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Dear Abby: In today's world, there are people who apparently cannot exist detached from their cellphones. In case you are wondering, yes, I do have one, but I use it only for emergencies, not idle banter.
If I'm trying to hold a conversation with someone and he/she is playing with an electronic toy, I get up and walk away. It's obvious to me that my company isn't worth the person's time, so neither is theirs. If I am in a restaurant and people start texting, I get up and go and leave the person with the bill. (Of course, I make sure I have eaten first.) In other words, I show them the same amount of courtesy they have shown me, which is none.
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Dear Over It: Has it occurred to you that the person may not realize why you walked away? You could communicate your message more effectively if you spoke up when your companion reached for the cellphone and SAID you'd prefer your visit not be interrupted because you feel it is rude.
Just be courteous
Dear Abby: I have a dilemma. I deliver mail to offices daily and I never know how to answer when they thank me. It seems like "You're welcome" isn't appropriate because it's my job to bring the mail. How should I respond? Should I say "You're welcome" or just "Have a nice day" or something else?
– Wants To Be Polite
Dear Wants: I appreciate that you want to be polite, but you are overthinking this. "You're welcome" and "Have a nice day" are both appropriate responses when someone thanks you.
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CHARLESTON (AP) - The parents of a special-needs child asked the West Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday to declare the firing of former Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple void, calling it an ambush termination that violated the state's open meetings law.
Mountain State Justice filed an emergency petition with the court on behalf of James Hicks and Michelle Hicks, whose child is a fourth-grader at Brookview Elementary in Foster.
The petition asked the court to temporarily block the West Virginia Board of Education from naming a new superintendent until a hearing is held and to temporarily reinstate Marple.
Board members voted 5-2 last Thursday to fire Marple, whom they appointed to the $165,000-a-year post in March 2011. The recommendation to fire Marple was not specifically listed on the board's agenda, although other personnel actions were outlined.
"Had the Petitioners and other citizens been notified and aware of certain Board members intention to act on the Superintendent's position, they and other citizens would have wanted to attend the meeting," the petition states.
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"The Superintendent's termination was predetermined in back-room, secret meetings among certain Board members in clear violation of West Virginia's Open Governmental Proceedings Act," the petition stated.
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"They cried and hugged. They have genuine happiness to be alive, to be out there, to just BE," Chris Kelly, the lawyer managing the Cleveland Courage Fund on behalf of the women, says in this week's PEOPLE.
In the video that posted Tuesday on YouTube, they thank family, friends and complete strangers for the outpouring of support they've received since escaping alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro after a decade in captivity. Castro has pleaded not guilty to 329 counts including 139 charges of rape.
"It's beyond belief. You'd think [the women] wouldn't want to see each other because of the memories," says Kelly. "There's a bond there."
But despite the ordeal, the women came carefully prepared with their statements.
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HUNTINGDON - What do you get when a passionate litigator and a corporate lawyer engage in a two-week long email debate about God, hell and the Christian faith?
A book.
Ellsworth McMeen and co-author Steve Baughman said their recently published book, "Objection! Overruled! (Or, Two Lawyers Have a Little 'Chat' about God and Hell)," is a compilation of more than 80 friendly, but fiery emails on the subject.
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McMeen, a Lewistown native and devout Christian, said he and his wife, Sheila, lived in New York City and northern New Jersey for 41 years before relocating to Huntingdon in 2012. He practiced law in NYC for 28 years and was a partner in a larger law firm there for 21 years. He said he met Baughman through their shared interest in guitar.
"El and I got to know each other online through our music," Baughman recalled.
But the friends discovered another parallel in their lives - Baughman was a lawyer too.
McMeen said the discussion between friends over the Christian faith began when Baughman described to McMeen the thesis topic for his advanced degree in philosophy. McMeen started asking questions that turned into a full-blown debate over the existence of God, heaven and hell.
"I actually didn't expect the discussion to turn to matters like these," McMeen said, "but maybe that's what happens when passionate proponents engage in a discussion ... and in my case, don't know how to leave well enough alone!"
McMeen's belief in God was countered in the dialogue by Baughman's skepticism.
"I am a former born-again Christian, now an atheist," Baughman said.
He said his story is common, in that regard. Baughman grew up around missionaries in Southeast Asia and decided around age 20 he could not honestly believe their claims anymore.
"It is a terrible tragedy that so many people worry about going to hell," he said. "I simply do not see how there can be both a loving God and eternal torment."
McMeen called the discussion "both heated and friendly," like a roller coaster ride.
"It became like a juggernaut ... I didn't want to go to bed with anything on my mind," he said, which led to staying up at all hours of the night for two weeks straight answering, writing and worrying about emails.
After about two weeks, he said discussion stopped abruptly. McMeen spent a whole day sorting text from the emails and ended up with over 100 single-spaced pages. As the friends reviewed their chat, it started to take shape as a book, with chapter breaks and bold-faced commentary.
When they submitted it to the publisher, it was accepted.
McMeen said the book is fit for a wide audience - Christians wanting to deepen their faith, lawyers interested in how the legal intersects with the spiritual, church Bible study groups and people interested in Christian apologetics or evangelism.
He said the dialogue doesn't delve deeply into praise and worship, the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers or the transformational power of the Bible. Instead, it focuses more on how God, if he exists, can be just if he sentences people to eternal torment for temperal sins. He said Baughman also raises questions regarding the nature of the Canon as divinely inspired.
"I firmly believe that I got through this for two weeks only by the grace of God," McMeen said.
On the other hand, Baughman remains confident that even believers need not worry about the "lake of fire."
"So far I have not convinced El, but I'm not done with him yet," he said.
"Objection! Overruled! (Or, Two Lawyers Have a Little 'Chat' about God and Hell)" is available for purchase at Friendship Bookstore in Lewistown or online at booklocker.com/books/6821.html.


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After more than six months of international dispute over the pace of development on the U.S. side of the span, the Peace Bridge Authority conducted its first friendly meeting in six months today following an agreement signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer.
