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2811 Tieton Drive,
Yakima, WA 98902
Campus Master Plan
Memorial's campus master plan is designed to meet the expanding health care needs of Yakima in the years to come. On this page you will find not only those plans but also avenues for you to continue to provide us feedback as we move forward with our plan.
Why a Campus Master Plan?
The Yakima Valley is a growing community and health care technology is changing at an ever-increasing rate. That's why Virginia Mason Memorial has developed a Campus Master Plan to assure our community has the capacity to meet its future medical needs. We collaborated with our neighbors and created a 30-year Campus Master Plan that meets the needs of our community and our neighbors.
Memorial has been serving the health needs of the community since 1950. Since then, Virginia Mason Memorial has grown and evolved to meet the needs of the growing Yakima Valley communities. This is evidenced by the fact that when the original hospital building was built on Tieton Drive it was actually located outside the City of Yakima! Over time in an effort to continue to serve the needs of the community, the Hospital has added new services, renovated the original facilities, and constructed new facilities on the main campus and at satellite locations throughout Yakima County. Today, Memorial is a 225-bed, not-for-profit hospital with more than 130,000 patient visits annually. Our service area now includes more than 250,000 people and that number is expected to increase as the community grows.
In response to rapid changes in the field of health care and a realization that the main campus was reaching its capacity, the Board of Directors authorized an assessment of future needs and the preparation of a Master Plan to guide the growth and development of the Hospital through the year 2040. The goals for the master planning process included:
1. Prepare a Campus Master Plan to guide growth and development activities through the year 2040.
- Provide meaningful opportunities for public review and comment.
- Fix the campus boundaries.
- Prioritize future improvements and establish a Phasing Plan to guide future construction.
- Provide certainty to neighboring property owners and City Planners.
- Facilitate stream-lined permitting and construction activities.
2. Create an aesthetically pleasing and highly functional campus environment.
- Create a main entrance to the campus from Tieton Drive.
- Create an integrated, internal circulation system for emergency vehicles, cars, and pedestrians.
- Provide sufficient parking on-site in conveniently located, covered parking facilities and surface parking lots.
- Provide sustainable landscaped buffers and walkways.
- Maintain transit service.
3. Remain a good neighbor.
- Control vehicular access to the campus to reduce traffic in the Bare-Chestnut Neighborhood.
- Provide landscaped buffers and visual screening based on input provided by the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association.
- Maintain the human scale of buildings.
- Limit noise and lighting impacts.
History of the Campus Master Plan Process
The Virginia Mason Memorial Master Planning process was initiated in 2004 under the zoning regulations in effect at that time, and drafts of the Master Plan were presented to the public early in 2005. The City of Yakima subsequently determined that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) would be required for the proposed Master Plan and a public scoping process was initiated. The scope of the EIS was established by the City, and the Hospital retained a team of consultants to prepare a Draft EIS. During this period the Hospital conducted three Community Conversation Forums to inform the neighbors of the draft development plans of the hospital and to explore the preliminary findings of the environmental impact studies. Prior to the distribution of this environmental document it was mutually agreed by the parties involved that a new or more innovative approach to processing and implementing the plans of the Hospital would be beneficial. At the request of the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association, Virginia Mason Memorial agreed to delay the submittal of the Draft EIS. During this period a public process was initiated to review and refine proposed amendments to the Yakima Urban Area Zoning Code to establish an Institutional Overlay Zoning District to facilitate the public review and approval of a Campus Master Plan to guide the future growth and development of large scale institutions such as Virginia Mason Memorial. Also during this period, representatives of the Hospital met on a regular basis with the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association to review and revise the Campus Master Plan for the hospital campus.
In 2007 the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association (BCNA) submitted a traffic calming plan to the City of Yakima. This plan led to the initiation of supporting studies by the City and discussions with the regarding strategies to control traffic, particularly pending the approval of the Campus Master Plan and the anticipated closing of the Hospital campus. The amendments to the Yakima Urban Area Zoning Code establishing the Institutional Overlay Zoning District was approved by the Yakima City Council in September 2008 and the Hospital subsequently reinitiated the master planning process in accordance with the provisions of the amended City Code. As a part of the new master planning process, the Hospital conducted public meetings on the draft Campus Master Plan in December of 2008 and in May of 2009. In addition, numerous discussions were conducted with the City Staff assigned to the project, and a pre-application meeting with the City's Development Review Team was conducted in April of 2009. Also during 2009, Hospital staff initiated a series of meetings with the Landscaping Committee of the Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Association and a landscape architect to develop conceptual ideas for the campus landscape.
As a result of these meetings and discussions, the Hospital further revised the Campus Master Plan and voluntarily agreed to prepare an updated environmental impact statement. In addition to measures to minimize potential adverse impacts that were incorporated into the design of the Campus Master Plan, the Hospital proposed to voluntarily implement several mitigating measures that were identified in the technical studies and previous environmental documents.
After submitting the Campus Master Plan application on September 8, 2009, a multi-faceted public review process was initiated. The review process was comprehensive and is summarized below:
September 8, 2009 Memorial submitted Campus Master Plan application
November 9, 2009 Campus Master Plan application deemed complete by City Planning Division
November 10, 2009 City of Yakima issued Notice of Determination and EIS Scoping
December 10, 2009 City of Yakima issued Notice of Determination of Final Scoping
May 28, 2010 City of Yakima issued the Notice of Application, Request for public Comment and Availability of planned Action Draft Environmental impact Statement (DEIS).
October 1, 2010 City of Yakima issued Final planned Action Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
October 28, 2010 City of Yakima Hearing Examiner conducted an open public hearing to consider the Campus Master Plan.
November 12, 2010 City of Yakima Hearing Examiner issued recommendation of approval to Yakima City Council
December 7, 2010 Yakima City Council conducted closed record public hearing and votes 7-0 to approve Campus Master Plan.
January 18, 2011 Yakima City Council approves both the Institutional Overlay Planned Action Ordinance and Right-of-Way Vacation Ordinance with a vote of 7-0.
January 18, 2011 Yakima City Council conducts open public hearing on Barge-Chestnut Neighborhood Associations Traffic Calming Plan and Memorial's Master Planned Development - Development Agreement. Both items are approved with a vote of 7-0.
Overview of the Campus Master Plan
The Campus Master Plan is a 30-year plan that anticipates the maximum potential growth for the Hospital. The campus will be expanded in phases only when additional capacity is needed and funds are available. At full build-out, the campus will consist of twelve structures, including additions to the main hospital facility, new and expanded medical office buildings, support buildings and associated off-street parking including covered parking structures. New and expanded structures are:
- Hospital Building: 775,528 square feet.
- West Pavilion I: 72,555 square feet.
- West Pavilion II: 50,000 square feet.
- Early Learning Center: 12,000 square feet.
- North Pavilion I: 100,000 square feet.
- East Pavilion I: 50,000 square feet.
- Rainier House (Human Resources): 2,039 square feet.
- Parking Garage 1 (PG-1): 283,745 square feet.
- Parking Garage 2 (PG-2): 99,248 square feet.
- Parking Garage 3 (PG-3): 88,274 square feet.
- Parking Garage 4a (PG-4a): 283,230 square feet.
- Parking Garage 4b (PG-4b): 282,230 square feet.
- Total off-street parking: 4,149 spaces.
See the Campus Master Plan at full build-out »
Campus Master Plan Design and Compatibility Features
Access and Circulation
Making campus roadways and pedestrian pathways more efficient is a vital part of the Campus Master Plan. Transit ways, campus infrastructure, pedestrian spaces, and open space will be physically connected to provide efficient and attractive linkages. The overall transportation plan includes the development of a loop road that will run through campus. The primary objectives include the separation of patient, employee, and emergency vehicles from commercial vehicles; appropriate distribution of parking areas throughout campus; and development of landscaped pedestrian walkways that capitalizes on the park-like campus setting and enhanced way finding
Parking garages will be constructed in phases as the campus facilities expand. Compact, structured parking will replace most of the existing surface parking in order to open up land for more green space and future building construction. The surface parking that will remain on site will continue to be used by hospital staff, patients, and visitors. The parking garages will be screened from the adjacent neighborhood through the use of increased setbacks, significant, dense landscaping that differs in variety and type, landscape berms, trellis systems or screen walls with climbing vines, low-level lighting, and the incorporation of rooftop elements, such as decks, patios, or gardens with pedestrian-scale elements, such as railings, benches, and light poles. Click to see image
Pedestrian Access
Site entrances will be clearly identifiable and visible from the street, allowing for an approachable environment and a sense of association with the surrounding neighborhood. Entrances will be utilized by both pedestrians and bicycle traffic, and will provide easy access to the pedestrian trail loop, primary employee sidewalks, and the primary bike path. There will be a total of five campus access points. Pedestrian traffic will have the ability to access the YVMH campus from S 28th Avenue at W Walnut Street, S 30th Avenue at W Chestnut Avenue, and from two points on S 31st Avenue at W Chestnut Avenue and at Tieton Drive. West Chestnut Avenue is currently classified as a City bike route, and it is anticipated that bike traffic coming into and leaving campus will utilize this route. As a result, the primary bike path access into campus will be from S 30th Avenue from W Chestnut Avenue. Separation of the pedestrian from vehicular and bicycle traffic will be accomplished through several elements on site, such as the installation of sidewalks, separation of pedestrian and bike paths, incorporation of pedestrian walking paths within the landscape buffers, and the pedestrian sky bridge.
