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Davis, Sims lead Baylor to Big 12 women's title
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Nothing was going to stop Odyssey Sims.
Not her early foul trouble, West Virginia's suffocating defense or the left ankle injury she suffered less than t wo minutes into the Big 12 championship game.
Sims, the Big 12 player of the year, bounced back and scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half to help No. 9 Baylor defeat No. 7 West Virginia 74-71 Monday night and earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. It was Sims' fourth championship in four years.
"Just feels great," she said. "It feels good to win another championship. I'm happy for my team. Just happy."
Niya Johnson scored a career-high 19 points and made four free throws in the final minute, and Nina Davis added 16 points for the Lady Bears (29-4), who have won 15 of their past 16 games. Davis, a freshman, was named the tournament's most outstanding player.
Bria Holmes scored 24 points and Linda Stepney and Averee Fields added 10 each for West Virginia (29-4), which had won 12 straight. The Mountaineers were trying to win the tournament in just their second year in the conference, but now they have something to think about as they prepare for the NCAA tournament.
"I told the players, remember how this feels because the next time going down the stretch, we've got to execute," West Virginia coach Mike Carey said. "We normally have executed well going down the stretch. Today we just had a couple shots, missed them, and then defensively is where I was really disappointed. We didn't execute and get some stops."
The teams shared the regular-season Big 12 title and split their games during the regular season, with each winning on the other's home court. Sims was slowed this time after scoring 48 and 39 points in the regular season games, but the Bears supported her by shooting 48 percent overall.
The lead went back and forth in the final minutes.
Sims made a jumper with 50.4 seconds left to put Baylor up 70-69.
West Virginia misconnected on a post entry pass and turned the ball over. Baylor ran the clock down, forcing West Virginia to foul. Holmes committed her fifth foul by reaching in on Johnson, and Johnson made two free throws.
West Virginia's Stepney made a layup with 5.4 seconds remaining, then West Virginia quickly fouled. Johnson made two more free throws with 4.7 seconds to play to put Baylor up by three. Baylor elected not to foul, choosing to play defense and force West Virginia to make a difficult shot. Stepney missed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Bears celebrated.
"I tried not to foul when she shot the three, and I just had to play smart," Johnson said.
Sims left the game after hurting her left ankle with 18:20 left in the first half and West Virginia leading 5-0. When she returned to action with 12:59 left in the half, the Lady Bears had taken a 16-12 lead.
Sims subbed out again with 9:36 left in the first half. When she returned, West Virginia tested her. Brooke Hampton drew a foul on her and made two free throws, then made a jumper over her after a drive, leading to Sims' return to the bench.
Sims re-entered the game, but committed her second foul with 2:16 left in the half.
Through it all, Baylor maintained control. Davis scored in close to push Baylor's lead to 36-25, but she committed her second foul with 41 seconds left.
West Virginia's Asya Bussie stole the ball and Holmes made a layup with 4.6 seconds left to cut Baylor's lead to 38-32 at halftime. Holmes scored 19 points in the first half to keep the Mountaineers in the game. She made 7 of 9 shots in the first half while her teammates made 4 of 18.
Davis committed her third foul with just over 15 minutes to play. Right after she subbed out, West Virginia cut Baylor's lead to 46-44 on a baseline jumper by Stepney, then tied the game on its next possession when Bussie scored down low. The Mountaineers finally took the lead on a 3-pointer by Holmes with just under 12 minutes remaining. West Virginia extended its lead to five on a steal and layup by Fields.
Baylor regained the lead, 63-62, on a putback by Khadijah Cave, setting up the final four minutes. The Lady Bears fought their way through and now, they can look forward to the NCAA tournament with a team that has proven to be about much more than Sims.
"I knew that we had a bunch of hungry players that wanted their opportunity to play and they patiently waited their turn," Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. "And then, as the season progressed and we scheduled the right games and the right teams in non-conference to let them grow, I had an opportunity to see a team that's good, and I think that everybody now sees that as good as Odyssey is, we're pretty good when she's not on that floor, too."
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Warning: Much of the clip at left is difficult to watch. It features an undercover investigation of the way dogs are reared and abused in puppy mills, which are legal businesses that mistreat dogs, using them to churn out as many litters as possible in order to supply those cute, fluffy puppies you see in pet store windows. Oprah was prompted to do this show after billboards in Chicago by Main Line Animal Rescue urged her to. MLAR rescues animals from puppy mills, nurses them back to health, and places them in good homes. An example of this is Shrimp, the Maltese/Poodle mix in the still seen above left. He was on death's door when MLAR intervened and nursed him back to health and happiness.
Related: Gaining Ground In A Decades-Long Fight To Shut Down Puppy Mills [Humane Society of the United States]
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Sunday Brunch: Fried Oysters and Lemon and Balsamic Vinegar Recipe
Every once in a while, usually during the onset of summer, I make fried food for brunch. If that means that the brunch has become lunch, so be it. And though my guests might miss the egg dishes or pancakes they might have been expecting, they quickly get over it when they experience that incredible first bite of fried deliciousness. This fried oyster recipe is adapted from an unlikely source, French pastry chef Francois Payard's Bite Size. I didn't think the balsamic vinegar would work with the fried oysters, but its sweet and sour notes actually work well with the brininess of the oysters and bright acidity and tartness of the lemon.
Fried Oysters with Lemon and Balsamic Vinegar
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- 1 quart canola oil for frying
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground white pepper
- 20 fresh oysters, shucked and drained of their liquor
- 4 lemons, thinly sliced (20 slices)
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Fill a medium saucepan with the canola oil. Clip a deep-frying thermometer to the side of the pan, and heat the oil to 375°F.
Place the milk and flour in separate shallow containers. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Dip each oyster into the milk and then into the seasoned flour. Shake off any excess flour.
Fry a few oysters at a time in the oil until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Do not crowd the pan, and maintain the oil at a steady 375°F. As they are done, remove the oysters to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Sprinkle with salt.
Lightly crush the lemon slices with a fork. Sprinkle a few drops of balsamic vinegar on each slice.
Arrange the lemon slices on a large platter, and place 1 fried oyster on each slice. Serve immediately, so that the breading of the oyster absorbs the lemon and vinegar.
