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Sylvia Obell Spills The Secret To A Flawless Summertime Glow/
Episode 6 "Summertime Fine"
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"If I can count on nothing else in this shaky world and these shaky times, it's that my skin is going to glow for me when I need it to."
Entertainment journalist Sylvia Obell is a woman of many talents. As an on-air host, writer, and podcaster, she's no stranger to being in front of the camera and soaking in the spotlight. She also has the most glowing and impeccable skin, which is why we chose her to bring the final episode of our Beautiful Soul series home.
In this episode titled "Summertime Fine," Sylvia shows us how she prepares for a day in the sun using some of her favorite skincare and SPF products from Ulta Beauty. The secret, she says, is all about using a combination of hydrating products to seal in moisture and set off that megawatt flow. After cleansing, she likes to apply her favorite hyaluronic acid serum, followed by a hydrating rose-infused toner and a moisturizing sunscreen. Sylvia also raved about some products she's looking forward to trying this summer from brands like Fenty Beauty, Sun Bum, and Supergoop.
Sylvia has made a name for herself in media not only with her talents in front of and behind the camera, but also by putting on for the culture. Celebrating Black women has been at the center of her work, and its a badge of honor that she wears with pride. "if there's any evidence of how lit it is to be a Black woman, it's the fact that we alll love it despite how hard it is," Sylvia says to Necole.
Watch as Necole and Sylvia talk skincare, self-care and everything in between on this episode of Beautiful Soul.
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How To Get Rid Of Dandruff & Restore Scalp Health For Good
Erica Fraser
When I went natural, I spent hours on YouTube trying to find the perfect regimen and best products to care for my hair. I wanted my 'fro to be soft, long, and luscious. I washed my hair with a peppermint oil-infused shampoo and massaged my scalp nightly with an oil to stimulate hair growth. It worked. My hair grew long, and I loved it until I opted for a shorter style.
When I realized I could wash, condition, and style my hair in less than 30 minutes, I got lazier with my routine. Over time, I stopped massaging my scalp, removed oil from my routine, and shampooed my hair less. I stopped focusing on the health of my hair because I wasn't concerned about the length. If something went wrong, I told myself I would just cut my hair shorter and start over.
That was the wrong approach.
While my hair looked good, there were times I scratched my scalp until it was tender. I shampooed my hair more often to fix the issue, but it was only a temporary solution that probably made the itching worse. A healthy head of hair starts at the roots, and I was neglecting mine.
Our scalp contains around 100,000 hair follicles that produce sebum or oil to keep it moisturized. This sebum also helps shield the skin from infection and allows hairs to grow. When the organisms that dwell on the scalp are out of balance, it can lead to breakage, thinning, and hair loss.
An itchy scalp is one of the most common signs of an unhealthy scalp. If you find yourself constantly scratching your head, it could mean that your scalp is dry or irritated. An itchy scalp may also be a sign of dandruff, a condition that causes the dead skin on your scalp to flake off. Dandruff isn't a sign that your hair is dirty. Taking care of the skin on your scalp and your hair can require different products. While dandruff can be uncomfortable to experience, it is a common skin issue.
Stubborn dandruff that is difficult to get rid of can be a sign of several scalp-related issues, such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. If you are experiencing dandruff with one or more of the following symptoms, it may be time for you to see a dermatologist and receive medical treatment:
Redness or inflammation: If you notice that your scalp is red or swollen, it could be a sign of irritation or infection. Bacteria or fungi often cause scalp infections, which can be painful and uncomfortable. Skin infections can not be treated and healed on their own. Most require medical treatment.
Greasy scales: If you notice greasy scales on your scalp, it could be a sign of Seborrheic Dermatitis, a chronic form of eczema that can last for years. It can also cause the skin to become flaky and white or yellow. It can also result in oily skin all over the body. While this condition is more common in men and adults ages 30 - 60, BIPOC people are likely to have a severe form of the disease called Petaloid Seborrheic Dermatitis.
Oily scalp: If you find that your hair is greasy or oily, it could be a sign that your sebaceous glands are overactive. An oily scalp can also lead to hair loss, as the oil can clog the pores on your scalp and prevent new hair from growing.
Hair loss: This is another sign that your scalp may be unhealthy. Several factors, including genetics, hormonal imbalances, medications, and infections, can cause hair loss.
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How to Get Rid of Dandruff
Once you speak with your doctor and they've ruled out any underlying medical conditions, there are a few steps you can take to manage your dandruff and restore your scalp health. Remember that everyone's combination of hair type and scalp could require a different approach, so don't hesitate to speak with your doctor about what might work for you before resorting to store-bought products that could damage or make the problem worse.
1. Avoid harsh chemicals.
This includes chemicals that you may use on your hair, such as shampoo and conditioner, and those that you may be exposed to in your environment, such as cleaning products or pollutants. When choosing haircare products, look for ones designed for dry and sensitive scalps, and avoid those containing sulfates, fragrances, or other harsh ingredients.
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2. Keep your scalp clean.
For women with natural hair, moisture and conditioner are staples in our regimens, but shampoo is important too. Shampooing regularly with a gentle shampoo and avoiding hairstyles that can trap dirt and oil on the scalp helps maintain hair health. Shampoos with pyrithione zinc, selenium sulfide, and salicylic acid contain antifungal properties and help exfoliate the scalp. Just be sure to rinse your hair thoroughly after shampooing to remove all traces of soap and residue.
3. Moisturize your scalp.
The scalp is skin that needs moisturizing too. Products such as leave-in conditioners, oils, and serums keep our scalps hydrated, especially during the old weather months. While there are many options to choose from on the market, several shampoos and conditioners have also been designed to moisturize the scalp.
4. Avoid hot showers.
Long hot showers may feel good on the skin, but they can damage your scalp. The heat from the water can strip away natural oils, leaving your scalp feeling dry and irritated. If you wash your hair in the shower, use lukewarm water when showering or rinse your hair with cold water.
5. Protect your scalp from the sun.
Just like the rest of your skin, your scalp can be damaged by exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. To protect your scalp, wear a hat or scarf when spending time outdoors, and consider using sunscreen specificallydesigned for the scalp.
A healthy scalp is the foundation of any good haircare routine. Following the tips we've shared can keep your scalp clean and promote healthy hair growth. If you're experiencing dandruff, the most important thing is to figure out what's causing it in the first place – once you know that, you can take steps to fix the issue. If you've been chaining your routine and don't see the results you're hoping for, don't hesitate to see a dermatologist. Your hair will thank you for it.
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Why Lori Harvey's Dating Life Exposes A Double Standard
Jasmine Franklin
Lori Harvey has achieved many things in her life such as starting her own successful sold-out skincare line, SKN by LH, and modeling and partnering with many high-fashion brands such as Burberry and Tiffany & Co. However, her love life has always made its way into the forefront. It's no secret that the model has had many male admirers and has been attached to the likes of Future and Michael B. Jordan, and now it appears that she is dating Snowfall actor Damson Idris.
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But for whatever reason, her dating life has consistently been a topic of conversation and sometimes ruffles a lot of feathers. Black Twitter lit the internet up when the socialite made her relationship with the British actor Instagram official a few weeks ago. Some people even made off-color jokes about how she changes men like she does her underwear, or Damson is the next man she's checking off her list.
Seeing how angry her love life makes people, especially Black men, is exhausting. Anytime her latest relationship hits the blogs, so does a slew of hateful comments calling her hurtful names and making assumptions about who she is. Now, not to sound like Chris Crocker (Cara Cunningham) or anything, but leave Lori alone.
Fortunately, there is one good thing about her overexposed dating life. It has revealed the poisonous double standards between men and women in the industry.
How can Future, Diddy, and others have a troupe of women and, at times, seemingly degrade those same women's characters, but Lori can't actively date as the 26-year-old that she is? Diddy appears to currently be dating several women (with one he recently had a baby with) including City Girls rapper Yung Miami. No one rarely says anything about how he moves but constantly attacks the women he's dating online.
Let's not even get started on Nayvadius aka Future. How many women have Future dated and publicly humiliated including Lori after dissing her in a song? Not to mention, at that time he was linked to rapper Dess Dior.
While Lori is often judged for her decisions in dating, others applaud her. Many Twitter users utilize her name as the "action" of leaving a man alone or the title of their next chapter in life. They applaud her for knowing her worth and not choosing to turn her wheels for the sake of a relationship.
Lori has clarified that she will not settle and nothing is wrong with that. She recently sat down with E! Newsand shared the details about her cover with Essence, her thoughts on love, including her father, Steve Harvey's advice. When shooting the cover, Lori explained how it was an honor to grace Essence's "Black Love Issue" as a single woman. Months prior, she called it quits with Michael and it was before her current relationship with Damson.
"I feel like it's always been [about] me attached to something or someone: This time, it's about me. It's my time," she said.
Lori also spoke about her growth – as a woman and individual – and how she won't allow her past relationships to overshadow this period in her life. However, my favorite part was the advice she said her father gave her. "Just remember that you're the prize always," she playfully stated. So, what does his golden rule look like for the 26-year-old?
"It just means not compromising like, my values, my happiness, my peace. Not settling for less than what I know I deserve and not being afraid to walk away from a situation if it's, like, no longer serving me," she said
During her E! News interview, the entrepreneur admitted to finding the rumors about her "entertaining" and dispelled some of them, including dating a father and a son (alluding to dating Diddy and his son Justin Combs.) However, as she continues to grow, she is also allowing herself grace and letting the negative things people say roll off her shoulders. I can always stan a graceful queen who knows what she wants and moves silently.
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Exclusive: OWN's 'Complicated' Relationship Series 'Put A Ring On It' Returns For Season 4
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network debuts season 4 of its successful relationship series Put A Ring On It Friday, March 17th at 9 p.m. EST | 8 p.m. CST, also available on the OWN app and discovery+. At the center of the emotionally-charged series are three couples embarking on the ultimate 'do or die' relationship test to determine whether they should ring wedding bells … or call it quits. Throughout the impassioned months-long experience, the Atlanta area couples will be guided by Relationship Coach Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson, who has been helping couples discover their truths and healthy romantic relationships for over 25 years.
Relationship Coach Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson
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Each week, the couples are pushed, stretched, and tested to confront the one question they've been too afraid to ask: are they really ready for their 'happily ever after?' The couples go on a series of dates with other people to test the waters and perhaps discover if there might be a better love connection out there that they've been missing all along. Their goal: to decide whether it's time to go their separate ways, or make the big leap and 'put a ring on it?'
Meet the Couples of 'Put A Ring On It' Season 4
Dunbar and Chance
Dating for: 2 Years
Ricky and Catherine
Joya and Jasha
Put A Ring On It's average viewership grew across each of its first three seasons, climbing +22% from Season 1 (364k P2+) to Season 3 (443k P2+). On average during its most-recent season, Put A Ring On It was the #1 cable telecast in its time period among African-American women and #1 non-sports cable telecast among African-American households and total viewers.
The show is executive produced by Will Packer for Will Packer Media and Jeff Spangler and Rob LaPlante, Lighthearted Entertainment. Anthony Sylvester also executive produces.
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Gia Peppers Tells Why She'll Always Ride For Black Communities And Push Self-Care In The Process
Gia Peppers is that girl-next-door, friend-in-your head who slays and stays super-booked and super-busy, cares a lot about the plight of Black folk (especially sistas), and makes sure you stay enlightened and reflective about some of the most difficult but necessary topics affecting Black communities. She's also that bestie that is sure to drop some Bible-laced inspo as easy as breathing, with quips and realness that remind you why we, as Black women, need sisterhood, friendships, and thriving networks now more than ever.
"I just want people to not put too much pressure on themselves for this new year and don't worry if their goals are not done within the first month," she said in an interview with xoNecole. "To give themselves the grace that we may give others all the time. We've been through a crazy last two years and it takes a lot for us to fully show up within the parameters of what we want to accomplish without really dealing with what these last two years have done to us as a people, especially for Black women because that's what I know and who I am."
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The award-winning journalist and TV personality–who, by the way, is doing triple-duty as a contributor on the Today show, host on Amazon Music's R&B Rotation, and co-host of the wildly popular podcast, Black Girl Pod—is geared up for Season 3 of More Than That With Gia Peppers.
