Given the economic situation with many unemployed Texans struggling from business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government restrictions and following recent power outages, the Legislature should consider less spending, taxing, and regulating so Texans have more opportunities to prosper.
Invited testimony submitted to the Texas House Committee on Ways & Means
Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released five papers that together form a responsible strategy for the state’s immediate and long-term economic growth.
“These five approaches make for good economic policy anytime,” said TPPF Chief Economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. “But they are especially important as the state recovers from government-imposed shutdowns. Together, these strategies will help return Texas to the prosperity we saw before COVID-19 and help get us there fast.”
The Five-Step Strategy is:
“During the shutdown, the state suspended some rules and regulations, proving they weren’t essential for health and safety in the first place,” said Rod Bordelon, TPPF’s Policy Director for the Remember the Taxpayer Campaign. “Instead of waiting for the crisis to end to re-evaluate these regulations, we should repeal them now and review others in an ongoing basis so that Texans aren’t held back by unnecessary restrictions.”
The Responsible Recovery Agenda also stresses that budget writers should avoid seeking additional state revenue through increased fees and taxes.
“Raising taxes is a costly endeavor — even more so in a recession because it distorts behavior at a time when the economy is weak, delaying recovery and leading to even greater economic stress,” said Benjamin Priday, Ph.D., Economist at TPPF. “Legislators should close budget gaps first by strategically employing the Rainy Day Fund and by trying to find ways to reduce spending.
The Responsible Recovery Agenda is a comprehensive approach to addressing the budget challenges Texas faces in the wake of COVID-19 shutdowns while also preserving the success of the Texas Model, which has strengthened the state’s economy.
For a historical look at the budget and other ways to improve the budget process, the Foundation also released The Real Texas Budget report.
The Tax Foundation recently published a map of the country illustrating the property taxes paid in each state as a percentage of owner-occupied housing value in 2018. Of all 50 states, Texas had the seventh highest property tax burden in the country, with an effective rate of 1.69% of occupied housing value. This burden is something that Texans across the state know too well.
The article accompanying the map acknowledges that Texas to some extent relies on high property taxes in lieu of other tax categories – i.e., income taxes – though other states without an income tax do not necessarily have a high property tax burden (e.g., Florida). Regardless, in an economy hampered by COVID-19 and government lockdowns and with homeowners under substantial financial and mental stress, local governments have a responsibility to reduce the burden on taxpayers.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation has put forward proposals to reduce burdensome property taxes by focusing on Texas embracing final sales taxes over property taxes and governments implementing sound budget practices.
A final sales tax system is a more attractive alternative to a property tax. Property taxes are calculated on oftentimes subjective property values, which can rise without a change in homeowners’ ability to pay; Texans can adjust their spending habits to a sales tax, however. This results in a compounding effect of property taxes on holders of property every year that reduces their ability to pay them, forcing many to lose their property and to never truly own it.
One way to ease the property tax burden across Texas is to buy down school districts’ maintenance and operations (M&O) property taxes, which is about half of the property tax burden. This could be done by limiting state spending and using any surplus funds to cut the local property tax until it is eliminated, which could take roughly a decade, moving Texas towards sales taxes as they are the state’s top revenue source. However, this could be difficult to maintain session after session with the limitations on state and local government spending to achieve this in a timely manner, if at all.
Another way is for the state to immediately replace school M&O property taxes with higher sales taxes. An immediate swap would eliminate the risk that the switch to a final sales tax would be only temporary, a failure common to past property tax relief efforts. However, an immediate switch may be politically challenging to implement, so a way to mitigate this is to limit state spending and use surplus funds to cut the sales tax rate over time.
Switching M&O costs to sales taxes is not the only measure local (or state) governments should adopt. The other, and possibly even more fundamental to reducing barriers for opportunities to let people prosper, is implementing sound budgetary practices.
By reducing government spending through things like freezing new hires and pay raises and placing a moratorium on incurring any new taxpayer-funded debt, there are plenty of opportunities to cut taxes.
Local governments should volunteer for third-party audits to determine where areas of waste can be eliminated along with expensive lobbying contracts and longevity pay. Ultimately, practicing zero-based-budgeting, whereby local governments must justify every expenditure, could help achieve setting budget priorities that support effective government programs.
Any government approach to supporting an economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 must begin with easing the burden on Texas taxpayers, and that approach must include reducing the burden of soaring property taxes and implementing sound budgeting at all levels of government.
I provide options for how to substantially reduce the high property tax burden in Texas by limiting government spending with either a buydown of property taxes over time or a swap with sales taxes immediately so that Texans have more opportunities to prosper.
Lawmaker: At least 38 local government in Texas have attempted to raise property taxes above state cap
(The Center Square) – Several Texas counties have chosen to not raise county property taxes this year, keeping rates the same or lowering them in some cases. But 38 taxing entities have tried to increase property taxes over the state-mandated cap requiring taxpayer approval, state Sen. Paul Bettencourt said.
At a Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) panel discussion last week, the Houston-area senator who serves as the Senate Property Tax Committee Chair said 16 counties and 23 cities attempted to increase taxes over the limit set by the legislature.
Austin was among them. The Austin City Council recently voted to increase taxes above the limit enacted by the legislature last year, and voters will either approve or reject it this November. Several cities rejected increases in property taxes, including Dallas and Longview.
For the fifth year in a row, Collin County announced it was lowering its property tax rate in order to keep homeowners’ bills roughly unchanged from the previous year. In the past decade, the county has adopted no increased revenue rates nine times.
Previously referred to as the effective rate, the no-new-revenue rate collects the same total amount of property tax revenue as it did the previous year. However, what homeowners owe might go up depending on their property’s value increasing. A static or lower rate on a higher value still results in a higher tax bill for some.
In Denton County, the new tax rate is below the current tax rate and the no-new-revenue tax rate. Plano County’s budget is based on a “no-new-revenue” property tax rate.
Tarrant County also kept its property tax rate the same, which is slightly below the no-new-revenue rate. But because of rising home values, the average property tax bill will increase by roughly $9.
“The problem with Texas property taxes has always been as property values go up, tax rates never came down," Bettencourt said. "So values inched up and in some cases increased by 10 percent each year and were never offset by taxes going down.”
Bettencourt helped pave the way for property tax reform in the last legislative session. SB2 reduced cap on potential property tax increases for the first time in 30 years, from 8 percent to 3.5 percent. HB3 placed a hard cap of 2.5 percent for school districts. Both were combined in the property tax bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Any attempt to increase taxes over the caps requires approval by voters.
Dr. Vance Ginn, chief economist at TPPF, said that the rollback rate was established in 1979. In 1981, it was raised from 5 percent to 8 percent when inflation was running double digits. But over the past 25 years, inflation hasn’t been above 4 percent.
In 2019, it was time to adjust the rates, Ginn said, to protect homeowners from ongoing increased taxation. It couldn’t have been more timely, he said, since within less than a year more than 4 million Texans filed for unemployment during COVID-19 restrictions and state and local governments were seeing less revenue.
It’s problematic that local governments “need to expand their budgets in some capacity by more than 3.5 percent,” Ginn said, “when Texas families are often times seeing their incomes fall dramatically from having some sort of income down to zero, [… receiving unemployment], and some of these local taxing entities are saying, ‘You know what, we need to raise our taxes more. By the way, the way we are going to do that is spending more along the way.’”
In Harris County, property taxes increased by 29 percent from 2014 to 2018, whereas population growth and inflation increased by 11 percent, Ginn said. The comparison between taxes and population growth and inflation is often used as a metric to determine how much the burden of government should grow to stay within the means of taxpayers, he said.
According to a recent WalletHub study, Texas ranked 32nd highest among 50 states for its overall tax burden of 8.2 percent. Texas property owners paid 3.95 percent in property taxes and 4.25 percent in sales and excise taxes.
It took a decade to get tax relief on both sides, Bettencourt said, adding that, “The pressure to spend more taxpayer money is ingrained in government.”
In this Let People Prosper episode, we discuss how we got to where we are today in our careers, which are driven by the desire to improve the well-being of people today and future generations. I'm thankful for their friendship and excellent work!
We discuss the need to rein in government spending so we can have the least burdensome tax system. Here's a write-up on what's going on with taxes and spending in Texas.
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In this Let People Prosper show, we discuss the push by locally elected officials for total control of our lives instead of allowing control by local voters. We also discuss the reasoning for every dollar raised by increasing the state's sales tax rate to go to property tax relief of lower tax bills instead of growing government by just reducing recapture which stays with school districts and doesn't go to cutting your tax bills. That discussion included the House Ways & Means hearings of HJR 3 last week and SB 2 this week. Finally, we discussed major reforms to bail and ban the box that could improve the criminal justice system and help those that are involved. These are the ways we can help Texans and all Americans have more opportunities to prosper.
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In this Let People Prosper episode, we discuss the latest Tiger Woods victory and the start of the NBA Playoffs. We go on to discuss the Texas Legislature's latest on property tax reform and lack of spending restraint, key measures of reining in out of control local governments restricting liberty, and efforts to reform the criminal justice system so it punishes and rehabilitates people.
In this Let People Prosper episode, we discuss the key elements of real property tax cuts (slower growth rates and lasting tax reductions), movement afoot to eliminate civil asset forfeiture, and potential expansions in local liberty that are being discussed at the Texas Legislature. As we get closer to the end of session, these are critical aspects that you don't want to miss.
In this Let People Prosper episode, we discuss how to unveil government excess whether it be with pension obligation bonds, bail (register for upcoming TPPF event), occupational licensing burdens reduced for military spouses, TRS pension structural problems, and the Texas House budget that increases far more than the average taxpayer's ability to pay.
In this Let People Prosper episode, we discuss issues related to responsible governing, like passing budgets that remain within the average taxpayer's ability to pay, local debt transparency, and criminal justice reforms where the time matches the offense. This is all essential to improving the Texas Model based on limited government that has long supported economic prosperity, as noted by today's state-level jobs report discuss.
In this Let People Prosper episode, James Quintero, Chance Weldon and I discuss the Conservative Texas Budget related to SB 500; Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas related to SB 12; superintendent pay reform in HB 880; local debt issues in HB 440, HB 477, and SB 30; and a legal case regarding child safety.
In this Let People Prosper episode, James Quintero, Dr. Derek Cohen, and I discuss key bills regarding local liberty issues related to debt transparency (HB 440 & HB 477), criminal justice reform efforts, property taxes (HB 2, HB 705, HB 648), and teacher pay/retirement (SB 3/SB 393).
In this Let People Prosper episode, James Quintero, Dr. Derek Cohen, and I discuss the following:
Amazon Favoritism Problem, TX Property Tax Update, & Committee Org Meetings: Let People Prosper Ep 74
In this Let People Prosper episode, James Quintero, Derek Cohen, and I discuss key topics this week for Current Events Friday.
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In this Let People Prosper episode 73, we discuss efforts to change Texas' rainy day fund to lower the economic stabilization fund (ESF) cap and impose a new endowment fund (SB 69), overview of an organizational meeting by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and the latest on property tax relief that info on SB 2 in the Senate Committee on Property Tax today and the organizational meeting by House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday.
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In this Let People Prosper episode 72, James Quintero, Dr. Derek Cohen, and I discuss this week's current events. The big stories this week are Governor Abbott's State of the State, President Trump's State of the Union, and property tax hearing held by the Texas Senate Committee on Property Taxes. We dive into each of these issues to consider which government actions preserve liberty and which ones don't.
Regarding property taxes, there's some hope in sight! Senate Bill 2 could provide historic property tax reform (read my written testimony and watch testimony at time 1:13:10) that would put in place a 2.5% property tax revenue rate that would trigger an automatic election in November for a local government that wanted to increase their revenue above that point. This reform is an essential element for any property tax relief of lowering property tax bills like TPPF’s plan to eliminate the school M&O property tax over time by slowing spending growth.
In this Let People Prosper episode 71, I chat with James Quintero and Dr. Derek Cohen of TPPF about the benefits of bail reform (SB 628 & SJR 37), the costs and benefits of the latest version of reforming the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (SB 393) (more on TRS problems here), and what to expect in Gov. Abbott's State of the State (like a possible emergency item of property tax reform).
In this Let People Prosper episode 70, I chat with James Quintero and Dr. Derek Cohen about the recently released bills that would both provide property tax reform with the same language (Senate Bill 2 & House Bill 2). Read TPPF's press release here.
The press conference attended by Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dennis Bonnen, Chairman Paul Bettencourt, and Chairman Dustin Burrows shows the unity of this particular measure. These bills would provide property tax reforms to increase transparency, change up the appraisal system, and impose a revenue trigger of an automatic rollback election: (1) if revenue is set to grow by more than 8% for local tax jurisdictions with less than $15 million in total revenue from sales and property taxes, and (2) if revenue is set to grow by more than 2.5% for all other taxing entities.
This is a step in the right direction to slowing the growth of skyrocketing property taxes and we look forward to working with leadership and legislators to lower tax bills by limiting state spending as well.
We also discuss the benefits of SB 523, which would restructure occupational licenses for those with particular criminal records.
In this Let People Prosper episode 68, I interview James Quintero, Director of the Think Local Liberty project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, about reining in skyrocketing local property taxes, increasing local debt transparency, and highlighting frivolous local spending. High taxes and debt are always and everywhere a spending problem. James makes that point clear in this episode. Don't miss it!
Perhaps no issue unites Texans across the state like the need to reduce property taxes. But any property tax reform will have consequences that affect how we fund education, pay for roads, grow our economy, improve access to health care, and more. Experts and policymakers take on this critical question and look for solutions in the 86th Legislature.
Great discussion with Dr. John Diamond from Rice University's Baker Institute, Senator Paul Bettencourt, Judge Glenn Whitley, and Representative Drew Springer.
Read more about TPPF's plan to cut property taxes and find out how much you would save under this plan over time here.
In this Let People Prosper episode 67, let's discuss the importance of sustaining and improving the Texas Model of no personal income tax, relatively low taxes, relatively less government spending, and sensible regulation that allow entrepreneurs opportunities not available elsewhere. This can be boiled down to: Institutions Matter. Let's recall previous discussions highlighting these key points while noting how Texas led the way in job creation again in 2018.
In this #LetPeopleProsper episode 66, let's discuss what happened during Week 2 of the 86th Texas Legislature.
My op-ed on the need to ban a personal income tax in Texas in the Victoria Advocate was tweeted by Governor Greg Abbott. That op-ed also noted the need to cut the school maintenance and operations property tax with TPPF's plan of simply slowing government spending growth. And I had another piece in The Hill that noted the benefits of free trade.
Finally, the Legislative Budget Board adopted a spending limit based on population growth and inflation last Friday. Near the end of the discussion (watch starting at 6:20), Chair Jane Nelson notes, at Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s request, that The Honorable Talmadge Heflin said TPPF wouldn’t include Harvey-related money in budget figures. This is correct as long as it is transparent and one-time funding. It's a pleasure to work with him every day. Regarding the recent budgets, we posted a blog post with more information comparing the House and Senate budget recommendations with the Conservative Texas Budget.
In this Let People Prosper episode 64, let's discuss the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Policy Orientation, which was a sold out event that helps define the narrative for the 86th Texas Legislature, and highlight the recent spending limit set by the Legislative Budget Board.
The following are the panels that I moderated or participated in some capacity and my key takeaways with resources:
The other big news on Friday was that the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) set the state's spending limit for the upcoming 2020-21 budget. This spending limit is on only general revenue not dedicated by the constitution which is less than half of the total budget. While statutorily the spending limit should be based on growth in personal income, last session the LBB chose the rate based on population growth and inflation. This time the spending limit is 9.89% for the 2020-21 budget, which is based on an increase of 8.39% in population growth and inflation and 1.5% for Harvey.
This is another good sign that the LBB continues to use a measure for the limit that better matches the average taxpayer's ability to pay than the inappropriate growth rate of personal income. This spending limit is in-line with the recent BRE increase of 8.1% in general revenue-related funds and provides funds available to cover needed expenses along with property tax relief. Specifically, the Legislature could use half of the funds of about $4.4 billion for spending and 90% of the rest of the funds of about $4.1 billion to buydown the school maintenance and operations property tax.
Despite the economic success of the Texas Model of fiscally conservative governance, a skyrocketing local property tax burden remains one of the state’s most pressing policy challenges. Property taxes have been growing faster than Texan’s ability to pay for them, increasing the need to eliminate them.
You get less of whatever you tax. This key economic insight suggests the best type of taxation does the least economic harm, achieved by limiting government spending to only securing liberty. The evidence is clear that Texas should never have a personal income tax. There is nearly a consensus that is true, but there is a growing consensus that Texas should eliminate property taxes that keep Texans renters forever.
Property taxes are an inefficient type of tax. They are based on primarily subjective valuations by appraisal review boards and determined tax rates by local tax entities with little to no feedback from citizens. Given the rising property tax burden and its inefficient collection mechanism, they should be eliminated in exchange for a more efficient, slower-growing sales tax based on objective market transactions that would help appropriately remove taxes on capital (i.e. property)—the driver of the wealth of states.
Property taxes are more regressive than a sales tax. Opponents of a sales tax say it is too regressive, whereby people with lower incomes people pay a larger share of their income to taxes than those with higher incomes. The Texas Comptroller’s recent report confirms that both sales taxes and property taxes are regressive, according to the “suits index” (see following two tables), but suggests property taxes are less regressive. However, this analysis (and others like it) do not account for the fact that sales taxes are paid once at purchase yet property taxes are paid annually, hurting low- and fixed-income Texans the most because the costs compound over time. A property tax also keeps people from getting their first home and kicks many people out of their home and business. Appropriately accounting for these cumulative costs indicates a property tax is more regressive.
Texas should ultimately have only a single-legged barstool in the form of a broad-based sales tax. Some talk about the need for a three-legged stool of taxation. These legs include a sales tax, property tax, and a personal income tax. Because Texas appropriately doesn’t have the latter, the argument is that there is a need for the other two. But that’s incorrect. Texas needs the most efficient tax system possible to fund limited government. That’s done by expanding the sales tax base as wide as possible to not pick winners and losers to keep the rate as low as possible.
There are paths to swapping out city and county property taxes with a higher local sales tax rate if the state doesn’t broaden the base. This is also a good option as it provides a direct funding source for local governments’ maintenance and operations if, and only if, they eliminate the property tax with a revenue neutral swap. Ideally, the sales tax rate would not be allowed to ratchet up further after the swap and the property tax could never come back.
The school district maintenance and operations property tax, which comprises about 45 percent of the total property tax burden in Texas, could also be swapped out with a sales tax. A broader sales tax base could allow the rate to fall. Here is an overview of possible rates and sales tax bases to eliminate the school district M&O property tax in Texas with 2017 data, which the ideal option would be to expand the base and not tax property, as property is capital that supports economic prosperity.
Texas should limit spending to limit taxes. While sales tax collections can be more volatile than property tax collections from economic changes, sales taxes better reflects taxpayers’ ability to pay than a property tax that they have little control over. Also, property taxes often don’t reflect the economic climate but rather the whims of appraisal districts and local officials that hurt property holders in the process when their incomes are falling. More importantly though, Texas governments must practice spending restraint so that excessive spending doesn’t drive taxes higher than taxpayers’ ability to pay. High taxes are always and everywhere a spending problem.
This is why there is need to limit spending growth to no more than population growth and inflation, two key measures that reflect the ability to pay from more people and wage growth that’s highly correlated with inflation. By practicing spending restraint, excess taxpayer dollars can be used to lower the sales tax rate after a swap or could even be used to cut the school M&O property tax in the meantime until the elimination of school districts’ maintenance and operations property taxes.
By practicing fiscal restraint and eliminating all taxes in Texas except for a broad-based sales tax, the Texas Model would support even greater prosperity for all Texans.
Vance Ginn, Ph.D.


