1996 tax law changes - pensions.(Special Edition): An article from: The National Public Accountant

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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on November 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1140 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The new tax law introduces significant changes to the tax treatment of pensions. These changes include the deductibility of Individual Retirement Account distributions of up to $2,000 for each spouse, the introduction of a simplified retirement plan for small business, the repeal of family aggregation rules, the elimination of the 15% excise tax on excess distributions, and the scrapping of special five-year income averaging for lump-sum distributions.

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Title: 1996 tax law changes - pensions.(Special Edition)
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1996
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: v41 Issue: n11 Page: p41(2)

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Individual Taxation : 1996 (Irwin Taxation)

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Individual Taxation : 1996 (Irwin Taxation)
James W. Pratt
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Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation 1996: Individuals

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Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation 1996: Individuals
John L. KramerLawrence C. Phillips
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Recent legislation imposes new compliance and tax burdens on individuals with foreign connections.: An article from: The Tax Adviser

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Recent legislation imposes new compliance and tax burdens on individuals with foreign connections.: An article from: The Tax Adviser
David A. Lifson , and James A. Guadiana
Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on November 1, 1996. The length of the article is 3694 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Foreign tax provisions enacted as part of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 will provide the IRS with stronger enforcement tools and impose greater burdens on taxpayers engaged in transactions with foreign parties. All gifts from foreign sources will have to be reported if an annual threshold of $10,000 is exceeded. Expatriation reporting and taxation will be imposed on US citizens renouncing citizenship and long-time resident aliens. Transactions with foreign trusts will have to be reported, and inbound grantor trusts will be subject to taxation.

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Title: Recent legislation imposes new compliance and tax burdens on individuals with foreign connections.
Author: David A. Lifson
Publication: The Tax Adviser (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1996
Publisher: American Institute of CPA's
Volume: 27 Issue: n11 Page: 676(5)

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West's Federal Taxation: Individual Income Taxes 1996

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West's Federal Taxation: Individual Income Taxes 1996
William H., Jr. Hoffman , and James E. Smith
Manufacturer: West Group
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ASIN: 0314045481

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Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, this book reconceptualizes the field of human resource management (HRM) and explores an alternative politics and ethics of work.

The central thesis is that personnel/HRM techniques play a crucial role in constituting the self, in defining the nature of work, and in organizing and controlling the workforce. Human resource management, it is argued, comprises a nexus of disciplinary practices - a technology of power - aimed at making employees' behaviour and performance predictable and calculable, in a word, `manageable'.

The author analyzes a wide range of HRM procedures, including job evaluation and ranking, selection, appraisal and self-assessment, relating these to Foucauldian concepts of taxinomia, mathesis, examination and confession. The book concludes by linking Foucauldian and feminist ideas to sketch a potentially emancipatory and ethical agenda for HRM.

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Collision Course! Cosmic Impacts and Life on Earth
Alfred B. Bortz , and Fred Bortz
Manufacturer: Millbrook Press
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Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions and Other Popular Theories About Man's Past
William H. Stiebing Jr.
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A breath of fresh air.......1999-06-11

In the face of so much nonsense out there about the ancient past and the public's seemingly limitless capacity to listen anyone but the experts (consult the depressingly ebullient reader reactions to Hancock's crashingly unoriginal and largely fictional "Fingerprints of the Gods" at this site), Stiebing's book comes as a breath of fresh air. He is lucid, concise, factual, and reasonable. In successive chapters, he tackles the flood myth, Atlantis, Velikovsky's colliding-planets theory, ancient astronauts, the pyramids, mythic (and factual, in the case of the Norse) pre-Colombian voyages to the Americas, and ends with an assessment of the main characteristics of "popular" theories. In each case, he clearly lays out the much-despised "conventional" position on these issues: how, for instance, geology completely fails to uphold the proposition of a universal flood or how the pyramids were almost certainly built by Egyptians as tombs for their god-kings some 4,500 years ago and not by Atlanteans, refugees from a Martian civil war, or mysterious bearded figures from Antartica. What was striking to this reader was how many of the supposed "discoveries" and "theories" of recent pseudoscientific works like Hancock's (published in 1995) have long been argued and disproven already (Stiebing's book came out in 1984). Yet the "popular theorists" just continue to rehash the old, long discredited "evidence," never address countervailing opinion in detail, and sell thousands upon thousands of books. There can be no better indication of their utter disregard for the truth -- or of their motives.

