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When Kejriwal told me, you may have to commit suicide, Kapil Mishra reveals in Aap Ki AdalatKapil Mishra said, he had details of "shell companies, use of black money and concealing of transactions from Income Tax and Election Commission", and he would make them public soon.
Dismissed Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra, who is presently on an indefinite fast, has revealed for the first time how Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was angry at him in August 2015 when he submitted the Delhi Jal Board tanker scam probe report, and threatened to sack him.
"Within a month of becoming minister, I got the Rs 400 cr tanker scam during Sheila Dikshit's tenure probed and sent the report to Kejriwal. In August 2015, I sent the report with a covering letter saying that I knew I could lose my kursi (ministership) because of this, and the same evening, Law portfolio was taken away from me.
"I was called by Kejriwal that day. I have not shared this with anyone. I want to share it now. Kejriwal told me "what do you think, you alone can probe? We have so many ministries with us to unravel scams during Sheila Dikshit's regime. Other ministries could also have probed. What was the hurry in this?" He scolded me angrily that day."
"He told me that day, Kapil, I have so much credibility that if I sack you now, the world will say you are corrupt, even your family members will not believe you, You will have no other way out except to commit suicide. These were his words. These words weakened me like any thing."
Kapil Mishra said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain will have to go to jail for committing irregularities.
Replying to questions from Rajat Sharma in India TV show "Aap Ki Adalat", to be telecast tonight, Mishra was asked whether it was true that after his dismissal, he had told Deputy CM Manish Sisodia that he would send Kejriwal to jail, if he was sacked. Mishra replied: "I didn't say that exactly, but this will surely happen."
On senior AAP leaders' remarks that they lost their trust in humanity after what Mishra did, the suspended AAP leader said: "Well, they should not lose their trust in humanity. Heaven and hell are there on this Earth, and they will have to face the music."
"Today Income Tax department, CBI, Enforcement Directorate are all probing irregularities committed by Satyender Jain, there is the PWD scam, the land deal involving Kejriwal's brother-in-law. All of us blindly believed Kejriwal would not spare if he found any of his associates corrupt.
" Today I am alone in my satyagraha, but the day Satyender Jain will go to jail, I will go to the homes of all these leaders, and tell them, now that the truth is out, come with me. Till then, it is 'ekla chalo re' for me."
Mishra threw a challenge to the AAP leadership to bring all files in the open and prove that his charges were wrong.
"When I was suspended from the party, I said, this is not your party alone, this is my party. If there are charges of corruption against me, then throw me out.
"I have given them a challenge. Make public all the tenders and orders issued by Delhi chief minister and all other ministers at the Ramlila Maidan, bring in the experts, and let them check the files, and then dismiss those ministers who are found corrupt. "
Kapil Mishra said, he had details of "shell companies, use of black money and concealing of transactions from Income Tax and Election Commission", and he would make them public soon. "Then I will ask these leaders whether they have any moral power left to continue in power."
Denying charges that he was acting as a "BJP agent", Kapil Mishra however admitted that his mother Annapurna Mishra had been a BJP worker and councillor for last 25 years and it was Kejriwal who had sought her mother's consent before making him a minister. "I was in AAP, I am in AAP and I shall continue to be in AAP, but I will try my best to throw out the four or five corrupt leaders from the party."
"Kejriwal in his book on Swarajya had praised my mother for her role in organizing mohalla sabha" He had openly said this in party meetings. But now, in order to prove that I am a BJP agent, they are circulating my pictures with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari that were taken a year ago, one at an Iftaar party organized by Delhi Police, and another at an event, where other AAP leaders were also present."
The former Delhi minister quoted Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi, who recently resigned from the party in Punjab, to allege that several AAP leaders "exploited women during the Punjab elections". "This is a criminal silence on part of AAP leadership. Kejriwal is silent on my charges for the last 15 days, and it seems he will leave Dr Manmohan Singh behind."
Asked why he was silent when, according to him, he saw Satyender Jain giving Rs 2 crore cash to Kejriwal, Kapil Mishra replied: "I was not silent. I asked Kejriwal, from where the money had come. I request him to call a meeting of all MLAs and explain the source of the money. He called a meeting of MLAs, but did not mention this incident, and in the evening it was announced that I was sacked.
"It is of course right to ask why I did not act, call in the police and get the person arrested. I was then just stunned to react. Those moments were almost like a trauma for me. It was like as if I was in a state of vacuum. But my conscience was there. I wrote a letter to Anti-Corruption Bureau the next morning at 9.30 am. Kejriwal then called members of his Political Affairs Committee and told them about this. Some of those members later told me, I was removed because I had written the letter to ACB."
Asked why he did not speak up when ex-minister Jitendra Tomar was caught with a fake degree and another ex-minister Sandeep Kumar was found sexually exploiting women, Kapil Mishra replied: "I sometimes feel, I was mistakenly made a minister. They will repent this mistake for the rest of their lives."
Kapil Mishra in Rajat Sharma's show Aap Ki Adalat will be telecast tonight at 10 pm on India TV. The repeat telecast will take place tomorrow, Sunday May 14 at 10 am and 10 pm.


