SPOKANE, Wash. — The Ferris High School resource officer who was involved in the fight which sent the school into lockdown on Jan. 24 has turned in his resignation, according to Spokane Public Schools.
Before being employed by Spokane Public Schools, Shawn Audie was a deputy in the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
Controversy surrounding the fight comes after students say the officer pinned one of the involved students to the floor.
But after reviewing the fight, Brian Coddington, a spokesperson with Spokane Public Schools says there was, "no violation was found."
"Incident has been reviewed and to this point there has been no indication of violation of school district policy," Coddington explained.
The district was looking into Audie's background a bit further after reports surfaced of three federal complaints against him during this tenure as a sheriff's deputy. According to the Spokane County Sheriff's office, he was about to be fired before he quit last year during an internal investigation of an excessive use of force allegation.
Before Audie's hiring with Spokane Public Schools, court documents indicate that he was involved in at least two cases where he was accused of use of excessive force and another case where a man died from his injuries.
Audie and another Spokane County deputy were involved in a wrongful death lawsuit in connection to the death of a man in June 2013.
William Berger died after a confrontation with deputies outside what used to be Oz Fitness on Spokane's South Hill.
Officials said Deputy Shawn Audie and Steve Paynter tased Berger and wrestled him to the ground in a choke hold. The deputies said they felt threatened by Berger. Witnesses from that night also said they felt threatened.
The jury decided the family of Berger will not be awarded any money in the suit. Berger's family filed the civil lawsuit for $100 million in damages, claiming the deputies used excessive force.
Coddington said they were reviewing the previous civil cases.
"The information that's come to light is being reviewed in relation to our hiring process we went through, the officer is on leave while we do that and we will go from there," he said.
KREM 2 reached out to Mark Gregory with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, but he declined to comment on Audie's previous employment with them.
Brian Coddington said no discussion around any of these cases came up at the time of Audie's application and interview process with Spokane Public Schools.
Coddington said they do criminal background checks on every potential campus resource officer, but they do not look into civil cases. They also check in with the most recent employer of the candidate.
Coddington also said Audie's previous supervisor at the Sheriff's office was a reference on the former deputy's application and gave him a favorable recommendation.
The district says they have it on record they contacted the sheriff's office and there were no red flags. The sheriff's office says they were not contacted.
Campus resource officers must already have law enforcement training and they continually train. Each year they undergo 80 hours of training, this includes de-escalation tactics.
Some students have been sharing video of what they say was the fight that happened, but Coddington said he can't confirm any events during or before the fight.


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In March 2015, after six months of fierce bidding, the UK government sold its 40% stake in Eurostar, a high-speed rail business, for £585.1 million. Raising almost twice as much as expected, the deal illustrated just how buoyant the market for high-quality infrastructure assets is in Europe. The Eurostar stake was sold to Hermes Infrastructure and Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
The deal is a clear example of too much capital chasing too few opportunities, according to some industry participants. Infrastructure is seen as an attractive proposition, not only because of its (in some sectors) double-digit returns in a low-yield environment but also because it offers diversification opportunities coupled with reliable earnings and consistent cash flows. Infrastructure can also be used for liability matching and inflation hedging (given that inflation tends to be built into the revenue stream of projects).
Europe leads the global market in providing current opportunities in infrastructure. “Europe dominates the sector because it has willing sellers from the government side,” says Tony Rocker, a partner at KPMG in London. “You also have corporates that desperately need to recycle capital. There’s a phase in Europe for critical development of energy and transport, and governments aren’t interested in more debt. And so you have more infrastructure supply than elsewhere in the world.”
The good performance of the asset class during the financial crisis has boosted its popularity among investors, according to Hamish Mackenzie, head of infrastructure in Europe for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management. “One of the things we’re seeing is a significant flow of capital into the asset class, either because of investors’ continued search for yield or because infrastructure is increasingly recognised as an asset class that will stand the test of time,” he explains. “A lot of that comes down to the performance of infrastructure during the global financial crisis and the resilience it offers.”
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has €27.2 billion of assets under management globally in infrastructure, of which €15.3 billion is in listed infrastructure securities and €11.7 billion is in direct equity infrastructure. Of this latter figure, €8.8 billion (75% of the firm’s direct equity exposure) is in Europe. The reason is simple, according to Mackenzie. Europe offers the most attractive investment proposition compared with other geographic locations.
“One of the attractions of Europe is the scale of opportunity in the regulated utility space,” says Mackenzie. “The utility market is reasonably fragmented, and there’s a set of opportunities around electricity, gas, and distribution. There’s a need for a lot of capital to be invested into new grids, and there’s the impact of the phaseout of nuclear and coal-fired power and the shift to alternative energy sources.”
European investors are not the only ones flocking to the sector. According to “Set to Revive: Investing in Europe’s Infrastructure,” a report published by the law firm Linklaters in 2014, global institutional investors have $1 trillion in funds to invest in Europe in the decade 2014–2023. This huge figure is being fueled by interest from investors in Canada, Hong Kong, China, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Japan, and South Korea. Investments from these countries and regions in European infrastructure assets between 2010 and 2013 rose by 465% compared with the four previous years. The findings suggest that the rising investment could give EU member states a further 1.4% improvement in the level of annual GDP from 2014 to 2023.
