direct result of these lawsuits; if there is actual criminal activity, then puruse the issue with a criminal prosecution, civil medical malpractice lawsuits should be limited for the common good.
And as to my scenario about the misuse of the money, I can think of three instances off the top of my head (from personal situations of people that I know and their families, not unsubstantiated rumors that I've heard) of people spending winnings from malpractice suits on various luxuries and easy living (cars, houses, boats, motorhomes, vacations, et cetera)...so while it may sound cynical, it's from personal experience.
Yes, which is why her award was reduced.
And you know this because of what??? Negligence is a hallmark of our common law system. It's one of the foundations of our economic system.
People who say it's a "direct result" of lawsuits are ignorant.
It's a contributing factor but not a direct cause. See the GAO report that was unable to make the case that frivolous lawsuits were directly responsible for increasingly healthcare costs.
I'm going to explain this in a nutshell. Criminal penalties are only justified when there is blame. We generally don't punish those who are stupid and careless. But carelessness can be very expensive for society so there must be a deterrent against it. That's where lawsuits come into play. Further, why should the victim of another's carelessness bear the risk?
Your anecdotal evidence doesn't prove anything. If you're really interested, there is plenty of research into this subject. I suggest the Harvard Medical Practice Study from the early 1990's. Health Affairs also published some in depth studies of the malpractice crisis and tort reform about a year ago.
Which VASTLY outweighed any responsiblity by McDonalds. She couldn't wait until she got home or a more stable environment to take the lid off? Puleeeeze....Jennifer, so you're at my house. I put some water on and it boils (we hear it whistle). You realize that you don't have time to stay for a cup of tea and instead (I just happen to have a styrofoam cup and lid) take it to go. You pull over after a mile or so, and instead of getting out of your car and putting the cup on top of the car (a flat surface) and carefully lifting the lid to remove the teabag, you do it in the car and spill all over yourself. Should you have the right to sue me? Same situation as McD's.
BTW, how do you know she didn't "carefully" open the cup?
Becausing opening a cup of that type in a vehicle is negligence per se?
If the end result is to raise health costs while only providing individuals with benifit then it is detrimental to society...is this that far fetched of an assumption?
I could say the same thing about those who make ad hominem attacks an integral part of their argument, I presume (and hope) you wouldn't argue like this in the court room.
Lawsuits directly affect Malpractice Premiums, which directly affect health care costs (to directly affect, it does not have to be the sole variable)...this article from the Congressional Budget Office does a pretty good job of outlining the situation:http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4968&sequence=0
How about this idea, revoke the guilty doctor's medical license if he is truly careless or stupid and let him personally (not the hospital, insurance, or any other entity) be financially responsible. A solution that prevents carelessness and protects society at the same time.
I'm just making the simple statement that abuse happens, I'm not making any comment about its frequency. You're trying to read more into my post than I put there.
Why? If the vehicle is not moving, why is a vehicle different from other places? Must we have a cup placed on a counter for it not to be negligent? What if you're standing with the cup in your hand? What if you're standing on a street corner? Let's review the facts. The car was parked and the plaintiff was sitting in the passenger seat. Arguably a passenger seat (in a vehicle that is not moving) is similar to a seat in a movie theatre. Is opening a coffee cup there negligence per se?
Obviously the judge and jury didn't think so, and ultimately their opinion on the case is the only one that matters.
If doctors bore the total risk for negligence, then there would be no doctors. For example, why do we have corporations? We have corporations because people want to invest their money but not bear a risk of lose. Society wants to encourage investment so it shelters corporate investors. The same with other forms of businesses such as limited partnerships, etc. Malpractice insurance protects society because it allows doctors to practice medicine without fearing the lose of all of their income. Plus that's not a good use of resources. If a doctor feared liability, (s)he would have to set money aside to plan for that contingency. That money would be out of circulation. As an individual, for liquidity purposes,the doctor would probably have to put it in the bank. In contrast, an insurance company can pool all of the premiums together and invest in the stock market thus providing an infusion of cash into the market. If there were no insurance companies, there would no wall street.
Why? If the vehicle is not moving, why is a vehicle different from other places? Must we have a cup placed on a counter for it not to be negligent? What if you're standing with the cup in your hand? What if you're standing on a street corner? Let's review the facts. The car was parked and the plaintiff was sitting in the passenger seat. Arguably a passenger seat (in a vehicle that is not moving) is similar to a seat in a movie theatre. Is opening a coffee cup there negligence per se?