The Rutgers University grad, who splits her time between New York and Los Angeles, is super-excited about the opportunity to continue to serve radio and online listeners in more than 100 markets, with many of the episodes airing via Black-owned stations across the U.S. The show amplifies Black voices, excellence, perspectives, and experiences on subjects including wellness, entertainment, and wealth. "We were awarded Adweek's Best DEI podcast in 2021," she added. "So we are doing work that people are finally really celebrating, which is awesome because we have a team of creatives who are just as passionate about telling these real stories that impact us as I am."
xoNecole caught up with Peppers to get the deets on just what's in store for the show, why she continues to ride for the power of storytelling in shifting narratives and forging change in Black communities, and what she loves more about the unique medium of podcasting.
xoNecole: You've had a successful career in media for years. What would you say is the key to the longevity?
Gia Peppers: It starts with your mindset, as everything does. You have to be relentless in your pursuit of storytelling, evolving with technology as it evolves, and figuring out new ways to enter into this space that align with what you believe you're here to do. It's a balance of purpose. It's [also] a balance of reflection and realigning.
xoN: You've got some fresh conversations coming with your podcast and radio show, More Than That. What's new that listeners can expect from season 3?
GP: First, More Than That is one of those shows that we have the privilege of being able to tell stories about the conversations we're having in real-time. One of my favorite things to note is that we'll literally pull conversations that are trending and figure out the experts to talk to when it comes to how we can approach wellness in a whole bunch of different ways and that doesn't just mean wellness traditionally. How can we make sure that we're talking about sustainability and what does that really mean and how do we apply it.
This season we're really setting our eyes toward the future. We did a lot of great storytelling in 2020 when we started this. It was the height of the Black Lives Matter 2.0 movement where we were in the racial reckoning in this country and we had to tell the reality of what it means to move forward within the grief of what we've been through but also understand there are more ways to tap into what we want to say and do and be in this moment.
And we continued that for season 2 with motivation and this time we're thinking about the future. Our first episode, one of the great things we've seen is the resurgence of the attention on HBCUs [from] the mainstream and how that's affecting enrollment and funding and things like that and I mean, the culture is clearly impacted by HBCUs and the graduates. We have a great conversation about how we are going to utilize this moment within our culture so that this is not a passion moment—that HBCUs thrive from this moment on.
We have David Banner, an HBCU graduate, and [he is] just one of those iconic men who gets all the aspects of hip-hop culture [and] education moving forward. We talked to Cari Champion as well, because she's something who has covered sports for the past 15 years and is a person who knows how incredible it is to have athletes coming out of high school, who are the top-ranked in the world, choosing HBCUs and what that means to our community. And the same way ADifferent World impacted how many people looked at HBCUs twice, this new wave of athletes is also doing the same thing for our high school and our Gen Z students.
It was such a great conversation, and again, we're thinking about forward movement.
xoN: Working in media, you can have some very prolific moments with interviews and conversations. Who has been your most memorable guest on the show?
GP: Well, there have been so many great people on our show! It's hard to choose! We did an episode featuring a farmer from Urban Mothers Finest Farms in North Carolina, and she just changed my perspective of going to put my feet in actual soil and grounding, and what properties exist in the sun and the land, especially for Black women. Just standing there and being more centered and being connected to the space where so much trauma has happened and for our people in this country specifically but where so much life is. I learned we absolutely need to put our feet in soil sometimes and sit there and be connected to something that is bigger than ourselves.
And the healing—I know as I'm driving down the East Coast and you get to certain parts of town, you [are] like 'Dang, this used to be a plantation. I don't even want to look at it.' But then it's like yeah, but these people survived and thrived, and I am the living evidence of their dreams and prayers and their faith that something would change. Just the idea of watching something grow and seed and sprout is good for our mental and spiritual health. She just changed my mind in so many ways.
Another person who was so great was Lynae Bogues. Of course, we all know her. We get her brilliance every week in Parking Lot Pimpin.' She's just such a brilllant historian and she knows so much about the past and beautifully connects it with the future.
xoN: What do you love the best about podcasting that's different from other types of media?
GP: This one is hard because I might like all of media the same. All of it is a lift. Your best version of that story is you showing up in the fullness of your experiences, your research, your passion for the conversation—that's always going to be the common thread with all types of storytelling. It doesn't matter the medium.
With podcasting, people are a lot less worried about cameras and more interested in the conversation and feel less pressure to be perfect. We do a lot of focus on making sure our guests know that this is not a get-ya-got-ya show [and] this is not a tea [gossip] show. This is a real conversation around what matters to our community, what's affecting our community, and how we can make it better.
I love that, with this particular podcast, we get to have conversations that don't just focus on messiness and focuses on solutions around how we can be better within our personal and external lives.
For more of Gia, follow her on Instagram @giapeppers. And click here to check out the new season of More Than That.
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Valentine's Day And Beyond: Six-Figure Seasonal Business Ideas You Can Start Today
When you think of a seasonal business, you might picture those random Christmas mugs sold on Amazon and or those Valentine's Day baskets with Victoria's Secret lotions in them that your favorite side-hustling auntie sells at work every year. But don't sleep on these kinds of businesses. Whether it's landscaping, holiday-themed, or a bed-and-breakfast, savvy entrepreneurs who offer amazing, unique, and convenient services and products can bank hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in profits.
And with Valentine's Day around the corner, now is your chance to consider tapping into a prime opportunity to not only build a flexible side hustle but, if you're really passionate and skilled, a successful seasonal business that can sustain itself year-round. Here are five options to consider:
1. Holiday-Themed Sweets And Treats:
Sales for these sorts of products (candies, cookies, and other dessert snacks) are expected to grow from $36.9 billion to $44.9 billion by 2026. (Let that marinate for a second). It's obvious that people love a good sweet treat, and if you can offer your own recipe, your own way of decorating or packaging, or healthy options (that actually taste good), even better.
2. Celebration Party Planning:
This includes birthdays and anniversaries, and you can do so many different things in this realm other than actually planning the party. Services like location scouting, venue management, party favors, and party decor creation (or rentals) are all great ways to be part of this lucrative industry. Also, you don't have to limit yourself or your business to small groups, family members, or micro organizations. You can organize large-scale parties for Christmas, Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July, and more. (Think about the last time you went to a New Year's Eve party and paid $250 for a VIP ticket.) As the organizer and backing company, you could make six to seven figures in profit.
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3. Food Truck:
You might think this isn't a seasonal business but just remember: This involves working from a vehicle outdoors. (Also, many food truck owners who live and work in places other than popular dining meccas like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago can only enjoy a consistent stream of customers during a limited time each year.) Even then, it's still possible to make more than $100,000 a year with this venture (and even more if you're in the aforementioned food truck sweet spots). Again, offering something unique, quality, culture-centered, or with a spin to it (Hello: Vegan oxtails, anyone?) is key.
4. Watersports Adventures or Tours:
This one is perfect for those who might want to live or travel abroad full-time or who just love nature and connecting with people. You can offer parasailing, jet skiing, hiking, bar crawls, and other interactive activities for tourists or locals. This is also something you could start on a site like Airbnb with little overhead costs, depending on the extent of the adventures you're getting into. This industry brings in $124.5 billion each year.
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5. Niche Farmer's Market:
If you have a green thumb or are into specialty foods, this might be perfect for you. And you don't have to have a huge farm to do this. You could specialize in offering diverse types of one produce (such as mushrooms, which can be grown right in your backyard, in a home-based grow room, or on rented farmland), gourmet jarred goods (like preserves or pickles), exotic plants, or organic tea mixes in order to stand out and build a unique customer base. Not only would you be serving your community and helping to combat problems associated with food deserts, but you could also be part of an industry raking in at least $2.9 billion.
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This is a great way to make my suggestions. But first I would like to point out that I really enjoyed going through this book. I'm so glad I was able to get an early download of it. I look forward to future versions of it and hope my suggestions can be of some use.
* More details and examples of the Strech, Spacing and SizePolicies.
* I think that information on using QT::Table is an essential part of this book. I think this information would be a great (next :-)) addition to the book.
* In the section on Korundum, it seems like page 82 would be a great place for a link for more information, rather than waiting until the appendix.
* The closing chapter could have a closing section. Great summary of information, but didn't really feel like it gave the closure I was looking for (rb pun intended :-)).
* The Web References could have the URL as plain text in addition to being a link, so the interested reader can quickly glance at the sites.
Once again I would like to thank you for your hard work on this book. It has inspired me to want to write books and articles -- and I've been looking for that inspiration for a long time.
development with QtRuby friday guide, and I enjoy it enormously.
Qt4Ruby migration guidelines in it.
I think the book was helpful, but I'd really like to see an explanation of how to make a QtRuby executable. What's the point of making a Gui app if it's just a tool for my own use? If I'm the only one using it, I'll know all of the available options and save myself time by running it as a command line tool.
Part of the appeal of Qt was its wide platform support. But if I can't give a mac or pc user an executable to run without having to install Ruby and Qt on their system, why should I use QtRuby?
While the technical material covered seems accurate, and is helpful, I was sorely disappointed by the lack of practical examples. The code snippets did illustrate the points being made, but most of it was just snippets, rather than a self-contained script that could be run by itself.
More importantly, the building blocks were presented, with almost no information on how you build with them. It would have been great to see even a relatively simple app, like a regexp evaluator (something the local Perl group showed off in a meeting one day, not terribly complicated). Maybe a clock with reminders, something.
The tip to look for the "kdebindings" package for installation alone is worth the 8.50 bucks for this "Friday". Thanks muchly!
Suppose the idea of using the famous Qt GUI library with the Ruby scripting language crossed your mind. Alas, this happened to me yesterday.
Now, try googling for "ruby qt" (from Berlin, Germany) and check the results -- quite poor; OK, the first hit directs you to a KDevelop page with huge amounts of text, but nothing really effective.
Then try the swapped "qt ruby" -- a bit better; the second hit mentions "Ruby bindings" and the page refers to "QtRuby".
Third attempt, "qtruby" /without/ the space -- bingo!
Now imagine that you've never heard of this stuff and that you're on OpenSUSE. Go over to YaST's software selection and look for "qtruby" -- zilch. The same result on rpmseek.
OK, over to the QtRuby project page, download the .tar.gz source drop, run "make -f Makefile.cvs; ./configure; make; sudo make install" and you're done. When you're finished playing around, even "sudo make uninstall" works smoothly and only leaves an empty /usr/local/include subdirectory behind. Unfortunately, I'm no longer happy with this "configure/make" mechanism and really prefer the system package management system.
Seeing that QtRuby's "Hello World!" example works immediately, I check out Caleb Tennis' small booklet from this site and plunge into the text. Moments later: Hurray on page 14!
Had I acquired "Rapid GUI development with QtRuby" _before_ doing the ridiculously long list of intermediate steps above, and learned about the "kdebindings" package (in the case of OpenSUSE you want to install "kdebindings3-ruby"), it would have saved me a good amount of time.
To conclude: Someone /should/ try to give "ruby qt" a better Google ranking for "QtRuby" (or vice versa). And maybe the "kdebindings3-ruby" package for OpenSUSE /should/ react to the keyword "qtruby".
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Originally adopted on March 9, 1993, the South Plains UWCD rules remained unchanged for over six years. However, changes in State water law, coupled with several dry years in the 90s, provided an incentive for Directors to update the policies and guidelines of the District. In 1999 and in 2005, the rules were reviewed and several changes and additions were adopted.
Once again in 2007, the Directors began the process of reviewing the rules. Changes in several areas were needed to update administrative procedures. The changes were adopted and became effective October 6, 2009.
The South Plains UWCD received certification of its Groundwater Management Plan from the Texas Water Development Board on November 14, 2018. Development and certification of the Plan are required by Texas law. The Management Plan is effective until November 14, 2023.
Each year the District prepares a report that quantifies the attainment of goals listed in the Management Plan. Also included in the report are other pertinent activities that affect conservation.