“Europe is attractive because, in the vast majority of cases, you have a stable regulatory environment and stable governments, and that creates confidence,” explains Andrew Moylan, head of real assets products at Preqin, which provides data and intelligence for the alternative assets industry. He says that there is still a lot of money in the market and “dry powder” yet to be allocated.
“A lot of capital has been raised by infrastructure funds and by institutions both within Europe and outside of it,” he adds. “There are many Asian insurance companies and banks and sovereign wealth funds, as well as European investors, so it’s very competitive, particularly when there’s a public tender process.”
According to Preqin’s 2015 “Global Infrastructure Report,” 15 Europe-focused unlisted infrastructure funds reached a final close in 2014, raising an aggregate $9.8 billion. The 49 unlisted institutional funds on the road are targeting European investments, with aggregated capital commitments of $33 billion. (Figures for North American–focused funds show 32 funds seeking a total of $29 billion of unlisted capital, and in Asia, 20 funds are seeking a target of $12 billion.) The average size of a Europe-focused unlisted infrastructure fund that closed during the year was €622 million, which is 42% higher than the €437 million average for funds that closed in 2013 and considerably more than the €249 million average fund size recorded in 2012.
All of this demand has led to increased competition and increasing valuations. Some analysts worry that the market is overheating and believe that investors need to understand the risks they are taking on. Others say the fears are unfounded.
“There’s a lot of talk about a potential bubble, about high prices for infrastructure assets, and that’s kind of counterintuitive because if it is the case that infrastructure pays regular dividends, come rain or shine, then for an investor with a liability profile, this is a very valuable asset indeed,” argues Frédéric Blanc-Brude, research director at EDHEC-Risk Institute in Singapore.
He believes that, in most market conditions, investors can continue to benefit from the duration opportunities. “More and more investors are discovering these types of assets, and with increasing demand, their prices should go up. These types of owners value the longer duration compared to corporate debt (if you are in the business of matching and hedging your duration).”
But investors and asset managers are being forced to move up the risk curve in pursuit of higher returns. Although they traditionally have stayed invested in core (arguably more stable) assets, they are now venturing further afield.
“Funds are having to search for higher returns in different places. They are starting to look at broader definitions of infrastructure and to look at different countries and geographies,” states Rocker. He says investors are looking at smaller deals in new regions, such as Serbia, Slovakia, and Poland. “They are also starting to look at things that are not core infrastructure.”
KPMG is currently advising on deals in 17 countries in Europe alone. “Ten years ago, we were looking at five for our clients in one quarter,” points out Rocker.
Investors are also thinking about new kinds of assets and exposures that can further benefit from infrastructure. For example, Paris-based Antin Infrastructure Partners now owns 88.8% of UK-based Westerleigh Group, which has grown into one of the biggest private operators of crematoriums in the country. In July, it also acquired Amedes Group, one of the leading providers of medical diagnostic services in Germany and Belgium.
Renewables are also a growing sector. In the past, construction risk has been a step too far for some investors, but others think that the rewards might merit the risk. “For example,” states the Linklaters report, “infrastructure and energy fund Marguerite, Danish pension funds PKA and IP, and Siemens Project Ventures have invested approximately $548 million of equity in the Butendiek greenfield offshore wind project in the German North Sea. This was one of the first times that funds have taken on construction risk on an offshore wind farm.”
“A puzzle is matching investments with institutional investors. Larger players are building up their in-house resources, but that is not something that everyone can do,” explains Oldrik Verloop, co-head of hydro investments at Aquila Capital, the alternative investment company, which has approximately €2 billion in renewable assets. Verloop points out that as climate change challenges come to the fore and targets on emissions are introduced, the focus on renewable energy is increasing, making it an interesting investment proposition that can return up to 12% per year.
Others are looking to use infrastructure debt, particularly at the senior end of the market, as a substitute (in effect) for investment-grade credit and a way to diversify fixed-income exposure. In November 2014, for example, the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II had a $1.1 billion final close, with 50 investors from eight countries invested.
Another area attracting attention is the secondaries market. “The other interesting bit of the market for deal flow is the end of the 2006 and 2007 funds, which were raised in Europe and particularly in the UK. Quite a few of those funds are coming to an end over the next couple of years, and so we’re going to see a lot of secondary transactions of assets and portfolios of assets,” says Duncan Hale, CFA, senior investment consultant and global head of infrastructure research at the consultancy Towers Watson.
Investors are also willing to be more flexible and share in assets. “There is increasing competition in the marketplace, and the competition is for less big assets than in the past,” says Rocker. “Even when there is a big asset coming up in the market, you tend to get all the institutional investors looking at it and, as a result, doing things in consortium. The institutions are being sensible, and rather than slugging it out between them, they are sharing the risk and sharing the cost.”
One example is the UK’s £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project, which has been called a “super-sewer” upgrade for London’s sewer network. Amber Infrastructure Group, Dalmore Capital, DIF, International Public Partnerships, Swiss Life Asset Managers, and German insurance group Allianz are all part of a consortium that won the bid for the project.
Although industry participants say interest in infrastructure in Europe will continue, the asset class is not without its challenges. “We will continue to see strong institutional appetite for infrastructure,” says Moylan. “Most investors are below where they want to be in terms of capital. So we see plenty of room for infrastructure to grow as an asset class. But pricing and availability are an issue.”


