The following article post Getting Tough on Bullying – What Every Parent Must Know Read more on: Accurate Court Reporting For most parents, teaching children not to bully is a normal part of the child rearing process. The definition of bullying has broadened in recent years, and so have the consequences. Not just for the victim and the bully, but in more recent days, for the parents as well. In Wisconsin, a new law seeks to implement financial penalties to the parents of bully’s. It is unknown how, or even if, this will benefit the victims, but is does set a new precedent as to the weight society is placing on anti-bullying agendas.They believe the parents should be held accountable for their child’s behavior and if the child is engaged in bullying activity, the parents will have to pay up monetarily. The city council passed the new regulation which implements a fine of $366. That’s for the first offence if their child is caught bullying other students. The second offence within one year, and the fine goes up to $681. Read more. The Extreme Consequences of Prolonged BullyingFor anyone who has ever felt the sting of being ridiculed by his or her peers, punched in the face, or slammed against the school lockers, there’s no question that it’s terrible. The story of Daniel Fitzpatrick is one extreme and harrowing example.He was found dead late Thursday by his older sister in the attic of his family home, a belt wrapped around his neck. “I gave up,” the teen scrawled on two sides of a single sheet of paper. “The teachers . . . they didn’t do anything,” he said, pouring his heart onto the page. Daniel’s devastated parents shared the letter exclusively with the Daily News Friday, saying he wrote it in early July so someone would be “held accountable.” Read More Emotional Effects and StatisticsOther effects can build up over time that impact every facet of the victim’s life. Mark Dombeck, PhD https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-dombeck-phd-530a573 and licensed psychologist in private practice states that “Being the repetitive target of bullying damages your ability to yourself as a desirable capable and effective individual.” Correspondingly, children who are bullied are more likely to have lower grades, get migraines, have a greater risk for depression and anxiety in their later lives, and are more probable to abuse drugs and alcohol. See Info-graph:Will Fines for Bullying Work?It’s impossible to know for sure if fining the parents of bullies will have any lasting or immediate impact, but it is a start at the least. Even when parents do their best to teach their kids to make good choices, they will inevitably make bad ones. However, such a move does help cultivate a culture of stewardship and social responsibility, and that’s something most people can stand behind. This article is brought to you by Accurate Court Reporting - We Get More Done with Just One Call.via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/getting-tough-on-bullying/
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The following article post What Are the Top 10 Legal Jobs for 2017 and 2018? is republished from Accurate Court Reporting Inc Recently, while doing research, we found a great resource exploring the best "legally related" positions along with the salary as reported by specialcounsel.com. To see the full listing, please click here das via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/top-10-legal-jobs-2017-2018/ The following article Why the Accurate Client Advantage (ACA) Matters to You Take in more on: Accurate Court Reporting The “Accurate Client Advantage” is our in-house personal accountability scoring system combined with our 5 star customer service philosophy, and is inherently applied to all or our clients. Accuracy, professionalism, timeliness…On the surface, they are just words; but to us they are far more. They are the adjectives that illustrate how we aim to represent our organization, and correspondingly, a level of services our clients have learned they can expect from us. The “ACA” centers around 7 key powerful points.
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Trump to Hire Son in Law for Senior White House AdvisorNepotism is currently in the news due to President elect Donald Trump’s decision to hire his son to be a senior White House advisor. Before moving forward though, it’s important to understand what exactly this position entails. First, the responsibility includes within it many roles.Over time, the Senior Advisor role has had responsibility for the following groups:The position is of paramount importance to both the sanctity of the office and therefore the safety of the American public. Because of the proximity of the position to the leader of the US and maybe even the world, it seems that qualifications over familiarity would be the proper and necessary avenue. It remains to be seen if Kushner will be able to succeed in this role, though there are some positive signs that this may be the case. Mr. Trump described Mr. Kushner as “a tremendous asset and trusted adviser throughout the campaign and transition” in a statement issued early Monday evening announcing an appointment that perhaps more than any other defines the way the incoming president will govern. Mr. Kushner plans to sell some of his real estate holdings and other assets, his lawyer said. Some ethics experts have questioned whether the appointment will be legal under federal anti-nepotism laws designed to prevent family ties from influencing the functioning of the United States government. Read more... Nepotism with Past Presidents?It’s very important to note that this is not the first case of nepotism in Presidential cabinet selections.On January 25, 1993, President Clinton established the President’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform. The President appointed his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the chairman of the Task Force. The Task Force directly advised the President, held public hearings, and met in private with cabinet staff to formulate a health care plan — Hillarycare. Read more... Before 