'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosystem restoration. Though no solutions are perfect,the text and examples given offer encouraging and useful guidance.' Gill Shepherd, poverty and landscapes thematic leader, IUCN Forest Conservation Programme. 'This book could be the catalyst for a real paradigm shift - not just in capital cities and international conference centres, but also on the ground in locations where poor people are struggling to make a living.' Policy Matters (praise for the first edition).
High levels of rural poverty in many of the world's ecosystems make it an ethical and practical imperative to find more equitable and realistic ways of achieving conservation. Livelihoods of the rural poor and options for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity are so intimately entwined that they are better addressed through an integrated approach, irrespective of whether the primary motivation is one of development or one of conservation. This highly accessible book, a revised edition of the 2005 book Poverty and Conservation: Landscapes, People and Power, offers a grand overview of the issues and a conceptual framework for addressing poverty reduction in the context of conservation, and conservation in the context of poverty reduction. It will appeal to professionals working in the field as well as to students across the fields of conservation, development and sustainability. It looks at the rationale for addressing the links between conservation and poverty reduction, arguing that such a focus is both ethically essential and a source of opportunities. It alsoreviews experiences in dealing with people and conservation and identifies some key lessons and concepts. The book presents cases studies illustrating various approaches and a discussion of some of the issues that appear when implementing combined conservation and poverty reduction. The book emphasizes the importance of multiple spatial scales and negotiating trade-offs between scales. It also tackles the complex issue of institutional landscapes and the way in which changes at various institutional levels can lead to different and often more positive outcomes. The Final part summarizes some of the main features of the authors' integrated approach and identifies some of the challenges involved in efforts to combine conservation and poverty reduction. Published with IUCN - The World Conservation Union.


Reading the catalogue description of this I thought that it would be like a "Cardall" image, an idealised bit of Paddywhackery but when I looked at the image my reaction was WOW! This is so different, almost Eastern European in its style and there are so many things to wonder at! Will we ever know where it was taken?
Probably not very good at reversing?
It reminds me of West Clare, and the creel for seaweed, which was used as fertilizer.
This is a stunning image for its time. There is special beauty in a hard life.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland] Could be a railway, but I think it is more likely a river. We see a recent flat bridge crossing left-right just above the horse's ears, consistent with a railway, but beyond it is a much older and ruined arched bridge, with two arches standing. That ruined bridge is too old to have been built for the railways.
it could be in the north for there is an Ulster pillar to the left of the photograph unless they are found elsewhere in the island. I would have thought that it's a bit rocky for Glenshesk.
Marvelous basket, creel. I can't imagine building such a thing, having made one or two small simple baskets in my day.
Could the wheelless car be a "slipe" or sliding cart? The word is used in Scots and Ulster English.
I'd put the OSI link only geohive's too much trouble.
Well done The [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]]!
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/shero6820] I would call it a slipe.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] I've been out and only seen the second photo now. Good for you. I was up the Garron Road for the hillclimb only a couple of months ago.
Good Lemur - have a grape.
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/] In the reverse view photo there is a Dog under the Slipe.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] I did say, "I wonder why Robin hasn't got it already", but I'm surprised you could hear me.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/] The bridge in the second photo was one of those 'I should know that place' moments.
On the 6" linked, I also see that the farm is one of one farms in Ardclinis in the 1830s. The 1911 census records 3 houses with a total of 8 residents, none of them younger than 34.
1901 shows 16 residents in 5 houses. (House is perhaps a generous term, they are all 2 room buildings). It includes some young boys, the Kellys, but they are too young. By the time they are as old as in the picture, they should be in the 1911 census, and they aren't So we could be back nearer 1885, and the boys are the O'Neills, perhaps Charles, James and Edward.


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BRINGER, Rodolphe. Le Bon Chevalier Bayard.
Paris. Pierre Lafitte & Cie., [1913].
8vo. 80pp. With numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards, gilt. Rubbed and a trifle bumped, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp.
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476-1524), renowned French Knight, commonly known as Chevalier de Bayard. The epitome of chivalric virtue, Bayard was one of the most renowned military commanders of the sixteenth century Europe. He served with distinction under Charles VIII, securing numerous victories during the First Italian War. Under Louis XII he was the hero of many combats; on one occasion he is said to have single-handedly defended a bridge over the Garigliano against 200 Spanish troops, an exploit that brought him such renown that Pope Julius II sought unsuccessfully to entice him into the papal service. In 1508 he fought at the siege of Genoa and, later, at Padua. Despite being severely wounded at Brescia, he nevertheless enthusiastically joined the Battle of Ravenna (1512). In 1515, on the accession of Francis I, he was made lieutenant general of Dauphiné, notably holding Mézières with 1,000 men against the opposing forces of Holy Roman emperor Charles V totalling 35,000 troops. He was totally wounded whilst campaigning in Italy in 1524, dying in the midst of the enemy. For his unwavering gaiety and kindness his contemporaries dubbed him 'le bon chevalier'; as the centuries have passed the epithet e chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the knight without fear and beyond reproach) has been more commonly adopted.
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"An opportunity to 'back up the truck' on this new HOT stock at a significantly reduced price."
by Travis Johnson
Stockgumshoe.com teases out the geothermal stock that is the current come-on for Casey's Energy Report. AltEnergyStocks.com reviewed a sister publication, Casey Energy Opportunities, last year.
Today we're looking at a newsletter from Doug Casey's stable, the first one of his teasers that I've looked at in quite a while.
The pitch is that Marin Katusa has picked 19 consecutive winning stocks for his Casey's Energy Report, and that you can subscribe now to get in on pick number 20, which is apparently getting close to their buy price.
As they put it …
"Marin's just getting started. Winner #20 is already on his radar, and chances are it's going to deliver even higher returns than any of the other 19."
Katusa apparently has a "three-tiered formula" that helps him make money for subscribers the first tier is a network of energy insiders that he cultivates, the second tier is some kind of mathematical valuation/screening "system" that helps him target buy prices, and the third tier is his team of energy analysts, who he naturally believes are "the best and brightest."
I have no idea whether or not those "tiers" really mean anything or are just a marketing ploy, but I would imagine that they're probably not lying about the 19 winners (though they may not count or credit them the way you would) notice that we weren't told that he's had 19 picks that beat the market, just 19 "winners," which the little footnote indicates were all chosen in the last quarter of 2008 and the first eight months of 2009, so it's possible that even picking 19 "winners" in a row could have your overall portfolio trailing the S&P 500. Not to throw cold water on the claim, I certainly haven't ever picked 19 winners in a row, but we might also argue that every hot streak has to end at some point.
I didn't receive the email ad for this one directly, I just got the link sent along to me recently, so I can't tell you for sure when the ad started running which means it's possible that this "number 20″ pick has already been made.
So, with those caveats, what is this stock that's Marin Katusa's possible 20th consecutive hot pick? You may or may not be delighted to hear that it's a geothermal stock … a sector we've looked at many times in the last couple years, but which one?
"Winner #20 is a geothermal company. And geothermal energy is not only one of the most reliable alternative energies it will be one of the most profitable, as President Obama continues to pump money into the green sector through subsidies.
"The man behind this company is a legend in the resource sector for his financial insight. It's no wonder he's been dubbed the 'broken slot machine' for his unrivaled ability to make shareholders money."
OK, so that's actually maybe enough for us to identify this stock … but we get a few more clues, let's use 'em …
"Recently, winner #20 filed its IPO (initial public offering), and investors as well as industry insiders clamored to get a piece of the action.
"As often happens with IPOs, this frenzied buying quickly inflated and then deflated the stock price, which for now has returned to a more realistic level. During the imminent market decline, Marin believes all stocks will suffer a temporary setback, creating a tremendous buying opportunity.
And as every good copywriter knows, throwing in some quotes from well-respected news organizations makes your deal look more substantive, and quiets the voice in the readers head that says, "what if this is all just a scam?"
