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In the last decade, online communication has increased dramatically as a format for social interaction, particularly among adolescents. In 2005, researchers identified approximately 21 million American teenagers as internet users, with use surging at the 7th grade level and peaking between 11th and 12th grade (1).
It was found that 54 percent of American children reported using a computer for recreational purposes daily, with 28 percent spending more than one hour a day in recreational computer use, which more than doubles the amount of time reported in 1999 (2).
Given this increase, a growing body of research has focused on bullying that occurs while communicating online. The term used for this sort of behavior is cyberbullying. Bullying has long been a concern for researchers, parents, administrators, and teachers, because
- bullies tend to have long-term behavioral difficulties, such as being at an increased risk of substance use and domestic violence (3, 4),
- and victims are at an increased risk of depression, low self-esteem, and peer rejection across time (3, 5, 6).
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Adolescents spend much of their time online instant messaging and blogging.
- Instant messaging enables adolescents to create private chatrooms with their peers who are defined on a specific list of people with whom they wish to interact (7). The majority (57 percent) of participants in our study reported using instant messaging.
- Blogging consists of updating a personal webpage made up of posts, which are arranged chronologically and involve ideas, opinions, photos, poetry, and commentary. A bit less than half (41 percent) of our participants reported blogging between a few times a week and everyday.
The purpose of our research was to address questions regarding adolescents' online aggression (or cyberbulling) toward peers, specifically with respect to instant messaging and blogging. We also examined the relation between their online bullying and face-to-face bullying, as well as the relation of adolescents' frequency of use of instant messaging and blogging with both online and face-to-face bullying.
The research was done through almost 500 adolescents (ages 12-17) who completed a survey about their online communication. Our survey was adapted from the Direct & Indirect Aggression Scales (8).
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- Adolescents who spent more time online reported that they engaged in cyberbullying or were the victims of cyberbullying more frequently than their peers who spent less time online.
- Adolescents engaged in cyberbullying more so than being the victims of cyberbullying.
- Females engaged in instant messaging and blogging more than males did.
- Males reported higher levels of face-to-face bullying than did females, but there was no sex difference in cyberbullying.
Our results also addressed the relation between cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying and we found that
- Youth who engaged in higher levels of cyberbullying also engaged in higher levels of face-to-face bullying.
- Youth who were victims of cyberbullying also reported being victims of face-to-face bullying.
- 7th grade males reported being victims of face-to-face bullying more so than 7th grade females.
- 11th grade males reported being victims of cyberbullying and victims of face-to-face bullying more so than 11th grade females.
- Regardless of how much face-to-face bullying students reported, the more they used instant messaging, the more they engaged in cyberbullying. This suggests that communicating online may influence youth to engage in cyberbullying, irrespective of the degree to which they are aggressive in their face-to-face interactions.
- The results clearly demonstrate that a significant number of adolescents report engaging in cyberbullying. Therefore, an important implication of this study centers on the need for parental supervision of children's online behaviors.
- Additionally, this study demonstrates that youth who bully others when face-to-face are also the youth who cyberbully, and youth who are victims of face-to-face bullying are also the victims of cyberbullying. This result offers a different perspective than the media's typical portrayal of bullying, which highlights the tendency of victims of face-to-face bullying to become bullies in future interactions. Although both tendencies may be true, this study demonstrates that youth who are bullies and victims often maintain their roles across contexts.
- It is important to note, however, that whereas the internet provides a largely unsupervised opportunity for adolescents to engage in cyberbullying, it also provides significant opportunities for positive social interactions. For instance, this study found that adolescents, particularly females, reported engaging in more online prosocial behavior (such as saying something nice about someone in an instant message to him or leaving a nice comment about someone on her blog) than cyberbullying. Females were similar to males in their cyberbullying but higher than males in their online positive behavior, although both males and females were higher in prosocial behavior than bullying. The more youth reported instant messaging and blogging, the more they engaged in prosocial behavior. It is possible that online communication contributes to positive face-to-face relations or vice versa. Further information about adolescents' use of the internet to engage in prosocial behaviors and the relation of their online and face-to-face prosocial behaviors is available by contacting these researchers.
Note: These researchers may be contacted to obtain detailed statistical results of this study if desired.
- Lenhart, A., Madden, M., & Hitlin, P. (2005). Teens and technology. Pew Internet and American Life Project.
- Roberts, D. F., Foehr, U. G., & Rideout, V. (2005, March). Generation M: Media in the lives of 8-18 year-olds. Washington, D.C.: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved September 6, 2006 from http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/Generation-M-Media-in-the-Lives-of-8-18-Year-olds-Report.pdf.
- Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school: What we know and what we can do. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
- Zarzour, K. (1994). Battling the school-yard bully. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- Austin, S., & Joseph, S. (1996). Assessment of bully/victim problems in 8 to 11 year-olds. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 447-456.