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4 Corners, Grand Prix, Flint and more
Telstra's broadband "service" Last night's 7:30 Report (11/03/04) on Telstra and Broadband in the bush hit the mark in this household. We live just 4km past the last urban shire boundary of Perth, only 56km from Perth CBD as the crow flies, we get monthly spam from Telstra inviting us to take advantage of cheap […]
Telstra's broadband "service"
Last night's 7:30 Report (11/03/04) on Telstra and Broadband in the
bush hit the mark in this household. We live just 4km past the
last urban shire boundary of Perth, only 56km from Perth CBD as the
crow flies, we get monthly spam from Telstra inviting us to take
advantage of cheap broadband deals, but there is no such service on
offer here and no hint of when it will become available.
I just whish they'd would stop sending the spam until such time as they have the services on offer available here.
Not happy, Ziggy
Four Corners does a great job
Another brilliant piece of work from 4 Corners last night on "The Speed Trap".
Gangland killings by the dozens are a fact in Victoria right now.
That means fighting over "ownership of turf." A clear indicator
that "green lights" are all over the place. For the Commissioner
of Police to say it's under control and police are being disciplined,
is farcical. Well done to the Four Corners team and also to Adam
Shand's earlier effort in BRW. Drugs have been destroying our
youth for decades and they also tear into the very fabric of our
society. The precise reason why we need strong federal
whistleblower legislation.
Four Corners fan
Are the police watchdogs really watching?
The 4 Corners report stated that there were strong arguments for
Victoria needing NSW style watchdogs such as the Police Integrity
Commission, Independent Commission Against Corruption and Royal
Commissions of inquiry. Despite some success nailing a few corrupt low
ranking officers these watchdogs have ignored systemic entrenched
corruption and cronyism within the top ranks of the NSW Police Service,
as well as the rigging of the promotion system. The Wood Royal
Commission also put into the too hard basket, allegations that top
police knew of or were involved in the cover-up of the activities of
paedophiles. Victoria should learn from these failures when
setting up its own anti-corruption watchdogs.
Ease up on the Victorian coppers
Fair go Crikey, your report and that of your NSW mate requires some response….
Firstly, the levels of corruption within Victoria Police have never
been so rampant as they are or were in NSW or QLD. Every cart has
a few bad apples and it can be fairly surmised that the explosion of
political correctness in the force, thanks to the do-gooder left and
civil libertarians has probably contributed to the increase in corrupt
activities. You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
As to wanting wider reporting of the program, surely you of all people
are well across the laws of defamation. The program will be
edited for airing in Melbourne next week, probably so to avoid a
defamation writ should it be shown in the form it was last night.
You might also note that Wayne Strawhorn, around whose charges the
program is largely based, is also currently facing a committal hearing
and is, despite the ABC's best efforts, entitled to a fair trial –
hence why the Age and the Hun had little to say.
Poor old Joh's dying to get his hands on the money
Is it just me? I have wondered why all the news reports of "Sir Joh
near death" has neatly tied in with that family's claims for $1.5 mill
from the Qld Govt. Since the latest financial knockback for the
Bjelke-Petersen family, his health issues have not been reported as
much (apart from Thursday's issue of The Oz). Interesting…
Herald Sun treatment of Steve Bracks
Have you copped the Herald Sun
treatment this morning (12/03/04) of Steve Bracks, the Camel-eating
pollie. What is going on here? Is this man the Premier of Victoria or a
Neighbours starlet?
And what sort of insight did we gain from this? Does the Herald Sun do
hard news these days or is it just another "Reality" show in ink?
Bracks's minders are really showing off the pretty boy appeal of our
favourite Geelong supporter. But in doing so, do you think the average
Sun reader might just pause to think that the Bracks Arabian nights
tour is nothing more than a junket. If I see Steve's goofy smile
staring out of the Yawn at Dawn again this week, I think I will puke.
A Geelong Supporter with attitude
Stealing the limelight at the once dreaded F1GP
I didn't attend – watched on TV – but I thought Steve Bracks was a
little cheeky, positioning himself right in front of Michael Schumacher
during the podium presentation. So two national anthems were played
(German/Italian) with a static shot of Michael's head and shoulders –
with the grinning cherub superimposed on his chest area. I can't recall
seeing anything quite like it before – generally the pollies present a
trophy and then stand off to the side, and you barely see them.
Mind you they virtually ran off the platform as soon as the champagne was handed out. Didn't want to get the suits sticky
Inflating attendance at the Grand Prix
A friend of mine was a volunteer at the track – and was given a CAMS
guest pass (good for general admission on every day) which he gave to
me. I noticed when using it that it was clipped at the gate and that
was that. I did not appear to be counted and the ticket was not
numbered. Does this mean that none of the people using these passes are
counted? Or, more likely, every pass is counted as attending, even if
they don't?
A small thing but I reckon they give away some thousands of them.
Channel 9's Boycott of F1 GP: What a Joke!
Your comment about Channel 9's boycott of the 2004 Melbourne GP shows
what a shabby, ignorant, parochial and laughable little show they are.
The GP is broadcast to over 200 countries with an audience of over 350
million. There are many GP viewers in Australia and their level of
dissatisfaction with the coverage of the GP was never as high as when
Channel 9 covered it. Thankfully that period is now finished with C10
providing much superior service. Channel 9 can now concentrate on Rugby
League where the audience level and quality is a good match for them!
D. Michael
Tobacco "advertising" at the GP, dance parties and more
Whilst the Commonwealth's Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act (1992) is
under review there is still a lot of tobacco advertising going
on. A lot of people have been talking about the huge amount of
tobacco advertising at the Melbourne Grand Prix on the weekend; it was
over the top and it was outrageous. I see that the Dems have got
a bill in the Senate trying to knock out the exemptions that are in
place for international motor sport that permit kind of in your face
tobacco advertising and about time too!
But what has got a quite a few other people talking is the way that
tobacco companies have infiltrated the live music scene right around
Australia. It is well known that tobacco companies have had promo
people around the club scene for years. But now they seem to be
getting into music events in a big way. At big out door events
such as "Rock It" and "Good Vibrations" that attract thousands of
people seeking a good time, there are these really funky tents, with
retro furniture. Maybe looking for some shade, or somewhere to
sit, you go in and find out it is a dam big advertisement for
Peter Stuyvesant smokes. What a major turn off!
It's also pretty ironic that the promoters of these events don't list
the tobacco companies in their sponsors list like they do everyone
else. Maybe that's because tobacco companies don't want their
name or logo to appear there. You wonder how much money they fork
out to be able to make their sales pitch at these kind of events.
Someone said to me they heard it was around fifty thousand per event
which wouldn't surprise me. Apparently, Imperial Tobacco has a
multi-million dollar advertising budget in Australia which is pretty
weird when you think tobacco advertising has been illegal in Australia
for years.
This week it has also been reported in Perth media that Imperial
Tobacco has been running sampling stalls at a couple of suburban
shopping centres last weekend. It makes you wonder what is going
on; because handing out free samples of smokes in public has been
illegal for years.
On the leadership skills of leaders
Far be it from me to defend John Howard's practices, but there are at
least three obvious responses to your correspondent who asks "Why
should leading the Liberal Party or the Government be any different
from the requirements and expectations of leaders in companies?"
[Sealed Section, Thursday 11 March 2004 – 1st edition! – item 14]
Firstly, corporate leaders do not depend on their popularity with their
underlings for their positions, so they can engage in feedback and
leadership discussions with a degree of impunity that politicians
simply do not have. It's rather easier to discuss and accept criticism
if your position is not threatened in the process.
Secondly, the degree of scrutiny corporate leaders are subject to is a
mere fraction of that under which political leaders are placed by the
media and the political process itself. Politics is fundamentally a
public activity, not only in the big issues but in every aspect of
daily life. Corporate commerce is a mile from that, even for the most
high profile listed company.
Thirdly, corporations have a single universal benchmark by which all
performance is ultimately judged – profit, commerciality, or whatever
name you care to use. This makes it far easier to resolve disputes,
because individuals have a common standard of measurement. In politics
by contrast, personal differences based on philosophy may well have no
common points of reference through which those differences can be
resolved. This means that there will always be many more debates and
points of difference in a political environment than a commercial one.
As a fellow corporate warrior, I agree the simplicity that derives from
a common purpose and framework is extremely attractive, and apparently
more efficient when compared to the sprawling cacophony of the
political arena. But to conclude that this means that corporate leaders
are better leaders than political leaders is no more insightful than
saying apples are better than oranges.
Hugo Armstrong
If Mike O'Shaughnessy (Yoursay, March 9) really does not know the status held by the
Governor-general whilst in London, or who fills the role in his
absence, he is hardly competent to even comment on Constitutional
matters, let alone hold office in the Australian Republican Movement.
His denial of the fact that Paul Keating suggested that a very
hypothetical Australian republic could be called 'The Federal Republic
of Australia' is wrong. I refer him to an article entitled
'A Name Change?' by Richard Macey published in the Sydney Morning
Herald of 27th February 1993.
Instead of branding David Flint a liar Mr O'Shaughnessy would do better
to explain why the ARM continue to claim that the Queen's website
states that she is the Head of State of Australia. It
doesn't.
I wondered if the ARM might become a little more professional after
dumping Greg Barns, but the answer is obvious. Constitutional
Monarchists can sleep easily for as long as the ARM use people of the
calibre of Mr. O'Shaughnessy to represent them.
Dave Horkan
Response to Prof Flint
In his reply to my letter published in the Crikey sealed section on
March 11, Professor David Flint refers to Don Watson's book
"Recollections of a Bleeding Heart" (by the wrong title) then further
misrepresents the book as follows: "I soon tracked down Paul
Keating's own choice of a heading for a speech in the 1993 election.
The heading? You guessed it.' The Federal Republic of Australia! As he
said as he wrote it with his Mount Blanc " If we're going to do it,
let's call it by its right f****** name."
The speech referred to was the one Paul Keating delivered at the ALP
campaign launch on 24 February 1993. The term "The Federal Republic of
Australia" did not even appear – let alone as a heading. This is what
Mr Keating said. "… we will set up a broadly based committee of
eminent Australians, including representatives of the States, to
develop a discussion paper which considers the options for a Federal
Republic of Australia." Please note the use of 'a', not 'The'.
He also mentions an article from the SMH (27 February 1993) by Richard
Macey saying, "It confirms, completely, my recollection". However,
Macey makes the same error as Prof. Flint – using "the" instead of "a"
thus making a descriptive term into a suggested name.
But Prof Flint fails to quote further from that same article. Macey
went on to correctly quote the Keating use of the term "a Federal
Republic of Australia" but then admitted, "Although the words were
capitalised in the written text issued to journalists, a spokesman for
Mr Keating said he had not announced that Australia would be called the
Federal Republic. "It's a term of description." "
I'm sure Prof. Flint understands that there is considerable difference
between the descriptive "a Federal Republic of Australia" and his
supposed title "THE Federal Republic of Australia".
Finally, it appears that Prof. Flint's cute reference to the supposed
miss-hearing of 'Federal' as 'Feral' also originated in this article
with a quote from advertising executive Mr John Bevis. There's nothing
about Keating's audience miss-hearing him though.
Mr O'Shaughnessy will not be apologising – will Prof. Flint?
Mike O'Shaughnessy


