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With its 20th season premiering this fall, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" has become one of the most well-known staples in the crime-drama genre. It's the first of two spinoffs of the original "Law & Order," loosely based on a specific precinct of the New York City Police Department—they usually deal with sex crimes, child abuse, missing children, crimes against the elderly, and practically anything else that the department feels they can handle. The most popular character in the ensemble (besides Ice-T, of course) has been around since the pilot and will be starring in the upcoming season.
Detective-turned-lieutenant Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, is often hailed as the reason for the show's immense popularity. She was joined by Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, played by rapper Ice-T in season two for four episodes—but he loved it so much that he is still on the show today. With Richard Belzer's eccentric portrayal of Detective John Munch, and the ever-changing dynamics between Benson and her partner Elliot Stabler, the show has received steady praise since its premiere in 1999. Due to the extremely sensitive nature of the crimes, the writers are known for tackling current day controversies surrounding sexual violence in a unique and thoughtful way.
After 434 memorable episodes, and countless cameos—think Serena Williams, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, or James Brolin—Stacker is taking a trip down SVU memory lane by listing the 50 best episodes in the show's history. The rankings are based on IMDb ratings, while the number of user votes was used to break any ties. Read on to see which legendary episodes made the list.
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IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 2, Episode 18
Air date: April 20, 2001
After a waitress is kidnapped, Detectives John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (Ice-T) realize the crime may be linked to a killer from the previous summer. Their pursuit entangles them with Canadian authorities, and the case is based on the 1980s serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 4, Episode 18
Air date: March 14, 2003
A young boy witnesses his stepmother being killed. Traumatized and fearing his father, who tries to prevent detectives from questioning the child, the boy refuses to tell what actually happened to her. This leads Detectives Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) to investigate further into the disappearance of the boy's biological mother.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 10, Episode 11
Air date: January 6, 2009
In this episode, detectives work to figure out what happened to a teenage girl that reappeared after being kidnapped four years earlier. They soon realize the girl is actually an impostor for the real person who went missing, and try to uncover who she really is. The case bears resemblance to the unsolved 1994 Nicholas Barclay case.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 11, Episode 5
Air date: October 21, 2009
A young boy's strange behavior leads his mother to discover that the child was sexually abused by his stepfather. The case seems to be open-and-shut, but the defendant complicates things when he offers to give up the pedophile advocacy group he is part of in order to avoid the charges.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 17, Episode 17
Air date: March 2, 2016
In the first of two episodes that show members of SVU investigating a sex trafficking ring in a Catholic girls high school, detectives struggle to bring charges against all of the perps involved, including cops, judges, and even a priest.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 14, Episode 2
Air date: September 26, 2012
"Above Suspicion" is the third and final part of a story arc that's so good, all three episodes are among the highest-ranked "SVU" episodes. As the squad tries to put away the madam responsible for a large-scale prostitution scandal that led to several murders, they each struggles with problems in their professional and personal lives.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 13, Episode 23
Air date: May 23, 2012
In the dramatic finale of season 13, the death of a young prostitute at a high-scale bachelor party leads SVU to two competing escort services. When more people start dying, the detectives look into the client lists of both services, but they are shocked at the names they uncover.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 3, Episode 10
Air date: December 14, 2001
The death of a young woman takes a back seat as this episode progresses due to Detectives Benson and Stabler discovering that the victim had taken part in the rape of a male stripper with her friends. This often-forgotten acknowledgement of men being victims of rape as well is only slightly hindered by the fact that the wrong Amendment was cited by one of the judges regarding gender equality protections.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 12, Episode 13
Air date: January 12, 2011
When the daughter of a sex therapist with a sleazy past is brutally attacked by a man wearing a creepy mask, the detectives must interrogate him in order to find his daughter's attacker. Detective Stabler explores the world of sex addiction when he's forced to go undercover in the uncooperative therapist's clinic to solve the case.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 15, Episode 17
Air date: March 12, 2014
In a series that often gets its plotlines from real life crimes and headlines, season 15 offers a refreshing and raw look into the personal lives of many of the show's central characters. In this episode, Detective Amanda Rollins is blackmailed by the managers of an underground casino due to an unsettled gambling debt, causing her to inadvertently become an accomplice to several crimes while attempting to keep her colleagues' growing suspicions at bay.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 8, Episode 10
Air date: January 2, 2007
Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy guest stars in this episode that starts with a deathbed confession by a former bank robber. Detectives Benson and Stabler must investigate whether the wrong man was put in jail for the murder of a woman who shared a daughter with the bandit.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 6, Episode 16
Air date: February 22, 2005
A hitman who is known simply as "The Ghost" murders a wealthy couple, and investigations into their deaths lead the detectives to a drug cartel responsible for the show's former Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot entering witness protection. In order to nail the criminals, Cabot must come out from hiding and risk her life in order to testify.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 9, Episode 4
Air date: October 16, 2007
A young girl diagnosed with Williams syndrome observes an attack that leaves her mother beaten and in a coma. Because she is the only witness to the attack, detectives first suspect and try to interrogate the victim's husband. But with the man's legal team using the Patriot Act to keep him from testifying, the young girl must be questioned in order to find out what happened.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 5, Episode 15
Air date: February 10, 2004
Things go from bad to weird to worse in the course of one episode, as a young girl is discovered raped and murdered. In the course of the investigation, detectives realize that the girl was pregnant, which leads to some abhorrent family secrets spilling out.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 13, Episode 10
Air date: December 7, 2011
The detectives are successful at arresting the johns of a 14-year-old prostitute, including a famous pro football player. The case against the quarterback starts falling apart, however, because his defense attorney argues that years of getting hit in the head playing football led to the defendant having diminished mental capacity, a claim that has been studied over the years by experts.
IMDb rating: 8.6
Season 12, Episode 1
Air date: September 22, 2010
Perhaps one of the more disturbing episodes from an emotional standpoint, "Locum" deals with a young girl who Detectives Stabler and Benson learn has a very unique relationship with her parents. Anyone with a complicated family history is advised to stay far away unless you're willing to confront some painful themes throughout the course of the episode.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 19, Episode 17
Air date: March 21, 2018
If you are creeped out by clowns, mimes, or masked figures of any kind, now is your chance to look away! This episode deals with the investigation of a missing student disappears on a field trip to the Big Apple, believed to have been abducted by a man whose face was covered in a very creepy disguise.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 19, Episode 18
Air date: April 11, 2018
Since members of the Armed Forces are placed on a high pedestal in this country, as they should be, it can be difficult to appropriately approach instances of military personnel committing atrocities. Such a case is what Benson is faced with in this episode, where she has to carefully navigate prosecuting a soldier believed to have committed a sexual assault.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 19, Episode 9
Air date: January 3, 2018
Though we usually get a look at Benson and Stabler's attempts to save the day for others, this episode gets extra personal as it's Benson herself in need of saving. The entire team comes together, knowing they need to act quickly in the face of her son Noah's kidnapping.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 17, Episode 23
Air date: May 25, 2016
SVU is no stranger to hostage situations, and the one involving officer Gary Munson in this episode is no exception. If you happen re-watch the episode and find Munson a little too lovable to be an intimidating antagonist, that may be because you recognize him as Brad Garrett, the face of fan-favorite Robert Barone in "Everybody Loves Raymond."