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High School Attended: Elkhart Graduated: 1943
High School Honors: Played varsity football 3 years; vice-president of senior class.
College Attended: Hanover College Graduated: 1950
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College Honors: 3-year First Team Hoosier College Conference Quarterback; 3-year First Team Quarterback on Little All-State College Football Team chosen by AP; Little All-PHI; Little All-American Honorable Mention (AP) 1947; named to Tom Harmon's Little All-American Team 1948; Nation's Small College Leader in passing and total offense in 1948, passing for 484 yards in one game alone, and 1,428 total yards in an eight game season.
Professional Athletic Background: Tried out with Pittsburgh Steelers 1950; played semi-pro with Indianapolis All-Stars in 1950.
Special Recognition: Served 7 1/2 years as Superintendent of Recreation in Evansville; joined the IU faculty as a specialist in recreation and parks, becoming Professor Emeritus in the Department of Recreation and Parks Administration; also worked with the Cooperative Extension Service of Purdue University; retired after 33 years in recreation and park management.
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Report: Tina Davis Sent Chris Brown "Booty Call" Textby Free Britney at . Comments
Celebrity news sources say that Tina Davis, Chris Brown's manager, has been ID'd as the woman behind the text message long believed to have triggered the fight that left Brown charged with a pair of felony offenses and Rihanna beaten senseless.
Davis allegedly sent a three-page text message to Brown's cell phone that sent Rihanna flying off the handle and caused Brown to respond with brutal force.
Davis, who turns 40 this month, was rumored to have had a relationship with Chris Brown when he was only 16. Brown and Davis have denied this took place.
However, the detective's affidavit in the assault case refers to the text message as being "from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with."
Was Chris Brown cheating on Rihanna with manager Tina Davis?
Law enforcement sources say the text message to Brown talked about hooking up later - and it royally pissed off Rihanna, who slapped and hit him in a jealous rage.
He retaliated, to put it mildly.
Tina Davis could not be reached for comment.
No one can say for sure whether Chris Brown - who is seeking a plea deal with no jail time - is fully on the same page with Rihanna after everything that happened, but the lovebirds are reportedly working on the same track.
Literally! The seemingly reconciled duo is working on a duet that Brown is hoping to include on his new album, which is due out later this year, a studio source dished to E! Online. "They've been working on it together," the insider says.
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Sandy Alderson has only made two multi-year free agent signings as Mets GM. The first of those was reliever D.J. Carrasco, who was finally released after parts of two dismal seasons. Frank Francisco was the other beneficiary of a multi year deal, after being signed to a $12 million, two year deal in the Winter.
Carrasco's release came soon after he served up a two-run homer to Todd Frazier in a 6-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
On Tuesday, Carrasco started a tempest after he plunked Brewers star Ryan Braun, prompting Terry Collins to remove David Wright from the game in fear of retaliation.
With Carrasco now designated for assignment, the Mets will promote left-handed reliever Robert Carson from Double-A Binghamton.
Carrasco was signed to a two-year, $2.2 million deal during the 2010-11 offseason.
After the game when he was told he had been cut, Carrasco was neither surprised or shook up about it;
"It was pretty self-explanatory," Carrasco said. "I would have done the same thing if I was the GM."


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After you have reserved your puppy with Timshell Farm, we will provide you with updates as to the progress. We will let you know when the breedings have taken place, when the mother dogs are "showing", and of course, we will let you know as soon as the litter is born!
While you are waiting for the puppies to arrive, it's a great time to get a book or two from those listed in our Reading Corner on the Goldendoodle Page of the website. There is so much great new information on crate training, obedience training and getting the family and the house ready for the new puppy. There is a Puppy Shopping List in the Reading Corner, also that should be helpful in preparing for puppy's arrival.
Time to line up a vet if you don't have one, and find a good obedience trainer. Obedience training is the secret to making a good puppy into a truly great dog. We strongly recommend puppy kindergarten and dog obedience training sessions, once the puppy has had all of it's immunizations.
We will notify you once the litters are born and are doing well, and we will let you know how many males and females there are in the litter, and if you will receive a puppy from this litter or the next litter. We go by dates of deposits and have to wait until the litter is born to see how many males and females there are! Sometimes it is necessary to have your reservation moved forward to the next litter, if the sex of the puppy you want is not present in the litter.
We will send out photos each weekend, so that you can watch the puppies grow! We'll let you know how they are progressing. All immunizations and dewormings are done as per vet's schedule, and socialization starts the day the puppies are born with much human handling and bottle feeding. We supplement feed the puppies every day to help them have the nutrition they need and to keep the mothers from becoming so depleted.
The balance on the puppy is due two weeks after they are born. Please make a check payable to Linda Rogers and mail it to PO BOX 681, Corsicana, TX 75151.
Shipping: please see our Puppy Transportation Information page, HERE.
Puppy photos will go out each weekend. We take group photos and some individual puppy photos so you can see their faces up close.