Stiebing recognizes that part of the appeal of "popular theories" about the past stems not only from their sensational nature but also from a communication gap between mainstream scholars and the general public, few of whom have any idea what academics do or how they arrive at their dates, hypotheses, or conclusions. Stiebing ends with the hope that "Perhaps with concerted effort we can narrow the communication gap between scholars and the general public and make people less intellectually unwary than they have been heretofore. If so, popular theories may become less popular in the future." We must now admit, almost 15 years on, that his optimism has proven unwarranted. Despite excellent TV shows like "Archaeology" and "NOVA," the mass media continue to tout endlessly the "mysteries" of Atlantis, the Bible, ancient astronauts, the pyramids, etc. Charlatans like John A. West, Robert Schoch and Graham Hancock continue to get more airtime to view their nonsensical and untenable positions than any "mainstream" archaeologist. You can bet your bottom dollar that Hancock's crock has sold far more copies than M. Lehner's superb "The Complete Pyramids," a mainstream work that charts the rise and demise of the pyramid-building era of Egyptian history. The communication gap that Stiebing identified in 1984, it seems, is wider than ever.

A much-needed dose of rationality........1998-11-30

If you feel even the slightest sense of dismay at the size of the "new age/occult" section in your local bookstore as compared to that of the "science/nature" section, you will probably enjoy this book. If you never noticed the discrepancy, well, you're probably not reading this review. An earlier review of this book criticizes Stiebing for focusing his critique of ancient astronauts on the mistakes made by a single proponent. A full description of the egregious errors made by _all_ proponents of notions of ancient astronauts, however, would fill thousands of pages. There will always be some new crackpot that Stiebing has missed. Stiebing's book examines a number of other pseudoscientific subjects, and is not limited to ancient astronauts, and whatever your personal feelings about the reality of such things may be, this book is an invaluable counterpoint to the flood of irrational "literature" that currently chokes bookstores everywhere--the flood that gives the lie to the persistent notion that such "alternative" viewpoints are somehow censored by an all-powerful scientific establishment. For a real idea of the nature of this mythical power, try to find this book in the store nearest you. Now try to find one by von Daniken. 'Nuff said.

This man needs to open up his mind.......1998-07-12

Although I enjoyed reading most of Stiebling's work, his writing is somewhat hypocritical. He criticizes modern far-fetched theories too much while many of his own theories are far-fetched themselves. Also, he makes assumptions, such as giving credit to Khufu as the builder of the Great Pyramid. This was proven wrong by Zecharia Sitchin in The Wars of Gods and Men. He gives credible issues a bad name. For example, he throws out the theory of ancient astronauts by only looking at the mistakes made by one researcher. If he would just open his mind and examine works such as those of Zecharia Sitchin, he may think differently. If you're interested in the other side of such issues as Noah's Ark and Atlantis, check out this book, but if you want something that doesn't just touch on the subject, find something else.

Collision Processes and Excitation of UV Emission from Planetary Atmospheric Gases: A Handbook of Cross Sections

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Collision Processes and Excitation of UV Emission from Planetary Atmospheric Gases: A Handbook of Cross Sections
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Over the past few decades, the excitation and ionization of atmospheric gases has become an area of intense research. A large amount of data have been accumulated concerning the various elementary processes which occur when photons, electrons and ions collide with atoms and molecules. This scattered information has now been collected in a handbook for the first time, and the authors give a critical analysis of relevant data. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the available information and is distinguished by the following outstanding features: the consideration of a large number of atmospheric constituents, including H^O2, H, N^O2, N, O^O2, O, CO, CO^O2, H^O2O, HCl and some hydrocarbons the maximum number of space particles, including magnetospheric particles, are considered as projectiles: photons, electrons, hydrogen atoms, protons and helium ionsthe energy range under study corresponds to the real spectrum of cosmic fluxes, from threshold values for elementary processes up to several thousand keV the recommended values of cross sections, obtained from analysis of the available experimental data, are given in the handbook and their accuracy is estimated. These features make the handbook particularly valuable to specialists in the aeronomy of planets, comets and active perturbations, as well as to experimentalists and theoreticians working in the fields of plasma physics, atomic and molecular physics, physics of the upper atmosphere, chemical physics, optics and spectroscopy.

