Recognize positive attitudes and achievements with! It does not mean that their child is behind, or that he is not capable of performing that particular skill. Hopefully this example can inspire you. This will help you distill the purpose to the one main point and stick to it instead of rambling on with unnecessary details. It may also be a time for professionals to monitor fine and gross motor development as well as emerging language and emotional growth. It is important for teachers to remember that their written words can motivate and challenge their students to be their best.
I always strive to remember that I am discussing the strengths and potential strengths of a child. If you were able to videotape a child's interactions with other students in the classroom, this would be a wonderful time to show that to parents. He or she has thrived because of your participation. Any evidence you have to back up your report card assessment should be shared with parents. Soon, Susie will begin recognizing geometric shapes by name, hopping on one foot and pouring from one container to another. The following positive statements will help you tailor your comments to specific children and highlight their strengths. Your kid is capable of completing the assigned tasks in time.
Again, here is a look at a I have saved from previous years. Creating report card comments for preschoolers is a nuanced, yet rewarding, task. If possible, make reference to how you use to support the student in question. As you might be aware, recess allows the student to find exercise, build friendships and take a rest from classroom work. Not with Ed World's help! This site has really been helpul.
Report Card Thesaurus Looking for some great adverbs and adjectives to bring to life the comments that you put on report cards? It is common for progress reports to be given twice a year, at parent conferences, and a final report at the end of the year. If there is just a single school readily available to the family, parents may still be active in ensuring their kid is getting the most from the school. The development of independence, initiative, responsibility, confidence, social awareness, cooperation, concentration, helpfulness, and commitment to work is a crucial element of Dr. Milestones Now that parents understand their child's progress and that you love their little one, it's time to let them know what you'll be looking for next. Please call me to discuss some strategies. Sampleort card comments for any teaching situation to use right now preschool examples. These record sheets are important for the Montessori teacher as she is able to record her observations and follow the progress of each child.
The findings are result of your reading, observations, interviews and investigation. As stated by the city school system, some schools have a school-based lottery or their very own specialized application rather than the choice application approach. As always, use anecdotal records, children's work and pictures to back up your assessment. You simply have not observed him participating in that particular activity in your classroom. He will need continual guidance from home and school throughout the rest of the year. I have found that there are many positive ways to frame my words so parents hear what I have to say, without causing strife in the family.
Sampleort card comments for any teaching situation to use right now preschool examples. The narrative progress report recognizes that each child is unique and whose development cannot fully be understood or assisted by using a checklist approach. As a teacher, it is our duty to be truthful, but we also need to be tactful. Offer them ways to reinforce concepts in a natural way, like easy conversations about shapes at the grocery store. Please share your sources where parents can find out answers from reliable source s. Report cards in preschool may not resemble a traditional report card for an older child, but they are still important documents for charting academic progress.
Last, the parents would acquire assistance from the teacher in the sort of recommendations and suggestions which serve to guide them through the development of their little one. You may have collected items for a portfolio, written anecdotal comments from your observations to share with the families and have carefully completed each section of the form with that individual child in thoughtful focus. Please call the school office at phone number or see me to decide on a time to meet and share ideas. Editing and proofreading is most of the work. Provide at least one specific goal that you will be working on with the student the following quarter. On the issue of positive comments, I believe we should not sacrifice the responsibility of letting our parents know exactly how their child is developing for the need to be positive. The Science Behind the Genius, by Angeline Stoll Lillard, is another excellent book that discusses the ins and outs of the Montessori Method.
You can add a little note at the end of the sample above that says something like "this is obviously due to having good and caring parents" The more you can relate the good behavior of a child to the amount of care the parents are giving, the more you will get them to participate in the education of their kids. This is your chance to explain developmental milestones to them in a way they will understand and show what a special person their child is. Example learning about season changing, gardening. What are their strengths and weaknesses? As a parent, I would love to know the progress of my child 2 yrs 9 months. If this is what happens in your program, you are missing out on a great curriculum planning tool! She is able to rote count to 20 and draws or copies two lines that cross.
I have found that many Montessori teachers are willing to work with parents for the benefit of the child. Formatting is also an essential step for a document that flows well. . It has been wonderful having her in my room. You can begin with a simple stem and just fill in the personal details that will make the parent smile. State the milestone and how the child is progressing in a clear fashion, without emotion.
By doing this, they can support their child's growth at home and mirror your program there. Write them in communication folders or on postcards for that extra school-home connection. Ideally, at some point prior to receiving the progress report, parents have already discussed the problem with you. Reassure them they will all come naturally with the correct support and scaffolding. When a child is meeting standards but could be exceeding … You want to stay positive yet still express higher expectations. Yet, it can be difficult to come up with fresh and positive ways of saying things. Use all of the comments above to help you set your goals.


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Q: Assigning to two pointers at the same time in C I have a small segment of C code that I am a bit confused about.
int *p, *q, arr[4]={5,8,3,7}
p = q = arr;

Does the pointer assignment mean both p and q equal arr? Or that p equals q which equals arr? This has been bugging me for a while, any help appreciated

A: The assignment operator (=) is right associative. This means
a = b = c;

parses as
a = (b = c);

That is, the value of c is assigned to b, and the result value of this assignment operation is assigned to a.
The = operator is defined to return the value that was assigned, so this effectively sets both a and b to c.

A: p and q both end up pointing to arr (or more properly &arr[0], it makes a difference in more advanced scenarios). Both of the ways you phrase it are equivalent when dealing with value semantics as is the case when dealing with pointer values in C.
More generally, in C the = operator produces as it's value the value assigned to it's left-hand operand so you can chain assignments of any type that can be assigned.

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a common type of treatment for eating disorders. This branch of psychotherapy aims to help break large problems or situations into smaller more manageable parts and treats eating disorders in this same way. In the general community, little may be known about cognitive behavioural therapy as it is used to treat eating disorders, so below are some answers to frequently asked questions on this subject.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a branch of psychotherapy that is based on the idea that all thoughts (cognition) and actions (behaviours) are related. This may not always be clear, so CBT aims to help individuals break down problems or situations into more manageable parts and examine the ways in which thoughts, emotions and actions were related in each.
What Does Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Do?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) allows individuals to examine the relationships between their thoughts, feelings and actions and in doing so allows individuals to understand that if they change the way that they think and feel, they will change the way that they act.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be attended either in private or group therapy sessions. Usually these sessions are approximately 60 minutes long, and they usually occur weekly or every fortnight. CBT is a relatively short term treatment, usually lasting no more than six months or so.
Why Does Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Work with Eating Disorders?
For individuals suffering from eating disorders, understanding the relationships between thoughts, emotions and actions is highly important. Once these relationships are understood, the individual suffering from an eating disorder can replace the negative thoughts and emotions which have led to abnormal food and eating behaviours and with more positive thoughts and emotions that will lead back towards a healthy lifestyle. However, in order for these relationships to be clear, it may take several weeks of tracking thoughts, feelings and food and eating behaviours before the individual will accept this proof. Often therapists will ask individuals to keep a journal or food diary in order to more accurately record their thoughts, feelings and actions towards food and eating during a given period of time.
Does Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cure Eating Disorders?
No, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) does not cure eating disorders. The recovery from an eating disorder is a long journey, and there may be relapses along the way. When relapses do occur, attending "top up" therapy sessions may make a difference.
What Exactly Does Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Teach?
In addition to teaching individuals how to identify the links between their thoughts, emotions and actions, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) also teaches individuals how to avoid and tolerate stressful situations, and how to best deal with stress to avoid a relapse into disordered eating. In addition, CBT also teaches individuals that they themselves hold the power to their recovery, which can be comforting to individuals who feel that their lives are otherwise out of their control.
How Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Accessed?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is only offered by qualified, trained therapists so a referral from a GP, hospital or clinic is one way of accessing this type of therapy. Engaging a private professional is another means of accessing cognitive behavioural therapy.


