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HUD News in Review - January 12, 2022
Housing Authority of Alto
282 Wright Patman Drive
Alto, Cherokee County, Texas 75925
Housing Authority of Alto is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), and Public Housing programs.
Housing Authority of Alto serves Cherokee County.
Waiting List Statuses
Housing Authority of Alto Housing Choice Voucher Closed
Other Housing Authority of Alto Waiting Lists
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice. Application methods may change, as well. Visit the housing authority's website for the latest on its current operations, if one is available. If there is no information online, you can contact the housing authority directly. Office operations may be different from usual, and it may take days or weeks to get a response.
Housing Authority of Alto Phone: (936) 858-4921.
Closed: Housing Authority of Alto Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
How To Apply to the Waiting List
The Alto Housing Authority last opened its Section 8 Waiting list on September 8, 2014 and accepted applications through October 31, 2014. According to a post on the Texas Housing Association website on 8/5/2014, the housing authority only accepted applications in person at their offices.
Last Updated on 06/05/2015.
About Housing Authority of Alto
Representatives of Housing Authority of Alto may be available by phone at (936) 858-4921. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
HCV Portability Status
As of January 17th, 2022, it is not known if Housing Authority of Alto is processing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of 11/09/2018, Housing Authority of Alto is absorbing for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher port-in requests. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
About the Housing Authority of Alto Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Housing Authority of Alto manages 172 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
Monthly Cost Per Voucher
Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Housing Authority of Alto
Waiting List and Tenancy
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 8% having issued approximately 5 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years0 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 24 months on the waiting list1.
Income Characteristics
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.9 persons and has a household income of $13,312 per year. 93% of households were very low income (VLI) and 58% were extremely low income (ELI). 38% of households had wages as a major source of income, -1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 60% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
-1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 83% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 10% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 8% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, -1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
74% of households included children, -1% of which had two adults in the household. 75% of households with children have a female head of household. 98% of all households were headed by a female.
85% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 83% of all heads of households being Black and -1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Housing Authority of Alto Housing Choice Voucher program, 20% include at least one person with a disability. 32% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 67% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
10% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 28% with 2 bedrooms and 63% with 3 or more bedrooms. 15% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Housing Authority of Alto voucher holders in 2016 was $299 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $634. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $120.
1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.
Public Housing Apartments Operated by Housing Authority of Alto
200 Robert Mitchell Dr
Alto, Texas


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5G can enable smart cities—but at what cost?
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6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
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Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Canada is racing to roll out 5G technologies nation-wide. We must debate how these technologies will affect security, privacy and the relationship between government and technology companies. Delaying the rollout of 5G risks putting Canada at a technological and innovation deficit, but overzealous implementation can lead to unforeseen consequences. 5G will propel smart-city technologies that improve urban and rural life—but the roadmap is still unclear.
This fall, Simon Fraser University explores the opportunities and risks of smart cities and the impact on Canadians.
Suhayya Abu-Hakima, Co-Founder, President and CEO Amika Mobile Corporation.
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Rodney Vaughan, Sierra Wireless Professor in Communications at Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University.
Moderator: Fred Popowich, scientific director, SFU's Big Data Initiative
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Next (FIRST SCHEDULE Restrictive Practices Commission)
Number 11 of 1972
RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES ACT, 1972
Restrictive Practices Commission.
Unfair practices.
Fair practice rules.
Enquiries by Commission.
Notice of enquiries and Examiner's reports.
Report of enquiry.
Orders relating to restrictive practices, etc.
Enquiries into refusal to use particular materials or methods for certain purposes.
Special review of order under section 8.
Examination by Commission of Examiner's reports under section 16 (4).
Studies and analyses by Commission.
Examiner of Restrictive Practices.
Powers of Examiner.
Inspection of premises and records, etc.
Reports by Examiner.
Examiner's rights at enquiries.
Laying of copies of reports before Houses of the Oireachtas.
Jurisdiction of courts to grant injunction.
Contravention of order.
Offence relating to evidence at enquiry.
Offences in relation to bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies.
Penalties.
Summary proceedings.
Saver for exercise of statutory duty.
Repeals and consequential provisions.
Expenses.
Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1953
1953, No. 14
Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1959
Central Bank Act, 1971
Road Transport Act, 1932
1932, No. 2
Pilotage Act, 1913
1913, c. 31
Local Government Act, 1941
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851
Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956
AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACTS, 1953 AND 1959. [20th June, 1972]
1. —(1) In this Act—
"the Act of 1953" means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1953 ;
"the Act of 1959" means the Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1959 ;
"the Commission" means the Restrictive Practices Commission established by section 2;
"fair practice rules" means rules under section 4;
"the Examiner" has the meaning assigned to it by section 13;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
"service" includes any professional service but does not include—
(a) any service provided under a contract of employment,
(b) any service being banking business within the meaning of the Central Bank Act, 1971 ,
(c) the supplying of electricity,
(d) any transport service provided or operated by Córas Iompair Éireann,
(e) any air service or service ancillary thereto,
(f) any transport service provided by the holder of a licence under the Road Transport Act, 1932 , or the Road Transport Act, 1933 ,
(g) any shipping service or any service provided by a harbour authority within the meaning of the Harbours Act, 1946 , or by a pilotage authority constituted under the Pilotage Act, 1913,
(h) any service provided by a local authority within the meaning of section 2 of the Local Government Act, 1941.