The success of this queuing model specifically depends on certain basic elements, a correct denomination of which is important for clear understanding of the concept. While considering the elements, it is important to note that there are certain specific factors which are associated with this basic element of the queuing model.
A clear understanding of those factors is important to ensure that students do not get diverted while dealing with this particular topic.
It is based on these factors that further elements are to be understood. Once these details are clarified, certain analytical decisions can be taken and it is based on those decisions that final allocation of resources is to be done.
There are 2 systems that need to be considered in this format: Open system and Closed system. In case of a closed system, there is a limited number of people that are associated with any particular job, or people those have to be served. There is a single machine, or individual to deal with this issue.
In case of unlimited systems, this whole process includes multiple clients at a single time, and they have to be served.
This is one random note that is taken into consideration. The manner in which people arrive are random, and between adjacent intervals as well, there are certain random arrivals. This arrival may be in a single set or even a bulk and therefore has to be counted in terms ofprobability distribution. This system is also known as arrival pattern.
The number of people that are taken into consideration when they are standing in a line waiting to be served is known as forming of a queue. This process of waiting to be served is known as queuing up.
There are 2 important aspects of queue that includes: Queuing discipline and Maximum size.
Maximum size implies a total number of customers who are waiting in the queue to be served.
Queuing discipline has certain features associated with it, and can be defined as the manner in which a queue is organized.
Priority queue is that where people having priority regarding getting their service is allowed. In this case, given that every individual is prioritized, those with a lower priority get served later than those with a higher priority.
Last come first out (LIFO) implies that system where people who come in at the last moment are also served in the best manner and first-hand.
First in first out (FIFO) is that usual technique that is followed which ensures those customers who have come first should be served on a first-hand basis.
There is another facet where customers can join into any queue, and they have a source in an infinite set.
Also, in this queuing system, peculiar human behavior has been noticed.
When any person after waiting in queue loses his patience, he leaves that queue, and it is called reneging.
When people from a larger queue join into a smaller queue, it is known as jockeying.
Also, if people do not decide to enter any queue due to their personal reasons, it is known as balking.
This is that time which is taken as period for which customers had to wait before getting the final service. This could both include that period, for which they had to wait as well as period when they were being served. It is also taken as a random rather than having any specified system.
This is taken to be the mode in which clients leave a particular system after they have been served. Though in most cases, it is ignored, however in certain cases there is the process of 'round-robin' facility where served customers again enter the system to get served for some other process.
Once these factors are well understood, and complete analysis is made in regards to them, it can be found that how many resources are to be allocated to every party and what would be the result of that.
This theory is said to be a collection of mathematical models that are required for representing the various types of queuing system, which have the capacity to take in input parameters and provide quantitative parameters which on the whole helps in getting an ideal and systematic view of this whole system.
Since, this is a system that is specifically based on assumptions, and the processes are random in nature, so the systems cannot be termed as soluble, and for them, simulation technique is to be applied.
Also, there are other constraints that need to be understood as parity between the costs that are associated with providing of service, as well as costs associated with waiting for that particular service and returning without getting it. In such a scenario, it can be seen that the costs keep increasing, as people who have not been served on a single day have a tendency to come back the next day to be served again. In this way, there is an additional cost since money is spent on that same person.
In case of high-quality service that is provided by most of the services in present times, total costs associated are comparatively higher, but individual costs against people who are waiting in the queue are reduced comparatively, allowing greater profit and ensuring correct resource allocation.
Hence, it is important that for correct utilization of resources, an optimum system of configuration is to be found, and simulation theory is to be applied.
Thus, it can be stated that with a correct queuing theory, resource allocation can be done in the best way resulting in increasing profits of any business institution.