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Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Stimulates Curiosity and Interest in STEM Among Students
Terry Bass
Looking at Samsung Solve For Tomorrow, innovation has rapidly changed our world, and it is critical to prepare the next generation to not only adapt, but to thrive and excel in a technology-driven future. Committed to making this happen, Samsung Malaysia is running one of its global educational programs titled Solve for Tomorrow – a competition aimed at stimulating curiosity and cultivating interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, while inspiring students to help improve and fix issues faced by local communities through STEM's innovative solutions.
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"It is important for the next generations to come to be equipped with the fundamental skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to adapt to the technological change and benefit from the new opportunities technology creates. We believe in their potential to reach new heights of innovation, and to develop society-changing solutions. And Samsung is committed to helping them achieve this through the educational programs we run like Solve for Tomorrow," Yoonsoo Kim, President of Samsung Malaysia Electronics.
Samsung Solve For Tomorrow, a unique competition that fosters innovative thinking, creative problem-solving and teamwork, is carried out in partnership with Universiti Malaya STEM Centre. The competition is open to Form 1 and Form 2 students from participating secondary schools that Universiti Malaya STEM Centre regularly engages with to provide various STEM activities, helping them enhance their learning experience. The Solve for Tomorrow competition will kick off on October 9, 2020 and will culminate on December 8, 2020 with the announcement of winners.
Ir. Dr. Mas Sahidayana Mohktar, Head of Universiti Malaya STEM Centre remarked, "We have to enhance Science and Technology knowledge among our youngsters to solve unseen future problems. They can only paint a better picture if they are equipped with the correct tools, and the best way to ensure the mechanism is accurate is through Science and Technology education."
Participants of the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow competition are required to identify an issue faced by the community and develop a solution based on STEM technology. They can choose to propose the ideas focusing on any of the four themes, namely health, education, environmental and social issues. A team of three students will be required to send in a submission in a form of essays depicting the problem to be solved and how STEM can be a creative solution. At the second round, 10 teams that are shortlisted will be required to refine their ideas and showcase it through a PowerPoint presentation.
Three teams will be selected at the third round. They will be required to enhance their presentation with an option to create a prototype. Each team will need to submit a video recording of the presentation and the functions of the prototype. At the final stage, the three teams will battle it out to win the top prize worth up to a total of RM37,900 by impressing the judges with their innovative STEM solutions.
Winners of the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow competition will walk away with Samsung products for their respective schools and for themselves too. The first prize winning team will receive Samsung products worth up to RM16,900 that will be presented to the school while each student will receive up to RM7,000 worth of Samsung products. For the second prize, the team will receive products worth up to RM13,500 for their school while the students will each walk away with products worth up to RM6,000. The third prize winning team will receive products worth up to RM10,000 for their school while the students will win products worth up to RM5,400 each. The winners will be judged based on the relevance of issues, creativity, feasibility of ideas, application of STEM and presentation of innovative solutions.
"We believe the Solve for Tomorrow competition is an ideal platform for students to be exposed to science and technology; and harness their full potential through the use of technology. It is also an opportunity to engage and encourage students' curiosity in STEM while making a difference in the society," concluded Yoonsoo Kim.
For more information about Solve for Tomorrow, please visit: www.samsung.com/my/solvefortomorrow/
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Livingston Daily is finalist for 12 awards by Associated Press.
The Livingston Daily Press & Argus has been named a finalist for 12 awards in its division by The Associated Press.
The finalist awards include: Best Multimedia Journalist, Alan Ward; Best Writer, Lisa Roose-Church and Christopher Nagy; Best Public Service, Amanda Whitesell; Best Sports Column, Tim Robinson; Best News Photo, Gillis Benedict; Best Sustained Coverage in Sports, Bill Khan; and Best Website, Livingston Daily Press & Argus.
The first-, second- and third-place winners in each category will be announced at the annual Michigan Associated Press banquet in Lansing on May 17.
"Congratulations are in order to Lisa Roose-Church, Chris Nagy, Alan Ward, Tim Robinson, Gillis Benedict, Amanda Whitesell and Bill Khan," Malott said.
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More men, arms for military to battle insecurity, says VP
Mary Morris February 4, 2020 Leave a comment
More men and arms are to be injected into the armed forces.
There will also be increased surveillance and funding, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday.
Besides, the armed forces will collaborate with local vigilante to enhance security.
Osinbajo spoke on Monday in the wake of Sunday's "Prayer Walk" by Christians in protest against killings and upsurge of insecurity in the country.
The "Prayer Walk" called by Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was led in Lagos by General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
Thousands of RCCG parishes nationwide participated after a prayer for the nation by Adeboye during the thanksgiving service, beamed live to all parishes of the church.
On Monday, there were many instances of security breaches across the country.
Osinbajo, who spoke during the visit to the Villa, of clergymen under the auspices of Arewa Pastors Forum for Peace, was quoted by his spokesman Laolu Akande, as assuring Christians that the Federal Government was "handling security well".
The Vice President said: "We are doing everything that needs to be done.
"We are handling security well, and as you know, including military deployment in diverse fields, like the Boko Haram in the Northeast.
"In fact, we have to now recruit more into the army, and much faster than we ever did because we need men on the ground; resources also – to buy more arms, to buy more platforms.
"At the last meeting of the National Security Council that was held on Thursday, we had discussions on how to beef up the military's platforms. How do we beef up the numbers? How do we recruit more men and women into the army? How do we collaborate more with local vigilante, the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and all that,"
"So, there is a lot going on in terms of trying to beef up security. The security situation is one that is very challenging. We are also looking at aspects of surveillance – how we can do more aerial surveillance using drones and electronic devices to improve surveillance".
Prof. Osinbajo assured the clergymen that the Federal Government is also committed to finding lasting solutions to the perennial crisis in communities in the North and other parts of the country, including the ones bothering on religious prejudices.
He urged the group as 'Men of God," to also come up with ideas and their thoughts on how to find lasting peace.
President of the Forum, Bishop Mbayo Japhet, said the group's visit to the Presidential Villa was to support the administration and the vice president. They described him as an apostle of peace.
Also on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly agreed on a better funding of the police to properly carry out its duties as the statutory body in charge of internal security.
The decision was taken after a meeting at the Aso Villa on Monday.
President Buhari met with Senate President Ahmed Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila for over one hour.
The meeting was sequel to the anger shown by federal lawmakers last week during plenary on the state of the nation's security.
The lawmakers called for the resignation of Service Chiefs or their removal by the President.
They also mandated their leadership to convey their views to the President.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Gbajabiamila said: "We are talking, even just right now we have gone on to set up a committee that will periodically review the issue of security, maybe once a month or once in six weeks, which will involve the two arms of government and the party.
"Major progress was made in this discussion, which is a meeting that lasted over an hour and I believe Nigerians will begin to see traction, they'll begin to see changes. You can be sure that concrete steps were taken in that direction", he assured.
Gbajabiamila explained that the problem facing Nigeria is internal, which should be within the purview of the police, hence the need to build the police to be able to properly fill its traditional role.
"Is the President as concerned as we are? Answer: probably more. Is the President looking to do something about it? Answer: yes. The question of security is uppermost in his mind and he opened up to us and you must understand that some communications are privileged, but suffice to say that the President is concerned and he intends to do something about our challenges.
"Opinions are divided; the generality of the opinion is that the service chiefs should go, that was evident in our debates in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, but, sometimes, you don't want a knee-jack reaction.
"Many of us identify that something drastic has to be done, there's also the school of thought that says since we are talking about banditry, kidnapping and murders, what have the armed forces got to do with that, anywhere in the world? So the question then arises that if he changes the service chiefs, does that address the issues of kidnapping and banditry? The army, navy and air force are outfits set up to tackle external aggression. It is the police that is set up for internal security, such as we are all witnessing.
"That's talking about Service chiefs, has the Inspector-General of Police met up with his responsibilities? The question is if we now narrow it that to the Inspector General to Police, many will argue that he has done a very good job and many will argue with you that he's hamstrung, straight-jacketed, there's very little he can do in the face of no equipment, no funding and we explained to Mr President that we have to increase funding, we have to recruit more.
Addressing the controversy that followed the call for the sack of Service chiefs last week by the National Assembly, the Senate President said the matter was discussed, but noted that the first issue to consider would be the condition under which policemen and men of the armed forces had been operating and make amends.
"We discussed everything that matters as far as the issue of security of this country is concerned. We believe that it is imperative that we are able to provide those necessary equipment and welfare for the armed forces of this country and the police, to ensure that they are able to operate and perform efficiently and effectively.
"Mr. President was forthcoming, of course as the leader of this country, he is more worried than anybody else about the situation. So, we are on the same page that we should be able to do whatever it takes to ensure that the security agencies are able to perform better than they are doing now.
When asked if he believed that sacking the service chiefs could solve the security problem, Lawan said: "You see, in matters of security, of course as leaders, we are suppose to lead but when it concerns security every single citizen matters in this. So it is for all of us, citizens and leaders to ensure that we are playing our part as it is necessary.
"But I believe that the time has come, we have reached a tipping point that everybody in Nigeria is concerned about the security situation and therefore we are all prepared and that is why we have come to meet with Mr. President as leaders of National Assembly on behalf of our colleagues, to discuss the way forward. And of course I believe that citizens participation is critical and crucial.
"It is also critical that because we are dealing with human beings, you are asking the military, the police to go and fight insurgents, kidnappers and bandits, you also need to do something for their welfare. How do they live? where do they live? What is the condition of the schools for their children? And so on and so forth. So, these are issues that are very important and could have very impact outcomes when we are able to do the right thing and we will do them", Lawan said.
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Statement on SEN transport judicial review
Council satisfied it followed proper processes
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Following today's judgement from the Royal Courts of Justice, the following statement has been issued by Blake Pain, county council cabinet member for environment and transport:
We welcome today's judgement, which dismissed the Judicial Review on all grounds.
"We were very aware of concerns raised by families, but were satisfied that we have followed proper processes in relation to our new policy for post-16 SEN transport arrangements.
"We've already contacted parents to let them know about the 'pause' to the implementation of the new policy until September 2020 while we awaited the outcome of the Judicial Review.
"As part of this process we confirmed to most parents what type of transport assistance will be provided and we are working hard to confirm these arrangements ahead of the new academic year
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747 bus receives further support from councils
Leicestershire county council and Rutland county council have agreed to continue funding for the 747 bus service.
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Here is a poem a friend wrote to me in September - I thought I'd share it with you. I have it where I read it most days I use my computer. It reminds me that the little things I do can be important to others.
(And colour, light and swirling shades).
Of feelings, truth and wise advice.
Helps frowns to soften, scars to mend.
Where Peter casts his peaceful light.


