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Tax (Break) Day
by Barry Ritholtz - April 17th, 2012, 3:00pm
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13 Responses to "Tax (Break) Day"
cognos says:
There are a bunch of simple problems with usual "tax stats" and most tax discussions:
1) Its makes no sense to separate "federal income tax" from FICA. We might as well just consider "all federal tax". On this basis the current system is VERY regressive over a few 100k.
2) It makes no sense to talk about "tax filers". The classic "bottom half of tax filers" points… these cover every $5,000 earner (I think the avg for the bottom half is like 7,000). This is every student, every retiree, every part-time worker. This is a 14-year old who starts umpiring baseball games. Every unemployed person, etc. Typical head-of-household full-time income earners… these ONLY reside in the "top half" of all filers.
3) Why is "cap gain" any different from income? It makes no sense. It opens up all kinds of loopholes for executives (and high tech workers) to income shift. Its silly… all income should be taxed the same.
4) The worst of tax loopholes is that very wealthy people have MANY ways to report ZERO income. You cannot get to this by manipulating rates or deductions. One must consider other ways… like property taxes, wealth taxes, luxury taxes on jets and condos, off-shore taxes, etc. One must consider that MANY small businesses pay for the partners — Jets, meals, wine, travel, etc. All in the name of "business". Its grotesque and its weird that the citizenry allows it in the name of "small business".
I work for those "small businesses". Except we call them "hedge funds" and the boss makes $100mln+, pays Mitt Romney style taxes (15% ish).
As Leona Helmsley said, "only the little people pay taxes".
gman says:
Well put cognos!
gman says:
When going over my entertainment expenses for the year w/ my timid accountant, I reminded him of the 200k credit card recepeipt that surfaced after the Alternate Investment conference in Vegas..FROM A STRIP CLUB! I am sure that made it somewhere as "legitimate entertainment expense for small business" on some entities tax return.
RW says:
What Cognos said: It's certainly fine to focus on how the income tax breaks out — the complex ways in which advantage is given and taken away is a worthy subject — but it's too easy to forget the income tax is not always, in fact frequently is not, the greatest tax burden a family faces.
For example, the greatest overall marginal tax burden remains solidly on the poor, the working poor in particular, who typically pay far more tax than anyone else as a percentage of income.
Failure to explicitly acknowledge (or at least give a clear nod) to this in tax-focused articles can lead the inattentive or gullible to eventually believe there is actually something to the "we are the 53%" and "us taxpayers are supporting all those freeloaders" nonsense.
Do the Poor Really Pay No Taxes? (http://tinyurl.com/y535yww)
The 53% Myth: Working Poor Pay More Of Their Income In State And Local Taxes Than The Rich In 49 States (http://tinyurl.com/6swqyuh)
The Poor Pay The Highest Marginal Rates In The Country (http://tinyurl.com/6qgfjj5)
gordo365 says:
I love the chart. It puts the "But half the people don't pay any income tax" into perspective.
When I run into that gripe – I usually counter with – "If we change system so that everyone pays SOME income tax – even if it is just $1 – would you be willing to give up mortgage interest deduction, tax deferred retirement benefits etc.?" Usually – answer is "No"…
Iamthe50percent says:
@cognos "Why is cap gain different" The answer is inflation. The ordinary income brackets are indexed for inflation, but cap gain really is different. Consider buying a property or stock in 1950 for $50,000. Now it is sold in 2011 for $60,000. Is there really a gain of $10,000? Or a loss of about $440,000 (2011 dollars).
With modern tax programs it is trivial to implement inflation-adjustment of basis. THEN ordinary income rates should be applied to the true gain or loss. That would eliminate the incentive to play games with restricted stock and options, along with the artificial distinction between long term and short term gains since December 2011 inflation factors are known well before April 2012. Workers have to wait until February to get their W-2′s to file, why shouldn't investors have to wait until February for the December inflation figures as well?
There never was a reason to treat dividends different from interest.
theexpertisin says:
I know of no tax system in the world that is fair. Tax avoidance in the world is practiced more successfully than tax collection.
Expecing the US to buck this reality is foolish. Believing politicians who utilize class warfare with taxation as a center piece of election strategy is downright naive, for it is never tax fairness. It is tax power.
Equityval says:
This graphic does a good job showing you where the money is and why Obama is running around braying about the Buffett Rule. The Buffett Rule is about the 80% of the $78B of capital gains and dividend tax breaks claimed by the 1%, or in round numbers $60B. There are almost $1T of tax breaks in the chart, so the Buffett Rule is chump change in the bigger picture. The real money in tax breaks is in the group between $100K and 500K of income. If you going to raise revenue, those are the people that are going to carry the water. Obama doesn't want to talk about that inconvenient truth, which is why he wants to distract everyone with the incessant blather about "millionaires and billionaires". Still peddling gimmicks rather than leadership on the deficit.
One last thing, Obama paid a lower tax rate than his secretary.
cognos says:
The idea that there is "no money at the top". Must also be wrong.
If the top 1% of people earn 50% of income (and pay 30-40% of tax)… there is plenty of money at the top.