1967, there was a rather long history of presidential relatives serving in appointed and unofficial government positions. The most famous example was President John F. Kennedy’s nomination of his brother, Robert, to become Attorney General. Robert Kennedy was confirmed in a voice vote by the Senate in 1961 and he served until September 1964. Other Presidents retained relatives at the White House in various roles, including James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. Kennedy also appointed his brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, as the first head of the Peace Corps. Read more... Is Nepotism Bad?The short answer is that when done correctly, nepotism has a tenuous grip on being a good thing, but can go terribly bad when done incorrectly. This is especially true when leaders are replaced with people who have the proper experience, maturity, and nurturing.Nepotism can have advantages and disadvantages. For example, hiring relatives is easy and can lead to greater trust (what we call “swift trust”) if the relations get along and share a common purpose. Where nepotism becomes problematic is when non-relative employees feel that there is unfair favoritism, and when relatives are hired over more competent non-relatives. Unfortunately, there has been very little research on nepotism in the workplace. Read more... In SummaryIt’s only natural that at times of great transition there exists a need to surround oneself with trustworthy and vetted people. Trump is no different. A position as important as Senior Presidential Advisor however, begs the question, is this the best choice? Unfortunately, only time will answer this question, but the stakes truly could not be any higher. History has proven that when nepotism fails, the consequences can be devastating and debilitating. Accurate Court Reporting is a Nationwide Provider of Legal Services Related to Depositions, Transcription Services, and Video Conferencing.via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/nepotism-bad-usa-politics/ The following article post From Railroads to Tweets – The Unofficial History of Technology and Presidential Elections is available on Accurate Court Reporting Inc As the stakes and costs of becoming president have risen, so has the number of channels and types of media available for campaigning. Trump was the first presidential candidate to truly harness the power of Twitter with Obama being the first to exploit social media during an election process. Just as the advents of internet, TV and radio shaped the way more recent candidates ran their campaigns, so also have the technological advances of history directly influenced the elections in their respective times. Mr. Washington – The First and Last Uncontested US PresidentThe United States presidential election of 1788–89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Saturday, January 10, 1789. There was a catch, however. That being an America which would have no other, so… As the newly formed Americans adapted to a life free from British rule, the plans of George Washington to go home after the war and live a quiet life were derailed. America would have no other leader and public sentiment manifested in the form of letters by the 1000's.Letters poured into Mount Vernon—from citizens great and small, from former comrades in arms, even from other shores. Many told Washington that his country needed him more than ever and that there was no justification for his refusal. While he warmed slightly to the idea, he still told a friend, "I feel very much like a man who is condemned to death does when the time of his execution draws nigh." Read more... Birth of the "Whistle Stop" - Campaigning on the MoveOne of the first technologies to substantially impact how candidates campaigned was the locomotive, which would begin to replace the use of canals 40 short years later, around 1830.In the 19th century, when travel by railroad was the most common means of traveling long distances over the vast expanses of land as in the United States, politicians would charter tour trains which would travel from town to town. At each stop, the candidate would make a speech from the train, but might rarely set foot on the ground. "Whistle-stop" campaign speeches would be made from the rear platform of a train. Read more...This revolutionary way to campaign to the masses during these short stops would continue to be used going into the mid 1900's. Even effecting elections as recent as Truman's defeat of Dewey in 1948. Most of the national media didn’t give Truman much of a chance of winning the election. One of Truman’s campaign tactics was an ambitious 30,000-mile whistle-stop train tour around the United States. On some days he made as many as eight speeches. Read more... Morse Code - Distance No Longer Diffuses PowerInterestingly enough, the first president to really utilize the telegraph, which used Morse code, was President Lincoln after a telegraph office was opened next to the White House in 1861. He essentially became the first wired president. He was swept over and instantly realized the power of long distance communication during the war, so much so that he routinely spent days on end in the communication center monitoring messages and gauging the tenor of the war effort.Using the telegraph to extend his voice was an obvious application of the technology. Lincoln made the telegraph his eyes and ears to distant fields and the keyhole into his generals’ headquarters. As he sat in the telegraph office reading messages, he gained insights, felt the pulse of his Army in the field and reacted. Read more...He famously used Morse code to encourage Ulysses S Grant after an advance in the Civil War had stalled. Lincoln stated in that message, "I have seen your dispatch expressing our unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog grip, and chew and choke, as much as possible." It’s said that the audaciousness of the message made Grant laugh and increase his respect for Lincoln. It also firmly established his position as Commander in Chief of the military during the "Civil War", proving that