(2) In this Act a reference to a section or schedule is to a section of, or schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended.
(3) In this Act a reference to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division is to the subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division of the provision (including a schedule) in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to another provision is intended.
2. —(1) Notwithstanding the repeals effected by section 26, the Fair Trade Commission shall continue in being but shall, from the passing of this Act, be known as the Restrictive Practices Commission and is in this Act referred to as the Commission.
(2) The First Schedule shall apply to the Commission.
(3) (a) Any enquiry under the Act of 1953 or the Act of 1959 by the Fair Trade Commission completed before the passing of this Act shall be deemed to be an enquiry by the Restrictive Practices Commission under section 5.
(b) Any enquiry under the Act of 1953 or the Act of 1959 by the Fair Trade Commission which is not completed at the passing of this Act shall be deemed to be an enquiry by the Restrictive Practices Commission under section 5.
3. —In the exercise of their functions under this Act the Commission and the Examiner shall have regard to the unfair practices listed in the Third Schedule.
4. —(1) The Commission may, on the recommendation of the Examiner or at the request of an association representing persons engaged either in the supply and distribution of goods or in the provision of services, prepare and publish rules representing, in the opinion of the Commission, fair practice conditions with regard to the supply and distribution of such goods or the provision of such services.
(2) Before making fair practice rules the Commission shall cause to be published in such manner as they think fit notice of their intention to do so and shall give to any person desiring to make representations in relation to the making of the proposed rules an opportunity to do so, and the notice shall specify the time and manner in which any representations may be made.
5 .—(1) (a) The Commission shall, on the recommendation of the Examiner or at the request of the Minister transmitted by the Examiner, and may, on application by any person whose request for an enquiry has been refused by the Examiner, cause an enquiry to be held—
(i) into the conditions which obtain in regard to the supply and distribution of any kind of goods or to one or more aspects of the supply and distribution of one or more kinds of goods,
(ii) into the conditions which obtain in regard to the provision of any service or to one or more aspects of the provision of one or more kinds of service, or
(iii) into one or more aspects of the operation of an order under section 8.
(b) The Commission may at the request of any person, made after publication of a notice under section 10 (4) of their intention to hold a special review, hold the special review by means of an enquiry, but where they decide not to hold the special review by means of an enquiry, shall inform the person who made the request of the reasons for their decision.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), an enquiry may be held by one or more of the members of the Commission delegated by the Commission for the purpose.
(3) An enquiry shall not, without the consent of the Minister, be held by a temporary member acting alone.
(4) Not more than one temporary member may act for the purpose of a particular enquiry.
(5) An enquiry shall be held in public save in so far as, in the opinion of the member or members holding it, private sittings may be necessary solely to establish matters of fact the public disclosure of which might materially injure the legitimate interests of any person.
(6) The Commission shall submit to the Minister a report of every enquiry.
(7) Where the Commission, having received a request from any person (being a person whose request for an enquiry has been refused by the Examiner) to hold an enquiry, decide not to hold the enquiry, they shall inform the person of the reasons for their decision.
6. —(1) The Commission shall give such notice as they think fit of a decision to hold an enquiry.
(2) A notice under this section shall include a statement that a report on matters relevant to the proposed enquiry has been made to the Commission by the Examiner under section 16 and that a copy of the report may be obtained from the Commission on application by an interested person.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Commission shall furnish a copy of a report referred to in subsection (2) to an interested person who applies therefor.
(4) A copy of a report furnished under subsection (3) shall not contain any confidential information on a matter of fact which in the opinion of the Commission might materially injure the legitimate interests of any person if the information is not essential to the full understanding of the report.
(5) A report referred to in subsection (2) shall be admissible in evidence at an enquiry under section 5.
7. —A report made by the Commission under section 5 (other than a report of an enquiry under section 5 (1) (b)) shall—
(a) describe the conditions which obtain in regard to the supply or distribution of the goods concerned or in regard to the provision of the services concerned, in so far as those conditions come within the scope of the enquiry to which the report relates,
(b) state whether (and, if so, how) any of those conditions involves restrictive practices including arrangements, agreements or understandings which prevent or restrict competition or restrain trade or the provision of any service or involve resale price maintenance,
(c) state whether, in the opinion of the Commission, any interference with competition or trade or with the provision of services such as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above is unfair or operates against the common good,
(d) state whether, in the opinion of the Commission, any of those conditions involves practices (including arrangements, agreements or understandings) or methods of competition (whether or not relating to price) which are unfair or operate against the common good,
(e) give the reasons for the conclusions stated in the report, and
(f) state whether the Commission are of the opinion that the Minister should make an order under section 8 and indicate the form of order which they recommend.
8. —(1) The Minister, having considered a report of the Commission under section 5 (other than a report of an enquiry under section 5 (1) (b)), may, if he thinks that the exigencies of the common good so warrant, after consultation with any other Minister concerned, by order do, in relation to any goods or services to which the report relates, all or any of the following—
(a) prohibit restrictive practices including arrangements, agreements or understandings which prevent or restrict competition or restrain trade or the provision of any service or which involve resale price maintenance;
(b) prohibit unfair practices or unfair methods of competition (whether or not relating to price);
(c) make such provision as the Minister thinks necessary to ensure the equitable treatment of all persons in regard to the supply or distribution of goods or the provision of services;
(d) make such other provision in regard to restrictive practices or unfair practices or unfair methods of competition (whether or not relating to price) affecting the supply and distribution of goods or the provision of services as he thinks fit.