- Horne, A. M., Glaser, B., & Sayger, T. V. (1994). Bullies. Counseling and Human Development, 27, 1-12. 7) Riva, G. (2002). The sociocognitive psychology of computer-mediated communication: The present and future of technology-based interactions. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 5, 581-598. 8) Björkqvist, K., Lagerspetz, K., & Österman, K. (1992). Direct and indirect aggression scales (DIAS). Retrieved April, 2005 from http://www.vasa.abo.fi/svf/up/dias.htm.
Biographical Information Kelly M. Lister, M.A. is a fifth-year doctoral student in Bowling Green State University's Clinical Psychology program in Bowling Green, OH. Her research interests include children's and adolescents' computer-mediated communication (specifically instant messaging and blogging) and its relation to their aggressive and prosocial behaviors. She also is interested in school-based intervention and prevention programs related to decreasing aggression and increasing problem-solving skills and social competency. She can be contacted at email@example.com.
Eric F. Dubow, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH and an Adjunct Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor, MI. His primary research interests include the development of aggression from childhood to adulthood and across generations, the effects of exposure to real-life and media violence among children and adolescents, and school-based interventions focused on problem-solving and promoting social competence among children. Dr. Dubow can be contacted at email@example.com, and more information about his research can be found at http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/psych/page33037.html.


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Chief Executive Peter Storrie: Portsmouth Are Alive And KickingAugust 26, 2009
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has insisted that the club will avoid relegation while restructuring to become a more stable business.
Middle Eastern business Sulaiman al-Fahim had been trying to find the funds required to mount a takeover, but it seems Storrie is confident that there will now be investment in the club.
"The decision I took to find a new owner was made in the best interests of the football club," he told Sky Sports.
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"I will give you more details once the takeover is complete but, believe me, this is good news for all of us," added Storrie.
Portsmouth have been under pressure to sell their best players over the last 12 months, with Lassana Diarra, Jermaine Defoe, Glen Johnson, and Peter Crouch all being sold. Sol Campbell has also been allowed to leave the club, and now Sylvain Distin reportedly wants a transfer.
The club seems to have turned the corner financially, with Storrie now insisting Portsmouth are looking to add to their squad.
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(CBS NEWS) – Director George Lucas, author Joan Didion, actress Elaine May and musician Herb Alpert are among the recipients of the latest National Medals of Arts honors.
The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will present the 2012 awards on July 10 in the East Room of the White House, with the first lady in attendance.
The "Star Wars" creator is being honored for his contributions to American cinema. A statement explained: "By combining the art of storytelling with boundless imagination and cutting-edge techniques, Lucas has transported us to new worlds and created some of the most beloved and iconic films of all time."
Alpert will receive the national arts honor for his musical contributions to society: "The musician behind the Tijuana Brass phenomenon and co-founder of A&M Records, which launched several storied careers, Mr. Alpert is also a philanthropist who shares the power of arts education with young people across our country."
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CHAMPAIGN - Champaign has a new City Manager. Champaign City Council voted to appoint Assistant City Manager Dorothy Ann David as City Manager beginning March 30, 2013, following the retirement of current City Manager Steve Carter on March 29, 2013. David will be the first City Manager appointed by the City Council in over 28 years.
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According to john 1:18, no one has seen God. Something which hasn't been seen, yet believers say men were made in his image. Who has seen him? Where? When? Any Witnesses? Corroborated by whom? Has anyone talked with him? what was said? Who witnessed it? who corroborated the conversation? In fact, if you quote the bible to answer any of these questions, you have failed big time! READ ALSO:TRENDING: Check Out The
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This is because that was written by men many years after alleged events took place in Judea. I await your empirical evidence that you are yet to supply, or is it that believers do not know what empirical evidence is. Empirical evidence, data, or knowledge, also known as sense experience, is a collective term for the knowledge or source of knowledge acquired by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation. The term comes from the Greek word for experience, ???????? (empeiría).
If he existed, anybody can realise it by "THYSELF" test or observation. God is ever "demandable" subject on earth, and it is increasingly difficult to have any witness of God. There is no perceived wisdom in religion, just superstitious nonsense!! The greatest wisdoms on the earth like, Buddha and Socrates expressed ," Know thyself" that is an infrangible truth!! Unfortunately you can't teach people who are unwilling to learn, and the average theist is unwilling to learn about new perspectives and only care about learning irrelevant things that involve their beliefs. I say the closest thing we have come to a "God" is the universe. We watch it explode, expand, create and destroy. It's like this big recycling machine. God is a magical, unseen, inaudible father- like entity created by primitive men who didn't know where the sun went at night.