Furthermore, there is ALOT of income that is unreported. So again, its difficult to estimate how much tax could be collected from the top 0.1 or 0.2%. Many of whom are not even shown.
What is the value of ALL US real estate? (Lets say its $40T… I'd say, its more.) Than what if we did a 1% tax on all real estate… and cut the income tax… in half? It would certainly balance tax rates more toward the wealthy — golf courses, vineyards, beachfront estates, large city office buildings. Currently, this type of real estate wealth is given "tax shelter" status through depreciation silliness.
cognos says:
All that said on "how to collect taxes, especially from the wealthy".
The basic principles of:
1) Low, flat, simple tax rates!
2) Less govt waste! (its enormous)
Should be non-partisan and universal. Stop all the govt waste. Its a damn shame we lost Nader to silly issues and politicking. Its a damn shame Ron Paul is such a kook. Both are most effect at crusading against WASTE!
mhjhnsn says:
The other reason to favor cap gains is risk–when you buy an asset there is no assurance it will appreciate. Even in a zero inflation environment, there should be allowance for risk.
One could argue that the risk premium should be embedded in the asset price–fair enough, but the equivalent could be said about almost any tax preference–absent the intervention the market would establish a fair price–mortgage deduction, medical expense deduction, education deductions and credits, on and on. And that would all be fine, and honest and consistent. Make it all one marginal rate with a generous standard deduction and it's the Flat Tax.
But once you start down the path of tax preferences, and we as a society decided long ago that we're going to do that, you wind up with tax subsidies for everything you want to encourage–and inestment is no different.
I pretty much agree with Iamthe50percent re dividends–very little reason to give them a preference except to boost the stock market and I would argue that is NOT a legitimate governmental purpose.
Anyway, the chart is almost meaningless because it doesn't tell me the shares of total income, reported income, taxable income, and taxes paid that go with each group–so how am I to parse the data shown? I can read anything I want into it, depending on my prejudices. Is 6.3% of exclusions going to the top 0.1% of filers an outrage or no big deal or not enough? The chart doesn't give me enough info to make a judgment except if I believe that the top 0.1% should just be expropriated, or go untaxed altogether. Anywhere in between, I need more information.
AmericanObserver says:
What sticks out most in this chart is that the largest "tax code expenditure" in the chart' seems to be on Exclusions on income earners between $106,552 and $545,727, the 95% of the top 20% income earners (without any breakdown within).
HOWEVER, I am almost certain this chart is ignoring some significant "exclusions" which go to the lower earners, which most Americans are not even aware of.
For example: while most Americans buy their food and pay for their housing from their net income, for which FICA, Federal, State and local income taxes were deducted, Food Stamp benefits are totally tax free, as is housing assistance, either in the form of public housing, section 8 or other types of assistance. Other welfare benefits are also tax free, in addition to lower utility rates for recipients of such benefits. Medicaid and other government subsidized health benefits, are so rich (they cover many OTC medications too, and have no co-pays or very low co-pays), that a comparable private insurance policy would be in excess of $2,000 per month for family coverage!
I know a large family which fell on hard times and is now earning only about $20,000 a year. The total social/welfare benefits received would cost over $70,000 per year if they were to pay for it out of pocket. The problem is that if they were to earn another $30,000 they would probably be disqualified from most of the welfare benefits they receive, and if they wanted to pay for their own benefits out of pocket, they would have to earn almost $100,000 more than they currently earn just to break even with the benefits they get!
Something is very wrong with this. I have no answer to the welfare problem, but our tax system is messed up. It needs to be totally scrapped and written in a simple and fair way. The FairTax proposal seems to make a lot of sense, taxing consumption only, and giving a prebate, so that poor families end up with no tax burden. There is no discrimination based on type of income.
I would possibly augment that with an expatriation flat tax, which would impose a flat tax on any funds moved out of the US.
Greg0658 says:
1st I'll say something nice – I like the chart – seems correct and informative
2nd I'll say something insightfull (imo):
- low & flat taxes lets winners build up steam and stiffles competition – this highly engineered world is tough to break into .. if you let them – capitalist are an invasive species (they must – its in their dna)
- keeping a family alive thru subsidies (as in AmObserv post) is somepersons (corporation) income stream to an extent … I like to remind us all – every alive Livestock is a sale of something tomorrow (people are Livestock too) .. the point of contention is who pays to keep them alive … Most Importantly HOW … to not keep Livestock alive is either; war, food production, or plain old desist care (which in people is war)


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"Foreign Intervention in Syria? A Debate with Joshua Landis and Karam Nachar." promised the headline on DemocracyNow! of 2/22. Eagerly I tuned in, hoping to hear a thorough exposé of the machinations of the US Empire in Syria on its march to Iran.
But this was neither exposé nor debate. Both sides, Landis and Nachar, were pro-intervention for "humanitarian" reasons. Nor did the host Amy Goodman or her co-host take these worthies to task for their retrograde views on imperial military action against a sovereign nation that had made no attack on the US. It was yet one more sign that the "progressive" movement in the West has largely abandoned its antiwar, anti-intervention stance.