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 10, Episode 21
Air date: May 19, 2009
"Liberties" was one of seventeen episodes directed by Oscar-winning director Juan Jose Campanella, a many who has no lack of experience crafting eerie plotlines. Campanella is the mastermind behind creepy crime-based mysteries such as The Secret in Their Eyes and Cannibals.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 5, Episode 17
Air date: February 24, 2004
When a girl's body is found in the trunk of a car, Benson and Stabler interrogate her classmates and uncover a disturbing trend of bullying. Though many SVU episodes are the results of the writers' imaginations, this concept was actually derived from the 1992 case of Indiana's Shanda Sharer.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 7, Episode 19
Air date: April 4, 2006
Benson and Stabler track a recently released sex offender who has kidnapped two children. The fate of those children's lives, as well as the two detectives' professional relationship, hang in the balance.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 10, Episode 8
Air date: November 25, 2008
Benson, while investigating the claims of a domestic abuse victim, unearths another cold case involving a woman shooting her alleged rapist. Will she let it go, or reopen old wounds in search of the truth?
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 4, Episode 21
Air date: April 18, 2003
A house party turns deadly as an uninvited guest is found dead on the bathroom floor, accused by another guest of trying to rape her. When a dark secret is unearthed, it becomes impossible to figure out who to trust.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 7, Episode 2
Air date: September 27, 2005
Benson manages to save a suicidal pregnant woman from killing herself, but there's more to April Troost than she claims. Can Benson find the truth while also protecting April? Bobby Flay and Lynda Carter have guest star appearances on this episode.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 14, Episode 1
Air date: September 26, 2012
Picking up from the shocking cliffhanger at the end of Season 13, the SVU Squad investigates how Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) ended up with a dead escort in his bed with no recollection of the night before.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 15, Episode 20
Air date: April 9, 2014
Facing off against the obsessive prison escapee William Lewis, Benson must confront a nightmarish situation. When she wriggles out from underneath her security detail to face Lewis, it's anyone's guess who makes it out alive.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 9, Episode 12
Air date: January 8, 2008
Tasked with hunting down a serial killer known as the Woodsman, Benson and Lake enlist the help of an FBI agent, Lauren Cooper. However, cracks begin to appear in Cooper's tough veneer, and her true relationship to the case is revealed.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 14, Episode 19
Air date: April 3, 2013
When a school nurse finds bruises and marks on a little girl's body that the little girl claims to of been done by a monster, the SVU squad looks further into it. In this episode, the Fremont High School is mentioned as a reference to The Twilight Zone: It's a Good Life because of the terror Anthony Fremont in the movie.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 9, Episode 9
Air date: November 27, 2007
In this episode, one situation swiftly leads to another making a different case than expected. A young boy who was lost is found on the street in rough condition, only to show the detectives there was something worse at hand, the rape and murder of a nanny.
IMDb rating: 8.7
Season 8, Episode 22
Air date: May 22, 2007
Darius Parker, Fin's nephew, goes to trial for rape and murder. In the process of this, he is doing everything he can to bring the unit down with him by digging up dirt on all of them to use in his defense case.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 19, Episode 16
Air date: March 14, 2018
When a surgeon uses a girl's organs without the parents' consent after her death, it quickly becomes a criminal case bringing in the SVU.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 4, Episode 20
Air date: April 4, 2003
It all begins with a quadruple homicide that started with a sexual assault that leads the team to not only find the killer, but to prevent more victims.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 6, Episode 4
Air date: October 19, 2004
A serial killer is leaving hints throughout the city for the team to find. They are all supposedly clues to help to find him and stop him from taking his next victim.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 10, Episode 22
Air date: June 2, 2009
Because of a mistake made by CSU Tech Dale Stuckey, a killer goes free. This leads to more killings, putting more and more people at risk. Meanwhile, Kevin Carolan plays one of his three roles that he has done in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 9, Episode 1
Air date: September 25, 2007
Cynthia Nixon may be known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in "Sex and the City," but her character in this episode is quite the opposite of a sophisticated lawyer. Her character, Janis, plays a woman with multiple personalities, who is looking for her missing child. But when her mental illness starts to worsen, along with multiple deaths occurring in her family, the detectives find this case even harder to solve.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 6, Episode 12
Air date: January 18, 2005
While this episode is loosely based on the controversy around gender reassignment surgery, the way the topic plays out is incredibly unexpected. The main suspect in a case of sexual assault is dead, so the detectives are left to deal with the evidence his sister presents.
IMDb rating: 8.8
Season 9, Episode 17
Air date: April 29, 2008
Robin Williams makes a special appearance for the 200th episode of the series, as an unstable man who wants to play out the Milgram experiment in real life—testing people's responses to authority by making them commit heinous acts.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 19, Episode 13
Air date: February 7, 2018
A.D.A. Rafael Barba may have interfered in many cases on the show, but this one might be the most emotional. His involvement in a family's right-to-die court case causes tension between himself and now-Lieutenant Olivia Benson, who he has now been working with for six years.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 5, Episode 4
Air date: October 14, 2003
This is Alexandra Cabot's last episode before meeting Casey Novak—the new A.D.A., Cabot, and the detectives, are involved in a tense case surrounding undercover agents, and Colombian drug dealers.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 11, Episode 12
Air date: January 13, 2010
"SVU" is often known for some of its non-sexual cases, this being one of them. In a complicated mix of money, fraud, and connections, Benson and Stabler are on the task to find out who murdered a well-known couple.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 14, Episode 24
Air date: May 22, 2013
In a memorable season finale, Benson fires off the previously mentioned chain of events between herself and a suspect called William Lewis—who is originally brought in for flashing young girls in Central Park. His character appears in three more episodes, just after a startling cliffhanger.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 6, Episode 6
Air date: November 9, 2004
A boy murders his five-year-old neighbor. And after he's revealed to be a sociopath, the five-year-old's father takes drastic steps to resolve the case.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 7, Episode 6
Air date: November 1, 2005
In this chilling episode, a sniper shooting leaves numerous kids wounded and one dead. Then, the rifle gets traced back to a Neo-Nazi group. To top it all off, one of the detectives is seriously injured during the trial of the sniper.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 12, Episode 3
Air date: September 29, 2010
Vicki Sayers ends up in the hospital after being raped and beaten. Throughout the investigation, detectives Benson and Stabler discover that she's been beaten and raped by the same attacker since she was 16 years old.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 14, Episode 9
Air date: December 5, 2012
A serial killer is on the loose after being fired from his job as a bus driver. Detectives discover he has ties to a prostitute who SVU has encountered before, and they team up to track down the murderer.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 9, Episode 15
Air date: April 15, 2008
The rape kit of a teenage girl who was brutally assaulted goes missing. Her mother is in jail and during the investigation, so detectives Benson and Fin go undercover to investigate the corrections officers at the facility.
IMDb rating: 8.9
Season 15, Episode 1
Air date: September 25, 2013
This season opener picks up exactly where the show left off in a nail-biting opener of Benson beaten and tied to a chair. SVU detectives eventually realize that Benson is missing and frantically search for her.
IMDb rating: 9.0
Season 7, Episode 3
Air date: October 4, 2005
A young girl's call to 911 leads SVU detectives to discover she's a child pornography victim. Detective Benson learns more and more about the girl in hopes to rescue her from the perpetrator.