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Anthropology: the major, the career
During this week there has been quite the conversation about adjuncts and their working conditions in the press. These articles have lead to further conversation in the blogosphere in regards anthropology adjuncts and anthropology in academia in general. Here is a round up of the conversations: Articles: The Adjunct Scramble by Kaustuv Basu in Inside … Continue reading Anthropology: the major, the career


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G-R 8th Grade Boys Basketball Win at Home- By Coach Steve Luethje
December 13, 2013
Thursday, Dec. 5th, G-R 8th grade Boys Basketball team had our first home game of season in Gladbrook, against BCLUW. G-R won the game 34-17, now 2-0 on year. We came out a little confused and we missed a lot of easy high percentage shots, but give BCLUW credit as they caused some early concerns for us. After 1st qrt it was a tight game up 6-4, and nothing falling, but we climbed to 30-15 advantage at end of 3rd quarter, allowing for good playtime for all players again tonight. The young Rebels were led by Caden Kickbush with season high 16 points, followed by sound overall game for Matt Johannsen with 8 pts, others scoring were Gage Murty 4 pts, Walker Thede 2 pts, Josh Peterson getting his first 2 points in Junior High as he converted from wrestling to basketball last week, and Hunter Smoldt with 2 pts, other players contributing in steals, rebounds, and assists were Owen Beach, Mason Skovgard (fouled out), Will Blakesley, Joel Davis, Kyle Koppen and Bryce Schick absent with foot injury. Our upcoming schedule is Dec. 10th at West Marshall (State Center), Dec. 13th at Gladbrook vs. East Marshall, Dec. 19th at Gladbrook vs. Grundy Center, with a starting time of 4:15p.m. for 8th graders.
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First Time Washington Has Charged Foreign State Employees With Hacking
The Justice Department indicted five Chinese military officers, alleging they hacked U.S. companies' computers to steal trade secrets, a major escalation in the fight between the two superpowers over economic espionage.
The indictment, unsealed Monday, marks the first time the U.S. government has publicly accused employees of a foreign power with cybercrimes against American firms. It also marks the most extensive formal allegations by the government of the kind of hacking that American corporations have long complained about,...


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You, Too, Can Have Teletubby Poo
Step 1: Order a cake with colors that rival Andy Warhol's paint palette, and have lots of beer on hand to wash it down.
(Ah, nice choice. Are you sure you have enough beer, though?)
Step 2: Consume. The dyes will stain every and anything they come in contact with, including clothing, skin, and vital organs. Observe:
Step 3: Wait for Mother Nature's call. Enjoy this foray into the world of technicolor poo.
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Step 4: Consider becoming a vegan. ;)
No, I'm not a vegan, folks. But I'm pretty sure blue poo should make us reconsider our dietary habits, don't you?
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Adding and shaping sand and measuring for small mushroom cap. (2:49)
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I have two SQL Server database backups from
Backup1 was made on, say, 2013-01-01 and
Backup2 was made on 2013-01-03. What I want to do is restore
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What I am trying to do is the following:
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Backup2onto Server2 so it has the latest data.
- Backup the transaction log on Server2.
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- Restore the transaction log using
I'm pretty sure I understand why this doesn't work. In step 2, I want the transaction log to go back to a certain backup, but there's no way to tell SQL Server which one I want. It just picks the latest one.
If that's correct, then I guess my question is, how can I trick SQL Server into giving me the transaction log I need. I've been looking at the
backupset table and wondering if I can modify that to get what I need.
Server2 is a development server and not in production. I can modify it as necessary, even into an unusable state if it will help me get this data correct.


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At the third annual President's Sustainable Campus Committee summit, held November 6, 2013, Cornellians reported that the strategies to reduce the university's carbon footprint are working, but the campus has a long road to meet its carbon neutrality goals by 2050.
Speakers: Rick Adie, general manager of Statler Hotel; Kyu-Jung Whang, vice president for facilities services; President David Skorton; and Elmira Mangum, vice president for budget and planning.
The President's Sustainable Campus Committee summit brings together multiple campus partners to network and update the campus community on various campus sustainability projects and initiatives.


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Inaugural Alumni Juried Exhibition of Small WorkThe Martin Art Gallery and Alumni Relations Office are proud to announce the Inaugural Alumni Juried Exhibition of Small Work, September 5th – 30th in the Galleria Lobby of the Baker Center for the Arts.
Friday, September 6, 2013 08:41 AM
The artists: Paul Preuss '63, Joanne (Strehle) Bast '68, Martha (Schlenker) Knouss '68, Susan (Sellers) Stanewick '68, Ethan Geehr '83, Anneliese Juergensen '08, and Emma Sanders '08 represent a wide spectrum of reunion year classes. Their compelling works of art cover a wide range of subjects and equally diverse media including oil painting, digital art, photography, watercolor and textiles.
The exhibition is free and open to the public as well as the campus community, daily 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM. A reception to honor the artists will be held during Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, Saturday, September 21, 4 – 6:00 PM.


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The Zend Blueprint for Continuous Delivery provides practical best practices to help companies implement each step of the continuous delivery cycle. Based on the Zend Server platform, the blueprint provides an easy way to implement these best practices through a series of patterns and plug-ins.
Jenkins is an open source application that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron. Jenkins provides an easy-to-use continuous integration system, building and testing software projects continuously to make it easier for developers to integrate changes to the project. By integrating code and building upon every commit, bugs are caught faster and software projects stay in sync better across development teams.
Zend Server equips development and operations teams with the infrastructure and insight to support rapid application releases, and provides PHP applications with capabilities that ensure high levels of reliability, performance and security, both on-premise and in the cloud.
Jenkins has always been an essential tool for Novadex, but deployment is not one of its native components. This means that before using Zend Server, we had to resort to creating our own scripting and packaging mechanisms for the deployment of our code. Leveraging Zend Server's capabilities and SDK allowed this scripting to be simplified and to effortlessly support server clusters, enabling non-expert users to initiate deployments, while providing extra control and the flexibility essential for Novadex to stay at the forefront of cloud-based business communication management.
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Continuous delivery requires that code must be deployable at all times, in addition to ensuring that it builds successfully and passes all unit tests. When used with Jenkins, Zend Server's deployment automation validates that, after every integration, applications and code libraries can be rapidly and consistently deployed onto QA, staging, or production servers.
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Celebrate moms with us this May
April 24th, 2014
This year the AGO celebrates moms with special programming all over the Gallery. Here's what's on:
Mother's Day brunch
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On Sunday, May 11, FRANK restaurant celebrates moms with a special Mother's Day brunch buffet. The menu features an enormous selection of offerings including traditional breakfast fare, a seafood station, a carving station featuring roasted AAA tenderloin, a la carte [check accents] menus, kid-friendly options and more. Brunch will be served from 11 a.m to 3:30 p.m. at a cost of $75 per adult. Children ages 6-10 can dine for $20 and children under 5 eat for $12. Reservations are encouraged as space is limited. Please call 416-979-6688 or visit FRANK online for more information.