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On Saturday morning, Mary Virginia Crites Hannah Park in Circleville was filled we runners for the fourth annual Cody D’s Run Walk, & Roll. The event is held in memory of Cody D. Stewart who had suffered a traumatic brain injury. The Stewart Family arranges this event to raise awareness and rally behind families that are personally affected by brain trauma.
According to the event Facebook page, “Each year, the event selects a local beneficiary with a goal to offer assistance to overcome any financial hardships from the expenses of incurring a brain injury. Cody D’s Run, Walk, and Roll has helped families the expenses of wheelchairs, medical equipment and rehabilitation expenses, donated to Traumatic Brain Injury research efforts, and purchased Christmas gifts for families in need.” Due to the growing support, the 5k was able to donate to two beneficiary families instead of its usual one.
This year, the even supported T.J. Ison and Kelly Smith. TJ Ison, a 2017 Teays Valley High School graduate, sustained his brain injury from an arteriovenous malformation shortly before his high school graduation. Kelly Smith, also a Pickaway County native, has fought his traumatic brain injury for several years following a motor vehicle accident. The event was able to raise $3,000 for each beneficiary.
Kelly was able to ride around the course with his family and friends supporting him and T.J. opted to walk across the finish line with “Eye of the Tiger” playing in the background. According to T.J.’s family, he had been working hard in physical therapy for the ability to finish the race on foot.