distance no longer diffused power. Morse Code Nearly Didn’t HappenIn 1838, Morse demonstrated his invention using Morse code, in which dots and dashes represented letters and numbers. In 1843, Morse finally convinced a skeptical Congress to fund the construction of the first telegraph line in the United States, from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. In May 1844, Morse sent the first official telegram over the line, with the message: “What hath God wrought!” Read more... Radio & Electricity - The Magic of ImmediacyThe “Telegraph” was more a function of operations and communication, but it was a related technology that would drastically evolve the Presidential election process; radio and the newly established electrical grid.In 1920, just 35 percent of American households had electricity. By 1929, nearly 68 percent of American homes were electrified. But, if you don't count farms, about 85 percent of Americans had electricity by the end of the 1920s. Read more... Radio captured the imagination of thousands of ordinary persons who wanted to experiment with this amazing new technology. But in April 1917, the U.S. government shut down all amateur stations, as the country entered World War One. The wartime consolidation of the radio industry under government control led to important advances in radio equipment engineering and manufacturing, especially vacuum-tube technology. Then, in early 1922, a "broadcasting boom" occurred, as a sometimes chaotic mix of stations, sponsored by a wide range of businesses, organizations and individuals, sprang up, numbering over 500 by the end of the year. Read more...Private individuals now had the ability to harness radio reception in their home. The immediacy and very essence of a candidate sprang to life in the heads of listeners who must have felt as though the speakers were right there in the room with them. By the 1930s regulated electric utilities became well-established, providing all three major aspects of electricity, the power plants, transmission lines, and distribution. Read more... 40 Million People Tune in to Hear the First Radio Broadcast DebateIn 1948, the first radio broadcast debate was held between Dewey and fellow Republican Presidential hopeful Stassen, and was heard by an estimated 40 million people. That is roughly the equivalent of 80 million listeners today.Dewey was considered the winner of the debate and won the primary in Oregon on May 21. At the Republican convention, Dewey won the nomination of his party. Despite the infamous Dewey Defeats Truman headline, he lost the general election to President Harry Truman, and died in 1971. Stassen became a perennial presidential candidate, running for the Republican nomination at least ten more times until his death in 2001. Read more... Television's Political Prominence BeginsFrom its early position as a new medium for political coverage in the 1950s, television quickly supplanted radio and eventually newspapers to become by the early 1960s the major source of public information about politics. Read more...On September 26th 1960, Massachusetts Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon faced each other in a nationally televised presidential campaign debate. Suddenly appearance, wit, and non-verbal cues became just as important to the conversation as the words themselves. From the viewpoint of the 40% of Americans who tuned in to watch, it was no contest and would greatly impact the outcome of the contest. Kennedy Wins First Televised DebateThe debate ushered in an era in which television would dominate political campaigns. The immediacy and power of television worked well for candidates who could think on their feet and knew how to play to the audience. At the first of four debates, Kennedy arrived looking well-groomed and confident, while his opponent Nixon, who had just been released from the hospital after two weeks recuperating from a badly injured knee, appeared haggard and was sporting a “5 o’clock shadow” or light beard. Although he arrived in a wrinkled suit and appeared underweight and had a grayish pallor, Nixon refused the assistance of a makeup artist, a decision he likely later regretted. Kennedy clearly “won” the debate, a fact attributable to both his superior comfort level with the new communication medium and his “telegenic” good looks. Read More... The Internet, Social Media, and the PresidencyIn today's political menagerie, the world hangs on every tweet uttered by Donald Trump. It simply cannot be over-declared just how important the internet and social media has become to the election process. To give you a sense of the power of this channel, note in the infographic below that 68% of voters use the internet as their primary source of information on political candidates.Has Social Media Enhanced the Election Process?Most definitely. One of the problems with social media, however, is that it’s often more about being "loud" then it is about the art of productive discourse, and no culprit is guiltier than Twitter.For many critics, that DNA of Twitter makes it antithetical to sophisticated, thoughtful political conversation. "Both the technology itself, and the way we choose to use the technology, makes it so that what ought to be a conversation is just a set of Post-it notes that are scattered," Kerric Harvey, author of the Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, said of Twitter. She argues that what we do on Twitter around politics isn't a conversation at all; it's a loud mess. Read more...People generally listen to information that reinforces their opinions ad beliefs. They won't go out of their way to hear or learn about information that they are opposed to unless it is to berate and oppose that information publically. Another problem with the current incarnation of social media is that fake news spreads fast while being unapologetic, purposefully damaging, and punishes no one. “It’s really disconcerting the scale that misinformation can achieve relatively quickly and with relatively little effort,” says Craig Silverman, Canadian chief of the Buzzfeed website. “It’s driving divisions