Mother's Day tea at The Grange (members only)
Enjoy Mother's Day with a deliciously modern version of a Victorian tea on May 11 (seatings at 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 and 3:15 p.m.). Members are invited to enjoy a wide variety of tea along with delicious scones, croissants, sandwiches, assorted desserts and a few surprises. Book tickets for this exclusive Mother's Day event and spend the rest of the day exploring the Collection at the Gallery.
Mother's Day card-making at AGO Family Sundays
Part of our Family Sunday programming on Sunday, May 4, includes card-making! Get ready to cut, paste and draw something special for Mom.
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Yoga and Visual Culture: An Interdisciplinary Symposium
November 21–23, 2013
Freer, Meyer Auditorium
Yoga's histories, meanings, transformations, and practices were explored through the lens of visual culture at this public symposium. Twenty years ago, yoga was largely understood as a monolithic and unchanging tradition. While today we have a far richer understanding of yoga's historical transformations and trans-sectarian manifestations, visual culture—ranging from sectarian, court, and popular imagery to architecture and photography—remains its least-explored archival resource.
Over a three-day period, seventeen scholars from a range of disciplines presented new research on diverse aspects of yoga's visual culture. Six symposium sessions were organized around topics such as "Yoga and Place" and "Yoga and Print Culture." Individual paper presentations alternated with discussions and time to explore the landmark Sackler exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation.


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The actress and singer Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933) was one of those quintessentially American pop-culture creations who helped define the country's mood — playful, naive, expansive — in the middle part of the 20th century. That she was also, in large part, a self-created icon who reveled in publicity stunts only added, and still adds today, to her appeal: it's difficult, after all, to dislike someone who so giddily pursues fame, and who so exuberantly embraces it once it's attained.
Here, on Jayne Mansfield's 81st birthday, LIFE.com remembers the archetypal blonde bombshell with a series of photos — none of which ran in LIFE magazine — made by Peter Stackpole in the spring of 1956. Mansfield was in her early 20s at the time and, while she was not yet a full-fledged movie star, she was clearly someone to watch; she had already made a name for herself on Broadway and was, it seemed, destined for bigger things on the silver screen. As LIFE wrote in an April 1956 issue:
Though the thought has never crossed her pretty blond head, Jayne Mansfield is one of the most interesting sociological studies to be found anywhere in the U.S. this spring. Miss Mansfield has burst dazzlingly upon the theatrical world as a star of a Broadway comedy called Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and currently seems to be getting her name and photograph into more Broadway columns and movie magazines than any other actress alive. . . . Miss Mansfield is still just herself, friendly and frank, perhaps even somewhat naive in her own calculating way. This is a rare situation, for ordinarily a movie queen is presented to the public only after some studio has gone to immense expense changing her over completely, to the point where her own mother would not recognize her.
Miss Mansfield does not even obey cliché No. 1 of the movie queen, which is to act bored with success. No teen-ager ever exhibited so much tenacity at seeking autographs as she does at signing them; she will stand in wind, rain or snow until her last admirer is satisfied.
She has the same come-hither-you-brute sort of voice and look as Marilyn Monroe. But the comparison, which a more seasoned actress would at least pretend to love, does not seem to please Miss Mansfield at all. "Marilyn is very attractive and all that," she has said, "but she and I are entirely different. I can dye my hair and play a serious part." For that matter Miss Mansfield would not even have to dye her hair. She could just let it grow back to its natural color, which she admits, again in gross violation of the movie queen's code, is brown.
Despite her best efforts, however — and in spite of the fact that she was, after all, a talented actress and (classically trained) musician — Mansfield found it hard to get solid film roles, and her screen career was spotty after the mid-1950s. She did find great success (and riches) as a nightclub entertainer in her late 20s and early 30s, and — who knows? — might have parlayed that into a movie-career resurgence if her life had not been cut short. Riding home from a Mississippi nightclub in June 1967 with her lover at the time, Sam Brody, her driver Ronnie Harrison, and three children — Milkos Jr., Mariska [Hargitay, the actress], and Zoltan — Mansfield was killed when the car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. Brody and Harrison also died in the wreck; the kids, asleep in the backseat, made it out alive, with minor injuries.
(Contrary to popular, ghoulish myth, Mansfield was not decapitated in the wreck; she died from massive head trauma, and the story of her decapitation likely arose from gruesome photos of the crash scene that made their way into public in subsequent years.)
Jayne Mansfield was 34 when she died.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk.


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|1. By a Window Overlooking Baltimore by Josefina Ayerza
2. Reflections on the Formal Envelope of the Symptom by Jacques-Alain Miller
3. Kant as Theoretician of Vampirism by Slavoj Zizek
4. Love's Labyrinths by Jacques-Alain Miller
5. Obsessions by Jean-Guy Godin
6. In Quest of the Oulipo by Harry Mathews
7. Angel Atrapado X by John Yau
8. Believe It or Not by Michael Turnheim
9. The Weight of Words by Yasmine Grasser
10. Americans, still one more Effort... by Josefina Ayerza
11. Sacrifice and our Destiny by Armand Zaloszycn
12. Why does a Letter always arrive at its Destination? by Slavoj Zizek
13. The Lesbian Session by Slavoj Zizek
14. To Begin With by Josefina Ayerza
15. To Resume... by Josefina Ayerza
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3. The Certainty of Hysteriaby Éric Laurent
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5. The Scene of Twoby Alain Badiou
6. Exposed Intimacy, Extorted Intimacyby Gérard Wajcman
7. His Master's Voiceby Mladen Dolar
8. Lacan, Americanby Pierre-Gilles Guéguen
9. Castellucci Foreverby Marie-Hélène Brousse
10. Femininity, the Sexual, Hysteriaby Erica
11. Autism: An Ethical Stake for Our Timeby Mario Goldenberg
12. The Costs of Foolish Immigration Restrictions by Richard Kostelanetz
13. FetishesFetishby Roger Wartel