(2) The Minister may by order revoke or amend an order under this section.
(3) An order under this section shall not have effect unless it is confirmed by Act of the Oireachtas but, upon being so confirmed, it shall have the force of law in accordance with its terms.
(4) If the Commission, in a report to the Minister, recommend the making of an order and the Minister decides not to make any order, he shall, as soon as possible after he has received the report, lay before each House of the Oireachtas a statement giving the reasons for his decision.
9. —(1) The Commission shall, whenever so requested by the Minister, cause an enquiry to be held into the refusal or alleged refusal by employers or employees (or any combination of employers or of employees or of employers and employees) to use particular materials or particular methods for manufacturing or construction purposes.
(2) Subsections (2) to (6) of section 5, and paragraph 8 of the First Schedule, shall have effect in relation to an enquiry under this section.
10. —(1) The Commission shall, on the recommendation of the Examiner or at the request of the Minister transmitted by the Examiner, hold a special review of the operation of an order under section 8.
(2) The Commission, on the request of a person whose request for a special review has been refused by the Examiner, may hold a special review of the operation of an order under section 8.
(3) A special review may relate to the operation of an order as a whole or to particular aspects of the operation of an order.
(4) The Commission shall cause to be published in such manner as they think fit notice of their intention to hold a special review and shall give to any person desiring to make submissions in relation to the subject matter of the review an opportunity to do so and the notice shall specify the time and manner in which submissions shall be made.
(5) The Commission shall submit to the Minister a report of every special review and the report shall state whether any request was made to the Commission under section 5 (1) (b) and, if so, give the reasons for a decision not to accede to the request.
(6) Where the Commission are of opinion that the Minister should amend the order which is the subject of a special review, they shall in their report of the review recommend accordingly and indicate the form of amending order they recommend.
(7) Where the Commission are of opinion that the Minister should revoke the order which is the subject of a special review, they shall in their report of the review recommend accordingly.
Examination by Commission of Examiner's reports under section 16(4).
11 .—The Commission shall examine every report furnished to them by the Examiner under section 16 (4) and shall give observations on the report to the Minister and may make recommendations to the Minister as to what action should be taken on the report.
12 .—In addition to the functions conferred on the Commission by sections 4, 5, 7 and 9 to 11, the Commission shall study and analyse (and report to the Minister when requested by him the results of any such study or analysis) the effect on the common good of methods of competition, types of restrictive practice, monopolies, the structure of any markets, amalgamation of, or acquisition of control of, bodies corporate, the operation of multi-national enterprises and relevant legislation, and a study or analysis under this section may either include or consist of a study or analysis of any development outside the State relating to any of the above matters.
13 .—(1) The Minister shall from time to time appoint a person who shall be known as the Examiner of Restrictive Practices and is referred to in this Act as the Examiner.
(2) The Second Schedule shall apply to the Examiner.
14. —(1) The Examiner may and, at the request of the Minister, shall—
(a) investigate any aspect of the supply or distribution of goods or of the provision of a service,
(b) investigate any aspect of the operation of an order under this Act,
(c) investigate in the State any aspect of the supply or distribution of goods or the provision of a service by a person outside the State.
(2) The Examiner may investigate any aspect of the operation of fair practice rules.
15. —(1) For the purpose of obtaining any information necessary for the exercise by the Examiner of any of his functions under this Act, an authorised officer may, on production of his authorisation if so required—
(a) at all reasonable times enter and inspect premises at which any activity in connection with the business of supplying or distributing goods or providing a service, or in connection with the organisation or assistance of persons engaged in any such business, is carried on,
(b) require the person who carries on such activity and any person employed in connection therewith to produce to the authorised officer any books, documents or records relating to such activity which are in that person's power or control, and to give to the authorised officer such information as he may reasonably require in regard to any entries in such books, documents and records,
(c) inspect and copy or take extracts from any such books, documents and records,
(d) require a person mentioned in paragraph (b) to give to the authorised officer any information he may require in regard to the persons carrying on such activity (including in particular, in the case of an unincorporated body of persons, information in regard to the membership thereof and its committee of management or other controlling authority) or employed in connection therewith,
(e) require a person mentioned in paragraph (b) to give to the authorised officer any information which the officer may reasonably require in regard to such activity.
(2) Before exercising any powers conferred on him by virtue of this section, an authorised officer shall inform the owner of premises referred to in subsection (1) (a) or a person mentioned in subsection (1) (b) (as the case may be)—
(a) of the powers of an authorised officer under this section, and
(b) of the owner's or other person's right under subsection (3) to apply for a declaration under this section.
(3) (a) The owner of premises which an authorised officer proposes to enter and inspect, or a person on whom an authorised officer has made a requirement under this section, may apply to the High Court for a declaration under this section.
(b) Where the owner of premises which an authorised officer proposes to enter and inspect, or a person on whom an authorised officer has made a requirement under this section, refuses access to the officer or refuses to comply with the requirement (as the case may be), the owner or other person shall within seven days thereafter apply to the High Court for a declaration under this section.