"Good meeting," Chairman Anthony M. Annunziata declared at the end of a routine session that featured none of the rancor of recent months. The five members from New York and five from Ontario then approved the first phase of a $13 million project to widen the Buffalo approach to the bridge and a resolution ratifying the new pact between Albany and Ottawa.
"I am hopeful and optimistic that we will truly move forward," said Sam Hoyt, vice chairman of the authority and Cuomo's chief representative. "We will work together...to make sure any differences of opinion can be resolved quickly and amicably."
Since late 2012, the New York and Canadian delegations to the authority have been warring over Cuomo's claims that development on the Buffalo plaza lagged far behind Canada. After two months of open dispute, Cuomo and Doer announced a pact that preserved several already-approved projects related to the bridge and also approved a new Buffalo traffic study expected to expedite development on the U.S. plaza.
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Durango resident Dwight Stovall, 66, has been a lifelong registered Democrat.
But that changed earlier this year.
�I decided I was finally going to get that damn �D� off the back of my name,� said Stovall, now a Republican.
A Durango Herald analysis of voter registration rolls from the last two years, October 2010 to August 2012, showed that Republicans benefited more than Democrats from voters changing their affiliation, but the category that grew the most was independents, or unaffiliated voters.
This was the breakdown:
131 Democrats and 228 unaffiliated voters went Republican.
68 Republicans and 182 unaffiliated voters went Democratic.
388 Democrats and 297 Republicans became unaffiliated.
Voters have different reasons for switching parties. Some have ideological reasons � a particular candidate or issue has fired them up. Others want to vote in a primary election and must register with a particular party in order to do so. One man said he switched parties to indulge a girlfriend.
Stovall said he was 18 when he registered to vote, and he didn�t understand the difference between Democrat and Republican. He did what most of his friends were doing and became a Democrat.
As he grew older, Stovall said he realized he is a conservative. He doesn�t vote by party lines, but he tends to side with Republicans.
�Democrats want to spend, spend, spend. They have no idea about saving,� Stovall said.
Being a registered Democrat never bothered Stovall that much until this year, after watching Barack Obama�s first three years in office, he said.
�He�s deceptive, and he lied,� said Stovall, who did not vote for Obama. �The things he said he was going to do when he was running for office � he has done none of it.�
Bayfield resident Richard Gorman finds himself on the flip side of the political spectrum.
Gorman, 67, has considered himself an �independent� or unaffiliated voter for most of his life. But when he moved to Colorado from Washington in 2007, he was told he needed to register with a political party in order to vote in the primary. He registered as a Republican but has since switched his affiliation to Democrat.
�I have gotten more liberal as I�ve gotten older,� he said.
What concerns Gorman is the Republican Party�s social agenda, especially as it relates to woman�s rights. Gorman has three daughters in their 30s.
He said the Republican Party wants to prevent women from using contraception, having abortions and accessing services at Planned Parenthood.
�They don�t want to provide any kind of child�s health care, they don�t want to provide any kind of education for the children and they basically tell the young woman, �Have a great life, see ya,�� he said.
�I wouldn�t vote for a Republican for dog catcher,� he said.
Many voters switch before a primary election to vote for a party�s candidate, said La Plata County Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Lee Parker.
Some want to vote for the candidate they like most, she said, but others want to sabotage an opposing party�s primary by voting for a candidate who is least likely to beat their preferred candidate.
�They�re very open when they come to the counter and say why they�re doing it,� Parker said. �That always surprises me more than anything � that they�re that vocal to say, �I want to get in the weaker of the other candidates.��
It is unlikely enough people are doing this to make a difference, she said.
Another reason people switch political affiliations is to try to stop annoying phone solicitations, Parker said.
�They�ll come in and complain to us about all the phone calls they receive,� she said. �They believe that if they go unaffiliated, it will reduce it. From our understanding, it increases it because then they get it from all sides.�
Regardless, Parker, a Republican, said she is committed to keeping her office nonpartisan.
What surprises her is the number of lifelong party devotees � Republicans and Democrats � switching sides.
�I�ve done this since 1996, and this is the most I�ve seen of that,� she said.
Others have grown so frustrated with the political climate that they have asked to withdraw from the voter roll, Parker said. She discourages people from doing that.
People who switch for ideological reasons tend to be more focused on national politics than local politics, she said.
The number of voters switching parties during the last two years would suggest a shift to the right. But La Plata County remains fairly evenly split between Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters, Parker said.
The number of Republicans and Democrats was split almost evenly in July 2010. Republicans gained their largest majority � 8,712 Republicans to 7,834 Democrats, a difference of 878 voters � in February 2012. But Democrats since have narrowed the gap to a difference of 669 voters, as of last week, according to voting records.
Local Democrats who have switched parties are disappointed with Obama, who promised hope and change when he was elected 3� years ago, said Velbeth Jones, chairwoman of the La Plata County Republican Party.
Democrats are asking themselves if they�re better off today than they were 3� years ago, and the answer is �no,� she said.
But Denise Bohemier, chairwoman of the La Plata County Democrats, said the frustration is not with Obama, but with Congress.
�People have short memories,� she said. �They blame all this joblessness on Obama and forget it started well before Obama. It takes more than three years to undo eight years of a mess.�
Bohemier said she switched from being a Republican to a Democrat in 1982, during the Ronald Reagan years.
�I woke up and realized the Republican Party didn�t represent my views,� she said.
Not everyone is so ideological when it comes to politics.
Jade Lutgen, 25, said he switched from Republican to Democratic to appease a girlfriend.
�If you�ve ever dated a girl that you�ve made sacrifices for, you�d understand,� he said. �Basically, once that was done with, I went back to what I actually thought.�
Jarrell Wilson, 28, of Durango, said he switched from Democrat to Republican on a whim about two years ago.
�I�m teeter-tottering,� he said. �I�m not committed like most people are. I could go either way.�
At least two people interviewed for this story said they switched their political affiliation to Republican earlier this year so they could vote for Republican candidate Ron Paul in the primary election.