The segment began with a clip of John McCain advocating yet another war, for the good of the Syrians of course, bombing them to save them. The first guest was Joshua Landis, a prof in Oklahoma whose bio tells us that he "regularly travels to Washington DC to consult with the State Department and other government agencies." The other agencies are not specified, but he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations and similar venues. Professor Landis represents the anti-intervention voice in the universe of Amy Goodman, but his opening words manifested the limits of that universe: "Well, I'm not opposed to helping the (Syrian) opposition." He continued, "The problem right now, the dangers right now with arming the opposition, is that we're not sure who to arm."
Confused, I thought surely the next guest would be the anti-interventionist. He was Karam Nachar "cyber-activist" and Princeton Ph.D. candidate, working with Syrian "protesters" via "social media platforms." That means he is safely ensconced in New Jersey far from where U.S. bombs would fall. Perhaps this fellow would say loud and clear the Syrians did not need the interference of the West, did not need sanctions to starve them nor bombs to pulverize their cities. Perhaps he would laud the Chinese/Russian proposal for both sides to stop firing and to negotiate a solution.
But he did not. He also was for intervention by the West. And he did not think the disorganization of the opposition, cited by Landis, justified hesitation or delay in arming that opposition. That and not any principled anti-interventionism distinguished the two sides in this "debate." Said the cyber-activist: "Well, to start with, I disagree with Professor Landis's portrayal of the situation with the Syrian opposition. It is true that, for instance, in the Syrian National Council, there are a lot of disagreements. But (the opposition is) still frustrated with the leadership of the Syrian National Council because of its inability to solicit more international support…. And I believe that the State Department, Secretary Clinton and the American administration is heading towards that. … It's going to require a lot of money and a lot of courage and a lot of involvement on the part of the international community. (Emphasis, JW)
And then the boy cyber-activist got nasty: "I am just a little wary that this overemphasis on how leaderless the Syrian opposition is actually a tactic being used of people who actually do not want the regime to be overthrown and who have always actually defended the legitimacy of the Syrian regime, and especially of Bashar al-Assad." There it is. Even if one is for intervention in principle, no delay is to be countenanced. Such people are surely on the side of Bashar Al-Assad.
This is the kind of "debate" we get on "progressive" media outlets. It is not even a debate about whether there should be imperial intervention, once completely verboten on the Left, but when and under what circumstances military intervention should occur. This phony debate should simply be ignored whether it appears on DemocracyNow! or on NPR, increasingly indistinguishable in content and outlook or anywhere else. For a principled explanation of anti-interventionism one can look to Jean Bricmont on the Left or Ron Paul and Justin Raimondo on the libertarian side.
In fairness to Amy Goodman, just a few weeks back on February 7, she hosted the British writer and long time student of Syria, Patrick Seale. Said Seale: "I believe dialogue is the only way out of this. And indeed, the Russians have suggested to both sides to come to Moscow and start a dialogue. But the opposition says, 'No, we can't dialogue with Bashar al-Assad. He must be toppled first.' Well, that's a dangerous — a dangerous position to adopt." That interview is well worth reading. And Goodman would do well to stick with that instead of shifting over to empty debates between interventionism now versus interventionism later. After repeatedly hosting the CIA consultant Juan Cole to cheer the cruel war on Libya, Goodman now seems to be going down the same path with Syria. It is a sad spectacle and one more indication of how little the "progressives" in the West understand the nature of Humanitarian Imperialism which uses human rights to sell war. It looks like it's time to abandon Goodman and switch to Alyona.
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Well said Mr. Walsh. T'would seem that "progressives" are simply closeted warmongers. Come out the closet all ye that countenance war. You might as well. Goodman is a shill. As for Juan Cole, time out while I run outside and spit… okay and back. Shouldn't Antiwar.com take Cole's name off their list of "contributors?" You know on the right side of website where 'contributors' are listed? Because sure as hell, Cole has abandoned the moral and taken sides with the war criminals.
Oh Professor Warmonger? Bush war bad, Obama war and/or humanitarian intervention good. You don't get to have it both ways Professor Bullsh*t.
john mccain, speaking from jerusalem..
amy goodman, and ayman al-zawahiri are all in agreement…….
"We need a media that covers power. not covers FOR power."
"We need a media that is the 4th estate, not FOR the state."
Famous last words from Amy Goodman. She appears to have slipped over to the "other" side.
Libya anyone?
Brits have just demanded Abe Lincoln 'step down' for killing his own people (600,000 in all)
The guy's obviously a blood-drenched madman.
Back to rail-splitting, Abe (or that luxurious office as a bigtime railroad lawyer)
Hey, Abe, how come you got your son exempted from the war?
To hell with Goodman. Bring on Alyona!
Joshua Landis also wrote a detailed argument as to why this crisis won't work and Assad will remain in power in 2013. It was full of holes.
I took it apart in a recent post at http://www.raceforiran.com. Go there for my continuing analysis of what is happening in Syria and why Syria is merely a stepping stone for an Israeli attack on Lebanon and a subsequent Iran war.