The Campus Master Plan will create new, quality open spaces and renovate existing spaces in a manner that will emphasize the importance of open space to the image, organization, reputation, and quality of the campus environment. The preliminary landscaping concepts include sustainable landscaping that is compatible with the local climate, pedestrian paths, and open space as a way to screen the adjacent residential properties from the campus. With an exterior focus on the character of the neighborhood, and an inward focus on healing environments, landscape berms and plant variety will provide opportunities to create private settings within the campus through patios, common gardens and pathways, meadows, and riparian woods.
Appropriate levels of lighting will be provided in order to promote visual interest and a sense of security for people on the campus during the evening hours. Lighting will be incorporated into building facades, overhead canopies, around site furniture, in landscaped areas, and in or on site signage; and will be similar in design to what currently exists on campus. It is anticipated that all new lighting will be designed in accordance with "Dark Sky" principles that promotes safety while minimizing the potential for adverse impacts on neighboring properties. It is further anticipated that the existing lighting on campus will be reviewed for compatibility with these "Dark Sky" principles and that appropriate conversions or modifications will be made in conjunction with proposed development activities over the life of the Campus Master Plan.
Aesthetic Considerations
The campus facilities are an amalgamation of buildings that have evolved and expanded over time. The architectural style that has developed since the 1950s will be continued throughout the implementation of this Campus Master Plan. There is a strong cohesiveness to the existing structures, with similarities in the use of exterior materials, masonry, concrete accents, and glass and window treatments. Future development will adhere to the same concepts-the use of similar materials, color, texture, details, proportions, and construction methods of future development-in order to maintain, preserve, and complement the identity of the campus.
Initial Phase 1 Construction Plans
Our initial effort to make the Campus Master Plan a reality will be to close the campus and begin basic site changes to prepare for future construction. Although major expansion is still several years away, our plans for 2011 and 2012 include:
- Closing the campus
- Installation of a traffic diverter at 28th Ave and Walnut St.
- Closing 30th Ave to through traffic
- Closing 29th Ave to through traffic
- Initial landscaping in areas not impacted by future construction.
Contacts and resources
The following is a list of key contacts for questions and comments on the Campus Master Plan. The list includes:
- Personal Contact: Jim Aberle, Vice President-Support Services 575-8681
- E-mail us your thoughts at email@example.com
- Leave us a message on our comment line at 575-8820
City of Yakima Contacts
A complete list of contacts for the City of Yakima is available at the following Web site: ci.yakima.wa.us/contacts/depthead.asp »
The City of Yakima
129 N. Second St.
Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: 575-6000
Web site: www.ci.yakima.wa.us
Other resources
Return to this page regularly, as Memorial will provide additional material as it becomes available on its Campus Master Plan.


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On my commute to work this morning, over the din of chattering businesspeople and the train whizzing through the tunnel, I heard a man listening, and pleasantly bopping along, to Men at Work's "Down Under." Initially, I felt like bopping right along with him, that familiar, infectious rhythm making me smile despite myself. After a couple stops, it got me thinking about the lawsuit brought against the band in 2009 for allegedly using several bars of the Australian folklore song "The Kookaburra Song" in the melody of their international pop hit without permission. Never a missed chance to ruminate on copyright infringement!
The music industry is replete with these sorts of hairsplitting accusations that dominate the world of rights and permissions, a vital part of any creative endeavor.
When Lady Gaga released her highly anticipated single "Born This Way" from her most recent album of the same name in February, the crowd went wild. The internet was inundated with people wanting to give their thoughts on the pop maven's newest musical venture – they loved it, hated it, idolized her, thought she had gone too far. The most echoed of the voices, though, was the claim that the song copied its melodic structure from reigning pop queen Madonna's "Express Yourself." Critics had a field day with this. Suddenly everyone was listening to the two songs back to back to see if they could spot the similarities. After giving both songs a very thorough listen, I have to say, I have a clear favorite, but I also can't quite make out the supposed rip off. Gaga agrees.
But don't just take my word for it. Check them out for yourself and see if you can find merit to this allegation littering the web.
Madonna – "Express Yourself"
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
So what does Madonna have to say about all of this? After all, she and co-writer/producer Stephen Bray do hold the copyright for the iconic anthem released in 1989. Do they feel their artistic integrity and legal rights have been infringed upon? At this point, it's hard to say. CNN reported shortly after the release of Lady Gaga's contentious single that though Gaga told Jay Leno she received an email from Madonna's representatives sending along the pop veteran's love and support, those same reps claimed to have never told Gaga anything. The world may never know.
This brings up an interesting question of the difference between simply using someone else's work as inspiration while making nods to their style and downright copying. Critics find Cee Lo Green's "Bright Lights Bigger City" to be reminiscent of the much-beloved "Billie Jean," something which doesn't seem to bother the fans at all. In fact, sampling of beats, loops, and whole sections of other artists' songs has been a popular form of music creation for decades. Take a look at Gregg Michael Gillis, better known by his stage name Girl Talk. He's made an entire career out of doing just that. (One of the oldest songs using this mashup style was recorded in 1956 by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman, then known as "break-in," a hilarious predecessor to the now insanely popular music genre.)
The real question here is: is all of this legal? And if it is, should it not be?
Girl Talk's label Illegal Art assures that the musician is operating fully within his rights under a Creative Commons license, and even provides an exhaustive list of all the songs, and their respective artists, sampled in his latest album on their website.
Men At Work, however, were not quite as lucky. Larrkin Music Publishing, who owns the rights to "The Kookaburra Song" filed suit against Ron Strykert and Colin Hay, the two Men At Work who wrote the song, as well as their former record label. The men were said to have reproduced a "substantial portion" of the old folklore song, and had thus infringed upon Larrkin's executive rights. After a lengthy appeals process, Larrkin eventually won out on the grounds that the 1981 hit did, in fact, reproduce a noticeable part of the old song, which I believe to be the right decision. Take a listen and see.
"The Kookaburra Song"
Men At Work – "Down Under"
That offending flute, which is so recognizable in the unofficial Australian anthem, clearly plays out the melody of this childhood tune.
I'm all for artistic interpretation and using great works that came before you as inspiration for your own form of expression, but does that mean we should do away with copyrights altogether? Do they stifle creativity?
I think quite the opposite, actually. Copyrights allow for the people who spent the time, energy and mind power on an original project to receive the acknowledgement (and compensation) for their work, especially if it's benefiting the population enough to warrant imitation.

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May 10, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service has "apologized" for harassing patriot and Tea Party groups, the Associated Press reports today.
The political groups were inappropriately flagged for additional reviews during the 2012 election to determine if they were in violation of their tax-exempt status. The IRS searched for the words "patriot" and "tea party" in applications.
Lois Lerner, who oversees the IRS unit on tax-exempt groups, said the federal government tax agency had singled out patriot groups for special treatment after complaints the agency asked the groups an inordinate number of questions to justify their tax-exempt status.
The harassment is reminiscent of COINTELPRO tactics used by the government. Beginning in the late 1950s, the FBI enlisted the IRS to conduct selective tax audits of political organizations and individuals, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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Police Blotter: Terrain park thief
Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office. All individuals named are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Breckenridge Ski Resort lost 12 signs, 25 poles and a roll of blue fencing to an ambitious terrain park thief March 28, according to a Breckenridge police report.
Resort employees told authorities the items were last seen around the time the resort closed on March 27 and were gone at opening the following morning, according to the report.
The signs were valued between $800 and $1,000, the report stated. The blue poles cost $475 and the fencing was valued at $50.
Four additional signs were also reported missing from Peak 9, the report stated. Authorities had no leads at the time of the report.
A woman seen loading a backpack with food and personal items at a local grocery store was ticketed for shoplifting March 29, according to a report from the Breckenridge Police Department.
Store employees told authorities they had noticed the woman in the store before acting suspiciously but had never caught her stealing anything.
On the afternoon of March 29, an employee said he saw her load up a basket and take it with her into the bathroom in the store, the report stated. He asked a store manager to go into the bathroom as well to see what she was doing. The manager reported seeing the woman moving the items from the basket into the backpack on the floor of one of the stalls.
When the woman came out of the stall, the manager told authorities she asked her what she was doing and the woman reportedly started crying and admitted she intended to steal the items, according to the report.
The woman allegedly told authorities money was tight because it was the end of the season and that she was trying to get food for her father, according to details included in the report.
The items included a hair color kit, cat food, lotion and several food products, totally roughly $75, according to the report.
The woman was trespassed from the store for 60 days and ticketed for shoplifting.
A store in Breckenridge appeared to have been broken into March 31, though nothing appeared to have been stolen, according to a report from the Breckenridge Police Department.
Police responded after an intrusion alarm sounded in the Main Street shop and found footsteps leading up to a back doors, which left cracked open. The window of the door was broken as well, according to the report.
Authorities didn't find anyone inside the building, but the shop was left in disarray, with racks of close knocked on the floor. The cash register drawer was open with no money in it, the report stated.