�I just like his ideas about a smaller government and stuff like that,� said Jarred Tucson, 31, of Durango.
Luke Mulligan, 24, who voted for Obama in 2008, said Paul would have added an interesting perspective to the election.
�I really think the dialogue that would have been created out of a national election between Obama and Ron Paul would have been a lot more revealing than this whole Mitt Romney thing because I feel like it�s more of a fa�ade � it�s kind of a show,� he said.
Some voters are fed up with both parties.
Hari Baumbach switched from Democrat to unaffiliated to take a �more neutral position,� she said.
Baumbach grew up in Brazil and finds the political climate in America �strange.�
�Unfortunately, in this country, you have to choose between the two major parties,� she said. �I hope that one day we really can have a true democracy in which there really are more options than that.�
She was unaware that unaffiliated voters can�t vote in primary elections.
�I wish it didn�t have to be that way,� she said, �and maybe that�s something that should change.�


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Release: 10/18/2007
Ball State Career Notes:
Following seven season as the head coach of the Ball State softball team, Craig Nicholson was named the fourth head coach in program history at Arizona State on June 30, 2013. In his time at Ball State, Nicholson molded a program which had never won a league regular season title into a perennial championship contender.
Under his guidance, the program won its first-ever Mid-American Conference regular season championship in 2009 with the best league record in program history (18-3) and went on to win three more MAC crowns in 2010, 2012 and 2013. The 2010 squad, which set program records for wins in a season (43) and winning percentage in a season (.729), also captured just the second MAC Tournament title in program history to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Nicholson led the Cardinals to a 241-162 (.598) record over his BSU career, including a 100-47 (.680) ledger in MAC action. Nicholson, the fastest coach to reach both 100 and 200 wins in program history, owns a 964-252 (.793) career coaching record including his 723-90 record in 11 years at Central Arizona.
An offensive mastermind, Nicholson has helped Ball State's hitters earn records in 20 of the 24 categories in the program's record book. Perhaps the most impressive records come in the power numbers, with Jennifer Gilbert entering her senior season in 2014 as BSU's career home runs leader at 56, which is one shy of the Mid-American Conference career mark. Gilbert also set the Ball State single-season record with 23 long balls as a junior last season. BSU's top 18 single-season home run marks have come on Nicholson's watch.
Nicholson's offensive approach has helped the Cardinals post the top six run totals in program history, including a school-record 368 runs scored in 2012. Ball State's players pounded out a school-record 517 hits in 2011, while posting a BSU and then-MAC record 70 home runs in 2012. The previous Ball State single season record for home runs was 44 in 2011. Prior to Nicholson's arrival, BSU players had never hit more than 18 home runs in a season as a team.
While the power numbers are impressive under Nicholson, including a program-best .543 slugging percentage in 2012, the Cardinals are balanced all around the batter's box. Ball State finished the 2012 campaign as the only team in the country to rank in the top 11 nationally in batting average (.318 / 8th), slugging percentage (.543 / 6th) runs scored (6.69 per game / 5th), doubles (1.82 per game / 2nd), triples (0.29 per game / 11th) and home runs (1.27 per game / 10th). In addition, BSU drew 217 walks in 2012 which is the second-best total in program history, trailing only the 238 walks Nicholson's hitters drew in 2008. Overall, Nicholson's players own the top 14 single season walk marks on BSU's all-time charts.
Nicholson also teaches an aggressive approach on the base paths which is evident by the program-record 151 stolen bases set by the 2008 squad. Nicholson's teams own the top four single-season stolen base marks in BSU annals, while Lisa Rozanski set a school-record with 128 swipes over her four-year career running from 2008-11. His players have also collected six of the top seven single-season marks in the category.
With Nicholson's focus on offense, one could easily miss the success the defense has shown during his tenure. His teams possess the top five fielding marks in program history, including a school-record .974 fielding percentage in 2010. In 55 games last season, the Cardinals committed just 49 errors and posted a .970 fielding percentage which ranks third on BSU's team charts. In addition, the 2012 squad led the nation by turning a program record 33 double plays.
On the mound, Nicholson helped develop arguably the greatest pitcher in program history in Elizabeth Milian (2007-10). Milian, the first BSU pitcher to earn MAC Pitcher of the Year accolades, finished her career as the BSU record holder in wins (85), strikeouts (762), appearances (162), starts (128), complete games (105), innings pitched (932.0) and saves (8). A two-time All-MAC First Team selection, Milian's 25 career shutouts are second in BSU history.
All the success on the field has translated into numerous accolades for BSU's student-athletes. Over the last five seasons (2009-13), the Cardinals have placed more players on the All-MAC First Team than any other school in the league. BSU has 15 honorees during that span, with Northern Illinois and Miami tied for second with nine. Overall, Nicholson has seen his student-athletes honored on All-MAC team's 37 times, including 15 first team, 13 second team and nine all-freshman selections.
Three of his players, Jessie Ware (2010), Alicia Barkley (2009) and Gilbert (2012 & 2013) were named MAC Player of the Year, while Milian was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2010 MAC Tournament.
In 2013, Nicholson helped Gilbert become the first player in program history to earn all-America when she was named to the 2013 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division I All-America Third Team. Gilbert finished the 2013 campaign ranked in the top 20 nationally in nearly every offensive category. Prior to earning All-America status, Gilbert became just the second player in program history to earn NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team honors twice in a career.
In 2012, a program-record four players earned recognition on the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region teams, with Gilbert and Alison Mercado earning spots on the first team and Montalto and Audrey Bickel being placed on the second team. Both Milian and Ware would earn recognition on the All-Great Lakes Region Second Team in 2010, while Barkley and Milian were named to the 2009 All-Mideast Region First Team.
Nicholson's players success continues off the field, with both Barkley (2011) and Milian (2010) being named to the Capital One Academic All-America University Division Softball Third Team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America. His players have also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District V honors a total of five times.