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Gov. Evers, Democrats Announce Legislation to Repeal Wisconsin’s 1849-era Criminal Abortion Ban
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today joined State Sen. Kelda Roys (D-Madison) and State Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) to reintroduce legislation this legislative session to repeal Wisconsin’s 1849-era criminal abortion ban—a ban that was passed before the Civil War and before women had the right to vote and prohibits nearly all abortions without exceptions for rape and incest. The bill, LRB-0692, would cleanly repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban, effectively reverting abortion access in Wisconsin to June 23, 2022, the day before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey.
They were joined for the announcement by Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) and Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine), as well as Democratic members of both houses, Attorney General Josh Kaul, community advocates, and healthcare providers.
“I’ve been clear from the beginning that I won’t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights and freedoms than they had before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe. This bill will simply restore access to safe, legal abortion in Wisconsin to what it was on June 23, 2022—nothing more, and nothing less,” said Gov. Evers. “We must restore Roe, and I’m proud to join Legislative Democrats in continuing our fight to restore access to reproductive freedom in Wisconsin with a clean repeal our state’s 1849-era criminal abortion ban.”
According to the Marquette Law School Poll, nearly 60 percent of Wisconsin voters support safe, legal access to abortion, and more than 60 percent oppose the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, yet Wisconsin Republicans have repeatedly refused to protect reproductive rights and repeal the state’s criminal abortion ban. Despite broad, bipartisan support for access to safe, legal abortion, last week, Republicans in the Legislature introduced a bill that would leave Wisconsin women and patients with fewer reproductive rights and freedoms than they had for nearly five decades prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe.
“Every single Wisconsinite should have the right to consult their family, their faith, and their healthcare provider to make the reproductive healthcare decision that is right for them without interference from politicians who don’t know anything about their life circumstances, their medical history, their values, or their responsibilities,” said Lt. Gov. Rodriguez.
State Rep. Subeck, coauthor of LRB-0692, has introduced similar legislation to repeal the state’s criminal abortion ban since the 2015 Legislative Session.
“Abortion is healthcare. As long as doctors face the threat of prosecution for providing basic reproductive healthcare, and as long as extremist Republicans continue putting politics ahead of our rights, patients will not have access to the abortion care they need in our state,” said State Rep. Subeck. “The bill we introduced today would Restore Roe in Wisconsin by returning the state of abortion access to exactly what it was before Roe v. Wade was overturned, restoring our freedom to make our own reproductive healthcare decisions without interference from politicians.”
“Women—not politicians—are the only ones who should make decisions about their bodies, lives, and health. Abortion is common, safe, and not controversial. Wisconsinites overwhelmingly want to see the rights we had under Roe v. Wade restored. We cannot afford to make Wisconsin even more hostile to healthcare providers and women if we want our state to thrive,” said State Sen. Roys, coauthor of LRB-0692. “Everyone knows someone who will need an abortion, and no one should be treated like a criminal when they do.”
Today’s effort is the latest in a series of actions taken by Gov. Evers and Democrats to restore reproductive freedom in Wisconsin. In January, the governor and Democrats announced a new effort to put an advisory referendum on the April 2023 ballot, asking voters if Wisconsin should repeal the state’s criminal abortion ban and restore the constitutional rights guaranteed for nearly 50 years under Roe v. Wade. In June, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision in Dobbs, Gov. Evers and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban. The litigation effort is ongoing.
A year ago now, Gov. Evers joined legislative Democrats and Attorney General Kaul in calling on the Legislature to repeal Wisconsin’s archaic criminal abortion ban. After Republican legislators concluded their regular session work without taking action on the proposal, Gov. Evers called the Legislature into a special session to press legislative action to protect reproductive freedom. Only days after Republican legislators gaveled in and out of the special session in moments without any discussion or debate, and despite broad public concern about the topic, the U.S. Supreme Court released their decision in Dobbs, throwing reproductive healthcare access in Wisconsin into near-immediate chaos.
Then, last fall, after U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) erroneously suggested Wisconsin voters could challenge the state’s 1800s-era criminal abortion ban directly through a binding statewide referendum—something that is allowable in more than 20 other states but not permissible in Wisconsin—Gov. Evers again called the Legislature into a special session to create a pathway for Wisconsinites to directly challenge the state’s criminal abortion ban and repeal the archaic law. Republicans in the Legislature gaveled out of the special session without consideration or debate.
Over the course of the past four years, the governor has vetoed several bills passed by the Legislature, including several in the most recent biennium, that would have restricted access to abortion, inserted politics into the personal and private conversations between patients and their healthcare providers and made it harder for doctors to provide medically accurate information and treatment. Many of these bills also sought to limit healthcare options for people seeking basic, necessary care, such as pregnancy care, cancer screening and prevention, sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment, and wellness exams.
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In the play, dancing represents the only freedom that Willie and Sam, as black men in South Africa, are able to have. They dream of competing in a dance contest, as dancing involves forgetting their troubles and existing in a temporary fantasy world. In the excerpt below, Sam reminds Willie that he must seem romantic when dancing with his partner, Hilda, and must imagine that she is Ginger Rogers:
SAM: You got it. Tapdance or ballroom, it's the same. Romance. In two weeks' time when the judges look at you and Hilda, they must see a man and a woman who are dancing their way to a happy ending. What I saw was you holding her like you were frightened she was going to run away.
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Eileen Kairu is African Wildlife Foundation's Strategic Communications Manager. She leads in the development of creative and engaging policy and advocacy resources and campaigns that contribute to sustainable homegrown conservation solutions. Passionate to advance youth initiatives across the con ... More
International Youth Day is celebrated annually on August 12, commemorating youth action to address global issues. On this historic day in 2020, African Wildlife Foundation, the Africa Alliance of YMCAs, the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and WWF launched the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Award.