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You mentioned that you made some adjustments to the TRG Trigger. How did you do it? Does anyone know whether one can get a Jewel trigger for the TRG?
They come from the factory with a great two stage adjustable trigger D. Having owned and still do a few Jewel trigger I don't think it really makes much sense to even change what is already a great trigger on the Sako TRG-42. But you can read the factory manual on how to adjust the trigger to your liking if it seems off to you?
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Amongst all the wonderful technology, what on earth are Kia doing fitting a "handbrake" seemingly straight off a Massey Ferguson tractor? The ratchet sound can't be silenced, and the pedal is so high you have to lift your leg up so your knee is almost as high as the steering wheel! Total embarrassment when I took some mates out to show the car off, they're still laughing now...!
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FIFA vice-president Issa Hayatou today threatened legal action against BBC Panorama over their claim he accepted a £10,000 bribe - insisting the money was given to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) towards their 40th anniversary celebrations.
The president of African football is now being investigated by the International Olympic Committee - of which he is also a member - following the allegations.
England 2018 had high hopes of winning Hayatou's support in the FIFA executive committee's World Cup vote on Thursday.
Panorama said that according to a list of secret payments made by now defunct marketing company ISL, Hayatou's name appeared next to a cash payment of 100,000 French francs in 1995.
Hayatou, from Cameroon, today said that it was not a bribe but a payment by CAF's former sponsors approved by the confederation's executive committee.
He told Press Association Sport: "This money was not for me it was for the 40th anniversary of CAF.
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Hayatou said he was now considering legal action against Panorama.
He added: "I have got an appointment with my lawyers, I will talk to them and I will take it from there."
The IOC said their ethics commission will look into the claims against Hayatou.
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The Benefits of Reading Aloud Among Children and Adults
Reading aloud is a great way to practice reading skills and build vocabulary. It is also a great way to introduce children to new books and encourage them to read more. For adults, it can be used as an exercise for the mind and body, or as a way of relaxing after a long day.
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With the number of people reading books in decline, reading campaigns are being created to encourage reading for pleasure. These campaigns are a way to get all ages excited about books. Reading is proven to give kids a significant edge in schools such as stronger vocabulary and higher SAT scores.
There are more reading campaigns that have been started on social media. Most of them were launched in association with UNICEF and had made possible through Campai association administration (vereinsverwaltung mitglieder).
Benefits of Reading Aloud for Children
- It stimulates their brain and have fun with them. Additionally, it will provide more time for you to interact with your child while they are learning and growing; which could be helpful in improving their cognitive development.
- It improves vocabulary skills, listening comprehension skills, and the ability to retain information.
- It encourages creativity and facilitates language development.
- It helps build a love of words and vocabulary.
- It aids in the beginning stages of cognitive development.
In the article “The Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Child” by Dr. Stephen Langer, the article suggests a couple of ways to use reading aloud with your child.
- One way is to read a children’s classic (like The Velveteen Rabbit, or Mathew and Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Begins!). This is great for young children who may not be able to read on their own yet but still enjoy listening to a book that they can point out when you say the title.
- The other way is to read bedtime stories before bed. This is a great way for children, especially younger ones, to get excited about stories and get them ready for sleep!
One of the advantages of reading aloud to your child is that it will stimulate their brain to learn new words, concepts, and reading comprehension. For example, if you read The Velveteen Rabbit to your child they will be able to understand the concept of being loved and cherished, as well as softness and vulnerability.
Reading aloud is a great way to have fun with your child and build a strong parent-child bond. It will provide more time for you to interact with your child while they are learning and growing; which could be helpful in improving their cognitive development.
Read also: The Science-Proven Health Effects of Reading
Reading Aloud Benefits for Adults:
Reading aloud is a way of sharing stories with others. It helps children to learn more about the world and their language skills. It also helps adults to improve their reading skills and their understanding of the text.
Reading aloud can help people to remember what they have read better. Reading aloud can help us to understand what we may not have understood before, such as difficult words or concepts. Reading aloud can also help people who are learning English as a second language to speak with more confidence in public speaking situations.
How to Get Your Kids to Read Aloud and Share Their Favorite Books?
Reading aloud to kids is one of the best ways to help them learn how to read and have fun at the same time. It is also a way for parents to spend quality time with their children.
Parents should make reading aloud time a habit and try not to stop reading aloud once they start. They should also read in a calm voice and not rush through the words. Reading aloud should be interactive, so kids can ask questions about what they are reading or tell you what they think about it.