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Brewster and Liberty, NY – NYSEG, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, continues to mobilize additional resources for the significant restoration efforts in its Liberty and Brewster Divisions.
As work continues, NYSEG reiterates the global estimated times of restoration it announced after damage assessment was underway: the company expects that the vast majority of customers will be restored by midnight Sunday, November 4, with remaining customers restored by midnight Wednesday, November 7. Customers are reminded that as assessment is completed, we sometimes find additional damage or areas that remain inaccessible which may extend restoration times. Inclement weather and hazardous conditions can also impact restoration time. Due to these factors, estimated times of restoration may be adjusted before power is restored.
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The MooseHill cantina opened in 1984 by a woman named Beve Janssen and was a hit right off the bat. It became a great family spot to get delicious, quality Mexican food at a great cost. One evening in October of 1996 Mandi was eating dinner at one of the tables being a regular customer herself with her parents and sister. She remembers as a child always asking her parents to have a sip of the Moosemilk and couldn't wait for the day she was 21 when she would be old enough to drink one. If Mandi only knew what her MooseHill story would become starting that very night. As Mandi and her family were leaving the restaurant Mandi asked for an application, Beve said "come back tonight and we will train you and see what you think." Wow Mandi thought that was fast. She sat down had an interview and started bussing the tables that night. She remembers so clearly looking at the waiting line overwhelmed and nervous never knowing those people would become her customers and friends one day. Over a short period of time she moved up to cashier, then server and then eventually manager. She was thrilled with the opportunity Beve was giving her, Beve taught her everything she knew about the restaurant business. Ironically this was Mandi's first job at 14 she even needed a work permit from school to even work at one point. This was her first and only job ever. She worked around her high school schedule and went to college and raised kids while working. It was a great job to support her family while spending a lot of time with her kids. No one could keep Mandi away from MooseHill, it became her passion and Beve and Ed saw this was something in her that she was meant to do. Beve and Ed were considering retirement and asked to meet for lunch one day, Mandi was shocked when they presented the opportunity to buy the establishment. Mandi beyond grateful accepted the opportunity and has owned MooseHill herself since January 2013. Of course she was nervous, there were big shoes to be filled. Beve was beyond good at what she does and was very well known in the community. The first year Mandi didn't even tell many people that she was the new owner. She wanted to test herself if no one noticed a difference in the food she was doing something right. With no complaints that the food was different she was ready to start telling people and making some changes to the atmosphere. She started doing some updating, making it her own. A outdoor patio was added, fresh coats of paints on the interior walls, and decor changes. Then the customers started asking questions not about the food but what's going on here? But With Mandi working at MooseHill for 18 plus years the customers are very comfortable with the transition. They knew her and became close to her family. Customers watched her kids grow up and some even attended her wedding. Now customers get to watch Mandi grow more with her establishment. When you walk through moosehills doors you become part of our family. You will see Mandi's daughter as a hostess, her sister as her manager and her husband helping too. You may even see Mandis new addition, she had a baby boy September 2014. Come in and be apart of our MooseHill family. MooseHill is without a doubt one of those places where you can go and everyone knows your name. Cheers!!!!
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In his interview to RussiaToday, presidential advisor on the internet German Klimenko said that the country needs to be prepared for it can be shut off from the Internet.
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Series creator Tim Kring met with NBC executives in early June to discuss the possibilities of closing out Heroes with a special television miniseries that would skip forward in time and bring back Adrian Pasdar, among other ideas. But an unnamed "key source" close to Heroes tells Entertainment Weekly that the network has decided not to pursue the epilogue. NBC did not comment on the report.
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This guide is aimed at those who are considering a visit to Egypt in order to buy products and conduct business. The guide is by no means comprehensive and whilst the information detailed in this report is correct at the time of input, we cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies or discrepancies.
Egypt has the second largest economy in the Arab world after Saudi Arabia, reaping continuous growth averaging at 4-5% over the last 25 years, with a GPD growth of 1.8%. In recent years Egypt has moved toward a more market-oriented and decentralised economy. Prior to this movement and the 1952 revolution, the state owned the majority of the economy and a considerable proportion of the funds were ploughed into the military. These days there has been an increase in foreign investment and trade with popular exports including; Petroleum and Natural gases, cotton and textiles and many foodstuffs. Farmland, fishing, food processing and the tourism industry which have become important industries for the stability of Egypt's economy. Most of the countries land is occupied by desert, so almost all agricultural activity - is concentrated along the banks of the Nile, and on the river's delta; unfortunately this constitutes only 3.5% of Egypt's land. New cities are being built on deserts, with new irrigations methods in place with the hope to increase cultivatable land in these areas.
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Saturday, 13 September 2014
A birthday card made from orts
I don't know about you, but I find it hard to judge how much thread I'll be needing for a seam. Often I am left with a length that is too short to use, and too long to throw away, if you see what I mean. Such snippets of thread, or (long) orts, are just right for a Lazy Daisy chain stitch flower.