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Q: Why does Clipboard.GetText() need the Clipboard to be clearable? The documentation for Clipboard.GetText() states that it can raise an ExternalException if:

The Clipboard could not be cleared.

Why would GetText need the Clipboard to be clearable?

A: To me, this seems like an oddity in the documentation. After tracing through the source, I can't think of a reason it needs to be clearable as it doesn't appear to attempt to try clearing it.
The second part ("This typically occurs when the Clipboard is being used by another process.") does appear accurate though.
Seems to me the part about text being clearable could have been copied from Clipboard.SetText or Clipboard.Clear, as they are word-for-word the same, but seems far more applicable (although I did not go deeply into the source on this one).


Final Fantasy VIII, being an older game, didn't come with a list of achievements in the original versions. The only version of the game so far to include them has been the Steam re-release.
There are a total of 45 achievements in the game. They are listed in rough categories.


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Lungu cheers UPND over reconciliation call
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has been preaching messages of peace, unity, reconciliation and love among Zambians and the United Party for National Development (UPND) is happy that the Head of State would want to govern a united Zambia devoid of tribalism, vengeance and retribution, Edward Mumbi has said.
Mr Mumbi has however said the UPND was deeply concerned that while President Lungu had been preaching messages of peace, unity and reconciliation, some of the Patriotic Front (PF) and government leaders were propagating disunity by verbally abusing citizens with different views from those of the ruling party.
Mr Mumbi, who is UPND presidential spokesperson, told the Daily Nation that peace, unity and reconciliation were important moral assets for political stability and the economic development of the country and should therefore be encouraged at all levels of leadership.
He told the Daily Nation that President Lungu would need to speak to his party members and some of his government officials who did not have respect for other citizens.
Mr Mumbi said Zambia was economically on crossroads and that the challenges the country was experiencing could only be resolved if Zambians were reconciled and united under the One Zambia One Nation motto.
Commenting on President Lungu's call for reconciliation and forgiveness as the country celebrated its 51st independence anniversary, Mr Mumbi said the Head of State was on a good path but that some of his lieutenants in Government and the party were negating his efforts to unite the country by their uncensored and bad language.
"Zambia is at crossroads economically and we do not expect that we would recover from these economic ills anytime soon. And reconciliation and unity is the best way of governing ourselves in peace and harmony and as the UPND we are going to support the reconciliation as we celebrate our 51st independence anniversary. President Lungu has been preaching peace, unity and reconciliation but the problem is with some of his lieutenants both in Government and the party who have been insulting the opposition and using derogatory language against some regions in the country.
Let the President speak to his people in the party and Government as he speaks to the opposition to embrace the spirit of love and reconciliation," Mr Mumbi said. Mr Mumbi said the UPND appreciated that the Kwacha was a commodity currency and that was why it was suffering from fluidity adding that it needed the resolve of all Zambians irrespective of their political ideologies to resolve the challenge.
And the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) said it was ready to meet President Lungu for dialogue over the many challenges the country was facing.
FDD spokesperson Antonio Mwanza said FDD president Edith Nawakwi had written to President Lungu requesting for a meeting to discuss the current power deficit that had resulted into electricity rationing and the impasse' on the constitution-making process.
Mr Mwanza said the FDD was however worried about some of the leaders in the PF and Government who had developed a propensity of looking down upon other people.
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Welcome to the CLAW QUARTERLY, the new printed space for the CLAW artist guild of all that is wacky, art, comic, and prose related, and good in this world.
Why printed? Why not a blog or fleeting Instagram story like all the cool kids? I'll give you several reasons. Those "stories" that are all the rage on social media right now exist for one reason only: to make you check online more often. Because they disappear, they create a sense of urgency for the users. You aren't feeling pleasure when you catch a live Facebook feed; you are feeling relief that you haven't missed out on something inextricably linked to all the fake perfect people you see in social media… CATCH THE REST ONLY IN THE PRINT EDITION OF CLAW QUARTERLY! PS: New Newsletter Print Edition coming soon!
CLAW MARCH FOR LIFE NEWS..
CLAW Young Illustrator/Cartoonist of the Future Scholarship: Deadline for applications is MARCH 15th (with customary deadline extension to be announced) Download application form here! Washington students only please!
Mindy Barker is a muralist who wrangles color and wrangles lines. All for, what she likes to call, "my interventions of urban spaces'.
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Michaela Eaves currently focuses on graphite illustrations where animals and creatures cross paths with fairy tales. Occasionally, some of these turn into watercolor and gouache paintings or books.
huge thanks to our CLAW President Jennevieve Schlemmer for putting this together, A+ panel host services too! YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: ADVENTURE BOOK OF STRONG WOMEN by Jennevieve Schlemmer now on Kickstarter!
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Member Show And Tell… COME SEE many CLAW members this weekend at ECCC! Or you may have already did that at the time of this reading.. OKAY!
SCHOLARSHIP: Did you know The CLAW likes to give money away for free to young illustrators of the future? Do you like to draw and are you a college art student? APPLY NOW! DUE March 15th! STAY TUNED FOR DEADLINE EXTENSIONS!
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CLAW COMICS NEWSPAPER: Members voted unanimously to start self-publishing a daily semi-monthly CLAW ARTIST GUILD (aka the group formerly known as the Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians) Newspaper. Original articles! Original Comics! Scholarship/Artshow updates! You name it, it will be in there and friends, it will be glorious… like the burning starships off the shoulder of Orion..
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FEB 28 AT KINGS BOOKS… Jennevieve Schlemmer reporting on the scene from king 5 helicopter: "Join CLAW and panel host Jennevieve Schlemmer for an informative and fun panel about what it takes to be a working artist. We will cover best practices for creating a schedule, finding consistency, pricing your work, balancing your books, motivating yourself, and creating your own creative community. Panel includes amazing local artists Mindy Barker, Michaela Eaves, Steve Garvin, and Mark Monlux. Mindy Barker is a muralist who wrangles color and wrangles lines. All for, what she likes to call, "my interventions of urban spaces'. Michaela Eaves currently focuses on graphite illustrations where animals and creatures cross paths with fairy tales. Occasionally, some of these turn into watercolor and gouache paintings or books. Five years ago, Steve Garvin left corporate accounting to rediscover his creative side. Today, he's a rebranding expert who helps creative thinkers plan a business they love by tapping into their hidden gold. Mark Monlux, Grand PooBah of Monlux Illustration, is freelance illustrator with decades of experience. Since 1985 his art had been on everything from magazines to ice cream cartons. He's currently doing a lot of graphic recording, storyboarding and whiteboard videos." Thanks Jennevieve!
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Federal election set for May 2
admin ossnliri January 12, 2020
It's official Canadians will head to the polls May 2 for the fourth election in even years.Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the date at Rideau Hall this morning, minutes after Gov. Gen. David Johnston agreed to dissolve Parliament.The move follows a historic vote in the House of Commons on Friday.- Advertisement -MPs voted in favour of a Liberal motion expressing non-confidence and citing the Harper government for contempt of Parliament _ a first for a national government anywhere in the Commonwealth.Harper immediately launched into an attack on the opposition "coalition," calling it a danger to the economy and the country.However, minutes earlier, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff moved to blunt that line of attack, vowing not to form any coalition with the NDP or Bloc Quebecois. Advertisement read more
GPL powers young swimmer's Goodwill dreams
Even as 36 young Guyanese swimmers prepare to compete at the Goodwill Games this weekend, the country's leading power supplier has made the dreams of 15-year-old Joseph Matthews come a little bit closer to reality.Joseph MatthewsIn a simple ceremony at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) head office in Duke Street, Kingston, a cheque for an undisclosed sum was handed over to the young swimmer in the presence of his mother and coach.GPL Assistant Public Relations Officer Natalie Pindar noted that the company was aware that there were times when it needed to exercise its corporate responsibility."This is in keeping with our corporate social responsibility. We have a special interest in youth, development and sport as well, so we've taken interest in Joseph's performance over the years and we're to be a part of such a venture. We're happy to help Joseph," Pindar stated.She later went on to disclose that the entity has been very involved in sponsorship over the years. More recently, the power company threw its support behind the Guyana Police Force (GPF) sports.Joseph, who only began swimming just over a year and a half ago, expressed gratitude and elation at GPL's gesture."It feels very exciting actually. This is my first sponsorship and my first regional competition in Barbados," he stated.When questioned about his preparation, the teenaged swimmer disclosed that he would be in the pool every day until his departure for Barbados on Thursday. "I'm training hard and I want the win more than anybody else," he said.Matthews will be participating in four out of ten events in his 13-15 age group, inclusive of the 150 metres butterfly, 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.His coach, Haresh Bhagwan of Silver Sharks Speed Club disclosed that this decision was made given Matthews' prowess in the pool. "The only reason he did not get the opportunity to swim the other events is because after distributing the events, three swimmers per event, Joseph has shown consistently that he is the fastest in the four as opposed to the others and we need him well rested to perform his utmost best," Bhagwan said, highlighting that Matthews' four events were the toughest in the competition.Guyana's 36 swimmers will depart for Barbados on Thursday along with five coaches. Last year, the local team surprised their opponents, placing third for the first time in decades. As such, the Guyanese team are looking to repeat the feat or even do better this time around. read more
Mourinho claims Chelsea player would have been banned for Van Persie-style elbow
admin ossnliri January 6, 2020