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The on-again, off-again sale of Buffalo Raceway's pari-mutuel license apparently is on again. This time it looks like the 48-year-old harness track at the Erie County Fair Grounds in Hamburg is on the verge of being sold to its landlord, the Erie County Agricultural Society.
"We are in deep discussion and close to a deal," said Stan Phillips, vice chairman of Delaware North Companies Inc., current owner of the Raceway. He said an agreement could be announced in "a week to 10 days." Terms were not disclosed.
Paul C. Laing, secretary and general manager of the Society, told Raceway employes "an agreement is in place to negotiate the purchase." Laing said the Society intends to continue racing at the facility.
A tentative sale of Buffalo Raceway and the Finger Lakes Race Track in Canandaigua to Wilmorite Inc. of Rochester fell through late last year after uncertainties developed over a bill in Albany that would have allowed a quarter horse track to open near Binghamton.
The Raceway, which opened in 1942, leases its facilities from the society.
Finger Lakes Race Track's $200,000 Budweiser Breeders' Cup on July 4 could turn into a battle of national importance. The track said leading candidates for the 6-furlong dash include Safely Kept, last year's Eclipse award-winning sprinter; Dancing Spree, the 1989 Breeders' Cup Sprint winner from the powerful Phipps stable; Regal Intention, Sam-Son Farm's 1988 Queen's Plate winner, and Houston, the D. Wayne Lukas 4-year-old who is on the comeback trail.
Frattare, upset winner of last year's Breeders' Cup at Finger Lakes, is being pointed toward a repeat. The 6-year-old made his 1990 bow a victorious one June 10. He defeated a field that included Mercedes Won, the 1988 Canadian 2-year-old champ making his seasonal bow in a 6-furlong allowance dash at the Canandaigua track.
Mercedes Won's third place finish in the $7,800 race was the first time the Arnold Fink-trained 4-year-old has been in the money in five starts.
The ambitiously placed son of Air Forbes Won finished last season running up the track in big-money races: the Haskell Handicap at Monmouth, the Gallant Man at Saratoga, the Molson Million at Woodbine, and the Pennsylvania Derby at Philadelphia Park. Despite those disappointments, he's won about $890,000 for owner Chris Spencer.
With Approval, winner of Fort Erie's Prince of Wales Stakes and Canada's 1989 Horse of the Year, is now the 10th-richest horse in training. According to The Blood-Horse magazine figures through June 9, the only active horses with more earnings than With Approval's $1,903,100 bankroll are Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Great Communicator, Steinlen, Unbridled, Yankee Affair, Prized, Bayakoa and Pay the Butler. With Sunday's win in world-record time of 2:10 1/5 in the Bowling Green Handicap at Belmont Park, With Approval ran his earnings to $2,016,380.
There were a lot of gasps, but not much cheering, at Buffalo Raceway Saturday night when Center Full's number (4) was finally put up on the tote board as the official winner of the first race. The 4-year-old pacer driven by Larry Fudella paid a Raceway record $255.80 for a $2 win wager. Only $35 of a total win pool of $5,460 was bet on the winner, who was moved up on the disqualification of Kevin Cummings' Warrior Hill.
Shirley Dear, winner of Fort Erie's $39,100 Breeders' Cup Stakes on May 28, finished fourth, by 2 1/2 lengths, in a race for $80,000 claimers at Woodbine last Wednesday. Toronto industrialist Frank Stronach (owner of Jersey Derby winner Yonder) claimed two 4-year-old filles -- Andrea Ruckus and Diamond Coast -- from the race for $80,000 each. Shirley Dear is one of 80 nominees for the $50,000 Fort Erie International Turf Cup on July 4.
In news of other Fort Erie Alumni: Burning Oak, second by a neck in last year's Juvenile Stakes, was recently claimed for $25,000 by a client of trainer Martin F. Velden. . . . Cheerful Spree, second in last month's Fort Erie Breeders' Cup, won a Woodbine turf allowance race by 2 1/4 lengths last Thursday. . . . Wonchindordor, the 4-year-old filly who was a dead-heat co-winner of last year's Ontario Colleen Handicap, recently won Woodbine's $76,180 Seaway Stakes, paying $35.70. Blushing Katy, champion 3-year-old filly in Canada last year, was third. . . . Sunny Blossom, recent 9-length winner of the Oakland Handicap at Golden Gate, is aiming for the $100,000 True North Handicap over 6 furlongs at Belmont Park on June 23.
Man defeated beast quite handily in last Friday's exhibition race at Buffalo Raceway.
John Kralisz, a champion cross country runner, ran the half-mile in 1:58 to defeat the pacer Haggard, who had to race a full mile while pulling driver Hugh Stevens. It wasn't meant to be much of a contest. Haggard's lifetime mark for a mile is 2:00 2/5 .
Cambiance moved into fourth place on the local Fastest Five list Saturday night with a 1:57 3/5 victory at Buffalo Raceway. The 1990 list is headed by Dorunrun Bluegrass (1:54 3/5 , Herve Filion) and Sea The USA (1:56 4/5 and 1:57, Gerald Procino). Fifth is Macduff Hanover (1:57 4/5 , P.C. Rapone).
Fred Haslip's Handsome Boy owns the two fastest local trots of the year, a pair of wins in 2:02 2/5 . Next comes Ruby's Thunder (2:02 3/5 , Jack Flanigen), Major T Collins (2:02 4/5 , Ken Ball) and Longshot Lobell (2:03 3/5 , Larry Wittcop).
Beach Towel, beaten favorite in last year's $200,000 Hopeful at Buffalo Raceway, looms as the horse to beat in Saturday night's $1 million North America Cup at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway.
Driven by Ray Remmen, the 3-year-old pacer who has lost only twice in 18 starts, won his North America elimination dash last Saturday in 1:53 1/5 . Earlier he won miles at Rosecroft in 1:52 3/5 and 1:53.
His opponents in Canada's richest harness race will be Jake And Elwood, Chefs Magic, Mark Jonathan, Shipps Schnoops, Apaches Fame, Road Machine, Till We Meet Again, and King Gypsy.