So yes, we get a few press quotes, too:
"'Investors around the world are leaping on the initial public offering of [this] Canadian geothermal energy company, highlighting the soaring interest in the geothermal space and the superb track record of [the company's] founder.' -Reuters"
"[This geothermal stock] 'is definitely one of the hottest deals of the year.' -The National Post"
"Geothermal is one of the great answers to our energy crisis. Add the facts that: [1] you're not exposed to commodity prices, [2] you're not exposed to the dictators of the world, and [3] you're not throwing away your domestic product to foreigners. It's just a great, great business. -IBT Commodities"
"'President Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides tax credits for geothermal projects, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act is laden with more incentives for clean energy investment.' -The Financial Post"
If you've been around these parts for a while you're probably familiar with the concept of geothermal energy drilling into hot zones, pumping in water, using that heated water to create steam that powers turbines and generate electricity, it's been proven as a concept for years, at least in hot zones like Iceland and The Geysers in Northern California. Geothermal generation is certainly a lot more "green" than burning coal or natural gas, and provides baseload ("always on") energy unlike sun-dependent solar or wind-dependent turbines, though it also comes with complications (not least that it can be expensive to drill and develop, and for best results you need a very hot area, and the process is pretty tough on the equipment), so I'll spare you the rest of Katusa's general argument in favor of geothermal energy.
This last bit, then reiterates the importance of the man behind the company:
"When asked about winner #20, 'Vancouver's mining maven' had this to say:
"'The object is to do the same thing we did [with my silver producer]: to build the biggest geothermal energy business in the world.'
"We have every confidence he will do it.
"Indeed, the long-term profit potential is staggering.
"That's why Marin and the whole Casey team are on board with winner #20."
So who is this elusive "number 20?"
Thinkolator sez: Magma Energy (MXY in Toronto, MGMXF on the pink sheets click here for the free trend analysis, which isn't currently very pretty)
This is the latest endeavor of Ross Beaty, that "mining maven" teased above who has indeed been called the "broken slot machine" for his record of past success (he sold Equinox to Hecla Mining 25 years ago, and more recently built Pan American Silver into the world's largest silver producer). The quote above, about how he wants to build Magma into the biggest business of its kind in the world, is from an interview that he gave almost a year ago, before Magma went public.
And the company did have it's Canadian IPO this Summer, a bit behind their original schedule, but they got a fair amount of attention and at the time it was the biggest Canadian IPO of the year and Beaty apparently got what he wanted, in that interview he noted that he was hoping the IPO would value Magma at $300-400 million, and it's now got a market cap of C$450 million. That makes them one of the bigger "junior" companies in the space, bigger than the small firms that have just one or two sites under development like U.S. Geothermal, bu
t much smaller than Ormat or Calpine. Probably the closest competitor, in terms of market cap size and focus, is Ram Power (RPG in Toronto, RAMPF on the pink sheets one of two geothermal stocks in an uptrend at the moment, according to MarketClub), which is a similarly new company in its current form, a rollup of Ram Power and the junior geothermal companies Polaris Geothermal and Western GeoPower, both of which have been teaser targets in recent years as well.
Magma is still very much an early stage company in terms of operations they are buying into a big established geothermal project in Iceland (they own about 43% now and are investing in expansion, it's primarily a site that generates power for aluminum smelting), and they own one operating geothermal site in Nevada (Soda Lake, which has been operating for close to 20 years and is at about 1/3 of its nameplate generation capacity). Their other projects are elsewhere in the Northwestern US, in Utah and Oregon as well as more sites in Nevada, and in South America, with concession applications in Peru and some early-stage projects that they own in Argentina and Chile. Aside from Soda Lake and Iceland, it's all early stage exploration, or flow testing, or drilling and mapping that they're doing right now. I have no idea how long it takes to get these projects off the ground, but it sounds like a lot of the work they're doing, in addition to the few places where they're actually doing exploratory drilling, is updating old seismic and survey data from these sites that is in some cases 20-30 years old. The company describes their pipeline as having 24 early stage projects and seven advanced stage exploration projects around the world, including several new exploration targets that they just acquired in a government auction earlier this year.
The way Magma reports its projects, they have 86 MW of reserves (75 from Iceland, 11 from Soda Lake though from what I can tell Soda Lake is only 8MW right now) and over 600MW of "resources", which is apparently the documented potential of their other projects. Of that 600 MW about half is Iceland (HS Orka is the site they have part ownership of), and the other half is split between one big discovery in Chile and a number of smaller Nevada and Utah properties. Another 20 or so early stage properties are not counted in the reserves or resources. According to the timeline they're projecting, they will boost production to about 100 MW overall next year, and bump up slightly again in 2012 through expansions in Soda Lake and Iceland, then have production close to double in 2013 with two new Nevada plants online, and jump considerably in 2015 with several of their other projects joining the party, including most notably the large 140 MW Maule project in Chile. So that's the five-year growth plan, and their goal is to be acquisitive and create a global company to consolidate global geothermal generation, so they may well buy up some other projects along the way.
Magma does not have any debt, and they've raised well over C$100 million recently (from the IPO, the over-allotment, and a subsequent private placement) and have another C$20 million in credit available, so they should be in fine shape financially, and ready to keep growing by investing in exploration and perhaps acquiring other companies and projects, but there seems little chance that they'll be profitable anytime soon which is perhaps why they funded the Iceland investment by selling new stock instead of using their IPO proceeds. They have already received some federal money for their Nevada projects, and it looks like part of their calculus certainly depends on federal "green energy" grants and similar funding, which is no surprise. You can see Magma's most recently quarterly report press release here, which details their work so far this year and their financial position, and a December investor presentation that goes into some more detail on their projects here [pdf file].
I don't have any particular insight into which geothermal stocks are the best bet, but it does seem that Magma might be the best "story" right now having a charismatic and successful resource investor at the helm, lots of cash, and a nice big position in the most well-known geothermal resource in the world (Iceland) certainly helps. As I noted, the other company that has a somewhat similar profile is Ram Power, and smaller firms include US Geothermal (HTM in NY, GTH in Canada this is the other one that MarketClub thinks is in an uptrend) and Nevada Geothermal (NGP in Canada, NGLPF on the pink sheets), both of which are currently generating electricity, and Sierra Geothermal (SRA in Canada, SRAGF on the pink sheets), which is more capital constrained and not yet producing, but apparently has some promising sites and permits and may be bought up by Ram Power (or so I've read in one place, at least). The biggest pure play I know of is Ormat (ORA), which is an Israeli company as well known for building geothermal plants for others as for operating them themselves, it's fairly expensive, but profitable and much less volatile.
So there you have it one more geothermal stock to throw on the pile, it may or may not work out as they hope but I'm quite certain that this is the pick teased by Casey's Energy Report. If you're more "hotted up" about this sector than I, I'm sure you'll have some insight or information to share … that's why the friendly little comment box is sitting below, just waiting for your input.
Travis Johnson is the Stock Gumshoe. He unravels the email teasers from investment newsletters and advisors, and tracks their performance.
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Teaching Your Way Around the World
Teachers and administrators share their experiences in international schools around the world
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Stay Ever Hopeful
Posted on August 10, 2013 by Barry Mernin
"Hope" is the thing with feathers – (314)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
"Hope" is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I've heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.
Emily Dickinson, "'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers" from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. Copyright 1945, 1951, 8 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Reprinted with the permission of The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Focus on what will stick.
Teaching overseas is a serious challenge. There are hazards of all kinds. With that said, it is truly a delightful endeavor filled with meaning. If you are new to the international teaching scene, I welcome you. If you are like me, a seasoned educator, welcome back. I sincerely hope that you create meaning with your students.
In this post, if I can give all one piece of advice it would be to focus on what will stick. In this I mean, focus your energies on being truly present each moment you are working with your students. That means you prepare. That means you are fully aware of the questions being asked. That means you are quiet in both mind and soul.
Kids are kids. All want to learn, explore, and challenge. All want to feel safe and secure. All want to free themselves to learn. Help them. No matter the age, each kid wants to please their teacher. Give them one hundred ways. Make them aware of their world. Teach empathy. Never use sarcasm.
Plan for success. My colleagues and I rave that we are essentially planned for the entire year already. I am confident that we will be able to effectively deliver the curriculum. I tell teachers that August is where we make our money. That means the effective teacher must spend the time making key preparations. That means coming into school on weekends. That means staying late. That means finding shortcuts for frivolous tasks. That means building systems in your workspace.
Guide your students by making them aware of the joys of learning. Praise student successes and appreciate failure as a step in the learning process. Be overly polite and be ready to change tactics.
