EMORY UNIVERSITY: JAMES W. WAGNER and THE REVEREND DR. P. ALICE ROGERS-- THEN AND NOW..?

Biography

President James W. Wagner

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James W. Wagner, PhD, an award-winning teacher and scientist, has served as president of Emory University since 2003. Born and reared in Maryland, he earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in clinical engineering in 1978 from The Johns Hopkins University. In 1984 he completed his PhD degree in materials science and engineering from Johns Hopkins. Following a distinguished tenure on the faculty of Johns Hopkins, he served as dean, provost, and interim president of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Wagner is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is a recipient of the President’s Award of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for Region III, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame.

Throughout his administrative career, Dr. Wagner has worked closely with faculty, students, alumni, and staff to enhance the undergraduate educational experience, grow research, and foster more effective partnerships among the academy, government, and industry. Out of a firm devotion to the ancient university mission of liberal education, he has forged collaborations among a diverse array of schools and programs, ranging from the arts and sciences to the professional schools.

As president of Emory, he set in motion a campus-wide initiative to develop a clear vision statement, launched a year-long strategic planning process and a 10-year strategic plan (now in its last year), and led a campaign that raised nearly $1.7 billion by its conclusion in December 2012.

Dr. Wagner serves on the boards of The Carter Center and the Georgia Research Alliance. In 2009 President Obama appointed him to serve as vice-chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

Jim and Debbie Wagner have two grown daughters, Kimberly and Christine. His avocations include restoring antique cars and astrophotography.

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Office of the President

EMORY UNIVERSITY

James W. Wagner

President

Email Jim Wagner 

404.727.6013

James W. Wagner, PhD, an award-winning teacher and scientist, became the 19th president of Emory University on September 1, 2003. Born and reared in Silver Spring, Maryland, Dr. Wagner earned his bachelor"s degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from the University of Delaware and a master's degree in clinical engineering in 1978 from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 1984, he completed his PhD degree in materials science and engineering from Johns Hopkins. Following a distinguished tenure on the faculty of Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wagner served as dean, provost, and interim president of case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Wagner has authored more than 115 publications and has served as editor or editorial board member for

several serial publications. His research interests and activities have stemmed in part from his early

employment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where he developed quality­ assurance methods and performed failure analyses on medical devices. At Johns Hopkins his research focused on optical and microwave methods for sensing strains and displacements in materials and structures. In 2007, Dr. Wagner received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. In the spring of 2009, he was elected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wagner was honored to receive the President's Award of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for Region III in the summer of 2011. In 2012, Dr. Wagner was awarded an honorary doctor of engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame. He was elected in 2012 as a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Throughout his administrative career, Dr. Wagner has worked closely with faculty, students, aiumni, and staff to enhance the undergraduate educational experience, grow research, and foster more effective partnership between the academy and local institutions, including government and industry. Out of a firm devotion to the ancient university mission of liberal education -- which he defines as mastering a discipline and developing a thirst for new knowledge -- Dr. Wagner has been able to forge collaborations among a diverse array of schools and programs, ranging from the arts and sciences to the professional schools. He also had gained significant experience in raising funds from private philanthropic sources. All of these notes resonated with the priorities of the institution in 2003.

As one of his first steps, President Wagner set in motion a campus-wide initiative to develop a clear vision statement intended to serve as the polestar for Emory's development over the next decade. Having achieved widespread and deep participation in this effort, he searched for and appointed a new provost and a new senior vice president for development and University relations to complete his leadership team. With those persons in place, the University launched a year-long strategic-planning process to serve as the basis for a comprehensive financial campaign.

Along the way, the president has won high marks for rolling up his sleeves and engaging very deeply with faculty, staff, and students -- occasionally rehearsing with student a capella groups, regularly meeting with faculty leadership and departments on matters of intense controversy -- seeking to involve the community In full and mutually accountable collaboration.

Reviving an Emory tradition, President Wagner has delivered the address at each of the baccalaureate services for graduating College seniors since his arrival at Emory. An elder in the Presbyterian church (in which his wife, Debbie, is a seasoned professional Christian educator), he finds particularly attractive Emory's blend of rigorous intellectual inquiry and ethical engagement.

Currently Dr. Wagner serves on the boards of The Carter Center, the Georgia Research Alliance, SunTrust Banks, and the Metro Atianta Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, he was honored to be appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to serve as Vice-Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

The Wagners have two grown daughters, Kimberly and Christine. Dr. Wagner's avocational interests include restoring antique cars and astrophotography.