The owner said nothing appeared to be missing and the empty cash drawer was normally left open at the end of the night, according to the report.
A man with cuts on his hands and forearms who appeared heavily intoxicated was found nearby lying in a snowbank. He told authorities he had been wandering around the streets looking for a place to stay and was very cold, but didn't have any memory of having entered the shop, according to the report.
He was transported to the hospital, where authorities reportedly contacted him the following morning.
He said he had been out drinking and his friends had left him when he began behaving badly. He didn't remember anything about the night before except being in the snowbank and then being placed in the back of an ambulance.
He did not remember entering any buildings to warm up and did not know how he'd gotten the cuts and scrapes on his hands. He was not charged.
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Obama's BAM Project Becomes BRAIN Initiative
At his State of the Union address nearly two months ago, President Obama announced plans for the Brain Activity Map (BAM) project (see The Nerve blog Part 1 and Part 2), a billion-dollar ten-year research initiative to gain a better understanding of the brain and to provide deeper insights into diseases like Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
On Tuesday, April 2nd, the President announced that he plans to include the BAM project – now termed the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative – in his 2014 budget proposal. The director of the NIH, Dr. Francis Collins, notes that one of the major goals of the project is to simultaneously sample from many neurons in real-time. Although existing technology can measure the activities of single neurons and of brain regions, it cannot measure those of circuits. Because existing technology has not yet advanced to a level that allows such complex analysis, the BRAIN initiative will be initially funded $100 million for the year of 2014 to develop and advance neuroscience technologies. Yearly negotiations will take place to determine future funding.
In light of the Obama Administration's decision to commit $3 billion over 10 years to NIH's Brain Activity Map project, we thought it may be important to go back to our roots.
Who are we? This is the ultimate question posed by all of Western thinking and perhaps NIH's Brain Activity Map is the culmination of our efforts. The goal of the project, in a nutshell, is "mapping the activity of every neuron in the human brain in 10 years." Absurd, outrageous, momentous, profound! Okay, so when did we decide that this was possible, or even that we should try? In their modern form, these beliefs spring from a movement in cognitive science called Connectionism.
Thank you, President O-BAM-A! Yours truly, the Neuroscience Community
Whether you've read an article, listened to the radio, watched the news, or heard from a friend, I'm sure you already know that President Obama and his administration have been planning to enrich our future as mind and brain enthusiasts. However, if you have been under a rock, studying for midterms, or working (way too much), you may be asking – how? Well, do you know the whole Human Genome Project thing? How it revolutionized genetics? Just like geneticists who were able to map the complete human genome by 2003, neuroscientists will be given the goal of more fully understanding the human brain by building a map of its activity.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
It appears you are attempting to connect your iOS devices via a Wifi access point on the WAN side of your Core. However the wifi access point must be on the LAN side as with all other Orbiters or MD's.
This did the trick.Not very logical to me, but it works...thanks!!!
Andrew,To clarify, I switch the iPod / iPhone to the internal network before trying to connect via the internal interface. Similarly, I switch to the external network before trying to connect via the external interface.Regards,Avner
I would suggest that you post some screen shots (from inside Web Admin) showing the settings you have for your proxy orbiters etc. I'm thinking you must have a setting wrong somewhere.


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Sheep is a part of Eid celebration because this cute innocent animal is the symbol of Abraham's sacrifice towards Allah. The story of Eid festival tells that when Abraham offered his son to Allah with open heart to present his faith in God and follow his god's order. He passed the test of Allah and with a magic of Allah sheep replaced the son and that's why the flesh of sheep is considered as the fruit or blessings from Allah. Here, we are presenting Eid Mubarak By A Sheep to let this white sheep be part of Eid wishes.
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Kurt Nimmo
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Evidence indicates that the ATF not only provided weapons to Mexican drug cartels and gangs but also trafficked guns to criminal gangs in Honduras, including the murderous MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, known to work with the Sinaloa drug cartel.
Sinaloa, the largest drug trafficking organization operating in Mexico, has worked closely with Wacovia Bank. Last March, the bank revealed in court it had laundered nearly $400 million through a network of exchange houses, or casas de cambio, between 2004 and 2007.
MS-13 is known for it brutality, including the murder of 28 Hondurans when gang members sprayed a bus with automatic gunfire in 2004.
New revelations about the federal operation – dubbed Castaway – came to light after Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and acting ATF Director Ken Melson.
"In recent days, it has come to light that the ATF and DOJ have participated in the act of 'gun walking' beyond the acts conducted within the scope of 'Operation Fast and Furious,'" Bilirakis wrote to Holder and Melson.
The story broke on July 6 when journalists Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea ran a story on Operation Castaway in The Examiner.
"Virginia O'Brien, Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious, it was reported to these correspondents this evening via private correspondence from a proven credible source," the journalists wrote.
The ATF did not respond to the story when it was posted on July 6. The information also found its way to Chairman Darrell Issa of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Member Charles Grassley.
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The corporate media has yet to give Operation Castaway the coverage so far afforded to Operation Fast & Furious.
Media Matters, the propaganda operation funded by the globalist George Soros, claims reportage on the growing scandal is some sort of right-wing conspiracy and defends the mendacity of government bureaucrats who have made excuses for the illegal operations.
Obama has said AG Holder was not aware of Fast & Furious, so it is safe to assume the Holder and the Justice Department will claim they know nothing about Operation Castaway as well.
As noted by Joseph Alan Sanchez writing for Infowars.com on Tuesday, the U.S. has shipped weapons south of the border for over a decade.
"For at least a decade now, covert operation specialist Celerino 'Cele' Castillo III has been telling the world that the U.S. has been shipping guns south of the border on a regular basis as a sidebar to revelations of drug running from South America into North America. And now in the summer of 2011, the BATF is under fire for observing the sale and distribution of machine guns into Mexico. Congressional testimony in recent months is revealing a calculated plan called Operation Fast and Furious," writes Sanchez.
Adding weight to Castillo's accusation, one of the kingpins of the infamous Los Zetas drug running gang, Rejón Aguilar, told Mexican federal police earlier this month that the group purchased its weapons directly from U.S. government officials.
For his truth telling efforts and his Iran Contra whistleblowing, Castillo was convicted in 2008 on federal charges of dealing firearms without a license in a case marked by numerous irregularities and peculiar coincidences that raised the specter of a frame-up.
Despite the denials, congressional Republicans believe the Fast & Furious scandal reaches the highest levels of the Justice Department.
They have asked the attorney general's office to turn over a sweeping trove of emails, documents and other material to determine Washington's role in the "reckless" operation that allowed U.S. semiautomatic weapons to flow to Mexican drug cartels, according to the Los Angeles Times.
It should be obvious by now that the ATF is a renegade federal agency. Hearings should be held immediately calling for its decertification and the systematic disarming of its agents.
"Let's transform them back into the stamp clerks (suitable for affixing labels on wine and whiskey bottles) that they once were. Then the only harm they can inflict on the body politic would be paper cuts," writes Charles Heller, Executive Director of Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership.
"Take away their badges. Badges are symbols of honor from a country as great as ours. BATFE Agents can carry business cards, like any other overpaid, tax consuming, foot dragging bureaucrat. Let's convert these morally challenged individuals from jackboots to fur boots, or at least gumshoes without guns," Heller concludes.
In addition to providing weapons to violent drug cartels favored by bankers, the Fast & Furious operation was cooked up to make it appear Americans legally selling firearms are engaged in criminal activity.
Democrats have wasted little time blaming the Second Amendment for the violence spawned by Mexican drug cartels and gangs using weapons provided by the U.S. government.
In June, Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings, tried to affix blame on law-abiding Americans.
His effort, however, was doomed to failure – at least in the "rightwing" media singled out by Media Matters and its patron, George Soros – when news of the complicity of the Obama administration, the Justice Department, and a renegade ATF hit the streets.
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constructive feedback makes him an ideal fit. Here's my playlist containing the full show (Adam's part starts at the 37 minute mark), extended critiques and finally, the contestants' opinions about Adam as a judge.
The task for the week is to put together a look for an unsigned scruffy-looking hirsute band called the Sheepdogs, whose appearance is worlds apart from Adam's dapper image and his sharp glamorous form-fitting ensembles. Adam is a musician who also lives and breathes fashion. We wouldn't have been as hooked as we were during his AI run had he not tailored his styling to suit each and every performance. How many of us wondered what he would be wearing and compulsively tuned in to see his outfits every week? How many of us studied what he was wearing at the start of the show to try to guess what kind of performance he would put in? How many of us fell into his Ring of Fire after staring at that zip? I'm sure you can still remember every single one of those outfits. If anyone knows how to use fashion to enhance a performance and captivate an audience, it's Adam. Unfortunately though, the Sheepdogs don't get a miraculous Adam makeover, which would've made for unmissable TV, but stay close to their style.
A few things of note from the videos: Adam's little gasp of delight as Heidi Klum introduces him as a "fashion forward musician"; the sunshine laughter he brings onto the set; introducing the angle of the musicians' movement and how the clothing can enhance it; respectfully not trying too hard to steal the spotlight through finding inventive ways of dissing the clothes; his expression revealing his wholehearted approval of making men's clothes sexy.