The US has proven unequivocally that it is not mature or moral enough to assume responsibility over others. There is nothing progressive about clinging to a failed pipe-dream turned evil.
When I hear the word "progressive" I think of Theodore Roosevelt. Then I think of all his unsavory admirers.
I wish they would stop with the warmongering. I also think they have failed with dealing with big business. Corporations should have a birthday and a predetermined death day and they should not have the same rights as a person. They have more rights than a human fetus which is disturbing example of the priorities of this country.
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Indonesian police arrested two Indonesian men, Agung Setyadi (31) and M. Agung Prabowo (24), after they learned they have been chatting on IRC with Imam Samudra who is awaiting execution for organizing the Bali terrorist attack.
How Imam Samudra has exactly been able to connect to the Internet is not made public, but it in the Indonesian press it is thought that a laptop and GSM phone have been smuggled into the prison. Such items are disallowed possessions for prisoners however, and it is also unclear how the guards have not noticed these items afterwards.
Agung Setyadi is the brother of Adhitya Triyoga, who has previously been arrested for terrorist activity. Agung Setyadi has been lecturing computer science and information technology at an Indonesian university. Police said that Imam Samudra asked Agung Setyadi to buy a laptop with stolen credit card information (commonly called carding) which he refused. Eventually Agung Setyadi sent money to Adhitya Triyoga which he used to buy the laptop. A prison guard has been used to deliver the laptop.
The two met on IRC channels #cafeislam or #ahlulsunnah. The other man arrested has been helping Agung Setyadi to build a website called www.anshar.net. This site provided information on how to prepare a terrorist attack.
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Here is a summary of the Jan. 28 Haverstraw Town Board meeting. Supervisor Howard Phillips and board members Isidro "Papo" Cancel, John Gould and Hector Soto were present. Board member Vincent J. Gamboli was absent. The supervisor's office provided information for this report.
Public hearings
Hearing No. 1: The board held a continuing hearing to consider the 2013 rates for the Philip J. Rotella Memorial Golf Course.
? No public input. The board unanimously adopted the new rates, including a $1 increase in Haverstraw resident green fees.
Hearing No. 2: The board held a hearing to consider fee changes for the Building Department.
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? Rochelle Sternheim of Haverstraw asked about United Water's desalination plant proposal.
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? Retain Joseph Chiseri of Voorheesville, N.Y., to review certain human resource issues.
? Authorize the release of the remaining bond of $20,000 and return $15,000 to the Ivy Estates property owner. The town will retain the rest, $5,000, for repairs at the Philip J. Rotella Memorial Golf Course.
? Settle a tax certiorari filed by the DKM Realty Corp. at 21 S. Route 9W in the Village of Haverstraw for tax years 2010-2012, with estimated refunds of $3,368 for 2011 and $3,909 for 2012.
? Accept bids to install a new roof at Haverstraw Town Hall. Bids are due back by 11 a.m. March 22.
? Accept bids to supply and deliver a new 2012 or 2013 250/2500 pickup truck for the Parks & Recreation Department. Bids were due back by 10:30 a.m. Feb. 15.
? Accept bids for various pump motors and an ultraviolet control panel for the Parks & Recreation Department. Bids are due back by 11 a.m. Feb. 22.
? Authorize the supervisor to enter into an agreement with the following bands to perform during the 2013 Summer Concert Series at Bowline Point Park: Flat Five, 7:30-9 p.m. July 11, at a cost of $800; The Kootz, 7:30-9 p.m. July 18, at a cost of $1,200; Alive N Kickin, 7:30-9 p.m. July 25, at a cost of $1,500; Back to the Garden 1969, 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 1, at a cost of $1,200; Jersey Sound 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 8, at a cost of $1,200; Tequila Rose, 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 15, at a cost of $1,000; The Jon Bates Band, 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 22, at a cost of $1,000; Kick Start Charlie, 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 29, at a cost of $1,200; Courtney, Green, Schultz Band, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 1, at a cost of $800; and the Mighty Spectrum Band, 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 1, at a cost of $1,000.
? Accept bids for bunker sand, top dressing and divot mix for the golf course. The bids are due back by 10 a.m. March 22.
? Accept bids for chemicals and fertilizer for the golf course. Bids are due back by 10:05 a.m. March 22.
? Authorize the supervisor to take such actions as he deems appropriate to protect the interest of the town in relation to the proposed gasification plant in Stony Point.
? Authorize the supervisor to sign site plan approval and zoning variance applications in relation to United Water's desalination plant. The board referred the special-use permit application from United Water to the Planning Board for its recommendations.
? Award the bid for rodent and woodchuck control services at the former Haverstraw Sanitary Landfill site to the Bug Runner of Spring Valley at a cost of $3,600 as well as additional charges for extra bait stations and treatment.
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As the title says really, Seems to be coming from under the bonnet, Possibly underneath the car in that area. I took a peak underneath and right in the centre of the front bumper about 1 foot back is what looks like some sort of heatshield thats come loose at one end, Could this be it?