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(09/29/2014)

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The Reverend Dr. P. Alice Rogers

ALICE HAS SERVED IN THE NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE FOR THIRTY YEARS IN A VARIETY OF CHURCH CONTEXTS: INNER CITY, RURAL, SUBURBAN, SMALL MEMBERSHIP AND LARGE CONGREGATIONS. SHE HAS REPRESENTED THE NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE AT THE LAST FOUR JURISDICTIONAL AND GENERAL CONFERENCES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ALICE CAME TO GLENN MEMORIAL FOLLOWING ELEVEN YEARS ON FACULTY AT THE CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY OF EMORY UNIVERSITY; SHE MAINTAINS A FACULTY POSITION THERE AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE PRACTICE OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY. HER PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE: "EQUIPPING THE SAINTS: BEST PRACTICES IN CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION" (PILGRIM PRESS, 2010) AND "CONTEXTUALIZING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION" (PILGRIM PRESS, 2008).

ALICER@GLENNUMC.ORG; 404.634.3936, EXT 104

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Our Staff

Rev. Dr. P. Alice Rogers, Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. P. Alice Rogers comes to Glenn Memorial following eleven years on faculty at The Candler School of Theology of Emory University where she served as Associate Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology and Director of the Contextual Education and Teaching Parish Programs. Her commitment to both the church and the academy led her to explore more deeply into the part contextual education plays in theological formation and enabled her to work closely with students preparing for ministry. Her publications include: Equipping the Saints: Best Practices in Contextual Theological Education (Pilgrim Press, 2010) and Contextualizing Theological Education (Pilgrim Press, 2008).

Prior to her appointment at Candler, Alice served congregations in the North Georgia Conference for seventeen years including East Point First UMC, Comer UMC, Jackson UMC and Aldersgate UMC. Active in the North Georgia Conference, Alice has been elected to the last four Jurisdictional and General Conferences of the United Methodist Church. Alice was reared in Conyers, Georgia where her family attended Conyers First UMC and are still "tenters" at Salem Campmeeting in Newton County, Georgia. Both of these faith communities were critical in Alice's formation for ordained ministry. Alice received her Bachelor of Arts from Converse College in 1983, with honors in English and Religion, her Master of Divinity from Duke University in 1986 and her Doctor of Ministry from Emory University in 1998 where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Her hobbies include hiking, fly fishing, and cycling.

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(4/10/2014)

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He claims, which he can no longer, that he knew nothing the day we first met face to face by accident; me stopping by Glenn Memorials office only wanting, having some questions about contextual theology as it relates to conceptualization of one's story and having a drug addiction myself, making an appointment seeing you.

Even said to Josh, in front of Sara your Communications Director,  "Why doesn't Bob refer to himself as Rev. Dr. Gary?  He could if he wanted to?  Not sure I want to trust asking spiritual advice of Rev. Dr. Alice after my experience with Bob Sr. ( Doctor of Theology and Master of Divinity) and his wife Janet?"

Did not get an answer to this question of mine.

And this is not even getting into the fact that they have a son, Bert, Jr.(Master of Divinity) majoring in psychology).

Even explained to Assistant Pastor Josh some of the stories about my father (M.D. having a full time housewife R.N) and our Methodist upbringings as my rights/justification seeking these answers from Glenn Memorial "United" Methodist "Church"; that this was me giving the Methodist Church a second chance.

What better church for me to use as a second chance than one located on the campus of a secular Methodist liberal arts and science university...?

Even said to Josh as the last words we exchanged that day, after him being the one suggesting we all three were needing to meet as there was obviously a lot needing to be talk about, after him being the one declining my request this meeting between the three of us taking place at my home, after him being the one declining my suggestion we hold this meeting in Glenn's sanctuary with faculty and students invited to listen in as I needing:

"Well, I need witnesses.  Will let you decide how brave you want to be."

Maybe this is what Glenn is afraid of...?

Even with a senior pastor having graduated Magna Cum Laude from Candler School of Theology...?

How can I learn the answers to these question without meeting face to face...?

http://minusfleshequalswaterandspirits.blogspot.com/2014/12/white-methodist-god-specializes-in.html

Emory University/Office of the President 

"Dr. Wagner has been able to forge collaborations among a diverse array of schools and programs, ranging from the arts and sciences to the professional schools. He also had gained significant experience in raising funds from private philanthropic sources. All of these notes resonated with the priorities of the institution in 2003."