Overall, Adam gave useful feedback and did a fantastic job without being bitchy, which the contestants' comments support. Wonder how long we'll have to wait for his own collection... I can't wait!


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Portal APK by NVIDIA SHIELD Partners. As featured in TegraZone and winner of over 70 industry awards and 95% MetaCritic score, Portal is available on NVIDIA SHIELD.
Portal is a hybrid of FPS and puzzle style gaming that creates a new genre of spatial brain teasers, offering hours of totally unique gameplay. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories and noted for its humorous writing, the game requires player to solve puzzles and challenges by opening portals, maneuvering objects, and moving themselves through space in ways that used to be impossible.
Playing Portal today will teach you how to love a "companion cube", whether a computer named GLaDOS really wants you dead, and why your friends keep telling you
"The cake is a lie".
Play it on NVIDIA SHIELD.


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post from August 2010 as registration continues for my new workshop on public speaking and presenting for introverts. Scheduled for November 27 in Washington, DC, the workshop's content and format are designed with introverts' needs and preferences in mind. I hope you can join me for this special training session, and that you'll share it with your friends and colleagues.)
My checklist to prepare the whole speaker is one of this blog's most popular posts of all time. But many readers have asked me whether they need to do anything differently because they're introverted speakers. I think they do, so I've remodeled the checklist just for them. Some questions are the same, and some have added considerations for introverts; I've also created a special section on audience interactions, because those often don't allow the planning that makes introverts more comfortable. The principle behind it remains the same: To succeed as a speaker, you need to prepare the whole speaker for your presentation, not just one or two parts of yourself.
This type of preparation is great for all speakers, but utterly essential for introverts to feel more comfortable when speaking, be it in a meeting or a major speech. Introverts, how many of these preparations are on your checklist? Do you have any to add that you find helpful? Leave a note in the comments section.
Do I know what the audience wants from me?
Is that what I'm going to give them? Do my goals match theirs? If not, why am I speaking to them? How will I reach them?
What do I want to get out of this speaking experience?
Do I intend to engage the audience? Do I just want them to listen? Do I intend to get them to act on something?
Can I "fake it until I make it" when it comes to projecting confidence?
What do I need to include or exclude to meet my intentions and those of the audience?
Have I allowed extra time in advance to plan my content and practice it so I'm more comfortable?
How can I put my facts across persuasively? What are my data, ideas, proofs?
What emotion or personal experience can I add to the mix? Am I comfortable sharing this publicly?
Is there content the audience can contribute? Am I comfortable with them sharing their insights? Should I welcome others talking so I don't always have to?
Am I focused and ready? Do I feel prepared? If I'm telling myself I won't succeed, can I silence that voice?
If not, what am I anxious about? What's the worst thing that could happen? How will I deal with it?
What are 3 successful things I've done before that I can use again this time?
Have I considered the advantages that introverts have because of the way they "think first, talk later?"
What are 3 things I'd like to improve this time, based on previous speaking experiences?
How and where will I fit those into my presentation?
Am I prepared with breathing exercises or other ways to stay calm?
What will help me relax and focus?
Audience Interactions
Can I be comfortable handling Q&A without feeling challenged whenever a question is asked? Have I reviewed the 17 reasons to welcome audience questions?
Can I find out what I need to learn from the audience in a way that makes me comfortable? Does that mean getting questions submitted online, or standing at the door so I can greet people one-on-one first, rather than "meeting" them all at once?
Have I thought through events that may challenge all my assumptions about this speech? Do I know what I'll say and do if no one agrees with me, or if someone gets angry?
Am I setting myself up for more probing questions or challenges from the audience that will make me feel uncomfortable or under attack?
Am I ready to roll with whatever situation arrives, with calm and good humor? Or am I going to give up, get scared or withdraw?
Will I feel more comfortable during Q&A if I can walk up to the questioner, so it feels like I'm speaking one-on-one? Will that be possible, given the room setup? Can I make that happen?
Do I know how to use time-buying phrases and an active listening stance during Q&A so I have a little time to think about my answer?
Should I plan to spend more time talking to audience members one-on-one after my talk, rather than take most questions from the stage, if that would feel more comfortable?
Have I planned some down time after the presentation, so that I can regroup and recover without others around?
Have I taken care of the basics? Am I rested, fed, hydrated, stretched out, relaxed?
I need to spend 10 minutes before the speech attending to breathing and stretching. Can I find a convenient stairwell, hallway or restroom where I can do that in private?
Am I wearing clothes and shoes that are comfortable enough to help me stand and move as needed?
If I don't feel well, what do I need to change to get through my speech successfully?
Have I thought about how I will gesture, move, sit or stand during the course of the presentation? Are those movements planned or random? Do they help underscore my points?
Is my posture straight but relaxed? Are my shoulders hunched? Am I centered at my core?
Am I inadvertently clenching anything--teeth, hands, shoulders, neck? Why?
Are my clothes clean, pressed and mended? Do they fit me?
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? Have I rehearsed my movements while wearing my intended outfit?
Am I using color to my advantage? Will it help me stand out in the setting? Can I get over the fact that I'll be standing out and noticeable?
Is there anything about my outfit that will distract me? Distract my audience?
If I plan to gesture, have I removed rings and bracelets?
If I'm standing behind a lectern, have I focused attention near my face? What from my outfit will be seen in that setting?
Technology and the unexpected
Do I know how my own technology works?
If I'm soft-spoken, do I have an adequate microphone and sound system to help me?
Do I have any adapters, cords or batteries I may need? Am I making the mistake of assuming there will be technical help?
Can I give my presentation even if all the technology fails? Can I speak without my slides? Since extemporaneous speaking may not be my strong suit, what's my backup plan--written notes? more practice?
Do I have plans B, C and D ready?
Have I seen the room and the available technology ahead of time, or do I need to show up early to do that? Am I prepared for how it feels to be on that stage, with that large or small an audience?
Is the room too hot, cold or noisy? Have I asked the facility staff for help fixing that before my talk?
Introverted speakers: Check out my November 27 workshop on public speaking and presenting for introverts. Registration is open until November 16 or when all seats are filled, but you'll get a good discount if you register by November 2.


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HOW WE WILL EXPLORE THE MOON (Jun, 1959)
I love this. The 3 page description of how man will explore the moon includes this crucial fact: "Movies may be shown, if desired."
An original MI design by FRANK TINSLEY
EARTHMEN who land on the moon will need a special lunar vehicle for exploration. The vehicle must be self-sustaining and capable of traversing both the smooth, dust-paved crater beds and climbing the steep rocky passes of their mountainous rims.
Mi's design for this difficult job is a giant Moon Explorer unicycle with a spherical body mounted inside its rolling rim and composed almost entirely of inflated fabric parts. These constitute the lightest possible structure and can be easily disassembled and deflated for storage.
The Moon Explorer is 32 ft. high. It is driven by electric motors and stabilized and steered by gyroscopic tilting. Power is derived from a circular "parasol" faced with solar batteries that always face the sun. Those atop the disc are of the light-actuated type. The bottom units are thermal generators, extracting electricity from reflected ground heat. This arrangement uses every inch of area and constitutes a simple, long-lived generator with no moving parts. It not only produces free power but also serves to shield the vehicle's body from the burning rays of the unfiltered lunar sun. Despite its large size, the parasol is extremely light in weight. It consists of an envelope of thin, inflated fabric, stiffened by internal spokes and a rim of inflated tubing. It is carried above the wheel tread on four light magnesium legs and mounted on a ball-joint so it can be tilted to any angle. An electric eye, linked to gyros in the hub, controls its movements automatically.
The rotating wheel is a self-driving tire. It is made of inflated tubes, faced on the outside with a cleated tread and on the inside with driving lugs. The wheel is driven by inflated terra-tire units, powered by internally mounted electric motors and is kept in place by inflated ball-bearing guides. The bottom five power units act as drivers and the upper three as idlers. All are fitted with motors and are interchangeable. They are mounted on light metal frames which carry power and air-cooling lines into them through the axles. A spare wheel is carried around the vehicle's body, inflated to act as a bumper in traversing narrow defiles, etc. For convenience in assembling, these wheel units are built in two sections, joined by belt-lacing type fasteners.
The Explorer's body is a double-walled sphere of plasticized fabric, reinforced by floors and vertical tubing. The tough outer skin is designed to resist cosmic dust and the abrasions of ordinary wear and tear. Its exterior is radiantly painted for maximum visibility. The inner skin is stressed to take the normal atmospheric pressures of earth. Between these walls is insulation to protect against heat, cold and harmful radiation.
Lightweight floors of honeycomb structure divide the interior into three decks. The upper level, enclosed in clear plastic, is the operating and surveying bridge. It is ringed with instrument panels and fitted with searchlights, mapping cameras, etc. On either side of a central well connecting all levels, are seats for the commander and driver. These have a clear view in all directions.
Around the rim of the bridge deck, partially exposed to the sun, is a three-tube hydroponic garden in which algae are grown in a circulating nutrient solution.