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Skip to comments.One-percenter Liz Warren milks system then slams it in phony soundbites
Posted on 04/26/2014 10:46:55 AM PDT by SamAdams76
While U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sleeps in her $5 million mansion in Cambridge, and got paid $350,000 to teach just one class at Harvard, she had the audacity to say in an interview with Jon Stewart this week that the system is rigged to benefit the rich.
Yes, Sen. Warren, that would be you. Under a free-market, capitalist system, you became a U.S. senator and multimillionaire whose own net worth hovers around $14.5 million, according to personal financial disclosure reports filed in 2011.
Newsflash for Warren: With that kind of cash, you are a one-percenter! That very demographic you vilified and campaigned against.
Yet liberal hypocrites, like Warren and countless fellow phonies in Hollywood, want to denigrate a capitalist system and make America a socialist country after they personally benefited from a free-market system. Now once Warren and Hollywood hypocrites are living lavishly in their ivory towers, they preach about income inequality and the little guys.
Memo to Warren: Students at Harvard are among the little guys. Like millions of other college students across America, they are paying outrageously high tuition so one-percenters like yourself can reap the benefits.
If Sen. Warren truly cared about the little guy, why not return most of her salary to Harvard for teaching just one class and lobby fellow liberal professors to do the same? Then Harvard could actually lower its tuition costs for all students. Sounds like practical income redistribution to me.
Its obvious, that despite liberals consistently blaming former President George Bush, Wall Street, the Koch Brothers, Ted Cruz and the GOP for virtually everything, its actually anti-work, liberal progressive policies that are screwing over the little guy, namely students. The Invincibles voted for President Obama not once, but twice, hoping he would help them get a good job upon graduation. Flash forward to 2014 and one can only feel sorry for these hope-and-change dreamers. Fifteen months into Obamas second term, too many college grads are unemployed, underemployed, still living with their parents or working for the minimum wage.
But wait! They get to join Obamacare!
Bottom line: Sen. Warren and other political one-percenters spout phony slogans just to get re-elected and siphon money from their donors wallets. Its time for college students to get street-smart and stop swallowing every vacuous soundbite.
Indian princess, Mother of all Hypocrites with High Cheekbones, speaks with forked tongue.
Great editorial, only lacking the posing of one question:
If the students at Harvard are getting such great educations, why can’t they see how badly they got and are being hosed by the current admins’ policies of socialism and income redistribution? Worse, they pay giant money which will hang over them in the form of multi-year debt to hear and ratify the very propanganda that will enslave them.
Our ruling class. I think i might read about the French revolution this afternoon. That always cheers me up.
How did she get rich? Did she inherit all that money to be worth $14 million??? If so doesn’t she have to hate herself, because she personifies what she resents???
And being worth so much, shouldn’t she give it all away, so she won’t be among the evil 1%???
Such a charming, caring little liberal.
OMG, then isn’t Elizabeth Warren a hypocritical liberal?
She took advantage of people who were down on their luck.
Actually, she did well within the bounds of capitalism. But, if we’re to be good liberals, we should be angry at what she was doing flipping houses.
Or, we would be angry if an evil Republican made millions flipping houses in that manner. Because she has liberal credentials, nothing will be said about how she made her money.
Imagine George Bush or Sarah Palin doing this!
Maybe fauxcahauntus got some investment advice from the next potus. You know, the ever loving granny hildebeast.
14.5 million; not bad for a little Indian girl.
” Apparently you can add “loan shark” to her resume also because she made high-interest, short-term loans to members of her family.”
Doesn’t count. It was Wampum.
This is a situation in which any Republican would be crucified for doing the same thing which Elizabeth Warren did to get rich.
Many liberals seem to love Elizabeth Warren and wish she would run for president. There are many Democrats for whom Hillary isn’t liberal enough.
Stay tuned. If Hillary doesn’t run, we could see Warren out there. Regardless, Warren could be on someone’s short list as a VP running mate in 2016, due to how much the liberals are talking about her and love her.
Tired of Robespierre Reid’s reign of terror?
“Yet liberal hypocrites, like Warren and countless fellow phonies in Hollywood, want to denigrate a capitalist system and make America a socialist country after they personally benefited from a free-market system. Now once Warren and Hollywood hypocrites are living lavishly in their ivory towers, they preach about income inequality and the little guys.
The six contradictions of socialism in the United States of America:
1. America is capitalistic and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.
2. Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
3. They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
4. Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.
5. The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
That, my friends, pretty much sums up the USA in the 21st Century.
Get out and vote and set this country back on its course!
Perhaps the one Democrat presidential prospect whose rise bemuses me more than Hillary!’s. She’s like a human talking doll. Pull the string in the back of her neck, get left-wing boilerplate.
Elizabeth Warren bought a foreclosed house for $61,000 in June 1993 and sold it in December 1994 for $95,000, a 56 per cent mark-up.
She paid $30,000 for a property in August 1993 and sold five months later for $145,000, a 383 per cent gain.
Warren lent her brother $25,000 for a property in 1994 that was sold at a mark-up of 68 per cent for $42,000 in 1998.
Those houses belonged to people who were "hurting" in the recession.
The loans to relatives appear to be more tied up in her real estate speculation than outright gouging of siblings, though.
“Stay tuned. If Hillary doesnt run, we could see Warren out there. “
If the Democrats run almost any female in 2016 they will win. They have the minority vote locked down and they know there are enough white females who will vote for “history”. To ensure victory they will continue to beat the war on women drum.
I predict if Hillary doesn’t run, Warren will be the Democrat nominee with a latino male VP candidate.
The system is rigged for people to LIE about their heritage to get preferential treatment under the crime called affirmative action (going away thanks to the recent 6-2 SC ruling).
This, in my opinion, is why Obama doesn’t want his college records shown: He listed himself as foreign born to get special admission because we all know his grades were very, very, very subpar.
I guess fellow 1%’er John Stewart was too busy obsessing with Fox news to take her to task for her hypocrisy...


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These Hudson Valley municipalities are set to welcome recreational marijuana dispensaries
Tax revenue is also at stake in the pot business. Municipalities stand to receive 3% of marijuana revenues, which means they would receive $30,000 for every $1 million in sales.
As the smoke clears from this fall’s local debates over marijuana dispensaries, at least 13 municipalities in the Hudson Valley are prepared to welcome retail pot shops when such outlets are allowed to open in 2023.
Some municipalities will also allow consumption lounges, where those over 21 years of age can light up a joint and catch a buzz in a regulated indoor space.
Diego Rodriguez, 22, a Sleepy Hollow options trader, sees the benefits of a recreational marijuana dispensary and consumption lounge in the historic Hudson River village, including the provision of cannabis that regulated for its potency.
“Why not here?” he said. “It’s legal now, so you’ll be able to buy it in other places. We have liquor stores, and a dispensary will have regulated bud. Plus the village will receive tax revenue from the sales.”
Under the law, retail recreational cannabis shops and consumption lounges are allowed in every New York municipality. But municipal boards that want to ban the shops and/or the lounges have until Dec. 31 to vote to opt out of allowing them within their borders.
In Westchester, municipalities that would allow both retail shops and consumption lounges include Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains and New Rochelle, the town of Pound Ridge, and the village of Sleepy Hollow.
Those in the process of allowing only retail cannabis shops are the town of Bedford, the village of Croton-on-Hudson, and the town and village of Ossining.
In Dutchess, the city of Poughkeepsie is poised to allow shops and lounges as is the village of Haverstraw in Rockland County. Chestnut Ridge is Rockland will allow dispensaries, but on Nov. 19, Mayor Sam Presti said the village would consider opting out of lounges.
The Putnam County village of Cold Spring is the only municipality to put the issue up to a vote after the village board in September opted out of both dispensaries and lounges, but also voted to hold a permissive referendum on the issue on Nov. 2.
Cold Spring voters approved a retail dispensary 52% to 48%, but voted down consumption lounges by a similar margin.
Pat Lindgren, 75, of Cold Spring, was out for a walk on Main Street in mid-November when asked about the narrow victory for a cannabis shop.
“I have no objection,” she said. “It’s not going to cause the ruin of everyone.”
The law also allows residents to force a permissive referendum with the collection of signatures equal to at least 10% of voters who cast ballots in the 2018 gubernatorial election in their municipality. No such petition drive has forced a referendum in the region.
In Rockland County, Chestnut Ridge Mayor Sam Presti, who leads the village on the border of New Jersey, said the village board decided not to opt out of allowing a recreational dispensary. He said the village’s planner is studying where such an establishment should be located under its zoning code.
Chestnut Ridge is among the region's fastest growing municipalities, with the population growing by 33% since 2010, fueled in part by an influx of Orthodox Jews.
“Nothing’s in black or white yet,” said Presti. “We're putting that together."
The municipal action in the Hudson Valley has heartened Hillary Peckham, chief operating officer at Etain, the female-owned company with medical marijuana dispensaries in Yonkers, Ulster, Syracuse and New York City.
"It’s a positive step to see municipalities open to allowing cannabis dispensaries," said Peckham, who lives in Bedford. "Etain is waiting to see where things end up in the new year before making any final decisions on locations. We do not intend on opening consumption lounges.”
Timetable unclear for opening shops
Exactly when New York's retail outlets will open remains unclear. New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are now vying to be the first in the tristate region to open recreational sales, following action in state legislatures in 2020 and 2021.
Connecticut could begin recreational sales in late 2022, while New Jersey in February could announce when to expect recreational outlets to open.
New York’s recreational sales were predicted to begin 18 months after the state legislature passed its legalization bill in March. Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo never appointed the Cannabis Control Board, which was done by his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, in October.
"Now that the board is constituted and the Office of Cannabis Management established, we can really begin to look at the timeline and see if there is an opportunity to expedite the process, including the potential to issue some licenses on a rolling basis,” said state spokesman Freeman Klopott.
Among those with a preference are the sites of medical marijuana dispensaries, such as Etain, located on the second floor of the Gazette Building on Main Street in downtown Yonkers, next door to the restaurant Zuppa.
Yonkers resident Wayne Belluomo, 58, who was walking by the store on Nov. 16, was not looking forward to recreational sales downtown.
“I think it’s going to be a problem” said Belluomo. “It’s going to drag the city to the ground.”
But Mayor Mike Spano said the city has had no issues with Etain’s medical marijuana dispensary on Main Street since it opened in 2015.
“Marijuana may not be my vice of choice, but it’s legal and available,” Spano said. “We shouldn’t lose out on the tax revenues. Right now, we just want to make sure we don’t have a heavy concentration in one area of the city.”
While legal recreational sales are more than a year away, the reality of marijuana’s legalization is apparent on New York streets. On a recent visit to New York City, the pungent odor of weed wafted over sidewalks throughout Manhattan.
The state has one of the nation’s most liberal laws, with public usage allowed anywhere you can smoke tobacco, making New York an outlier in the U.S., said Morgan Fox, a spokesman for the National Cannabis Industry Association.
“Public consumption continues to be illegal most everywhere, which oftentimes means there's no legal place to consume it if you live in federally funded housing,” Fox said. “Most hotels don’t allow it on the property either.”
That was a win for social justice activists who argued that banning outdoor consumption would make people of color more likely to be issued violations because they were more likely to live in public or private rental apartments where smoking of any kind is banned.
The same theory provides the foundation for New York’s framework for indoor smoking lounges.
Inspired local debates
Throughout the summer and fall, inspired public debates have transpired in places like Irvington, which had five public hearings on the issue before the village opted out. Opponents have railed against increasing availability within their borders, and warned that even though you have to be 21 years old to purchase legal weed, there’s an increased chance it would become available to teenagers.
It’s been quiet in other towns, such as Pound Ridge, the town in northeast Westchester on the Connecticut border where Town Supervisor Kevin Hansan said there was little opposition.
He said the experiences with recreational marijuana stores elsewhere in the nation has been largely positive.
“There hasn’t been an outcry of concern,” said Hansan. “We’ll have another business and have the tax revenue. We have one business district, and we feel like we can control it there. We’ve looked around the U.S., and we found that it sorts itself out in terms of what makes sense."
The Pound Ridge Town Board did not opt out of smoking lounges, But Hansan doubted there would be any demand for such an establishment in his town.
“There’s no business model that would support in-place marijuana smoking in Pound Ridge,” he said. “That’s for Times Square in New York City. It’s silliness to think one would come here, so we didn’t bother with opting out.”
Municipalities stand to receive 3% of marijuana revenues, which means they would receive $30,000 for every $1 million in sales. If both a village and its town opt in, then the municipalities would split the tax revenue. If only the village opts in and the town opts out, the village would then receive the entire 3%.
A municipality’s zoning code will determine where such businesses can operate.
If a municipality takes no action, then both retail shops and consumption lounges would be allowed. Other municipalities, such as Bedford, have a proposal up for a public hearing on Dec. 7 to opt out of consumption lounges, but not retail dispensaries.
That means pot shops would be allowed in Bedford.
Supervisor Mary Ann Carr said there was a robust discussion at a November public hearing, in addition to a petition in support of a dispensaries, with signatures from a broad swath of the town’s adult population.
“They were from every generation – young adults to grandparents,” said Carr.
Croton-on-Hudson Mayor Brian Pugh said the village board opted out of the consumption lounges because of fears that customers who arrive by car, would then leave intoxicated when they drove home. He said the technology to test cannabis intoxication is still in development.
“We weren’t in a rush to allow the lounges,” Pugh said.
A majority of municipalities, meanwhile, have voted to opt-out of allowing retail shops and consumption lounges. That still leaves the door open to reverse course in the future, after the state Cannabis Control Board sets its regulations.
“We want to see how the law shakes out,” said Acting New Castle Supervisor Jeremy Saland. “What’s the rush? This gives us the ability to learn from other municipalities about the best path forward.”
But Haverstraw Village Mayor Mike Kohut said there's no reason to wait.
"We're going to allow it," Kohut said. "We going to restrict it to our business district up on Route 9W. If it's legal, we can get a few tax dollars out of it. There's no shame in it."
Follow Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson on Facebook or Twitter @davidmckaywils1. He has written about Hudson Valley public affairs since 1986. Check out his latest columns at lohud.com

