A panel of five philanthropy leaders shared their career insights and personal stories at the first 2011 seminar of the Young Leaders Public Interest Seminar Series, offered by The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, a Donors Forum Partner.
Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University, today announced that total charitable contributions from American individuals, corporations and foundations were an estimated $290.89 billion in 2010, up from a revised estimate of $280.30 billion for 2009. The 2010 estimate represents growth of 3.8 percent in current dollars and 2.1 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Most people think of Handel's Messiah as English Christmas music, but in reality it premiered on Good Friday in 1742, and not in England but in Dublin, Ireland. Handel wrote it when he was down and out, but when he got back on top he used Messiah's profits for good causes. Read the story.


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However you choose to travel, Tajikistan is not a particularly easy country to reach. Land borders open and close somewhat erratically, flights are irregular at the best of times and cancelled at the first sign of of bad weather, and wherever you arrive from by train you'll require a passport full of visas and the patience of a saint. If you travel in 'stan' countries most likely you will enter Tajikistan from outside Central Asia. With a limited number of flights your most likely entry point woild be one of the overland border crossings.
Entering Tajikistan - As long as your documents are in order you shouldn't have any major problems. Expect a certain amount of delay and chaos, even at the airport, where visa queues can take an hour. Uzbek–Tajik border crossings are hostage to the current state of political relations between the two republics (which are often poor) and sudden unannounced closure.
Air - The vast majority of visitors arrive in Tajikistan on a flight to Dushanbe and this is, on balance, the easiest way to travel. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, you will need to have a visa before boarding the plane and may be prevented from flying if you do not. It is likely that if you take a flight originating in Europe or the US you will need to get a connection in one of the regional hubs (Almaty, Istanbul or Moscow). Direct flights to Tajikistan tend to come only from the Middle East, Russia and the other CIS countries.
The most popular routes into Tajikistan are the twice-weekly flights with budget airline Air Baltic (www.airbaltic.com) via Riga and on Turkish Airlines (www.thy.com) via Istanbul, though both arrive at an ungodly hour (plenty of taxis meet the flights). Tajik Air (www.tajikair.tj) is the national airline, though most consider the new Tajik airline Somon Air (www.somonair.com) a more reliable option. Sample one-way fares include Moscow (US$320), Dubai (US$280), Tehran (US$230) and Urumqi (US$350). One-way flights to Istanbul cost US$445 with Tajik Air or US$550 with Turkish Airlines. Regional flight connections to/from Dushanbe are limited to Bishkek (US$200, four weekly) and Almaty (US$188, four weekly). Ariana has a weekly flight to Kabul (US$160). There are no flights between Dushanbe and Tashkent; most people fly to Khojand (US$65) and then travel overland to the Uzbek capital (five hours). From Khojand there are weekly flights to Moscow.
Tajik Air pretends to operate domestic flights from Dushanbe throughout the country, but in reality this is limited to Khorog (US$80) and Khojand (US$65). Flights out of Khorog are notoriously unreliable so if you are headed to Dushanbe to catch an international flight, budget an extra day or two in the capital and be prepared for a possible 16-hour overnight drive.
The arrivals procedure is relatively straightforward. When you enter the terminal building collect an immigration form (a long, thin slip usually covered in advertising for the Beeline mobile phone network), fill it in and then wait in the immigration queue. Everything will get stamped, and part of the slip will be returned to you. Don't lose it as you'll be expected to hand it over when you leave. The baggage hall is the usual scrum, and there is a bottleneck near the exit as you have to have your baggage sticker checked and then pass everything through the X-ray machine.
Train - There is a certain romance attached to train travel, and if you have the time to sit and watch the world pass by at a leisurely pace (very leisurely in the case of the old Soviet rail network), it is still a viable way to reach Tajikistan. Regardless of where the train originates, you will need to ensure you have a valid transit visa for every country en route, as well as a visa for Tajikistan.
Ticket classes are categorised in the Russian style. First-class or deluxe accommodation (spets vagon) buys you an upholstered seat in a two-berth cabin. The seat turns into a bed at night. Second class (kupe) is slightly less plush, and there are four passengers to a compartment. Third class (platskartny) has open bunks (ie: not in a compartment) and, if you are really on a very tight budget indeed, a fourth-class ticket (obshchiy) gets you an unreserved and very hard seat. Bring plenty of food for the journey, and keep an eye on your luggage, particularly at night, as theft is sadly commonplace.
There are three main train routes to Tajikistan. There are three trains a week in each direction between Moscow and Dushanbe, a weekly service between Moscow and Khujand, and a twice-weekly service between Samara (Saratov) and Khujand. All these services pass through Tashkent; the Dushanbe train also passes through Samarkand. Tickets to Moscow (second class) start from just over US$200 and the trip takes four days.
The train timetable for the whole Russian rail network (including central Asia) is online at www.poezda.net. The Man in Seat 61 (www.seat61.com/silkroute.htm) also has detailed information, including personal observations, about train travel in the former USSR.
If you are coming to Tajikistan from China, it would theoretically be possible to take the new train line from Uriimqi to Almaty, change for Tashkent and then continue on to Dushanbe or Khujand. We have not, however, taken this route or met anyone who has, so if you do manage to ride it successfully we'd love to hear from you.
Land - As is the case throughout Central Asia, there is almost no cross-border bus transport between Tajikistan and its neighbours, so you have to take a combination of minibuses and taxis to get to and from the borders. Still, land border might be the most preferred way to enter Tajikistan, not because customs and immigration make it a particularly easy or pleasant experience, but because of the freedom having your own transport gives you once you finally make it inside. However, border crossings open and close regularly, often with little warning, and some crossing are open only to locals and not to foreigners. Keep your ear to the ground and, if in doubt, contact a tour operator or Tajik consulate before confirming your travel plans.
Bus, Minibus & Shared Taxi - The bus/minibus network is limited to towns around Dushanbe, southern Tajikistan and villages around Khorog. Outside these areas you'll find shared taxis making the mountain run from Dushanbe to Penjikent and Khojand, as well as shared 4WDs and minibuses heading east to Khorog. Beyond this, you'll need a combination of hitching, vehicle hire and luck. Taxis are available in Khojand and Dushanbe for both local and long-distance runs and are the best option if you can afford them.
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Four joint venture groups participated in the Konya Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) solar power plant tender, which will be the largest solar energy plant project in Turkey.
These JV are Limak-CMEC-Haeron Solar Joint Venture, Kalyon-Hanwha Group, Çalık Enerji-Solargiga Joint Venture, AKC Solar Joint Venture Group.
The lowest bid per kilowatt-hour is $ 6.99 and comes from Kalyon and its South Korean partner Hanwha Group.
Within the scope of the project to be realized, a plant will be installed with a production capacity of 500 megawatts of photovoltaic module per year. With the condition of doing Research and Development (R & D) for ten years, a capacity of 1,000 megawatts shall be carried out at Karapınar YEKA. The goal is to have 60% localization for the first 500 megawatts and 70% of localization for the second 500 megawatt.
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Hair loss, also known as Alopecia or Baldness refers to the loss of hair typically from the head. The severity of hair loss can vary from a small area to the entire head. Since a large scale of population these days is facing this problem, we have noticed a considerable rise in reported cases of psychological distress, anxiety, and stress in many people. Because, let's face this, hair are an important feature of our face and only enhance our overall appearance which is why hair loss can be a stressful situation and can cause discomfort, agony, and emotional pain. There are many reasons for hair loss like infections, reaction of some drugs, physical or mental trauma, diabetes or it may be hormonal that occurs when a synthesized testosterone known as DHT get on to our scalps and ultimately leaks into the hair follicles. So, whatever might be the case, the fact that there are so many counterfeit and scam products currently available on the market, people are now more than cautious than ever before trying out a new product, and it's pretty justified too. We have seen a number of users ending up regretful as these different shampoos, hair loss treating formulations and even drugs that make some unrealistic claims badly fail and result in nothing but sheer disappointment with little or no impact on dysfunctional hair follicles rather bring adverse side effects.