"Our student-athletes work very hard in the classroom and on the playing field to reach their potential," Nicholson said. "The discipline it takes to be an NCAA Division I student-athlete is a valuable lesson that will carry with these players throughout their lives. There is no question, Ball State's softball program is about producing individuals in which this university and community will take a great amount of pride. We still have a lot of work to do to be consistently at the top of the MAC, but we will work hard every day to get there."
Prior to being named the head coach at Ball State, Nicholson spent 11 seasons as the head softball coach at Central Arizona College where he led the program to four National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships (1997, 1999, 2003 and 2005). His teams combined for a 723-90 (.889) record and also garnered national runner-up finishes in 1996 and 2000. Central Arizona won seven conference championship and eight regional titles in his 11 seasons.
For his efforts at Central Arizona, Nicholson earned National Junior College Athletic Association Coach of the Year accolades in 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2005. He also stands as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Junior College Coach of the Year in 1997, 1999 and 2005.
On top of his collegiate coaching success, Nicholson served as the associate head coach for the Chicago Bandits in 2008 and helped the team to the National Pro Fastpitch Championship.
He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, earning a bachelor's degree in physical education. Nicholson later earned his master's degree in sport science from the United States Sport Academy. He and his wife, April, are the parents of four children: Cade, Avery, Payton and Colby.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Someone was going to have to pay for Truckee losing its 41-game win streak.
A week after losing their NIAA record-tying streak - a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Fernley - the Wolverines bounced back into the win column with a crisp performance in a 56-0 thumping of the visiting Colts on Saturday.
"We challenged them to respond after they got knocked down," said Truckee head coach Bob Shaffer.
The coach had no complaints with his team's response.
Six different Wolverines scored touchdowns - Jake Pettit and Austin Vance had two apiece - while four of those TDs went for 20 yards or more as the hosts cruised out to a 35-0 lead by the half.
Truckee (6-1) committed only three penalties in the game, which allowed for an efficient offense that produced 449 total yards, with plenty of big plays.
The Wolverines finished with 256 yards rushing and 193 passing, as senior quarterback Erik Holmer was 6-of-8 for 130 yards, with two passing touchdowns and one rushing, and junior backup Louden Smith was 4-of-7 for 63 yards, with one TD.
"That was a little cleaner win," Shaffer said.
The game started off with promise for the Colts. On the first play from scrimmage, Wooster quarterback Josh Carnemolla hit Jaymes Spang with a quick pass, and Spang immediately pitched the ball back to BJ Endrina, who bolted up the Wooster sideline for a 56-yard gain.
Four plays later, however, the Colts turned the ball over on downs at the Truckee 26-yard line. It was as close as they would get to the end zone, as Truckee forced Wooster into five turnovers on downs, five punts and two lost fumbles in the game.
The Wolverines didn't waste time lighting up the scoreboard. On their third play from scrimmage, Holmer delivered a deep ball over the middle to Smith, who was off the races en route to a 69-yard touchdown. Smith kicked through one of his eight PATs of the day for an early 7-0 lead.
Four plays into Truckee's next possession, Holmer delivered another nicely thrown ball over the middle, this time to a wide open Jake Pettit for a 38-yard touchdown, and 14-0 first-quarter lead.
Holmer used his feet to score Truckee's next touchdown early in the second quarter. The senior quarterback rumbled 20 yards, lowering his shoulder to bowl through a would-be tackle before stretching to the goal line.
On the Wolverines' next possession, however, Holmer injured his left shoulder reaching for a high snap out of the shotgun and left the game. He also fumbled the ball to Wooster on the play, but the Colts repaid the favor shortly after when Kenny Davis fumbled it back to the Wolverines.
Three plays later, Vance shook off an ankle tackle in the backfield and broke away for a 45-yard touchdown run. Truckee forced a Wooster three-and-out before adding a fifth touchdown of the first half.
With Holmer out, Smith got in on the scoring fun with a 20-yard touchdown strike to Zak Pettit in the end zone. Smith kicked through his own extra point, and Truckee led 35-0 entering the half.
The Colts used some more trickery to open the third quarter, again with success, when they recovered an onside kick. But the momentum quickly deflated, as JJ Harloff fumbled the exchange on an end around on the next play.
Truckee capitalized. After a 15-yard pass completion to Sam Mohun, Jake Pettit rumbled up the gut for a 7-yard TD.
Three plays into Truckee's next drive, Javier Virrey broke into the open field for a 51-yard gain to the 6-inch line. Tyler Griffin punched it into the end zone a play later, and Smith's PAT adjusted the score to 49-0 with 9 minutes still left in the third quarter.
The Wolverines added a final touchdown early in the fourth quarter when Vance capped a 56-yard drive with a 3-yard TD run.
"It feels good," Holmer said of getting back in the win column. "It's nice to finally get the last game behind us and focus on the challenges ahead of us."


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• Birth—May 19, 1966
• Where—New York, New York, USA
• Education—B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Harvard University
• Currently—lives in Hanover, New Hampshire
Jodi Picoult received an A.B. in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of fourteen novels, including The Tenth Circle, Vanishing Acts, and My Sister's Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association's Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. Recently, she penned several issues of Wonder Woman for DC Comics. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. (From the publisher.)
Born on Long Island, New York, Jodi Picoult was convinced that the tranquil, suburban setting offered no real inspiration to her for being a writer. There was no drama; just the daily grind of families living their lives. Eventually, though, the story of this challenge became the core of Picoult's bestselling novels.
Picoult studied creative writing at Princeton, and before she graduated, she had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine. This early success inspired Picoult to devote her life to writing. After college, she paid the bills with a series of copywriting and editing jobs, and she even taught eighth grade English. Marriage and children soon followed, and while she was pregnant with her first child, she wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale, a remarkable tale told from five different points of view that heralded a bold new voice in fiction.