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Blue prop 6025 only used in a QT tank, never run as a wave maker, never any issues until now. I want to use it in a smaller cube tank and suddenly the prop will not stay on the spinning armature. It will work for a while and then the prop will disconnect while the armature continues to spin. Any cheap fix for this? If I glue the prop to the armature I assume that will mess up the anti reverse? Thanks.


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It’s hard to say which was greater the past weekend: relief that the second suspect in a rampage of robberies, a murder and an attempted cop killing in San Jose finally was in custody, or horror that it’s a 15-year-old boy.
The Nov. 16 spree ranged from East to West San Jose and back with armed robberies, the senseless killing of 22-year-old Rory Park-Pettiford in a failed carjacking, and then an attempt to corner and kill a San Jose police officer who took several bullets in his duty belt and still lit out after his attackers. Jonathan Dawson Wilbanks, 26, was arrested soon after. The teenager was picked up Friday in Concord.
A dangerously depleted San Jose Police Department shone. And the bitter divisions over public safety that local politics magnified this year seemed to evaporate, as Mayor Chuck Reed and the police union together put up a $20,000 reward for the capture of the second suspect.
Perhaps it’s too much to hope for a continued detente, but it really is time. The community will be far better for it.
Since voters overwhelmingly passed Reed’s pension reform measure in June, the department has slipped well below authorized strength. A class of 44 recruits is in training at the police academy, but experienced officers continue to retire or go elsewhere, with the encouragement of the union.
That means the force will not be the same for some time. The as-yet-unnamed officer who was shot during the Nov. 16 rampage but stayed on the case showed a level of poise under fire that you don’t learn in the police academy.
Last weekend, a party gone wild that ended in 42 arrests was another reminder of the strain on the police force and the community. Getting it under control took just about every cop on duty at the time, as well as some sheriff’s deputies. This is the reality for San Jose for the near future: a highly professional police force that continues to solve crimes but, on a day-to-day basis, may be stretched perilously thin.
Measure B is now in the courts. The legal challenge by city unions was inevitable, given that the voter-imposed reforms push the envelope of state law. Political battles over it have dominated this year in San Jose, but they are over now until 2014: Besides passing the measure in June, voters in the two City Council districts with contested races Nov. 6 chose Reed’s allies, strengthening his core of support until he leaves office.
The violent rampage that pulled people together last week — the young life lost, an officer’s life on the line — is a reminder that whether we just live in this community or are charged with protecting it, we are all in this together. The statesmanlike thing for the mayor, council members and public safety unions to do at this point is not just dial back the rhetoric but stow it.


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An arctic blast is heading through Virginia.
The National Weather Service says wind chill readings are expected to dip below zero on Sunday morning.
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The purpose of this paper is to develop a formal set of information technology (IT) governance practices based on sufficiency economy philosophy (SEP) to support the…
The purpose of this paper is to develop a formal set of information technology (IT) governance practices based on sufficiency economy philosophy (SEP) to support the generic context for Thai universities.
The research methodology in this study is divided into two main phases that are conceptualization and operationalization. In the phase of conceptualization, the authors reviewed literature related to the implementation of IT governance in universities and the principles of SEP in order to conceptualize an initial idea of IT governance on the basis of SEP. In the phase of operationalization, the authors performed in-depth interviews with the CIOs of 20 universities, five IT experts, and five SEP experts in order to verify the proposed concept.
This study provides two key findings: the IT governance practices based on SEP for Thai universities and the mapping of IT governance practices based on SEP with ISO/IEC 38500.
The total of 65 practices presented in this study can be used as a guideline for handling of IT governance issues in Thai universities.
This study provides university IT governance practices based on the principles of SEP that is widely accepted and highly appreciated in Thailand.
– The purpose of this paper is to identify the current situation and the future improvement for IT governance and controls in developing country like Thailand.
The purpose of this paper is to identify the current situation and the future improvement for IT governance and controls in developing country like Thailand.
Thai universities were selected and used as subjects for capturing the perception of IT executives on IT governance performance measures. In the first step, a global IT governance perspective was drawn from the literature review. In the second step, the important-performance analysis was applied to the metrics of IT governance balanced scorecard with collected survey data from 64 IT executives.
From a global perspective, the critical points that need to be concerned before implementing IT governance have been illustrated. From a regional perspective, the paper generated the strategic IT governance guidance for Thai universities.
This paper is beneficial for chief information officers, executive managers, IT managers, and academics. They will gain more knowledge and understanding about the mixed method of using metrics in IT governance balanced scorecard and importance-performance analysis in order to identify the current situation of IT governance and controls in their organizations. Additionally, the practical idea with this method can be applied to draw IT governance strategy in their contexts.
This paper specifies the critical points and directions of IT governance for Thai universities. The analysis covers global and regional viewpoints. This paper also provides the method for applying IT governance balanced scorecard metrics and importance-performance analysis to contribute IT governance strategy.