14. There is no sexual relationby Josefina Ayerza
15. Who Comes After the Actby Kjell Soleim
16. The Albanian Objectby Timothy Lachin
17. Workings of Loveby Shahriar Vaghfipour
18. Oedipus Times Twoby Kai Hammermeister
19. Testimony of the Pass in New Yorkby Mauricio Tarrab
20. The Ethics of Hysteria & Psychoanalysisby Vicente Palomera
21. Matrixby Jacques-Alain Miller
22. The Lesbian Sessionby Slavoj Zizek
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2. Lacan's Propheciesby Jacques-Alain Miller
3. Boris Groys: Communist Art Historianby Rex Butler
4. Towards a New Concept of Existenceby Alain Badiou
5. Why the Idea and Why Communism?by Slavoj Zizek
6. Mby François Regnault
7. Thoughts about the Current Forms of the Impossible to Teachby Eric Laurent
8. Tattoosby Timothy Lachin
9. Why it's Fun Being a Girl: Witnessing Adolescence in Charlie WhitebyAnne Swartz
10. Mysteries of Loveby Chiara Mangiarotti
11. The Text of Revengeby Olga Kirillova
12. Drawing by Alain Badiou
13. Psychoanalysis and Negative Dialecticsby Philip Pilkington
14. Benjamin, Adamite Language and Pastiche MasterbyShahriar Vaghfipour
15. A Letter which did Arrive at its Destinationby Slavoj Zizek
16. The Rio School Massacreby Mario Goldenberg
17. Accumulatorby Kenneth White
18. The Concept of Love in Buster Keaton's Filmsby Martin Egge
19. Barthes' The Neutralread by Egan Frantz
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2. Two Clinical Dimensions: Symptom and Fantasmby Jacques-Alain Miller
3. Psychoanalyses and Musicby François Regnault
4. The Formulas of l'Étourditby Alain Badiou
5. Deleuze and the Lacanian Realby Slavoj Zizek
6. Blundering Around, Pondering Aloudby Albert Herter
7. Of the Disparity in Loveby Eric Laurent
8. The Courage of Obscurantismby Alain Badiou
9. A Very Natural Womanby Marina Lusa
10. Paranoid Park and the Secretby Mario Goldenberg
11. On Women and the Phallusby Pierre-Gilles Guéguen
12. Obama as Dubya in Disguise by Richard Kostelanetz
13. Going in Circlesby Josefina Ayerza
14. Uses of the Neurosciences for PsychoanalysisbyÉric Laurent
15. The Neighbor in Burkaby Slavoj Zizek
16. Oscura Estampaby Julia Goldenberg
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2. Action of the Structureby Jacques-Alain Miller
3. Interview with Jacques Derridaby Jean-Luc Nancy
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6. The Seminar of Jacques Lacanby Bruce Fink
7. My Own Private Austria by Slavoj Zizek
8. Inhibition, Heautoscopy, Movement by Maire Jaanus
9. The Short Session by Pierre-Gilles Guéguen
10. A Pound of Flesh by Charles Shepherdson
11. Ordinary Psychosis: in the era of the sinthome and semblant by Thomas Svolos
12. Science and Truth: an Introduction I by Dylan Evans
13. Drawing the Impossible by Jamieson Webster
14. Psychoanalysis and Science by Eric Laurent
15. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan by Bruce Fink
16. On a Finally Objectless Subject by Alain Badiou
17. Interview with Jacques Derrida by Jean-Luc Nancy
18. Action of the Structure by Jacques-Alain Miller
19. Another Lacan by Jacques-Alain Miller
20. A Monster Found Everywhere by Shariar Vaghfipour
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2. Extimity by Jacques-Alain Miller
3. Philosophy as Biographyby Alain Badiou
4. Political Texts - The University in the New Reichby Martin Heidegger
5. Heidegger's Existentialism: Political Implicationsby Karl Löwitz
6. The Dimensions of Art: Udi Aloni's Forgivenessby Alain Badiou
7. The Lacanian Real: Television by Slavoj Zizek
8. Towards a Theory of the Tenured Class by Richard Kostelanetz
9. The Performative: from Ordinary Conventions to the Real by Raoul Moati
10. Text as Morphological Excess by Adrian Switzer
11. Some Remarks on Marcel Duchamp by Alain Badiou
12. Learning from Las Vegas by Johannes Thumfart
13. Féminin singulier: Saintes et exilés by Cristina Alvares
14. Heidegger and Lacan by Janne Kurki
15. Sex is Surface: Ontology and the Play of Signification by Jared Russell
16. ¿Dios ha muerto? by Mario Goldenberg
17. The Florenskian-Iconic as Lacanian by Joseph Masheck
18. Derrida on the Couch: the Perversity of Deconstruction by Michael Williams
19. Visions of Excess by Kenneth White
20. Ser es ser mediático by Julia Goldenberg
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2. Cinema and Sutureby Jean-Pierre Oudart
3. Notes on Sutureby Stephen Heath
4. Philosophy as Creative Repetitionby Alain Badiou
5. The Treatment of the Wolf Childby Rosine and Robert Lefort
6. A Father in the Cutby Chiara Mangiarotti
7. The Phallus is a Signifierby Ian Parker
8. Intime exposé, intime extorquéby Gérard Wajcman
9. Amores y muerte de Virginia Wolfby Silvia Tendlarz
10. L'incubo di un mondo senza Dioby Marco Focchi
11. Lightening Ontologyby Adrian Johnston
12. The Future of Another Illusion by Anonymous
13. Kant with Califiaby Yeng-Yin Lai
14. Perversion and the Sacredby V.W. Lloyd
15. The Scream of Miss Julieby Dominique Ficalora
16. Antigone and Kurtzby Gray Kane
17. Beauty and the Satiricby Matt Lau
18. Mel Gibson at the Serbsky Instituteby Slavoj Zizek
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2. Counter-transference is the Symptom of the Analyst by Thomas Svolos
3. Inquiètude qui viens by Armand Zaloszyc
4. Pastoute, lettre, science by Cristina Alvares
5. Conjeturas sobre el psicoanálisis en el siglo XXI by Gustavo Dessal
6. Time Enough for Countin' by Allan Pero
7. Mechanistics, Grammar & the Locality of Thought by Louis Armand
8. Mother, I by Chris Tysch
9. Translating the Transference by Patrick Cole Hogan
10. Lisi by James E. Gorney
11. Frau K and Dora by Dona Lopez
12. Play Fuckin' Loud: Zizek versus the Left by Rex Butler and Scott Stephens
13. Art's Imperative: Speaking the Unspeakable by Alain Badiou
14. Welcome to the Desert of the Real - The Video by Slavoj Zizek
15. Love Without Mercy - The Video by Slavoj Zizek
16. Hegel - Chesterton: German Idealism and Christianity by Slavoj Zizek
|1. A and a in Clinical Structures by Jacques-Alain Miller
2. Affects by Stuart Schneiderman
3. Conducting the Hysteric's Cure by Michel Silvestre
4. Obsession: A Name of the Super Ego by Dominique Miller
5. The Taste of Dasein by Janna Kurki
6. Interview with Butch Morris by Alessandro Cassin
7. Le Tre Estetiche Di Lacan by Massimo Recalcati
8. Dora and the Name of the Father by Ellie Ragland-Sullivan
9. The Technique of Lacanian Psychoanalysis by Anna Shane
10. The Subject of Art by Alain Badiou
11. The Indiscrete Language and the Unrepeatable by Marco Focchi
12. The Act and its Vicissitudes by Slavoj Zizek
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2. The Conformity of Perversion by Kirsten Hyldgaard
3. "Let's Bury a Few Liberals!" by Alex Betancourt-Serrano
4. Regard, incarnation et paternité dans Corps du roi, de
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5. The Use of Perversion: Secretary or the Piano Teacher