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NBA 2k16 Launches New Companion App With Paul George
By Simone de RochefortSeptember 18, 2015January 25th, 2016No Comments
Indiana Pacers shooting guard Paul George is going to be the cover star of NBA 2k16's new companion app.
The MyNBA2k16 companion app will launch on October 1 of this year. The app allows fans to stay totally connected to their NBA 2k16 profile. It's main features include MyCAREER, where they can check in on their NBA 2k franchise, and MyPLAYER Store. The app will also offer more ways for players to earn in-game currency, as well as new episodes of 2KTV. The currency will be able to be spent in your NBA 2K16 console game. The goal is to make it easy to earn that currency on the go, and across platforms.
There's also a digital card game component, called MyTEAM Mobile. Players can collect trading cards and challenge other NBA 2k16 players in different games. There will be a season-long tournament, special events, and lightning matches as well.
Paul George sounds pretty hype about being the face of the app.
"I've been a long-time fan of the NBA 2K series and love staying close to the game when I'm on the road," he said. "Being selected as the face of MyNBA2K16 is the perfect opportunity to stay connected with the game, as well as represent the NBA 2K franchise."
The app will be downloadable for free from the App Store for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It's also in the Google Play Store, and the Amazon Appstore. Just look for Paul George's face.
NA 2K16 is the next installment in the NBA 2K series, which has been running for 15 years at this point. NBA 2K lets you manage basketball teams using real professional players. You can also make your own player and guide them through the career mode of the game. NBA 2K16 will come out on September 29 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.
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import java.text.DecimalFormat;