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manifold heatsheilds are a well known sorce of rattles, see if it will tighten up.
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on a 99 focus its possible the nuts have rusted which hold the heatsheild in place, my mates car (similar age) had to have it taken off and have the holes drilled and tapped because the bolts and nuts had coroded that bad,
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FARMINGTON —A California man pleaded not guilty in federal court in Albuquerque to selling fake American Indian jewelry.
Andrew Gene Alvarez, a 59-year-old man from Wofford Heights, Calif., is facing five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for selling fake jewelry at the Native Treasures Show at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on May 28, 2011, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gonzales said in a prepared statement.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act became law in 1935 and prohibits the sale of any good that is falsely labeled as an Indian product.


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This is highly responsible professional and administrative work in planning, organizing and directing the activities in public safety administration for the County's Port Everglades Department.
Work involves regular contact with all Port users and service providers at the managerial level and above in the petroleum, cargo and cruise industries in order to maintain high Port service levels while ensuring best practices are continued in security, safety and environmental areas; enhancing user/customer value in the use of Port facilities through the application of practical security practices; and developing term strategies for the practical application of security to maximize the protection of all Port assets in the community.
Work also involves the administration of the Port Everglades public safety operation in the development and implementation of long term strategies and plans for the enhancement of narcotics interdiction programs, reduction of threat of terrorist attacks, protection of assets of the cargo, cruise, and petroleum business at the Port to improve tenant/county utilization.
Position incumbent maintains relations with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, United States Coast Guard, United States Customs Service, cruise line, cargo, and petroleum industry groups active at Port Everglades, the Port Everglades Cleanup Committee and the Port Security Committee.
Position incumbent also represents the Port in dealing with local law enformement agencies and individual cargo, cruise, and petroleum Port users concerning ongoing business issues such as facility security, narcotics interdiction, alien smuggling, emergency preparedness and compliance with State, local and Federal statutes and regulations; and develops plans and programs with other Port staff to improve security operations within the Port in order to better utilize facilities and/or mitigate the County's exposure.
Assignments are received in the form of general verbal and written instructions. Work is performed independently with general supervision by an administrative superior. Performance is reviewed through conferences and written reports.
Assists the Port Director's Office in developing strategies, business plans and policies to maintain the security of cargo, cruise, and petroleum related Port business activities in a secure manner using industry specific knowledge.
Insures all Port activities related to the protection of assets of the cargo, cruise and petroleum business are conducted in a manner consistent with the highest industry standards and in accordance with various local, state and federal regulations.
Interfaces and acts as prime contact with cargo, cruise and petroleum groups and associations, on behalf of the Port Director's Office, within Port Everglades to emphasize and improve security services and emergency management concerns.
Represents the Port at various meetings and activities involving security and law enforcement service and planning issues, and the development of local, state and federal regulatory issues.
Compiles reports (security breeches), develops studies and assessments (cruise terminals) concerning the law enforcement and security of the Port, as well as those concerning industry trends which affect the region.
Works closely with law enforcement and security staff to review, assess and summarize national crime reporting statistics and security reports concerning conditions at Port Everglades as related to narcotics interdiction, cruise terminal security, and security activities.
Reviews, assesses, and summarizes regulatory reports applicable to security and law enforcement at Port Everglades.
Assists other Port and County staff in commercial and operational activities which interface with cargo, cruise, and petroleum businesses at Port Everglades.
Responds to emergency incidents with the Port when County assets are threatened or an incident has the potential to significantly impact the economic viability of the Port.
Meets with Port customers to solve their security related problems and improve security services.
Maintains liaison with local, federal and state regulatory personnel to review and discuss regional and state plans that might impact Port Everglades Security Plans.
Performs related work as required.
Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of law enforcement and security services, municipal and private fire protection, and coordinated response to emergencies.
Thorough knowledge of all federal, state and local regulatory requirements applicable to public safety at the Port.
Thorough knowledge of the funding process in a public sector environment as related to budgeting, cost accounting, financial planning and management.
Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of supervision, organization and administration.
Knowledge of all industries at the port.
Ability to plan, implement and coordinate technical and administrative programs.
Ability to effectively express ideas, orally and in writing.
Ability to serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County's Ethics and Conflict of Interest policies.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability or political affiliation.
Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with major course work in business or public administration, law enforcement or related field; six (6) years experience in a law enforcement agency or security services, or combination thereof, which must have included experience in counter narcotics policies, procedures and techniques, counter terrorism procedures of cruise terminals, and protection of cargo assets; and at least three years experience related to the management and physical security of deepwater terminals and regulatory requirements of port operations; or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
Current or previous certification as a law enforcement officer in a federal law enforcement agency, the State of Florida or in maritime security.
Possession of a valid Florida Driver's License.
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THE MOON FOLK on EARTH
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This PUMA PUNKA, "THE PUMA DOOR", a section of the RUINS of TIAHUANACO, in LA PAZ, Bolivia.
VERY strange ARCHITECTURE, probably the most mysterious spot on Earth....
EVERYTHING here fits together in the most intricate fashion.