(c) The High Court, having heard such evidence as may be adduced and any representations that may be made by the Examiner and a person referred to in paragraph (a), may at its discretion declare that the exigencies of the common good do not warrant the exercise by the Examiner of the powers conferred on him by this section, and upon the making of such a declaration the Examiner shall either cease to effect the relevant entry or inspection or (as the case may be) withdraw the relevant requirement under this section.
(4) Subject to subsection (3) a person who obstructs or impedes an authorised officer in the exercise of a power conferred by this section or does not comply with a requirement under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) The authorisation of an authorised officer shall indicate the matters in respect of which he may act under this section.
(6) In this section "authorised officer" means a person authorised in writing by the Examiner for the purposes of this section.
16. —(1) Where, as a result of an investigation under section 14 (1) (a), 14 (1) (b) or 14 (2), the Examiner is of the opinion that the Commission should hold an enquiry under this Act or a special review under section 10 or should make fair practice rules, he shall furnish the Commission with a report of the investigation containing a recommendation to that effect.
(2) Where the Examiner carries out an investigation under section 14 (1) (a) or 14 (1) (b) at the request of the Minister, his report, in lieu of being furnished to the Commission, shall be furnished by him to the Minister and shall contain such facts as the Examiner considers relevant but shall not contain any expression of opinion by the Examiner.
(3) If in a report of an investigation under section 14 (1) (b) the Examiner expresses the opinion that there has been a breach or contravention of an order under this Act, the report, in lieu of being furnished to the Commission, shall be furnished by him to the Minister.
(4) The Examiner may furnish the Commission with a report of an investigation under section 14 (1) (c) and shall do so if the investigation has been carried out at the request of the Minister.
(5) Where the Minister makes a request under section 5 to hold an enquiry or under section 10 to hold a special review, the Examiner shall furnish the Commission with a copy of the relevant report by him.
17. —The Examiner may give evidence at an enquiry under section 5 and may call and examine witnesses at such an enquiry.
18. —(1) The Minister shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas a copy of the report made by the Commission of every enquiry under section 5 or section 9 and of every special review under section 10.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Minister after consultation with the Commission to omit from the said copy any information contained in the report the publication of which would, in his opinion, materially injure the legitimate interests of any person, if such information is not essential to the full understanding of the report and a statement indicating the general character of any information so omitted shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas with the copy of the report so laid.
19. —It shall be lawful for a court of competent jurisdiction to grant an injunction on the motion of the Minister or of any other person to enforce compliance with the terms of an order under section 8 for the time being in force notwithstanding that any other proceedings, civil or criminal, may lie for that purpose.
20. —(1) A person who contravenes (whether by act or omission) any provision of an order under section 8 for the time being in force shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Every person who aids, abets or assists another person, or conspires with another person, to do any thing (whether by way of act or of omission) the doing of which is declared by subsection (1) to be an offence shall himself be guilty of an offence.
21. —A person shall be guilty of an offence if, with intent to induce another person (in this section referred to as the complainant) not to give evidence at an enquiry under this Act, he does, threatens to do, causes another person to do or threatens that another person will do any of the following—
(a) cease to trade with, or provide services for, the complainant,
(b) restrict his trading with, or provision of services for, the complainant,
(c) discriminate against the complainant in his terms of trading with, or provision of services for, the complainant.
22. —(1) Where an offence under this Act which is committed by a body corporate or by a person purporting to act on behalf of a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any person being a director, manager, secretary, member of the committee of management or other controlling authority of any such body, or being any other similar officer of any such body, that person shall also be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) (a) A body corporate may be sent forward for trial on indictment for an offence under this Act with or without recognisances.
(b) On arraignment before the Central Criminal Court or the Circuit Court, the body corporate may enter in writing by its representative a plea of guilty or not guilty and if it does not appear by a representative appointed by it for the purpose, or, though it does so appear, fails to enter any plea, the Court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the body corporate had duly entered that plea.
(c) A statement in writing purporting to be signed by the secretary of the body corporate to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the body for the purpose of this subsection shall be admissible without further proof as evidence that that person has been so appointed.
(3) Any summons or other document required to be served for the purpose or in the course of proceedings under this section on a body corporate may be served by leaving it at or sending it by post to the registered office of that body or, if there be no such office in the State, by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the body at any place in the State at which it conducts its business.
23. —(1) Every person who commits an offence under this Act for which no special penalty is provided shall—
(a) on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding £200 (together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £10 for every day on which the offence is continued) or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, be liable to a fine not exceeding £5,000 (together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £500 for every day on which the offence is continued) or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(2) (a) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act by reason of his failure, neglect or refusal to comply with a provision in an order requiring him to perform a specified act within a specified period or before a specified date, and the said act remains, after the date of such conviction, unperformed by him, such person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day, after the date of such first-mentioned conviction, on which the act remains unperformed by him or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(b) An offence under this subsection shall be a continuing offence and accordingly fresh proceedings in respect thereof may be taken from time to time.
24. —(1) Summary proceedings in relation to an offence under this Act may be prosecuted by the Minister.
(2) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted within twelve months from the latest day on which the offence was committed.
25. —This Act shall not apply to anything done in the exercise of statutory duty.
26. —(1) The Act of 1953 and the Act of 1959 are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), every order under section 9 of the Act of 1953 in force at the passing of this Act shall continue in force and shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be an order under section 8 thereof.
27. —The expenses incurred by the Minister or the Commission or the Examiner in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
28. —This Act may be cited as the Restrictive Practices Act, 1972.