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes had one of his players used an elbow in the same way Robin van Persie did at West Ham last Sunday he would have been banned.The Chelsea boss was fined £25,000 last month for saying there was a "clear campaign" against Chelsea on the day Diego Costa was charged for treading on Liverpool's Emre Can.Striker Costa was banned for three matches and serves the final game of his suspension when the Premier League leaders play Everton on Wednesday night.Mourinho's mood has lightened since opting out of media duties surrounding the draw with Manchester City on January 31 and that he was happy in last Friday's return in front of the cameras.But the Blues boss suggested he still thinks the Football Association's disciplinary department is not being consistent."I was in a good mood the other day," Mourinho said."I needed a little bit more time to forget why my player (Costa) was suspended."I need a little bit more time to understand why some people are punished, others aren't. I need a little bit of time to process that."The same people (the FA) that suspended my player didn't want to suspend a player this weekend. This weekend he could."When asked which player he was referring to, Mourinho gestured with an elbow in a clear reference to Van Persie's challenge on James Tomkins."I know that if it was one of mine, I know," Mourinho added."Last season happened the same thing, when Ramires was suspended."It was exactly the same thing. And one week later a Manchester City player kicked a player on the floor at Norwich and nothing happened."That was a reference to Yaya Toure's challenge on Ricky van Wolswinkel, which went unpunished.Mourinho refused to comment on the fact Leicester boss Nigel Pearson avoided sanction for appearing to grab Crystal Palace's James McArthur by the throat."I have only thoughts about myself," Mourinho said.Asked if he would have been charged had he done what Pearson did, Mourinho said: "No comments. You know."Midfielder John Obi Mikel (knee) is the only definite absentee for Wednesday's match, but Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) is fit again.The Everton contest sees the return of Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge after the Belgium forward struggled to break through into Mourinho's plans and was allowed to leave the club.The Portuguese manager said: "He proves every weekend that he's a good player. Nobody has doubts at Chelsea that he's a good player."We know Romelu is a good player. (Andre) Schurrle is a good player, (Kevin) de Bruyne is a good player, (Juan) Mata is a good player."They are good. We don't sell garbage. We sell top players."We sell top players, we get top fees. (Without) top fees we don't sell them, we keep them."That's football, that's life, that's market. The player wishes sometimes to be in clubs where they become clearly the first option. That's football, that's life."If he's happy, that's good. He wanted to play all the time." 1 read more
Wafula rescues Gor from the jaws of defeat
First half goals from Meddie Kagere and Bernard Ondiek sent K'Ogalo sailing, but a slump in the second half saw Batoto ba Mungu raise their tails wit substitute Ezekiel Okare scoring a late brace adding on to Kepha Aswani's early first half goal.It seemed to be three points in the bag for Sofapaka, but Wafula slammed the ball in from close range after a poorly defended corner to hand Gor a reprieve.It was a game of two halves as the record 16-time champions utterly dominated the opening half while the 2009 champions were better in the second half dominating possession and creating most of the scoring chances.Gor boss Dylan Kerr made seven changes from the team that played USM Alger in a midweek CAF Confederation Cup Group D tie at Kasarani with skipper Harun Shakava Boniface Oluoch and Ephraim Guikan retaining their places.And the holders started the match with immense pace and within the first minute had the ball inside the net but Guikan's finish off an Innocent Wafula cross was ruled out for offside.A minute later, the speedy Boniface Omondi tried his luck with a rasping shot from distance but it elevated a few inches off target.K'Ogalo were rewarded from their emphatic start to the match in the ninth minute when Willis Ouma's clearance off a corner inside the box ricocheted off Meddie Kagere and bounced into an empty net.Batoto ba Mungu should have gone level just three minutes later but Ugandan import Umaru Kassumba missed a one on one chance. A mistake from Joachim Oluoch who was defending deep saw Kassumba win the ball and stride goalward with only the keeper to beat.However, Oluoch narrowed down the angle coming fast off his line forcing Kassumba to shoot and the effort sailed wide.Oluoch made a brilliant save on the quarter hour mark spreading his body nicely on the ground to block Kevin Kimani who had picked the ball unmarked from an Elli Asieche cross.Gor Mahia kept pounding keeping the fans in the stands heated despite the cold afternoon in Machakos and their hard work was once again gifted with a second goal in the 24th minute.Yussuf Mohammed's effort at clearing the ball away ended up in the left back heading to the edge of the six yard box finding Ondiek unmarked, the midfielder doing the easy task of glancing the ball into the net beating Mathias Kigonya who was off is line.Three minutes after going down, Sofapaka almost scored an own goal when Mohammed's effort at blocking a cross from Yussuf Mohammed ended up in a deflection towards his own goal but luckily the ball bounced off the upright for a corner.Sofapaka head coach John Baraza was pushed to initiate his first change after just 27 minutes, pulling out holding midfielder Humphrey Okoti and bringing in forward Stephen Waruru.Waruru almost got into the party immediately when he was picked out by a drop ball from Kigonya, but keeper Oluoch was faster off his line to clear the danger away.Sofapaka were also giving in much in attack despite the fact that Gor were faster off the blocks and they had a chance in the 33rd minute when Waruru's cross found Kimani at the edge of the box but the pint sized winger's shot went inches over.Kerr was forced into a change as the second half started, defender Charles Momanyi coming off clutching his thigh and was replaced by Joash Onyango.And it was the home side which had a better start to the second set of 45 minutes, pulling one back through Aswani six minutes after the restart. Kimani picked out his team mate with an incisive through pass and Aswani made the most of it rifling a left foot shot past Oluoch.Sofapaka's Mousa Omar tackles Gor Mahia's Ephraim Guikan during their Kenyan Premier League clash at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on May 20, 2018. PHOTO/Raymond MakhayaAswani should have doubled his tally an brought his side back level six minutes later but he shot over from inside the box after being picked out by a cut back from Kassumba who had done well to outmuscle Onyango on the right.Sofapaka continued their upward trajectory and they came inches close on the hour mark when Waruru tried to chip the ball over Oluoch who was advanced off his line from a counter attack but the ball kissed the upside of the crossbar.Gor made their second change with goalscorer Ondiek who had become prone to losing the ball in the middle of the pack pulled out for the versatile Philemon Otieno.Gor gained a bit of stability and Sofapaka keeper Kigonya was forced into a brilliant double save to keep his side in contention.First, he poured his body out to deny Kagere one on one after the striker had raced to a through pass while his second was a beauty of a reflex, leaping to his left to parry away a diving header from Guikan off a Wesley Onguso cross.But Batoto ba Mungu kept on fighting to get at least a draw off the match.They were rarded in the 84th minute when Okare who had just come on for Kassumba jumped higher than both Joachim Oluoch and harun Shakava to win a header and power it past Oluoch who was off his line.With their tails up, Sofapaka scored what looked like a possible winner when Kimani outjumped Shakava for the ball at the edge of the box feeding Okare who slammed the ball into the net with just two minutes of regular time left.However, Gor showed the true character of a champion fighting on till the final whistle and in the first minute of added time, Wafula slammed the ball home after it was initially cleared off the line from a corner.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) 0Shares0000Gor Mahia's Meddie Kagere vies for the ball with Sofapaka's Mousa Omar and Elly Asieche PHOTO/Raymond MakhayaMACHAKOS, Kenya, May 20- Innocent Wafula scored in the 90th minute to rescue Kenyan Premier League leaders Gor Mahia from the jaws of their first defeat of the season as they played to a 3-3 draw with Sofapaka in a high-octane fixture at the Kenyatta Stadium on Sunday evening.Ezekiel Okare's late brace seemed to have handed Batoto ba Mungu a huge win against direct title rivals, but Wafula struck two minutes after his side went down to rescue a point for K'Ogalo. read more
Bilic WILL be in charge of West Ham at start of next season, talkSPORT told
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1 Slaven Bilic West Ham are NOT planning to replace manager Slaven Bilic this summer, talkSPORT understands.Bilic has found himself under pressure after a difficult second season in charge of the London club.The Hammers, who finished seventh in the Premier League in 2015/16, are set to finish in the bottom half of the table this time around.They have lost 16 of their 35 league games and are not yet mathematically safe from relegation.Reports have emerged this week that Bilic's position is under review and he may be shown the door.But sources close to the club have told talkSPORT that the Croatian retains the backing of his West Ham bosses and they expect him to be in charge at the start of next season.There is acknowledgment in the boardroom that Bilic has had to manage in difficult circumstances this season.West Ham have had to adjust to life in a new stadium, while they were rocked by the departure of Dimitri Payet midway through the season and have also suffered a number of injuries. read more
WE WON'T LET TRAVELLER FAMILIES ONTO ILLEGAL SITE, WARN RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS in Convoy have vowed to prevent Traveller families with up to 18 caravans occupying a site in the town.The Green Fields site – about an acre in size – has been the subject of several stand-offs since last Friday, as reported first here on Donegal Daily.Gardai moved in last night to keep the peace and they were on duty again this morning as three caravans attempted to enter the site. This is despite bollards erected by Donegal County Council.The council has also issued tree preservation orders after it was claimed that a man in a caravan had vowed to chop down 200-year-old trees last week.No offences have been detected – it's only if the caravans form a site that council bye-laws will be broken.Revenue officers are also taking an interest in the incident as all the cars towing the caravans over the past four days are northern-registered. "This is not an appropriate or official site and this cannot be allowed to go ahead," said one local mother."They won't get in."Cllr Patrick McGowan has been working on residents' behalf over the past five days.The Traveller families claim they own the site; however this is disputed."They've already made a roadway which is unauthorised and the council have issued a warning," said Cllr McGowan. "Local people have been threatened."WE WON'T LET TRAVELLER FAMILIES ONTO ILLEGAL SITE, WARN RESIDENTS was last modified: July 23rd, 2013 by John2Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:WARN RESIDENTSWE WON'T LET TRAVELLER FAMILIES ONTO ILLEGAL SITE read more
WILD ATLANTIC WAY WILL ADD SIGNIFICANT TOURISM NUMBERS TO DONEGAL – FAILTE IRELAND