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6. Entrevista a Jorge Aleman by Massimo Recalcati
7. Entravista a Alain Badiou by Julia Goldenberg
8. The Cyclops & the Gnomon by Louis Armand
9. Caso Clinico by Paula Contreras
10. Vanishing by Jaime Delgadillo Miranda
11. A Study in the Suicide of Selfhood by Paul Murphy
12. El Psicoanalisis en el Siglo XXI by Damasia Amadeo
13. Passion in the Era of Decaffeinated Belief by Slavoj Zizek
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2. The Hysteric's Discourse by Gérard Wajcman
3. Diagnostiches Lexikon by Sigmund Freud
4. Celine's Ultimate Focalization by David Hayman
5. Negation and its Reliabilities by Robert Pfaller
6. J'accuse?: A Critical Approach to Jacques Derrida's
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7. The Semiotics of Schreber's Memoirs: Sign, Sinthome and Play
by Janet Lucas
8. Contemporary Sexuality and its Discontents by Matthew Sharpe
9. Transgressional Phenomena: A Psychological Heritage
by Jaime Delgadillo Miranda
10. Like a Lizard that Junks its Tail in Distress
by Pithamber R. Polsani
11. Torture - A Presence without an Absence by Eric Harper
12. Her or: the Lost Object: A film Project by Alan Fair
13. In his Bold Gaze My Ruin is Writ Large by Slavoj Zizek
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2. Fatherhood and Naming in J.Lacan's Works by François Sauvagnat
3. Non-Existence and Sexual Identity by Adrian Johnston
4. The Dream-Interpretation and the Dark Continent of Femininity by Paul Murphy
5. The Symptom in the Machine: Lacan, Joyce, Sollers by Louis Armand
6. Showing in Disguise: The Subject's Perspective by Anuradha Bhattacharyya
7. Lacan, Foucault: el debate sobre el "construccioniesmo" by Jorge Aleman
8. La Lingua Indiscreta e L'Irritepetibile by Marco Focchi
9. The Interpassive Subject by Slavoj Zizek
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3. The Forced Choice of Enjoyment by Adrian Johnston
4. If the French Lieutenant Never Existed by Olga Kirillova
5. Lead in the Looking Glass by Jack Bedell
6. The Insistence of Lacan on Woman as the Letter by M.A. Franks
7. Hamlet/Machine by Louis Armand
8. The Taming of the Real by Frances L. Restuccia
9. Lacan, Kojve und Las meninas von Velázquez by Wolfram Bergande
10. Welcome to the Desert of the Real by Slavoj Zizek
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2. Some Moral Failings Called Depression by Pierre Skriabine
3. The Conflicts of the Obsessional Neurotic by Christian Kupke
4. A Cage Went in Search of a Bird by David Ratmoko
5. El legado de Freud by Mario Goldenberg
6. Le Mort Qui Parle: Communication and Jouissance in Mathematics by Cristiano Husu
7. Auster's Austerity by Alejandra Glaze
8. Past and Future of Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry by Thomas Svolos
9. Photographie et Réel by Cristina Alvares
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The recession is making absolutely everything awful. Adults are being driven back into their mother's basements and Americans are pumping themselves full of Home Depot silicone to get the fuller asses they require. Now the Anti-Defamation League reports that 15% of the country is still deeply anti-Semitic, and that number is growing.
In a telephone survey of 1,754 adults conducted last month,
- 19% answered "probably true" to the statement "Jews have too much control/influence on Wall Street," a five percentage point increase since 2009.
- 14% agreed with the statement that "Jews have too much power in the U.S. today," an increase from 13% in 2009.
- 15% agreed Jews are "more willing to use shady practices."
- 16% agreed that Jewish "business people are so shrewd, others don't have a chance."
Good luck fixing the economy guys, but we're out. If you need us we'll be wandering through the woods in a distant land, looking for shiny things we can trade for food.
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Polar Science: Consensus Reports
The division produces 60-70 reports per year. These reports are unique, authoritative expert evaluations. Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review. The experts who volunteer their time participating on study committees are vetted to make sure that the committee has the range of expertise needed to address the task, that they have a balance of perspectives, and to identify and eliminate members with conflicts of interest. All reports undergo a rigorous, independent peer review to assure that the statement of task has been addressed, that conclusions are adequately supported, and that all important issues raised by the reviewers are addressed. Thus, while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy.
A Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research (2015)
Research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has yielded tremendous insights into the workings of our planet and the universe beyond. Much of this research is now becoming increasingly urgent as scientists seek to understand how the region may affect sea-level rise and other global-scale environmental changes. Informed by input from across the scientific community, this report offers a strategic vision to guide the U.S. Antarctic Program at th... More >>Report in Brief
The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions (2014)
With rapid change unfolding throughout the Arctic, the need for actionable Arctic science has never been greater. A warming climate is reshaping Arctic ecosystems, bringing changes such as the loss of sea ice and glaciers, thawing of permafrost, and changing snow patterns. These shifts challenge Arctic citizens who must adapt to new environmental conditions, and have significant global implications. This report identifies emerging researc... More >>Report in Brief
Seasonal-to-Decadal Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice: Challenges and Strategies (2012)
Watch presentations by the report's authoring committee from a webinar held on this report. View the recording > Note: requires downloading the WebEx plugin. Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the global economic system as marine access to the Arctic region and natural resource developmen... More >>Report in Brief
Lessons and Legacies of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (2012)
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Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products (2009)
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"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." –Warren Buffet
Almost four years to the day after billionaire Warren Buffet candidly spoke those words, a bailout package was agreed upon by the European Union and IMF to give to Ireland[i], at the tune of $89. 4 billion (euro67.5 billion) in loans. It is meant to help the country with its massive banking crisis that has sent the Celtic Tiger crawling back to its cage. The money, however, comes with some conditions.