This installation operates on the principle of the balanced aquarium, absorbing carbon-dioxide, moisture and body wastes given off by the crew, and producing fresh oxygen in its place. The algae multiply at a rapid rate and, having a high protein food value, are used in conjunction with other rations. The vehicle thus produces its own fresh air and food.
The middle deck contains living quarters. There is ample room for the crew of six. A bathroom and galley are conveniently located and supplies of concentrated food are stored here. Books, record players and TV—picked up from earth satellites—provide recreation. Movies may be shown, if desired.
The lower deck is the hold. Here are carried supplies, spacesuits in lockers, water tanks, oxygen apparatus, etc. On either side of this level is a spherical airlock built into the outer walls. Space-suited crewmen can enter or leave on outside reconnaissance patrols through the air-locks. As air is precious, provision is made to save the atmosphere exhausted from the locks so it can be constantly reused. This is achieved by special pressurized tanks.
This is Mi's solution to the problem of exploring planets and satellites. It may seem early to be thinking about such matters but at the rate we are closing the gap to the moon, who knows? It could happen tomorrow! •


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I'm creating a wordsearch game on the android platform and i'm currently struggling to figure out how i'll go about selecting multiple buttons or textviews consisting of one letter to form a word. I'm using a 10x10 GridLayout and my aim would be to create something similar to this wordsearch game interface already on the market: http://www.bestofandroid.com/images/...on_sawcr_2.jpg
Would I use onTouched or onGenericMotionEvent or what? It's really confusing as to how to implement this. Also, since the board will be 10x10, that would mean having 100 different buttons so i'm going to have to set all of this up dynamically. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Cheers


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Early 20th century Belfast in Photos » more
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I was first intrigued by the Litespeed Cohutta during our coverage of Interbike last year. The finish and welds on the bike are beautiful and the geometry and tube shapes are definitely eye catching. Even better, they make a 29er that comes in a size small.
Digging a bit deeper, I found out that the Cohutta (named after an endurance MTB race in the wilderness area of the same name in Tennessee – home state of Litespeed) features 29er specific Ti tubing. According to Litespeed, it is the industry's first-ever 29er specific Ti tubing.
Beyond the 3/2.5 titanium tubes, the Cohutta features what Litespeed calls their "4nine technology" to allow riders to tune the bike to their likes dependent upon their fork selection and headset choice. This particular test model came with the Cane Creek AngleSet for even more customization for each rider. The frame also has a BB30 bottom bracket and a super duty 49mm head tube (for use with tapered steer forks). The bend in the down tube is to provide clearance for the adjuster knobs on forks.
The Litespeed Cohutta is handcrafted in their US headquarters in Chattanooga, TN. Litespeed has been making bicycles right here in the US for 26 years and specializes in titanium and carbon road and mountain bikes and they have even used their expertise in titanium with NASA projects.


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I've had the pleasure of bringing home my very own custom dressform!!! While I did own one of the adjustable plastic forms but they aren't ideal for draping. I wanted something sturdy and anatomically correct to draft my patterns from(posts on draping class to come). While I was at it, I went and got one custom to my size!! Andy of Andy's Model forms made it. After working for a major dressform company for 30 years he went off and started his own business and his work is absolutely phenomenal! Many NYC designers order his custom hand crafted work and with good reason....the man is good! I'm still in awe with how much the thing resembles my shape and is anatomically correct with only my providing a few measurements. He even offered me the opportunity to check the form before it was finished, a courtesy I appreciate since I'm a novice.
I also ordered the form with two special features: A derier and collapsible shoulders. The former was a must for me since..well..you know *blushes*. The latter was for the times you need to try something tight on the form without having to stretch it over the wide shoulder. They pop in and right out.
Here are the measurements I gave him:
- Bust
- Natural Waist
- Hip (fullest part)
- Front Waist Length (front base to natural waist)
- Back Waist Length (front base to natural waist)
- High Pin Shoulder (mid shoulder to bust apex)
- Neck (around base of the neck)
- Front Shoulder (front armpit to front armpit, dressforms don't have arms)
- High Hip (Where your hip bone is. B/w waist and full of the hip)
I recommend Andy's work and you should definitely give him a shot if you are looking to get a professional dressform, be it custom or standard sizing. I shopped around and this level of quality at his price is a extreme bargain. Tell him his buddy Cindy sent you, he'll hook you up ;-)


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Delegation Activities
This section contains a description of Confindustria Delegation to the EU and its activities, which are carried on on four main areas.
- Our role in Brussels
- Legislative monitoring
- Information activities
- Visits and Events
- Work spaces available for our Associations' officials
- News Archive
Our role in Brussels
Confindustria Delegation to the EU was established in Brussels in 1959, and is the oldest representation of Italian industry in Europe.
Its main aim is to represent and defend the interests of Italian industries to the European Institutions.
The Delegation not only represents Confindustria to the most important EU Institutions, but it also carries out an active lobbying activity with regards to the EU legislative acts and funds projects.
The activities of the Delegation are carried out in coordination with the headquarters of Confindustria in Rome.
The main activities of the Delegation are: monitoring the EU legislative and non legislative proposals, information activity regarding the update of various European policies, information activity throughout the website on the latest EU news of interest for the Italian industries.
Throughout its activities the Delegation supports the territorial branches of Confindustria and keeps them updated on the latest EU funds opportunity for the Italian industries.


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VIDEO DOWNLOAD - Mad Dog Vachon Shoot Interview
The Mad Dog is truly a character in his own right. This was a rare opportunity to talk to one of the all-time greats. Mad Dog talks about life 70 years ago and watching pro wrestling as a kid. Mad Dog also has a great story about he broke into pro wrestling. Mad Dog also goes in depth about competing in the Olympics and how that changed his life.
Mad Dog talks about his long road to the top. Mad Dog talks about his early territorial work in Texas and Portland. Mad Dog talks about Don Owen and how Owen impacted his career. Mad Dog also talks about changing his gimmick and why he did it. Mad Dog also talks about promoting and becoming a successful promoter with his family.
One of Mad Dog's greatest rivals was Verne Gagne. Mad Dog talks about meeting Verne and his initial reaction to meeting him. Mad Dog also talks about the many ring wars with Verne. What was it like to be AWA world champion? Did Verne ever try and shoot on him? Mad Dog also breaks down all of his famous AWA opponents.
Mad Dog has some great stories about all eras of his career. Mad Dog talks about breaking Andre the Giant into the business. Mad Dog talks about flying him to Canada and where things went from there. Mad Dog also talks about his infamous angle with Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash in the WWE. Why was Mad Dog's WWE career cut short in the 80s?
Mad Dog also talks about his tragic accident. What happened to his leg? What kind of a toll did it take on him? Did anyone pay legally for this? How does he feel today about being in a wheel chair? Mad Dog opens up in a way that you have never seen him before on camera.
This was truly an honor and a pleasure for RF Video and we are proud to bring it to you. Sit back and enjoy a conversation with one of pro wrestling's all-time great characters. It is with great excitement that RF Video presents to you a one of a kind Shoot Interview with the former AWA world champion, Mad Dog Vachon.
Can you talk about your early life
Were you a wrestling fan growing up
Memories of wrestling back then
What did you like about Yvon Robert
Memories training under Jim Crowley
How did you get into the Olympics
What was the village like
Was there a lot of partying
How did the Olympics change your life
What were your plans after the Olympics
How did you meet Verne Gagne
Initial impressions of Verne
What changed your mind to go pro
Was the training more difficult than you thought
What was the kayfabe like for a young guy back then
Memories of Larry Kasaboski
Memories of your first match
What are some of the things you remember you did to pay your dues
Who mentored you early on
What were some of the early territories you worked
Did you like it
What was the travel schedule like
Were you tested by any veterans as a rookie
Is it true that Eddie Quinn wouldnt use you because you were too good of a shooter
How important was shooting back then
Did anyone test you
Memories of the Texas territory
Who were the bookers
Memories of teaming with Pierre LaSalle
Was it hard early on to make yourself stand out
How did you change your look to make yourself stand out
Is it true that you bought your own commercial time and if so why
Did you like the gimmick change
How did you get the name Mad Dog
Memories of Don Owen
Did his brother ever try and set up any shoots with you and the guys
How instrumental were you in getting your brother in the business
Did you like teaming with him
Memories of matches against Chico Garcia & Chet Wallick
Is it true that you met your wife after spitting a shoe string at her< /SPAN>
Were you banned in the United States during this time
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The birthday cake for Gracie's party with her friends was one of the easiest cakes that I have ever made! And look how yummy this is! Her friends thought it was the coolest cake ever!! And who wouldn't, with all that candy on it!!
But, Gracie loves her Cherry Coke and when I found the Cherry Cola flavored Mike 'n Ike I just had to get them for her. I used the BUBBLE OVER Stamp Set and Dies for the cola bottle. To cause the cola to look "fizzy", I only inked it up to a certain level then used my STAMPIN' SPONGE to "feather" it out.
My drawing for October is...
MAKING EVERY DAY BRIGHT Photopolymer Stamp Set
And the CHRISTMAS BULB BUILDER PUNCH
There is so much more to this stamp set than just Christmas. Can you see the cute little bunny, and one that looks like bunny ears? So cute for Spring, along with the flowers. Then there are pinecones, feathers, spider webs and so much creativity!