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Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 28th, 3:30am
During all this time I have been having a conversation with the Lord about how He thinks this particular episode is supposed to bring glory? I don't have an answer. But I do know one thing - I can trust Him. See, I hear this undercurrent in conversations here about how we need be realistic in our expectations and plan to see normal results with Micah's situation. You see, I am not content with that. If all I can expect of God is what normal can offer, I should hang up my Christianity and move on to something else! If all we can expect of God is what man can see and do then we are of all men to be pitied. Jesus call us to believe that all things are possible and our first expectation should be to see the impossible happen. Even if we don't see it, we should not expect or believe any less of Him. Our calling is always to excellence and to the supernatural. So I have faith and believe that my Lord with work everything out for good - for He is good. It may not always be the results or methods that I prefer but as long as it is His doing, IT IS GOOD. God is faithful and He can be trusted to do the best thing for us and with us.
I am going to try and get some sleep!
5 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 7:16 AM
I am praying for both of you to give you rest,peace and comfort today as Micah faces all that is to come today. I pray for the doctors to make the right decision on what is best for Micah but mostly that GOD heals Micah so he can tell GREAT stories for the Lord how he battled through all these trials and tribulations. GOD does have something planned for Micah. LOVE and Blessings to all and may your anxiety go away today to focus on what God has planned today. LOVE YOU BOTH MUCH, Sharon Sargent PettitReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Hi Mohan, that was a long day! Hope you were able to sleep after.Glad Tina could rest too. This is exactly what I've been feeling too about Micah, for God to do His excellent work in Micah's life! Not to expect little but great things. God is watching everything & hearing all of the prayers sent out for him,so as you said we need to trust Him. In the meantime we pray for strength, for the whole family esp. to both of you to manage everything. We thank God for Shirley & Ernie & other friends & family who've been there for you at this time.One friend prayed for Micah,'Let His kingdom come in Micah's life'.Another called 6AM today & told me to pass on to you about the miracle in Lazarus story for Micah.ReplyDelete
your loving sis Shanti
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Praying this morning that God would sustain you.ReplyDelete
Your friends, Julian and Sheila
Thomas & Tina,ReplyDelete
Stephanie and I just prayed for you before she left for school and me to a computer class. With love, with tears, with faith and hope and even impatience (me) we pray for you.
We are asking God to give you His strength when you must be so very weary in yourselves.
I have asked the Lord to give Micah his own story of mighty deliverance from this time. I want to be there when he tells it.
Much love, Melanie
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Thomas, I was so moved by your boldness in these words. Billy and I have been following Micah's progress and praying for him since hearing of his injury. I was praying tonight and read this scripture. I immediately thought of you and your faith filled words. Acts 2:24 "But God raised Him up, liberating Him from the pangs of death, seeing that it was not possible for Him to continue to be controlled or retained by it." (Amp.). We stand with you in your faith!!ReplyDelete
Love, Billy and Christian


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Transwest Truck, Trailer & RV of Colorado Now a Select Dealer of Regency RV Luxury Class B Coaches with Four-Wheel Drive Option
Jun 27, 2017
Business Feature Release
Transwest Truck, Trailer & RV of Colorado Now a Select Dealer of Regency RV Luxury Class B Coaches with Four-Wheel Drive Option
Fort Worth, Texas - Regency RV, the motorhome division of Regency Conversions, a Wayne Davis Auto Group, announced today they have added Transwest Truck, Trailer & RV, headquartered in Brighton, Colorado to their roster of dealers selling their luxury Class B Motorhomes. The coaches are built on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis in Fort Worth, Texas. Dymon Farrer, national sales manager for the company, said that Regency is looking for a very select group of dealers to take on, and Transwest was a "perfect fit."
"We're flooring a variety of floor plans in both full paint and monochromatic paint," said Transwest Sales Manager Steve Petley. The dealership is also floor planning a four-wheel version of the coach. "We do really well here in Colorado with the four-wheel option," said Petley. "We have four seasons here. We get snow in the winter and have the mountain terrain. People go up in the mountains and like their coach to have a little higher clearance so they can go backwoods without bottoming out."
"When it comes to Regency RV dealers, we were looking for quality-minded stores like Transwest that want to offer variety over volume," said Farrer. "We don't want to become the biggest supplier in the Class B and Class B+ market. Our goal is to become one of the best-one of the most unique-when it comes to quality, fit and finish.
Transwest has been in operation since 1990 and selling RVs since 2006. They currently have locations selling RVs in Fountain, Frederick and Grand Junction Colorado selling diesel Class A, Class B and Class C RVs and are partial to the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis. "We sell a lot of the Sprinters," said Petley. "Because of the altitude and the mountains we have a lot of hard pulls, so the diesel product is really popular out here and the Sprinter is really good at getting up the mountain."
The company is also a Freightliner dealership and sells light, medium and heavy-duty trucks as well as commercial trailers, horse trailers and livestock trailers. Their experience with selling trucks gave Transwest a working knowledge of the history of the well-respected Regency legacy from the truck and van conversion side of the business. "We know the Regency name because we've also had GMC dealerships," explained Petley. "It's a name that people in and around our market know and it's a name we've dealt with successfully before."
One of the top selling points for Regency RV Class B coaches is that they aren't built on a conventional assembly line, but rather one at a time with most components, like the handcrafted cabinetry and upholstery, crafted in-house by hand. "We've had very good reviews of the product," said Petley. "The staff likes it and we've had some good feedback from customers. We carry other Class Bs and what they like about Regency is that it is simple but elegant with a nice, high-quality look to it."
The team at Regency is pleased with this feedback in such an important market. "Interest in our RVs is quickly growing nationwide," said Farrer. "We're proud to add Transwest to our small, select list of dealers and are excited about selling the Regency Class B motorhome in Northern, Western and Southern Colorado."
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Cancer is one disease most people would choose not to get. However, that is really not up to them. Cancer chooses its victims based on a number of factors, from genetic predisposition to smoking. In most cases of cancer, it is easy to treat the cancer by simply removing the cancer growth or affected organ. There are only a few organs in the human body where removing the organ is not an option. Bladder cancer is one of them. Here is how your doctor will treat your bladder cancer instead.
The Good: Radiation
Bladder cancer is almost always caught in the very early stages. That is, at least, the good news about this type of cancer. What is even better is that bladder cancer responds very well to radiation therapy. The cancer cells die off very quickly, leaving nothing but healthy bladder tissue and cells behind. It is very rare that you would have to also undergo chemotherapy, unless you have a very late diagnosis or a very aggressive form of bladder cancer.
The Bad: No Substitute or Replacement for the Human Bladder
Humans only get one bladder. That is the biggest reason why this type of cancer is so difficult; you cannot simply accept a "donor bladder" from a family member because then he/she would not have a bladder. The bladder is necessary for filtering toxins, ammonia, and urine out of the kidneys and the blood. There is currently no way a doctor can manufacture an artificial bladder either. With all of the above in mind, your doctor only has one course of treatment for bladder cancer.
The Ugly: Multiple Stages with Multiple Survival Rates
The really ugly part about bladder cancer is that it has six stages and six survival rates, each more worse than the last, despite how soon it is diagnosed. That means that you could catch it at stage one, survive for ten more years, only to discover that it returns with a vengeance and leaves you in the middle of stage four. In fact, it is one type of cancer that not even the American Cancer Society can accurately predict survival rates for.