Mississippi State's old physical plant building is one of the most historic buildings in Starkville.
STARKVILLE — The state College Board has approved a series of agreements finalizing plans for the Cotton Mill project at Mississippi State University.
The Starkville structure was built in 1902 as the Stone Cotton Mill and was indirectly associated with MSU for a time. MSU bought it in 1965, three years after the mill closed, and it now belongs to MSU's physical plant department. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The project will transform MSU's Cooley Building into a conference building with office space, a 450-space parking facility, a Marriot Courtyard Hotel and mixed-use business parcels.
MSU will sell a portion of its property for a hotel, lease the Cooley Building and utilize some of its office space. MSU's facilities management department, which is based out of the Cooley Building, will move temporarily until a replacement facility is built.
Developer Mark Castleberry told The Commercial Dispatch that he is awaiting approval from the National Parks Service for Cooley Building renovations.
Although the federal government's shutdown delayed the last approval, and a bottlenecking of requests could further exacerbate the problem, Castleberry said he is hopeful NPS will soon green-light the development.
"We have refused to settle for anything that did not meet our highest expectations – logistically, aesthetically or financially," MSU President Mark Keenum said in a news release.
Numerous Cotton Mill-related agreements were approved in 2013, including a land-use agreement between Starkville and the university for the parking structure. To fund the facility, the city is utilizing an $8 million Community Development Block Grant from the Mississippi Development Authority.


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Q: upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04lts to Lubuntu 13.10 I want to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04lts to Lubuntu 14.04lts----but understand that the preferred method is to advance one step at a time so lubuntu 13.10 would be the best option--- however my concern is unity desktop  since I understand it is not fully supported in Lubuntu----
Please advise    Vince.F

A: muru's comments are spot on.  Since you already have Ubuntu 12.04 which is a LTS version, upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 which is a LTS version.  That is the easiest way.  Once that is accomplished you can change your distro to Lubuntu by adding LXDE which will make it Lubuntu.  You will still have all of the Ubuntu applications and the Lubuntu applications.  For instance LibreOffice Writer and Abiword.  You can uninstall all of the Ubuntu applications or just leave them installed.  There is no direct method to go directly from Ubuntu 12.04 to Lubuntu 14.04.  The only Lubuntu releases that have not reached their End Of Life are; 14.04 (LTS), 14.10, and the newly released 15.04.  You have one other option and that is to back up your data to an external source, which should be done anyway, and to do a fresh install.

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Home Business Texting in the Workplace and Other Cautionary Employment Tales
Texting in the Workplace and Other Cautionary Employment Tales
Finding novel ways to increase efficiency or prevent workplace harassment can create serious problems for employers if not properly executed or thought out.
In this week's episode of The Workplace, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law attorney Jennifer Shaw discuss the implications of events highlighted in three recent news stories: The first recounts a company's job announcement seeking "preferably Caucasian" candidates; the second involves an employer's attempt to establish a no-touching workplace; and the third describes problems that can be created in the workplace due to texting mishaps.
Review Your Work
A Virginia information technology staffing agency made headlines recently for posting a job ad seeking "preferably Caucasian" candidates. In the podcast, Shaw mentions that in an effort to increase efficiency, many companies choose to use resume scanning software, and it is possible that this staffing agency simply made an error by checking a wrong box and not reviewing the final job announcement before it was published.
Why would race even be an option? Ninety-nine percent of the time, Shaw says, race is not relevant. However, there are isolated cases that allow for bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQ), where race or ethnicity can be considered, such as when a worker is interacting with a refugee population and needs to have cultural or language rapport.
Although the Virginia staffing agency said it was upset by the job posting, both Frank and Shaw agree the response was not helpful.
"Employers need to fall on their sword when they make a mistake," Shaw says.
No-Touch Workplace
Another recent article tackled how some employers are attempting to prevent workplace sexual harassment by banning all physical contact, including handshakes.
Frank and Shaw comment that cultural norms vary a great deal in American workplaces—especially in California. Nevertheless, there still is a sense of proper etiquette and "good manners," they say. Although no one is expected to be a mind reader, common sense should prevail, Frank says.
"We have to be realistic as far as how far we're going to go to try and prevent any unintended consequence from a potential handshake or inadvertent touch in the workplace," Frank says.
Texting vs. Email
The last news item discussed in the podcast is a clash between technology and common sense: companies incorporating text messages into workplace communications. Quickly becoming the norm, texting in the workplace brings a host of problems and raises many legal questions. On the one hand, text messages often produce quicker responses, but this increases the number of mistakes that can be made. Texting may be convenient, but group texts and responses can inundate users. Furthermore, while auto correct is supposed to make spelling easier, it can create, and has created, many embarrassing situations, which are amplified in the workplace.
There also is a range of wage-and-hour requirements that employers need to be aware of—including reimbursing employees for the work-related text messages, which can be costly, Frank says. On top of all this, Shaw points out, texts between coworkers are still work-related communications and therefore phones can be subpoenaed.
"Texting is good for 'Can you bring, you know, some milk home for dinner, honey,' but it's probably not good for much else in the business world," Shaw says.
Subscribe to The Workplace
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To listen or subscribe, visit www.calchamber.com/theworkplace.
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Nikki Stefanoff: It's so hard to describe your work in one easy sentence, which is why it's so fantastic, but how do you explain what you do to the person on the street?