From now on I will collect my stray ends in a jar and eventually make an orts embroidery.
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I do a similar thing with strips of unused fabric by twisting them into balls of yarn/string–one day I'll make something with them. Love the colours on your card, the lattice work reminds me of Elizabethan embroidery.ReplyDeleteReplies
With fabric strips I'd give them to an aunt who weaves Swedish rug mats, or take up Japanese saori weaving myself, but odd bits of thread...Delete
If only my wonky Lazy Daisies were as delicately embroidered as the flowers of Elizabethan embroidery..., but the lattice works does give it that E embroidery look.
What a wonderful card and great use for leftover threads!ReplyDeleteReplies
A productive lady like you must have lots of orts, or do you calculate beforehand how much thread you'll be using?Delete
Very lovely!ReplyDelete
I save my short lengths for use in small areas.Replies
Good to hear you have found a way to use them.Delete
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I save mine over the course of the year and put them in a clear glass ornament on January 1, and label with the year they were from.ReplyDelete
Sometimes, if I've run short on a length of thread, I will raid the ort jar to see if there are any longer lengths to use to finish up that section of stitching. Anything that's longer than eight inches or so gets saved with the unused thread.
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That's an excellent idea. I heard of someone who put headers and enders of fabric strips into a clear lamp foot. Turning orts into January ornaments is a great way of recycling.Delete
I love your car.ReplyDelete
I usually put all mine between two layers of dissolving fabric, then sew them to make a fabric, after I have washed the dissolving stuff away. I then use this in projects.Replies
Oh, I never thought of that! You are so creative!Delete
dare I admit to throwing them away usually if they are cotton they go in the composter! Such a good idea though, a lovely card for your aunt, trust they will not get too tangled in a jar Queenie as sorting tangled threads would drive me crazyReplyDeleteReplies
I am glad you are brave enough to admit to throwing them away. This is what I have done up till now. If you read the comments above you get a lot of ideas for recycling these odd ends of thread. Carorose has this idea where tangled thread will find a new home - and no one needs to be driven crazy!Delete
A lovely card Queenie..........I normally collect my 'orts' up into a ball and then they get knotted together and I throw them away.............how wasteful am I ?ReplyDelete
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You are just as 'wasteful' as I used to be! Now I have got a lot of ideas for those stray bits and pieces.Delete
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Thank you. It is an easy stitch but can look quite charming. The beads add a lot of sparkle.Delete
Now I am laughing about Chris R.'s comment on top. Very funny and wonderfully wasteful. I collect the orts - in a large jar - and there it is standing and getting fuller and fuller. I can press it still further down. Your daisy idea is very nice.ReplyDeleteReplies
Unless we use the orts for something there is no reason to keep them...Delete
I save mine in a jar and always look there before cutting more. There is a limit though, I sure wouldn't keep anything too short. If it is too short to use, it goes with other scrap threads into a mesh bag that is set out for the birds.ReplyDeleteReplies
What I have heard is that you should never throw out threads for the birds; their claws can get tangled up in them. Is that true?Delete
This is a beautiful way of using all these threads! If I have a usefull length of thread left when I'm done stitching, I just keep it with the original thread. When I need it for a few French knots I use these pieces. My real orts go in a jar, which I empty every year on January 1. I have lots of plans for those, but then I need a jar filled with time!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, a jar filled with time! That is the first item on my wish list!Delete
Of course I will also keep any useful length with the original thread, but more than often I have these difficult to use bits of thread. Hopefully I will eventually get a Sumptuous Surface Ort Embroidery out of them.
This is a beautiful card, just so lovely. I am terrible at estimating the length of thread needed. I don't save any small lengths of sashiko thread, but now after reading the comments above, I might have second thoughts! Lots of interesting ideas.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am glad that I am not the only one who can't judge how much thread is needed. Now that I have found a way to use up those bit and pieces I don't mind that much.Delete
This postcard is lovely, thank you for this idea. I have a full jar with snippets.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am now thinking up ways to use such short snippets that you can't really sew with them. Carorose (see comment above) had a smart idea.Delete
A great way to use leftovers. I usually keep mine in a needle case and are sometimes used on any project I may be working on or when they starting getting tangled they get thrown out.ReplyDeleteReplies
Linda, you can use bar codes and lining of envelopes to create fantastic art. You if anyone should be able to use tangled thread in projects instead of throwing them out - or have you given up collecting 'junk'?!Delete
I love your birthday card! What a colorful display of beautiful threads. Is it a difficult stitch? I wonder if I have some leftover embroidery thread somewhere so that I could try...ReplyDeleteReplies
The Lazy Daisy stitch is one of the easiest stitches possible! Do you know the Chain stitch? Of course, you do! The Lazy Daisy is made up of four individual Chain stitches.Delete
Look at this link: http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/chain-detach.html
Lovely card. I read somewhere (can't remember where!) about sandwiching the orts between dissolvable fabric, machine stitching over the top, then dissolving the fabric away to leave a new and interesting fabric. So I bought some to use with all the orts I'd collected. But one year on and the orts tin is full to the brim and dissolvable fabric gathering dust somewhere!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Lilian,Delete
Yes, Carolyn of Carorose (see comment above) also mentioned dissolvable fabric. You can apparently make 'new' fabric by stacking the orts between those sheets. As you are a very creative person, Lilian, I am sure you can make fabric and then create fabulous brooches or hanging ornaments. How about emptying that orts tin?! If you do, please blog about it!