The CEO of Fáilte Ireland, Shaun Quinn, today emphasised that the tourism authority's new 'Wild Atlantic Way' initiative has the potential to attract significant numbers of additional visitors into Donegal during 2014. This boost to the county follows a year of improving overseas visitor numbers and business growth in the local tourism industry.Speaking during a visit to the county, Mr Quinn said Donegal saw significant growth in visitor numbers last year and much of this can be attributed to all those local communities who seized on the possibilities offered by Fáilte Ireland's 'The Gathering' initiative. "This year we have another card to play and another opportunity to grow local tourism – with 'The Wild Atlantic Way' and I'm sure everyone with an interest in tourism will get behind this also."Citing recent Fáilte Ireland research, Mr Quinn pointed out that visitor numbers for the North West region were up an estimated 10% last year and that almost two thirds (62%) of local firms in the region were recording significant overseas visitor growth.Much of this growth was driven by The Gathering with Donegal finishing in the top ten in terms of Gatherings across the country.Overall, there were 300 Gathering events in the North West with 195 events in county Donegal alone and the types of events included family, school, business and group reunions as well as cultural, activity and historical celebrations. Meanwhile, surveys of domestic and overseas holidaymakers, who visited the region between May and October 2013, showed that the friendliness and value to be found in the North West were stand-out features of a trip to the area.Key points of Fáilte Ireland's Visitor Survey of the North West included:98% of visitors rated the friendliness of the North West people as good or very good;88% of visitors rated the value for money aspect of their holiday as good or very good;Almost 6 out of ten visitors surveyed said they were extremely likely to recommend the North West as a holiday destination. Many visitors cited their main reason for visiting the area was beautiful scenery (26%) and history/culture (11%) and key locations visited included Glenveagh National Park (34%) Sliabh Liag (29%) and Inishowen (18%).The most popular activities while holidaying in the North West were:Hiking Walking (42%) – much higher than national average of 20%National Park (32%) – much higher than national average of 20% Traditional music and dance (24%) – higher than national average of 18%Water-based (10%) – much higher than national average of 3%Commenting on the latter findings, Mr Quinn said "Donegal has a lot to offer visitors. The good news is that, with its emphasis on landscapes, outdoor activities and an authentic interaction with Ireland's western sea-board counties, the Wild Atlantic Way is tailor-made for local tourism."The Wild Atlantic Way is a new major tourism initiative for the western seaboard is a long distance driving route from Donegal to West Cork with a total length of up to 1,300km showcasing Ireland's coastline.The new route aims to create a corridor along the Atlantic coast which will link destinations and attractions together, creating a shopping isle of experiences and opening up access and possibilities in the visitor's mind.It is intended that the Wild Atlantic Way will rival many of the well-known long distance driving routes around the world, such as the Great Ocean Road in Australia and the Garden Route in South Africa. Most importantly, it will provide a brand and product of sufficient scale and singularity to gain that all important visibility in our overseas markets.Failte Ireland is working with Donegal County Council in developing the Wild Atlantic Way locally. The route takes in the entire coastline of County Donegal and will be a magnificent selling point for the county. Local signature points along the way include Sliabh Liag, Fanad Lighthouse and Malin Head.Over the last few weeks the Councils Roads Division have been erecting signage along the Donegal branch of the route which stretches from Inishowen right through to Bundoran.The first signage has already appeared on the Inishowen roads and all signage will be erected in time for the start of the tourism season in March.In the meantime, Fáilte Ireland will be holding a number of community meetings along the Wild Atlantic Way (including Dunfanaghy, Ballyliffin and Killybegs in Donegal) to engage with local communities and more details of these will be available in the coming weeks.Mr Quinn added "We will be inviting everyone from the local communities to come along and hear about the Wild Atlantic Way and learn just how to take advantage of this opportunity. In 2013 The Gathering significantly boosted local tourism."This year we will be heavily marketing the Wild Atlantic Way at home and abroad and this initiative offers us another vehicle to develop additional tourism visitors, revenue and jobs for the county."WILD ATLANTIC WAY WILL ADD SIGNIFICANT TOURISM NUMBERS TO DONEGAL – FAILTE IRELAND was last modified: January 20th, 2014 by StephenShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:Failte IrelandShaun QuinnWild Atlantic Way read more
Steve Kerr's latest take on Kevin Durant's technicals
Klay Thompson subscribes. You can too for just 11 cents a day for 11 months + receive a free Warriors Championship book. Sign me up!OAKLAND – It did not take long for Warriors coach Steve Kerr to analyze the footage. Following the Warriors' Game 1 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in their first-round matchup, Kerr rewatched the moments leading up to Kevin Durant and Patrick Beverley receiving ejections. Kerr then reached this conclusion about official Ed Malloy."I'm not sure anybody deserved …
Human Body Capabilities Uncovered
More surprises about the body come to light, including the ability to regrow cartilage.Adult Humans Can Regenerate Cartilage (The Scientist). Many animals can regenerate their limbs: salamanders in particular. Some animals, like flatworms and hydras, can grow their entire body back from a few cells. Why can't humans do that? We obviously can't regrow a whole arm or leg. But actually, there's more to tissue regeneration in our bodies than scientists had thought. We do have something in common with salamanders.Humans, unlike some lucky members of the animal kingdom, have a very limited ability to regrow damaged or missing body parts. But a study published yesterday (October 9) in Science Advances finds that we can generate new proteins in joint cartilage, and this ability is more pronounced in joints farther from the center of the body, such as the ankles, than in those nearer in, such as the hips. The mechanism for this ability resembles that used by animals such as salamanders and axolotls to regrow lost limbs.On a related subject, Phys.org reported new findings about limb regeneration in salamanders.Monkeys outperform humans when it comes to cognitive flexibility (Science Daily). The title of this article sounds like monkeys are better than humans. But really, upon reading further, monkeys appear more scatterbrained. That's what they dub "cognitive flexibility." If monkeys "outperformed" humans by thinking "outside the box" more, we would be hiring them as national security advisors. Humans do tend to stick to learned routines, scientists found, but sometimes wise reasoning in humans takes more time and deliberation. There are also other factors not considered, like the human tendency to doubt what a scientist is trying to make them do.Linking the need to sleep with synaptic function (Science). What's going on as we sleep? We know we need it, even though it would seem better not to give up a third of each day so we could get more work done. As we sleep, important work is being done:Although our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that track the need for sleep remains incomplete, a clear message from the studies of Noya et al. and Brüning et al. is that a good place to start looking is the synapse. This conclusion is supported by recent findings of a quantitative phosphoproteomic study performed in whole mouse brain. By using two different models of high sleep pressure, the average phosphorylation status of 80 proteins could track changes in sleep need; strikingly, most were synaptic proteins involved in neurotransmitter release and synaptic plasticity. Brüning et al. also found that most of these proteins had specific sites with increased phosphorylation at times of high sleep pressure. By looking across the entire 24-hour period, however, they could also identify many other sites with increased phosphorylation during sleep time.It's not the skull shape that matters. It's the contents.Changes in the brain occurred independently of braincase evolution (Phys.org). This article is 150 years too late. If early Darwinians had known that skull size is not related to intelligence, that knowledge might have prevented a great deal of Social Darwinist racism. It's been far too long to have Darwinians clueless about what really goes on inside the skull.The human brain is about three times the size of the brains of great apes. This has to do, among other things, with the evolution of novel brain structures that enabled complex behaviors such as language and tool production. A study by anthropologists at the University of Zurich now shows that changes in the brain occurred independent of evolutionary rearrangements of the braincase.The human brain is like a fish in an aquarium, floating inside the liquid-filled braincase—but filling it out almost completely. The relationship between the brain and the braincase, and how they interacted during human evolution, has been occupying the minds of researchers for almost a century. They addressed this question by studying brain-braincase relationships in our own species, and in our closest living relatives, the great apes.Despite their undying optimism that their research is not for naught, they end by saying they have to start over after a century of going the wrong way."The brain followed its own evolutionary path of neural innovation while freely floating in the braincase," summarizes Alatorre Warren. "The position and size of braincase bones thus don't enable us to draw conclusions about evolutionary changes in the size or rearrangement of adjacent brain regions." Co-authors Marcia Ponce de León and Christoph Zollikofer believe their study's data provide an important point of reference for future research: "Having answered the brain-braincase question for humans and great apes, we can now take a fresh look at the braincases of fossil hominids."This implies that a lot of hominid research based on skull shape, size and capacity had nothing to do with the gray matter operating inside. The paper by Warren et al., "Evidence for independent brain and neurocranial reorganization during hominin evolution," is published in PNAS.Men are harder competitors: study (Phys.org). Here's just one more study showing that men and women are different. Men are naturally more competitive and apt to see threats. If that's what evolution produced, who is a sociologist to train men out of their nature? Anyway, this article had nothing to say about transgenders and gender fluidity. And it's doubtful that you can treat men and women in a limited sample like lab rats and speak for billions of others in different nations and cultures.Mitochondria work much like Tesla battery packs, study finds (Phys.org). Here's another instance of "nature had it first" and "what they thought was wrong." Mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles, do not pack their machines inefficiently.For years, scientists assumed that mitochondria—the energy-generating centers of living cells—worked much like household batteries, generating energy from a chemical reaction inside a single chamber or cell. Now, UCLA researchers have shown that mitochondria are instead made up of many individual bioelectric units that generate energy in an array, similar to a Tesla electric car battery that packs thousands of battery cells to manage energy safely and provide fast access to very high current.This is a case of anachronous biomimetics. The Tesla battery designers probably didn't realize that the batteries in their own cells were arranged in a similar efficient manner that they thought they had invented.As usual, the Creator designed it first. Our designs are cheap imitations, mere echoes of His handiwork.Don't pollute your office, though. An article on Science Daily asks, "How much are you polluting your office air just by existing?" Scientists measured volatile compounds in offices. Because of make-up, deodorant, hairspray and other "health" products, "Our preliminary results," Purdue scientists said, "suggest that people are the dominant source of volatile organic compounds in a modern office environment." With proper ventilation, that can be OK; but remember, B.O. and sweat are all natural… and, cleanliness is a virtue. (Visited 422 times, 1 visits today)FacebookTwitterPinterestSave分享0 read more
Source: Health Care Spending and Efficiency in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, RAND Corporation Report, 2013.This post is part of a series of Military Family Caregiving posts published on the Military Families Learning Network blog.