So, to answer that question, I would say that I do the same. I tend to work out who my audience is and then [when they ask what I do] say that I am an 'artist' or a 'filmmaker' and if I feel that people can tolerate a bit more complexity then I go into the fact that I'm a body architect, and work with institutes like MIT and NASA to look at how science is slowly reconstructing our body.
But you started as a classically trained ballerina! How have you gone from this to working with institutes like NASA and MIT?
It happened over around a period of nine years.I think that each step came from being really curious about something but not really knowing how I was going to get to the next point. So, I think that all the steps I took have been crucial and all those crucial moments have been related to meeting the right people at the right time. I was always searching and looking for answers and I always agreed to do things that I was totally unskilled at! I had a lack of experience but I was willing to do them anyway.
You talk of the feminine point of view when it comes to the creation of emerging technology – how would you define a feminine point of view?
The feminine for me comes through in the process of being messy or visceral about a future that's kind of fleshy and familiar. So maybe it's not feminine in the stereotypical way we think of something being feminine, but more about the approach emerging technology takes – for example, I will often talk about technology being visceral and elastic, hands-on and experimental.
What was the first project where you combined your love of art with technology?
I don't think there was one definitive moment but the Swallowable Parfum project was a big step for me as an independent artist. The creation of the Swallowable Parfum was for various reasons – I was interested in what happens when technology shrinks in size, to become the size of a blood cell, and if we eat it does the body become technology? I also wanted to innovate on a traditional product, the perfume bottle, by impregnating a pill with colour [so that once ingested] we would sweat out cosmetics and biologically enhance our body odour to see if it would change the way we seek out sexual partners.
You're a real storyteller, which is such an ancient form, yet the way you're using the medium couldn't be more futuristic. How do you approach the combination of the two?
I think that if I look at my earlier work it's been about using familiar [everyday] objects but talking about them in a way that's more complex, so, like with [short film] Make Your Maker I was talking about cloning the body in order to enhance our experience of the world [and then] turning the body into a food item and eating yourself. I don't know if that answers the question but I think that a lot of things happen subconsciously and you're making decisions but you don't really know why. It just comes out of you.
Your work focuses on the interface between technology and the human body but how do you see this work as helping to prepare us for the future?
I think if you can imagine a landscape, a colour or a world then you can imagine inhabiting that world. So, by telling stories about what it might be like to inhabit space or life in the vacuum of weightlessness through words or visuals then everyone can step closer into that existence.
Can you talk about the work you did with NASA?
I had met an economist from NASA who, at the time, told me that NASA was concerned about the complications in growing a fetus in zero gravity. For me, it crystalised an interest in space travel and I dedicated the next four years of my art practice to understanding the implication weightlessness has on the body. That one very random encounter opened up a dialogue with NASA's emerging space portal and I visited them in San Francisco to talk about the fact that we don't know how we will continue the human species off Earth because no-one has had a baby in space.
What does our future look like, Lucy?
I think that we are at a point now where a lot of redefinition is required and so original constructs about what we think of as gender or identity or what relationships and a sense of home mean to us is all up for grabs. I've talked before about the concept of the fourth industrial revolution, which promises a future of combinations where we will see no difference between what is physical, biological or digital and so it will all be a mishmash of, essentially, body augmentation.
Basically the fourth industrial revolution! A combination of weird hybrids. I think for me I am continually steered by my curiosity. So, right now I can't tell you as it's all a work in progress and I'm just gravitating towards it.
Nikki Stefanoff is editor of Matters Journal. After spending 13 years editing and writing for newspapers and magazines in London, Nikki now uses her journalism background and love of a good chat to find powerful and meaningful stories to tell.


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The Trump Tax Cuts Keep Getting Worse for the Deficit — and Better for the Rich
By Eric Levitz@EricLevitz
A rising tide lifts all yachts. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images
In making their case for the president's sweeping tax-cut package last year, Republicans made two major (and majorly ludicrous) promises: The law would neither increase the federal deficit, nor deliver the bulk of its benefits to the very wealthy.
"Not only will this tax plan pay for itself, but it will pay down debt," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin assured the public last September. That claim was echoed by the Republican Party's preeminent "moderate," Susan Collins, who informed Meet the Press that the tax cuts would "stimulate the economy, create more jobs," and thus, "generate more revenue." Meanwhile, President Trump insisted that "tax reform will protect low-income and middle-income households, not the wealthy and well-connected," and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn vowed, "The wealthy are not getting a tax cut under our plan."
Nearly a year later, Donald Trump's experiment with supply-side economics confirmed the results of prior trials: Turns out, giving large tax cuts to the wealthy makes the rich richer, the government poorer, and ordinary Americans more or less unaffected (unless/until the lost revenue is recouped in cuts to social spending or public investment).
The congressional budget projects that the federal deficit will climb by 39 percent this year, as revenues from corporate taxation fall by 27 percent. In total, Uncle Sam will shell out $912 billion more this year than he collects in taxes.
And the GOP's second promise isn't holding up any better. Anyone familiar with arithmetic understood that the White House was lying through its teeth about the distributional implications of its tax plan. But the law's effects have actually been more regressive than many on the left had anticipated. Although the idea that corporations would share their tax breaks with workers was always dubious, it was plausible that the law would produce a fiscal stimulus that tightened labor markets, and thus, lifted wages. And unemployment has, in fact, fallen to decades lows — but the inflation unleashed by Trump's deficit spending has actually resulted in a decline in real wages (at least, by certain government measures).