Someone needs reminding Emory's President, the Presbyterian Elder James Wagner, being "free from love of money", a "requirement" before able being "elected"  a  "Presbyterian  Elder",  not possible.  And definitely not possible as the "current" "President of Emory University", a "secular" "Methodist" "Liberal Arts and Science" campus.

"You don't scare me. I have two daughters!"

Also...

 James having two daughters with this wife of his who's a "seasoned" "professional" "Christian" "educator"   doesn't show much of an ability holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time and still able functioning... either.

"When it comes to money, we are all of the same religion." 

~Voltaire?

Anyway, the point I'm trying to make with the use of Emory's President James Wagner:

 Emory "UNIVERSITY" flipped flopped all over the place with...THIS ONE...exposing a fatal flaw.

 Different way of saying the same thing:

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere;  circumference no where." 

~Voltaire?

TAO~g(CONGENIALITY BIAS)d~OG are PRO-LIFE (MY SIDE) CHOICES.

 ~Simply Jim

"Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all." 

~Einstein

TAO~g(CONGENIALITY BIAS)d~OG are PRO-LIFE (MY SIDE) CHOICES. 

~Simply Jim

"Be careful.  

His is hearing impaired.  He can be verbally aggressive." 

~Neighbor:  Iranian Uranium Enrichment Concubine the Other Half of Useless Green Acre Faggots

TAO~g(CONGENIALITY BIAS)d~OG are PRO-LIFE (MY SIDE) CHOICES. 

~Simply Jim

"Did life not begin the day we all be"CAIN" witness to death however briefly "ABEL" a witness to life?"

TAO~g(CONGENIALITY BIAS)d~OG 

are 

PRO-LIFE (MY SIDE) CHOICES.

"Never wise one half of two equals taking advantage the upper hand; the other 'ABEL' although fair, not always raising two objections."

~Simply Jim

So much for

"Viva la Ecumenism!"

Well..am still wanting a meeting with you discussing what I'm seeing to be a serious flaw within the Methodist Church;  a church in dire need  of a correction.

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SOMETHING'S AMISS..?

AND...

 I WANT TO KNOW WHY?!

Mother's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There Once Was a Fish 

There once was a fish.

(What more could you wish?)

He lived in the sea.

(Where else would he be?)

He was caught on a line.

(Whose line if not mine?)

So I brought him to you.

(What else should I do?)

Mother's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Mother's Day is a modern celebration honoring one's own mother, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day and Siblings Day.

The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. Her campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her beloved mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Anna's mission was to honor her own mother by continuing work she started and to set aside a day to honor mothers, "the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world". Anna's mother, Ann Jarvis, was a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues.

In 1908, the US Congress rejected a proposal to make an official holiday, among jokes that they would have to proclaim also a "Mother-in-law's Day". Due to the campaign efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all US states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother's Day as a local holiday, the first in 1910 being West Virginia, Jarvis' home state. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation creating Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.

ECONOMIC DETERMINISM: The 50 Richest Members of Congress — 112th : Roll Call

The 50 Richest Members of Congress

(2011)

1. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) $294.21 Million

   

• Assets

  $294.21 Million

• Liabilities

  $0.00 Million

• Change

  298.9% 

When McCaul first appeared on Roll Call’s annual survey of the 50 Richest Members of Congress in 2005, he was a wealthy guy, reporting a minimum net worth of about $12 million. 

His financial disclosure report now depicts a fortune worth almost 25 times that amount, making him the wealthiest Member of Congress, at least on paper.

McCaul ranked fifth among last year’s class of richest lawmakers, with a minimum net worth of at least $73.75 million, but has since risen to more than $294 million.

The lion’s share of McCaul’s wealth is held by his wife, Linda McCaul, the daughter of Clear Channel Communications CEO and founder Lowry Mays, and the Congressman’s dramatic rise in net worth in 2010 appears to be the product of generational wealth transfer.

A footnote to McCaul’s newest report noted that “certain assets” owned by his spouse were “acquired via a gift from spouse’s parents.” The accounts were not identified.

On his financial disclosure, McCaul listed a new asset — the Linda McCaul Descendant Trusts — owned by his wife that was valued at more than $50 million. According to his report, that trust was invested in several other family partnerships.