Matching people with puppies is not done until they are about 7 weeks old. We wait as long as we can to let them develop as much as possible before we match puppies with families, using the preferences given to us on the Buyer's Agreement. Once the puppies are 7 weeks old and the match-ups are done, we will send you a photo at that time of your own Goldendoodle!
Puppy selections are made after we spend two full days of intense observation of the puppies, making notes on puppy behavior and then matching those notes with the preferences you gave us on your Buyer's Agreement. This includes behavioral aspects as well as coat types (wavy/shaggy or soft curl), allergy concerns and coat colors you prefer. It is relatively easy to provide everyone with a gentle-natured Goldendoodle because our puppies take this quality from their parents - our puppies are well known for sweet dispositions and people-loving personalities.
If you are having your puppy shipped to you, we will make all reservations and will take care of everything. We'll let you know the flight number and arrival time.
Be sure to have a checkup appointment scheduled with your vet. Remember that puppies should not go out in public until they have had all of their immunizations - this is a must! No public parks, walks in the neighborhood or obedience training outside the home. Some people get an in-home trainer to come and work with the puppy and all the family members, then continue with obedience training classes later when the puppy has had all immunizations.


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Oodland Hills, CA—Great American Group, Inc. has been hired to handle the liquidation of Bakers Footwear Group, Inc., which includes discounts on merchandise remaining in Bakers last 56 stores.
The move comes after a bankruptcy judge on Jan. 15 signed a Chapter 7 order allowing Bakers Footwear Group to conduct going-out-of-business sales. The footwear retailer abandoned plans to restructure its business earlier this month. declining sales.
Bakers locations in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia are part of the sale event, which is also being conducted online at www.bakersshoes.com.
"We are offering significant discounts online and on all store items, so consumers will have the opportunity to purchase quality, name-brand women's shoes at steep discounts," said Scott Carpenter, president of Great American Group's Retail Division.
Bakers Footwear Group had operated 236 Bakers and Wild Pair shoe stores in 37 states before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October due to declining sales. At that time, the company hired GA Keen Realty Advisors, LLC of New York, a division of Great American Group, to market leases for 150 Bakers and Wild Pair shoe store locations in 31 states.
Bakers Footwear Group is the third footwear retailer that has selected Great American Group to liquidate stores over the past 18 months. Great American Group assisted Payless ShoeSource and Sterling Shoes with store restructuring projects, consolidating store locations for both companies in 2011 and 2012.


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Yvenson Bernard ran for two touchdowns in leading the Oregon State Beavers to a convincing 24-7 season-opening win over the Utah Utes Thursday night.
Oregon State easily covered the 6-point spread at home, but the 31 points were well UNDER the posted total of 52.
Bernard carried the ball 30 times for 170 yards in the win, and Darrell Catchings caught a six-yard pass for a TD.
Brent Casteel caught seven passes for 64 yards with the lone touchdown in a losing effort for Utah.


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(Critical Survey of Contemporary Fiction)
At the center of DREYFUS: A FAMILY AFFAIR is the scandal which rocked France in the 1890's when Alfred Dreyfus, a wealthy intellectual Jewish army officer, was found guilty of treason and incarcerated on Devil's Island despite clear evidence of his innocence.
Michael Burns has thrown fresh light on this much-discussed affair by looking back to Captain Dreyfus' great-grandfather, a rural butcher deprived, because of his race, of basic human rights, and to the influence of the French revolution, with its decreed emancipation of the Jews, on subsequent generations of the family.
He has thus been able to trace the historical and social roots not only of the unyielding faith in French justice which sustained Dreyfus throughout his ordeal but also of the high-level anti-Semitic conspiracy which sought to destroy him.
Through his gripping combination of sober analysis and vivid characterization, Burns brings to life the many eminent figures who campaigned for Dreyfus' rehabilitation. He emphasizes, however, the key roles played by members of the family, especially by Alfred's brother Mathieu, whose dogged diplomacy brought together the very disparate—and sometimes feuding—individuals and groupings known collectively as the "Dreyfusards."
The Dreyfus family history ends with the suffering imposed on it during World War II by Nazis and their French collaborators. Several of the younger family members fought back with the Resistance or the Free French; some lost their lives in appalling circumstances.
Underpinning the entire account is the contradiction between the noble legacy of the French Revolution—"liberty, equality, fraternity"—and the brutish pervasiveness of traditional anti-Semitism, fanned by opportunist politicians and journalists, from which the Dreyfus family, through the six generations depicted, and by implication the entire Jewish population of France, have never been free.


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Nature, Environments, and Place in American ThoughtJuly 14th, 2014
In the spring of 2012 I had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Magnolias Curriculum Project. The readings and discussions in the workshop quickly revealed the big questions of sustainability: How does personal behavior and choice relate to global phenomenon? What do we hope to sustain, and who benefits? These issues are not only about the earth's future, but also prompt deeper reflection about our history, relationships to places, capacity for self-awareness and change, and sense of responsibility to others.