between people … It has made it very difficult for the public square to have some reasonable debate.” Silverman spearheaded a study recently of “hyper-partisan” Facebook pages, finding that during a two-week period, 38 per cent of news material on three right-wing pages and 19 per cent on left-leaning ones were partly or mostly false. Read more... Sadly, the ugly face of social is becoming an all too common online occurrence these days with people hiding behind their keyboards to deliver the most stinging slurs and acidic aspersions. Read more... In ConclusionDuring the last 228 years since the first United States First Presidential election, technology has increasingly shaped the landscape of elections. From the days of a horse-back postal system and Morse code, to the current era of internet, video chats and 140 character tweets, the importance of technology and media has never been higher. Now that the chips have fallen and Trump’s reign begins, we will have to wait four years to see how tomorrow's technology will affect future elections. Want to Learn More About the Future of Technology in Elections? The video entitled “Democracy Rebooted,” was a discussion held at Stanford University, which considers the role of technology in elections.via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/unofficial-history-technology-elections/ Checks and Balances – An Affair with National Security was originally seen on Accurate Court Reporting Legal Services Checks and balances are a cornerstone of the American democratic experience. As you may remember from grade school, there exists 3 branches of government for this very reason. Efforts to subvert this philosophy ultimately lead to a less secure nation along with policies that might not be in the best interest of the people. It’s easy to see mistakes of the past. Not as much for those of the future. Wise people realize early on, the importance of good counsel and the importance of displaying humility in victory as well as defeat. They know that there may come a time when the shoe will be on the other foot, and fortunes might be reversed. Democrats Haunted by a 2013 Vote to Decrease Needed Votes for Approving Cabinet AppointeesIn 2013, Democrats made a decision that they are now coming to regret. While in control of the Senate, they voted to allow a 51 vote majority for Cabinet-level appointees as well as judicial nominations. Also known as a nuclear option, the move allowed them to make unilateral choices that to some party members, seemed like a bad idea that might eventually come back to bite them. That day has come. With Republicans owning 52 seats, there is literally “nothing” they can do to stop or even slow down these Republican nominations and appointees.“I do regret that,” said Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a Democrat who voted for the rules change three years ago. “I frankly think many of us will regret that in this Congress because it would have been a terrific speed bump, potential emergency break, to have in our system to slow down nominees.” Some Democrats realize they’ve made life harder for themselves. “In specific circumstances, we may regret that we can’t block a nomination,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut. “But I think that the American people want action, and they want the process to work. And they want the folks whom they have elected to actually do the job and get stuff done.” One person who seems to be having buyer’s remorse over the change in filibuster rules: Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic leader. Schumer told The Washington Post last month that he privately lobbied Senate Democrats in 2013 to maintain the 60-vote threshold for Cabinet-level nominees, but: “I didn’t prevail.” More...While policy and government must be fluid and open to the ideas of change, there are absolutely checks and balances established by our country's forefathers, in order to save us from ourselves. They knew that an unbalance of power has the potential to lead to great conflict. Vermont Governor Attempting to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy 4 Months After His RetirementAnother example of this assumption of power at the expense of well-established systems of checks and balances comes from soon to be retired Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin. Set to retire on January 5th, 2017, he is attempting to appoint a Supreme Court Justice although the current judge will still be in office at the time of Shumlin's departure.Two days before he steps down, Gov. Peter Shumlin will need to convince the Vermont Supreme Court that he has the legal right to appoint a replacement for retiring Justice John Dooley. The court has temporarily blocked Shumlin from picking a new justice in response to a legal challenge from House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton). Dooley announced in September that he would retire when his term ends on March 31, 2017. Shumlin raised some Republican hackles by promptly declaring that he would pick Dooley’s successor. Now, the outgoing governor will spend his final days in office defending his decision in court — a hearing is scheduled for January 3. “By looking to make a consequential executive decision that should rightly be made in April 2017, at a time well past his gubernatorial tenure, Gov. Shumlin is setting a troubling precedent of overreach,” Turner said in a statement announcing his legal challenge. Article here... Term Limits and the Popular Vote for PresidentOn the other side of the coin are ideas that would make the United States more democratic and safe, but have little chance of actually passing. Two such ideas are term limits for the House and Senate and a popular vote for president.Would Term Limits Make for a Better System of Government?"D.C. is broken," Cruz said in a statement Tuesday evening. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis introduced a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would impose term limits on members of Congress, following through on their December announcement about the proposal. "The American people resoundingly agreed on Election Day, and President-elect Donald Trump has committed to putting government back to work for the American people. It is well past time to put an end to the cronyism and deceit that has transformed Washington into a graveyard of good intentions." The proposal would limit senators to two terms (12 years total) and representatives to three terms (six years total). President-elect Trump campaigned on reining in Congress by implementing term limits, though it is unclear if the incoming administration has been involved in the proposal, which comes during Congress' first week in session this year. Read more...While establishing term limits means people would be voting themselves out of a job (though there would undoubtedly have to be exceptions in order for such a proposal to move forward), changing from an electoral college to a pure popular vote for President is not as far off as you might think. Eliminating the Electoral College does not even require a constitutional amendment. An effort known as The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among several U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote. Once states totaling 270 electoral votes join the compact--which only requires passing state laws-- then the next presidential election will be determined the the popular vote, not the Electoral College. More Here... In SummaryThere will always be those who seek to impose their will on others, and government is no different. The real cause of concern is security. It makes us unsafe and even hypocritical to Democracy when we let any person subvert laws established to keep us from facing the type of tyranny our ancestors knew all to well. The not so distant history has shown us that when power is out of balance, the people (not the politicians) end up fighting the wars, and it is often our best and brightest that die in these conflicts. IMAGE CREDITS - Image 1, Image 2 Accurate Court Reporting provide concierge level court reporting services in New York, Florida, and Nationwide. Please visit us today... same day conference rooms are available.via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/an-affair-with-security/ The following blog post Trump to Repeal Medical Coverage of 20 Million Americans – So What’s the Plan? Get more on: Accurate Court Reporting Services Blog On January 20th, 2017 president elect Donald Trump and his Republican party will begin the process of getting rid of the affordable healthcare act, as has been attempted to so many times during President Obama’s eight-year reign. But by unwinding the statute, the GOP would kill or recast programs that provide coverage to 20 million Americans who will be wary of anyone threatening their health insurance. That and continuing Republican rifts over how to reshape the law, pay for the replacement and avoid destabilizing health insurance markets mean party leaders have a bumpy path ahead. Read more here... How Would the Process of Repealing “Obama Care” Commence?The actual process that has been predicted to take place in the Daily Herald would formulate in 3 decisive steps.
There is a problem however that will need to be carefully navigated. That being the idea of so many Americans losing health coverage without an immediate solution being in place, and these aren't small numbers. It is estimated that 9 million Americans received healthcare benefits for their first time, with around 20 million overall getting benefits from the act.
"For Republicans, the challenge is following through on the promise not just to repeal the law -- because in some ways that's easy -- but to replace it," said Lanhee Chen, Mitt Romney's former chief policy adviser.Whether you are an American that has benefited from "Obamacare" or not, there are some key issues that Republicans will need to figure out, and unlike broad strokes rhetoric, it will take precise and actionable planning or we as a country will suffer. How Does Sickness Affects EconomicsWhile people on a personal level are much more then mere dollar signs, in the broader sense, they aren't. That's because our countries economic health is directly related to our physical and mental health as well. The World Health Organization has a white paper entitled, "WHO GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF DISEASE AND INJURY." In it, they refer to a term you may not be familiar with coined "health shocks".What is a Health Shock?Measuring morbidity and mortality are key considerations for estimating the burden of disease in populations. However, only focusing on morbidity and mortality effects provides an incomplete picture of the adverse impact of ill health on human welfare. In particular, the economic consequences of poor health can be substantial. Health 'shocks' − such as unexpected increases in health expenditure, reduced functional capacity and lost income or productivity − are often a primary risk factor for impoverishment (WHO, 1999; Xu et al., 2003). Poor levels of health may also adversely impact educational attainment and consequent levels of future income. At a societal level, poor population health is associated with lower savings rates, lower rates of return on capital, and lower levels of domestic and foreign investment; all of these factors can and do contribute to reductions in economic growth (Ruger et al., 2006). Download and read the WHO pdf here... In SummaryRepublicans have their work cut out for them. In the 6 years of Affordable Care talks, they failed to come up with a viable solution that might have aided in their previous attempts of repealing. It does seem that in a country with so much wealth, there exists a solution. What do you feel needs to happen in order for millions of Americans to retain healthcare in some form? Please comment below. Want more Legal Intrigue? Read about the lawsuit for 2 undecillion dollars... Yes, that's really a number! And as always, please remember Accurate Court Reporting, a nationwide court reporting services company.via Accurate Court Reporting, Inc.'s Blog - Feed http://www.acrdepos.com/wordpress/repealing-healthcare-planning-future/ |