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    private double amount;

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        return new Dollars(amount - dollars.amount);
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids Today we review the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids Tablet. However, your Samsung Galaxy Tab is also a ready-to-open door to the exciting world of ebooks.
The Galaxy Tab 3 Lite is a tablet that sells for a cheaper price than the original Tab 3, but also bundles less powerful specs.
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When your kids are not using the Samsung Kids service app, parents can watch a movie, go shopping, play games, listen to music, read the latest novels.Underneath, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids is an almost ordinary Android-running Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (7-inch) tablet.
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Host a family style feast with this grand outdoor dining table. Entertaining is easy with an octagonal tabletop, and fun won't slip through the cracks with quick-drying narrow slats. Comfortably sit four at your table, or fold down to a console for a party of two. Enjoy this contemporary, oiled hardwood table rain or shine. Outdoor table is crafted of sustainable Brazilian eucalyptus hardwood produced in a socially eco-responsible factory with FSC Chain of Custody certified production lines. Slight variations in natural hardwood may occur.
Materials: Eucalyptus CARE: Rich, oiled eucalyptus finish will naturally weather to a silvery gray patina if kept untreated; regular application of oil helps maintain the essence of color. Clean with mild soap and water. Keep covered to prolong life. Do not store in overly dry environments, such as in a basement or near a furnace.


Hwy 50 east from Sacramento to Placerville, right on Bedford Ave., left on Main St., right on Cedar Ravine Rd. Follow for 7 - 8 miles. Left on Pleasant Valley Rd. for 4 miles, right on Mt. Aukum Road for 6 miles, left on Fair Play, park is immediately on right.


In the wake of the Manchester Arena terror attack, which saw 22 innocent victims lose their lives, thousands of Brits have paid their respects.
Many poignant and heart-warming displays have been orchestrated since Monday evening, when a lone suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the foyer of Manchester Arena, after an Ariana Grande concert, as a multitude of fans – many of whom were just teenagers – made their way home.
Amid the vigils and the sea of flowers and balloons adoring Manchester City Centre, musicians have also been rallying round to honour the victims of cowardice and extremism.
This sea of flowers in St Ann's Square at the Manchester terror attack memorial is still growing.
The latest band to do so is The Courteeners, who played a huge tribute gig at Manchester's Old Trafford Cricket ground last night. Joined by other Mancuian musical favourites like Blossoms, The Charlatans and Cabbage, The Courteeners paid tribute to the 22 victims in front of a 50,000-strong crowd.
The Middleton four-piece strummed the chords to Don't Look Back In Anger, and fans beautifully filled in the blanks, in an emotional display of solidarity.
Mancunians even reported hearing the sound of the song across the city, from miles away at the stadium.
The Oasis anthem has been adopted by all those who wish to share a positive message and encourage Manchester to move forward, choosing love rather than hate.
If there's one thing the events of the past few days have taught us, it's that music is a universal language of togetherness and healing.


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O Museu do Cinema de Melgaço localiza-se na vila e concelho de Melgaço, no distrito de Viana do Castelo, em Portugal. Trata-se de um museu temático, dedicado à história do cinema.

Encontra-se instalado em plena zona histórica, num edifício anteriormente ocupado pela Guarda Fiscal, que foi adquirido para o efeito pela autarquia. Apresenta no piso inferior uma zona de exposição permanente, com um pequeno auditório. O piso superior é composto por espaços dedicados a exposições temporárias.

História
A coleção foi doada pelo cinéfilo francês, de origem eslava, Jean-Loup Passek, que dirigiu o departamento cinematográfico do Centro Georges Pompidou, em Paris, contando, ainda, com um vasto currículo ligado ao estudo e à divulgação da Sétima Arte, para além de ter sido também fundador e diretor do Festival de Cinema de La Rochelle e criador do prémio Câmara de Ouro do Festival de Cannes, cargo que abandonou quando optou por se dedicar apenas à gestão da sua colecção e do seu museu em Melgaço.