Youth networks and conservation organizations were invited to nominate young people under 35 who have led impactful conservation projects based in Africa or have participated in conservation initiatives in the last three years. Whether the young leaders worked at the community level or an international scale, all nominations underwent a rigorous judging and verification process. The selection committee — comprising two judges from each partner organization — assessed 565 nominations from 425 youth organizations and networks. The eight judges represented a wide range of experience in conservation, environment & sustainability, policy, youth engagement, education, government relations, social entrepreneurship, biological sciences, and communications.
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Following the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Awards ceremony on March 23, 2021, AWF Vice President of External Affairs Frederick Kwame Kumah shares how empowering the next generation of African leaders can transform the continent’s agenda for both conservation and sustainable development.
Why is it important to recognize the contributions of young Africans to nature conservation?
For many decades, the conservation discourse has been led largely by non-Africans, mainly because we have not built a pipeline of leadership that is homegrown. Since AWF’s inception in 1961, our commitment to working with African leadership has been resolute and we are cognizant of the fact that Africa is now the youngest continent with over 70 percent of its population under the age of 30. As such, we have focused on bringing more young people into the fold. This cohort is also the most educated generation in the continent’s history, and the core of leadership in all sectors — conservation included.
What is AWF’s vision for the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders?
The Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Awards aligns perfectly with AWF’s youth empowerment strategy. The initiative helps build a much-needed pipeline of conservation leaders for Africa by developing their skills in conservation practice and nurturing their abilities as change makers. Showcasing the work of young men and women conserving Africa’s biodiversity through this award will inspire more African youth take up active roles to ensure nature thrives as the continent meets development targets.
As the training and mentorship of the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders takes place over the next nine months, we are looking to create an ecosystem of young people who are learning from one another and building each other up so that they can take strategic action as a collective. Our overall aim is to create leaders for today; leaders who are networked and have access to opportunities to serve and share as alumni of this program.
How does AWF boost youth engagement in conservation continentally and on an international level?
For the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders Awards, AWF opted to work with the Africa Alliance of YMCAs, the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and WWF because of our shared vision for sustainable development and youth empowerment on the continent. For AWF, partnering with such youth organizations increases our reach and breadth. For instance, the World Organization of the Scout Movement are represented in over 39 countries on the continent; the Africa Alliance for YMCA is in over 20 countries. Additionally, these two organizations are unique because they are not directly involved in conservation, but they share an ethos of youth empowerment that can propel conservation discourse beyond the sector and provide an opportunity for organizations like AWF and WWF to influence more young people to champion the cause of nature.
Such partnerships build on our rich history of connecting with global advocacy groups and institutions that believe youth should have a seat at the table. In November 2018, AWF hosted an important workshop for the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, a platform set up by the Convention on Biological Diversity to represent youth voices from around the world. Bringing together 50 young Africans from 17 countries, the intensive five-day workshop at our headquarters in Nairobi allowed country chapters to share ideas with young researchers and conservationists ahead of the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt.
AWF was also instrumental in convening youth from across the continent to develop a declaration and a vision for African youth addressing issues relating to the sustainable use of natural resources. This initiative was significantly successful and led to the formation of the Africa Youth for Nature — a network of young Africans from diverse fields and backgrounds who equally appreciate nature.
AWF aspires to keep empowering African leaders of the future to revitalize our understanding of conservation and sustainable development.

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Art meets function in Arflex’s famous Strips Bed. The beauty in Cini Boeri’s 1972 design earned international recognition with the industry’s most respected honor in Europe: the Compasso D’Oro award for excellence and progress in the field of design. The Strips Bed is held in such high esteem that is has been displayed at the Triennale in Milan and MOMA in New York, to name a few places around the globe. While the opportunity own museum-quality art is unique and worthy by itself, the Strips Bed is not designed for admiration alone. Its modular configuration and sofa-bed options make the potential configurations endless.
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Ouranoupoli is the last frontier before entering Mount Athos, the Holly mountain if you ask the Greeks. Small city that is offering relaxation and peaceful holiday, which is rare in the Chalkidiki peninsula. The city is not a popular one among the young tourists because of its quiet nights, but this doesn’t meat that there aren’t any, there are many young travelers staying here for exploring the holly mountain.
- Yellow sand beach with few beach bars.
- Sky blue water
- Small round rocks can be found in the shallow part of the sea (depends on which part of the beach you are, the northern part of the Ouranoupoli beah.
- The sun beds and umbrellas are free of charge if you buy a drink.
- Before sunset it gets windy so small waves may occur.
- The beach bars have the same prices like everywhere on the Chalkidiki peninsula, which means expensive.
- Restaurants have decent prices slightly lower that the other small peninsulas like Kassandra and Sithonia.
- Accommodation is very cheap if compared with other parts of Greece (30euro – 35euro – 40euro) if you can barging, don’t expect to go lower than 35euro for a nice room with a sea view.
What i like:
- The staff in the restaurants and the bars are extra polite, most of them speak good English (which is rare thing in Greece)
- Wi Fi can be found everywhere for free
- Sun beds are free of charge if you buy a drink
- Clean city
What i don’t like:
- Domestic beer is 4euro!