I wanted to further explore these big questions in a First Year Seminar that I offered in spring 2014 titled Nature, Environments, and Place in American Thought. My intention was to introduce students to traditions of environmental thought and help them explore their relationships to places, nature and social action. The class was organized as a journey from inner reflection to public outreach, culminating in a web exhibit. After reading classic and contemporary nature writing pieces, the students first created group photo essays that visually tell a story and make an interpretive point about human relationships to nature. Some groups chose to investigate personal relationships to significant places, while others depicted Wake Forest's efforts to promote sustainability.
Meanwhile, the class visited Old Salem's heritage gardens, Reynolda House Museum of Art, and Reynolda Village to make connections to scholarly arguments about landscape design, cultural values, and sustainability featured in the readings. Each student then chose one place in Winston-Salem to research in-depth, endeavoring to interpret the environmental and social histories of familiar and everyday places – a trail, lake, neighborhood, park – in novel ways. The final project was to create a podcast based on an interview with an environmental actor. The groups traveled around the Piedmont to visit organic farms, a prayer center, and the site of the Dan River coal ash spill to conduct interviews. Throughout the semester the students worked with Digital Initiatives Librarian Chelcie Rowell to build a digital exhibit featuring text, images, audiovisual presentations, and a map of place studies. In doing so, students had the opportunity to reflect on the power and limitations of technology to represent nature and educate and inspire others. Most crucially, the course allowed students to both think through their personal relationship to environments within the context of intellectual traditions, and to link these ideas to cooperative action and collective responsibility.
View the students' web exhibit at: http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/fys100fff
By Lisa Blee, Assistant Professor of History
Fourth Annual Arbor Day CelebrationMay 27th, 2014
Students and staff circled around a vibrant Japanese Maple tree at Student Apartments on April 24th to celebrate Arbor Day. Landscaping Services, Residence Life and Housing, and the Office of Sustainability co-hosted the ceremony in conjunction with a Campus Beautification Day celebration that was organized by Greeks Go Green interns.
University Arborist Jim Mussetter, presented the ceremonial tree, a cultivar known as Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira' or "Lion's Head." Mussetter described that this specific cultivar was chosen for its slow growth and striking fall foliage of gold and crimson tones. As the first 'shishigashira' introduced to campus, the tree will be a seasonal focal point in the housing courtyard for decades to come. University Chaplain Tim Auman led a poetry reading before guests in attendance planted the tree.
Immediately following the ceremony, students divided into groups, led by Greeks Go Green representatives, to pick up litter across campus as part of the Campus Beautification Day celebration. From small tools to cigarette butts, students collected litter of all shapes and sizes in an effort to Keep the Forest Green. Participants were recognized for their contributions: the first-year class turned out in the highest numbers as did brothers from Alpha Sigma Phi. After the clean-up, students were rewarded with at a cookout, including grass-fed burgers made from Grayson Natural beef, which was generously co-sponsored by Residence Life and Housing, Outdoor Programs, and Landscaping Services.
The fourth annual Arbor Day ceremony and the inaugural Campus Beautification Day service event exemplify Wake Forest University's commitment to our Tree Campus USA designation by the Arbor Day Foundation.
Sharing Perspectives across DisciplinesMay 20th, 2014
Eleven faculty members from across the disciplinary spectrum came together on May 13-14, 2014 for the 3rd annual Magnolias Curriculum Project. This year's workshop was co-facilitated by communications professor Ron Von Burg, an alumnus of last year's cohort, and Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, the university's director of sustainability.
The aims of the workshop are to build a transdisciplinary community of scholars committed to addressing issues of sustainability and to empower faculty to consider themselves the experts at infusing sustainability into their courses.
Participants in the two-day workshop discussed provocative literature, considered and developed student learning outcomes, and shared resources with their colleagues. The deliverable for each participant is a syllabus into which they have infused sustainability-related outcomes. The course may be one they have been teaching and plan to teach again or a completely new course they are developing. The revised and new syllabi are posted online and serve as examples for future cohorts.
Wake Forest currently offers a minor in environmental studies and is launching a new Master's in sustainability this fall. The result of the annual curriculum workshop is an increased number of courses being offered that support a variety of sustainability-related learning outcomes. This opens up possibilities for students pursuing these tracks of study to access electives that match up with a diverse array of disciplinary and professional interests.
The workshop model also aligns with the teaching and engagement goals of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), as it is designed to cultivate a broad community of scholars addressing sustainability issues. This year's cohort illustrates the breadth of that community with participant scholars from art, management, sociology, history, classical languages, economics, dance, business, documentary film, and writing.
Closing words of appreciation from participants in the 2014 workshop reinforced the value of the collaborative model:
What a treat to meet colleagues from other parts of the university. It's very easy to hole away and neither learn about nor appreciate what they are doing.
Meeting people from other departments. Hearing things from a different perspective.
Opportunity to learn about sustainability as a field, here on campus and amongst colleagues. Loved outside time…on schedule.
So glad I participated in the workshop!
By Dedee DeLongpre Johnston, Director of Sustainability
Inaugural Champions of Change AwardsMay 6th, 2014
Wake Forest's celebration of Earth Day this year included the announcement of Champions of Change award winners. This was the first year of the program, which recognizes the creativity and innovation of individuals and teams who work to integrate principles of sustainability across campus. Provost Rogan Kersh and Sr. VP/CFO Hof Milam presented the awards.