Start Immediate Treatment
The only thing you really can do with bladder cancer is to start treatment immediately. The sooner you start bladder cancer treatment, the faster you can begin remission. Like brain cancer, this is one type of cancer you do not want to delay seeking medical help.


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Christopher Nolan has cemented himself as one of Hollywood's go-to directors. Anyone who makes such high quality finished products -- a true movie experience -- is okay in my book. Just his second movie directing, 2000's Memento is similarly one held in high regard by fans and critics alike.
Staying at a cheap motel, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) is looking for the man who raped and murdered his wife. The clues have built up as he tracked him down, and now he seemingly is closer than ever to finding him. Leonard has a problem though, he sustained a head injury by his wife's killer and because of the incident has short term memory loss. He can remember everything that happened before the murder, but everything since? He can't create new memories. How then can he manage to track down the killer? Everything is difficult for him from finding his car to remembering which hotel room he's staying in.
Crazy ridiculous innovative and unique storytelling technique. Like nothing I've seen before. Nolan tells this story backwards, showing the ending at the beginning. Trippy, huh? As one reviewer pointed out, it takes a premise from a classic Seinfeld episode, but that's another story. Leonard's short-term memory loss allows for this technique to work. He remembers only what is in front of his face, constantly writing down notes and even tattooing his body to remind himself of major clues about the killer. So what we remember is obviously more detailed than Leonard, especially as more people get involved with the murder we see in the opening five minutes. One scene following another explains what we've just seen while adding another layer. It's something else to behold in one of the more original premises I've ever seen for telling a story.
Nolan helps pull this off through two techniques, albeit not simple ones. Starters, a flashback of sorts, Leonard sitting in his motel room on the phone, explaining his routine to help him "remember." He's also on the phone with someone -- who? We don't know -- telling about his pre-accident life as a husband and insurance investigator. He worked a case with a husband and wife (a great Stephen Tobolowsky and Harriet Sansom Harris) who went through something similar to Leonard's current situation. Then there's the present-time story (relatively present time) as we move backwards through the investigation. Each little flashback breaks up Leonard's actions, serving as almost a default start over button. He starts over each flashback, clean slate for the memory.
With this sort of storytelling technique or anything so unique in movies, the acting can get lost in the shuffle. Important but far from essential, a performance has to be more workmanlike. Pearce does more than that though playing the memory-challenged Leonard. It's something else how he brings this character to life, both equal parts confidence with a complete helplessness to the world around him. Think how easy it would be to mess with someone with no short term memory, and that person would have no idea in about 2 minutes. Pearce keeps the story grounded as we root for him to find his wife's killer. Without revealing any of the twists, I can't say much about the cast, but both Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano are equally as good in key supporting parts.
Innovative storytelling technique. Check. Interesting characters with solid performances. Check. Even throw in an eerie, moving score from composer David Julyan, which you can listen to HERE. All those positives were there, but I just didn't love the movie. Going ending to beginning was something I've never seen before in a movie, but the gimmick -- for lack of a better word -- didn't sustain the whole movie for me. Finding out more isn't necessarily as interesting as I thought it would be. It even gets tedious at times. The end of the movie (actually the beginning of the story) does deliver a punch, but even that feels like it's missing something. The movie is still something any movie buff should see, and I'm recommending it, but not as much as I would have liked.
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The Aeros dropped to 4-6-1-0 on the season after losing to the Milwaukee Admirals by a score of 3-1 in Milwaukee last night. The Aeros lone goal came on a power play in the first period when left wing Peter Olvecky scored. Goalie Nolan Schaefer was able to stop 24 of 26 Milwaukee shots (the third goal came on an empty net as time was running out).
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Now, I'll let Ronie share her news (reprinted with permission).
It is my extreme pleasure to announce that my agent, Steve Laube, has negotiated and I have signed a 3-book contract with my publisher, Barbour Publishing , for a series about retired military war dogs and their handlers entitled A Breed Apart. I have been very pleased working with the Barbour Fiction team, and I'm so grateful to my editor, Rebecca Germany, for believing in me and these stories enough to let them see the ink of publication! Without further ado, here is a bit more about the stories:
Trinity: Military War Dog (June 2012)
After Green Beret Heath Daniels survives an IED attack—thanks to his military war dog, Trinity, a Belgian Malinois—he battles blackouts from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is discharged. Feeling weak and lost, he finds hope through A Breed Apart, an organization training dogs like Trinity to aid independent contractors.
Military Intelligence officer Darci Kintz is secretly embedded with a geological survey team in Afghanistan. A deadly discovery leaves her team dead and her a captive. Heath and Trinity join the search for the military intelligence officer.
Talon: Combat Tracking Team (November 2012)
Former Marine Aspen Courtland adopts Talon, a Combat Tracking Team German Shepherd declared "excess." But Talon is afraid of his own shadow after an attack that left his second handler—and Aspen's brother—missing.
Former Marine Special Operations commander Dane Markoski is tasked with tracking down a rogue Marine selling military secrets in Africa—and he needs Talon to do it because the rogue was Talon's first handler. But Talon won't cooperate without Aspen, who has rehabilitated the canine. In Africa, the team quickly realizes they've been set up. But can they untangle the maze of lies? Can Talon overcome his fear, or will he shut down and put everyone in danger?
Beowulf: Specialized Search Dog (June 2013)
Handler Timbrel Hogan and her highly trained specialized search dog, Beowulf, a Mastiff mix who is as ugly as he is smart, must enter a roiling war zone to retrieve a high-value target from a prison. But once on their own with the spy who provided the Intel, Timbrel is no longer certain the story is legit. In fact, she suspects they've been set up.
Nikol Tselekova has more to hide that his nationality but he can't let Timbrel Hogan, whose bite is worse than her dog's, interfere with his mission to save his own sister from a deadly alliance.
So, there you have it. Celebrate with me!! I am really excited to begin the A Breed Apart series with Barbour!! I hope you'll enjoy these books when they hit the shelves next year.
In addition to her miltary war dogs series, Ronie joins three other fabulous authors in a 2012 new novella collection. More from Ronie:
I am so excited to announce that I signed a contract with Barbour Publishing to write one of four novellas in a collection entitled CENTRAL PARK RENDEZVOUS and will be set in (as if you couldn't figure this out already) Central Park, NY. I will be writing with some very amazing ladies: Dineen Miller, MaryLu Tyndall, and Kim Vogel Sawyer! The collection is set to release April 2012.
Here is the blurb for the collection:
Through the timelessness of the love never fails verses from I Corinthians 13, characters from four generations of one family endure hard and cruel circumstances in life, yet bring love full circle to its completion.
Jamie Russo and Sean Wolfe are hiding behind the mistakes of other family members and avoiding their dreams. When a Civil War era coin changes the course of Sean's life, he is scared and angry. Jamie feels irrevocably linked to Sean Wolfe and charged with the command regarding "love always perseveres," seeing through Sean's anger and pain to love him the way God does, but in doing so, she is forced to face her own fears. Can Sean break free from a legacy of pain and shame? Will they both surrender fear and dare to dream a little dream?