- With coffee you don’t get small bottle of water for free (this is a first time for me, i’ve been all around Greece and every beach bar that i have visited brings a small bottle of “Nero” with the coffee without charging).
- They are trying to lure the Russian tourists, so in many bars you will hear Russian music playing.
- There are few super markets (poorly equipped)
What to do:
- This is a city living in the shadow of the popular Mount Athos, so everything here is related to Christianity. Main attraction here is to go on a boat tour for Mout Athos with an English speaking guide and get familiar with the culture and history, the price is 20euro per person for 3 hours.
- Hotel “Elleni” at the end of the main road of the city, sea view studios for 30/35euros per night. Very clean and cozy. The owners are very polite and will try do to everything to make your stay there unforgettable.
- Tavern “Zorbas”, owned by Macedonian born in Greece. The prices are low and the food is always fresh! Try grilled kalamari.
- Use the beach in front of the Elleni hotel, there is a beach bar called “Heavens Door” which offers free sun beds and umbrellas with if you purchase a drink.

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Nevada County Search and Rescue teams were called out on two rescues last weekend after 4 hikers and one skier and his dog got lost in the snow. Nevada County sheriff’s Search and Rescue coordinator Sam Brown says the first call came in around 10:30 pm Friday night when four hikers, two men and two women, who were trying to make it to the Peter Grubb Hut in the Castle Peak area realized they were lost.
It was snowing heavily at the time but the four hikers were located and Search and Rescue teams led them in to the base camp around 6 o’clock Saturday morning. They did not require medical attention. Brown says the search team came upon several people attempting to hike and ski in the dark and snowstorm, and they had to tell them to turn back.
The second search was for a man and his dog who went ahead of his group and got lost.
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|A cross section of Coloradans will be testifying before state legislative committees (February 3 Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs and February 4 House Judiciary) in opposition to SB 16-25 and HB 16-1054 which would legalize physician assisted suicide in the state. The group called Not Dead Yet opposes assisted suicide as a deadly form of discrimination against old, ill and disabled people. Citizen opponents to the bills represent the medical, disability, legal, hospice and patient communities.
“Cases of elder abuse, and the abuse of people with disabilities, are on the rise. This legislation makes it legal for an impatient heir or abusive caregiver to steer someone towards suicide,” said Carrie Ann Lucas, a Colorado attorney and Not Dead Yet board member. ” The heir or caregiver can legally witness the request, pick up the lethal dose from the pharmacy and even give the drug to the individual. No witnesses are required at the death, so who would know if someone is coerced or even drugged without their consent?” The limited so-called protections in the bill are nullified by the blanket immunity granted to all participants.
“In today’s financially driven health care system, patients’ needs are routinely squeezed out for sake of the bottom line. The assisted suicide bill will hand the government and large insurance companies a cheap and quick alternative to compassionate end of life care,” said Dr. Bill Bolthouse, a physician at the Denver Inner City Health Center. “What pressure will come to bear on patients who quickly realize that death by suicide is almost free? Will families and doctors direct patients toward the best choice, or the cheapest one? Caring physicians and those who want to uphold the rights of the poor, elderly and disabled should oppose this bill as they are the most vulnerable to the abuses that will come and that have already been seen in Oregon and Europe where this is practiced.”
Lora Thomas, former Douglas County Coroner said, “Advocates for assisted suicide claim there are no abuses in Oregon, where it is legal. However, Oregon only allows a skeleton of information to be collected, so we really don’t know what is happening there. What we do know is that Oregon insurance plans have refused to pay for patient treatment and instead offered to pay for suicide. Will Colorado lawmakers protect our vulnerable citizens or put them at risk by passing this bill?” Unlike Oregon, the Colorado bill allows for no data collection.
Colorado’s suicide rate is among the highest in the nation. This bill will promote suicide to one class of disabled citizens, rather than provide suicide prevention. That is discrimination.”
Lucas pointed out, “Everyone has the right to refuse or stop further medical treatment. People also have the right to receive palliative sedation to alleviate pain. Assisted suicide is simply not necessary.”


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Takako Saito | Hat Chess Game
Hat Chess Game
40.6 × 53.3 × 68.6 cm
Edition of 10 [+2 AP]
Reimagined chess sets were a staple of Fluxus, which George Maciunas once described as "a fusion of Spike Jones, gags, games, Vaudeville, Cage and Duchamp." Marcel Duchamp was a chess player reportedly at the 'master' level (“while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists,” he famously said of the game) and taught John Cage so that they could play together (once in public, on stage in Toronto, documented by another Fluxus artist Shigeko Kubota).
Yoko Ono's all-white set (Play it By Trust) remains the best known, but the artist most dedicated to exploring the possibilities of game was Takako Saito, with hat chess being her least compelling. Her other sets include Grinder Chess, Spice Chess and a game where you can only distinguish your pieces from your opponents through smell (Smell Chess).
Hat Chess Game is a bowler hat which is signed and numbered on the inside brim of the hat. It was produced in an edition of 10 black hats with 2 artists proofs in grey (above).
The work is available from Raphael Levy for €4,000, here.
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Take Abbott Drive south to 10th Street and turn left. Make the first right onto Cass Street and follow signs for Interstate 480 West. Travel west then south on Interstate 480 to its junction with Interstate 80 West. Continue on Interstate 80 West to exit 442 for Giles Road. Turn left at the traffic light onto Giles Road then take the second right onto Southport Parkway. Take the first right onto Westport Parkway and the hotel will be on the right.