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The attacks on two Delhi universities reveal Modi's targets: Muslims and their allies – By Mukul Kesavan
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In the middle of December, Delhi police tried to shut down university protests against the religiously discriminatory Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) by caning Muslim students into submission. Police officers smashed their way into the library at Jamia Millia Islamia university (where I teach history), trashed bookcases and beat the students inside, badly damaging the eyesight of one in the process. …
India's new anti-Muslim law shows the broad allure of right-wing Islamophobic policies – By Arsalan Iftikhar
Although India is the largest democracy in the world, the rise of right-wing ethnonationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slowly unraveling the secular democratic fabric of Mahatma Gandhi's homeland. …right-wing Hindu nationalists in India, proponents of the Hindutva ideology, have alleged for decades that there are millions of illegal Muslim economic migrants (predominantly of Bangladeshi origin) living and working …
Why we must defend India's democracy – By Abeer Dahiya
University students have been at the forefront of the protests and thereby a prime target for the Indian police and partisan mobs, which have raided campuses and dorms, arrested students and professors and shot at peaceful demonstrators, sometimes maiming or killing them. The government has responded with mass arrests, Internet shutdowns, arbitrary detentions, incarceration in detention centers and deportations. At …
'They tried to stifle the voices of our children': Meet the women protesters who have been occupying a New Delhi street for a month – By Swati Gupta, Manveena Suri and Julia Hollingsworth
Only a month ago, 50-year-old mother Bahro Nisa was a regular New Delhi shopkeeper, making a living selling cold drinks to tourists visiting one of Asia's biggest mosques. She had never protested a day in her life – but on December 15, that all changed. She saw images on television of police appearing to assault students protesting at the prestigious …
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When Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government hastily served notices to more than 300 people for allegedly damaging public property during the recent anti-CAA protests, many recalled how hundreds of serious criminal cases against him and his Hindu Yuva Vahini members are still pending. But a bigger indictment than these cases are the annual reports of Uttar Pradesh Police's …
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LYING AND STEALING is set in Los Angeles, a city where perception is often more important than reality. This is the world that IVAN lives in — the poseurs and the social climbers, the wannabes and the rich who flaunt their wealth because they too want to remake themselves. But Ivan is not a wannabe. Ivan is an art thief. He inherited his father's life of crime, but unlike most thieves, Ivan loves the art as much as the art of the steal. More than that, he longs to break free from the criminal world. Ivan's problem is that he's in so deep he may never get out of the devil's bargain he made with a vain and sadistic crime boss. That is until he meets Elyse, an actress and a con-woman with her own chaotic past she wants to escape from. Together, they team up to pull off the ultimate con/heist which won't make them rich, but will hopefully set them free.
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Challenger's polling says John Bradley vulnerable in Williamson County primary
Williamson County DA John Bradley has drawn a primary opponent - incumbent County Attorney Jana Duty - in a campaign that appears likely to center around the Michael Morton exoneration and Bradley's role in fighting DNA testing for twenty years and opposing release of exculpatory evidence to the defense. The Texas Tribune has an interview with Duty regarding her challenge here. Duty decided to run after conducting a poll of GOP primary voters, she said, leading her to believe Bradley could be beat. The told the Trib:
It's going to be a competitive race, because he has name recognition. He's well known and in some circles well respected.
I recently did a poll, a survey, to see how the people out in the general public feel about the job that he's doing. Do they echo the concerns that are being echoed in the courthouse? And what I found is that they do. They are concerned. I think a lot of people want to see change, and I don't believe they see John Bradley the way he sees himself.
So that was encouraging to me that with the proper message, getting the truth out about the way that office really runs, that he can be beat.
Duty has some of her own baggage, but of quite a different sort than Bradley's. She's been in a big feud with the good-ol' boy crowd at the county commissioners court, which hired an outside attorney over her objections - ironically the attorney who was the second chair prosecutor at Michael Morton's original trial. The State Bar upheld a complaint against Duty for revealing information she learned in executive session of the commissioners court. But the reason she did so stems in part from conflicting roles: She was attending an executive session as attorney for the commissioners court, but she is also a prosecutor. The information revealed related to what she believed was a criminal offense.
Bradley will inevitably attack Duty over the state bar reprimand - indeed, in the Trib story he's already begun - but her revealing secret information because she believed a crime has been committed is quite a polar opposite issue to Bradley's woes. By comparison, Bradley opposed DNA testing in the Morton case for two decades, mocked Morton for seeking to prove his innocence, and fought to keep information secret that would ultimately exonerate an innocent man and lead to the capture of an alleged killer. Grits prefers a prosecutor who broke a rule to expose corruption over one who manipulated the rules to cover up mistakes and misconduct. Anyway, there's an extent to which Duty's reprimand stems from a fundamental tension that exists between the role of a County Attorney as adviser to the commissioners court and her role as prosecutor of crimes. Those duties, Duty discovered, sometimes conflict.
While there's no other coverage of Duty's nascent campaign yet, at least that I could find, here's the text of an email Grits received this morning announcing her candidacy:
Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty announced her intentions today to challenge District Attorney John Bradley in the March 6th Republican Primary election. Duty said she is challenging Bradley because she believes the citizens deserve a D.A. who understands that his/her job is to seek justice.
"Unfortunately there is a cloud hanging over the District Attorney's office," Duty said. "John Bradley represents all that is wrong with our criminal justice system today. Instead of seeking justice, Bradley aggressively fought against DNA testing for a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for over two decades for murder. The whole time the real killer remained on the loose committing additional crimes. Bradley has also repeatedly refused to prosecute his buddies at the courthouse for their blatant violations of the law. Worse still, he reduces roughly 25% of his felony cases to misdemeanors annually, and passes them off to my office. Some of those cases involve child predator offenders which I find reprehensible. These are not the actions of a tough prosecutor, but instead are the actions of a self-serving politician who cares more about his statistics than seeking justice. That's why I am running for District Attorney."
Duty has served as the Williamson County Attorney since 2005 where she prosecutes misdemeanor and felony crimes. During her tenure in office, she has more than doubled the amount of protective orders obtained for victims of family violence, saved millions of tax dollars through innovations and efficiencies, and has implemented checks and balances to insure government transparency. Duty has also earned a reputation for taking on the "good old boy" system at the courthouse, a reputation she embraces.
Duty continued, "I make no apologies for being an advocate for the people of this county. If that makes me unpopular with the courthouse insiders, so be it. My pledge to the people of Williamson County is to bring honesty and integrity back to the D.A.'s office, to see that everyone is treated evenly and fairly under the law and to continue fighting to protect our families as I have done as County Attorney. We need a D.A. who will put the public interest above his own political career and that of his friends."