The act of spilling itself demonstrates complete negligence and hence complete responsibility on behalf of the spiller.
If I gave you a cup of water, but unbeknownst to you had accidentally mixed in some hydrofluoric acid, and you spilled it on your lap in the car and suffered a severe chemical burn to your genitals, should I be held free from liability, because the act of spilling shows that the injury was all your fault? After all, "the act of spilling itself demonstrates complete negligence", right?
Except that the seat in a movie theatre is not prone to moving without warning to the occupant. The passenger seat in a vehicle is designed to do just that.
If the passenger is abiding by the law, he or she is wearing a seatbelt, which restricts one's mobility and ability to react to events. Given how prone disposable coffee cups and their lids are to be troublesome when trying to open or close them, I would submit that the totality of the factors suggest that a standard of negligence per se is applicable, even though the majority of people using them have no problem whatsoever.
Judges are elected; that's hardly a compelling reason to hold their opinion in high regard. (Their ability to hold you in contempt, however, is.)
We are talking about cases of genuine carelessness and stupidity. Cases that are serious enough for a doctor's medical license to be revoked; this level of carelessness is rare, but is diserving of repercussions, and something that the vast majority of doctors would not face in their life, if it becomes a problem the definition of 'carelessness' would naturally have to be redefined as the expectations on the doctors would be inconsonant with reality.
Of course, a small variation on this that may work better is allow the suing of the insurance company, but only in instances where a medical board has considered the doctor's infractions bad enough to revoke his license to practice medicine. The goal is to have a way to deal with the 1% of doctors who are truly careless, while preventing legal action against the other 99%.
A means to prevent carelessness while drastically diminishing the cost of malpractice insurance. We all take risks in our day to day life, medical treatment is one of them, it can work miracles, but can also be potentially dangerous because of various factors...when you go to a doctor you take that risk and if something bad happens, unless the doctor's activities are blatantly unprofessional, it is a problem you have to deal with and can not blame others. Perhaps on top of this a legal release of civil liability should be a prerequisite for medical care.
It would seem to me that by the simple fact that the coffee was spilt that it is obvious that her actions were negligent. What is negligent changes for different people, for people with less coordination a car may not be an appropriate place to open the cup, even while parked. Actually I think a reasonable definition of a place negligently chosen to open the cup would be any place where it could be spilt. The act of spilling itself demonstrates complete negligence and hence complete responsibility on behalf of the spiller.
A doctor's license can be revoked for incompetence but negligence isn't necessarily incompetence. Most physicians who are found legally negligent never lose their licenses.
Forgive me for giving a brief lesson on medical malpractice law (I'm getting published on this topic!).
Under negligence law, the plaintiff has to show four things: duty, breach, causation and damages. Duty, or duty of care, can be described as the standard of practice. For most defendants, the duty of care is reasonableness meaning that stupidity is not a defense. We are expected to act like a reasoanble person would have acted. In the McD case, the jury concluded that a reasonable company would have known from the prior complaints that coffee that hot could injure someone. Physicians are unlike other professions in that they are allowed to determine the standard of care (there are exceptions but I won't get into it). In medmal case, a plaintiff needs a physician expert witness to testify as to what physicians handle that specific situation. That's the standard of care. It's not reasonableness or even the best way to do the procedure. This is highly deferential to the medical profession. So in a medical malpractice case, the physician breaches the medical community standard of care.
But our tort system is based on providing redress for injured plaintiffs. If you see a physician and his negligently treats you and as a result you are injured, shouldn't you be compensated? If the physician's insurance company doesn't compensate you, then society bears the cost. If you can't work, then you go on welfare. If you have to take sick leave then your company has to hire a replacement. The tort system simply shifts the risk to the person who was careless. It makes perfect economic sense.
Having a bad result is not grounds for medical malpractice. As I explained above, medical malpractice occurs when the doctor does something that the medical community does not do which causes the patient's injury. If the doctor acts reasonably and you still have a bad result, there's no malpractice. Conversely, if the doctor screws up but you're not injured, there's no malpractice. Let's take a standard example, the doctor leaves a sponge inside a patient after surgery. Accepted practice is to count the sponges before the patient is closed up. But say the doctor is careless one day and doesn't count the sponges and it is left in the patient. That's clearly malpractice, i.e. (s)he breached the standard of care. Let's give another example, it's now accepted practice for physicians to doublecheck the x-rays and all the records before surgery to make sure they operate on the right limb. But say the doctor doesn't do. The patient was supposed to have the right leg amputated and the doctor (without following proper procedure) cuts off the right leg. No injury so malpractice. There's breach but no injury.