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Urgent Fundraising – Wong Cheng Le (Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
*A total of RM10,000 from the “Emergency Medical Reserve Fund” has been channelled; hence, One Hope Charity will only launch fundraising of RM80,000 for this case.*
The mother experienced bleeding twice when she was 34 weeks pregnant. The doctor later confirmed that she had placenta abruption, which affected the fetus’s oxygen supply. The mother and son were on the verge of death. To save the fetus, the mother underwent an emergency caesarean section. Unexpectedly, the baby’s face turned black due to severe hypoxia, and the doctor rushed him to the intensive care unit for treatment.
Wong Cheng Le, a newborn from Ipoh, was diagnosed with Respiratory Distress Syndrome. As he was born a month before the expected due date, the doctor told the parents that he must stay in the intensive care unit for treatment for at least two weeks. His parents were worried about their son’s condition and were helpless as they could not afford the substantial medical expenses. Hence, they hoped that the public would help to save their son.
【The infant was severely hypoxic. If the delivery had any delay, he would have died. Right after the infant was born, the doctor noticed the infant’s lungs were filled with carbon dioxide, and the oxygen in his body dropped drastically. His parents were sad, helpless and worried】
Everything appeared to be fine during her mother’s pregnancy, and her expected delivery date was in early September. However, she suddenly suffered from bleeding in the 34th week of pregnancy. When she went for treatment, the doctor gave her an injection and put her in the hospital. Unexpectedly, she had another bleeding a few hours later, and the doctor noticed that her cervix was dilated 2cm. The doctor later confirmed that the bleeding was due to placenta abruption, and the mother needed an emergency caesarean section. Otherwise, the baby might be stillborn.
The baby weighed 2.78kg at birth, but his whole body turned black due to hypoxia. The doctor rushed him to the emergency room and put him on oxygen aid. Due to unstable conditions, the doctor could not transfer the infant to a government hospital. His parents had borrowed about RM10,000 to pay the labour fee and medical charges, so they could no longer afford the remaining medical expenditure. Hence, they approached One Hope Charity for help.
The baby’s 27-year-old father, Wong Goh Fung, earns about RM2,500 monthly as a waiter. His 26-year-old mother, Toon Jia En, is a weight loss consultant with a salary of about RM2,500. The couple has two other children – a six-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter.
After reviewing the case, One Hope Charity decided to assist the patient in raising the RM90,000 in medical expenses he needed. His family agreed to fully authorise One Hope Charity to take charge of the fundraising and collect donations from the well-wishers on their behalf. Call One Hope Charity’s hotline at 04-539 9212, 016-419 2192, 019-232 2192 or 018-911 4192 if you have questions.
GOAL achieved thanks for all your donations


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Thursday, November 29, 2007
– Carrie Underwood continued atop the Billboard country song chart for the week ending Dec. 8 with "So Small," the first single from her second album.
On the album chart, Garth Brooks was first with "The Ultimate Hits." Brooks also had the second biggest single with former number one "More Than a Memory," up one. Brooks switched spots with "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney. George Strait's "How 'Bout them Cowgirls" was up one to fourth. Josh Turner moved up two spots to fifth with "Firecracker."
Chris Cagle broke into the top 25 - at 24th - with "What Kinda Gone." That was the only new song in the top 25.
On the album chart, The Eagles were second with "Long Road Out of Eden" with Carrie Underwood staying fourth with "Carnival Ride." Keith Urban debuted in fourth with his "Greatest Hits." Taylor Swift remained fifth with her self-titled debut.
The biggest mover by far was Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected," up from 34th to 11th. Swift debuted in 18th with a holiday collection, "Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Collection."
Faith Hill moved back into the top 25 with "The Hits," at 24th up 5.
On the overall top 200, Brooks was 4th, The Eagles 5th, Underwood 7th, Urban 11th and Swift 14th.

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couldpurchase a 30 billion Russian ruble portfolio comprising good-quality loanswhich Vnesheconombankplans to sell to boost liquidity, Vedomostireported April 3, citing market sources.
SberbankCFO Alexander Morozov said the lender could consider buying assets from thedevelopment banks if they meet credit-risk and other criteria, but it has notyet received a proposal from VEB.
Forits part, VEB, facing liquidity and capital challenges, has been hit withdeposit outflow problems at units GLOBEX Commercial Bank JSC, and PSC Prominvestbank. VEB also needs to refinanceOJSC VEB-Leasing'sdebt, while meeting internal and external debt obligations, estimated to be asmuch as 300 billion rubles, Vedomostisaid.
TheRussian government recently agreed to bolster VEB's capital by 150 billion rubles,while the Treasury plans to deposit an additional 55 billion rubles into thebank. The lender could also obtain at least 100 billion rubles from the PensionFund of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, VEB could sell its 2.7% stake inGazprom, which is valued at $1.36 billion.
Theconversion of VEB's 220 billion ruble debt with the Russian central bank into a10-year subordinated loan is on the table, as is the of the bank's distressed assets,including Prominvestbank, GLOBEX and Sviaz-Bank, the news report noted.
As of April 1, US$1 wasequivalent to 68.02 Russian rubles.


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I just joined in on the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy's Creative Side. I just have to share my Mariner's Compass Quilt that I made for my husband. It is my favorite for several reasons. But first let me show you some pictures even though you may have seen it before.