The ROCK used in the STRUCTURES is so HARD that only DIAMOND tipped tools and LASER tools can make the slightest scratch on them.
The same used to said of the SPHINX of GIZA.
Another thing that the SPHINX and TIAHUANACO/TIWANAKU have in common is that scientists around the world, having abandoned all past theories of CREATION, are now starting to admit to themselves the this place is FAR OLDER that the 1500-2000 years previously estimated.
One in particular, a DR. POSNANSKY, actually LIVED in these ruins for a time. What he found in the SUNKEN TEMPLE area has turned all past ideas on their ear....
Seems that TIAHUANACO was constructed in line with the Plane of the Ecliptic, the plane of the EARTH'S ORBIT and that of the CELESTIAL EQUATOR. In other words, it was DESIGNED and constructed with an eye to the CONSTELLATIONS.
An ALIGNMENT of STARS that only existed 20,000 years ago!
So TIAHUANACO/TIWANAKU is at least 20,000 years old. The SAME is now being said of the SPHINX.
Another thing. PUMA PUNKU is 12 miles from LAKE TITICACA...
So WHAT, you say?
Well, PUMA PUNKU is a DOCK for landing SHIPS in an area that has no trees. Nor WATER. So LAKE TITICACA, 20,000 years ago, extended PAST TIAHUANACO!
The legends say that the inhabitants of TIWANKU first arrived after the destruction of ATLANTIS!
Some were BLOND HAIRED and BLUE EYED!
After the GREAT FLOOD, they relocated to THE ANDES!
The only other ARCHITECTURE that I have seen that is even close to this in appearance:
Some of the cities on THE MOON and MARS. MIMAS. GANYMEDE. GASPRA....
So they MAY have been MOON FOLK....or something other than Earth Human....
For, unless we really have been DESTROYED time and again here on Earth, MAN was still in CAVES 20,000 years ago!
MAN did not possess the MATHEMATICAL skill necessary to construct such a place. Nor the TOOLS.....Nor the EXTREME patience....


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December 1, 2015
Two former eastern Kentucky firefighters charged with intentionally setting a major forest fire in Bell County in 2005 have been found not guilty.
Brothers Donald Caudill and Barnell Caudill, Junior were both temporary employees with the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
Donald Caudill says the last two years have been very rough on him and his brother.
Everywhere they go, people talking and whispering, presuming their guilt instead of innocence.
Donald and Barnell Caudill Junior were originally indicted by a Bell County Grand Jury and charged with willfully setting fire on land not owned or controlled by them.
Investigators believed the Caudills started a fire in April of 2005 in the Elliott Branch area of Bell County, and accused them of trying to prevent other firefighters from fighting the fire.
A jury last month ultimately found them not guilty of the charges.
"It means a lot. We waited two years to prove our innocence, and we're finally glad to get a chance to do it," Caudill said.
"There are agencies and officials who are going to investigate the settings of these fires, and when the evidence so warrants, people will be prosecuted," Bell County Commonwealth's Attorney, Karen Greene said.
Officials with the department of forestry say they respect the jury's decision but are terribly disappointed with the verdict.
Officials say the Caudills will not be getting their jobs back.
Meanwhile, the Caudills say they're just trying to move on with their lives.
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How to create spec compliant MP4 files
How to mux Subtitles into MP4 files
How to place Chapters in MP4 files
How to author MP4 files (ie create DVD-like Menus)
How to "anamorphic resize" with MP4
How to (live-)stream/play streamed MP4 files
How To create Variable Framerate MPEG-4 video streams in MP4
How to create spec compliant MP4 files
detailed answer:
1) To create MP4 files you should preferably use audio/video formats covered by the MPEG-4 Standard:
- MP4 video formats: MPEG-4 SP/ASP: XviD, DivX5, 3ivx, ffmpeg/ffdshow, NeroDigital ASP... and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264: x264, NeroDigital AVC, Apple... and MPEG-2, MPEG-1 (not DivX3/MS Mpeg-4, WM9, RV9 or VP6) - doom9's quality comparisons: 12
- MP4 audio formats: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC FAQ): Quicktime/iTunes, Nero, Psytel, FAAC (binary)... and MP3, MP2, MP1, CELP (speech), TwinVQ (very low bitrates), SAOL (midi), ALS (lossless)
- MP4 subtitle/text format: MPEG-4 Timed Text
- MP4 picture formats: JPEG, PNG
2) with the following tools you can mux MPEG-4 compatible content into the MP4 container:
- GPAC's MP4Box, commandline, supports AVC, packed b-frames, advanced content/BIFS, TTXT and Chapters
- MPEG4IP's mp4creator, commandline, able to mux AVC, dont use it with AVI and packed b-frames!
- 3ivx mp4 muxer dshow filter, usable in Graphedit, supports packed AVI b-frames but no AVC (3ivx Guide)
- mp4UI, easy solution, based on MPEG4IP, dont use it with AVC, AVI and (packed) b-frames!
- VideoLAN Client, able to mux AVC, dont use it with (packed) b-frames!