McCaul, likewise, added two trusts under the ownership of his dependent children, including one trust valued at $25 million to $50 million and another at $1 million to $5 million.

Another of Linda McCaul’s investment accounts also appears to have doubled in value, moving from a minimum worth of $25 million to a minimum of $50 million.

The 50 Richest Members of Congress — 112th : Roll Call:

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Michael Thomas McCaul, Sr. (born January 14, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district, serving since 2005. Since the beginning of the 113th Congress, he has been the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Austin to Houston. As of 2012^[update] he is one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

McCaul was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Frances Jane (Lott) and James Addington McCaul, Jr. He has English, Irish, and German ancestry. He graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from San Antonio's Trinity University in 1984 and his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University in 1987. McCaul also attended Harvard University, taking courses in the Kennedy School of Government.

McCaul is married to Linda Mays McCaul. She is the daughter of Clear Channel Communications chairman Lowry Mays and sister of its CEO Mark Mays. In 2011, Roll Call named McCaul as one of the wealthiest members of the United States Congress, surpassing then U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA). His net worth was estimated at $294 million, which is approximately 300% higher than it was in the previous year ($74 million). In 2004, Roll Call estimated his net worth at just $12 million. His wealth increase was due to large monetary transfers from his wife's family. Michael and Linda live in the city of West Lake Hills, Texas which is a wealthy suburb of Austin, Texas with their children, daughters Caroline, Jewell, Avery, and Lauren, and a son, Michael.

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How interesting..?

We were born the same day.  

THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD; 

VICTIMS AND VOLUNTEERS.

~(69)~

AFTER THE AGE OF SEVEN...

WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL VOLUNTEERS.

ONCE YOU CAN PICTURE OUR UNIVERSE 

AS MATTER EXPANDING INTO NOTHING THAT 

IS SOMETHING; 

WEARING STRIPES WITH PLAID COMES EASY.

 ~(Albert Einstein)~

SUSAN GARY LANDRY: THAT OLD WITCHDOCTOR'S WIFE ABOUT TO DIE..?

A warranty deed is a type of deed where the grantor (seller) guarantees that he or she holds clear title to a piece of real estate and has a right to sell it to the grantee (buyer). This is in contrast to a quitclaim deed, where the seller does not guarantee that he or she holds title to a piece of real estate. A general warranty deed protects the grantee against title defects arising at any point in time, extending back to the property's origins. A special warranty deed protects the grantee only against title defects arising from the actions or omissions of the grantor.

Because of this lack of warranty, quitclaim deeds are most often used to transfer property between family members, as gifts, placing personal property into a business entity (and vice versa) or in other special or unique circumstances. Quitclaim deeds are rarely used to transfer property from seller to buyer in a traditional property sale; in most cases, the grantor and grantee have an existing relationship, or the grantor and grantee are the same person.

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 (Not sure these two Susan's are one and the same.)

Rev. Susan Gary Landry

Senior Pastor

 Welcome to Mt. Zion,

 Welcome Home!

Mt. Zion is an open, diverse, and energetic place for all who want to learn more about Jesus Christ and grow
 closer through worship, service, and fellowship. Our congregation is a family that is dedicated to putting faith and love into action.

We would love to help you find your place at Mt. Zion and we look forward to seeing you in church!

For any questions or more information you may contact us by:

Telephone: 770-971-1465
Email: church.office@mtzionumc.org
1770 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30062

2013

Clergy Financial Support Report


North Georgia Conference, UMC

Rev Susan G. Landry 
AMAR (Dst), 
$72,000 ( Salary + Utilities), $3,000 (Reimb.),  $75,000 (Total),  $34,000 (Housing Allow)
 Mt Zion UMC Marietta  (Charge), 
2,442 (Mbrs)

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"We do not listen to religious talk from anyone, let alone invite them into our home.  We do not do that with you.  We share our faith with people who ask questions of us and our religious convictions.  You had no questions for Janet, only pressing her to agree with your doctrine."

~(George Robert Gary, Sr. ThD)~

Wish I knew what that "doctrine" was that I was pressing Janet Gary to agree with me.

The only one I'm able thinking of that might be considered a doctrine would be:

IT'S NOT GOSSIP IF TRUE..? 

ZOMBIE SOCK MONKEY RAG SPINNING

SPANKY AND OUR GANG: I LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU

This afternoon a man, someone who regularly jogs down my street, suggested this song for me.  