Trust your teammates to the nth degree. I cannot over emphasize building trust with your team. Most of my energies so far this year has been to create a trusting relationship with my newest teammates. This will pay off in spades, in the future.
Be honest with your students' parents. Find out how you can help and deliver. Your student is their world. Make sure that your parents know that you understand this fact.
Read poetry. Collect your favorites. The poets have experienced every aspect of the human condition and they convey each aspect so much better.
Stay ever hopeful. I hope YOU have an amazing year.
Bon chance. Stay ever hopeful.
About Barry Mernin
Barry Mernin is a twenty-three year veteran elementary educator. He has spent the past ten years teaching in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. His professional mission statement is: " I will provide a wholesome and upbeat environment for any and all students to succeed. I will teach students to learn to be content. I will demand that students care for the world around them as well as themselves. I will remember what it is like to be a child."
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STEPHEN DEXTER, a native of New England, has been a teacher and administrator since 1994. He finally discovered that the Swiss stay thin on a diet of chocolate, cheese and wine by walking a lot and not eating or drinking to excess. He is currently taking a gap year in the Swiss Alps to rediscover his passion for education and to understand what chief innovation officers really do.
DANIEL KERR is now Lower School Director at the American School of Paris. He previously served as Intermediate Division Principal at Academia Cotopaxi American International School in Quito, Ecuador, and prior to that was the Middle School Principal at SCIS in Shanghai, China. Dan has also worked at JIS in Jakarta, Indonesia and he began his International career in Abu Dhabi. Dan is thrilled to be joining the ASP family and will be accompanied by his wife, Jocelyn, who will be working as a counselor, and his two children, Max and Gabby.
KASSI COWLES is an IB English and TOK teacher currently based in Shanghai. She has worked in international education for the last 8 years in Canada, Togo and China. Her writing explores issues of educational reform and how to create authentic and creative learning communities.
MATTHEW GOOD & NIAMH CONWAY are international school teachers who met while working at the British School of Lome, in Togo, West Africa. They later moved to Uzbekistan, where they spent four years at Tashkent International School, each summer exploring another slice of the world by bike. Their Pedalgogy website allows users to follow the touring teachers on their two-year bike trip around the world.
BARRY DEQUANNE is currently working as the Director at the International School of Zug and Luzern (ISZL). His blog explores topics in K-12 education and school leadership within the framework of five focus areas: Academics, Activities, Arts, Leadership, and Service. The blog also explores professional articles and highlights recently read books.
EMILY MEADOWS is an alumni of international schools and has worked as a professional educator and counselor across the world, serving children and families in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She holds master's degrees in the fields of Counseling and Sexual Health, and is a PhD candidate researching inclusive policy and practice for LGBTQ+ students. Emily is a consultant on gender and sexual diversity and inclusion in international schools: www.emilymeadows.org
DAVID PENBERG is an urban and international educational leader/consultant with a deep commitment to progressive education, understanding global mindedness, and new school creation. He abides by the dictum of E.E. Cummings who said: " I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing, than teach ten thousand stars not to dance." He is presently the Head of School of Innovate Manhattan Charter School in New York City.
SHANNON FEHSE Shannon Fehse has spent her entire teaching career overseas, having lived and worked in China, Mexico, Colombia, Taiwan, and presently, the UAE. As a textbook definition extrovert, she talks to anyone, and enjoys listening to stories and different perspectives on life. Shannon has a somewhat faulty filter and often says what other people are thinking, but this typically works out favorably. She offers opinions and insight into the benefits and challenges of job hunting, dating overseas, and general issues that affect international educators.
MIKE SIMPSON is the Director of Curriculum and Learning at The International School Yangon. Originally a lawyer from New Zealand, Mike has also worked in schools in Qatar, Venezuela, and Lesotho. Mike has a particular interest in the development of collaborative and innovative learning communities. He hopes that his blog might be of interest to other teachers and school leaders as they nurture these communities in their own schools.
GREGORY HEDGER Dr. Gregory Hedger has recently been appointed to be the head of the International School Yangon, in Myanmar, beginning in fall 2016. A native of Minnesota, Greg has served in education for over 25 years, including 13 years in the role of School Director at Cayman International School, Qatar Academy, and most recently as Superintendent at Escuela Campo Alegre in Venezuela. Greg promotes international education through his service on the boards of AAIE, AASSA, and his work with the International Task Force for Child Protection, his contributions to various periodicals, and his work to promote the next generation of leaders through workshops and teaching.
LINDSAY LYON is a seasoned English and Theory of Knowledge teacher currently working at JIS. She and her husband have taught abroad as a teaching team for fifteen years in Venezuela, Thailand, China, Saudi Arabia, and now Indonesia. They write about expat life with a focus on money and savings in their blog The Haggard Lyon. Here you will find some of the same, and other musings from Lindsay on life overseas with kids, teaching, technology, and staying balanced in a busy world.
NICHOLAS ALCHIN is High School Principal at the United World College of SE Asia, East Campus. A sino-celtic Brit who has lived and taught in the UK, Switzerland, Kenya, and Singapore, he has also held a number of roles with the IB and writes and speaks widely on educational matters. He enjoys traveling with wife Ellie, and kids Tom (10), Millie (13) and Ruth (16).
TONY DEPRATO Tony DePrato has a Master's Degree in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University and has been working as a Director of Educational Technology since 2009. He has worked in the United Arab Emirates and China where he has consulted with schools in both regions on various technology topics. In 2013, Tony DePrato released The BYOD Playbook a free guide for schools looking to discuss or plan a Bring Your Own Device program. Tony is originally from the US, and worked in multimedia, website development, and freelance video production. Tony is married to Kendra Perkins, who is a librarian.
ETTIE ZILBER is a consultant to International School Communities and Families in Transition and a veteran international school educator and school leader. She has served in independent international schools in Israel, Singapore, Spain, Guatemala, China, and most recently in the USA. Her expertise extends to such topics as international school models, second/foreign language acquisition, communicating between diverse groups, the impact of international mobility and relocation on children, parents and staff, the special family experience of the educators' children, the orientation of newcomers, multi-cultural communities, catalysts for teaching internationally, and marketing of international schools. She is the author of Third Culture Kids: The Children of International School Educators. She can be contacted at ettie.zilber@gmail.com
HELEN KELLY has taught in and led schools in Africa, Europe and Asia over the last twenty years. She has led educational technology teams in three schools. Helen is currently the Lower School Principal at Canadian International School of Hong Kong, where she leads Project Innovate, a Pre-K-12 initiative to bring future-ready learning to the school. Helen completed her Ed.D in 2017 on the emotional challenges that school leaders face in the course of their role. She leads workshops on improving the wellbeing of leaders and educators in international schools.
TRAE HOLLAND is the Director of Academia Cotopaxi's The ONE Institute, has been a leader in both the non-profit and business sectors, and has 19 years experience teaching both in the US and in international schools, with a specialization in learning differentiation. You can reach his website at www.traeholland.com.
JOHN MIKTON currently is the Head of Education and Media Technology / Deputy Principal at the International School of Luxembourg . Previously he was the Director of eLearning at the Inter Community School Zurich, Switzerland and the Director of Information Technology at the International School of Prague, Czech Republic. John is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Trainer, Principal Training Center facilitator, Appsevents summit speaker and Learning 2.0 Community Coach. John blogs @ https://beyonddigital.org
FREDERIC BORDAGUIBEL-LABAYLE is the High School Principal at Academia Cotopaxi American International School in Quito, Ecuador. Fred was born and raised in the southwest of France; he finished his studies and started teaching in the UK, then went on to Istanbul and he is currently in Quito. Fred likes to pause, reflect, and share his experience as an international educator and administrator.
SUE EASTON is the Director of the Teacher Training Center. She has worked with international schools for the past eleven years, on four continents, in roles focused on enhancing teaching and learning practices. This experience has made her passionate about the topic of change and how to best make change to support students and student learning. Her blog will explore this topic through the lens of PTC, TTC and CTC trainers' words of wisdom.
ALLISON POIROT is currently teaching IB History, Modern World History, and Psychology at Asociación Escuelas Lincoln in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She taught previously at King's Academy in Madaba, Jordan, and at public and charter schools in and around Boston, Massachusetts. She has a deep interest in progressive pedagogy and believes in fostering student autonomy and empowerment.