Web Services Integrated in DocuWare 5.1
DocuWare announced DocuWare 5.1, its latest Web services solution based on SOA. An open-platform architecture of the new DocuWare 5 product, generation is 100% compatible with the philosophy of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and guarantees a high level of scalability and system stability. In addition to top performance using load balancing, version 5.1 also offers Web services for communicating with a range of third-party applications. Web services enable .NET-based DocuWare servers to interact easily with numerous applications from Java and Windows environments.
No knowledge of server platform implementation is required to access DocuWare servers via Web services. The new DocuWare Web services are designed to support even the most complex requirements of a business process. Aside from storing and retrieving documents within a workflow, this also includes editing index terms and adding electronic stamps. Compatible Web services are provided for connecting to a Java client; session Web services are in place for integrating a .NET client. These can also communicate with Microsoft s BizTalk server, allowing data and documents to be exchanged between applications without the need for customization.
DocuWare Web services run on a separate application server. Speed is achieved through efficient coding and the scalability of background services, including the Web Services server.
DocuWare products are designed to be easy to install, configure, and maintain. DocuWare is an integrated document management solution that can automate business processes by managing any type of document, regardless of format or source, in a central document pool; for example, paper records, letters, faxes, drawings, and PC and other electronic files (including e-mail). DocuWare supports all forms of electronic signatures. Integrated records management ensures that all access is secure, controlled, and logged.
Using the Internet, the central document pool is available around the clock to any authorized user, no matter where they are located in the world. A range of customizable DocuWare add-on modules equip DocuWare for, among other things, automatic indexing, COLD applications, and enhanced workflow features. Other software applications are easily integrated with a set of standard tools. Numerous interfaces exist for ERP systems (including a certified SAP interface) and Groupware (like Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino). DocuWare incorporates all components needed for powerful Enterprise Content Management. Processes in every company can be automated and improved with DocuWare. DocuWare software is available in 13 languages.
Enhanced with workflow functionalities, Web Content Management, and universal integration functions, DocuWare provides powerful Enterprise Content Management (ECM) functionality for enabling expansion throughout an organization.
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Traditionally, drug design programs are focused on optimizing the specificity of lead compounds against a carefully selected drug target. Disappointingly, this approach to discover a “magic bullet” drug has not met with the expected success for CNS disorders. Transcriptomics and proteomic profiling of neurodegenerative diseases have indicated that they are poly-etiological in origin and that the processes leading to neuronal death are multifactorial. An emerging concept is the design of drug ligands that modulate multiple drug targets identified for a particular disease. In this review we explore some examples of multifunctional drugs which may be useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease.
Keywords: NMDA receptor, Deferoxamine, reactive oxygen species, MAO-B inhibitor, Neuronal nitric oxide
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Friends, thank you for stopping by to take a look at the site. As you are probably aware, I am working diligently on my current novel and have made considerable progress towards a first draft. I also finished a flash fiction piece recently that I’ve submitted for publication. These short-short stories are great fun to write and help to hone one’s skills as well.
I will be adding content to the site little by little this year as work gets published or, if I need to vent in a blog piece. With a bit of luck, I’ll have some good news to share with you soon.

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In general, many people choose to use the mopa laser marking machine with a better black marking effect, but its price may be slightly more expensive.
Here we mainly introduce how to mark black text or images through an ordinary fiber laser marking machine in EzCad2.
Adjust the power to 80, the speed to 100, and the frequency to 20.
Up out of focus by about 3mm – which means, for example, the accurate focal length is 15cm, then add 3mm to this 15cm, which is 15.3cm.
Use the Hatch function and adjust the Line Distance to 0.05.
This method is relatively slow. Some thin metal plates may be deformed, but not necessarily, and the specifics must be tested first.
Adjust the power to 80, the speed a little faster to 350, and the frequency to 50.
Up out of focus by 1mm.
Adjust the Line Distance of Hatch to 0.1.
The marking speed of this method is about 4 times faster, and the material will not be deformed, which is a little better than the first method.
Of course, this still depends on the material – try to test more.
If you want to mark white text, adjust according to speed and power. Try to turn down the power, and then increase the speed to make the white mark.


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Rosemary had a thousand-watt smile that could light up an entire room. I would always look forward to seeing that beautiful smile once I had managed to perk her up. She had such a happy and bubbly personality.
Rosemary peacefully passed away in the comfort of her home, just two months short of her 101st birthday. I had the privilege of seeing her three days prior to her passing, and as I bid my farewell, she appeared serene, her hands gracefully crossed over her chest. Rosemary has been a significant presence in my life for over twelve years. I first came to know of Rosemary in 2011 through her fiduciary, Barb Kovacic. At that time, Barb was not completely satisfied with Rosemary’s care arrangements and wanted to make a change, so she approached us for assistance. We were deeply honored by Barb’s trust in our ability to care for one of her dearest clients, so I delved into learning everything I could about Rosemary and her life.
Both Rosemary and her husband were talented artists, evident from the many wonderful pieces of art adorning their home. She loved to tell us about the stories behind each of the paintings. “This one was in Santa Barbara. We both were watching the waves and decided to put it on canvas”. There were several other paintings decorating their walls done by other artists. One such painting featured a portrait of a young and beautiful Rosemary, capturing her vibrant and sweet nature, which had only grown more charming over the years.
Rosemary had such a kind and loving heart that her concern for others often overwhelmed her, leading to bouts of anxiety. In those moments, I would gently redirect her thoughts, engaging her in stories about the paintings on her wall. “Oh, did you paint that picture?”, pointing to one of the pictures up on the wall. “Oh no, that was my husband”, Rosemary would reply. “Tell me more about it”. I would press on, even though I may have heard the story many times before. Rosemary would go on giving details about the painting and gradually her anxiety would ease, allowing her to find solace in the memories of better times.
Rosemary was blessed with an exceptional team of caregivers—Natasha, Sandra, Patricia, and Easter—who all worked together seamlessly, treating her like a member of their family. They attended to every detail, from doctor’s appointments to shopping, attending social engagements and going to her Santa Barbara condo, no details were ever overlooked, and the team worked hard to ensure Rosemary’s needs were always met with love and care. I am profoundly grateful for my team’s unwavering support during Rosemary’s final years. On top of all this Barb consistently went the extra mile, meticulously overseeing every aspect of Rosemary’s care and ensuring she received the best possible support at all times.
Rosemary also loved my sons, who would accompany me on my visits. During the holidays they’d be dressed as Santa’s helpers or in their Halloween costumes and when I visited her earlier this year, she inquired fondly about them.
I will be forever grateful that they had the opportunity to meet such an extraordinary individual.
Thank you, Rosemary, you were such a sweet soul. You will forever remain in our hearts and our thoughts.