Duty's public service continues a family tradition that goes back nearly two centuries. Jana Duty is a direct descendant of Joseph Duty, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" settlers, who received a title to a league of land in Texas from the Mexican government in 1824. Eventually he settled with his family at Webberville in Travis County. Duty also had four ancestors who fought in the Texas Revolution, including two who participated in the final victorious battle at San Jacinto. In fact, the Duty family has had at least one family member fight in every conflict that Texas has ever been a part of.
Duty is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and the St. Mary's University School of Law. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, she was a high school English teacher. She and her husband, Daniel, are the proud parents of three children and three grandchildren. They make their home in Georgetown.
"The implications of this campaign go well beyond me and my family," Duty concluded. "I hope the entire community will rally around our cause and send a strong signal on March 6th that business-as-usual will no longer be tolerated. It's time to start a new era in the District Attorney's office, and that fight starts today."
To find out more or to join the campaign, please visit www.JanaDuty.com .
The Trib's Brandi Grissom called Bradley "a giant figure in Texas politics," but that may overstate things: He's an influential figure in legal circles, no doubt, but politically he lost his only ever competitive race - for the Court of Criminal Appeals back in the '90s - was appointed to his current spot by Rick Perry, and has never faced a serious challenger until now. Duty, by contrast, appears quite serious: She's coming to get him.
Now we find out if Bradley the media bully can back up his tough-guy image on the campaign trail standing on his own two feet as opposed to on the shoulders of this or that political patron. Can he raise money? Does he know how to run a campaign or employ consultants who do? Will voters really prefer him when they have a choice? Has the Michael Morton case damaged him beyond repair, or will voters believe his road to Damascus schtick? Stay tuned. We'll find out next spring.
MORE: Check in later at the blogs Wilco Watchdog and Eye on Williamson County, both of which I'm sure will be covering Duty's announcement soon.
Labels: District Attorneys, Electoral politics, Williamson County
RE GFB:..."Grits prefers a prosecutor who broke a rule to expose corruption over one who manipulated the rules to cover up mistakes and misconduct."
Couldn't agree with you more and brother there is much corruption in local government that needs exposing. People can't fathom how tough a call that is for a prosecutor to make. County can literally cut the financial balls off the prosecutors office. It is the prosecutors job to file charges against County Commissioners who act criminally. And since most prosecutors want to become an elected or appointed judge some day, short of murder, they will seledom if ever file charges against county commissioners. Very rarely do you see anyone charged with violating the open meetings act. Class 'A' offense in many cases. But rarely is anyone dicharged from office or charged with an offense. Yet anyone who has worked in these environments knows that there are officials intentionally violating these laws.
So that was without a doubt a very courageous effort on Duty's part.
John Bradley: Adios Mo-Fo
One vote here for Duty (make that two counting my wife)
To 8:19 - next step, get some flyers from her campaign, go door to door, organize your own precinct for her and do GOTV. Go get him!
Can't believe I'm saying this but I almost wish I lived in Williamson County so I could do the same thing.
What color is the sky in John Bradleys world? By even running for re-election after everything he has done disgraces that office and Williamson county but he honestly thinks he has done nothing wrong. He should resign. The State Bar of Texas better not do their pal John a favor and try to sweep his grievances under the rug. Everyone is watching.
Bradley needs to go. Duty has my vote.
Robert Rister said...
Wait a minute. The commissioners hired the second chair in the Morton prosecution--who is claiming memory lapses due to health issues? Did Mike (whom I always liked, by the way) develop this problem before or after representing the commissioners?
I don't believe in anonymous commenting. If I disappear you'll know why:) Robert Rister
Craig Jenkins said...
I am fighting with a John Bradley kool aid drinker on the Tribune. What have I become.
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"No, no! Sentence first - verdict afterwards!" the Queen of Hearts said in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll.
Silly words spoken by a silly character during a silly story about a trial where none of the normal rules applied. Just a fairy tale, right?
Well, for those who are accused of felony crimes in Williamson County - and their defense attorneys - dealing with Mr. John Bradley's district attorney office can sometimes make one feel like they have, like Alice, truly dropped down a rabbit hole.
In his recent opinion column (Oct. 29 Leader), Mr. Bradley takes pains to assure the public that unlike in the knuckle-dragging days of the past, circa the trial of the wrongly convicted Michael Morton, today's "modern" discovery at the Williamson County District Attorney's office is conducted in a more open manner.
He writes, "... you can be sure that in Williamson County, before any contested trial begins today, the defense lawyer will have already received access to all the information collected in the case."
Sounds great, doesn't it?
Ah, but let's go through the looking glass together, shall we, and see where this statement falls well short of reality.
As Mr. Bradley is undoubtedly aware, well over 90 percent of criminal cases in Texas are resolved without a trial. The vast majority of cases are settled with a plea bargain. His letter, focusing only on what discovery is available to defense counsel immediately prior to a full-blown trial, ignores that vast majority of cases his office disposes of.
So let's talk about that vast majority.
In Williamson County, it is common practice that many of those felony plea bargains are given to defense counsel and their clients on a "one-day only" basis - meaning take it today, or the deal gets worse.
And that "today" is often the first day the attorney and client have ever been in court. Many, many times a request for additional evidence (oftentimes something as simple as a lab report or a DWI videotape of a client being stopped by the police) will be denied by Mr. Bradley's prosecutors with the veiled warning that if a deal is not speedily taken, the stakes for the client could get much worse.
While I routinely advise my clients to ignore such attempts at bully brinksmanship and wait patiently until I can secure all the evidence, it puts my clients in an awful bind.
They are made to choose between a plea bargain right now, when I have not had a chance to fully evaluate their case, or suffer a worse bargain later, after I have had the chance to do my ethical best to collect all the evidence in the state's hands.
A plea-bargain offer is only as good as the evidence that can back it up.
When evidence is not revealed to defense counsel during the critical plea bargaining stage of a case - well before the decision to go to a jury trial is made - injustice occurs.
We should demand transparency during all phases of prosecution.
Mr. Bradley, let's leave the kangaroo courts for the storybooks, please.
- Mark Brunner,
Editor's Note: Mark Brunner is a criminal defense lawyer formerly employed by the Williamson County District Attorney's office.
Duty's coming to get him and she's coming with an Army and we'll be at the polls to oust his sorry @$$. The Army will be made up of the voters of all the families that Bradley has harmed during his extended stay in WilCo. It will include voters who have heard his lies and witnessed his arrogance. We are tired of Bradley turning a blind eye to the corruption within the county government. The Army will be made up of WilCo residents who have found Bradley to be huge embarrassment to this county in his handling of the Willingham Case. Bradley's goin' down.
Daniel Simon said...
Yesterday, I filed a formal written Bar Grievance against John Bradley for his multiple violations of the rules of Professional Conduct, as well as his quite arguable criminal actions in both his blanket refusal to prosecute a certain FELONY he believes shouldn't be a crime....as well as his browbeating "policy" of pressuring LEOs to actually lie to people and tell them it is not even a crime.
Penal Code Sections make it the crime of Official Misconduct for a public official to fail to perform duties imposed upon them by Statute...and Penal Sections make a person who has a duty or ability to prevent crime the equivalent of an accessory even if the perpetrator is not prosecuted.
In other words even if Bradley tries to hide behind tortured arguments of Prosecutorial Discretion, the fact that a crime has been committed that he had a duty to try to prevent makes him guilty of each and every instance of this crime.
The Crime? Penal Code Section 25.03(Interference with Child Custody) that occurs when divorced or separated parents of guardians refuse to surrender a child to another who has rights of possession, access or visitation.