First, Ireland will have to repay the money at an average 5.8% interest rate, which is higher than the 5.2% Greece agreed to pay out. In other words, it is an astronomically high and unfair rate to enforce. Even with reasonable growth, it would be unaffordable. Speaking of growth, what are the other conditions?
Second, the EU and the IMF will require that Ireland engage in fiscal austerity. With the pretext of reducing the deficit, the government will have to basically cut social spending. This is going to have horrendous effects on the Irish economy, especially affecting the working class. Economist Robin Hahnel said, "This is going to do nothing but aggravate the recessionary pressures within those economies and … increase their rates of unemployment. Production is going to drop further, income will drop and that means tax revenues are going to drop." But, hey, what really is important is that the private investors and the richer nations, like Germany and the United States, get their money back. Also part of this austerity program involves raising the sales, or value-added, tax to 23 percent, while the government pledges not to raise the already low corporate tax from 12 percent. Political economist Leo Panitch describes this situation of inequality, and how the United States corporations play a role:
And I might point out that the American corporations that have been the largest investors in Ireland in terms of manufacturing investment and exports from Ireland are threatening they'll pull out unless this 12 percent corporate tax is maintained. So you see the enormous class inequity that's built into this, the enormous demonstrations that have taken place in Ireland. And they're not new.
This is where Buffet's brutally honest words come in. The conditions of this bailout, and the circumstances that created the need for a bailout, amount to nothing less than class warfare; and unless popular forces can resist it, the capitalists and their states who are waging it are going to come out on top, at the expense of the great majority of the population.
It is here that the Irish people have a chance to shine, and they have already been getting the ball rolling. On November 3rd, tens of thousands of students from all over Ireland flooded the streets of Dublin to protest the proposed increase of registration fees, even resulting in an occupation of the Department of Finance. On November 27th, over a 100,000 people came out on the streets of Dublin to protest the austerity measures. It was organized by the mainstream, moderate trade union leaders, but they did so knowing that they had to—the people were angry. Moreover, leftwing forces showed a strong showing, pointing out that more radical action is required if the Irish people are to weather the storm. Furthermore, the Irish people can shine if they are able to mobilize even greater numbers of people, and create a situation where their voices are not only heard but action in their favor is taken.
To do this, they need a plan of action and an alternative. Given the likely effects on the economy due to austerity, described above, Ireland's best bet, according to economist Dean Baker, is to learn from Argentina and default on its debt and break from the euro. He says,
Ireland should study the lessons of Argentina. Breaking from the euro would have consequences, but it is getting increasingly likely that the pain from the break is less than the pain of staying in…What the people of Ireland and every country must realize is that if they agree to play by the bankers' rules, they will lose.
Then, Ireland should nationalize its banking system and turn it into a public utility under the democratic control of the populace. This does not mean merely putting public money into banks while demanding no executive powers. Panitch, discussing such a proposal for all countries, says, "I mean taking the banks properly into public ownership and changing the function of the banks, as Mitterrand did not do in France in the 1980s, so that the criteria on which they invest are redefined as social purposes, to be democratically determined."
The people of Ireland are at a crossroads. They can accept austerity and watch their economic situation deteriorate; or they can take bold action and do what is necessary to limit the long-term suffering of the majority, as well as protect against further crises. They have the opportunity to set an example for the countries that are next on the austerity hit list—notably Spain and Portugal—and for the people in the richer countries, like the United States, as well. They can show us that when Warren Buffet's class, the rich, capitalist class, wages war on the working class, there will be resistance, and we do have an alternative.[ii] Will they be able to exclaim with confidence, "We won't pay! We will win!"?
[i] For the sake of this blog, I will use the term "Ireland" to describe the 26 counties that compromise the south of Ireland but are referred to as the "Republic of Ireland." The true Republic of Ireland also consists of the 6 counties of Northern Ireland that are still under colonial British rule. Many of the progressive forces fighting austerity also seek a united 32 County Ireland, myself included.
[ii] This is a link to an article I wrote on an alternative economic system to capitalism, called participatory economics.
John Cronan Jr is a restaurant worker, organizer, and a masters student at the Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. Currently, he is a volunteer organizer for the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY). John is also an avid Boston sports fan.


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SCC celebrates "Outstanding Women Students" at the Cultural Awareness Center's 17th annual awards program at 12 p.m., March 28 in PAC-106.
The program recognizes women who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, perseverance and a commitment to education and service. A selection committee chooses up to 25 students through a competitive process for awards in five categories: Outstanding Academic Achievement, Community Service, Overcoming Obstacles, Women in Non-Traditional Fields and Special Achievement (Scholar Athlete).


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Courses normally run when 10 to 15 people register. All courses require pre-paid registration by mail or in person. Print and complete the Registration Form posted online, OR you can go to the www.cvcc.edu main page, click on Continuing Education and on this page look to the far right and see "Instant Enrollment". Click on this feature and click on "Sign up and Pay for Continuing Education Classes". Type in the "keyword" class that you want to sign up and then follow the screens from there. Remember you can fax the registration form along with debit/credit card information to (828) 322-5455 or you can always come to the CVCC East Campus located at 2570 Highway 70 SE, Hickory, NC.
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Photographing Birds Using Your Digital SLR
You can capture interesting images of birds large and small with your digital SLR. You just need a bit of patience and some knowledge of the bird you want to photograph. A bird feeder is an ideal place to photograph small birds. You can travel to an area with a lake or river or to a wildlife refuge for get shots of larger avian creatures. Knowing where your subjects hang out is half the battle.
The equipment you need to photograph birds depends on how close you can get to them, although if you want to capture reclusive birds of prey, the lens that comes with most cameras doesn't cut it. If you're serious about bird photography, you need a good lens with a long focal length to reach out to the bird's roost. A zoom lens that reaches out to 200mm or longer is the ideal solution.
Setting up the camera to photograph birds
Shoot in Aperture Priority mode with a large aperture (a small f/stop number) to ensure that you have a shallow depth of field that draws your viewer's attention to the bird.
A low ISO setting ensures that you get a crisp image with a minimum of digital noise. Choose the lowest setting that will yield a shutter speed that enables you to handhold the camera. If you're shooting in low-light conditions, stabilize the camera with a tripod instead of increasing the ISO because a higher ISO setting will produce digital noise (noticeable in the shadow areas of the image).
Use a focal length of 100mm or longer for wild birds you can't get close to.
Single Shot Focus mode enables you to quickly establish focus using a minimum of battery power. Using a single auto-focus point allows you to focus precisely on your feathered friend. Use image stabilization if the lighting conditions yield a slow shutter speed; however, turn it off if you use a tripod.