Connections - Ultra High Energy Nuclear Collisions with Cosmic ray/astrophysics

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Cosmic Collisions (Scientific American Focus Book)

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"Cosmic Collisions" hits the mark
"Cosmic Collisions" hits the mark

Cosmic Collisions (Scientific American Focus Book)
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A Great Scientific American Focus Book.......2002-11-13

This an excellent short textbook of what has happened to life on earth after small and grand extra-terrestrial collisions from comets and/or asteroids. Scientists now believe that cosmic collision shaped our solar system. The book starts off with the planet Jupiter being pounded by fragments of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy in the summer of 1994. This book also talks about the evolution of the universe, life on our planet, the origin of our moon, the fate of the dinosaurs, etc. Did the dinosaurs become extinct because of a huge cosmic collision 65 million years ago? Scientist seems to think so because of the evidence of the huge Chicxulub crater located at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. A gem of a book explaining ancient earth history and life on planet Earth.

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The folks at Scientific American produced a true gem with "Cosmic Collisions." Although clearly written for a younger group of readers, this book provides very imformative background information on cosmic impacts past, present and future.

"Cosmic Collisions" hits the mark.......1998-03-17

The smooth, steady pace of the writing, as well as liberal use of photographs and illustrations, complement the depth of the text. For such a small book, it is indeed a wonderful primer for adults and youngsters who are interested in this timely topic.

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“One of the finest books...in this century.”—Dr. D. James Kennedy

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Cosmic collisions.: An article from: The Futurist

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on September 1, 1991. The length of the article is 546 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Scientists say it is likely a large asteroid will collide with the Earth someday, causing widespread devastation. The long-range biosphere action would be unpredictable.

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Title: Cosmic collisions.
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1991
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: v25 Issue: n5 Page: p46(1)

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Cosmic particle project beams astrophysics into high schools. (Technology Update).(measuring high energy particle showers): An article from: Curriculum Review

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This digital document is an article from Curriculum Review, published by PaperClip Communications on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 368 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cosmic particle project beams astrophysics into high schools. (Technology Update).(measuring high energy particle showers)
Publication: Curriculum Review (Refereed)
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Escaping the ultimate disaster - a cosmic collision.: An article from: The Futurist

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Escaping the ultimate disaster - a cosmic collision.: An article from: The Futurist
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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2436 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A collision between the Earth and an asteroid, meteorite or comet could result in the destruction of the human race. However, people should not panic because science has developed ways to track down these bodies while methods exist to deflect these threatening bodies.

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Title: Escaping the ultimate disaster - a cosmic collision.
Author: John S. Lewis
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Date: January 1, 1997
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This book, the 5th volume in the Handbook of Analytical Separations series, gives an overview about methods to analyse drugs in biological fluids. The most widely used methods to analyse drugs in biological fluids. i.e. chromatographic methods, CE and immunoassays are described in detail. For important drugs, an overview about the methods available and a comparison of the techniques should be given to enable the reader to choose the right method depending on laboratory equipment, staff, the aim of the investigation etc. Other general aspects important for conducting therapeutic drug monitoring or pharmacokinetics studies are also covered, i.e. sample preparation, validation of the analytical methods and pharmacokinetic methods for interpreting the data. Areas where therapeutic drug monitoring is used frequently such as antibiotics, immunosuppressant drugs, antipsychotic and anticancer drugs will be discussed in detail. In addition, the important field of phenotyping and genotyping for therapy optimisation with special focus on real-life applications is also covered.
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