Winners were recognized in four categories: Resource Conservation, Service and Social Action, Teaching Research and Engagement, and Bright Ideas.
- Residence Life & Housing and Financial Services were jointly named champions of change in Resource Conservation. Residence Life and Housing dramatically reduced solid waste and conserved water through renovation and retrofit programs this past year; Financial Services supported the conversion to electronic business processes campus-wide.
- Campus Kitchen was named as a winner in the Service and Social Action category. Campus Kitchen repurposes prepared, but not served, food from our campus dining facilities into balanced meals for members of the broader Winston-Salem community.
- For Teaching, Research and Engagement, Lynn Book and her faculty colleagues Angela Kocze and Wanda Balzano were recognized for their work in the new course, "Women, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability." Students collaborated with community partners Margaret Norfleet-Neff and Salem Neff, the mother-daughter team who founded the Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market.
- Abby McNeal was recognized for her Bright Idea in turf management and the installation of the UgMo Wireless Soil Sensor System at Spry Soccer Field. UgMo is an underground monitoring system that measures soil moisture at the root level and determines when and how much to water on a zone-to-zone basis.
Thirty nominations were received for the four awards. A committee evaluated the nominations based on:
- The ways in which the nominees have helped advance one or more of the Wake Forest University campus sustainability strategic goals
- The level of participation by colleagues within the department or unit
- The measurable impact among constituents across campus or in the community served
Additionally, Green Team captains Peter Romanov, Darlene Starnes and Carol Lavis were named champions of change for their departmental leadership. 65% of our departments and units across campus are now led by Green Team captains – they support their colleagues with the resources and encouragement to integrate sustainability into everyday workplace decisions.
Case Study: Wake the LibraryApril 1st, 2014
If you are a Wake Forest University student or a member of the alumni body, you may be familiar with the "Wake the Library" program hosted at midnight in ZSR throughout the week of finals every semester. You may be less familiar, however, with the work of ZSR Green Team captains Mary Scanlon and Peter Romanov, as well as Mary Beth Locke and other ZSR Sustainability Committee members, to make the event sustainable.
Their collective efforts are featured in the newly published resource "Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries." In the chapter Teaching by Doing, the leaders discuss their commitment to decrease the amount of waste produced at the event. Check it out for yourself.
Magnolias Project ApplicationMarch 25th, 2014
The Office of Sustainability and the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES) invite you to enhance your teaching and engagement with sustainability issues by participating in the Magnolias Project May 13-14, 2014 on the Wake Forest campus. No prior experience with sustainability-related issues in the classroom or in research is necessary, and faculty at all ranks and career stages are welcome!
This innovative approach to curricular change, modeled on the nationally renowned Piedmont Project (Emory University) and Ponderosa Project (Northern Arizona University), provides faculty with an intellectually stimulating and collegial experience to pool their expertise. Faculty who would like to develop a new course module or an entirely new course that engages issues of sustainability and the environment are encouraged to apply.
Detailed information is available on the project's webpage. Applications are due April 11, 2014. Participants will earn a $500 stipend.
Faces of Sustainability: Alan WinklerJanuary 17th, 2014
From lamps to pianos, if you have moved or discarded furnishings on campus in the past few years, chances are you have met Alan Winkler, Surplus Coordinator for Wake Forest University. With a passion for keeping anything reusable out of the landfill, Winkler collects, catalogs, stores, and delivers myriad furnishings and recyclable waste streams across campus.
Before Winkler was hired, surplus property was managed by Michael Logan, Manager of Strategic Sourcing in Procurement Services. Although Logan was successful in finding placements for some pieces through a basic surplus listserv, both Facility and Campus Services and Procurement Services recognized the system could do much more. "I am really thankful that we have leaders and a responsive administration on campus that recognized it wasn't the best that the university could do," said Logan.
What was a bare bones effort when Winkler arrived is now a thriving, well organized waste diversion program. "The surplus program was my baby," Winkler said. With a background in logistics, Winkler tackled the substantial surplus inventory that had built up prior to his arrival. In the first year alone, the program helped the university avoid nearly $440,000 in expenses, mostly in avoided landfill fees and avoided expenses for new furnishings. In addition to cost savings, the program generates substantial resource savings: nearly 100 tons of waste have been diverted from the landfill in less than two and a half years. November 2013 also marked the first-ever WFU surplus sale. With over 200 pieces of surplus property sold to members of the Wake Forest community, this successful event could well turn into an annual offering.
Last year, Winkler began collecting electronic waste for recycling as well. Through established relationships with organizations like Goodwill, the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling, which houses the surplus property program, continues to find safer and more cost effective ways to divert potentially harmful waste streams, like electronics and toner cartridges, from landfills.
Winkler hopes to see even further expansion down the road. "The next step is to have the space, time, and staff to include office supplies in the program." In its current configuration, the surplus program is only available to faculty and staff. Such an expansion would make some of the supplies available to students as well.