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Dear followers, my apologies to this recent development. It seems that the Koszalin Archives have yet again removed a large portion of their church books from the internet. I have put in a request to Pommern-L to see if there is any information available about this. If this uploading/removing trend continues, I will begin to back up their entire archive and make missing books available upon request. Please feel free to write about any information you have on this current predicament.


Bike to work? The $20 per month tax benefit provided by employers may not be available this year. Here's why.
It wasn't much, but for nearly a decade the Bicycle Commuter Benefit gave people a reason to spend a little extra time in the saddle. More importantly, it gave employers a reason to encourage their workers to bike to the office.
As we reported, the Renewable Energy Tax Credit passed in 2008 held a provision allowing bicycle commuters to receive $20 for every month they rode to work. That meant most employees were eligible for $240, tax free, every year. It covered "reasonable expenses" like bike locks, helmets, repairs, and almost anything else bike related.
But that changed in December when President Trump signed a massive tax overhaul reducing the corporate tax rate. Among its changes, the tax bill did away with smaller write-offs employers could claim, like the bicycle benefit.
The result is that while employees remain eligible, employers no longer have a financial incentive to provide the benefit.
Many cycling advocacy groups were perplexed by the tax plan's scrapping of the commuter benefit. According to The League of American Bicyclists, the benefit cost the federal government about $5 million annually. By comparison, some estimates put the expected reduction in overall tax revenue at $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years.
So what should commuters do? Following the drafts of the tax bill, The League of American Bicyclists urged commuters to submit all reimbursement requests as soon as possible. And while the bill became law on Jan. 1, some employers are allowing workers to submit requests up until tax day.
Unfortunately, it's unclear which employers, if any, will choose to continue to provide the commuter benefit. But it's worth asking your employer what their plan is and if they will continue to support bicycle commuting.