It is one of my favorites because I challenged myself to make this quilt for my husband when I didn't feel confident with all the points, paper piecing, etc. I was a bit overwhelmed but I really love the way it turned out! So does my husband!
This quilt is also the reason that I started blogging. It was shortly after seeing the movie Julie & Julia where Julie starts a blog to chart her progress as she cooks her way through Julia Child's cook book. I decided that I would chart my progress in making this challenging quilt. You can read about it here if your interested. Since then I have found so much inspiration from so many quilt blogs.
Each of the 12 compasses has 77 pieces [not including the sawtooth border]. The compasses are 20" in diameter!
This quilt also won a prize over at the Quilting Bloggers weekly quilt contest. That was the first time I ever showed any of my quilts publicly [other than on my blog]. I was extremely thrilled that so many voted my quilt as their favorite that week!
I learned so much making this quilt, gained confidence and found a whole lot of creative quilters around the world!
Now go on over and check out all the quilts and their inspirational stories! There are many to see. Just click on the button on my side bar.

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Cell-based assays for measuring ribosome inhibition by proteins such as the plant toxin ricin are important for characterizing decontamination strategies and developing detection technologies for field use. We report here an assay for ricin that provides a response that is relevant to the mechanism of ricin activity and permits a much faster readout than commonly used assays for cytotoxicity. The assay relies on the response of an engineered reporter cell line that was produced by stably transfecting Vero cells to express green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. The results of the GFP-based assay were compared with assay results from three commercially available cytotoxicity assays. The GFP assay reports a sensitive response to ricin after 6 hours of treatment while the other assays require a 24 h incubation. Unlike the other assays, monitoring cellular GFP on a per-cell basis allows detection of reduced ribosome activity before significant cell death occurs, and the results are not convoluted by the numbers of cells being assayed.
Citation: ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies
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POSTED ON AUGUST 25, 2010:
What's a Developer to Do?
Opportunity and entrepreneurs abound, people are interested. So, are city officials dragging their feet?
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Mike Neal wouldn’t disclose full details, but he said many meetings and discussions have been held to further develop the area around the BOK Center.
FILE PHOTO/JEREMY CHARLES
During the final weeks of August two years ago, Bob Eggleston watched as a blur of activity filled the area that would soon become Tulsa's new BOK Center.
"The last few weeks of construction, we had up to 1,000 workers working 24 hours around the clock to get this opened," said Eggleston, who was the construction director for the arena. "They were not chasing a paycheck. They were chasing getting this thing done. The workers were literally running to get this opened in time."
The boss' interpretation of his workers' community pride shifted to the hubris of a group of Oklahomans who gathered for the grand opening of the arena Aug. 30, 2008.
Now, practically two years later, a flood of cars and people make their way downtown for concerts, games and events at the arena. But the scene directly surrounding the building has remained the same.
"The natural thing is that there would be development here, not a sea of asphalt," he said.
While growth has happened in downtown including the opening of ONEOK Field, the Mayo Hotel and other establishments -- with many city leaders pinning that growth on the success of the arena -- the area surrounding the BOK Center itself continues to remain filled with parking lots and vacant buildings.
In August, bull dozers and hard hats filled a lot across the street from the venue as workers began to add more parking. This comes as a discouraging sight for those who were close to the construction process of the arena, such as Eggleston. But the partner of One Development said he remains hopeful, especially with his development company's plan slowly making its way to reality.
"We decided to purchase this building," Eggleston said of his office building at 206. S. Cheyenne Ave. "Our initial idea was to develop this corner of the block. ... But there was still no movement on the rest of the block. So standing out there on one cold morning, we said let's do it, let's do the whole block."
Eggleston envisions that whole block being changed into One Place, a mixed-use space with 120 hotel rooms, more than 50 apartment condos, underground parking and 50,000 square feet in retail space, which could include anything from restaurants and dry cleaners to a nail salon.
The nearly $40 million project would be a good addition for the groups heading in and out of the BOK Center, said Brittany Sawyer, One Developers' spokeswoman.
"At sold out concerts, people just pile out the doors, exit and go straight to their cars," she said. "Within an hour of an event being over, the streets are quiet. That shouldn't be. If we can capture some of that foot traffic, hopefully that can continue through the rest of downtown."
A New Player
Braden Janowski said he also hopes to capitalize on the groups going to and from the BOK Center. After selling Greenline Financial Technologies, his software development firm, Janowski looked at various properties near the arena in 2008. A year later, when a plummeting stock market was steering others away from expansion, 32-year-old Janowski began buying property along 2nd St. and S. Cheyenne Ave.
"I just want to see it developed," he said. "That area needs it."
After purchasing the 33,000 square feet of space along with an additional parking lot, Janowski has completed the demolition inside the buildings to prepare for what he said the area is lacking ---- a moderate to high-end restaurant and a night club "bigger and better than anything in this area," he said.
"That area could sustain it," Janowski said. "The market is here. I just don't think anyone is willing to be the first to test the waters."
The area would have approximately 8,000 square feet dedicated to the restaurant and approximately 16,000 square feet for the night club, which would include part of the existing structures and built out into what is currently a parking lot. Janowski is also considering making a 6,000-square-foot section of his purchased property into his company's office space.
But as the CEO of Trade Helm, doing business in Chicago and Argentina as well as Tulsa, Janowski is unsure if he has the time necessary for such a project.
"I have the plans to make it happen," he said. "I just need to figure out what needs my attention."