- ffmpeg, buggy, commandline, especially dont use it with AVC, AVI and (packed) b-frames!
- IBM's Toolkit for MPEG-4 which includes XMTBatch and/or AVGen (also a simple version) based on Java
- dvd2mp4gui, GUI using mp4tool, supports muxing easily multiple audio and subtitle streams (as advanced content) into MP4
- mp4tool/mp4edit from ENST, similar to mp4box, mp4edit is the "light" GUI version of the commandline mp4tool
3) the following "all-in-one" MP4 encoding tools are existing:
- Nero Recode2, encodes into MP4 using ASP or AVC and AAC (Doom9 Guide), subs are DVD VobSubs, includes a dshow muxer
- Doom9's MeGUI, supports ASP (Xvid, libavcodec), AVC (x264) and AAC (Besweet - Nero) encoding
- HDX4 supports ASP and AAC
- Dicas' mpegable X4 live, easy solution, encodes directly into MP4 using Dicas' MPEG-4 codecs
- Envivio's 4Coder encodes to MPEG-4 AAC, ASP/SP and AVC
4) the following tools can be used for editing (eg splitting, appending) MP4 files:
- MP4Box splits MP4 (AAC, ASP, AVC, TTXT, MPEG-1/2, private streams) time- and sizewise, extracts parts and joins MP4 too
- Ulead's VideoStudio 8 with the MPEG-4 plugin
- Quicktime/Pro can be used to create (encode, mux) and edit (split, join) MP4 files, supports MPEG-4 Simple Profile, AAC, AVC
How to mux Subtitles into MP4 files
there are three possibilites to store subs in mp4:
- In contrary to MPEG-1/2 the MPEG-4 Standard defines its own Text Stream/Subtitle Format under ISO 14496-17 (MPEG-4 Timed Text). Its text-based (not picture-based as DVD subs), uses UTF-8/16 (including cyrilic, arabic, chinese characters...), allows all sorts of animations (scrolling, colors, karaoke aso...), allows attaching of fonts and is streamable
MPEG-4 TTXT creation is already supported in MP4Box and Quicktime. Playback works with Haali's MP4 dshow Parser, Osmo4, Realplayer and Quicktime (only when placed in .3gp). Support in VideoLan is worked on
- Nero's Recode2 makes use of the possibility of storing private streams in MP4 (question 4) and simply takes the DVD subpicture streams (vobsubs) from the DVD and stores them in MP4 without modifications
playback of these streams works with the Nero filters, Haali's Parser, VideoLan (buggy) and some Hardware MP4 DVD Players
- another way covered by the MPEG-4 Standard for storing subs in MP4 is to translate the subtitle format into the XMT/BT text format and then to encode it as "advanced content" (BIFS binary format) in MP4. this should work with every subtitle format available (use mp4box or dvd2mp4gui for example to convert SRT subs)
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After a summer when local school districts collectively spent more than $20 million on security upgrades in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting, the Lakeland district will be asking voters to consider a $14.5 million bond proposition to bolster its nine facilities.
With an expected 59.7 percent state building aid, taxpayers would be responsible for less than half, or about $7 million, of the 15-year safety, security and health bond slated to go before voters on Nov.19.
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At Bell-Avon, memories go in and out the door
The 300 or so people who showed up Saturday at the former Bell-Avon Elementary School came for two reasons — bargains or memories.
For some like Sommer Dull, who lives across the street from the old school in the village of Salina, it was both.
"I bought the only set of lockers that was sold," Dull said. "I wanted something to remember the school by because I went to school here, my granddad went here and my dad went here."
She was thrilled with the group of three lockers, the only free-standing ones in the building, even though that at $120, she paid a little more than she planned.
"At home, we're building an all-sports game room and they're going to go in there," Dull said "In fact, my husband is over there now working on it."
Kiski Area School District decided to rid itself of the building, which was constructed in the 1930s, and its contents through the public auction. The school was used until last year but was closed as the district reconfigured its schools.
Bidders showed up for the 9 a.m. start and were there past 2 p.m. The school and accompanying 5.3 acres were sold shortly after noon for $29,000 to Richard Gulyas. He refused to talk to the Valley News Dispatch about the purchase and his plans for the school.
Other successful bidders did talk about their purchases.
Two small, wheeled, wooden computer desks sitting in what seems to have been a ground- floor office, went for a grand total of $1 each.
"I would definitely say that was a pretty good bargain," said Jim Secrist of Latrobe, who landed one of the desks. "You never know what treasures you're going to find in someone else's trash. For a buck, you can't go wrong."
John McCaffrey of Avonmore bought two desks, a big metal desk and the other computer desk plus some metal shelving. He said the metal desk, destined for his garage, cost him $15.
"Fifteen bucks, can you imagine that?" McCaffrey said as he examined the metal desk. "You wonder how many hundreds of dollars the taxpayers spent on this back in 1970."
Kiski Area Superintendent John Meighan and Business Manager Peggy Gillespie were on hand for the bidding and said they were pleased with the event.
"The auctioneer has done an absolutely wonderful job of presenting the building," Gillespie said.