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Debate: Estate tax in the United States
Should the estate tax be permanently repealed?
The estate tax in the United States is a progressive tax on the estate of a deceased person before their property (real estate, stocks and bonds, business interests, etc.) is transferred to their heirs. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt proposed a federal estate tax, saying, "The man of great wealth owes a particular obligation to the State because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government." The estate tax was passed in the Emergency Revenue Act of 1916 in preparation for WWI. The first estate tax was imposed on the value of an estate over $50,000 (roughly $850,000 in today's dollars) at a graduated rate of one to five percent. In 2009, the estate tax was imposed on estates valued above $3.5 million at 45%.
The debate surrounding the estate tax has existed in many forms since Teddy Roosevelt's proposal. It has become especially heated in recent years with the rise of an anti-estate tax movement. This movement really began in 1993 when a group of wealthy families, under the lead of the Mars family, began a Washington lobbying campaign against what they would soon term the "death tax" because of its political advantages. According to the Washington Post in 2006, "The effort caught fire when small-business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and agriculture groups led by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association joined in." While the debate is often framed only as a class-war debate (with the wealthy being seen as the potential benefactors of a ban and the poor the losers), it also encompasses other questions that are unrelated to class and wealth. The effect on the US fiscal budget is one consideration that is particularly heavily debated with some estimating the costs in the hundreds of billions of dollars and other estimating much lower costs. This question is particularly sensitive in the context of another debate on the extent of any fiscal problems in the US (See the Fiscal Crisis? debate) which would also effect thinking on the ability of the US to absorb tax revenue losses of any kind. Another question surrounds the extent of economic impacts. One particularly extensively debated topic among scholars and politicians alike is how estate taxes affect wealthy savings rates and corresponding levels of consumption and economic generation. These and other pros and cons are outlined below.
See the Wikipedia - Estate tax (United States) article for a more extensive introduction to the Estate Tax.
Fair to wealthy?: Is the estate tax unfair to the wealthy?
Exemptions, credits, deductions lower effective estate tax rate Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 3/16/05: "The following example illustrates how exemptions and deductions lower marginal rates. Consider an estate tax with a $2 million exemption and a top rate of 45 percent in 2011, as shown in Table 5. Now, consider the case of a $7 million taxable estate. First, the exemption amount is subtracted from the value of the gross estate, which reduces the taxable estate to $5 million. Next, estates are permitted to deduct any estate taxes paid at the state level; for a $7 million estate, state taxes would typically amount to about $635,000. Further, such large estates generally leave a portion to charity. The average charitable contribution for estates of this size, plus other smaller deductions and credits, are estimated to total about $1.1 million in 2011. All of these deductions together reduce the taxable estate to $3.3 million. Applying the 45 percent rate to this amount yields a tax liability of $1.5 million. The effective tax rate is thus 21 percent ($1.5 million divided by $7 million), or less than half the 45 percent top rate."
Double taxation hardly occurs with the estate tax This is due to the appreciation of assets (stocks, bonds, mutual funds) makes up between 1/3 and 1/2 of all estates, and these are never taxed before the estate tax. Also, inherited assets (a significant portion of many estates) aren't taxed until the estate tax.
"Step-up" eliminates capital gains tax from estate tax Liz Weston "5 big myths about the estate tax" MSN (no date): "Say your parents paid $20,000 for stocks that were worth $200,000 on the day they died and bequeathed them to you. Without the step up, you'd have to pay capital-gains taxes on that $180,000 increase in value if you sold the investments. Thanks to the step-up, however, the stocks get a new basis of $200,000. If you sold them for $200,000, you wouldn't owe any capital gains tax. Estates get this special tax bonus whether or not they pay any estate tax. For the vast majority of people that means the increase in value of their estates never gets taxed, either when they die or when the property they bequeath to others is ultimately sold."
Small businesses and farms are unaffected by estate tax Washington Post "Estate Tax Myths" 7/24/05: "A new study by the Congressional Budget Office examined estate tax returns filed by farmers and owners of small businesses in 1999 and 2000. The numbers that owed estate tax, the CBO found, were paltry, and the number without enough cash on hand to pay the bill even punier: In 2000, for example, just 1,659 farm estates had taxes due, of which 138 didn't report enough liquid assets to cover their tax liability...With the current exemption level of $1.5 million, the CBO analysis found, only 300 farm estates in 2000 would have owed any tax at all -- and of those, just 27 would have a tax bill in excess of their liquid assets. At the even more generous exemption scheduled to take effect in 2009, $3.5 million, the ranks of those potentially hit hard by the tax would have dwindled even further; 65 farm estates would owe taxes and 13 would not have enough cash to cover the bill."
Wealthy Americans owe a special debt captured by estate tax This is because their wealth would not be possible without the government systems, benefits, and regulations that have particularly benefited the wealthy. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt made this the fundamental argument in his proposal to institute a federal estate tax - "The man of great wealth owes a particular obligation to the State because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."[1]
The Estate Tax is double taxation Heritage Foundation 3/5/03: "Given that assets are typically purchased with after-tax income, the death tax clearly qualifies as double taxation. Indeed, because many financial assets in a taxpayer's estate may already have been subjected to other layers of taxes, the death tax often is a form of triple, or even quadruple, taxation."
Estate Tax unfairly harms farmers and small businesses Washington Post 7/23/05: "One of the chief arguments of those seeking permanent repeal of the estate tax is that it cruelly penalizes farmers and owners of small businesses whose heirs are forced to sell off their holdings to pay the tax. 'In order to make sure our farms stay within our farming families, we need to get rid of the death tax once and for all,' President Bush proclaimed in a speech last month to the Future Farmers of America."
Estate tax is an unjust tax on wealth rather than income Heritage Foundation, William Beach "The Case for Repealing the Estate Tax" 8/21/96: "Even a cursory reading of the Revolutionary texts underscores this unrelenting focus of the Founders on removing barriers to the wealth-creating process."
The Estate Tax is too progressive. William Gale of the Brookings Institute and Maria Perosek of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, "Do Estate Taxes Reduce Savings?" November, 2000: "The estate tax directly affects only the wealthiest households. For example, in 1997 only about 2 percent of decedents had taxable estates, but federal estate and gift tax revenues were almost $20 billion, averaging over $240,000 per taxable estate. Even within the group of estate tax payers, payments are highly concentrated among very large estates. Taxable estates larger than $20 million accounted for less than 1 percent of all taxable returns, but 23 percent of revenues. Taxable estates in excess of $5 million accounted for 5.5 percent of all taxable returns, but 51 percent of revenues (Gale and Slemrod, 2000, tables 6 and 7.)"
Unfair to over-tax individuals for building nest egg Harvard Economist Greg Mankiw. November 4th, 2003: "Consider the story of twin brothers – Spendthrift Sam and Frugal Frank. Each starts a dot-com after college and sells the business a few years later, accumulating a $10 million nest egg. Sam then lives the high life, enjoying expensive vacations and throwing lavish parties. Frank, meanwhile, lives more modestly. He keeps his fortune invested in the economy, where it finances capital accumulation, new technologies, and economic growth. He wants to leave most of his money to his children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces. Now ask yourself: Which millionaire should pay higher taxes?... What principle of social justice says that Frank should be penalized for his frugality? None that I know of."