This happens hundreds of times per month in Wilco and waste millions of dollars a year in public resources with wasted 911 calls, wasted LEO trips to the scene to lie, wasted follow-up offense reports sent to Bradley's office to end up in the trash, as well as wasted Court resources for those with enough money and desperate enough to hire a civil attorney to try to enforce their rights by contempt.
I am emailing you a copy of this Grievance Grits...and hope you will help expose this crook for exactly what he is.
Daniel Simon
So you're filing a grievance against Bradley for not filing State Jail felony charges against divorced Mommas and Daddies who don't get their kids returned to the custodial parent by 6:00 on Sunday evening? I can't wait to hear what Grits has to say about that!
No Anonymous, (you coward)
I DID file a Bar Grievance against John Bradley for his Policy of refusing to prosecute anyone no matter how long they deny the other parent their kid.
Not only are you a coward who refuses to put your name on your post, you are too stupid and dishonest to read the statute and incapable of understanding that "Custodial and Non-Custodial" are not found on Texas Divorce decrees but is actually federal welfare terminology.
And you are to ignorant and stupid to understand that the reason John Bradley has law enforcement LIE to the public is because parents who miss, hours, day and weeks with their children would have his head on a pike.
I suspect you are either Bradley himself, one of his subordinates or a "family law" shyster in Wilco who benefits from his policy.
Incidentally, if you are/know John Bradley take this as a personal challenge from me to him to a public debate on this issue on the Courthouse square anytime. Loser gets his head shaved.
and that is my real name and phone number!
"Anonymous"
Just so you understand there are honorable DAs in this State, here is an Appeals case out of El Paso, where the conviction of a woman who denied her ex the kids over 20 times was upheld.
http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/caselaw/freecaselaw?action=OCLGetCaseDetail&format=FULL&sourceID=bcdba&searchTerm=eHZQ.NYTa.aadj.eaEO&searchFlag=y&l1loc=FCLOW
Note that honorable Judges understand the Statute applies to both parents.
And unlike John Bradley, I would bet the DA out there doesn't have LEOs telling people it is "not a crime".
Just so you understand...if the cops show up and tell the truth the problem stops. If the parent insists on not releasing the child(ren) the cop arrests, if the cop has to go that far Bradley should prosecute.
But even if he doesn't, and lets them "beat the rap, they don't beat the ride". Their would be few repeat offenders.
John Guardian said...
Jana Duty is actually suing the AG in the case Duty v. Abbott in Travis County District Court. She wrote a nasty letter to one of the county judges and does not want to make it public, even thought the AG has ruled it is public under the open records laws. Instead of turning it over, she sued. This is hardly the "take on the good ol'boys" stance she likes to portray. And what is in this letter that she is so worried about that she would sue the AG in her official capacity to keep it out of the public eye?
Jana Duty is actually suing AG Abbott in Travis Co. District Court over a nasty letter she wrote to one of the county judges that she doesn't want to make public. The AG ruled it is open to the public under the open records law, but instead of releasing it, she sued the top law enforcement officer of the state using taxpayer money. So, what is in this letter that she doesn't want out there?
John (Bradley) Guardian,
OOOOHH a "nasty" letter to a County Judge! What pray tell keeps the County Judge from making it public?
Especially since they all hate her for exposing their good ole boy cover-up and pay-off on Higgenbotham's sexcapades and particularly if they have Greg Abbott's ruling to fall back on.
I suspect her "nasty letter" is tame compared to what I or any other taxpayer in Wilco would write since they bail out their buds, like Don "can't keep it in my pants" Higgenbotham with our money and they all know of and apparently approve of your....er Bradley's criminal co-opting of Law Enforcement to fatten his buddy's wallets by his zero enforcement policy of felony interference with child cu$tody, because I told them at Commissioner's Court (the dollar sign is intentional since that is all shysters like Bradley thinks we are)
WOW! Jana Duty wrote a nasty letter to a Wilco Judge LOL Whoopdie friggin deal. John Bradley has sued the AG several times when he didn't like the opinion he recieved from them. Who cares. Move on.
Grits, I think your analysis leaves out one salient characteristic of the Williamson county electorate: Alzheimer's. Also pre-Alzheimer's. For 20 years Georgetown has cultivated commercial relationships to voters at the greatest risk of dementia. It's reflected in the outcome of elections. And these guys and gals don't answer the phone when pollsters call. Robert
OTOH, Robert, about 70% of Wilco voters, I'm told, didn't live in the county when Bradley was appointed and most voters have no stake in the good ol' boy network that still runs the county. Who knows what those voters will do when presented with an actual choice?
Duty has the respect and admiration of the defense attorney's who have seen her command justice with compassion and fairness to all.
She has hired top notch assistant county attorney's who carry out their Duty under
DUTY to prosecute and deliver justice. HER top man Dee Hobbs who is the likely winner to take her place has a open door policy. Duty truly has open discovery and is far more progressive by emailing reports to attorney's thus streamlining the system.
The opposite is true under Bradley, no open discovery for the defendants attorney, causing delays and unnecessary fights to get what is rightfully due the opposing, attorney.
Bradley posts his wins on his office website giving the voters a false sense of security.
BRADLEY doesn't post all the cases that aren't a slam dunk that he reduces to misdemeanors and dumps on Duty's office to prosecute because its not a sure win.
I DO BELIEVE THE GIG IS UP AND THE VOTERS ARENT DRINKING THE COOLADE.
DUTY AND HOBBS will continue raising the bar, the citizens deserve the best.
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Mitchell's Book Corner History: The Beginnings
by, Mimi Beman
MBC opened its doors at 3 p.m. on June 28, 1968 to dozens of curious Nantucketers anxious to view their brand new Main Street bookstore and perhaps to sample the blue and orange mini-cupcakes and the non-alcoholic punch. We were open until 7 p.m. that evening and sold over $800 worth of books during those few hours, a goodly sum at the time. That memorable first day of bookselling on the corner of Main and Orange Streets was the beginning of a fascinating journey of learning, of triumphs, of a multitude of mistakes, and of growth.
Plenty of preparation led to the opening of MBC's doors that afternoon in June. My father, Henry Mitchell Havermeyer (grandson of Maria Mitchell's younger brother), was a graphic designer/art director in New York City and was anxious for an early retirement on Nantucket. My mother, Mary Allen Sargent Havermeyer (also descended from early Nantucket settlers), was a voracious reader, had great people skills, and was equally attracted to the possibility of retiring on Nantucket.
Moving to Nantucket and opening a new business on the island were not decisions that my parents made easily. While my father was finalizing his business in NYC, my mother went to work (for a full year) at a Doubleday Book Store in Scarsdale, not far from their Westchester home. My mother's brother was, at the time, the President of Doubleday Publishing Company, which owned over 30 bookstores all over the country (this was pre-Barnes and Noble, Borders, and big box mania). To get some experience in bookselling operations, after my freshman year in college, I spent the summer of 1967 working at Doubleday's flagship store on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.
In 1967, there were several commercial properties for sale in the downtown area and when my parents eliminated all but two, my father suggested that he and I performed a little experiment. I sat on a bench in front of 54 Main Street, pen and paper in hand. He sat outside the property on the corner of Centre and India with his notes. For 30 minutes that morning, afternoon, and evening, we counted the number of people who walked by our locations. Twice the number of people walked by 54 Main Street (now Mitchell's Book Corner) than the Centre Street spot! (What would the count be today, I wonder?)
Through our connections with Doubleday, we were fortunate to be able to hire a bookstore architect to transform the corner building at Main and Orange from a dark, uninviting men's clothing stored (known as "Fitzpatrick's") into a bright, welcoming world of books with all their colors and sizes on display. This was not a makeshift operation—every fixture and shelf, every nook and cranny had a purpose and continued to have a purpose for the next 40 years. Yes, the size of the books have changed. Yes, we have moved sections around year after year. Yes, the number of titles we wanted to carry grew many-fold over the years, but the store was set up for those changes and somehow adapted, rather miraculously, to our needs.