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Q240 Lord Carlisle of Bucklow: If
the parliamentary record is privileged how do you draw inference
from it if that cannot go before the board?
Professor Sir William McKay: The
House of Commons, and I suspect also the Lords, has always allowed
the record to be brought into court. This is an answer to Lord
Waddington. What was objected to was what happened to it when
it got there, you were not to draw inferences from it. In the
1980s some Australian courts allowed inferences to be drawn and
this was the genesis of the Parliamentary Privileges Act in Australia
which has come by a backwater to us, which put back the traditional
reading of Article 9, that you cannot impeach or question. You
cannot get access to the motives of the Member or anybody else
participating in the proceedings.
Lord Waddington: That really leads straight
on to the second question, does it not?
Q241 Chairman: I was just going to
ask you, you mentioned parliamentary privilege, it was amended
by the Parliamentary Joint Committee in 1999 that there should
be a statutory definition of parliamentary privilege, do you agree
with that suggestion?
Professor Sir William McKay: I
certainly agree with the suggestion that we have now reached the
stage where statutory definition is on balance a necessary evil.
Q242 Chairman: Then we would not
need to look at Article 9 if there was a statutory definition.
Professor Sir William McKay: Certainly.
My suggestion in that eventuality, were my advice to be asked,
would be, to take the Australian model and carry over with the
Australian model the ban on the imputation of motives in court.
Q243 Chairman: What would you suggest
is the right definition?
Professor Sir William McKay: I
think I would rest on what the Australians have done, which the
Committee will find in the documents.
Q244 Chairman: In your view would
it be a good idea if we were to recommend there should be a definition
in this Act for parliamentary privilege or is that a separate
Professor Sir William McKay: It
is no longer my duty to advise Members or the chair.
Q245 Chairman: I was not asking your
advise, but what do you think?
Professor Sir William McKay: A
Bill about corruption cannot, will not, should not include a definition
of parliamentary proceedings.
Q246 Lord Waddington: I am trying
to summarise your position and then we will know, you do not see
any objection to charges of corruption being brought against Members
of Parliament and being tried in ordinary courts of the land but,
(a) you do not think it is necessary to attack Article 9 in order
to do that and (b), the attack on Article 9 is far wider than
would be necessary if it was thought necessary to attack it in
order to make it possible to bring prosecutions against Members,
because it also allows evidence as to what happens in parliamentary
proceedings to be used to support a prosecution of somebody else
and it also enables some innocent MP against whom no allegation
has been made to be cross-examined about what he said in Parliament.
Thirdly, the proposal in this Bill does not actually follow the
recommendations of the Joint Committee, which did not recommend
that this matter should be tackled in isolation but should be
tackled as part of a wider measure defining parliamentary privilege?
Professor Sir William McKay: Indeed,
my Lord, that is the case.
Q247 Lord Waddington: Is that the
Professor Sir William McKay: There
is a wonderful phrase in the report of the Joint Committee on
Parliamentary Privilege that, if you do not buy the whole package
privilege will become an amalgam of modern statute and ancient
Q248 Lord Carlisle of Bucklow: You
have accepted what Lord Waddington says that the bar to a prosecution
of a Member of Parliament is one thing and you agree should disappear
or should go and they should be subject to prosecution but as
long as you have Article 9 how do you prove the corruption if
it is in any way related to someone who receives a sum of money
for the purpose of promoting a particular cause which he otherwise
would not promote?
Professor Sir William McKay: The
American experience suggests that you can try the improper agreement
to do the thing. I have tried to put in several quotations from
Brewster. Chief Justice Burger was saying promises are
not legislative acts, promises are not proceedings in Parliament.
Try the improper promise, the agreement to do the wrong thing.
Their experience in Brewster, in the seventies, and I also
quote Helstoski and McDade which happened in the
90s, is that convictions were obtained from entry into an improper
contract, although the completion of the bargain in Congress was
not shown.