Unexpected love sweeps Alan James and Gail Gibson into a romantic journey that spans 38 years. After a whirlwind romance, they plan to reunite at Central Park after Alan returns from the Vietnam War, but the lies and deceit of Gail's sister foil their reunion.
Thirty-eight years later, Alan's niece, Jamie, finds Gail and brings them back together. Alan and Gail's plans to reunite in Central Park are finally realized in a surprise reunion that shows their love was meant to be.
When Helen Wolfe's fiancé abandons her, unwilling to assume responsibility for Helen's younger siblings, she is forced to relinquish her dreams of becoming a singer and seek employment to provide for her family. Desperately in need of money, she pawns a family heirloom—an inscribed $20 gold piece dating back to the Civil War. But her act of desperation ignites an answering sympathy in pawnshop owner Bernie O'Day's heart.
Will Helen allow him to become her champion, giving her a reason to sing another day?
As war's end, Colonel William Wolfe, disfigured both in body and soul, travels to Williamsburg, Virginia to see his fiancé. Excited to claim the woman he has fallen in love with even more through her many, long letters, William is devastated at both the sight of the worn-torn country and the repulsion he first receives from Annie. Permelia, Annie's sister, has loved William from afar for many years. Caring not that his once-handsome face is scarred, she is thrilled to see him and accept his help on the plantation, even though he still seems stricken with Annie. But when he finds the $20 gold coin he had given Annie as a token of their love in Permelia's possession, William begins to suspect the truth.
Will William overcome the pain of Annie's rejection and take a risk on true love again?
I know I can't wait to read these stories ~ congrats Ronie on your contracts and also to Dineen, MaryLu & Kim :)
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This page presents numerical results and their comparison with experimental records for all predictions performed at Memorial University of Newfoundland for the NSERC sponsored project "Earthquake Induced Damage Mitigation from Soil Liquefaction". The main page of this project, containing all experimental and numerical results, is posted on the University of British Columbia (UBC) web site.
The numerical predictions posted here have been performed by Mr. Ahmad Jafari-Mehrabadi under the supervision of Dr. Radu Popescu, using the finite element code DYNAFLOW.
CLASS A PREDICTIONS - Numerical results submitted to UBC and posted on the main page of the project before the relevant centrifuge experiments were performed:
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DIRECT COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL RESULTS - Recorded (centrifuge) and computed (Class A - before experiment and Class C - after experiment) displacements, excess pore water pressures and accelerations at all transducer locations.
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WAYNE Rooney says Roy Hodgson has done enough to earn an extension as England manager regardless of what happens ahead of their final Euro 2016 group game.
England need just a point from their final game against Slovakia to progress, and while Rooney and Co. have ambitions far beyond the round of 16, he says Hodgson has done enough over his tenure to justify staying on beyond this European Championship.
England have a young squad at Euro 2016 and Rooney says his international manager deserves credit for rebuilding an ageing outfit.
"It shouldn't go unnoticed the amount of young players he [Hodgson] has introduced into the squad over the last four years," Rooney said.
"There was a big issue in terms of everyone saying we didn't have the young players coming through in England which other countries had.
"And, in fairness to the Premier League clubs, they've brought young players through and Roy has picked them – and, in my opinion, created a very good team, but also a fantastic atmosphere around the training ground and when we meet up.
"[It's] a great base for England's future in the next six to eight years."
The England captain added that Hodgson should be given the chance to help fulfil that bright future.
"Of course we want him to stay, again that is down to his bosses, but of course as players we want him to stay," Rooney said.
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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2010, Article ID 785649, 9 pages
Dietary Intake and Physical Activity of Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Adolescents
1National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Via Ardeatina, 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
2Department of Prevention—Nutrition Unit, Local Health Authority RMB, Via B. Bardanzellu, 8, 00155 Rome, Italy
3Institute of Social Affairs, Via P. S. Mancini, 28, 00196 Rome, Italy
4Study Group of Pediatrics Hypertension, Via P. S. Mancini, 28, 00196 Rome, Italy
Received 9 December 2009; Accepted 28 March 2010
Academic Editor: Mutasim Abu-Hasan
Copyright © 2010 Dina D'Addesa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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We thought that Mothers' Day was the perfect day to share this unique recipe. It comes from Merelyn's mother, who gave it to Merelyn shortly before sadly passing away. Merelyn treasures this recipe like no other, and feels her mother is with her every time she makes it. Have a look at this beautiful video where you will learn all the secrets of the Chiffon Cake, and gain a special insight into a special relationship.
175 g self raising flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
35g (¼ cup) custard powder
6 large eggs, separated
345 g (1 1/2 cups) caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
80 ml (1/3 cup) extra light olive oil or vegetable oil
170 ml (2/3 cup) warm water
Preheat oven to 180C/350F. You will need an angel cake (chiffon) tin (see note). Do not grease it.
Sift the flour, cream of tartar and custard powder together three times to ensure they are fully combined.
In an electric mixer, beat the yolks with 230 g (1 cup) of the sugar until pale and creamy, then add the vanilla. Pour the oil and warm water into a jug. While the yolks are still beating on low speed, add the flour mixture and the oil and water at the same time, beating until just incorporated.
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form, then add the remaining sugar and continue to whisk until the egg whites are stiff but not dry. Very carefully fold the batter into the egg whites with a metal spoon until just incorporated. Pour the mixture into the cake tin. Bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
After removing the cake from the oven, immediately invert it to cool by balancing the middle funnel onto a bottle neck. (the cake will be dangling upside down.) It is important for the cake to be inverted and suspended upside down until it is cool to stop it from collapsing. When cool, run a knife around the outside of the cake and the funnel. Lift the base out of the tin, then use the knife to ease the cake off the base.
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Ford will be launching an all-new Escape SUV on November 16 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new vehicle features a hands-free power liftgate that opens by kicking under the rear bumper, without fumbling for a key. This gesture-based innovation is a first in the vehicle's segment. The innovation is similar to those in video games.
To close the liftgate, the same kicking gesture is done. Escape Brand Manager Jason Sprawka commented that the hands-free power liftgate is "yet another innovative Ford technology" that will make the lives of customers more convenient.
He added that owners of this Escape can load their automobile without having to set packages or gear down. The innovative liftgate is founded on the company's Intelligent Access push-button start, allowing vehicle owners to unlock and start their car without having to fumble for their keys.
Two sensors are installed in the rear bumper to detect a person's shin and kicking movement. The system is programmed to open with leg motions in order to avoid accidental opening brought about by a small animal crawling under the vehicle or by a bump on the road. The height of the liftgate is programmable or manually adjusted to meet the specific needs of the owner.
Customers generally expect that their SUV should not only have ample cargo capacity and versatility, but it should also come with a design that is sports-inspired. With this in mind, they are sure not to get disappointed with the new Ford Escape. With this new offering, Ford has managed to outdo itself as it is a good example of function following form.
Since the design has been made smoother, this resulted in a cargo volume amounting to 68.1 cubic feet at the back of the first row and 34.3 cubic feet just behind its second row. Both of these figures are far higher compared to the outgoing version of the Escape. However with the Kuga expected to be a bit longer than the standard model, extra luggage space is likely.