In subsequent novels, Picoult has mined the complex mysteries of everyday life: love, marriage, career, family. Faced with difficult, often painful moral choices, her characters struggle to find balance in an off-kilter world fraught with danger and shattered by terrible sociological ills like domestic violence, sexual abuse, and teen suicide. Though page-turners of the highest order, Picoult's stories avoid easy solutions and provoke thoughtful reading and animated discussion. Unsurprisingly, they are a favorite choice for book clubs.
From her web site, Picoult talks about the relationship between her family and her writing. "It took me a while to find the balance," Picoult says, "but I'm a better mother because I have my writing ... and I'm a better writer because of the experiences I've had as a parent that continually remind me how far we are willing to go for the people we love the most."
From a 2004 Barnes & Noble interview and her website:
• She has gone skydiving and says, "and I'd do it again—if I didn't have kids."
• Picoult and her family own two Jersey calves, named Decalf and Coffee.
• Before becoming a novelist, Picoult worked at a two-person ad agency, where her main responsibility was "to keep the owner's wife from finding out he was sleeping with the freelance art director."
• If she could invite anyone, living or dead, to a dinner party, Picoult's guest list would include Ernest Hemingway, Alice Hoffman, William Shakespeare, Mel Gibson, and Emeril Lagasse.
• Other than writing, other talents of Picoult's include making Linzer tortes and broccoli soup, and childbirth. "I'm awfully good at giving birth—quickly, no drugs, etc.—though that definitely has a limited appeal," she quips.
• When asked what book influenced her most, this is what she said:
Gone With The Wind. I read it when I was twelve— I was a total dork, and memorized huge sweeping dialogues I could act out as both Scarlett and Rhett. But what stuck with me was the way Margaret Mitchell managed to create an entire world out of words. I thought, "I want to do that." (Author bio and interview from Barnes & Noble.)
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Harvesting the Heart (1993)
Picture Perfect (1995)
The Pact (1998)
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Salem Falls (2001)
Perfect Match (2002)
Second Glance (2003)
My Sister's Keeper (2004)
Vanishing Acts (2005)
The Tenth Circle (2006)
Nineteen Minutes (2007)
Change of Heart (2008)
Handle With Care (2009)
House Rules (2010)
Sing You Home (2011)
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Altoona City Manager Joe Weakland is retiring at the end of the month after 40-plus years - including 14 in his current post.
"He felt it was time to hang it up," said Lee Slusser, who as planning director holds a position Weakland held decades ago.
Weakland made the announcement Tuesday to the city's department directors, according to Slusser, who was reluctant to share specific reasons Weakland cited for leaving.
City Council will meet 7 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers to appoint an interim replacement and consider hiring Weakland as a contractor-consultant, according to a public notice in Wednesday's Mirror.
Former councilman and mayor Wayne Hippo, now chairman of the city's recently formed Government Study Commission, has mixed feelings about the manager's retirement.
"When I first got elected in 1997, I was not a big Joe Weakland fan," Hippo said.
At that time, Hippo's impression, based mainly on "public perception," was that Weakland was a mere "administrator" - not someone willing to implement new ideas.
But the impression turned out to be highly inaccurate, Hippo said.
"The reality is that I can't think of a single idea that he didn't embrace and try to put into the realm of possibility - when it was a good idea for the growth of the city," Hippo said.
Among the ideas the manager supported: formation of a Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone to provide tax forgiveness and promote development in East Juniata and reform of the city planning code, which included a more user-friendly land development ordinance, Hippo said.
Weakland also became a "champion" of Penn State Altoona's redevelopment downtown, Hippo said.
Weakland ended up doing a "tremendous job under the most difficult of circumstances" - given the city's financial troubles, which ultimately led last year to seeking help from the state's Act 47 distressed municipalities program, Hippo said.
Scott Campanaro, president of the city's non-uniformed workers, represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said he and Weakland had their "ups and downs" as representatives of labor and management.
"But he's done more for the city than most," Campanaro said.
The manager was a "decent man with a great financial mind," Slusser said.
"He basically kept us out of Act 47 for the last 10 years," Councilman Mike Haire said.
He did it by incessant cutting, which was at least good for taxpayers, Haire said.
Weakland was an expert grantsman, although in recent years there just weren't any available, Haire said.
Weakland was earning $96,000 a year, according to Haire.
Weakland didn't return a message asking for comment.
He was named full-fledged city manager in December 1998, after a stint as interim manager and after three previous managers had left the post following criticism from council.
Robert Hagemann - the city's first manager after moving away from the commission form of government in the late 1980s - resigned in August 1994.
Interim Manager Theodore Wood left in early 1995 and Ray Nearhood was fired in July 1996.
Hagemann and Wood blamed council members for not working together or communicating well with them.
At the time of Nearhood's firing, a majority of readers polled by the Mirror blamed council, with one saying that the firing was an attempt to sabotage the council-manager form of government.
Weakland, by contrast to that trio, survived.
Finance/ Personnel Director Omar Strohm is his likeliest interim successor, given that Weakland has appointed Strohm as a vacation fill-in repeatedly, Haire said.
"[But] we have to offer it, and [Strohm] has to accept," Haire said. "It has to be worked out."
Haire guessed that the interim successor will be in place for six months to a year.
"I think right now whoever gets it will stick with it for awhile," Haire said. It makes sense not to move quickly because the city is in the middle of difficult business, including a work-through of the Act 47 plan and negotiations with all three unions.
Asked to estimate the scope of a search for a permanent successor, Haire said, "I wouldn't be against going out and looking [at least]."
It's also not definite that Weakland would accept a consultant agreement, Haire said.
Regardless, "Joe's had a good run," he said.
"I really hope he has an opportunity to enjoy the retirement that he certainly deserves," Hippo said.
Still, while it's "kind of sad" to see him go, it's also an exciting time for the city, Hippo said.
No one's indispensable, and the current council is "up" for selecting the right person, he said.
"Change is not always a bad thing," he added.


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An NBA player "came out" this week, announcing he is gay. Is homophobia as prevalent today in America as in years past?
Well said, concerned.