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Preet Bharara: Corruption Fighter or Self-Promoter?
On March 12, 2017 March 13, 2017 By leonkozioljdIn Justice Department Report, Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, Preet Bharara, Uncategorized
I testified along with Preet Bharara and Loretta Lynch before the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption on September 17, 2013. As followers of this site, www.leonkoziol.com know, I exposed an epidemic in our divorce and family courts citing federal funding abuses under the Title IV-D program. I compared judicial misconduct to a docket sheet in any criminal court.
I also exposed family judges who were awarding me fictional college degrees nowhere in any record to elevate support obligations to unmanageable levels. They refused to correct those errors to the present day, making those degrees the "law of the case" and a feat which no university would dare attempt. This is just part of a shocking ordeal soon to be featured in my book, Killing Courts: A True Story of Corruption and Carnage in America's Divorce Industry. Justice is actually occurring in unexpected ways.
Exactly three weeks after that testimony, a process was started to take my daughters from me in retaliation. These "family" judges could not come out and admit it, so they abused judicial office instead with a series of conditions designed to discredit my public message. Only two months later, that process was complete without any finding of unfit parenting. It was a process more familiar to the Third Reich than our third branch of government.
While all this serious "corruption" was occurring to an expendable judicial whistleblower, Loretta Lynch and Preet Bharara were focusing on self-promotion, ignoring my phone calls and reports to their respective offices in Brooklyn and Manhattan. I guess the little victims were not so important as the big time crooks who could give them a name and career advancement. Let's face it, if you're self-absorbed and trying to grab media headlines, exposing family law corruption isn't exactly a sexy topic that's going to get you any real notoriety. Instead, it's easier to avoid the elephant in the room and look the other way.
For Loretta's part, she was later elevated to U.S. Attorney General by Barack Obama where her principal claim to fame was a "family" discussion with Bill Clinton on a tarmac of an Arizona airport. It just so happened at the time that our nation's top prosecutor was wrapping up a confidential investigation of Hillary's long list of crimes during her ill-fated campaign for president.
Meanwhile a scorned Preet Bharara was out slaying one corrupt state leader after the other in reaction to Governor Andrew Cuomo who prematurely dissolved his Corruption Commission. He did so when testimony began to implicate the governor himself. For reasons that have not been credibly explained, Andy got a free pass. Even when the "Buffalo Billions" funding scandal came public in 2016, implicating aids closest to the governor, Andy was again excused. It made possible a 2020 campaign for president with Preet as a likely pick for Attorney General. Does anyone else see the logic to all this?
Now we have Preet in love with himself like never before, defying his boss, President Donald Trump, who offered to continue Preet as a prosecutor when standard political procedure was to remove hold-overs loyal to prior bosses. Preet is endeavoring to disguise his overriding ambitions by claiming a rule of independence. But where was that rule when his former boss, Loretta, was on the tarmac with Bill during an investigation of our former secretary of state?
While these political predators are busy corrupting our federal offices, the people are unable to get accountability for their "inconsequential" suffering at the hands of corrupt judges and unethical lawyers, like those engaged in the witch hunt against me. They were allowed to resign by their appeals court employers for falsifying time sheets without any public charges, ethical or criminal, ever brought against them (our standard-bearers of lawyer ethics charged with a duty of preventing over-billing practices).
Imagine what would happen if you or I stole from a court of law? It was clearly a politically expedient maneuver to quell a very embarrassing scandal within New York's high courts. Yet to this day, nothing has been done to investigate the many cases of those who testified against our third branch of government while hundreds who also came to testify were locked outside on the streets.
A highly researched report was completed by me on March 1, 2017 which exposes an epidemic of scandalous proportion in our nation's divorce and family courts. It is being shared with people close to the White House with the hope that the "judicial swamp" can be drained of its corruption. I have received many calls for a copy of this report but because I am unfunded and bankrupted by these retributions, I am asking for donations and investor contacts.
It is a trillion dollar industry we are fighting here. Among the calls are moms and dads at wits end concerning their court ordeals. I may have prevented yet another suicide today. For this reason I am welcoming anyone who needs the kind of encouragement I can offer. Believe me, you are not alone. If you know such a person, have him or her call me direct at (315) 796-4000. I do not seek compensation or donations for emergency calls.
Testimony of Leon Koziol, J.D., before the New York Moreland Commission on Public Corruption at Pace University on September 17, 2013. Leon's eye-opening presentation can be viewed at approximately the 2 hours, 31 minutes and 45 seconds mark:
A united religion movement to end parent and child abuses in family court
On December 20, 2016 December 20, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Call To Action, Uncategorized
Dr. Leon Koziol at a family rights conference at the United Nations in New York City
Today, Deputy Clerk of New York's Fourth Appellate Department, Alan Ross, reported that Judge Stephen K. Lindley denied my emergency application to see my daughters for the holidays. This came despite yet another disqualified family judge from my ten year ordeal, Daniel King, and the continued retaliation by his replacement, James Eby of Oswego. Both had made similar rulings and are now the subject of this ongoing appeal.
I have never been found to be unfit, never even accused of a crime, never found to have engaged in any domestic violence or harm to my children and a model citizen. My only real "crime" is my exercise of First Amendment rights to criticize our third branch of government while exposing the corruption which is being concealed or patronized there. As my thousands of followers worldwide know, I was unblemished as a civil rights attorney for over 23 years until I took a stand against my profession for all the carnage they inflict upon innocent parents and children for profit in these courts.
Presumably like the 35 trial judges disqualified from my originally uncontested divorce, Judge Lindley believes the latest retribution for my reform efforts will cause me to surrender my American beliefs. The following letter to the Vatican's ambassador to the United States is one of my responses. And once again, please help us out with a purchase or donation on this site or http://www.parentingrightsinstitute.com.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre
Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See
to the United States
3339 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Re: Divorce and Family Court Epidemic in America
Dear Archbishop Pierre:
Recently you had occasion to converse with a friend and fellow advocate, St. John's University Professor Anthony Pappas, of New York City. He outlined his concerns regarding the divorce industry of America and what it is doing to incite family and personal demise for profit. He asked me to supplement those concerns based on my thirty years of trial experience in these courts, not as a divorce lawyer (I actually had a moral policy against divorce retainers), but as a human rights advocate. I have annexed my most recent report on the alarming aspects of this epidemic.
It may interest you to know that Professor Pappas helped finance my trip to Paris for this purpose in 2014. I shared my work with reform advocates and fellow victims from various countries, many of whom participated in the million strong march to protest the terrorist attack on a newspaper office there. He was moved by a standing ovation I obtained at a family law reform conference weeks earlier in Washington D.C. It was sponsored by Dr. Joseph Sorge of Divorce Corp and featured parental and family advocates from most of our fifty states.
The Roman Catholic Church has taken on some very worthy causes here in America, but I will strenuously maintain that none is as critical as this one simply because it is at the root of so many others. The Church has been deceived or influenced to think that divorcing parents are incurring just punishments for their departure from bonds of matrimony. Alternatively, as Professor Pappas reports, the lack of activism is based on jurisdictional boundaries, archaic practices or diplomacy, precisely the factors which nurture the true evil that is lurking here.
The divorce industry has exploited Professor Pappas to the tune of $2 million in lawyer fees over the course of an endless divorce commenced by his ex-spouse in 2004. There were only adult children implicated, hence no custody or support issues. Yet the industry managed to persecute him for his public reform efforts to a level I am not at liberty to disclose here. In my case, it was much worse. My children were alienated without cause, and I was persecuted on all fronts to a point of seeking asylum in your native country. I survived only because of my genetics and faith in God. My dad survived five years in a Nazi concentration camp. My suffering pales in comparison.
It was a similar theme for a Jewish friend and another fellow advocate, Dr. Eric Braverman of Tribecca, Manhattan. In 2015, he asked me to monitor corruption in his courts where child custody issues enabled my profession to extort over $5 million in fees. His story was featured in the New York Post. It was a typical one for those who advocate for long overdue reforms to this industry. Its beneficiaries and predators destroy the public messenger through orchestrated retributions ranging from professional licensure to child deprivations. It is a process that would make any tyrant or underworld figure envious.