My father's extensive experience and talents in art direction were essential in creating a successful island bookstore. During his career, my father had designed trademarks (we call them logos now) and he felt the importance of developing one for the new shop. He started with an oval shape and wanted the centerpiece to be maritime-related—what better image than an illustration of the Charles W. Morgan with "Mitchell's Book Corner" written around the border?
This handsome logo was printed on everything—bags, bookmarks, wrapping paper, stationary, print ads, and tote bags. And if followed naturally that the store sign would be a large, colorful representation of the logo with the colors blue (for a marine theme) and orange (for the name of the street off of which we were situated). In addition, quarterboard signs were made to hang off the main sign, each one announcing a feature of the bookshop: "Bestsellers," "Paperbacks," and "Things." The sign and the logo became as synonymous with Main Street as the cobblestones, and the logo has since been spotted the world over, from New York's Park Avenue to Denver International Airport to Hong Kong.
Not surprisingly, my father's other strength was store promotion. In his and MBC's case, it took the form of weekly print ads in the local newspaper The Inquirer and Mirror. A couple of weeks before the store opened, he used teaser ads to whet the appetites of future customers. Echoing Peter Benchley's novel JAWS, the headlines of the ads read "The paperbacks are coming, the paperbacks are coming" and "The cookbooks are coming, the cookbooks are coming," etc. The real breakthrough came with an ad in October of '68 with the headline "We caught Nine Scallops," followed by a brief description of my parents' disastrous first attempt in family scalloping. Readers took pity on this disastrous adventure and my parents arrived home after work that evening to find proper scalloping tools, waders, and even enough scallops (more than nine) for their dinner! Thereafter, the ads became the vehicle to communicate my father's love for the island, their adventures here, and yes, even books. The ads continue today, perhaps not with the loving care that my father infused in them, but with the respect of a great 40-year tradition.
Why didn't we change the 1960s look of the fixtures and more forward with the times? Why didn't we modernize and become cutting-edge? Well, we did in our way. Yes, the fixtures and design stayed the same but the inventory, the books, have been constantly in flux, frequently cleared of dead wood, always up-to-date, current, relevant. That's what has always mattered.
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Before the school can offer a child a position at the school, it is the role of the Board of Proprietors to determine, by majority vote, if the child has preference of enrolment. Our Integration Agreement with the Ministry of Education states that: "Preference of enrolment shall be given to those children whose parents have established to the satisfaction of the Proprietor a particular or general religious or philosophical connection with the Special Character of the school."
In determining whether a child should have preference the Proprietor may take into account any components of the Special Character, including but not limited to:
Children of parents who are actively involved in the local Anglican parish;
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The core of St Mark's Special Character is our close association with the Anglican Church. The general school programme with its religious instructions and observances are based on the teachings and formularies of the Anglican Church, which involves regular worship, religious tuition, church services and a leading role in School life by the Vicar of the Parish of Opawa – St Martins.
As you can see from the above information our Integration Agreement directs us, when considering an application, to focus on the values and religious affiliation/ or connection/ or understanding/ or attitude to religion / of the parents, not the child. For the Proprietors to make an informed decision, we recommend your fully completed enrolment application is accompanied by a brief covering letter regarding your own views on the Special Character of St Mark's School.
Once the Board of Proprietors have voted an application preference or non-preference, the Principal of the school offers a space to the child, if one is available.
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There is one, year two preference place available, please put your application in by the 7th April 2021.
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St Mark's School provides and shall continue to provide education with a Special Character, the essential elements of which are:
a) Association with the Anglican Church: The school has a close association with the Anglican Church which has been maintained since it became independent of St Mark's Anglican Church in 1981. The general school programme with its religious instructions and observances are based on the teachings and formularies of the Anglican Church. This includes regular worship at the St Mark's Anglican Church or an alternative determined by the local Anglican parish, regular religious tuition within the school curriculum, regular church services at the school and a leading role in school life undertaken by the Vicar of the Parish.
b) Philosophies: There are three additional key elements to the philosophy of the school, namely
b.i) a local curriculum which encourages, models, and explores the Gospel of Jesus Christ as articulated in the Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion; these Five Marks include proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom; teaching and nurturing in the Christian faith; loving service of others; a commitment to reconciliation, healing, justice, hope and challenging violence of every kind; and to being responsible stewards of creation;
b.ii) an education delivered in the context of a supportive Christian community, which nurtures each child's God-given gifts and celebrates achievement;
b.iii) a recognition that through its history and traditions the school has created a set of enduring values which focus on the broad development of its students including: the wearing of a uniform; placing a particular emphasis on the delivery of the extra curricula activities of music, sport and cultural pursuits; and instilling in its students an appreciation of high standards of etiquette and behaviour.
Please select Yes or No to indicate your response.
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I/We declare that the information provided in this form is true and correct. I/We understand that if the School determines that the information is untrue then it may, at its absolute discretion, withdraw the place available.
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Bob Coy, the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, continues to generate headlines. He resigned last week from his position at the 20,000-member congregation after an unspecified "moral failing." Many members of his congregation are understandably hurt. For them, and for all of us who have been wounded by a minister, I'd like to highlight five biblical facts.
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Two: Satan attacks ministers. He tries to defeat and discourage all Christians, attacking us "like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). But pastors, because of their public profile, are especially targeted by our enemy.
Three: Every minister fails God's standard. I was a pastor for 25 years and have been preaching for 38 years. While I have not sinned in the ways Rev. Coy apparently did, I have likely committed sins he has not. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23), pastors included.
Four: God redeems all he allows. Scripture teaches: "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently" (Galatians 6:1). We are to be "kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32). Note that we should also call for repentance, as Paul did when a person was engaged in sin (1 Corinthians 5:1-5). But if the sinner does repent, we should "forgive and comfort him" and "reaffirm your love for him" (2 Corinthians 2:7, 8).
How do we know if the pastor's repentance is genuine? One counselor listed these characteristics: the minister takes the initiative in disclosing sin with a humble and broken heart; he or she takes full responsibility, submits to direction from authorities, embraces accountability, and seeks professional counseling. It is important for God's people to seek his wisdom in helping restore ministers who have fallen.
Five: We have only one Shepherd. Jesus said of his church: "there will be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:16). Every other shepherd will fail us at some time. They will hurt us, neglect us, anger us. They will be as imperfect as we are. So we are to "run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith" (Hebrews 12:1-2).
Do you know someone who has been hurt by a pastor or fellow Christian? It's been said that the church is the only "army that buries its wounded." How could God use you to speak truth in love to a hurting soul today?