Whether the task of the hour is moving staff and faculty offices, helping a customer outfit a new office with gently used furnishings, strategically placing new recycling bins, or coordinating collection of inkjet and toner cartridges for recycling, Winkler can be counted on for courteous customer service and a commitment to Wake Forest's campus sustainability goals.
By Hannah Slodounik, Program Coordinator
Sustainability through Place ValuesDecember 7th, 2013
Students in my fall 2013 Literature and the Environment seminar (ENG 341G) spent the semester exploring different sites of belonging through world literature. Their course work carried them through critical discussions on the anthropocene, bioregionalism, deep ecology, ecotones and general systems theory. In their final class unit, they targeted their analysis toward key issues of sustainability. Several groups of students got together to reflect on the ways sustainability connected them to different communities of practice. Prominent among such communities was Wake Forest.
In the following essays, students consider the ways environments are composed through participation. They urge other students to be more fully present in the ways they interact with their campus environment, and they propose solutions for more sustainable technological practices. Other essays reflect on the ways Wake Forest has shaped students as engaged individuals; students consider the ways the college's environs have provided a vital resource for their spirits. Though all these short essays are quite different in their approaches to place values, all share an important central insight: Sustainability is something that needs to be grounded in communities of belonging.
By Dr. Judith Madera, Magnolias Project Participant 2012
Are You a Champion?October 30th, 2013
Have you or are you preparing to facilitate a change to a sustainable practice on campus? Have you implemented a new sustainability initiative in your area? If so, you might be a winner!
This coming April, Wake Forest will host our inaugural Champions of Change award ceremony.
In March, we will accept nominations for awards that honor sustainability through:
- resource conservation (energy, water, or waste reduction),
- academics (teaching, research, engaged learning),
- service and social action, and
- bright ideas (innovative ideas that have been or could be implemented).
We look forward to hearing about the work of all the inspiring change agents across campus.
Community of Scholars GrowsSeptember 30th, 2013
Eleven faculty members from across the disciplinary spectrum came together on May 15-16, 2013 for the 2nd annual Magnolias Curriculum Project. This year's workshop was facilitated by alumni from last year's inaugural project: Sarah Mason (mathematics) and Luke Johnston (religion).
The aims of the workshop are to build a transdisciplinary community of scholars committed to addressing issues of sustainability and to empower faculty to consider themselves the experts at infusing sustainability into their courses.
Participants in the two-day workshop discussed relevant literature, considered and developed student learning outcomes, and shared resources with their colleagues. The deliverable for each participant is a syllabus into which they have infused sustainability-related outcomes. The course may be one they have been teaching and plan to teach again or a completely new course they are developing. The revised and new syllabi are posted online and serve as examples for future cohorts.
Wake Forest currently offers a minor in environmental studies and plans to launch a new Master's in sustainability next fall. The result of the annual curriculum workshop is an increased number of courses being offered that support a variety of sustainability-related learning outcomes. This opens up possibilities for students pursuing these tracks of study to access electives that match up with a diverse array of disciplinary and professional interests.
The workshop model also aligns with the teaching and engagement goals of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), as it is designed to cultivate a broad community of scholars addressing sustainability issues. This year's cohort illustrates the breadth of that community with participant scholars from communication, Divinity, education, entrepreneurship, humanities, math, physics, psychology, and writing.
Closing comments from participants in the 2013 workshop reinforced the value of the collaborative model; when asked what they enjoyed most about the experience they said:
Bringing together folks from different disciplines and allowing the conversation to unfold organically.
Interacting with colleagues and bouncing ideas off each other. The outdoor excursion was great!
The camaraderie of the instructors and participants.
I think it did a good job providing substantive introductions to the constellation of issues that make up sustainability without being overly long or too one-track.
By Dedee DeLongpre Johnston, Director of Sustainability


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Torre willing to discuss catcher safety
Updated 11:54 pm, Monday, February 18, 2013
Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Manager Bruce Bochy said at FanFest that he heard that major-league executive Joe Torre might have softened his opposition to rules changes that would protect catchers from the type of collision that seriously injured Buster Posey in 2011.
Bochy heard wrong.
"My stance has really never changed," Torre said Monday. "I've always said I'm willing to listen and I'm willing to talk. If something makes sense, we'll certainly take it seriously.
"If something is going to make the game safer and not affect the way the game is played, I'm certainly all for it. Up until now, I really haven't heard that thing that would make us change."
However, Torre said he plans to visit Bochy while in Arizona to manage the U.S. team in the World Baseball Classic. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny also wants to discuss the matter with Torre.
Bochy - like Torre and Matheny, a former catcher - has argued for a rule that prevents runners from going after catchers who are not blocking the plate, similar to the restriction against runners going out of the baseline to topple a fielder at second base.
On another matter, Torre said that though he ordinarily does not like playing matchups, Ryan Vogelsong's experience in Japan might be a factor in deciding which pitcher he would start if Team USA faces Japan in the WBC. Japan won the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009.
Live arms: Pitchers used to throw more fastballs on the first day of live batting practice. Not on Monday, though. Several hitters agreed they saw more variety from the Giants' pitchers they faced.