Tony is a dedicated parishioner of the Greek Orthodox diocese, and I had the pleasure of meeting Father Alex Karloutsos, his pastor, at the rectory in Manhattan. We were joined by Reverend James A. Forbes of Riverside Church in lower Manhattan (American Baptist and United Church of Christ) who has been called the Martin Luther King of New York. He actually concluded after our session that this fateful opposition to my profession had a much higher purpose (which I have yet to know or achieve). That brings me to you. My fervent hope is that you can influence a moral movement to prevent the human carnage which is occurring here, particularly to innocent children and future generations. My report details this silent epidemic.
I have copied a number of people relevant to this subject, including Special Counsel to Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, and transition team member, Juan Pablo Andrade. I have discussed matters in support of Mr. Trump both before and after his election victory on the phone and submitted my report to both in the past few weeks. I firmly believe that Donald Trump provides a rare and profound hope for making parents great again, the bedrock of a great America. I would be happy to discuss the matter further with you in person upon completing your review of the attached document.
Are you paying endless fees to a Kangaroo Court? We may get you justice!
On December 14, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Uncategorized
The late Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas described them as "Kangaroo courts." He was referring to family courts. Look it up at In re Gault, 387 US 1 at pp. 27-28. Was he describing your court. It's time to get your own "justice!"
Judicial misconduct is the most censored, least publicized and gravest aspect of our federal, state and local governments. You can simply ignore it and move on to your next on-line entertainment, but chances are it will find you especially in our nation's domestic relations courts. So read further and share this post. It may be the most important one you will read in a long time.
We offer a Court Strategy Program to keep you from being abused and a team of experts to expose corruption in your case if it exists. It is well worth your while, for the sake of your children if nothing else. Look us up at www.parentingrightsinstitute.com, call our office at (315) 380-3420 or contact me personally at (315) 796-4000 for justice. Then take a look at this shocking excerpt of misconduct from a book I wrote to be published for divorce victim Tamara Sweeney entitled Jurassic Justice:
Family Court Watchdog Report Delivered to Leaders at Joe Bruno Booksigning in New York City
On December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Call To Action, Uncategorized
As the ever proliferating reform groups come and go across the country, Parenting Rights Institute (PRI) perseveres based on action. Over the years, we have lobbied Congress, sponsored conferences, litigated test cases, interacted with prominent officials, exposed corruption, testified before government commissions, produced video documentaries, authored books for court victims, submitted reports to oversight committees and Justice Department, networked with fellow advocates and conducted rallies or news conferences at the Supreme Court, federal appeals court in Manhattan and other key locations.
Now we are taking our proven services to the next level with a public interest summary and action plan to solidify our position as a watchdog enterprise for America's divorce and family court industry. You can pontificate and engage yourselves in useless keyboard exchanges from the comfort of your homes, but the sad truth is that no one is paying you the time of day. That is because long overdue reform in this parent abuse industry is routinely blocked by state bar associations and well financed special interests.
The only effective means of reform is to obtain requisite funding to at least make it to the stage.Take a lesson from Donald Trump. He overcame the odds and the worst of public criticism by financing his own campaign and staying true to his reform agenda for making America great again. If you are a follower of Leon Koziol.com, you know that we have discussed our Supreme Court litigation with Trump's counsel and submitted our business plan to a member of his transition team. With the incoming administration, we also intend to re-submit reports that were blocked by the current head of the Justice Department, Loretta Lynch. We have so much going on.
Only yesterday evening, a St. John's University professor supportive of PRI hand-delivered our December 1, 2016 business plan to former New York Governor David Patterson and staffers of former Senate Leader Joseph Bruno at an exclusive booksigning affair in New York City. That is how we operate. We go places and make the noise that is needed here because no one else will leave their foxholes. Instead they tell everyone else what ought to be done before returning to the bowling allies, basketball games and shopping malls. As a result, the government does not see family court abuse for the epidemic it truly is.
Until the victims unite, come out of their homes and contribute real dollars to our cause, you will need to get second and third jobs to pay for the lawyers and court predators, i.e. the real enemy. To that end we have proven ourselves, made the sacrifices and shown the staying power to bring this non-existent reform movement to the next level. We need you to make that donation here and reach out to those in your community who may have been victims and have the financial resources to achieve our goal of raising a minimum $3 million in the new year. With such resources, we can hire those who assist us in offices we may be able to open in key locations around the country.
The PRI plan explains it all in convincing fashion, sufficient to withstand lawyer scrutiny of those with real capital to contribute. Only yesterday I was contacted by legal counsel for a judicial committee in New York who reviewed our work and commended its content. Of course we both recognized the uphill battle to achieve such objectives as shared parenting and judicial accountability but we have to move forward as best we can with what we have.
I can share shocking information with you regarding the censorship we have experienced over the years. Only six months ago we were successful after a state Supreme Court action in removing a family judge gag order on this site. Think logically and not passively folks, if our work was not so threatening to the divorce and family court gold mine, we would be disregarded altogether.
Here is a third excerpt from our 25-page business plan. If you have a real investment interest, we can provide a complete copy to you or any third party. Please share this not for my sake but for your families, children, true justice and accountability in our court system. Our office number is (315) 380-3420.
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Future generations will look back on today's domestic relations courts and be amazed at how truly barbaric they once were. A scheme of laws and processes derived from feudal equity doctrines has been retained which features loving parents engaged in brutal contests over their offspring in a public arena. A winner-take-all battle for custody leads to overregulation of families by the state and marginalization, alienation or outright extinction of one fit parent from the children's lives. Anal investigations of the combatants' backgrounds by self-serving advisors incite further controversy to last a lifetime. It is a spectacle reminiscent of the Roman Coliseum.
No person or entity has ever completed a comprehensive study of the vast detriment which this archaic custody and support system has had upon our society. Any such effort would assuredly be stymied by the beneficiaries of a lucrative child control industry. However, common sense dictates that our nation could be well served with sweeping reforms here in our least scrutinized branch of government. We can put a man on the moon, split atoms, engage artificial intelligence and achieve vast breakthroughs in medicine but remain unable to extricate family courts from their nineteenth century practices. This public and business initiative aims to do exactly that.
The professional services developed here arise from decades of court experience and specialized activity. A summary of that background is now provided to gain a better appreciation for the potential returns on any investment in this Institute. We begin with an analysis of oppressive court practices, why they have been tolerated so long with hardly an acknowledgment from our Supreme Court. Next, we detail their impact on taxpayers, public health and worker productivity followed by a briefing of institutionalized child rearing. We close with a plan of action built upon existing services. Interwoven among these segments is a free speech initiative based on successful litigation which included the removal of a family court "gag order" on our website.
Top 10 Corrupt Judges include a federal superhuman, state gunslinger and family court pedophile
On December 4, 2016 December 6, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Book Publishing, Uncategorized
There is no current legal recourse for a litigant parent or civil rights attorney who exposes misconduct in our courts. The Supreme Court has granted judges absolute immunity and has rejected every petition to date which seeks whistleblower protection in our third branch of government
Our Top 10 Corrupt Judge series has become a big hit. Now as Donald Trump contemplates his pick for the long vacant ninth seat on our Supreme Court, we want to assure that the corrupt judges here hit the park bench and not any other kind of bench.
This is the third of a three-part series we call "Turkey Trilogy," designed to protect all litigants from corrupt judges. You should subscribe to our Parenting Rights Institute if you have any case in any court impacting your children.
With all our uncompensated work exposing court corruption over the years, we leave it to you, our fellow victims, tortured as you must be during the holidays, to make good therapy by sending this out to the world.
Send it to fellow victims so they don't feel "crazy" for lodging legitimate complaints to these useless commissions. E-mail a copy to your member in Congress or legislature, public interest group, lawyer, media, or even your "adversary." You'll be happy you did.
1. Albany Federal Judge Gary Sharpe
In First Place, is Albany U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe. Gary was at the #5 spot last month but he acclimated quickly to the top spot after former New York Senate Leader Joseph Bruno (also a former boxer) released his recent fast selling book, Keep Swinging: A Memoir of Politics and Justice. You will recall how we condemned Judge Gary Sharpe on our last list, here is what the popular statesman said about him in his book as featured in the Albany Times Union:
Judge Gary Sharpe presided over Bruno's two criminal trials "with a perpetual expression of blunt rage and a haughtiness that seemed to rise off his robes like smoke from a block of ice." A paragraph later, he called Sharpe "arrogant and resentful and eager to take a turn in the limelight."