Illustration: The New York Times
These trends are likely to get worse before they get better — because the longer the tax law is on the books, the better the wealthy will get at exploiting its many, many loopholes. The biggest of these is the law's special 20 percent tax deduction for income earned through "pass-through" businesses — i.e., businesses that are not set up as C corporations, but as partnerships or LLCs.
As Kansas's experience amply demonstrated, this sort of provision encourages high-earning professionals to reclassify themselves as small businesses to avoid the top marginal tax rate. Republicans tried to preempt that maneuver by barring the owners of law firms and doctors' offices from claiming the deduction if their household income is higher than $315,000 for married couples, or $157,000 for individuals.
But the thing about wealthy professionals is, they can afford to hire other wealthy professionals to help them artificially lower their annual income. On Wednesday, Bloomberg revealed that a growing number of small, professional services companies are reviving traditional pension plans to get their income below $315,000. The logic of this move is fairly simple: Whereas workers are only allowed to contribute $18,500 a year to 401(k) retirement plans, workers in their late 50s can contribute over $200,000 a year to "cash balance" pension plans. Large firms abandoned such plans long ago, since federal rules would require them to share such retirement benefits with all of their many workers. But medical offices and boutique law firms with just a handful of lower-level staffers can afford to do right by them and still make a killing off of tax savings. Bloomberg offers this example of how a typical owner of a small, professional business could profit off the scheme:
A 61-year-old married doctor with a practice earning $650,000 a year could set up a defined-benefit pension to get his taxable income under $315,000. He could put $268,000 in a cash balance pension, in addition to putting money in his 401(k) and contributing to employee retirement accounts, and get down to an effective tax rate of 20 percent, according to [retirement plan administrator] Kravitz's calculations.
After several years of saving in a cash balance plan, recipients generally roll their account balance into an IRA and manage the money themselves. Most choose to do so since the IRA is a more cost-effective vehicle and they can invest more aggressively than in a cash balance plan. There's no limit on how much users can roll over. They don't pay taxes until they pull the money out, typically when they're in retirement and in a much lower tax bracket.
The CBO did not take this maneuver into consideration when formulating its deficit projections. And the revival of traditional pensions is only one of the many tricks that tax advisers have developed since the law's passage. Which is to say: In the field of tax avoidance counseling, the Trump tax cuts really have spurred a burst of innovation — all aimed at making the president's promises about his signature legislative achievement even more mendacious than they already are.
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Trump's Tax Cuts Keep Getting More Expensive and Regressive
Author James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein's 'Unbelievable' Crimes
Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing
Republicans Baffled Why Trump Keeps Saying Racist Things
Sanders's Slow Bern-Out
Another Person Has Died From Rationing Insulin
By Matt Stieb
Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, hours after an Iranian diplomat proposed a de-escalation plan.
At least the Republican Party isn't running with Trump's rhetoric
Sen. Josh Hawley tonight: "It's time we ended this cosmopolitan experiment and recovered the promise of our republic. Let's start with this: America is not going to become the rest of the world, and the rest of the world is not going to become America."
—@BennettJonah
By Matt Stieb and Ed Kilgore
There will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
By Adam K. Raymond
By Michelle Celarier
By Jonathan Chait
If Democrats Are Going To Impeach Trump, They Should Impeach Him for His Bigotry
Al Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump's racism isn't acceptable. They turned it down.
GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First Amendment
By Eric Levitz
Omar's so-called "BDS resolution" merely affirms Americans' constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
Republicans Don't Want Racist Chants to Define Them — Just Racist Policies
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Republicans have expressed concern that Trump's racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP's policies — which are even more racist.
It's the kumbaya party now
Leaders of House Democratic factions riven by weeks of infighting pledged to unify on Thursday, with each side deleting recent social media posts attacking each other.
In a joint statement issued Thursday, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) and Mark Pocan (Wis.), New Democrat Coalition Chair Rep. Derek Kilmer (Wash.) and Blue Dog Coalition Chair Rep. Stephanie Murphy (Fla.) downplayed recent divisions over strategy and policy priorities.
"House Democrats are a diverse, robust and passionate family. We love our country and are dedicated to making life better for everyday Americans. At times, there may be different perspectives on the way forward. That is a hallmark of the legislative process," the joint statement reads.
House Democrats delete tweets attacking each other, pledge to unify
Good one, Rand
Rand Paul is maaaad at Jon Stewart over 9/11 bill; he calls him a "guttersnipe" on Fox News and says people shouldn't be "overwhelmed" by celebrity.
—@feliciasonmez
How will Iran respond?
BREAKING: US has "destroyed" an Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz, President Trump says; asserts that the drone ignored warnings from USS Boxer to stand down as it neared the ship. pic.twitter.com/oQh9ZuhCju
—@NBCNews
2020 senate elections
Susan Collins's Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches
The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
Mayor Pete's getting some help from Hollywood
Among the more than 50 celebrities who gave Buttigieg money during the second quarter are rocker Joan Jett ($150), recording industry mogul David Geffen ($5,600), fashion icon Anna Wintour ($2,800), designer Tom Ford ($5,600), actress Sharon Stone ($5,600) and comedian Ellen DeGeneres ($5,600). They helped fuel his field-leading $24.8 million fundraising haul.