This gentleman, 

a Buddhist he claims,

one of the very few who will even acknowledge me as he jogs down sidewalk in front of my home as I'm either blowing bubbles at the afternoon Emory traffic or flag dancing.  

Today I was wearing an orange State Penitentiary Top over the Zombie Sock Monkey outfit while flag dancing.  There were lots of people taking pictures or recording the event.

Maybe this will start some Internet Chatter.

Except for one woman driving a red car and blaring her horns, twice having made a u-turn; 

otherwise uneventful day.

The 'True' Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A guy named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night. His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing.

Bobs wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer. Little Barbara couldn't understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up into her dads eyes and asked, "

Why isn't Mommy just like everybody else's Mommy?"

The 'True' Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: But the story doesn't end there either. Bob's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a song adaptation to Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore , it was recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of "White Christmas." The gift of love that Bob May create d for his daughter so long ago kept on returning back to bless him again and again. And Bob May learned the lesson, just like his dear friend Rudolph, that being different isn't so bad. In fact, being different can be a blessing.





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note:

RON_CREATES

Global oncology spending reached $100 billion in 2014 Medical News Today

Global oncology spending reached $100 billion in 2014 Medical News Today: "The increased prevalence of most cancers, earlier treatment initiation, new medicines and improved outcomes are all contributing to the greater demand for oncology therapeutics around the world," says Murray Aitken, IMS Health senior vice president and executive director of the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, who produced the new report.

One of the report's key findings is that the cost of the global oncology market reached $100 billion in 2014 - an increase of $75 billion from 2009.

Another main finding is that clinical outcomes are improving for all major cancers. According to the report, 5-year survival rates have risen thanks to continuous improvements in detection and treatment. Two thirds of Americans diagnosed with cancer live for at least 5 years nowadays, compared with just over half in 1990.

The report predicts that these increases in survival will increase substantially thanks to new developments in "immuno-oncologic" and combination treatments, and suggests that biomarker-driven drugs and diagnostics will have a transformative effect on oncology.

"Innovative therapeutic classes, combination therapies and the use of biomarkers will change the landscape over the next several years," Aitken says, "holding out the promise of substantial improvements in survival with lower toxicity for cancer patients."

Nellie Bly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nellie Bly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864^[1] – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.^[2] She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.^[3] She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

Asylum exposé

Burdened again with theater and arts reporting, Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1887 for New York City. Penniless after four months, she talked her way into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, the New York World, and took an undercover assignment for which she agreed to feign insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.

After a night of practicing deranged expressions in front of a mirror, she checked into a boardinghouse. She refused to go to bed, telling the boarders that she was afraid of them and that they looked "crazy". They soon decided that she was "crazy", and the next morning summoned the police. Taken to a courtroom, she pretended to have amnesia. The judge concluded she had been drugged.

Several doctors then examined her; all declared her insane. "Positively demented," said one, "I consider it a hopeless case. She needs to be put where someone will take care of her."[13] The head of the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital pronounced her "undoubtedly insane". The case of the "pretty crazy girl" attracted media attention: "Who Is This Insane Girl?" asked the New York Sun. The New York Times wrote of the "mysterious waif" with the "wild, hunted look in her eyes", and her desperate cry: "I can't remember I can't remember."[14]

Committed to the asylum, Bly experienced its conditions firsthand. The food consisted of gruel broth, spoiled beef, bread that was little more than dried dough, and dirty undrinkable water. The dangerous patients were tied together with ropes. The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold. Waste was all around the eating places. Rats crawled all around the hospital. The bathwater was frigid, and buckets of it were poured over their heads. The nurses behaved obnoxiously and abusively, telling the patients to shut up, and beating them if they did not. Speaking with her fellow patients, Bly was convinced that some were as sane as she was. On the effect of her experiences, she wrote:

What, excepting torture, would produce insanity quicker than this treatment? Here is a class of women sent to be cured. I would like the expert physicians who are condemning me for my action, which has proven their ability, to take a perfectly sane and healthy woman, shut her up and make her sit from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. on straight-back benches, do not allow her to talk or move during these hours, give her no reading and let her know nothing of the world or its doings, give her bad food and harsh treatment, and see how long it will take to make her insane. Two months would make her a mental and physical wreck.^[13]

…My teeth chattered and my limbs were …numb with cold. Suddenly, I got three buckets of ice-cold water…one in my eyes, nose and mouth.