So you see, we are not a rogue or misguided secondary news site here at Leon Koziol.com. Our motto continues to be "You just can't make this stuff up." This is the same judge who abused his power to suppress our public message of court reform as presented in our report released this week. It seeks to obtain funding for a nationwide Parenting Rights Institute.
Here is our review from last month:
Gary is a really great family man. He has two sons that managed to get appointed to prosecutor jobs for the state and federal government where Gary was once employed, also as a prosecutor. He presided over the costly criminal trial involving New York Senate Leader Joseph Bruno.
Joe was finally successful in having the charges thrown out after years of proceedings that cost taxpayers some 14 million dollars. At one point, Gary made a spectacle of himself by lashing out at Joe during trial with the public admonition that he (Gary) was in charge of the court and not the defendant (Joe) who was simply trying to talk to his lawyer at the same trial table.
Well that was sure good to know, but it's small potatoes compared to Gary Sharpe's misconduct in another criminal trial two years later. You're not going to believe this but it's true. You can look it all up at United States v Cossey, 632 F3d 82 (2nd Cir. 2011) where Gary was removed by a federal appeals court in Manhattan for announcing his discovery of a human gene which the scientific community would not learn about for another 50 years. According to Gary, the Sharpe gene could decide how to sentence criminals.
This one is a real dusey, folks, so it will take a little longer to explain. Under the Sharpe doctrine of perverted decision making, we no longer need juries, lawyers or even the Constitution. The psychiatric profession is "all over the board," so we don't need them either. We can decide how long a person goes to prison by the kind of human gene which a delusional judge can make up without any scientific support whatsoever.
For lack of a better explanation, this psychotic episode can be called the "omnipotent judge doctrine" applicable to race, gender, ethnic origin and maybe even a "custodial parenting" gene. I moved to have Gary removed from my federal civil rights case on the basis of this doctrine but he retaliated instead by dismissing it without mentioning a full one-third of my supporting precedent.
I guess Gary felt that our Supreme Court was also "all over the board" with their supreme rulings so he could disregard those people as well. In the end, he effectively closed the federal courthouse doors to his public critic.
And you wonder why a police investigator took the law into his own hands in a murder-suicide upon exiting child support court leaving three children without parents and the city with a $2 million liability, Pearce v Longo, 766 F. Supp. 2d 367 (NDNY 2011). Gary Sharpe is appointed for life and can only be removed by congressional impeachment. Good luck with that one.
Gary "Sharpe" must be limiting his reading lately to the book, After the Madness, by ex-con and disgraced ex-Chief Justice Sol Wachtler of New York's high court where it is explained that judges are trained to think of themselves as gods. Nevermind the law books if you get this judge folks. Bring your biology, psychiatric and political manifestos instead. Maybe even an exorcist !
2. Family Judge Daniel King
In Second Place, is Lewis County Family Judge Daniel (a-okay) King). He retains the same spot as last month but some important facts need to be added to "keep him in his place." I don't know how the New York Judicial Conduct Commission could have overlooked so much incompetence and ethical misconduct, but hey, I understand this is New York where the top leaders of our Legislature who appointed its members are now in federal prison. King's gag order on this site was removed after I sued him in New York Supreme Court for violating a little law called the First Amendment.
"Dan King,"as he introduced himself on the phone to my ex, was removed from my case this past June after we exposed his alcohol consumption at a tavern near the courthouse in Lowville, New York with his children in the vicinity. Witnesses confirmed that the barmaid had his drink committed to memory.
We did not explain why that was so offensive, but Dan is the guy who has been abusing family court by retaliating for my valid public criticisms by exploiting my precious daughters. When he could find no evidence from a perjuring mother (Kelly Hawse-Koziol) to facilitate her sick goal of father replacement by a pervert millionaire named Joseph Flihan Jr., he fabricated an unprecedented condition of "prohibited alcohol related gestures" regarding a wedding toast to place limits on my parenting time.
That's right folks. You read that correctly. I'm not making this up. That's how badly they wanted to punish my free speech. It can be found in a December 2, 2013 decision which was temporarily set aside by an appeals court judge due to "structural flaws" and lack of evidence. There were bigger issues here but the higher courts apparently wanted to avoid judicial embarrassment so they simply ignored it later on. First of all, there was no such prohibition in any order prior to this wedding, and secondly, what exactly is a "prohibited alcohol related gesture" so that the sane parent can know how to comply.
The judicial cover-ups and retributions were so appalling that it forced me to get a group to investigate Dan up in his own home town. Who are you, Dan King, to judge moms and dads who simply consume a legal beverage like you do? To date nothing has changed, Dan. There's still no evidence (not even an accusation as the appeals judge declared), to support your spiteful, deranged "gesture." The people should be protesting daily for your removal from the bench like the next one was !
3. Family Judge Bryan Hedges
In Third Place, is Syracuse Family Judge Bryan Hedges, my custody judge. I moved to have him removed from my case because I objected to any procedure of cross-examination involving my young daughters in private chambers without the parents present. His court appointed child lawyer, William Koslosky, who hates his dad, has no children and loves his fees, countered my motion with a declaration that Judge Hedges' reputation was "beyond reproach." He reluctantly granted my motion due to an "appearance of impropriety" based on the "political espionage" disclosed by his chief family court clerk.
Judge Hedges was then removed from the bench shortly afterward for admitting to sexual misconduct on his handicapped five year old niece. Gotta check each of those noun modifiers folks. He's that pathetic, a real life child predator in chambers with your children arguing in his defense that her little hands were not actually in direct contact with his ___ in the act of (fill in the blanks). Look it up at In Re Bryan Hedges, 20 NY3d 677 (2013).
4. Syracuse Administrative Judge James Tormey
In Fourth Place, is Syracuse Chief Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District James Tormey. That's a lot of noun modifiers too, but Jim is a politician more than he is any kind of judge. In the federal civil rights case, Morin v Tormey (and Hedges), 626 F.3d 40 (2nd Cir.2010), the Onondaga County Chief Family Court Clerk successfully sued Jim for retaliation based on her refusal to conduct "political espionage" on a competing judge candidate during an election.
Like my family court matters, she was moved to distant assignments as far away as Lowville, New York. She recovered $600,000.00 against Jim and his pedophile colleague Bryan. Jim is the guy assigning all these "impartial" colleagues to decide my custody and support matters which impair my licenses, livelihood and income capacities. He is at the center of my John Grisham ordeal.
5. Family Judge James Eby
In fifth place is Oswego County, New York Judge James "dweeby" Eby, new on the family bench who got in line with 35 previously disqualified trial judges in my 10 year originally uncontested divorce. He retaliated for my reform efforts and exposure of family court corruption (i.e. this website) before such entities as the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption.
As soon as the 35th judge was removed from my case (Dan King), Dweeby took over with a vengeance. Prior to meeting any of the parties (as far as I know), he sent arrogant "tough boy" notices that no teleconferences would be considered (contrary to standard and earlier observed practices). In another notice he declared that the civil practice rules would be strictly followed. There was no justification for any of this and none was provided.
This required the parties (and taxpayer financed William "Potatoes" Koslosky) to engage in a 140 mile round trip to a courthouse near the Canadian border to receive a decision that had already been completed prior to that first appearance and arguments. You think maybe the dweeb is acting like a complete child here? Has the unethical hate, unlawful bias and unconstitutional retaliation become that brazen? Should we all just respond by taking the law into our own hands?
That's right folks, this is how justice is "served" in New York. Ya think maybe politician Tormey, Dan-boy King and Dweeby Eby might have been talking outside the presence of the litigants to orchestrate all this? Nah! That would be unethical and a clear violation of judicial code. Besides, the Commission on Judicial Conduct has already stated in a series of determinations over six years that Dan "a-okay" King, Jimmy "the geek" Tormey and other corrupt judges among the current gang of 38 are "a-okay."