Hollywood stars open wallets to Buttigieg's 2020 campaign
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Subway Station Turns Into (Extremely Dangerous) Water Park in Time for Heat Wave
By Benjamin Hart
Gushing water flowed onto a New York City subway platform on Wednesday night, almost sweeping a man onto the tracks as a train pulled in.
Donny, you're out of your element
Actor Steve Buscemi donated the maximum amount possible to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's (D) presidential election campaign.
The actor known for his roles in The Death of Stalin and The Big Lebowski gave $2,800 to the mayor in June, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filing.
Steve Buscemi maxes out donation to Bill de Blasio's presidential campaign
Moderate Democrats Say AOC Is Distracting From Their Nonexistent Message
Instead of complaining that "the squad" is a distraction, moderates should spotlight all the unpopular policies that Trump doesn't want to defend.
But there will be no further charges
Search warrants made public Thursday show that the FBI believed then-candidate Donald Trump spoke with his attorney Michael Cohen and aide Hope Hicks during the 2016 campaign about silencing news stories related to his alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Why it matters: The Southern District of New York's investigation into hush money payments, which has now concluded, resulted in Cohen being sentenced to prison for three years for campaign finance violations. Trump — who was previously referred to in court documents as "Individual 1" — has denied allegations of his involvement in the scheme.
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Here's Why Airline Safety Videos Have Gotten So Elaborate
By Josh Barro
They used to have the drab feel of corporate instructional videos. But in recent years, airlines have sensed a branding opportunity.
CNN Debate Lottery Reflects New Structure of 2020 Democratic Race
The field will be divided into three drawings for debate night assignments, in hopes of breaking up front-runners Biden, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.
Trump Says He Stopped the 'Send Her Back' Chant. (He Didn't.)
President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
This is what the Mooch gets for not being completely reprehensible
The Palm Beach County GOP disinvited Anthony Scaramucci from addressing its annual fundraising event after the short-lived White House communications director criticized President Trump's "racially charged" tweets saying four members of Congress who are women of color should leave the United States.
"He suggested the president's comments were racist and that he was becoming a racist. Our board was infuriated," said Michael A. Barnett, the Republican Party chairman in the county, home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago getaway.
"We believe the tweets were not racist, the president is not racist and that Scaramucci's comments were unfair," Barnett, who is African American, said.
"I am sorry that I was canceled," he told POLITICO. "Mike Barnett must like and condone racist comments. Someone with more courage and less political expediency would call it for what it is and ask it to stop."
Conservative Reactions to Trump Crowd's 'Send Her Back' Chant
Baseball's Latest Identity Crisis
MLB players are hitting more home runs than ever, and that's all right with me.
He actually stepped away from the microphone so they could chant more
Via pool, Trump asked why he didn't stop the "send her back" chants, claims he did, even though they continued and he let it breathe: "I think I did - I started speaking very quickly."
So why did he tweet "What a crowd, and what great people" after the rally?
JUST IN: Trump tells reporters he disagrees with the "Send Her Back" chant.
"I was not happy with it - I disagree with it," he said, per pooler @djusatoday.
—@stevenportnoy
Booker makes it clear that his dispute with Biden isn't over
Booker was one of the first 2020 Democratic candidates to rebuke Biden's comments [about segregationist colleagues], saying "he is wrong" to use the senators "as examples of how to bring our country together" and that Biden should apologize.
Biden bristled at the comments, telling reporters, "Apologize for what? Cory should apologize." He added, "He knows better. There's not a racist bone in my body."
Biden later called Booker to smooth things over, but the tension was still evident on Thursday when Booker was asked at a Washington Post Live event whether he felt disrespected by Biden's dismissal.
"Of course I did," Booker said. "How many times have we all in our lives, who are some kind of 'other,' dealt with mansplaining or dealt with condemning remarks?"
Booker said the country needs a leader who is an "agent" of healing, reconciliation and truth-telling. He added that he was "stunned" it took Biden so long to apologize for championing the controversial 1994 crime bill, a measure fellow presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders also supported.
Booker says he felt disrespected in his verbal tussle with Biden
Joe Biden's Segregationist Controversy: What You Need to Know
By Margaret Hartmann and Ed Kilgore
Judge Denies Jeffrey Epstein Bail
Epstein will have to await trial in jail instead of his expansive Upper East Side residence.
Unsurprisingly, Trump has nothing but love for the "send her back" crowd
Just returned to the White House from the Great State of North Carolina. What a crowd, and what great people. The enthusiasm blows away our rivals on the Radical Left. #2020 will be a big year for the Republican Party!
Elizabeth Warren's Latest Plan Targets Her Favorite Enemy: Wall Street
The new installment of her "economic patriotism" agenda takes an even more adversarial tone against private equity and powerful bankers.
Democrats Find a New Bogeyman to Blame Their 2020 Loss On: FaceApp
By Brian Feldman
FaceApp, the theory goes, is a front for the Russian government because it is based in St. Petersburg.
Epstein doesn't get to go back to his mansion, for now
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein is denied bail.
—@eorden
Ranging from "the chant was terrible" to "Trump should make it his 2020 campaign slogan."
Not unreasonably
.@aoc says she is concerned for her safety after Trump rally. "The president is evolving as predicted, deeper into the rhetoric of racism which evolves into violence"
—@elwasson


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