He said he has recently considered leasing out the space to move forward with the project.
Moving forward has been a bit of a challenge for Eggleston. After negotiating with the Tulsa Development Authority for almost a year, he is now waiting on the results of a second environmental study of the site. He said he hopes to close on the property after receiving those results.
Although One Development enjoys a working relationship with the city of Tulsa, some developers have possibly been steered away from expanding in the city with its often difficult and confusing processes, Sawyer said.
"For a developer ... it's really hard to know where to start in the process," she said. "There's not a very streamlined, central location to go. One of the key components for any successful downtown revitalization is to have a strong partnership between the public and private sectors. ... That needs to be fostered more."
And the delay in development could cost the company millions, Eggleston said.
"In construction prices, there will be at least a 10 percent increase in the next year," he said. "And 10 percent of $40 million is $4 million, so there's a need for speed."
A shaky economy since the opening of the BOK Center has not helped encourage developers to look in the area.
"It's a lot tougher than it was two or three years ago to get a commercial loan on anything," Eggleston said.
But downtown Tulsa might be on its way toward overcoming the economic downturn, said Mike Neal, Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce president and CEO.
"The national recession has taken its toll on communities across the country, and while development may have slowed in our region, Tulsa has seen a number of new project announcements, entrepreneurs finding success and existing company expansions," Neal said.
And Neal said growth throughout the rest of the city has been connected to the success of the venue.
"The economic impact of the BOK Center was evident before the doors were even opened," he said. "It has served as a catalyst for other major development projects, including ONEOK Field, the Tulsa Convention Center remodel, major hotel renovations, new hotels and restaurants, and, most recently, housing."
And others seem to be following the movement near the BOK Center. Although Neal would not reveal specific details, the lull in development near the BOK Center appears to be on its way out.
"We've had a number of private meetings to discuss potential projects," he said. "However, we are not at liberty to disclose details at this time. We hope to see many projects come to fruition in the coming weeks and months."
Eggleston said he expects the area to become a success; although that success will not come immediately.
"If you take Bricktown as the benchmark of what happens when you inject hundreds of millions of dollars into a downtown that was basically beginning to decline, Bricktown itself took eight or nine years since the Ford Center was put there," Eggleston said. "We're following a similar pattern to that.
"Just look at our neighbors up the turnpike and see what happened there. It's not something that happens overnight."
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This post was originally published in October of 2018. This restaurant still exists.
“One day, I am going to try eel, but today is just not that day.”
This is something I used to say while looking at a sushi menu. Essentially, I would be tempted to be adventuresome and try new things, but I would always chicken out in the end. This was seemingly a lifetime ago, back when I lived in North Carolina and New Jersey. Sushi places seemed few and far between, and I quite often had zero disposable cash. So, the fear was partly economic — why pay a lot of money for something I may not exactly like?
Times change, and now I am in Changzhou. Sushi isn’t really a hard to find, exotic item here. That’s especially true now that I live near Hanjiang Road / Japanese Street in Xinbei. While there are plenty of sushi options to pick from, one place has a great deal to consider.
Pomel has an all you can eat deal for 198 RMB. This is not a buffet, either. You basically have full run at the menu, and you can order multiple times. Both beer and sake are included. Upon a recent visit with a friend, we basically got to have our fill of sashimi…
If you think about how much sashimi grade salmon and tuna can cost, the 198 RMB price tag quickly pays for itself, and that’s not even factoring in beer and sake refills.
And, of course, it’s hard to go to a Japanese place and not order sushi. Then, there is another good aspect of an all you can eat deal.
You can try things out without the fear of wasting money. I have long gotten over trepidation surrounding eel. The friend I was dining with had already introduced me its yumminess on a separate occasion. However, this time, I had the opportunity to try my first couple of cups of warm sake. I also got a chance to sample sea urchin as part of a second sashimi platter. I appreciated the sake, yet raw sea urchin just really isn’t my thing. It’s got the appearance and consistency of — not to be gross — snot. However, I now can say been there, done that and move on. Again, that’s the value of this deal at Pomel — or any other Japanese all you can eat places — you can try things you normally wouldn’t if you were doing ala carte.


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With reports mounting that Michael Jackson is spinning toward financial collapse, the music biz is wondering yet again what will become of the gloved one’s most valuable asset — his 50% interest in the Sony/ATV music-publishing catalog, which includes the bulk of the Beatles’ biggest hits.
Jackson shares ownership of the legendary songbook, conservatively said to be worth more than half a billion dollars, with Sony Music.
A high-level exec at another label says Sony has a lien against the catalog owing to the label’s expenses on Jackson’s most recent albums, and most likely would get first dibs in the event of a fire sale. Sony insiders concede they’d be interested in making a bid in the open market should the occasion arise, but the company has repeatedly denied it has any special rights to Jackson’s half of ATV.
They’re not the only ones with their eyes on the Fab Four.
EMI, which controls the Beatles’ master recordings, is said to be interested in the unlikely event that Sony passes (though that U.K. major has been in cost-cutting mode of late), and Paul McCartney himself may be looking to reclaim his work.
Even if Jackson does agree to a sale (or is forced into it by a court), the catalog won’t come cheap. Because of an overall slump in CD sales, publishing assets are seen as a haven for those looking to invest in the music biz — recent deals involving classic country songs and Motown mainstays have fetched well into nine figures. And for a crown jewel like the Beatles catalog, competition would undoubtedly be fierce.

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