Q249 Lord Carlisle of Bucklow: Is
the completion in Parliament a necessary part of the evidence
to show the original agreement?
Professor Sir William McKay: The
Americans have not found it so.
Q250 Lord Carlisle of Bucklow: You
said that you can somehow distinguish between the act of passing
the money and the resultant advantage that it was actually given
to that person, the ultimate advantage arises out of parliamentary
Professor Sir William McKay: The
ultimate advantage would be the proceedings itself. It would in
the case of Brewster be postal legislation of the kind
that the persons who were bribing Brewster wanted. As I said,
I have to confess it was not a unanimous judgment and despite
what the majority of the court said, it was a shift in emphasise
from the previous jurisprudence, but they got their conviction
and they got other convictions.
Q251 Chairman: The Brewster
case, as you rightly point out in your paper, is very relevant
to what we are looking at here and very important. Your view is
that is as good as we have to look at at the moment. Is there
any explanation why Commonwealth countries have not followed Brewster
or come to the same result as Brewster?
Professor Sir William McKay: I
think they have not had the necessity to make the difficult judgments.
Q252 Chairman: Would the result in
the United States be very different from Australia, New Zealand
or Canada because of the lack of the Brewster judgment
or would you think the result would probably be much the same?
Professor Sir William McKay: I
think the result would be much the same. My evidence was saying,
and this is only from a lifetime of gossip with colleagues across
the Commonwealth, sometimes in conference rooms and sometimes
in smoke-filled bars, that the answer would be that we all come
to the same conclusion if we could.
Q253 Mr Stinchcombe: You have said
that there would be no need to adduce evidence of parliamentary
proceedings because you could attack the agreement itself, how
could you if the offender was not corrupt in obtaining an advantage
but was corrupt in confirming an advantage through parliamentary
Professor Sir William McKay: This
is not an area where I am an expert, but could you not tackle
that by the way you framed the offence?
Q254 Mr Stinchcombe: Working within
the words of the clause as currently drafted the evidence is he
confers an advantage, you have to prove the conference of an advantage.
If the conference of an advantage was for example promoting a
10 Minute Rule Bill how would you prove that in parliamentary
Professor Sir William McKay: As
I said, this parliamentary aspect of the corruption legislation
would have to be taken out and dealt with separately.
Mr Stinchcombe: I see.
Q255 Vera Baird: There is a disadvantage
to an MP against him as an allegation, is there not, in the sense
that if the allegations are compact he cannot rely on parliamentary
proceedings to show that he said the opposite of what the compact
was set up to make him say?
Professor Sir William McKay: I
thought about that. I was anxious to try to meet that possibility.
I was on the point of saying, let the courts see as a matter of
fact that the 10 Minute Rule Bill went ahead and the member for
Tolpuddle did not speak against it. Then, a moment's thought,
and I concluded that that is drawing an inference, and you could
not do it. Of course, as I say in one of the later paragraphs,
yes, there are difficulties with the proposition I am putting
forward, I simply measure the loss if we do not get that right
against the loss if we bring the sledgehammer down on Article
9. The number of cases where this is likely to arise would be
so few and the protection given by Article 9 would be so great
there may be some things that we just have to hope do not significantly
Q256 Baroness Whitaker: I have a
really ignorant question, is it really according to natural justice
to draw prejudicial inference without the person who is the subject
of the adverse inference having an opportunity to be cross-examined?
Is that not what ought to happen?
Professor Sir William McKay: Yes.
Hamilton v Al Fayed is a good example of this, and the
problems to which that gave rise, not least the Defamation Act.
I would suspect that in most cases if the situation which you
mentioned arose and a prosecution were brought on the limited
front which I am suggesting, those whose reputations were prejudiced
would have their day in court.
Q257 Baroness Whitaker: So what they
said in Parliament, which was the nub of the whole matter, could
not be cross-examined?
Professor Sir William McKay: What
I am trying to argue for is the nub of the accusation would not
be what happened in Parliament, the nub of the allegations would
be: "You", the Member for Tolpuddle, "agreed to
do a bad thing".
Q258 Baroness Whitaker: That might
be the only evidence of it.
Professor Sir William McKay: That
might be the only evidence of it but it satisfied the Americans.
Q259 Mr Shepherd: Hamilton v Al
Fayed was defamation.
Professor Sir William McKay: The
Defamation Act is limited to a civil action of that kind.


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AN: Doesn't the fact that with Karma you get moral people and with Christianity you get guilty people seeking forgiveness suggest to you that one is a positive belief and the other negative? How do you suggest we view this otherwise?
MH: I guess I'm not convinced that Karma is really about morality. It's about functionality – what works. And yes, most religions include some tenet compatible with the ancient Hindu concept of Karma.