Design executive director of Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa, Martin Smith shares that the athletic appearance of the Escape was no mistake. He adds that the company wanted the new model to have the impression of being an athlete, like a swimmer or runner, inside a new body. As such, it even has defined muscles that show energy and movement.
For the seats meanwhile, the brand manages to reduce its weight while ensuring that customer service is still there. The 6-way adjustability is still there but the total weight has been lowered by as much as 3 pounds. Even then, it has extra functionalities like the two-way power lumber support, and two-way power recline.
The brand though will be offering as an option the unique sport seat that has higher bolsters and comes with its own sew style. Unlike in previous models, the head restraint in the front will now allow for 4-way adjustability.
In addition, the head restraints and the rear seats are composed of soy-based foam and enhanced for folding to be easier. Bejin revealed that the design team has managed to make a vehicle that is well-proportioned and looks amazing even from as far as 20 feet. The company knew that it needed to meet the expectations on the design promise when it comes to craftsmanship, he continues.
He adds by saying that once customers see the Escape, sit inside and immediately interact, they are highly likely to feel that way no matter how far away they are. Though this new model will be sold in North America as a Ford Escape, it will be released to other markets worldwide while having the Kuga badge.
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|There was a wide array of ocean going boats at the marina in Yorkeys Knob.
Also, with the small airports in Fiji, we needed an experienced agent to handle our best way to travel between islands for our two separate vacation homes over a period of four months.
|We walked along this pier at the Yorkeýs Knob Boating Club.
The only other agency we've used since the onset of our travels, almost 33 months ago, has been Vacationstogo.com which has handled all of our cruises thus far.
|Many of the beaches parks we've seen thus far as uninhabited and unspoiled.
As soon as we walked into the digitally and visually contemporary agency, Flight Centre, we met Helen, who proved to be a highly competent rep. She did in 30 minutes what could have taken us days with the slow wifi. Plus, she was so fast typing on her keyboard it made my head swim.
|The Yorkeys Knob Boating Club.
Sharing this map below again provides a clearer perspective of the reason for the number of necessary flights. Its a little confusing about Suva, on the main island and Savusavu on the smaller island of Vanua Levu.
1. September 7 - Cairns to Sydney - departing at 5:30 pm, arriving at 8:15 pm - overnight at hotel in Sydney
2. September 8 - Sydney to Nadi - departing at 6:30 am, arriving at 12:20 pm
3. September 8 - Nadi to Savusavu (separate island) - departing at 2:30 pm, arriving at 3:40 pm
4. December 6 - Savusavu to Nadi - departing at 9:20 am, arriving at 10:20 am
5. January 4, 2016 - Nadi to Sydney - departing 11:15 am, arriving at 2:10 pm - overnight stay in Sydney
The next day, January 5, 2016, we'll board a 14 day cruise at Sydney Harbour to sail the continent and ultimately end in Auckland, New Zealand where we'll rent a car and drive to our vacation home where we'll live for 89 days. Whew!
At the time we booked the two islands, flight schedules were different and we wouldn't have necessarily had to stay overnight in Sydney. However, staying over at the beginning and end of this list of flights ultimately is stress relieving.
|According to local weather reports, this June has been the rainiest on record. Hopefully, now that July is here, we'll see less clouds and more sunshine.
Another issue we must face for these five flights is our overweight luggage, based on each airlines baggage policy. Qantas, handling three of the above flights doesn't charge for one checked bag each. We have a third overweight bag. There's no way to avoid this.
|Mountains surrounding the area create eye catching scenery.
Although we chose our seats on the flights that we could we haven't paid for the excess baggage as yet. Over the next 60 days, we'll continue to unload what we can from our bags and a few days before we depart, we'll weigh everything and go back to see Helen, paying for our bags with her help, which she's offered to do.
|This is a park at one entrances to Yorkeys Knob Beach.
We're glad this part is done and paid for. Now, we can return to the planning of the gaps in our schedule. As this point, we have good news to report...we know where we're going, an exciting new location and a portion of it is already booked and prepaid. The second leg of the journey is yet to be booked.
|A typical street in the Yorkeys Knob area.
Have a great Wednesday or, Thursday depending on your side of the International Dateline!
Photo from one year ago today, July 2, 2014:
|Campanario is a quaint little village in the mountains of Madeira. Although little English is spoken in the area or in much on the island in general we had a wonderful time during our stay. For more details, please click here.


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New Kosher Gym?
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January 21, 2019 4:53 pm at 4:53 pm #1665603
I am looking for frum guys who are interested in investing in a full functioning gym exclusively for men, located in Flatbush. This is just a feeler to see if there is any interest. Would love to hear from guys who currently work out seriously who would prefer an alternative to a mixed gymJanuary 21, 2019 5:27 pm at 5:27 pm #1665701
I am looking for frum guys who are interested in investing in a full functioning fast food restaurant, located in Flatbush. This is just a feeler to see if there is any interest. Would love to hear from guys who currently eat hamburgers who would prefer an alternative to MacDonald's.January 21, 2019 5:28 pm at 5:28 pm #1665696
Why did the last one close down?January 21, 2019 5:31 pm at 5:31 pm #1665720
I think people started eating healthier.January 21, 2019 6:02 pm at 6:02 pm #1665727
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too much space needed for the income ask yeled vyalda to open one in flatbush there you are not paying for the property …vehamavin yovin similar to a wedding hall in brooklyn cannot survive unless its under a mosad and you are using the basement of a yeshiva like all the atreres …..January 21, 2019 6:26 pm at 6:26 pm #1665769
How is Yeled not paying for the property?January 21, 2019 7:33 pm at 7:33 pm #1665803
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Perhaps he means property taxJanuary 21, 2019 8:07 pm at 8:07 pm #1665823
Yeled is a not-for-profit?!January 21, 2019 8:07 pm at 8:07 pm #1665825
How about considering a dual use facility that might provide a better return on your investment. A full-service "guys only" gym which is configured so it can also be used as a simcha hall. You could schedule the gym to reopen so that all the yungerleit who fress at the simcha could immediately do an hour of cardio activity to work off some of the calories.January 21, 2019 8:50 pm at 8:50 pm #1665862
A gym for men only loses half the population as potential customers and honestly alot of frum men do not work out so you would need non-jews to join in order to turn a profit.
Your best bet is a normal GYM with some seperate off peak hours, that might workJanuary 22, 2019 7:23 am at 7:23 am #1665926
My guess is The previous Kosher GYm because it got too ambitious. It moved to larger quarters at less convenient location with problem parking. I was thinking more in the lines of owners will be investors who put in a certain amount of money and then charge membership. The alternate hours didn't work for me when I went to that gym. There are a number of frum guys where I go now and it just seemed that they , like me, would feel more comfortable in an all-male gym.January 22, 2019 8:52 am at 8:52 am #1665934
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my rov told me instead of going to gym i should run to shul, and to the beis hamedrash, and learn standing up whilst holding my gemoro, whilst shockeling, as this will exercise my guf and neshama avoiding bitul zman! ive finished bava kamma already, and my biceps are looking like large sized challahs, im yirtzeh Hashem by all of youJanuary 22, 2019 8:52 am at 8:52 am #1665937
What's this business about "would feel more comfortable in an all-male gym"? Going to a non-all male gym is forbidden by Jewish law.January 22, 2019 9:13 am at 9:13 am #1665958
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Magid of Pinsk; Who is your Rav? The Pinsker Rav?January 22, 2019 9:15 am at 9:15 am #1665953
Joseph, a gym that has men's days and women's days is assur?January 22, 2019 9:17 am at 9:17 am #1665961
Thats why He "would feel more comfortable in an all-male gym"…..burning the calories w/o worrying about visual distractions and burning in gehonom. Seems like a no brainer to me.January 22, 2019 10:59 am at 10:59 am #1665973
Going to a non-all male gym is forbidden by Jewish law.