Such a sweet gift idea for a mother in law (or future mother in law)!
The heart (measures 1 1/4" x 1") says, "thank you for raising the man if my dreams" please note--you may change the wording! Popular changes are "...woman of my dreams" or "I'll take care if her always". The smaller circle charm can feature your name and a date.
Yes--you have the option of a keychain or necklace! Please use the drop down menu provided to select when you would prefer.
When you check out, please leave me a note in the "notes to seller box" (on the check out page) with what wording you'd like to include (if it is different than "...man of my dreams" and the date/initials/name you'd like on the smaller circle. If you do not reference the wording for the heart piece, I will make one "...man of my dreams" and the other "...woman of my dreams".


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This New Movie Has A Big Race Problem
Matt Damon's New Movie Highlights Hollywood's Race Problem
Lilli Petersen
Constance Wu, the star of US sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, took to Twitter to call out Matt Damon's latest movie, The Great Wall, for being a film set in China that somehow stars a white man.
The Great Wall, which is due in February 2017, is a fantasy epic set in medieval China that imagines a world in which the Great Wall of China had been built to defend against dragons. The first trailer, which was released on Thursday, features star Matt Damon as a grizzled hero fighting the monsters alongside a Chinese army. The cast also features fellow American Willem Dafoe and Chilean-American Pedro Pascal alongside Chinese performers Andy Lau and Jing Tian. "We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world," Wu wrote. "It's not based in actual fact."
To be clear, Wu isn't mad at Damon. "It's not about blaming individuals," she wrote. "Rather, it's about pointing out the repeatedly implied racist notion that white people are superior to POC and that POC need salvation from our own color via white strength. When you consistently make movies like this, you ARE saying that. YOU ARE."
Can we all at least agree that hero-bias & "but it's really hard to finance" are no longer excuses for racism? TRY pic.twitter.com/mvNet5PrtH
— Constance Wu (@ConstanceWu) July 29, 2016
Hollywood has suffered ongoing criticism for the lack of diversity at its highest levels. Earlier this year, the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag drew attention to the lack of racial diversity at the film industry's highest awards ceremony when the nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress categories contained no people of colour. A study by the University of Southern California pointed out that of minority communities, Asians have it particularly bad: More than half of the films and TV shows the study analysed had no Asian speaking characters at all, according to NPR. Wu goes all in on calling out the excuses for why Hollywood is so white. "Think only a huge movie star can sell a movie? That has NEVER been a total guarantee," Wu writes, calling money the "lamest excuse in the history of being human" for heavy whitewashing. She added that there's no reason to think that people of colour can't draw cinema-goers. She finishes with a challenge to filmmakers: "How COOL would it be if you were the movie that took the 'risk' to make a POC as your hero, and you sold the shit out of it?! The whole community would be celebrating!!" she wrote. "If nothing else, you'd get some mad respect." "Hollywood is supposed to be about making great stories," she concluded. "So make them."
Matt Damon Constance Wu The Great Wall
written by Lilli Petersen
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures.