After ten days the asylum released Bly at The World's behest. Her report, later published in book form as Ten Days in a Mad-House, caused a sensation and brought her lasting fame. While embarrassed physicians and staff fumbled to explain how she had deceived so many professionals, a grand jury launched its own investigation into conditions at the asylum, inviting Bly to assist. The jury's report recommended the changes she had proposed, and its call for increased funds for care of the insane prompted an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections. The Grand Jury also made sure that future examinations were more thorough so that only the seriously ill went to the asylum.

Texas officer saved lives in shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest, police say | Fox News

Texas officer saved lives in shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest, police say | Fox News: The event featured speeches by Pamela Geller, president of the AFDI, and Geert Wilders, a Dutch lawmaker known for his outspoken criticism of Islam. Wilders received several standing ovations as he quoted former President Ronald Reagan and Texas founding father Sam Houston.

Geller told the AP before Sunday's event that she planned the contest to make a stand for free speech in response to outcries and violence over drawings of Muhammad. Though it remained unclear several hours after the shooting whether it was related to event, she said Sunday night that the shooting showed how "needed our event really was."

In January, 12 people were killed by gunmen in an attack against the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had lampooned Islam and other religions and used depictions of Muhammad. Another deadly shooting occurred the following month at a free speech event in Copenhagen featuring an artist who had caricatured the prophet.

Geller's group is known for mounting a campaign against the building of an Islamic center blocks from the World Trade Center site and for buying advertising space in cities across the U.S. criticizing Islam.

When a Chicago-based nonprofit held a January fundraiser in Garland designed to help Muslims combat negative depictions of their faith, Geller spearheaded about 1,000 picketers at the event. One chanted: "Go back to your own countries! We don't want you here!" Others held signs with messages such as, "Insult those who behead others," an apparent reference to recent beheadings by the militant group Islamic State.

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Pamela Geller (born June 14, 1958) is an American political activist and commentator. She is known for her anti-Islamic positions and opposition to Islamic activities and causes, such as the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center.

Her viewpoints have been described as anti-Islamic or Islamophobic. She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms "creeping Sharia" in the country. She is described as a critic of radical Islam and self-described as opposing political Islam.

She is currently the president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative which she co-founded with Robert Spencer.^[11][12] The American Freedom Defense Initiative has been designated a Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization known for tracking hate groups. The British government designated Geller's organizations hate groups and barred Geller's entry into the UK in 2013. She and Spencer co-authored the book The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America in 2010.

The Huffington Post has called her "far right" as have other media sources while others, such as the BBC contrast her right-wing support for small government with her socially liberal positions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller

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“The discussion we have to have is: 

Shooting Clouds Life 

as 

Both 

Muslim and Texan

When does free speech become hate speech, 

and when does hate speech become incitement to violence?  

Free speech is not the same as responsible speech.”

~( Alia Salem:  Executive Director Council on American-Islamic Relations)

GARLAND, Tex. — When Muslim leaders in the Dallas area learned in February that a provocative blogger had rented space to exhibit caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, they decided to ignore her.

They were well acquainted with Pamela Geller’s vitriol against Islam and figured that there was no point protesting and giving her free publicity.

“We don’t want to be falling for her tactics,” Alia Salem, the executive director of the Dallas and Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said to her colleagues. “She’s trying to bait the Muslim community.”

“The discussion we have to have is: When does free speech become hate speech, and when does hate speech become incitement to violence?” Ms. Salem said. “Free speech is not the same as responsible speech.”

Muslims in the Dallas area have worked hard to find their footing in the conservative Christian culture of the Texas suburbs, and the shooting on Sunday in Garland set off another vigorous effort to defend their faith and their American ideals, while also condemning extremism of any kind.

Texas, and Dallas in particular, has been both welcoming to Muslims and accommodating of bigotry. Even as the numbers and economic clout of Muslims continue to grow — an estimated 200,000 now live in the Dallas area — they have faced a series of political and cultural challenges just in the past few months.

The shooting in Texas, showcasing that there are Islamic extremists in the United States encouraged by radicals overseas, comes just as Muslims here have been confronting suspicions about their faith and loyalty.

An imam who gave a nondenominational prayer at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in February, at the invitation of organizers seeking to be more inclusive, received so many hateful comments on social media afterward that he canceled a second scheduled appearance there.

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