Numa entrevista, contou que a sua história de amor com Portugal começou durante as filmagens dumas obras de ampliação do metro de Paris, no início dos anos 70, quando travou amizade com dois emigrantes oriundos da vila minhota, António Souto e António Alves, que trabalhavam no projecto de construção. A partir daí, um forte elo gerou-se entre o realizador e os dois emigrantes, sendo este convidado frequentemente para convívios e eventos familiares, como se pertencesse à família deles. Anos mais tarde, foi membro do júri no festival de cinema Fantasporto, comprou uma pequena casa no concelho de Melgaço e construiu outra junto ao mar, a norte da Nazaré, passando a dividir a sua residência entre estas casas e outra no Quartier Latin até à data da sua morte em 2016. Quando questionado sobre o porquê de ter escolhido a pequena vila minhota para o local do seu espólio respondeu "Ninguém me propôs nada de concreto em França. Gastei o meu dinheiro a comprar isto tudo, e não queria que a colecção ficasse em França. Sinto-me um pouco egoísta. Para mim, Portugal é que é importante."

O museu abriu portas no dia 3 de junho de 2005.

Em 2016, após o falecimento de Jean Loup Passek, a responsabilidade da coordenação do Museu de Cinema em Melgaço passou para as mãos do casal amigo e cinéfilo Bernard Despomadères, responsável pela área cultural do Instituto Francês do Porto (IFP), e sua esposa Estela Cunha. Prometendo preservar o legado de Passek, uma nova ala documental do museu será erguida no edifício do antigo e devoluto Cinema Pelicano, também no centro histórico da vila de Melgaço, no entanto, ainda sem data anunciada.

Acervo
O acervo do museu é constituído por máquinas, aparelhos e objectos do pré-cinema, como lanternas mágicas, zootropos, fenaquistiscópicos e praxinoscópios, cartazes originais em tela, fotografias e documentos diversos em excelente estado de conservação.

Exposições Temporárias
2005 – Divas do cinema

2006 – A idade de ouro do cinema francês: 1930 - 1960

2007 – O cinema burlesco americano

2008 – Homenagem a Frederico Fellini: 1930 - 1993

2009 – O auge do cinema japonês: 1940 - 1990

2011 – Ingmar Bergman: 1918 - 2007

2012 – Um olhar sobre o cinema cubano

2013 – Cinema espanhol

2014 – Cinema português: 1974 - 1983

2015  – Manoel de Oliveira

2016 – Histórias sem palavras (cinema mudo)

2017 – Idade de ouro do cartaz de cinema polaco

2018 – Anna Magnani: 1908 - 1973

2019 – 120 x 160 (Cartazes emblemáticos da história do cinema)

2021/2022 – Centre Pompidou e o passador de imagens

Galeria

Referências

Ligações externas
 Sítio rotas e destinos

Melgaço (Portugal)
História do cinema
Cinema
Museus fundados em 2005
Fundações em Portugal em 2005
Museus de média