A lot of the off-speed pitches were pretty good. Relief candidate Chad Gaudin had Posey flailing at one, the bat flying out of Posey's hands.
"It's fine if they're ready to get us out in live BP," Gregor Blanco said, knowing the pitchers butter the bread on this team.
Blanco hit one of the hardest balls all day, an opposite-field drive. Andres Torres, who will compete with Blanco for playing time, raced toward the wall and caught it.
"Batters are going to have a hard time getting the ball past Torres and me," Blanco said.
Briefly: General manager Brian Sabean has Heath Hembree in the mix for the final bullpen spot but called him a "long shot" in the competition against experienced relievers Ramon Ramirez, Scott Proctor and Gaudin. ... Sabean said there are no talks with Posey for a long-term deal "as of now."
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.


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Kiss Closed My Eyes
- Artist: Laurel MacDonald
- Genre: Electronic
- Release Date: 12/28/2004
From the moment it was released in 1995, Kiss Closed My Eyes, the debut album from Canadian singer and composer Laurel MacDonald, garnered widespread critical acclaim. The following is an excerpt from the original press release: With Kiss Closed My Eyes Laurel MacDonald uses her voice to create extraordinarily direct, often abstract, and utterly compelling expressions of emotion. Where lyric is used, the language is hauntingly elusive; much of the singing is in Gaelic, and one piece uses an early Christian liturgical chant sung in Greek. Vocal textures range from a delicate whisper to a ghostly soprano to a raw, pleading lamentation. The mood shifts from one of gentle vulnerability to one of driving emotional intensity. And then there is the eccentric array of instrumentation: you will hear the reedy pipes and cantankerous creaks of an antique harmonium, the spinning, whirling turns of an Irish whistle, the richly strident timbres of a hurdy-gurdy, the lush resonance of a bowed bouzouki. Fragments of the Celtic, Balkan, Middle Eastern and Indian musical traditions are woven into tapestries of found sound, the manic manipulations of producer Philip Strong. A delayed guitar barrels through a fragile soundscape of staccato whispers. The unearthly ambiance of a subterranean reservoir provides the setting for a prayer. A spellbinding chorus of radio noise and an intoxicating piece of plunderphonics grip and seduce the soul. Such are the cacophonies of another world. Kiss Closed My Eyes is by turns ethereal and pandemonic. The murmuring, wailing vocals may well make you weep; the riveting soundscapes will leave you breathless. It is crucial, often heart stopping music, and it is an essential sonic experience. Biography Over the course of a fifteen year career Canadian singer and composer Laurel MacDonald has released four CDs: Kiss Closed My Eyes (1995) and Luscinia's Lullaby (2005), both for Improbable Music; and Chroma (1999) and Wingspan (1999), both for BMG Classics/RCA. MacDonald's longtime creative partner Philip Strong produced Kiss Closed My Eyes, Chroma and Luscinia's Lullaby, and on her remix EP Wingspan she collaborated with John Oswald, Bill Laswell, and Transglobal Underground. MacDonald's work has appeared in many film and television productions, and her work has accompanied contemporary dance performances on three continents. In 2003 MacDonald and Strong received a Gemini Award (The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television) for their score for the dance film The Year of the Lion, produced by the Bravo! Television Network and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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London (Aug. 5)
The Soviet news agency Tass today disseminated from Moscow the text of a "message of thanks" by Rabbi David Hollander, leader of a delegation sent by the Rabbinical Council of America to the Soviet Union to study conditions of Jewish life there. The message was addressed to Moscow's Chief Rabbi Solomon Shliefer. It reads, in the Tass transmission, as follows:
"A thousand thanks to Your Honor for the great friendship, assistance and understanding which you displayed toward us during our visit to your country. We ask you to convey to the leaders of the government of the splendid land of the USSR our gratitude for the opportunity to visit rabbis, communities and other brother Jews.
"We were very touched by the feeling of friendship and brotherhood displayed toward us by all USSR citizens, irrespective of their religion and nationality. We were glad to see that many of the older generation are faithful to the Torah, and we ask God that, before long, many young Jews would come nearer to our Torah. We hope that our visit will have a favorable effect on mutual understanding between peoples and the triumph of peace throughout the world."
(In New York, in an, article published today in the Journal-American by Rabbi Hollander and Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, another member of the delegation, the two rabbis declare: "Anti-Semitism could be dealt a mortal blow if Bulganin and khrushchev would commit themselves against it and communicate their views to the man in the street and to lower echelons of bureaucratic administrations. Significantly, the average Russian citizen has heard nothing on the subject directly from the lips of his leaders.")


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Examining The Evidence Of Russia's Involvement In A Malaysia Airlines Crash
from STRATFOR
Satellite imagery obtained by Stratfor sheds new light on the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Recent scrutiny of open-source materials, much of it led by a U.K.-based collective investigation project known as Bellingcat, has zeroed in on a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile system that was in eastern Ukraine around the time Flight MH17 was shot down.