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While the 372-passenger Viking Polaris expedition ship, launched in September 2022, falls midway in size between Viking Cruises’ intimate river cruise ships and large-scale ocean ships, it is operated with the same attention to detail and personalized service.
Almost everything Viking devotees love, in fact, is firmly in place: stylish Scandinavian-style cabins with generous storage; on-board boutique stocking high-end Norwegian wool sweaters, souvenirs and outdoor essentials; and fragrant Freya bathroom amenities. The bookshelves in the expansive Deck 5 Living Room are filled with history and science volumes, best-selling novels, coffee table art books, traditional board games and touchscreen video table games. Talented musicians and singers perform classical pieces, Broadway show tunes and old-school pop hits in different lounges at night.
There are several hidden surprises on board the Polaris, however, adding up to a cruising experience that may appeal in particular to Generation X and millennial travelers. The Canadian Discovery itinerary offers several challenging on-shore excursions and onboard activities requiring a certain level of physical fitness. Although spots on slower-paced art and history walking and bus tours fill up, expedition-themed activities like kayaking, hikes and e-bike tours are equally, if not more, popular. Various boats and watercraft used for expeditions are on full display just below a working science lab, where onboard scientists and guests view matter acquired from daily expeditions.
If one were to go solely by descriptions on the Viking website, Zodiac (inflatable motorized rafts) and expedition boat rides led by Polaris’ expedition team members seem fairly tame. While those rides during the August voyage involved plenty of wildlife sightings and sample collecting, highly changeable, late summer weather along the St. Lawrence River revealed the adrenaline-boosting nature of the rides.
Although underwater excursions aboard the ship’s George and Ringo submarines were cancelled because of the weather, the Canadian Discovery itinerary is a “choose your own adventure” proposition. Travelers can mix tours or self-guided jaunts in Toronto, Québec City, Halifax and Charlottetown, with on-shore days fully devoted to nature and epic landscapes. Because a full-on expedition to the Antarctic or the Arctic on a Viking expedition ship is a commitment in terms of time, physical demands and fewer city visits, this type of itinerary can offer a satisfying taste of expedition cruising or a way for one to determine if a rigorous nature and science cruise is for them.
The way a lot of the ship’s space is used also suggests Viking is gradually shifting toward younger luxury travelers’ interests, even as it maintains the plush status quo. Expedition Central on Deck 1 is filled with museum-like displays and a touchscreen panel to keep passengers engaged in science events happening around the ship in real time. The Aula, modeled after a real-life Norwegian university lecture hall, stages discussions about science, history and helpful hints on iPhone usage when not being used for musical performances or updates about the next day’s events.
Much of Deck 2 is dedicated to wellness. A well-equipped fitness center with TechnoGym machines, a weight training/fitness class area and a thermal relaxation suite with heated ceramic loungers are open to all passengers free of charge, as is a circuit of hot and cold therapy areas consisting of a hydrotherapy pool, badestamp (hot tub room), wet and dry saunas and therapy showers. A combination of innovative modalities and equipment (such as the covered sand table used in the Hygge Massage that conforms to and supports the body) and talented practitioners make the specialty massages, body scrubs and facials worth the investment.
Viking’s food and beverage program also reflects a shift toward more adventurous passengers, evidenced by Southeast Asian dishes offered on the buffet, a dinner hour sushi bar and the many healthy options offered at Norwegian-themed café Mamsen’s. The Restaurant and Manfredi’s are on a par with big city restaurants in terms of quality, consistency and presentation, making the necessity of reservations understandable.
Mixology classes, spirit and wine tastings, and private events are staged in The Hide, a stand-alone bar tucked into Deck 1 with sleek, clubby décor similar to big-city terrestrial cocktail lounges — but with the clever added touch of displays paying tribute to Viking Expedition godmothers Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft.
While the service is unfailingly impeccable and personalized, it’s important to note many of the crew and expedition leaders are older millennials or Gen Xers. They are the heartbeat of this specific Viking Cruise experience that makes it a communal, multigenerational uniting of like-minded people interested in science, history and living in the present.
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More than 22 million visitors pour into Bangkok each year, adding to the roughly 11 million residents of the Thai capital famous for its bustling streets. Packed with food carts, markets and cultural spectacles, life in Bangkok is unusually defined by its vibrant street scene, both day and night. That means you don’t necessarily need a solid plan when heading out on any given evening.
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) believes business travel is a fundamental force for good and brings the industry together to connect, innovate and set new standards. With members from across the globe, GBTA engages the many voices of business travel to build a collective future, providing a platform for buyers and suppliers to come together, connect with peers, grow their network and shape the future of the industry.
As first-time restaurateurs, but with plenty of hospitality-related experience, Ria and Kevol (Kev) Graham were not entirely comfortable opening their first restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, where several upscale restaurants and 5-star hotel dining is just a block away. And to make matters worse, they opened in July 2020, when New York City was in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to intimate settings, smaller staff-to-passenger ratios, and personalized food and beverage options, river cruises have the advantage of providing a deeper dive into a region’s culture, food and history. The Rhine, Rhône and Danube in Europe and the Mississippi River and St. Lawrence in North America have much to offer travelers with their itineraries, tying together beloved cities and lesser-known destinations along their routes.
The Islands of Tahiti offer a range of captivating activities for travelers with diverse interests, from hiking to breathtaking waterfalls, riding horses on secluded beaches; swimming with sharks; or immersing in Polynesian culture through traditional dance, music and art. For watersports enthusiasts, the crystal-clear lagoons offer exhilarating experiences like surfing, kiteboarding and paddleboarding. And if you’re looking to relax, the pristine beaches, overwater bungalows and tropical sun offer the perfect setting. With 118 islands and atolls to explore, island hopping is an excellent way to experience the full diversity of The Islands of Tahiti. With its blend of adventure, culture and relaxation, The Islands of Tahiti offer a truly unique travel experience.
As another phenomenal year of travel comes to an end, it’s time, as always, for Global Traveler to celebrate and award those who do it best as we announce the 2023 winners of the GT Tested Reader Survey awards. But that's not the only cause for celebration here: We've hit another major milestone, as this marks our 20th year honoring the best of the best inn world of travel!
Reconnecting the World: GBTA Convention 2023 Spotlights the Vital Role of Business Travel and In-Person Connection
In an increasingly digital and interconnected world, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention remains an indispensable platform for business travel industry professionals seeking to make the most of the power of face-to-face connections. Taking place August 13–15 in Dallas, the 2023 GBTA Convention provides the unique opportunity for professionals and companies to join visionaries, thought leaders and industry experts for meaningful networking, cutting-edge insights and inspiring innovation.

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December 26, 2012 |
Downtown L.A.'s Grand Central Market is undergoing a major overhaul intended to catapult the landmark community marketplace into a new food-retail age. The nearly 100-year-old open-air market on Broadway near 3rd Street houses more than 40 food stalls, which will be updated to reflect a changing downtown and the next generation of vendors while staying true to its legacy, planners say. Owner Adele Yellin, president of the real estate development company...
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April 14, 1990 |
Ending a yearlong search, Mayor Tom Bradley and housing officials Friday announced the selection of New York City's chief operating officer of public housing to run Los Angeles' 21 scattered and troubled housing projects. Joseph Shuldiner, 45, who takes on the $135,000-a-year job as director of the Los Angeles Housing Authority in May, will leave a massive agency of 15,000 employees that provides housing to 600,000 poor tenants.
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September 21, 1990
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has authorized funding for a community center in the San Fernando Gardens housing development in Pacoima, Los Angeles City Councilman Ernani Bernardi's office announced Thursday. The balance of the project's $941,000 cost is being funded through loans and grants from the Community Development Department and money from the councilman's discretionary fund.
August 1, 2012 |
It kind of makes sense when you think about it, but I was still taken aback by the announcement that the launch party for Joseph Shuldiner's new cookbook "Pure Vegan" will be held at Lindy & Grundy . That, of course, is a butcher shop, albeit of a very particular type. Anyway, the party is Aug. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. It will be very interesting to see what is served. And will the meat cases be full or empty? This is not the time to proselytize, girls. Shuldiner is the founder of the Institute of Domestic Technology, a kind of new-age, back-to-the-roots home ec department.
November 18, 1990 |
The art of Joseph Shuldiner proves that sometimes the best form does follow function. He created his first translucent lighting sculptures when he needed lamps himself. "I had moved into a house where there were no fixtures, so I took one of my sculptures and stuck a bulb in it." At first glance, the sculptures are reminiscent of world-renowned Isamu Noguchi's paper lights. But Shuldiner credits other inspirational sources as well, namely the 1919 silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."


Visit in detail the industrialised construction
You can visit, in a 3D tour format, one of the new industrialised construction developments that are already underway in the city. Specifically, the building located in Lola Iturbe Arizcuren Street, in the district of Sant Martí, will consist of 40 public rental housing units and will be completed in the first quarter of 2024.
· Double-click on the tour window to view it in full screen.
· Right-click and click the "Change control mode to drag and drop" option to have more control and a better view.
Commitment to industrialised construction
The laying of the first stone launches the Lola Iturbe Arizcuren Street development in the Sant Martí district, consisting of 40 public rental housing units and premises for a future facility. Construction work began at the end of last November, with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2024. The building will consist of a ground floor and eight additional floors, and will stand out for its energy efficiency and the use of low environmental impact materials. The project was led by the architects Vicente Guallart and Daniel Ibáñez, who are continuing the Barcelona City Council's commitment to the use of industrialised construction, a more innovative, cheaper, faster and more environmentally friendly technique.
The project is done, moreover, in a district of Sant Martí where there are already three more promotions started, a fact that makes this district a reference of industrialised construction in the city, as well as public housing in general terms. From 2015 to date, 526 housing units and 20 temporary accommodations have been completed in this district alone, while there are 287 housing units and 57 accommodations in the current construction phase, in addition to 206 housing units planned to be erected.


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