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rightway you are totally missing my point. Let me try again. Christ fulfilled the law for those that believe on him. As he took upon himself the curse of death and was victorious over it for his own. Those that do not believe on him are still under the curse of the law both Jew and Gentile. They will be judged by the law. The tricky part is to figure out what does it mean to believe on him. Knowing about him and believing on him are to totally different things. Believing is when someone puts their total trust in his finished work on the cross by taking the penalty for sin and tasting death which is the penalty of sin and his rising again victorious over death. Those that do not put their trust in him are still under the curse of the law which brings the knowledge of sin and that brings forth death. That is why God said thru Paul the law is our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. It is only when someone sees the helplessness of their condition that they can truly embrace him.
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I love to share the Truth with each other...like steel sharpening steel.
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You see God is all truth and love. Anything apart from God is therefore not truth and love. Man cannot take God's place and when tried, it's way beyond a mess.
All these messes, such as gay this and gay that and men and women wanting same sex marriages and millions of babies being murdered every year through abortion is not by God but by man. Some day, Jesus will return and God will fix the mess for good but until that time, we need to follow God's leading through the Bible and be Christ like. We need to ask God to heal our land and keep spreading His truth.
Do not get caught up in another Christian's attempt to be honest and make him seem wrong because he uses the wrong word or phrase but help him message.
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And, BTW, using the law to benefit themselves rather that the message of God.
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But you are agreeing with me rightway..."feelings" can change if you are not a follower but should not if you are because they are based upon different foundations.
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Kozy, if one has truth faith, not just belief but faith, in Jesus, and follows HIS example, preaching love for God and Love for neighbor, then your feelings of love will not change.
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Concerned, the law was originally given to the Israelites. To distinguish them and set them apart from those who had no law. Paul was an apostle to the gentiles, yes. However he had major issues, and spoke much to and about those religious leaders who were getting it wrong. Who were using the law to keep people from Jesus. Keeping that line of purity (cleanliness) between themselves and everyone who didn't follow the law exactly as they did. Even going so far as to say he wished those who were forcing the "law" of circumcision on others to go ahead and emasculate themselves.
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We have feelings...But our love is a true and truthful love. It comes from God and is far beyond just feelings.
You see feelings can change but God's love is forever if only we believe in Jesus and ask for forgiveness.
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Kozy, how can a "true believer" NOT have feelings? The intent of a person's actions, which is the core of what we are judged on, is based on whether there is love. Love for God, love for neighbor. Period. Love is a feeling last I checked. An emotion. The entire law is summed up into this one. Love your neighbor AS yourself.
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As we go through the day, prayer should be our first response to every situation, every thought, and every task that God commands. A lack of prayer will cause us to depend on ourselves instead of depending on God's grace. Unceasing prayer is, in essence, continual dependence upon and communion with the Father.
For Christians, prayer should be like breathing. You do not have to think to breathe because the atmosphere exerts pressure on your lungs and essentially forces you to breathe. That is why it is more difficult to hold your breath than it is to breathe. Similarly, when we are born into the family of God, we enter into a spiritual atmosphere where God's presence and grace exert pressure, or influence, on our lives. Prayer is the normal response to that pressure. As believers, we have all entered the divine atmosphere to breathe the air of prayer.
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ts...a true believer prays to God at all times and evaluates actions according to Gods leading by the Holy Spirit. We desire to please God with everything we do. We act through His guidance and through knowledge, not "feelings". I'm not certain where you got that one.
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Religion is also man setting standards based on their feelings as to what is good or bad, while using "God" as a crutch to justify it. At least non-religious people have a decent rationale because they actually put some throught into it.
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One issue with society is that man sets standards based upon their feelings as to what is good or bad. God lets us know that good can seem bad and bad may seem good when man is in charge. God is very clear in His word.
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rightway...those who are saved understand what sin is and desire to please God. Those who don't still know right from wrong...well, they should.
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It was not just the Israelites that the law applied to. Paul said the law is the schoolmaster that brings us to Christ. Paul was the apostle to the gentiles. Christ fulfilled the law. However he did not fulfill it for everyone it is only fulfilled for those that have been redeemed by grace thru faith. All others are still under the curse of the law. Christ did not do away with the law it is still the curse on those that are lost.
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We didn't know or understand sin kozy. That's why the the Israelites received the law. To give them a heads up.
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Bob, we are the only entity created with a soul and therefore who could understand what is sin. Unless someone should ask my counsel as to what the Bible says about any subject, it's a matter of individual choices. Those choices should, as far as sex, should be a non news, private matter...now if they choose to please God...
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ts1227, I agree that the government should have never got itself involved in marriage. It's nothing but a money draining endeavor. We have a better than 50% divorce rate in this country and we have a government that is now obligated to fund courts to sort out who gets the tupperware and bath towels.
Its true that established churches do not recognize gay marriage. My question is why hasn't the gay community established its own church? That begs further questions: Does a person have to be non-religious or atheist by virtue of his or her same-sex preference? Furthermore, why should a person's sexual preference dictate where they stand on abortion, gun control, immigration, welfare funding, etc.?
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Homophobia is still prevalent, but as the last generation that is homophobic as a while continues to die off, it keeps shifting away from it.
I personally can't wait until the day where its to the point that people coming out is no longer "news", and it can just happen because it's accepted.
Whether one is homophobic or not, the fact remains that as long as governments are involved in marriage, they are not in the place to discriminate against it. No church has to ever recognize a gay marriage, but the government should have to. I don't understand why the government ever got involved in what is historically a religious thing anyway.
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WatchDog: I see your point.
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Don't call me pathetic names like homophobic because I get sick to my stomach over the thought of two grown men in a bedroom performing sex in the most unnatural and unsanitary way....
…I'm not going to go to some shrink to learn how to adjust to it just to make Gay's happy.
So in other words, Collins pulling this big news stunts announcing he's gay…only did one thing for me. It tells me that putz needs to get his head out of the bedroom and back on the court and in the game!!