By that definition Karma represents the accumulation of all the effects of all the actions of my body, mind, and intuition. As ocean waves rolling toward the shore build up sandbars beneath the surface, so my actions and their results accumulate and build up tendencies that determine the course of my future. Karma is also more than personal… It encompasses the action-energy of everything that has ever occurred past or present, connecting every event back to the influences causing that event, and forward to all results triggered by it. The universe enforces this responsibility one way or the other.
The piper has to be paid. The chickens always come home to roost. Meaning… If I tell a lie, a lie will be told to me. If I give, something will be given to me. When someone slaps me on the cheek they deliver payback, not offense. I am at fault. I bring my own reward. I hold power. I bear responsibility. When I make a mess, I have to dispose of it… somewhere. I own my own garbage.
But… Here's the crunch: Karma creates problems as well as explains them. If I reap what I have sown, I'm accountable for every consequence – even an unintentional one. How can I escape living with and paying for mistakes I've made? What escape do I have when Karma exacts payback for the smallest white lie? What pardon can I gain when even when my best efforts to do good generate more trouble?
Karma brings bad news. The problem is real. My garbage has to go somewhere. I cannot wish it away. Is there any way to remedy the curse of Karma? Eastern religions offer the solution of reincarnation: We return to try again, and eventually – hopefully – escape the cycle of perpetual action that perpetuates Karma. But even the wisest teachers of this philosophy doubt if salvation is assured.
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By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Department of Justice announced Barrios Street Realty LLC, a Louisiana company, has paid approximately $108,000 to 12 U.S. workers pursuant to a settlement with DOJ. The payments are part of a March 2016 settlement that resolved claims that Barrios discriminated against U.S. workers in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
The investigation found in July 2014, Barrios Street Realty and Jorge Arturo Guerrero Rodriguez failed to consider or improperly rejected 73 U.S. workers who applied for positions as sheet metal roofers or laborers, and then solicited foreign workers to fill these positions. The Office Special Counsel (later re-named Immigrant and Employee Rights Section) of the Department of Justice determined the companys applications for foreign workers falsely claimed that its earlier efforts to fill the sheet metal and laborer positions failed to identify qualified U.S. workers. Refusing to consider or hire qualified U.S. workers because of their citizenship violates H-2B regulations and the INAs anti-discrimination provision.
The settlement required Barrios to pay $30,000 in civil penalties and up to $115,000 in back pay to compensate U.S. workers who were denied employment because of the companys reliance on H-2B visa workers. After entering the settlement, the department determined that 12 U.S. workers were entitled to receive back pay totaling approximately $108,000, and the company made the final payments to the workers last week.
This settlement is another effort by the Department of Justice to protect American workers. You might President Trump discuss this settlement in an upcoming speech as the Administrations efforts to protect American workers.
By Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the Department of Labor (DOL) reversed DOLs efforts to conduct an expansive investigation. Initially, one employee, Sergey Nefedyev, filed a charge with the DOL alleging he was not paid for one and one-half months when he was working for Volt Information Sciences on a H-1B visa. The parties resolved the case for $12,000 in back pay.
But, the DOL decided to expand this single complaint on a H-1B visa violation to cover 80 other employees and sought $330,000 in back wages.
The ALJ cited to a recent decision of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in Greater MO Medical Pro-Care Providers, Inc. v. Perez, 812 F.3d 1132 (8th Cir. 2015). In so doing, he followed the reasoning of the 8th Circuit which stated:Rather than authorize an open-ended investigation of the employer and its general compliance without regard to the actual allegations in the aggrieved-party complaint, § 1182(n)(2)(A) expressly ties the Secretarys initial investigatory authority to the complaint and those specific allegations respecting [an employers alleged] failure to meet a condition specified in [a labor condition application] or [an employers] misrepresentation of material facts in such [a labor condition application] for which the Secretary finds reasonable cause to believe the employer committed the alleged violation. Read naturally, the Secretarys authority to conduct an initial investigation under § 1182(n)(2)(A) is based upon the Secretary finding reasonable cause to believe the employers specific misconduct as alleged in the complaint violates the INA. That reasonable-cause finding limits the scope of the initial investigation.
Thus, the ALJ found the DOL had overstepped its bounds in this case.
It will be interesting to see if this analysis is used in other settings as often Wage and Hour and the National Labor Relations Board will expand the scope of its investigation beyond the contents of the charge.
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), a part of the Justice Department, reached a settlement agreement with Barrios Street Realty Inc., a company in Lockport, Louisiana. The agreement resolves claims that the company and its agent, Jorge Arturo Guerrero Rodriguez, engaged in a pattern or practice of citizenship discrimination against U.S. workers by preferring to hire foreign workers under the H-2B visa program.