If you're photographing a flock of birds, switch to a higher ISO setting to get a smaller aperture (larger f/stop number), such as f/8 or f/11, which gives you a greater depth of field.
Prepping for the picture
Generally, you want to capture the bird and a little bit of its surrounding, which is why you use a large aperture (small f/stop number), and shoot in Aperture Priority mode.
Most birds stay put when feeding, so establish yourself near a feeding area before mealtime. It's best to sit patiently and wait for the birds, especially if you're photographing in a place where the birds aren't used to humans. If you're photographing skittish birds, find a spot where you'll blend into the background.
Be aware of your own safety. When you photograph wading birds in the wild, watch out for predators like alligators who often inhabit the same areas. If possible, travel with a friend who can keep an eye out for you while you photograph the birds.
Choose a position with a background that contrasts nicely with the bird's colors. For example, green foliage provides a great background when photographing white birds. If you find that you get no details on a white bird, the camera has exposed for the entire scene while overexposing parts of the bird. The remedy is to use exposure compensation to decrease exposure by 1/3 or 2/3 a stop. If the bird's features are too dark, it may be because the sun or other light source is behind the bird. Use exposure compensation to increase the exposure or move to another position where the light shines directly on your subject.
Make sure you have the auto-focus point positioned over the bird — preferably over the eye nearest the camera — when you press the shutter button halfway to achieve focus.
Focusing on small birds
You photograph a small bird in a way similar to shooting someone's portrait. You want your subject to be in focus, but you don't want the foreground or background in focus. Shoot this type of picture in Aperture Priority mode, using a large aperture (a small f/stop number). Use a single auto-focus point and, if possible, achieve focus on the bird's eye. You use Continuous Auto-Focus mode because your subject will probably move after you achieve focus. Shooting in Continuous Drive mode allows you to take pictures as long as you hold your finger on the shutter button, so you can hedge your bets, hopefully getting a couple of interesting pictures when your subject comes into view.
Catching birds in flight
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures gyrated, trading in and out of negative territory as investors read through the details of the surprisingly solid jobs report.
The U.S. economy added the most jobs in April in more than two years, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%, but the labor force participation rate also fell sharply, matching a 35-year low.
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Economy May Be Fueling 'Sugar Daddy' Business, Site Suggests
(NEW YORK) -- As college costs continue their stubborn rise, and with work harder to come by during an anemic economic recovery, some students are resorting to a rather unusual measure in order to pay their college bills.
"Sugar Daddies," wealthy older men who provide financial support to younger women in exchange for sex and companionship, have seen a rise in popularity among college students struggling to find a way to pay tuition.
College student membership on SeekingArrangement.com, a website that matches sugar daddies and sugar babies, has increased by 58 percent from December 2011 to December 2012.
"Currently, we have over 2 million members, 44 percent of which are college students," Leroy Velasquez, public relations manager at SeekingArrangement.com, told ABC News. "It's very difficult to retain a part time or full-time job, especially when you have an academic life. With SeekingArrangement, we offer these types of relationships."
Asked if he thought the anemic economy was contributing the rise in sugar daddy arrangements, Velasquez said, "I think it's directly correlated. … We are in a very recessive economy, tuition costs and costs of living have increased and people are finding alternative ways of funding a college education, in this case becoming a sugar baby."
Deeply indebted, facing a lackluster economy, and with jobs scarce, college students and recent graduates are entering into what could be called borderline prostitution to foot their bills.
"In 2011, we saw an explosion in the number of college students seeking sugar daddies to help pay their college tuition," said SeekingArrangement.com founder Brandon Wade in a news release. "One in every two sugar babies who joins our website today are college students."
SeekingArrangement.com released a list of the top 20 fastest-growing "Sugar Baby" schools: Georgia State, NYU and Temple University topped the list.
According to SeekingArrangement.com, the average co-ed "sugar baby" receives approximately $3,000 a month in allowances and gifts from her sugar daddy, enough to cover tuition and living expenses at most schools.
Sugar daddy dating advocates push back forcefully against suggestions their activities amount to little more than an elaborate escort service.
"If the sugar daddy is, in fact, meeting a girl simply for sex in exchange for money, then they are using the website in violation of our terms of agreement," SeekingArrangement.com founder and CEO Brandon Wade told ABC News' Nightline.
"It's really about a romantic relationship between two people," he said. "The only difference is that the sugar daddy is very wealthy."
So how does it work?
"Basically, a sugar daddy will message a sugar baby he is interested in and he will mention what he is looking for," Velasquez told ABC News. "In her profile, she will ask for what she wants in terms of a monthly allowance. After a certain point, they exchange emails and phone numbers and have a dinner date."
The two will then enter into a contract, the terms of which are decided by the parties involved, Velasquez said.
Velasquez rejected the idea that SeekingArrangement.com is, at its core, an escort service. The key difference between prostitution and a mutually beneficial relationship is the word "relationship," he added.
"A prostitute is just conducting a black-and-white transaction that is in no way a relationship," said Velasquez. "What we have at Seeking Arrangement is a lifestyle."
"I do see it as a very common trend," Velasquez said. "Since the beginning of time, it has existed. Back then you had geishas and courtesans. Today, we have sugar babies. They are exchanging their beauty for a man's generosity."
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Word of Faith Ministries, Incorporated is a non-profit Christian Church organization in North Carolina that was founded in 1980 by Dr. Bill Bailey. Dr. Bailey teaches the uncompromising Word of Faith message from God's Word, and has been an ordained minister for over forty years.
Since he began publicly teaching the Word of Faith message in the late 1970's, Dr. Bill's heart has been to fulfill the vision God gave him. In August of 1980, right before ministering a message in the church he was pastoring at the time, he heard God say, "Write down the vision," and proceeded to give him the vision of Word of Faith Ministries, which is:
"To Proclaim the Word of Faith, be a Showcase of Ministries, and Train People to Fulfill the Word of God."
Dr. Bill wrote down the vision, and has meditated on it ever since. Over time, the Lord expounded on the meaning of this vision for Word of Faith Ministries! So, let's take a brief look at what it means:
What is the "Word of Faith?"