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Personally, I'm not against Gays. I'm really not. I have family members that are Gay. They know my tolerant level to it and they respect it.
If this is what they want for their life style, it is not up to me to Judge it or decide for them...that is up to them and God. If they are ignorant enough to be used as tools in the political arena that is their stupidity not mine.
If they want to tie the knot, let them! Their legal union is not going to impact my life in anyway. My beef is simple.
Don't pass laws forcing me to accept it because that is how my rights are violated. It's the preferential treatment they demand that infuriates the you know what out me. Protected class…BULL CRAP.
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Beaumont, first I am going to apologize to you. I wasn't making fun of you or trying to insult you personally. I'm insulting the ignorance of the study.
The problem is this...that is happening and it's stuff like that, that is wasting tax dollars. These ignorant studies is not going to be the defining moment of support Gays need in their Gay right movement. As far as I am concerned...this gay right movement is boring the crap out of me. With all the the issues in this country we face, I am sorry but that just doesn't go on my priority list to slap around my politicians over. Now having said that before I get labeled a HOMOPHOBIC because it makes a Gay feel better....
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Since its establishment in 1957, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has played a very productive role in studying and collecting information about national problems involving discrimination and unfair treatment against Americans, serving as a clearinghouse of information about these concerns, and in devising recommendations for action by Congress and the Executive Branch. The Commission has a proud tradition of excellent work in raising awareness of national problems. To cite just one example, the Commission's trailblazing 1983 report, "Intimidation and Violence: Racial and Religious Bigotry in America," helped set the stage for significant federal and state efforts to address hate violence directed at individuals on the basis of their race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. The federal government and forty-five states and the District of Columbia now have a regime of hate crime laws designed to protect individuals from violent bigotry.
We welcome the Commission's examination of the issue of anti-Semitism on campus and believe the USCCR can play a productive role in raising awareness of the impact of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry on campus.
The university has traditionally served as an enclave for intellectual expression, insulated from the distractions of the world outside. It has also served as a trendsetter for that outside society, a laboratory where social change first begins to ferment and find an outlet. To a large extent, the excitement and passion on American campuses stem from the combination of scholarly debate and student activism in a sheltered environment.
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Institutional anti-Semitism, discrimination, and quotas against Jewish students and faculty is largely a thing of the past. Jewish students and faculty are found in great numbers at elite universities that once resisted their presence. A majority of Ivy League universities and many others now have or have had Jewish presidents. There are few if any positions in American higher education that are not open to Jewish talent. Therefore, it is paradoxical that the American college and university campus have emerged as a flashpoint for anti-Jewish animus and a site for the expression and dissemination of anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitism is hatred of Jews simply because they are Jews. Sometimes referred to as "the oldest hatred," it has been called anti-Judaism when it targets Jewish beliefs and practices, and anti-Semitism when it targets the Jewish people as a hated "race." Historically, what began as a conflict over religious beliefs evolved into a systematic policy of political, economic, and social isolation, exclusion, degradation, and attempted annihilation. Anti-Semitism did not begin in the Nazi era, nor did it end with the close of World War II. Its continuance over the millennia speaks to the power of scapegoating a group that is defined as "other."
Since its inception, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been at the forefront of identifying, documenting, and responding to anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world. The ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents has documented national anti-Semitic incidents across the country since 1979 � and tracked acts on college campuses since 1984. Reported incidents on campus have increased from the 1984 low of 4 to a high of 143 in 1994. Such incidents include, for example, vandalism of Jewish student offices and other property, personal harassment, anti-Semitic speeches delivered on campus and Holocaust-denial ads printed in college newspapers.
In 2004, the ADL documented 1,821 reported crimes and incidents against people perceived to be Jewish in the United States. The numbers are deceptive, as most experts agree that hate crimes and incidents are vastly underreported. During 2004, the League identified and responded to over 70 official and identifiable incidents of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses. Anti-Semitism on the college campus in some ways mirrors the rest of society in terms of types of incidents and trends of increase or decrease. Incidents of personal harassment, including threats and assault, outnumber incidents of property destruction and vandalism on campus, as they do throughout the United States.
At the outset, it is critically important to distinguish between anti-Semitic activities on campus and anti-Israel activities. We certainly do not believe that every anti-Israel action is a manifestation of anti-Semitism. But the League is, obviously, concerned about organized anti-Israel activity and propaganda on college campuses, which can create an atmosphere in which Jewish students feel under siege. Our most recent report about some of the more prominent and influential vehicles and voices of anti-Israel propaganda were detailed in an October, 2004, ADL report entitled "Anti-Israel Activity on American College Campuses". The League has also produced an advocacy guide that helps pro-Israel student activists negotiate the fine line between legitimate criticism of the state of Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric and action.
While there are many instances of anti-Semitism on campus that could be profiled, below is a sampling of alleged recent incidents on campus reported to the League's thirty Regional Offices that illustrate the wide range of challenges facing Jewish students on their campuses.
In addition to reports of vandalism and the distribution of anti-Semitic literature, over the past five years, students and faculty around the country have expressed concern over anti-Israel activism on campus that have crossed the line into anti-Semitism. In some cases, strident anti-Israel events, demonstrations, campaigns and fliers use code words to degrade Jews through the lens of Israel. Examples range from speakers at student events that compare Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the Nazi treatment of Jews, op-eds in student newspaper that charge pro-Israel Jews with inordinate power over the American government, divestment and other anti-Israel campaigns that question Israel's right to exist, to a booth set up at an anti-Israel demonstration that displayed anti-Semitic literature. While Jewish student organizations on campus have been steadfast in organizing counter-demonstrations and positive pro-Israel campaigns to educate and expose charges that cross into anti-Semitism, it is undeniable that many Jewish students and faculty members have felt isolated, intimidated, and threatened by these incidents.