Check if the firmware you want to use is the right one for your SAMSUNG Gear S. The table below contain all the useful information you might need for your software. The firmware posted here was designed for Gear S for R750XXU1BNJ7 PDA version and R750OJV1BNJ7 CSC code. This is a dedicated None bootloader type and CRC software. Android Gingerbread 2.2.1.3 comes with N/A Android Security Patch Level. Please also make sure if the 0 changelist and 17/10/2014 build date are correct for SAMSUNG Gear S.
If the specification posted for the software is correct and you want to use the TUN OPEN software from Tunisia, simply tap on the download button. Size of all flash files posted is 415.70MB.


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Cycloocta-1,5-diene is a cyclic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , specifically .

There are three configurational isomers with this structure, that differ by the arrangement of the four C–C single bonds adjacent to the double bonds.  Each pair of single bonds can be on the same side () or on opposite sides () of the double bond's plane; the three possibilities are denoted , , and {{chem name|cis,trans}}; or (), (), and (). (Because of overall symmetry,  is the same configuration as .)

Generally abbreviated COD, the  isomer of this diene is a useful precursor to other organic compounds and serves as a ligand in organometallic chemistry. It is a colorless liquid with a strong odor.  1,5-Cyclooctadiene can be prepared by dimerization of butadiene in the presence of a nickel catalyst, a coproduct being vinylcyclohexene. Approximately 10,000 tons were produced in 2005.

 Organic reactions
COD reacts with borane to give 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane, commonly known as 9-BBN, a reagent in organic chemistry used in hydroborations:

COD adds  (or similar reagents) to give 2,6-dichloro-9-thiabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane:

The resulting dichloride can be further modified as the diazide or dicyano derivative in a nucleophilic substitution aided by anchimeric assistance.

 Metal complexes

1,5-COD binds to low-valent metals via both alkene groups. Metal-COD complexes are attractive because they are sufficiently stable to be isolated, often being more robust than related ethylene complexes. The stability of COD complexes is attributable to the chelate effect. The COD ligands are easily displaced by other ligands, such as phosphines.

 is prepared by reduction of anhydrous nickel acetylacetonate in the presence of the ligand, using triethylaluminium

The related  is prepared by a more circuitous route involving the dilithium cyclooctatetraene:

Extensive work has been reported on complexes of COD, much of which has been described in volumes 25, 26, and 28 of Inorganic Syntheses. The platinum complex is a precursor to a 16-electron complex of ethylene:

COD complexes are useful as starting materials; one noteworthy example is the reaction:

The product  is highly toxic, thus it is advantageous to generate it in the reaction vessel upon demand.  Other low-valent metal complexes of COD include cyclooctadiene rhodium chloride dimer, cyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimer, and , and Crabtree's catalyst.

The  complexes with nickel, palladium, and platinum have tetrahedral geometry, whereas  complexes of rhodium and iridium are square planar.

(E,E)-COD

The highly strained trans,trans isomer of 1,5-cyclooctadiene is a known compound. (E,E)-COD was first synthesized by George M. Whitesides and Arthur C. Cope in 1969 by photoisomerization of the cis,cis compound. Another synthesis (double elimination reaction from a cyclooctane ring) was reported by Rolf Huisgen in 1987. The molecular conformation of (E,E'')-COD is twisted rather than chair-like. The compound has been investigated as a click chemistry mediator.