HERE ARE THE DETAILS for the monthly drawing special:
1. For every $50 ONLINE order (before shipping and tax) you get your name in the drawing.
2. This cannot be in combination with placing an order for a free class, sorry.
3. The drawing will take place on Tuesday, October 30th (because I am leaving for Florida on the 31st for ONSTAGE)
That's it! So now - please - go place your online order!!
October also brings a new Stampin' Up! year and time to start earning the next incentive trip. I have yet to earn one of these and I am super geeked to give it a try again this year. The 2020 incentive trip will be in Maui and I most definitely want to go with all my Stampin' Up! friends.
Each month you will see incentives for sales from me so that I can earn this amazing opportunity. Won't you partner with me to work toward this goal!!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Climate Change
Every year we're seeing the impacts of climate change grow. Floods, droughts and storms are all getting worse.
But the world can prevent the worst of climate change. And we'll do this through a massive economic transformation – one that moves the planet off fossil fuels and on to renewable energy.
Climate change - what can I do?
Clean power
Exciting changes for the better are already happening. Every day more power from the wind and sun comes on stream. Every day more communities are campaigning to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
The faster we act, the less suffering for people across the planet – from farmers in the Sudan to those hit by flooding in Somerset.
But there's still a long way to go. World governments lack the ambition to change at the speed that's needed. And powerful fossil fuel industries are lobbying for delays the Earth cannot afford.
We're campaigning with people in the UK and internationally to bring about a massive energy revolution, as fast as possible.
Our work
We're working on:
- A strong global climate agreement
- Keeping fossil fuels in the ground, including stopping fracking
- Using energy as efficiently and sparingly as possible – it's too precious to waste
- A renewables revolution
- Preparing for the climate change we cannot avoid, like flooding


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PORTSMOUTH — The John Paul Jones House Museum, operated by the Portsmouth Historical Society, is reporting their best year in over a quarter of a century. This year the museum saw a 24% increase in admissions. Curator Sandra Rux's exhibit the War of 1812: What It Meant to Portsmouth was the highlight of the season. The exhibit commemorating the two-hundred year anniversary of the war chronicled stories of privateers, protection and peace and featured gallery talks and lectures in collaboration with the Portsmouth Athenaeum.
Rux continues to refine the museum's fine textile collection. Recent accessions include a needlework sampler by Ann M. Gerrish that was purchased from Sotheby's dated August 20, 1832. Recently conserved was a printed handkerchief of George Washington which was archivally framed and has now returned home to the parlor.
Rux also brought her expertise on local history and decorative arts on the road. This season she visited Dondero and New Franklin schools and met with students from Little Harbor, Portsmouth High and Kittery's Mitchell School for educational programs to introduce and interpret the study of Portsmouth's great history. Guided house tours make the Portsmouth Historical Society's rich collection intellectually accessible to all audiences especially children. Over 225 students toured the John Paul Jones house this year and over 300 students were reached overall.
John Paul Jones, the life-size mannequin of the naval hero, did manage to leave the house for a few months to go fishing at another record-breaking exhibit across the street at Discover Portsmouth's "Under the Isles of Shoals: Discovery at Smuttynose Island". Dressed as a common 17th-century fisherman he demonstrated traditional fish drying techniques used on the Shoals. He has since returned home and is no longer on display.
While the Jones Paul Jones House is closed to the public for the season, curator Rux offers private tours throughout the winter by appointment. Stay tuned for the 2013 exhibits and programs on the Peace Treaty of 1713 and an exhibition of 19th and 20th century baby clothes opening on Mother's Day.
For more information about the John Paul Jones House Museum contact: Discover Portsmouth, Middle St., Portsmouth, NH 03801; 603-436-8433; PortsmouthHistory.org.


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Dear Rabbi Salomon:
I heard your speech at the Agudah Convention and have a few comments and questions I would like to share with you. I am writing this letter in an open forum as I believe the issues herein are of vital importance to our people and warrant the same circulation as your much publicized speech.
I take no issue with your well reasoned argument calling for civility in expression of disagreement. Bnai Torah should be able to agree to disagree. While I join you in condemning the deplorable language used by the few, I respectfully suggest that dissenters need not be placed in the category of "rasha," or "maskil" for you to make your point. Likewise, suggestions of "hakei es shinov" and proclamations that children of select members of our community whose views you may disagree with have no place in our schools; do little to further civilized discourse.
In your speech you made a point of declaring your lack of cowardice in dealing with the issue of sexual abuse by rabbeim in yeshiva and insisted that keeping your efforts discreet or as you put it to "sweep under the carpet," is a choice you make to protect human dignity. Whose dignity are you referring to? The dignity of those few victims courageous enough to step forward and confront these powerful monsters or the dignity of these monsters and their poor families? I respectfully suggest that by concerning yourself with the dignity of the pedophile and sweeping his heinous acts under the carpet, you subject his victims to another round of abuse at the hands of the community while enabling the predator to continue his reign of terror on unsuspecting victims.
We are taught "chochmah b'goyim, taamin." Medical statistics tell us that a treated pedophile has a sixty percent rate of recidivism. This places the pedophile squarely in the category of a rodeph and as such we have a duty to our community to expose him so that potential victims are aware of this clear and present danger. Sex Offender Registries exist for a reason. Namely, the law and medical science recognize that these people are incapable of controlling themselves. You may be impressed by a heartfelt and tearful confession coupled with a commitment to never again succumb to temptation, ("teshuva"). However, you will not be present when this pedophile succumbs to his overwhelming urges and destroys another poor innocent life. Respectfully, you do not have the right to ignore universally accepted medical knowledge and take innocent children's lives into your hands for the sake of a pedophile's "dignity."
Indeed, your strategy of not acting until the pedophile has been proved 100 percent guilty and using the Torah as your guide to protect our mosdos is not new. As will be shown below this very same strategy was followed by many other rabbonim with disastrous results. Rabbi Shalom Yosef Elyashiv puts it best while writing about this very issue. Rabbi Elyashiv quotes the Rashba who writes in his Responsa, III no. 393, "…Because if you will adjudicate based only on the laws established by the Torah, society will be destroyed…" (emphasis added).
Yes, we do need to stop "the terrible assault" and "immunize against a plague" of "insidious poison seeping in." It is our duty to teach our children to "rise in their defense" and of course we must "give them the ammunition to fight back when they are attacked." You and I differ only in our opinion of where the threat lies. You maintain with an impressive fervor that the threat lies with disrespectful bloggers. I respectfully disagree and see the threat to be that deadly minority of rabbeim who are morally corrupt and are destroying our children.
In your speech you alluded to the case of Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, a rebbe in Yeshiva Torah Temimah for over thirty-eight years. You express indignation that this one example of a pedophile that "slips through the fingers" is being used as an illustration of how Klal Yisroel behaves. Rabbi Salomon; unfortunately one is as one does. As such, this is who we are as a community today. Tragically, the story as depicted by the secular media in all its gory detail is but the tip of the iceberg.
The below bullet point history is general and merely touches upon events of the past forty years. If you want more details, I suggest you confer with Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman, who was employed by Kolko in Camp Ma-Na-Vu and will surely share his knowledge of events with you. Remind Rabbi Wachsman of his expression of remorse to his friends for not having informed his uncle, Rabbi Shloime Klein, of Kolko's predilection for young boys when Rabbi Klein was embroiled in a difficult din torah with Kolko and Rabbi Lipa Geldwirth in or around 1990.
A Partial Biography of Rabbi Yehuda Kolko & Rabbi Lipa Margulies
· 1967 – While working as Dormitory Counselor at Yeshivas Mir, Rabbi Yehuda Kolko calls a student (name withheld) out of his dormitory room and begins discussing matters of a sexual nature with him while rubbing up against him in an aroused state. This abuse continues for the remainder of the school year and into the summer season at Camp Agudah. This student is now a distinguished Manhattan attorney living happily with his partner in New York City and insists that his lifestyle choice has absolutely nothing to do with his abuse by Kolko.
· 1969 thru 1971 - Rabbi Yehuda Kolko begins abusing Dovid Framowitz in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas of Flatbush (now known as Yeshiva Torah Temimah) and Camp Agudah, the details of which abuse are now public knowledge. Mr. Framowitz, a grandfather living in Eretz Yisroel, has not gone a day since being abused without reliving the unspeakable agony he suffered at Kolko's hands.
· 1972 - Rabbi Yehuda Kolko sexually abuses two young campers (names withheld at the request of the victims) in Camp Agudah who complain to their counselor. Their counselor reports the complaint to Rabbi Simcha Kaufman. The abuse of these two boys cease for the remainder of that summer. Rabbi Simcha Kaufman is a co-worker of Kolko in Yeshiva Torah Temimah (more on Kaufman below) and was a co-worker of Kolko in Camp Agudah until 1976 when Kolko voluntarily left Camp Agudah after he co-founded Camp Ma-Na-Vu with Rabbi Lipa Geldwirth, another co-worker of his at Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· 1977 – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, employed as a rebbe in Yeshiva Torah Temimah in the morning, is employed in the afternoons by Yeshiva Karlin Stolin as Secular Studies Principal. During the course of his short tenure in Yeshiva Karlin Stolin numerous complaints are lodged by both students and parents (names withheld at the request of the victims) accusing Kolko of sexually abusing boys in the yeshiva. Rabbi Shmuel Dishon asks Kolko to leave the employ of the yeshiva.