Room by room, auctioneer Julie Dunmire navigated through the school equipped with a headset microphone and a portable speaker. Everything from cafeteria equipment to books and shop equipment went on the block and then out the door.
Perhaps the most novel item on the auction block was the old scoreboard in the gymnasium. Gillespie said it went for a high bid of $2,200 to Salem Antiquities in neighboring Salem, although there were out-of-state bidders vying for it.
"We've had bidders from Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland," Dunmire said. "There was a vehicle out there with Texas plate on it."
What could not be sold were the memories shared by the dozens of people who attended Bell-Avon and even graduated from it when it housed kindergarten through grade 12.
Cookie Markuzic, 72, who now lives in Indiana, Pa., is one of those graduates. She sported a white T-shirt bearing red letters that proclaimed "Bell-Avon Class of 1959" and the school's mascot, a pouncing lion.
Sitting on benches at center court in the old gym with fellow Bell-Avon alums, Markuzic said, "We're just coming here to look and renew old memories."
Classmate Carole Novosel, 72, of Bell Township, sitting next to her, said, "We have lots of good memories here — proms, record hops. Friday nights we would play 45's (records) back in that corner there. People from Saltsburg and the surrounding area would come."
Dolores Colledge of Bell Township said she met her husband at Bell-Avon when they were students. They have been married for 63 years.
Two 1949 graduates, Bob King and Marlene Wilmot, both 82, stood outside Room 18 on the second floor, reminiscing.
"Right here is where I got reamed for chewing gum," King said with smile, pointing just outside the doorway.
Wilmot, who was a cheerleader at the school, said, "During World War II, I can remember looking in the window where the shop was and the women were there learning to do mechanics."
But there were younger people with memories of their own like Michele Thomas of Leechburg. Thomas, a Kiski Area STEM teacher, began her career teaching first-graders at Bell-Avon in 2007.
"It's bittersweet, it's sad," she said. "It brings back good memories. I remember our Halloween parades, when the kids would come through here in their costumes, and the family atmosphere."
Colledge may have summed up best the feelings of everyone connected to Bell-Avon.
"This place is like home to us," she said. "We would rather that it be demolished than left here to deteriorate. I would love for someone to take it and love it as much as we loved it."
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|Viability and fecundity of human semen specimens cryostored and transported at 5 degrees C using the Bio-Tranz shipping.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 16574594 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|This study was designed to assess the viability and fecundity of semen stored at 5 degrees C for 24 hours using the Bio-Tranz shipping system. Semen specimens were assessed for motility and sperm membrane integrity at the time of collection and 24 hours after storage in the Bio-Tranz. In group 1 (n = 61), specimens were diluted in TYB, processed and used for intrauterine insemination (IUI), leaving an aliquot for storage for 24 hours in the Bio-Tranz. In group 2 (n = 67), specimens were diluted in TYB, stored for 24 hours in the Bio-Tranz and then processed and used for IUI. In both groups, the total motile sperm used for IUI was similar and the women that underwent IUI were standardized for ovulation prediction and time of insemination. The overall sperm characteristics between the two groups were within normal range. Significant decreases were noted in sperm motility and membrane integrity in both groups after storage. Similar pregnancy rates were obtained between the two patient populations. The use of the Bio-Tranz shipper is extremely convenient for patients requiring semen evaluation, cryostorage or IUI and other assisted reproductive technologies.
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Aussie Bishop Overturns Anti-Gay School Ruling
The Sacred Heart Primary School in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, located in the far west of the outback, rejected a young girl's admission to the school because her parents are gay, Life Science News reported in a Dec 14 article.
Catholic Bishop Kevin Manning, apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, called the school's decision "absolutely appalling."
"[There is] no way in the world that we can persecute a child because of what their parents did," he told The Australian.
"You can't discriminate against a child on the grounds that the parents are in a homosexual relationship," he continued. "You are vesting the sins of the parents on the child - it's quite wrong."
Even though Manning overturned the rejection, the girl's parents decided not to place their daughter in the school.
The incident made a member of Australia's New South Wales Green party to "call for an end to exemptions for the church under the country's anti-discrimination laws," Life Science News wrote.
"Schools such as Sacred Heart in Broken Hill can turn around and victimize a child because it has two parents who are living in a same-sex relationship," MP John Kaye told ABC News. "It's a loophole that is an offense against the society that celebrates diversity."
A similar incident happened last year in Boston when an elementary school would not accept a gay couple's child. Cardinal Sean O'Malley overruled the school's decision, just as Bishop Manning did. In addition, O'Malley published guidelines that condemn discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Australia has provided several rights to its LGBT community. Same-sex couples are recognized in every state and territory. Several states have domestic registries, including New South Whales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria. Other states recognize de facto same-sex couples.
The country also recognizes lesbian co-mothers as parents of children who were conceived through in vitro fertilization or artificial insemination.
In addition, gay couples are allowed to jointly adopt children in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Western Australia. In many of the country's other regions, however, LGBT people are not allowed to adopt individually, except in South Australia.