The Buk system is suspected of originating from an anti-aircraft missile brigade based in Russia. In early May, new video footage of unknown origins was released, appearing to place the Buk system in question near separatist-controlled Donetsk on July 17, 2014, just hours before the airliner was shot down.
Building on this new information, AllSource Analysis - Stratfor's satellite imagery partner - was able to locate images that confirm the exact time and location of the air defense system on the day of the crash. The imagery shows the air defense system, mounted atop a transloader, being transported east through the Donetsk town of Makiivka. The images were taken approximately five hours before Flight MH17 was shot down from a location near the town of Snizhne, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away.
This aligns with the body of existing circumstantial evidence tracing the Buk system's route to and from Snizhne. Combined, the evidence appears to show the Buk system moving from the Russian border toward Donetsk on July 15, 2014, and then moving back to the east on the afternoon of July 17, 2014, just hours before Flight MH17 was shot down.
The new imagery obtained by Stratfor does not prove that this particular Buk system fired a missile at the airliner. Nonetheless, it further substantiates the narrative being pieced together by the collective analysis of open-source information.
The mounting evidence showing a separatist- or Russian-controlled air defense system in the area of the crash, combined with the results of the official investigation conducted on the remnants of the downed aircraft, make it increasingly difficult for Moscow and the Ukrainian separatists to blame the incident on Kiev. The implication is unlikely to lead to consequences for the Russian side, but at a minimum, it provides a stern reminder about the dangers of the proliferation of weapons like the surface-to-air missile in question.
"Examining the Evidence of Russia's Involvement in a Malaysia Airlines Crash is republished with permission of Stratfor."
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Author Peter Rollins offers a jolting retelling of Jesus' feeding of the 5,000. Rollins recounts how the swarming crowds thwarted Jesus' efforts to find solitude in a boat. As the crowds poured into this remote location, it became obvious that they needed food. The disciples could only scrounge up five loaves of bread and a few fish, Jesus miraculously multiplied the meager supplies, producing piles of food. Here Rollins turned the biblical story in a disturbing direction, concluding that "Jesus and His disciples ate like kings" and "what was miraculous . . . was that when they finished this massive banquet," there wasn't a crumb left for the starving people.
Of course, this was not at all the way the story actually ended, which is precisely Rollins' point. In the biblical telling, 5,000 men (plus women and children, probably 10- to12,000 in all) ate their fill; and with everyone stuffed, Jesus' disciples gathered up "twelve baskets of leftovers" (Matthew 14:20).
Nothing in the biblical story could be further from Rollins' parable of selfishness and greed. At the beginning of the narrative, the gospel writer Matthew noted that Jesus felt intense compassion for the throngs that overwhelmed Him (v.14). This compassion moved Him to first "heal their sick" even before He began to fill their bellies (v.14).
Rollins' ending is not intended to raise questions of Jesus, but questions of us. If we consider it scandalous that Jesus and His disciples would hoard food from the hungry crowd, do we consider it just as scandalous if we do the same?
While Jesus provided generous food for everyone, I'm often consumed with making sure there is just enough for me. I can't say I follow Jesus if I hoard God's generosity for myself. , Winn Collier, Our Daily Journey
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Another Mottled Copper Tile
The Mottled copper patina tile shown below was photographed at an angle to give a better idea of it's shape and appearance in a more natural point-of-view (as opposed to straight downward.)
An Enchanted Island
The creators of the small countertop displayed here have made use of the Enchantment copper patina to match the isolated cabinetry.
A Well Done Flamed Countertop
The image beneath is of a Flamed patina countertop's corner section.
A Striking Stellar Bar Top
Here we have a Stellar copper bar top. The Stellar bar top is perfect for the traditionally darker bar room with it's comet-like sparks that seems to be flashing across a fiery backdrop.
A Slice of Light Distressed Bar
This photo is of a bar top corner section. The copper used for it was the Light Distressed patina.
Another Flamed Copper Tile
The photo below was captured at a lower angle to show the shape and general appearance of the Flamed patina copper tile.
A Sizzlin' Flamed Countertop
The Flamed copper pattern is one of the more recent patterns, having been created less than two years ago. In this image, it has been used for the surface of a counter to add a unique flare to a nearly all-wood kitchen.
An Alternate View – Enchantment Bar Top
This bar top, seen from behind, has had the Enchantment pattern applied to its surface. The Enchantment pattern is arguably one of the most versatile copper patinas. It fits comfortably in almost any project type.


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Redheaded royal with a heart of gold!
On April 19, Prince Harry will attend the launch of The Walking With the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge at the Mandarin Hotel in London.
At this kickoff for the fundraising competition, Harry will meet with a selection of the wounded service personnel taking part in the expedition, St. James's Palace said Monday. He'll learn from those competing in the challenge about their training program and what challenges they can expect to face. He'll also deliver a short speech.
The Walking With the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge lasts for a period of four weeks in November and December 2013 and raises funds for military charities. The team of wounded servicemen and women twill trek across 208 miles of the Antarctic to the geographic South Pole.
Harry is a patron of this event and also worked with the organization in 2011.
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