· 1977 on – Eyewitness testimony and accusations of sexual abuse by Rabbi Yehuda Kolko of students at Yeshiva Torah Temimah and Camp Ma-Na-Vu reach a crescendo which culminates in several businessmen approaching Rabbi Lipa Margulies in 1984 and offering to fund a retirement package for Rabbi Yehuda Kolko provided he seeks employment away from children. Rabbi Lipa Margulies steadfastly refuses to accept the offer and suggests that those parents who disagree with his decision remove their children from his Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· 1981 – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko sexually abuses a twelve year old student of Yeshiva Torah Temimah (name withheld at the request of the victim.) This victim publicizes the abuse and acts out, vandalizing Kolko's home and car. Rabbi Lipa Margulies calls this victim's father and warns him that if this activity does not stop his other children would be expelled from yeshiva and the safety of his family could not be guaranteed. This victim is subsequently referred to Avrohom Mondrowitz for counseling.
· 1984 – As instructed by Rabbi Avigdor Miller, an askan calls for a meeting which takes place at the home of Rabbi Yakov Perlow (the Novominsker) and is attended by Rabbi Avrohom Pam, Rabbi Elya Svei, Rabbi Chaim Dov Keller, Rabbi Aharon Schechter, Rabbi Moshe Scheinerman, Rabbi Shia Fishman and Rabbi Yankel Bender. At this meeting, chaired by Rabbi Perlow, the askan discusses what is transpiring to innocent boys at the hands of Rabbi pedophiles and requests that Torah Umesorah and the rabbonim issue a statement calling for their removal from chinuch. Rabbi Svei informs this askan that Torah Umesorah has consulted their attorneys who advised that for Torah Umesorah to admit knowledge of such abuse would subject Torah Umesorah, its staff, all its member schools and their staff to liability for not having reported their knowledge to the authorities earlier. Accordingly, Rabbi Elya Svei informs the askan, neither he nor Torah Umesorah will do anything about this problem.
· 1984 thru 1985 – At directed by Rabbi Avrohom Pam an askan approaches Rabbi Moshe Scheinerman and the two meet with Rabbi Shia (Joshua) Fishman in the office of Torah Umesorah. Both Scheinerman and Fishman neglect to inform this askan that Fishman had been instructed by Torah Umesorah's lawyer to do nothing about this issue. Rabbi Fishman requests the names of Kolko's victims and promises absolute confidentiality. Names are provided to Rabbi Fishman who begins his own investigation of the allegations. He meets with and speaks with several victims who pour their hearts out to him after he guarantees them confidentiality. Rabbi Shia Fishman promptly discloses all he has learned to Rabbi Lipa Margulies who in turn publicly disparages and discredits each and every one of those boys who were brave enough to step forward.
· 1985 – A follow up meeting takes place at the home of Rabbi Simcha Kaufman and includes Rabbi Kaufman, Rabbi Lipa Margulies, Rabbi Shia Fishman, an askan and an eyewitness. The eyewitness recounts his personal knowledge of Rabbi Kolko's sexual abuse of boys and discusses the information he had gleaned from others. Rabbi Lipa Margulies insists that the charges are all fabrications and attacks the reputations of everyone involved in seeking the removal of Kolko from his Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Rabbi Shia Fishman subsequently informs anyone who asks that he can not deal with this issue as he is old (50 at the time) and will lose his job if he pursues this matter.
· 1985 – Rabbi Moshe Scheinerman is offered a lucrative and prestigious position as rav of a shul (a position he holds to this day) and is told that he must cease and desist from his actions against Yeshiva Torah Temimah rabbeim (his own words) which he promptly does. Scheinerman abandons ship explaining that it is not appropriate for a rabbi of his stature to deal with these matters. Rabbi Yehoshua Leiman takes over.
· 1985 - Rabbi Yehoshua Leiman and others continue their quest for a solution and convene a bais din for this purpose. This bais din, consisting of Rabbi Menashe Klein, Rabbi Yechezkel Roth, Rabbi Aharon Stein, Rabbi Moshe Stern and Rabbi Chaim Yankel Tauber, is scheduled to hear testimony for two days after which they will rule on how to proceed. This panel meets and hears testimony for one day. Shortly thereafter, Rabbi Moshe Stern states that he is unable to participate in any more sessions and this bais din is disbanded without further explanation. In a private conversation with one of the askanim, Rabbi Stern disclosed that he had been approached by Rabbi Lipa Margulies which resulted in the discontinuance of the din torah.
· 1985 – Upon the dissolution of the above bais din, Rabbi Lipa Margulies retains Rabbi Pinchus Scheinberg to convene a second bais din for the purpose of clearing Rabbi Yehuda Kolko's name. Rabbi Lipa Margulies then drafts Rabbi Friedman (the Tenka Rav) and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Brown to serve on Rabbi Scheinberg's bais din. Prior to convening the bais din, Rabbi Pinchus Scheinberg speaks with several of Kolko's victims and asks them to describe what Kolko has done to them. Upon hearing the allegations Rabbi Scheinberg informs the boys that in the eyes of halacha they had not been molested. Rabbi Scheinberg also calls the askanim and tells them to cease and desist in their attempts to remove Kolko from chinuch. Rabbi Avigdor Miller disagrees and instructs the askanim in no uncertain terms to do whatever must be done to protect children from Kolko. Rabbi Pinchus Scheinberg convenes the bais din and takes the position that Rabbi Kolko has a chezkas kashrus absent any testimony by two adult witnesses to any single event. Rabbi Friedman takes the position that in light of the persistent rumors Rabbi Kolko must be kept away from children. Rabbi Brown ultimately concedes that there is no halachic evidence against Kolko and the din torah is concluded. Rabbi Lipa Margulies insists that he has a psak from this bais din but to this day has refused to produce it. Regardless, it is of note that no victims testified before this bais din.
· 1987 – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, having groomed a former first grade student of his for years, begins systematically sexually abusing this boy (name withheld at the request of the victim) both in and out of the Yeshiva Torah Temimah building. When this boy complains to Rabbi Lipa Margulies that his grades are slipping because Kolko is removing him from class almost daily, Margulies responds by slapping the boy across the face and throwing him out of his office. This young man is now living down south where he is on leave of absence from the U.S. Army.
· 2001 – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, takes a young Yeshiva Torah Temimah student under his wing (name withheld at the request of the victim) and begins removing him from class for "special projects." These special projects include the boy being sexually molested by Kolko in the basement of the yeshiva, in Rabbi Kolko's car and in Rabbi Kolko's private office, which Rabbi Lipa Margulies has conveniently equipped with its own private bathroom. This young man is currently in therapy and hopes to be able to recover enough to be able to get married and start a family.
· 2005 – Dovid Framowitz, after years of searching on the internet, chances upon a post written by a blogger calling himself "Un-Orthodox Jew" which makes reference to Rabbi Lipa Margulies harboring Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, a known pedophile, in his Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Dovid begins communicating with this blogger via e-mail who in turn posts Dovid's story on his blog. Over the course of several months other victims of Kolko begin to step forward with their stories.
· January 2006 – Several askonim decide that this four decade long chillul hashem must stop and approach both Rabbi Yehuda Kolko and Rabbi Lipa Margulies with a demand that Kolko be removed from Yeshiva Torah Temimah and Camp Silver Lake and further commit to spending the rest of his life in treatment and away from children. Both Kolko and Margulies refuse.
· February 2006 – A letter is drafted informing the public that Rabbi Yehuda Kolko is a dangerous pedophile and that Rabbi Lipa Margulies continues to employ him despite his knowledge of this fact. Copies of this draft letter are delivered to Kolko and Margulies. Both Kolko and Margulies are offered the opportunity to deal quietly with the issue and are informed that if they continue to refuse, the letter would be mass mailed to the entire community. Kolko responds by stating that "the matter has been taken care of" and Margulies responds by asking if anyone "thinks Kolko is still a threat" and declares "if anyone does not like the way I run my yeshiva let them not send their children to my yeshiva." They refuse to comply and the letter is sent out in a mass mailing.
· February 2006 – Eli Greenwald, a graduate of Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Temimah, son of one of the founders of the yeshiva and a parent in the yeshiva receives the letter and spends a few days investigating the matter. He calls Rabbi Yaakov Applegrad, the yeshiva's Administrator, and requests a meeting of the Vaad Ha'horim in order to address this serious issue. Rabbi Applegrad informs him that there will be no meeting as the allegations are false and that he and Rabbi Margulies have the matter under control. Mr. Greenwald called Rabbi Lipa Margulies and makes the same request of him. Rabbi Margulies responds by shouting at him.
· February 17, 2006 – Eli Greenwald is served with a hazmana issued by Rabbi Yisroel Belsky calling him to a din torah to answer the charge of hotzoas shem rah allegedly committed against Rabbi Yehuda Kolko. Mr. Greenwald responds on February 21, 2006, that he will appear for a din torah before the Bais Din of America. To this day there has been no reply to Mr. Greenwald's response by either Kolko or Rabbi Yisroel Belsky.