Spilling is negligent? Negligence isn't an accident. It's carelessness which is different. It's knowing there's a risk and failing to take proper precautions to prevent the risk. For example, if I'm driving in my car and following the laws and paying attention to the conditions on the road and hit another car, I'm not negligent. But if I'm speeding, i.e. ignoring a known risk, I'm negligent. If spilling is negligence, then is an accident negligent? What if the person was in the restaurant and tripped and spilled the coffee on another person, does that mean that the 'tripper' is automatically negligent?
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It's down to the wire, and County Administrator Steve Willis will be out this week in several parts of the county to answer voters questions about the upcoming sales tax referendum.
County Council proposed a bond referendum to pay for a new courthouse before the historic Lancaster County Courthouse burned on Aug. 4. Before the fire, residents were to vote on whether to build a new courthouse at all.
Democrat Mandy Powers Norrell is accusing her Republican challenger in the state Senate District 16 race Mick Mulvaney of leaving Lancaster County on the hook for a housing development he once owned.
The issue revolves around an 800-acre housing development in Indian Land called Edenmoor – one of the largest planned development districts, or PDDs, ever approved in the county. Originally called St. Katherine, Mulvaney began work on the property in 1999. The development is located off U.S. 521 between Jim Wilson Road and S.C. 5.
Even though they didn't finish as high as they would have liked, Indian Land High School band director Mathew Willis said he is extremely proud of his group's performance this past weekend.
The Warrior band finished seventh in Class A state finals Saturday. The band earned a berth to the finals after coming in first at Upper State preliminaries a week before.
Indian Land also finished seventh at state in 2007.
A Lancaster-based fire protection company is closing its doors.
Joslyn Clark Controls, which manufactures diesel and electric fire pump controllers, has announced plans to leave Lancaster.
According to a press release from the company, it will be consolidating its Lancaster operations and moving them to another facility in the United States. The company will begin moving this fall and could be completely moved by early 2009.
South Carolina voters will get to choose who will represent them in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who's seeking a second term, is running against Democrat Bob Conley.
Here's what the campaigns see as the top issues and what they think makes their candidate the better choice."
Bob Conley
A North Myrtle Beach resident, Conley, 43, is labeled by some as a conservative Democrat. He sought the Democratic nomination after serving as a member of the Horry County Republican Committee."
A local prosecutor is preparing to submit his conclusion regarding a case about a former Indian Land High School administrative assistant who was allegedly paid thousands of dollars for days she did not work.
Sixth Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said he has gathered all the information he needs and is now trying to find time to write his findings. He said recent court proceedings have kept him busy.
Community leaders and others will gather this week for a three-day event that addresses issues facing black boys.
The second State of the African American Male Conference starts Thursday at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster's Bradley Arts and Sciences Building.
Organizer Bobby Bailey said the conference was organized as a response to conditions and statistics that suggest blacks don't achieve as high as other groups. The aim is to discuss problems, present research and hear new ideas for programs that can be used locally.
Garver Homes celebrated its grand opening in downtown Lancaster with a ribbon-cutting and open house on Thursday.
The home-building firm, owned by Gary Shamp and Mick Mulvaney, recently moved its corporate headquarters from Charlotte, where it was sharing office space with another firm, to 309 N. Main St., next to the Allen Tate office.
Shamp has been building homes in the Carolinas for more than two decades, starting as a laborer for a major homebuilder while in high school.
In a close rezoning vote, developers got the go-ahead to build homes, medical offices and retail stores at U.S. 521 and Collins Road in Indian Land.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission approved 4-3 U.S. Trust Properties' request to rezone 411 acres from R-15P to Planned Development District (PDD) 26. The rezoning will allow the developers to build 2.63 homes per acre, increasing the density by 200 homes.
Deborah Long is the latest political candidate to distance herself from New York City millionaire and political activist Howard Rich.
After it was discovered that Long, Republican candidate for the state House District 45 seat, accepted campaign contributions from organizations linked to Rich, she decided to return the $12,000 in contributions. Rich supports school vouchers and has contributed money to Republican campaigns throughout the country.
"It was getting to be too much of an issue," Long said. "I wanted to clear the air and concentrate on the issues."
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