James "dweeby" Eby is the reason why Kelly Hawse-Koziol abused her "custodial power" to make it all but impossible for me to have a meaningful fatherhood and holidays with my daughters. More on "Kelly the Grinch who stole Christmas" in coming posts. In the meantime, keep up the "good" work Jim Dandy. Study those law books to protect this child abuse industry. I'm still standing and exposing the corruption.
6. Ex-Judge Michael "Cowboy" Daley
In Sixth Place is Ex-Judge Michael "Cowboy" Daley. Yeah that's right folks, this guy styled himself as some kind of gunslinger judge when he was on the bench in 2010. He must have been watching too many movies because I know he wasn't doing his judge homework.
I could recall pictures of John Wayne, ranch and rodeo scenes and other self-love paraphernalia in the hallway and offices of his chambers in Herkimer County, New York. However what Mikey seemed to overlook is that his image was not a heroic one. He got the cowboy image because he did as he pleased instead of what the people and their laws prescribed.
In my ordeal, I had the rodeo wanna-be disqualified from a criminal case where I had represented a falsely accused city administrator. A newly elected mayor tried to replace her expeditiously and Daley was the go-to guy for political matters. He threw a temper tantrum not far from his John Wayne picture when I refused to take a guilty plea on her behalf.
This emotionally traumatized woman stuck with me even when the Cowboy threatened her and berated me like a spoiled little brat in open court (because I dared to have him removed from her case). Fortunately she did stay loyal to me because the replacement judge threw out two counts of her felony indictment before trial and the remaining four after a jury trial was concluded. She subsequently brought civil charges against the city.
I knew the day would come when I would have to "pay" for my proper ethical conduct and successes over an unblemished 23 year career as the "bad guy" exposing government corruption. Years later Judge Daley accepted my personal child support case out of proper assignment order and despite earlier disqualification on my client cases.
Cow-Boy committed himself on the record to have a hearing on my removal motion but issued a decision instead behind closed doors violating me without a hearing. I'm not making this up, it's all backed up in the record, and the New York Appellate Division did nothing about it along with the do-nothing state Commission on Judicial Conduct. It led to my first license suspension in 2010, lifted two years later when an agreement was reached.
Well every dog has its day. My adversaries are gradually getting justice delivered in unexpected ways as I continue to be vindicated year after year in this ordeal. My website at http://www.leonkoziol.com explains it all. Cowboy Daley lost his judgeship when he failed to get needed party endorsements.
Evidently a failure in private practice, he tried out for a lower judge post but was again rejected. Finally this past year, he ran for the job he once held as Herkimer County DA and got buried by Scott Carpenter, a lawyer with far greater integrity, a true Clint Eastwood. He made our day by sending Cowboy Daley to Brokeback Mountain.
So it looks like you were right after all, Mike, but not the way you expected with all that reckless gunslinging. You said it best in those stupid campaign commercials with your cowboy hat declaring "Not in this County." You're not anything in that county anymore Mike. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! You're full of holes today just like your violation order was in 2009, from pathetic justice to poetic justice.
The seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth place awards go to Judge Wade McCree of Michigan who got a litigant mom pregnant in his chambers while presiding over her support case; Judge Gerald Garson of Brooklyn caught on FBI video taking a bribe to fix a custody case; Judge Thomas Spargo seeking a bribe from a lawyer to fix his divorce case one way or the other; and finally the Pennsylvania judges in the "Kids for Cash" scandal. They're now doing time for accepting kickbacks from prison contractors based on the number of juveniles they convicted. Some 4,000 convictions had to be overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which is itself immersed in scandals and resignations.
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Is Your Judge On The Top 10 Corruption List?
On November 28, 2016 November 28, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Book Publishing, Call To Action, Uncategorized
Judge James K. Eby, Oswego County Family Court, Oswego, NY
Administrator's Note: This is the third of a three-part series we call the "Turkey Trilogy." It is designed to protect all litigants from corrupt judges. You should subscribe to our Parenting Rights Institute if you have any case in any court impacting your children.
With all our uncompensated work exposing court corruption over the years, we have neither the resources nor the time to make this publication viral. We leave that to you, our fellow victims, tortured as you must be during the holidays. So kindly make good therapy of your time by sending this out to the world.
Send it to fellow victims so they don't feel "crazy" for lodging legitimate complaints to these useless state judicial commissions. E-mail a copy to your representative in Congress or state legislature, an oversight committee, good government group, your lawyer, media, even your parent "adversary" on this "thankless" holiday season. Maybe you'll be very happy you did.
What you are about to read is like a preview to a real scary horror movie. But unfortunately this is no Stephen King fantasy. It's real and occurring in courthouses across the country. You will just have to brace yourself as you read about one corrupt judge after another abusing highly entrusted positions of power.
We take pause during these holidays to "honor" the "dishonorable" judges of America's divorce and family courts. We remain in awe over the psychotic manner of their public service to the families they have ripped apart and innocent children they have alienated from "non-custodial" moms and dads.
In first place is Oswego County, New York Judge James Eby, new on the family bench who got in line with 35 previously disqualified trial judges in my 10 year originally uncontested divorce. He retaliated for my reform efforts and exposure of family court corruption (i.e. this website) before such entities as the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption.
James "dweeby" Eby is the reason why Kelly Hawse-Koziol abused her "custodial power" to make it all but impossible for me to have a meaningful Thanksgiving Day with my daughters. Keep up the "good" work Jim. Study those law books to protect this child abuse industry. I'm still standing and exposing the corruption.
In Second Place, is Lewis County Family Judge Daniel (a-okay) King). I don't know how the New York Judicial Conduct Commission could overlook so much incompetence and ethical misconduct, but hey, I understand this is New York where the top leaders of our Legislature who appointed its members are now in federal prison. King's gag order on this site was removed after I sued him in New York Supreme Court for violating a little law called the First Amendment.
"Dan King,"as he introduced himself on the phone to my ex, was removed from my case this past June after we exposed his alcohol consumption at a tavern near the courthouse in Lowville, New York with his children in the vicinity. Witnesses confirmed that the barmaid had his drink committed to memory. Who are you, Judge King, to judge moms and dads who do the same? The people should be protesting daily for your removal from the bench like the next one was !
In Fourth Place, is Syracuse Chief Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District James Tormey. That's a lot of noun modifiers, but Jim is a politician more than he is any kind of judge. In the federal civil rights case, Morin v Tormey (and Hedges), 626 F.3d 40 (2nd Cir.2010), the Onondaga County Chief Family Court Clerk successfully sued Jim for retaliation based on her refusal to conduct "political espionage" on a competing judge candidate during an election.
In Fifth Place, is Albany U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe. Gary is a really great family man. He has two sons that managed to get appointed to prosecutor jobs for the state and federal government where Gary was once employed, also as a prosecutor. He presided over the costly criminal trial involving New York Senate Leader Joseph Bruno.
Top 10 Corrupt Judges of America: A Real Life Horror Story
Administrator's Note: This is the third of a three-part series we call the "Turkey Trology." With all our uncompensated work exposing court corruption over the years, we have neither the resources nor the time to make this publication viral. We leave that to you, our fellow victims, tortured as you must be during the holidays. So kindly make good therapy of your time by sending this out to the world.
Evidently a failure in private practice, he tried out for a lower judge post but was again rejected. Finally this past year, he ran for the job he one held as Herkimer County DA and got buried by Scott Carpenter, a lawyer with far greater integrity, a true Clint Eastwood. He made our day by sending Cowboy Daley to Brokeback Mountain.
Happy Thanksgiving to America's "Family" Court Predators.
On November 24, 2016 November 25, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn Call To Action, Uncategorized
The Family Court Turkey: Who Gets That "Award" In Your Case?
Administrator's Note: This is the first of a three-part series we call the "Thanksgiving Trilogy." With all the uncompensated work we have put into our joint reform efforts over the years, we have neither the resources nor the time to make it viral. We leave that to you, our fellow victims, tortured as you must be right now. So kindly pick one, pick them all, and make good therapy of your time by sending them out to the world. Send it to your representative in Congress or state legislature, a commission, good government group, your lawyer, even your parent "adversary" on this "thankless" family day. Maybe you'll be very happy you did.
You have to wonder how they do it: America's family court predators. They sit down each year at their Thanksgiving Day tables pretending to be normal and family oriented; the voodoo judges, practitioners and evaluators who have done more to destroy Thanksgiving than Hitler could have hoped for. They are the profiteers of a "custody" racket that would make any underworld figure envious. They are the real turkeys eating their own young.