References

Cycloalkenes
Dienes
Ligands
Eight-membered rings
Foul-smelling chemicals

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Q: CONFIGURATION PHP.INI :: x86_64::on fedora 27:: [ERROR] good evening, I'm new to fedora. And I have problems configuring the php.ini file more specifically in the date.timezone directive.

*

*create a php blank file with the phpinfo function.

*check the configuration of the /etc/php.ini file

3.check some other location of the php.ini file

4.configure the date.timezone directive in the 2 files as well as /etc/php.ini
Development and production
5.opened the .ini files one by one (/etc/php.d)and only enabled extensions, and none changed the value of the date.tiemezone directive
6.create the script
<?php
         date_default_timezone_set('America/Bogota');
         $script_tz = date_default_timezone_get();
         if (strcmp($script_tz, ini_get('date.timezone'))){
             echo 'La zona horaria del script difiere de la zona horaria de la configuracion ini.';
          } else {
         echo 'La zona horaria del script y la zona horaria de la configuración ini coinciden.';
}
?>

7.confirm the server's time zone

*execute the code local and url

9.nothing. Finally take the desperate measure of configuring in each of the files (/etc/php.d from step 4.) the directive date.timezone and nothing

Please help me, I go around and around and I do not see the solution. Thanks so much for any help
PD. In all the steps the services were restarted
systemctl restart mariadb
systemctl restart httpd
systemctl restart snmpd

A: PHP is now run as a separate process, php-fpm.
$ sudo systemctl restart php-fpm.service

I would also create a /etc/php.d/99-local.ini file with your settings.

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I got an exciting email earlier… it seems that I have been invited to attend (and present at) the second annual Mastering Business Objects conference in Australia. In my opinion, the conference last year was an excellent event (and I'm not just saying that because I got to go.) I tend to prefer smaller gatherings like user groups or smaller conferences because I get to meet and interact with a lot more people. Oh, and I got to go surfing.
It's funny because just this evening I was talking to Daniel (my 3rd grader) and he wanted to know (as he was petting one of our family cats) if any cats were poisonous. I told him that as far as I knew, there was only one poisonous mammal, the platypus. Which is native to… Australia. After a quick visit to Wikipedia I know now that there are a variety of shrews that are also poisonous, but I felt good about the fact that I at least remembered the platypus.


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'One Health, One Welfare' vital to food system reform
The strong connections between human, animal and ecological well-being were the focus of an Independent Dialogue organised by Compassion in World Farming yesterday (28th June 2021) as a contribution to the UN Food Systems Summit.
UN Food Systems Summit Champion and our Global CEO, Philip Lymbery, was the first speaker at the online event, entitled "One Health, One Welfare: Food Systems Opportunities for Better Human, Animal and Ecological Health and Well-being". He was one of several expert speakers to take part in the Dialogue, curated by Mark Driscoll of Tasting the Future, which was aimed at ensuring better animal health and well-being outcomes are at the heart of the Food Systems Summit in September.
A distinguished line-up
Philip described the many ways that human health, animal welfare and ecological well-being overlap, and summed up his ambitions for the Summit: "This year's UN food system summit, in my view, offers a huge opportunity: an opportunity for UN global agreement on food. One that recognises food's central role in the success of addressing health, climate and biodiversity challenges. One that sets a course toward a health-oriented food system without factory farming, without the over-reliance on animal-based diets. One that truly embraces that essential principle…that protecting people means protecting animals as well."
Protecting people means protecting animals
Doreen Robinson, Head of Biodiversity & Land (Ecosystems Division) for the United Nations Environment Programme, said: "The reality is, we aren't achieving our food production or our food security goals, and we're doing so at the sacrifice of our natural world." She went on to explain that we must work with nature, not against it, to meet our food production needs.
Dr Rebeca Garcia Pinillos, Founder and Director of One Welfare, explained how an integrated approach would benefit human, animal and environment alike: "The One Welfare approach can really help us to identify and address welfare and human well-being aspects as an intrinsic part of our approach. Considering livestock as sentient beings alongside the well-being of every person connected to the food systems. This can lead to better treatment and better welfare for all."
Jeremy Pivor, Senior Program Coordinator for Planetary Health Alliance, added that: "We must have the right diagnosis to prescribe the right treatment," making the point that we need to fully understand the root of the climate and biodiversity crisis, and how it relates to human well-being and animal welfare, before we can begin to determine the appropriate steps to solve it.
Dr Matthew Stone, Deputy Director General at World Organisation for Animal Health, used his presentation to issue a dire warning about the increasing likelihood of future pandemics, given our inaction: "If you scan these factors on the screen, I think the key thing to understand is that none of these factors are on a downward trend, therefore the risk of disease emergence must be constantly increasing."
Varda Mehrotra, Advisor for A Just World, echoed Stone's warning, explaining that, "if we don't adopt and implement One Health framework, India – and the world – we risk facing many more pandemics in times to come."
Mehrota also highlighted the connection between animal welfare and women empowerment in India: "In India, as in other developing countries, women are doing most of the work with the animals, yet because of the social, economic and cultural reasons, they don't have access to the income that is generated from the animals, nor do they have the necessary know-how to be able to include animal welfare standards. So, interventions to improve both animal welfare standards for increased productivity and women empowerment are really key to be able to increase women's participation in livestock-based opportunities."
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, explained how her organisation is using the One Health approach to promote gorilla conservation and public health by teaching people to be healthy and hygienic, and encouraging the development of sustainable agriculture.
In the event's final presentation, Patty Fong, Program Director of Climate and Health & Wellbeing at Global Alliance for the Future of Food, urged decision-makers to make haste: "We know that food systems reformation is possible and is happening. And it's time for all stakeholders, especially governments, to start taking action."
A liveable future for all of us
Speakers at the Dialogue made the case that potential impact on ecological, animal and human well-being should be considered when tackling the massive task of transforming our global food system.
Philip reiterated this message when closing the Dialogue, concluding: "The conversation that we've all had this afternoon…shows that 'One Health, One Welfare' is an absolutely essential component of a decent food system that delivers a liveable future for all of us, be us people or animals, on this one planet we all call home."