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Trump Administration Should Rescind Proposal That Allows Bosses to Pocket Working People's Tips
Posted on February 15, 2018 February 15, 2018 by Kenneth Quinnell
As we previously reported, President Donald Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced a new proposed regulation to allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers. This would result in an estimated $5.8 billion in lost wages for workers each year?wages that they rightfully earned.
And most of that would come from women's pockets. Nearly 70% of tipped workers are women, and a majority of them work in the restaurant industry, which suffers from some of the highest rates of sexual harassment in the entire labor market. This rule would exacerbate sexual harassment because workers will now depend on the whims of owners to get their tips back.
In a letter to Congress, the AFL-CIO opposed the rule change in the strongest possible terms, calling for the proposal to be rescinded:
Just days before the comment period for this [Notice of Proposed Rulemaking] closed, an extremely disturbing report appeared indicating that analysis of the costs and benefits in fact occurred, but was discarded. On Feb. 1, 2018, Bloomberg/BNA reported that the Department of Labor "scrubbed an unfavorable internal analysis from a new tip pooling proposal, shielding the public from estimates that potentially billions of dollars in gratuities could be transferred from workers to their employer." Assuming these reports are correct, the Department of Labor should immediately make the underlying data (and the analyses that the Department conducted) available to the public. We call on the Department of Labor to do so immediately and to withdraw the related Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The AFL-CIO strongly urges the Department to withdraw the proposed rule, and instead focus its energies on promoting policies that will improve economic security for people working in low-wage jobs and empower all working people with the resources they need to combat sexual harassment in their workplaces.
The Department of Labor must provide an estimate of its proposed rules' economic impact. However, while suspiciously claiming that such an analysis was impossible, it turns out that this wasn't true:
Senior department political officials—faced with a government analysis showing that workers could lose billions of dollars in tips as a result of the proposal—ordered staff to revise the data methodology to lessen the expected impact, several of the sources said. Although later calculations showed progressively reduced tip losses, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and his team are said to have still been uncomfortable with including the data in the proposal. The officials disagreed with assumptions in the analysis that employers would retain their employees' gratuities, rather than redistribute the money to other hourly workers. They wound up receiving approval from the White House to publish a proposal Dec. 5 that removed the economic transfer data altogether, the sources said.
The move to drop the analysis means workers, businesses, advocacy groups and others who want to weigh in on the tip pool proposal will have to do so without seeing the government's estimate first.
Democrats in Congress quickly responded that the rule change should be abandoned, as the new rule would authorize employers to engage in wage theft against their workers. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said:
You have been a proponent of more transparency and economic analysis in the rulemaking process. But if DOL hid a key economic analysis of this proposed rule—and if [Office of Management and Budget] officials were aware of and complicit in doing so—that would raise serious questions about the integrity of the rule itself, and about your role and the role of other OMB officials in the rulemaking.
Take action today and send a letter to Congress asking it to stop Trump's tip theft rule.
This blog was originally published at AFL-CIO on February 15, 2018. Reprinted with permission.
About the Author: Kenneth Quinnell is a long-time blogger, campaign staffer and political activist. Before joining the AFL-CIO in 2012, he worked as labor reporter for the blog Crooks and Liars.
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Labor Department scrubbed analysis that said its proposal would rob billions from workers
Posted on February 2, 2018 February 1, 2018 by Casey Quinlan
The Department of Labor decided to scrub an analysis from its proposal affecting tipped workers after it found workers would be robbed of billions of dollars, according to former and current department sources who spoke to Bloomberg Law.
In December, the Labor Department proposed a rule that rescinded portions of Obama-administration tip regulations and would allow employers who pay the minimum wage to take workers' tips. The department said the proposed rule would allow "back of the house" workers, such as dishwashers and cooks, who don't typically receive tips, to be part of a tip-sharing pool. But the rule also wouldn't prevent employers from just keeping the tips and not redistributing them.
The department never offered any estimate to the public of the amount of tips that would be shifted from workers to employers. The work of analyzing costs and benefits to proposed rules is legally required for the rulemaking process, Economic Policy Institute noted. EPI did its own analysis and found that tipped workers would lose $5.8 billion a year in tips as a result of this rule. Women in tipped jobs would lose $4.6 billion annually.
After seeing the annual projection showing that billions of dollars would transfer from tipped workers to their employers, senior department officials told staff to revise the methodology to lessen the impact, according to Bloomberg Law. After staff changed the methodology, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and his team were still not satisfied with the analysis, so they removed it from the proposal, with the approval of the White House.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a non-profit that advocates for improvement of wages and working conditions for low-wage restaurant workers, has opposed the proposed rule and said it would push a majority-women workforce "further into financial instability."
Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told the Washington Post in December that "the administration is giving a windfall to restaurant owners out of the pockets of tipped workers."
A department spokesman told Bloomberg Law that the department would likely publish an "informed cost benefit analysis" as part of any final rule but did not answer the reporter's question about why the department wouldn't allow the public to react to the analysis it created. The spokesman also claimed the department is acting in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal statute governing the ways agencies move forward with regulations. Two purposes of the APA is to make sure there is public participation in the rulemaking process, including by allowing public commenting and make sure the public is informed of rules. The public only has until Feb. 5 to comment on the proposal without viewing the department analysis. But the public could view the Economic Policy Institute analysis created to replace the department's shelved one.
Some senior attorneys at worker rights' groups say that the lack of analysis could violate the APA if the department publishes the full analysis with the final rule, as the spokesman said it would, but doesn't do so during its proposal. That would prove that the department could have created the analysis earlier but decided not to, lawyers told Bloomberg Law last week.
This wouldn't be the first time the administration has been accused of not properly adhering to the ADA. Many states are claiming the administration violated some part of the Administrative Procedure Act. Only a couple weeks into Trump's presidency, Public Citizen, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Communications Workers of America sought to overturn an executive order mandating that federal agencies eliminate two regulations for every regulation they create. The executive order also required that net costs of regulations on people and businesses be $0 in 2017.
The groups argued that this clearly violates a clause the APA. Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments in the lawsuit in August and said, "It's like a shadow regulatory process on top of the regulatory process." However, it's not clear if the rule has been implemented in practice. Public Citizen, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Communications Workers of America are still waiting on a ruling.
Economists, labor experts, and worker advocates from the National Employment Law Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, ROC United, and the Economic Policy Institute reacted to the news with outrage.
Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist to Vice President Joseph Biden, said he has developed a "high outrage bar" over the past year but "this failure to disclose handily cleared that bar."
Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at Economic Policy Institute, said she believes EPI's analysis is pretty close to whatever the department of labor came up with in its shelved analysis.
"The basic economic logic is that it is really unlikely that back-of-the house workers would get any more pay if this rule were to be finalized … If employers do share those tips with them, it is likely it will be offset by a reduction in base pay. I don't think take-home pay would be affected by this rule at all," Shierholz said.
Shierholz added, "It is likely that the DOL found something in this ballpark too and it's not surprising that there is just no way to do a good faith estimate and also maintain the fiction that this rule is not terrible for workers, so in that light you can see why it is no wonder that they tried to bury it."
When asked whether any group planned to sue the department over its decision not to show the analysis to the public, Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, said her organization sent a request to the department asking that it withdraw the rule but that she has not heard back from the department.
"We haven't decided what further action we may take," she said.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) released a statement demanding that the department drop the effort to propose this rule:
"This botched cover-up of evidence proving President Trump's policies help businesses steal billions from workers shows exactly what President Trump truly cares about: helping those at the top squeeze every last penny from families trying as hard as they can to get ahead. Now that their real priorities have been exposed, President Trump should tell Secretary Acosta to abandon this effort immediately."
This story was updated with additional quotes from economists, labor advocates, and politicians.
This article was originally published at ThinkProgress on February 1, 2018. Reprinted with permission.
About the Author: Casey Quinlan is a policy reporter at ThinkProgress covering economic policy and civil rights issues. Her work has been published in The Establishment, The Atlantic, The Crime Report, and City Limits.
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Trump Dept. of Labor Rule Would Legalize Employers Stealing Workers' Tips
Posted on December 15, 2017 December 20, 2017 by David Cooper
Last week, the Trump administration launched yet another front in its war on workers when the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would allow restaurants and other employers of tipped workers to begin legally pocketing their workers' tips.
The DOL's proposed rule would ostensibly allow restaurants to take the tips that servers and bartenders earn and share them with untipped employees, such as cooks and dishwashers. This may sound like as a reasonable change, since kitchen staff are essential to the dining experience. Indeed, we do need to reform how restaurant workers generally and tipped workers specifically are paid, including reducing pay disparities between "front of the house" workers and kitchen staff.
But this proposed rule is not really aimed at fixing these problems. How do we know? Because, critically, the rule does not actually require that employers distribute "pooled" tips to workers. Under the administration's proposed rule, as long as tipped workers earn the minimum wage, employers could legally pocket those tips for themselves.
Evidence shows that even now, when employers are prohibited from pocketing tips, many still do. Research on workers in three large U.S. cities—Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York—finds that 12 percent of tipped workers had their tips stolen by their employer or supervisor. Recent research also shows that workers in restaurants and bars are much more likely to suffer minimum wage violations—meaning being paid less than minimum wage—than workers in other industries. In the 10 most populous states, nearly one out of every seven restaurant workers reports being paid less than the minimum wage.
In some cases, this is the result of employers illegally confiscating tips. In others, it may be the result of employers asking staff to work off the clock, taking illegal deductions from paychecks or paying less than minimum wage to workers who may feel they cannot speak up—such as formerly incarcerated individuals, undocumented workers or foreign guest workers. These violations amount to more than $2.2 billion in stolen wages annually—and that's just in the 10 largest states.
With that much illegal wage theft occurring, it should be clear that when employers can legally pocket the tips earned by their employees, many will. And while the bulk of tipped employees work in restaurants, tipped workers outside the restaurant industry—such as nail salon workers, casino dealers, barbers and hair stylists—could also see their bosses begin taking a cut from their tips.
The Economic Policy Institute estimates that under the Trump administration's proposed rule, employers would pocket nearly $6 billion in tips earned by tipped workers each year. Trump's DOL even acknowledges that this could occur, stating "The proposed rule rescinds those portions of the 2011 regulations that restrict employer use of customer tips when the employer pays at least the full Federal minimum wage." In other words, so long as servers, bartenders and other tipped workers are being paid the measly federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, employers can do whatever they please with those workers' tips. The DOL claims that this is actually a benefit of the proposed rule because it "may result in a reduction in litigation"—that is, fewer tipped workers being able to sue employers who steal their pay.
The fact that Trump's DOL would so brazenly work to undermine protections for one of the lowest-paid, most poverty-stricken segments of the workforce says a lot about this administration's values. The federal DOL is many workers' primary source of protection when mistreated by an employer. In fact, 14 states effectively defer their wage and hour enforcement capacity to federal officials—meaning that outside of a private lawsuit, the federal DOL is these workers' only option for recourse.
An administration that genuinely cared about working people would crack down on employers stealing from workers, not propose to legalize it.
This blog was originally published at In These Times on December 15, 2017. Reprinted with permission.
About the Author: David Cooper is a Senior Economic Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute.
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South African beauty crowned Miss Universe
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Poe extols Rachel Peters despite Miss Universe 2017 defeat
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Rachel Peters bows out, finishes in Top 10 of the Miss Universe 2017
Miss Philippines Rachel Peters has bowed out of the Miss Universe 2017 competition, finishing in the Top 10 of the annual beauty pageant held at The Axis Theatre in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday.
Rachel Peters enters Miss Universe 2017 Top 10
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