My understanding is that it's a fence, not a law.January 22, 2019 11:02 am at 11:02 am #1665976
I saw a Story of Berel Wein. Berel Like to Jog and one morning he was jogging wearing Jogging clothes and he saw Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. he was embarassed because of the way he looked and Rav Sholmo Zalman said to him NU your health is important tooJanuary 22, 2019 11:03 am at 11:03 am #1665981
RY23, attending a gym that has both genders utilizing it at the same time is prohibited by Jewish law.January 22, 2019 11:06 am at 11:06 am #1666011
RebYidd23: Of course it would be assur. A guy working out on the treadmill could be led to have inappropriate thoughts about who might have been running on that treadmill 24 hours earlier. A slippery slope to pritzus and worse.
Obviously its not assur given that Agudah and other frum mosdos have events at advertised venues highlight the fact that they provide swimming pools with separate hours for men and women. A more complex but pressing shaylah for the armchair CR poskim is whether it is mutar for men and women to play on a golf course at the same time (in separate foursomes of course).January 22, 2019 11:37 am at 11:37 am #1666069
DovidBT: Shmiras Einayim is a law not just a fence. (Even had it been a fence, fences are binding not optional.)January 22, 2019 11:37 am at 11:37 am #1666067
Is this the mens or womens section of the coffee room?January 23, 2019 9:09 am at 9:09 am #1667060
Doesn't Shmiras Einayim conflict with being a "light unto the nations"?January 23, 2019 9:59 am at 9:59 am #1667077
If it does then Shmiras Einayim unquestionably takes precedence.January 23, 2019 10:20 am at 10:20 am #1667129
Consider having the treadmills and stairmaster screens loaded with videos of a different shiiruim or perhaps even the daily learning for the daf yomi. Members of the fitness center could combine their daily learning with cardio exercise assuming they are among the lucky few who can actually read the screen while moving (something I've never been able to do even with progressive lenses).January 23, 2019 12:09 pm at 12:09 pm #1667127
I know that at some JCC's have separate male and female hours (in Baltimore the local JCC has a room that is separate for one-gender only, with separate hours for males and females = in addition to the larger fitness room which is mixed). ARE THEY ARENY INDEPENDENT "FRUM" SINGLE GENDER FITNESS FACILITIES THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED OR AT LEAST OPERATED BY FRUM ORGANIZATIONS, ANYWHERE?January 23, 2019 12:19 pm at 12:19 pm #1667170
curves in an example of a female only gym, and cuts fitness for men is male only.
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Ummm I think I left it in bed, along with the rest of the sleep I should have gotten. Thank you to my beautiful daughters who decided that 1:30 am was party time and that we should stay up until 5. Nights like that make me thankful that we have closed the door on more children, and that it only happens now and then. Today has been rough. I was groggy all day, but I am lacing up and getting my workout in, will soothe my body in a bath and then hopefully the Sandman will come early and encourage my littles to bed earlier than later.
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November Market in Old Buckenham raises money
Saturday 10 November was the time for the now well-established November Market to take place in the Old Buckenham Church Rooms. It is a reasonably low key affair but the regular bric-a-brac stall, tombola, homemade cakes, secondhand books and raffle enticed those coming along to spend their money. Many people also made a point of coming along for a light lunch of the various homemade soups that were available from midday.
The event raised the sum of £570 which will be a useful contribution to the funds needed for the maintenance of All Saints Church.
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Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, I'd like to start off with a great bit of investigative journalism that Stuff produced at the end of last year: "Private business, public failure: Inside our prisons". While it's not directly related to transport or urban policy, it has a lot to say about how our society runs. Here's an excerpt from the first of six parts:
Since this is the story of an incarceration nation, it's important to look back at where that started.
Auckland University sociologist Dr Tracey McIntosh points out that if we go right back to European settlement, there's a long history of locking up Maori. "There was a desire to incarcerate significant numbers of our people," she says.
It's a salient point, given the fact that more than half of the prison population today, is Maori.
The recent rise in prison growth begins in the mid-1970s. The muster bounced around about 2800, a rate of about 90 per 100,000 people, before New Zealand embarked on a remarkable period of emptying out cells.
By 1985, the muster was down to 2200, a rate of 67 per 100,000. Consider that if this was our rate now, we'd be on a par with Scandinavian countries praised for their low imprisonment.
Instead, between the mid-80s and the mid-2000s, the number of prison sentences handed down jumped 47 per cent. By 2007 the prison muster was about 8300.
A focus on community sentences saw numbers flatten somewhat for the next few years.
But now, prisons are a growth industry again. And the rate of imprisonment is more than 200 per 100,000.
That means more prisons cells, more prison staff – 1800 more beds at a cost of $1 billion are on the way, and there's a recruitment drive for 600 extra Corrections officers, extra staff for a department which is already the 15th biggest employer in the country.
Criminologist Dr Liam Martin, from Victoria University, says the expansion is linked directly to decisions being made on our behalf, as a country.
"The rhetoric for the past 30 or 40 years is, 'we have to build another prison to meet expected rises in the number of people we incarcerate'. But it is the Government's choices that mean the prison population is rising.
"Prison populations rise when you make choices that make them rise – restricting bail access which we've done recently, restricting parole, lengthening prisons sentences."
Read the whole series. It's a bit disturbing. But is there a better way?
Our new Prime Minister, Bill English, thinks so. As Simon Wilson reports in The Spinoff, he's been talking about 'social investment' as an alternative model: using powerful new datasets to identify opportunities to intervene early and improve people's life outcomes. This idea has caused some controversy – also in The Spinoff, Keith Ng writes about his "fear" of "Bill English's datatopia":
The alternative isn't to ignore evidence, but to consider the evidence in the context of its limitations, to weigh up conflicting information, and to look beyond what's immediately apparent. That's the part of the job that English's "12 year old" can't do. That is why we have university systems to train people in public policy. That is why what they do is complex and special.You can open up numbers to people, and a 12 year old can figure out which number is bigger, and whether the trend is going up or down. But suggesting that's how decisions get made – or even that a modern society could make real decisions like this – is just plain wrong. It's a cargo cult to believe that because policymakers have "data", therefore if you have "data" you can/are meaningfully engaging with policy.
Don't get me wrong, open data is really important. I make a living off open data. Some of my best friends are open data. And data have many uses beyond policy. But in policy, data is just an important link in a very long chain; in democracy 2.0 (or whatever version we're on now), open data is also just a link in a very long chain.
The links on either side of that chain are academics and politicians, journalists and spin-doctors, all vying to interpret that data. Opening data makes it more available to these people, and potentially makes them more effective, but it doesn't empower anyone who wasn't empowered before.
If we're to democratise policymaking, we need to democratise expertise and time. And we aren't doing that. In fact, as we advance into the brave new world of data, data expertise becomes ever more inaccessible.