There has never been a comprehensive study of the vast harm which these predators are causing to parents, children and families, let alone our productivity as a nation. We all know that any such study would be blocked or diluted by bar associations and other special interests. After all, it is a trillion-dollar gold mine they have cultivated and they mean to protect it at all costs (as I learned firsthand).
These predators feed off the almighty "custody" award, a lucrative engine for service fees of all kinds. It is mandated by federal law, Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Nowhere in that law is there any provision for shared parenting, and it has been adopted by states to obtain federal funds for court operations. Such "awards" make the winners feel real special. But in the end, they can become big time losers.
In my travels, I have come across custodial parents begging for the opportunity to turn the clocks back, to save their consciences and children from the harm which these "awards caused them. One of my predecessors, Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer, traveled the country exposing the corruption until 2010 when she was found dead in her bedroom, victim of a highly suspicious murder-suicide by her husband of 51 years.
I have submitted reports to judicial commissions, our Justice Department and a congressional oversight committee. All were ignored, lost or destroyed. In a nutshell, the lucrative "custody" battles fueled by Title IV-D results in creatures of statute known as "custodial" and "non-custodial" parents in place of the traditional mom or dad. Bizarre terms such as "custody" and "visitation" keep this long broken engine running, a Model T in an era of the internet.
Such terms are more appropriate for prisons and funerals. "Non-custodial" dads and moms are treated as visitors in their children's lives, eventually ousted altogether as truly functioning parents. Meanwhile their "custodial" counterparts are not real "moms" or "dads." They are doing everything in their "power" to find fake substitutes to keep the tax-free welfare benefits coming (child support).
These "antiquated" terms have been condemned by progressive jurists because they bring out the worst in parents when children need their best, i.e. veteran Family Judge Dennis Duggan in Webster v Ryan, 729 NYS2d 315 (2001) at fn. 1. But such decisions are quickly overturned and suppressed. And so, the band plays on, a regular freak show known as "family court," a tribunal which one Supreme Court Justice labeled a Kangaroo operation, In re: Gault, 387 US 1 at 27-28.
In the spirit of Stalin and Hitler, we now have children spying on their parents to enrich their court appointed lawyers. It has become so absurd that the tail is wagging the dog, an "inverted order of childrearing" as I have called it in my studies, a formula so psychotic that logical minded "non-custodial" parents are ultimately forced to abandon their time-tested roles. And that's when the state takes over (refer to your "custody order").
Welcome to "Fatherless and Motherless America."
Dr. Leon Koziol Submits Expansion Plan for Supreme Court to Transition Team for Donald Trump
On November 11, 2016 November 11, 2016 By leonkozioljdIn United States Supreme Court News
Our Founding Fathers envisioned a government accessible to the people. That is not the case with a Supreme Court which has only two more members now than it did in 1803. Thomas Jefferson became president at that time with a populist mandate resembling that of today's Donald Trump.
Dr. Leon Koziol has been communicating with Donald Trump's Special Counsel Michael Cohen since he filed a motion to disqualify Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from his case in Supreme Court three months ago. That motion was based on her unethical public attacks on Donald Trump from her chambers while he was (and is still) a private citizen. Now Dr. Koziol is asking the Supreme Court in a petition filed last month to rule that accessibility to our nation's highest court is severely compromised by its small number of Justices relative to our population of 300 million. With such a declaratory ruling, it would open the door for a Republican President and Congress to successfully expand the size of our Supreme Court to better serve the people in accordance with its duties under Article III of the Constitution. Here is the text of Koziol's letter to Cohen:
Michael Cohen, Special Counsel November 11, 2016
and Executive Vice President
Trump Organization
725 Fifth Avenue A
Re: Supreme Court Case, Appointments and Expansion Mandate
Dear Mike:
First off, I want to congratulate you on your steadfast opposition to pollsters and the vindication you must be feeling today. On Wednesday, I copied you on my congratulatory e-mail to Donald Trump. He is moving toward unity and continuing to shock the world. Timing of today's letter is ideal for his transition and can only be described as fateful or extraordinary. Kindly read on.
We conversed in August of this year regarding my case before the Supreme Court docketed on June 17, 2016. It included a First Amendment challenge to a gag order placed upon my website focused on parental equality and judicial accountability. The gag order was removed after I filed a parallel mandamus action in New York Supreme Court, but as relevant here, the same website contained numerous publications vigorously supporting Donald Trump since his announcement in 2015, i.e. a satirical post against Megyn Kelly entitled, Who Declared the War on Women?
Weeks after my case was docketed, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg conducted a series of media interviews from her chambers in which she unethically disparaged Donald Trump as a private citizen and candidate for president. Only after widespread public criticism, i.e. "Supreme Bias" and "Darth Bader," did she issue a public "regret" but never an apology while her media talk continued, thereby evincing a supreme hypocrisy regarding her claims of aberrant behavior.
I filed a motion under Rules 21 and 22 for a stay and disqualification because the content of my pro-Trump website would be inconsistent with her requisite impartiality. On principle alone I risked myself once again for the sake of justice and our First Amendment. With a suppressed secondary and social media, I am sure you will agree that Donald Trump would likely have lost the election given the slim margins in swing states which your supporters and mine targeted.
Three weeks after filing my motion, I contacted the Court to inquire on its progress as election day and my case conference approached. I was informed at first that my motion could not be located, but fortunately I had both a certified mailing and tracking number which proved that the Court had received it. The next morning, I was contacted by a case manager who reported that my motion had been located but that it was being treated as a "Suggestion for Recusal," a procedure nowhere found in the Rules of the Supreme Court.
My motion and recusal have still not been addressed. Accordingly, I filed another petition last month challenging the inaccessibility of our Supreme Court by common citizens as a violation of Article III of the Constitution. That case has not received a conference date. Hence, supporting briefs can still be filed. As relevant to transition and Donald's commitment to a government serving all Americans, my petition makes a solid case for expanding the number of Justices.
The case is captioned, Koziol v King, No. 16-512, and as fate would have it, it seeks not only to hold Justice Ginsburg accountable like the judges I exposed in lower courts, but it seeks a declaratory judgment that calls upon the president and Congress to satisfy their own duties under the Constitution by conforming the Supreme Court to population changes since 1803. In this way, President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Congress can facilitate increased numbers of cases accepted for consideration (roughly only 100 of 10,000 petitions filed annually today).
There may never again be an opportunity like this and it will be well received by the people. Significantly I have the requisite legal standing because I was denied access on four prior petitions since 2011. Moreover, the subject in every one concerned First Amendment retributions I sustained as a judicial whistleblower after 23 highly successful and unblemished years as a civil rights attorney in New York's state and federal courts. My case reads like a John Grisham novel.
This is not a "Court Packing Plan." It is a petition properly placed with the Supreme Court to satisfy its separate duties to the people under the same Constitution. I have been working with St. John's University Professor Anthony Pappas who authored a paper on this very subject, concluding, inter alia, that the reluctance of our high court members to act on this populist mandate may be due to the attention which they each derive in smaller numbers, i.e. Ginsburg.
Central to my petition is Marbury v Madison, 5 US (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), that historic case familiar to every law student in which the Supreme Court seized the power to interpret our Constitution and thereby set itself up as a super-branch of government. That Court had six members with an elitist plan in Congress to reduce it to five. Our population was under six million. Today it exceeds 300 million. Horse-drawn buggies brought our leaders to Washington and much of the world was unknown. Today our President-elect arrives in his own jet with instantaneous global communications. Our Congress had 141 voting members. Today it has 535.
Adding to history, intrigue and logic, the Marbury case, like my earlier petition and motion, involved a mandamus action to compel the filling of a magistrate vacancy during a transition between President John Adams and incoming President Thomas Jefferson (perhaps our most populist president). Please share this with members of your transition team as I share it elsewhere. I am available anytime along with Professor Pappas to provide greater detail.
Dr. Leon Koziol, Professor Anthony Pappas, Brigid Griffin and other parental advocates attend family court proceedings in Manhattan to support Dr. Eric Braverman. Leon and the professor also support a plan to expand our Supreme Court and make it more accessible to the people.