Dr. Bill once asked, in prayer, "What is the essence of my ministry?" And, God whispered, "Speak Faith!" Dr. Bill has gone on to speak his faith with every available voice! When the Apostle Paul spoke of his ministry, and the ministry of those that he traveled with, he said that it was "…the Word of Faith, which we preach." (Romans 10:8) He went on to explain that the message was that: "…the Word is nigh (near) thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart." (Romans 10:8), and, "that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (verse 9) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
This is, in essence, the heart of the Word of Faith message… confession of the mouth, and believing with the heart. It is the basis of everything that we receive from God, whether it is salvation, healing, financial blessing, or divine protection. In fact, the Greek words "sozo" (the verb,) and "soteria" (the noun,) both mean, essentially, "to be saved, delivered, healed, protected, and made whole; spirit, soul, body, financially and socially, and delivered from temporal evil." This is the "salvation" that confession is "made unto." Believing with the heart and confessing that faith with your mouth, is the key to every area of your life! God said, "Faith is the Key!"
In fact, many years ago, when Dr. Bailey was in high school, he was visiting a friend's family home far out in the country. As he walked along a road, marveling at God's wondrous creation, and heard God say very clearly to him, "Faith is the Key!" Dr. Bill turned this phrase around in his mind for many years, and eventually found himself receiving from the anointed ministry of Kenneth Copeland, and Kenneth E. Hagin. Indeed, their teachings concerning faith transformed Dr. Bill's life in a powerful way. The word "Gospel" means "good news," and, indeed, the message of faith is the message of Good News to all of mankind! Primarily, the Gospel message is to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, but when you do, you aren't simply saved from Hell and destined for Heaven, (though that is certainly a tremendous blessing that we don't take for granted!) In fact, you are also saved for service here on earth! And, after receiving the Baptism in the Holy Ghost, we are also empowered by the Spirit for that service! In these Web pages, articles, and messages, you will find a tremendous wealth of information on how to live a life that Proclaims the Word of Faith!
A Showcase of Ministries
What does it mean to be a "showcase of ministries?" God explained it to Brother Bill this way, "A showcase is where a vendor displays his finest things." Part of Dr. Bill's ministry is to "showcase," or, present, different ministries and ministers to folks, that will minister life to them. Very often, that means the Ministry of Helps, or, offering concrete aid and support to other ministers. One way that Dr. Bill does this is to help his Pastor, Dr. Edward A. Taylor, who pastors Faith & Victory Church of the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. Also, many years ago, Dr. Bailey founded the North Carolina Fellowship of Word Ministries, and, through that organization, helped many ministers through out North Carolina develop their church infrastructure. Today, Dr. Bailey serves at Faith & Victory Church of the Piedmont Triad, as a part of the Ministry of Helps there, and as Technical Director of WOFR.org – Word of Faith Radio, helping Brother Harold Cagle, Jr., President of Word of Faith Broadcasting, Inc. reach out via Internet and Low Power Radio! He also created, and constantly updates, the Roku Channel called "SpeakFaith.TV" which, indeed, showcases many Word of Faith ministers across the world! In 2019, this vision expanded furthe, with the addition of the SpeakFaith.TV Live Stream available on the Internet at: https:/sftv.io 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! Dr. Bill is also a charter member, and very active in, the International Convention of Faith Ministries, and has spoken on Helps Ministry at the ICFM Annual Convention several times.
Training People to Fulfill the Word of God
And that brings us to the third aspect of the vision, "Training People to Fulfill the Word of God." Dr. Bill is primarily a Bible teacher. His heart is to train people to live by the Word of God, love the Word, and fulfill the Word! We trust that you will find this web site, and The Speak Faith Video and Audio Netcasts, as well as The Speak Faith Radio Broadcast, excellent resources to help you do just that!


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- Julian Zelizer: Second term inaugural addresses are always a challenge
- He says the public has had four years to make a judgment about the president
- Obama can learn from second term speeches of Lincoln, Wilson, FDR
- Zelizer says they did a good job of unifying America and sketching vision of the future
Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and of "Governing America."
(CNN) -- The second inaugural address is always more difficult than the first. When a president-elect first steps onto the national stage, he still enjoys a certain degree of innocence and hope. Americans are waiting to see if the new president will be different. When a new president delivers his speech, voters don't yet have a record that might make them cynical.
But by the second term, voters are familiar, and often tired, with the occupant of the White House. Even though they liked him more than his opponents, the president has usually been through some pretty tough battles and his limitations have been exposed. It becomes much harder to deliver big promises, when the people watching have a much clearer sense of your limitations and of the strength of your opponents.
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So President Barack Obama faces a big test when he appears before the nation Monday.
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Obama now is Washington, and no longer someone who will be able to shake up the way Washington works. Voters believe that Congress is dysfunctional and have little confidence that legislators will respond to his proposals.
Overseas, the instability and violence in the Middle East has shaken the confidence of many Americans that Obama can achieve the kind of transformative change he promised back in 2009.
Obama, who is a student of history, can look back at some past second inaugural addresses if he wants guidance. Three of the best of these addresses offer a roadmap.
Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865: The strongest was from Lincoln, who gave his talk amid the brutality of the Civil War but chose to stress the theme of healing and unity, Lincoln gave a masterful performance that offered inspiration and encouragement for the reunification of the nation. Lincoln famously said: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." Rather than boasting of military victory or threatening Southern forces, he stepped outside the battle to offer the nation, as a whole, the path forward.
Woodrow Wilson, March 5, 1917: Although Wilson had run on a campaign to keep America out of world war, he was aware that such intervention was inevitable. During his second inaugural address, Wilson took the opportunity to start preparing the nation for what was about to come. He told America to think about the global responsibilities it had to accept, even if much of the nation was not prepared to do so. "We are provincials no longer," he said, "The tragic events of the thirty months of vital turmoil which we have just passed have made us citizens of the world. There can be no turning back."
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Franklin Roosevelt, January 20, 1937: Roosevelt gave a rousing performance that outlined the fundamental vision which shaped the wide array of policies he had put forward in his first term. While many people had criticized FDR for lacking any ideology and for being a pragmatist without principle, in his second address he explained the rationale behind his actions: "I see millions denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot of their children. I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." For Democrats, the speech remains a powerful defense of government and the rationale behind his program.
To replicate some of this success, Obama will need to figure out how to inspire a nation that is frustrated by the gridlock of Washington and the laggard state of the economy and worried about instability overseas.
Obama can learn from all three of these presidents.
Like Wilson, he can talk to Americans about goals they should aspire to achieve, ways in which the country can accept new obligations in a changing world.
Like Lincoln, he can urge the nation to move beyond the discord and division that has characterized political debate in the past four years.
Finally, like Roosevelt, he can use his speech to provide some of the justification and outlook that has shaped his policies. This would undercut the ability of Republicans to define his policies for him, as has been the case for much of his first term, and motivate supporters who have often felt that Obama remained too much of a mystery.
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