· February 2006 – An askan meets with Rabbi Yaakov Perlow and pleads with him to get involved in this matter. Rabbi Perlow refuses on the basis of his being a yuchid and this being a tzibur matter. After being pressed further Rabbi Perlow takes his final stand that this is a Flatbush matter and as he is a Boro Park rabbi it would be unseemly for him to get involved in this matter.
· March 2006 – Rabbi Lipa Margulies reaches a standstill agreement with the askonim by committing to appear before a panel consisting of two rabbonim and one frum lawyer, all three of whom had been chosen by him. Rabbi Lipa Margulies reneges on his promise to appear before this panel.
· March 23, 2006 – A hazmana to a din torah is sent to Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, Rabbi Lipa Margulies and Yeshiva Torah Temimah summoning them to a din torah before the Bais Din of Mechon L'Hoyroa or a bais din of ZBLA. The hazmana is ignored by all the defendants.
· March 30, 2006 – A second hazmana to a din torah is sent to Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, Rabbi Lipa Margulies and Yeshiva Torah Temimah summoning them to a din torah before the Bais Din of Mechon L'Hoyroa or a bais din of ZBLA. By fax sent on April 5, 2006, Rabbi Lipa Margulies responds to this hazmana stating he will not appear for a din torah "without a prior determination of the charges against Rabbi Kolko." Rabbi Kolko continues to ignore the hazmanas.
· April 6, 2006 – A third hazmana to a din torah is sent to Rabbi Yehuda Kolko, Rabbi Lipa Margulies and Yeshiva Torah Temimah summoning them to a din torah before the Bais Din of Mechon L'Hoyroa or a bais din of ZBLA. By fax sent on April 10, 2006, Rabbi Lipa Margulies responds to this hazmana by stating "the Hazmonah that you sent to us was not a valid Hazmonah." Rabbi Kolko does not respond at all. It is of note that Rabbi Yehuda Kolko is still teaching in Yeshiva Torah Temimah while these exchanges are taking place.
· May 4, 2006 – A lawsuit is filed in United States District Court: Eastern District of New York, naming Rabbi Yehuda Kolko; Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Temimah, Inc. and Camp Agudah as defendants. Rabbi Yehuda Kolko remains in the classrooms of Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· May 5, 2006 – Rabbi Simcha Kaufman approaches Dovid Framowitz and with tears in his eyes tells him that if only he had known what Rabbi Kolko was doing to him he would have put a stop to it. Of interest was Rabbi Simcha Kaufman's complete denial of any prior knowledge of any accusation before Dovid Framowitz brought his lawsuit. Rabbi Simcha Kaufman pleads with Dovid to withdraw his lawsuit lest he hurt Rabbi Lipa Margulies and the Yeshiva.
· May 10, 2006 – After being approached for comment on several occasions by Robert Kolker, a reporter for New York Magazine, and with a 5:00 printing deadline looming, Rabbi Lipa Margulies issues a statement through his attorney at 4:30 PM. Beginning with a proclamation that Yeshiva Torah Temimah is the preeminent yeshiva in the world followed by an absolute denial of all the allegations, the statement concludes with an announcement that Rabbi Kolko has agreed to a "leave of absence" pending resolution of this matter. Despite this claim, Rabbi Yehuda Kolko remains in the classrooms of Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· May 12, 2006 – A second lawsuit is filed in United States District Court: Eastern District of New York naming Rabbi Yehuda Kolko; Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Temimah, Inc. as defendants. Still, Rabbi Yehuda Kolko remains in the classrooms of Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· May 15, 2006 – "On the Rabbi's Knees – Do the Orthodox Jews Have a Catholic Priest Problem" a feature article in New York Magazine, a publication with a circulation of three million, is published. Within days of the publication of the article and after thirty-eight years of committing unspeakable acts of perversion in Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Kolko leaves the classrooms of Yeshiva Torah Temimah. It was only after the magazine hit the newsstands that Margulies succumbed to pressure and removed Kolko from the classrooms of Yeshiva Torah Temimah.
· July 2006 – Over the vocal protest of many residents and with the help of his friend Rabbi Yaakov Applegrad, Rabbi Yehuda Kolko takes up summer residence at a home in Regency Estates in the Catskills. Despite the claim that Kolko was on a leave of absence from Yeshiva Torah Temimah, he continues working for Camp Silver Lake, Yeshiva Torah Temimah's summer home. In addition, Kolko initiates and organizes a multi-camp excursion to Lake Compounce, a water park located in Connecticut, where he is seen frolicking with young boys in bathing suits. A secular media outcry ensues resulting in Kolko being banned from the park by its non-Jewish management. Astonishingly, in August Kolko organizes a second trip to Lake Compounce, which is attended by the same frum boy's camps who participated in the July trip.
The above is but a sampling of the cases I am aware of. One need not be a great lamden to realize that I am aware of only a small percentage of Kolko's abuse victims. As rachmonim bnai rachmonim, it is unbearable to grasp the stunning extent of this catastrophe.
To all who decry the "chillul hashem" the New York Magazine article resulted in, I say; embarrassing, yes. Chillul hashem, absolutely not! Indeed, it is ironic that this very article which has been condemned by many rabbonim is what got you and them to belatedly acknowledge Kolko's guilt. Apparently a mere forty years of koila d'lo posuk was not enough. Were the lawsuits and the magazine article the chillul hashem? No! The decades long chillul hashem is that of Margulies's and Kolko's actions coupled with the many decades of improper action and inaction by our rabbonim and organizations. Their chillul hashem was somewhat offset by the recent kiddush hashem of the action taken by a few askonim. They, who had the courage to do what had to be done to protect our children from the acts of monsters and the cowardice of our rabbonim. All this I say with the utmost respect and reverence.
I lay no blame at your doorstep for the above; you come from another part of the world, did not participate in and have no first hand knowledge of these events. I merely ask you to understand the world of pain and destruction that Rabbi Yehuda Kolko and his enablers; with a special note of distinction going to Rabbi Lipa Margulies; have left in their wake. I respectfully question your judgment in showing respect and support for Rabbi Lipa Margulies without having done a thorough investigation of his history. Surely, l'man yishmeu v'yirahu, a man such as Lipa Margulies must be publicly vilified; not cholila v'chas publicly honored by someone of your esteem.
I respectfully submit that despite the focus of your speech, this issue has nothing to do with an obnoxious blogger or kovod haTorah. No reasonable adult takes this blogger's inane ravings as anything but. That he fell into this issue and "b'mokom she'ain ish" he chose to "hishtadail lehios ish" and participate in pushing it forward, is a sad commentary on the egregious failures of our leadership. Rather, the issue is the still unanswered question of where our leaders were all these decades while Rabbi Yehuda Kolko and Rabbi Lipa Margulies were savaging our children. I ask with the utmost respect and humility; how can you stand in front of us in good faith and turn this into an issue of kovod hatorah? I ask that you hear the constant cries of anguish laden souls destroyed by chronic inaction coupled with a misguided concern for the "dignity" of rabbeim who molest.
This is not a tale of something that somehow "slips through the fingers" but rather only one of many glaring examples of what occurs in a community whose leaders are unwilling to deal with an issue that sits under a spotlight for four decades and engulfs the souls of countless innocent children. Hashem yerachaim.
As parents we have every right to expect that accusations of sexual abuse by a rebbe be first verified post haste and then publicized so that we may protect our children from this predator and make informed decisions about where to send our children to yeshiva. In the face of pikuach nefesh; cries of kovod haTorah, chillul hashem and loshon harah have no relevance. To resort to such cries is simply am ha'haretzes and violates the precept not to be a merachaim al ha'achzoir. The issue all of us need to address, lay people and rabbonim alike, is why nothing was done for so many decades and what lessons we can learn from our past mistakes to prevent future catastrophes of this nature.
Respectfully yours,


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Prometheus will probably best be remembered as one of the most disappointing films of the past several years. I still can't conjure up the vitriol I've seen directed at the movie, but I can understand the disdain of those who were excited by the prospect of Ridley Scott doing a big, bad-ass sci-fi film, and then having the plot crumble to dust if you gave it so much as a sideways glance. Tyler Perry was not a fan of Scott's latest film, but he's still a major fan of sci-fi, and now he's going to try his hand at the genre.
Hit the jump for more, and click here to see Perry in the trailer for Alex Cross (a man who, the trailer informs us, should not be crossed).
Speaking to Blackfilm.com, Perry noted his passion for the sci-fi genre:
TYLER PERRY: I love Sci Fi, I love the Alien movies and the Alien franchise. I was very disappointed with Prometheus, but I love that whole franchise. Those are my favorite movies. I'm actually working on a sci-fi movie right now.
Can you tell us a little bit about that?
PERRY: No, but I'm writing a sci-fi movie that I'm really excited about.
You may recall that Perry had a brief cameo in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, so it's not too surprising that he's re-iterated his love of sci-fi. I'm not exactly sure what kind of science fiction Perry is going for, but if you go by Star Trek and Alien, it looks like he prefers the extraterrestrial variety. Then again, maybe he's just working on Madea Goes to Outer Space or something.