Natan Sharansky, Israel's former Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora affairs, created a concise and useful three-part litmus test to identify when legitimate criticism of Israel crosses the line to anti-Semitism. In what he calls the "3D Test": demonization, double standards, and delegitimization, Hiding behind a veil of "legitimate criticism of Israel," Sharansky gives us questions to ask to weed out those who are legitimately criticizing Israel, and those who are attempting to defame Jews.
In addition, importantly, the United States government has recently tailored its own response to the spread of this new stream of anti-Semitism that manifests itself as vilification of Israel. The State Department's 2005 Report on Global Anti-Semitism states: "An important issue is the distinction between legitimate criticism of policies and practices of the State of Israel, and commentary that assumes an anti-Semitic character. The demonization of Israel, or vilification of Israeli leaders, sometimes through comparisons with Nazi leaders, and through the use of Nazi symbols to caricature them, indicates an anti-Semitic bias rather than a valid criticism of policy concerning a controversial issue." Further, the report noted other disturbing manifestations such as "strong anti-Israel sentiment that crosses the line between objective criticism of Israeli policies and anti-Semitism," and "criticism of both the United States and globalization that spills over to Israel, and to Jews in general who are identified with both." The 2005 Report on Global Anti-Semitism is available on the Internet here: The following examples of anti-Israel campus activism would meet both the United States government's and Minister Sharansky's definitions of anti-Semitism:
This brief cross section of events includes activities that are certainly legal and protected under the First Amendment. However, each event left Jews on campus feeling intimidated and under siege. Disguising anti-Semitic rhetoric through the lens of stridently anti-Israel and anti-Zionist attacks has proved an effective means to attempt to intimidate and harass Jewish students and faculty on campuses throughout the country. Campus administrators need to be better prepared to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism.
One prime example are the events that have taken place at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI, the familiar face of anti-Semitic rhetoric belongs to Amir Abdel Malik Ali. Making sure never to insult "Jews", Malik directs his many attacks against Zionist control over the media, the Zionist lobby in Washington D.C., or how the Zionists are behind the war in Iraq. To go along with Malik's familiar sight at the flagpole on Ring Road, Jewish students have expressed concerns about being intimidated and harassed while expressing their political views on campus. With the general unrest of many Jewish students on campus, there have been several noteworthy incidents that have taken place over the few years.
� There have been several large anti-Israel rallies on campus, with body bags representing people of "Israeli genocide".
� A group of Muslim students wore green stoles over their robes at graduation last year, signifying to some solidarity with the terrorist organization Hamas, while to others religious solidarity.
� After the destruction of a mock Israeli security wall by arson, the Society of Arab Students organized a so called "campus wide" rally against hate but declined to let the Jewish student organization Anteaters for Israel participate. UCI's Vice Chancellor Manuel Gomez attended the event.
ADL regional offices also routinely receive calls and e-mail from students around the United States who describe virulent anti-Israel bashing that goes on in the classroom. In a wide variety of academic settings, but especially in several Middle Eastern Studies Departments, reports of bias against Israel have resonated through the campus community. The most high-profile recent case involved Columbia University's Middle East and Asia Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) department. Many claims of stridently anti-Israel rhetoric were made by students against MEALAC professors, and Columbia appointed a committee to investigate the charges.
The issue first came to prominence with the release of a film entitled Columbia Unbecoming, which was produced by a group of Columbia students under the guidance of the David Project. The film presented allegations of bias and harassment of students for their pro-Israel views within the classroom to the Columbia administration. One of the most notorious incidents in the film concerns Professor Joseph Massad who, a student alleges, spent a class recounting the "massacre" by the Israelis in Jenin. When a student raised her hand to ask if it wasn't true that Israel often gives warnings ahead of time before striking terrorist strongholds, Professor Massad screamed back at her, "I will not have you deny Israeli atrocities in my class!" Another incident involved an out of class lecture at which an Israeli student asked a question. When the professor recognized the student's accent and confirmed he was Israeli, the professor refused to answer the question, asking instead, "How many Palestinians have you killed?"
After the film became public, Columbia President Bollinger was forced to confront the issue, and convened a five member committee to investigate the allegations. Unfortunately, from the beginning, there were doubts about the objectivity of members of the committee. Two of the five members had signed Columbia's divestment petition, one had been the thesis advisor of Joseph Massad and instrumental in his hiring at Columbia, and one had written a paper blaming Israel for the rise of anti-Semitism in the world. The committee's report, issued at the end of last year, did nothing more than recommend a strengthening of Columbia's grievance procedures for students. Out of many reported incidents, it only acknowledged the credibility of one (concerning Joseph Massad), issuing a very slight slap on the wrist.
ADL representatives met multiple times with President Bollinger and other members of Columbia's administration. League representatives also held a number of meeting with the Hillel director at Columbia and students involved on campus, as well. The League's approach in its meetings and public advocacy on this controversy has been to stress the importance of academic freedom for students � as well as for professors � and to highlight the problem of inappropriate conduct in the classroom and blatantly anti-Israel propagandizing.
ADL has been very careful not to make accusations of anti-Semitism against Columbia. When the investigating committee report came out concluding that there was no evidence of anti-Semitism, ADL released a statement pointing out that this issue was a red herring � anti-Semitism had never been the core issue at hand.
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SALEM — Another Molotov cocktail bomb was discovered on South Broadway, this time unexploded on the ground at the rear of a restaurant in the 300 block Thursday morning....
OMG, I swear we have some real fruit loops living in this city...oh well, our elected officials just won't take it serious! Yawn
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To me it sounds like just some punk kid wanting to be cool. If it was the real deal I'd think there would be a few burnt out buildings or cars to go with them.
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Not to say that it couldn't escalate into a real problem.
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See, look at the fruit loops that disagreed. Molotov bombs are okay to have in a city, what could I possibly be thinking. A restaurant that catches fire and kills a few patrons isn't a problem. Just some little kid playing. NO big deal.
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Mtlhed no disprect but really, is assuming something like that really the smart thing to do. That cool kid could kill someone. This whole thing isn't even funny. What happens when his little plot goes bad? This kid if it a kid isn't playing with a full deck of cards.
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