Decisionmakers have rarely been technical experts, and it's always been assumed that they don't need to be – that's what briefings are for. But this isn't just a subject matter, this is the tool that we use to understand the world. A fuzzy understanding of data is a fuzzy understanding of everything that the data describes, everything that data touches.
I tend to agree with Keith about the opportunities and pitfalls. I spend a reasonable amount of time delving around in big datasets and trying to understand what they're telling me. This is not a straightforward process. Even once I've got a bunch of data and some statistical tools to analyse it with, choosing how to analyse it requires a lot of thought and, usually, a degree of practical experience with the thing I'm studying.
Forecasting models, like transport models, are much the same. Small decisions about how to design and calibrate them can have large impacts on the results, which means that model users must be well-informed about the underlying workings in order to use the results intelligently.
In other words, data analysis isn't something that you can simply outsource to a computer. It doesn't work that way. We will continue to rely upon human judgment in policymaking – with luck, supplemented and occasionally challenged by new data and better analysis.
Or perhaps I'm just protecting my own patch?
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Bloomberg View columnist Noah Smith hits upon some similar themes in a recent column: "Sometimes it's hard to explain market failures":
Lots of economic policy debates end up going like this: First, one economist or policy wonk will propose a government intervention — a minimum wage increase, a tax on sugar or subsidies for solar electricity. Another person, usually someone of a more free-market bent, will demand to know exactly which market failure justifies the intervention. A market failure, in the parlance of economics, means a situation in which free markets produce wasteful outcomes. If the advocate can't produce a theory justifying the policy, the critic claims triumph.
…I propose we minimize our use of the show-me-the-market-failure argument. Sometimes there are policies that people have tried in the past, which seem to work even though it's hard to tell exactly why. Public education is a great example. It seems to make economies more prosperous, and most economists support it, but no one can point to just why the free market doesn't educate enough people on its own. Road-building is another — there are essentially no countries with mostly private high-quality road systems, and economists struggle to explain why.
We know these government interventions work; figuring out why they work is a task for the future. Like the people who chewed tree bark to relieve pain long before the discovery of aspirin, or the engineers who used lithium-ion batteries without quite understanding the physics, sometimes it pays to go with evidence even before you have a theory in hand.
Speaking of data, a coworker recently pointed me towards an interesting website set up by MIT to understand how humans would prefer driverless cars to behave in situations where somebody must be harmed: Moral Machine. It should appeal to everyone who likes trolley problems:
Try it out! Remember, someday your responses may be used to design a machine that will kill or injure your family members!
Speaking of designing things that kill, Charles Marohn (StrongTowns) has an interesting perspective on federal infrastructure spending in the US: "Five ways federal infrastructure spending makes cities poorer". While New Zealand has a substantially different funding model, some of his points are worth considering here as well. I particularly liked:
2. Federal infrastructure spending goes primarily to the least financially productive parts of the American development pattern.
In the early days of constructing the interstate system, the return on our national infrastructure investments was very high. We were connecting places remote from each other and transforming the entire economy in the process. Those returns have steadily diminished, for obvious reasons: a community's fifth interchange, sixth mile of frontage road or seventh river crossing cannot possibly be as transformative as the first, despite costing magnitudes more.
Joe Minicozzi and the team at Urban 3 have done the most thorough job today of documenting the productive parts of the American development pattern (wealth per acre). In hundreds of cities across the country that have been modeled, the trend is clear: the newer the development the higher the cost and the lower the financial productivity.
Control of both houses of Congress is now aligned with suburban and exurban development interests, areas with the highest cost and lowest returning infrastructure investments. Small towns and urban areas — particularly when they are making better use of existing infrastructure — present far higher returning alternatives.
David Roberts at Vox has a complementary take on the same issue: We're building places that make us socially isolated and unhappy: "How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult":
Why do we form such strong friendships in high school and college and form comparatively fewer as the years go on?
I read a study many years ago that I have thought about many times since, though hours of effort have failed to track it down. The gist was that the key ingredient for the formation of friendships is repeated spontaneous contact. That's why we make friends in school — because we are forced into regular contact with the same people. It is the natural soil out of which friendship grows. […]
Say you're a family with children and you don't regularly attend church (as is increasingly common). There are basically two ways to have regular, spontaneous encounters with people. Both are rare in America.
One is living in a real place, a walkable area with lots of shared public spaces, around which one can move relatively safely and effectively without a car. It seems like a simple thing, but such places are rare even in the cities where they exist. […] Walkable communities are very difficult to find in the US, and because there is such paucity of supply relative to demand, they are expensive, accessible only to the high-income. Places where they exist tend to have absurd zoning restrictions that prevent growing them. (Our own Matt Yglesias has much to say on these issues.)
The second, even more rare, is some form of co-housing. There are many kinds of co-housing, too many to get into in this post, but my favorite, a common model in Germany, is baugruppen, or building groups… [which] are basically like condos, but with much more robust shared spaces and collective ownership rather than developer ownership. (If you want to know much more about them, passivhaus designer Mike Eliason has a seven-part series I highly recommend. He summarizes it as "private owners collaboratively building affordable multifamily projects.")
But, you know, it's not all bad. It doesn't take much to start (or improve) a community. Consider this 2014 story in the San Francisco Chronicle: "Buddha seems to bring tranquility to Oakland neighbourhood":
Dan Stevenson is neither a Buddhist nor a follower of any organized religion.
The 11th Avenue resident in Oakland's Eastlake neighborhood was simply feeling hopeful in 2009 when he went to an Ace hardware store, purchased a 2-foot-high stone Buddha and installed it on a median strip in a residential area at 11th Avenue and 19th Street.
He hoped that just maybe his small gesture would bring tranquillity to a neighborhood marred by crime: dumping, graffiti, drug dealing, prostitution, robberies, aggravated assault and burglaries.
What happened next was nothing short of stunning. Area residents began to leave offerings at the base of the Buddha: flowers, food, candles. A group of Vietnamese women in prayer robes began to gather at the statue to pray.
And the neighborhood changed. People stopped dumping garbage. They stopped vandalizing walls with graffiti. And the drug dealers stopped using that area to deal. The prostitutes went away.
I asked police to check their crime statistics for the block radius around the statue, and here's what they found: Since 2012, when worshipers began showing up for daily prayers, overall year-to-date crime has dropped by 82 percent. Robbery reports went from 14 to three, aggravated assaults from five to zero, burglaries from eight to four, narcotics from three to none, and prostitution from three to none.
There's probably a lot more that we can do to make our places more neighbourly. In the New York Times, Christophere Mele writes about a new trend: repair cafes:
If you've ever despaired of getting your vacuum cleaner fixed or thought that your broken lamp was a lost cause, there's hope. A worldwide movement is trying to reform our throwaway approach to possessions.
The movement's foundation is the Repair Cafe, a local meeting place that brings together people with broken items and repair coaches, or volunteers, with the expertise to fix them. […]
The cafes invite people to bring their "beloved but broken" possessions to the gatherings, which are hosted in church basements, libraries, town halls and senior centers. The cafes make no guarantees that items will be fixed.
"All we can guarantee is that you will have an interesting time," Mr. Wackman said.
How are you going to make your neighbourhood – or your whole city – better this year?


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