The OSCs investigation found in July 2014, Barrios Street Realty and Guerrero Rodriguez failed to consider or improperly rejected 73 U.S. workers who applied for positions as sheet metal roofers or laborers, and then solicited foreign workers to fill these positions. The OSC determined the companys applications for foreign workers falsely claimed that its earlier efforts to fill the sheet metal and laborer positions failed to identify qualified U.S. workers. Refusing to consider or hire qualified U.S. workers because of their citizenship violates H-2B regulations and the Immigration and Nationality Acts (INA) anti-discrimination provision.
Under the settlement, Barrios Street Realty must create a back pay fund of $115,000 to compensate U.S. workers, pay $30,000 in civil penalties and be subject to monitoring for a three-year period. In addition, Barrios Street Realty acknowledged that its misuse of the H-2B visa program constituted valid grounds for debarment from the program and agreed to a voluntary debarment prohibiting it from seeking H-2B visa workers or any other classification of non-immigrant visa workers from the Department of Labors Employment and Training Administration for a period of three years.
The settlement agreement also requires Barrios Street Realty to provide the OSC, upon its request, a copy of every job application/resume submitted to Barrios Street Realty and a record of action on that job application. Furthermore, Barrios Street Realtys HR employees must attend training sessions conducted by OSC on the INAs anti-discrimination provision, the company must revise its immigration compliance practices in regards to non-discrimination, and submit any proposed changes to the OSC for their approval.
This represents the first time the OSC has obtained a voluntary debarment as a remedy for violating the INAs anti-discrimination provision.
By Bruce E. Buchanan @ Sebelist Buchanan Law
A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ordered Florida-based Government Training LLC, which provides training and publishing for government agencies, to pay back wages of about $48,000 to a nonimmigrant H-1B worker, Duneet Sharma, an Indian National, whom it underpaid. See Administrator, Wage and Hour Division v. Government Training, LLC, 2015-LCA-5 (DOL OALJ 2016).
Initially, the DOL issued findings that Government Training had violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by not paying Sharma either the actual wage or the prevailing wage specified in two LCAs. Thus, the DOL concluded that Sharma was owed back wages. The employer appealed the findings, sending the case to an ALJ. In October, the DOL filed for a summary decision, saying that the facts backing its initial findings were not in dispute.
Under the INA, employers who want to hire nonimmigrants to work in specialty occupations in the U.S. under the H-1B program must first obtain certification from the DOL by filing a labor condition application, or LCA, which sets the workers wage levels and working conditions. After getting an LCA as well as approval from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the H-1B nonimmigrant is issued a visa and may begin work.
Before the ALJ, Government Training sought the case to be dismissed and raised these issues: whether the employer was not liable for back wages due to lack of work, and whether Sharma was provided with a car, a cellphone and health insurance that should have been considered part of his wages.
The ALJ found that Government Training routinely underpaid Sharma, who was employed as a computer programmer from 2010 until 2013, from the amounts it had listed in its LCAs. The ALJ said the LCAs in Sharmas case promised to pay him $65,000 per year for the position of software engineer, and set the prevailing wage at close to $56,000. The ALJ noted that Government Training admitted that it did not pay Sharma the required wages under the LCAs, and rejected the companys arguments that it should be excused from not paying those required wages.
The ALJ also pointed out that although the health insurance, car and phone that Sharma received could be considered as benefits that are provided as compensation, Government Training didnt submit any documentation to show how much those items cost or that they were ever reported on Sharmas payroll or to the IRS as required; thus, the ALJ declined to find these benefits offset some of the back pay.
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Justice Departments Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) has reached a settlement with Freedom Home Care, Inc. resolving allegations that Freedom discriminated against its employees in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
The OSCs investigation found that Freedom Home Care had a practice of rejecting work authorization documents from non-U.S. citizens while accepting them from U.S. citizens. The INAs anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from making specific documentary demands based on citizenship or national origin when verifying an employees authorization to work.
Under the settlement agreement, Freedom Home Care will pay $832 in back pay and $400 in civil penalties to the United States to compensate the Charging Party for the discrimination.
The settlement agreement also requires Freedom Home Care to undergo compliance monitoring for one year, all HR personnel and managerial employees shall join OSCs e-mail distribution list and attend a webinar conducted by OSC on the INAs anti-discrimination provision.
This settlement is one of the lightest punishments that an employer has received from the OSC in the last year.
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I watched Ray Lewis play his last game in Baltimore ("Ray's day," Jan. 7). He never started out as a great man, but he is finishing as one. So somewhere along the way he changed, chose a different destiny, decided on a different life. He was always a master of his trade and now is a master of his beliefs.
So it was with a tear in my eye that that I watched him dance his way out of the tunnel, and it was with one on my cheek and my heart in my mouth that I watched him disappear into the dressing room. Thank you, Ray, for all the wonderful memories, all the incredible days out that you gave me and my son. Those days and you shall never be forgotten,
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