US estate tax is large compared to other countries. American Council For Capital Formation 2000: "Many countries tax estates (or inheritances) more lightly than does the United States, according to a recent survey of 24 industrialized and developing countries compiled by Arthur Andersen LLP for the ACCF Center for Policy Research (see Figure 1). In fact, the U.S. marginal estate tax rate is higher than that of all other countries surveyed except Japan. This conclusion lends support to the views of many academic scholars and policy experts that the estate tax should be repealed or reduced because it adds to the already-heavy U.S. tax burden on saving and investment and, by raising the cost of capital, impedes investment."
Economics: Would banning the estate tax be economically responsible?
Repealing estate tax would cost govt significant revenues The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 3/16/05 summarizing the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates: "Making the repeal of the estate tax permanent after 2010 would reduce revenues by $290 billion through 2015, including $72 billion in 2015 alone. But this estimate essentially captures only the cost of four additional years of estate tax repeal; the revenues losses associated with 10 more years of repeal — for the period 2012 through 2021 — are much higher, about $745 billion. And when the associated $225 billion in higher interest payments on the debt are taken into account, the total cost of repealing the estate tax for a decade would be nearly $1 trillion."
Repealing estate tax would negatively affect social programs. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Greenstein and Kogan "Combined Effect of Bills Moving in the Senate Would be to Finance Near-Repeal of the Estate Tax with Cuts in Medicare, Veterans Benefits, School Lunches, and Other Programs." June 26th, 2006: "The Thomas estate-tax bill and the Gregg budget-enforcement bill would result in multi-million dollar tax cuts for the estates of the wealthiest Americans who die, with these lavish tax cuts being financed by large reductions in health care, retirement, and other benefits on which millions of ordinary Americans rely...Congressional Budget Office projections show that if the President's tax cuts are extended...and relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax is continued, the projected budget deficit in 2012 and every year thereafter will be close to or more than $200 billion above the level needed to hit the Gregg bill's deficit targets... Under ... the Gregg bill, every dollar that a tax-cut bill loses in revenue must eventually be made up by cutting a dollar out of entitlement or other mandatory programs (unless discretionary programs are cut more deeply, other tax cuts are terminated or scaled back, or other revenue-raising measures are adopted)...Enactment of the Thomas bill would trigger $283 billion in entitlement cuts over the 2007-2016 period, with $262 billion of these cuts coming in the second five years (2012-2016)...Table 1 (go to article to see Table 1) displays the cuts that would have to be made in various entitlement programs to offset the increases in deficits the Thomas bill would cause. The Table is based on the official cost estimate that the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued of the Thomas bill..."
Estate Tax has negligible effect on wealthy savings rate. William Gale and Maria G. Perozek "Do estate taxes reduce savings?" November 17th, 2000: "First, the effects of estate taxes on saving depend on the donor's motives for bequests and for wealth accumulation. This suggests important links between transfer motives and the impact of estate taxes that might be exploited in future theoretical and empirical work. Second, the response of the potential transfer recipient can materially affect the overall impact of estate taxes on saving. Thus, analysis of the estate tax should consider the saving behavior of both the donor and the recipient. Third, under every transfer motive examined, estate taxes can actually raise net saving by the donor and recipient. This raises doubts about the robustness of what appears to be conventional wisdom that estate taxes always reduce wealth. Fourth, recycling estate tax revenues generally reduces the effect of the tax on saving, but does not necessarily make the effect negative."
Estate tax encourages hard work and income generation. Wikipedia's Estate Tax Article: "Another argument in favor of the estate tax relates to comparative incentives. Proponents argue that the estate tax is a better source of revenue than the income tax, which is said to directly disincentivize work. While all taxes have this effect to a degree, some argue that the Estate Tax is less of a disincentive since it does not tax money that the earner spends, but merely that which he or she wishes to give away for non-charitable purposes. Moreover, some argue that allowing the rich to bequeath unlimited wealth on future generations will disincentivize hard work in those future generations."
Repealing Estate Tax offers significant stimulus. William Beach, Heritage Foundation "The Case for Repealing the Estate Tax" 8/21/96: "If the estate tax were repealed, the effect on the economy would be significant. According to an econometric study conducted by Professor Richard Wagner of George Mason University, the effect of the estate tax on the cost of capital is so great that within eight years, a U.S. economy without an estate tax would be producing $80 billion more in annual output and would have created 250,000 additional jobs and a $640 billion larger capital stock. An analysis by The Heritage Foundation using two leading econometric models also found that repealing the estate tax would have a large and beneficial effect on the economy. Specifically, the Heritage analysis found that if the tax were repealed this year, over the next nine years: The nation's economy would average as much as $11 billion per year in extra output; An average of 145,000 additional new jobs could be created; Personal income could rise by an average of $8 billion per year above current projections; and the deficit actually would decline, since revenues generated by extra growth would more than compensate for the meager revenues currently raised by the inefficient estate tax. The estate tax has few friends, other than tax attorneys, and raises very little revenue at a heavy cost to the economy. It generates complex tax avoidance schemes. The hardest hit by the tax are small businesspeople who work hard to pass on an enterprise of value to their children. And its bias against saving and wealth generation is the antithesis of the American dream."
Estate tax reduces personal savings and economic health According to the Brookings Institute 11/17/00, William G. Gale Maria G. Perozek contend that there was "a general presumption that higher estate taxes will reduce saving and aggregate capital accumulation. If correct, this presumption implies that estate taxation reduces the long-run growth prospects for the economy. Reductions in saving could also affect the distribution of income by reducing the capital-labor ratio, thereby raising the return to capital and reducing wages. (Kotlikoff and Summers 1981, McCaffery 1994, Stiglitz 1978.) There are a number of reasons to suspect that estate taxes have an important effect on saving. Most importantly, the estate tax places a one-time levy on wealth that is not bequeathed to a spouse or given to charity. There is at least a prima facie case that a wealth tax reduces saving. Because it is a tax on capital value and because of interactions with other taxes, the estate tax can impose very high effective tax rates on capital income (Shoven and Wise 1996, Poterba 2000, Gale 2000). In addition, bequests and inter vivos transfers plausibly account for half or more of all wealth accumulation in the United States and other countries (Gale and Scholz 1994, Kotlikoff and Summers 1981, Masson and Pestieau 1997, Modigliani 1988). Finally, although the estate tax only directly affects the very wealthiest households, large inter vivos transfers, bequests, and wealth are also concentrated among wealthy households (Aaron and Munnell 1992, Carroll 2000, Gale and Scholz 1994, Menchik and David 1983)."
Costs of repealing estate tax would be minimal. An American Family Business Institute Study by Daniel Clifton 7/05: "The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) scores to permanently repeal of the federal Estate Tax have wildly overestimated the cost of repeal in the past just as they have overestimated the cost of other tax cuts. JCT's new score of estate tax repeats their past mistakes and inflates the cost of repeal by at least $140 billion."
Cost of compliance with estate tax greater than revenue MSN Liz Weston: "There are some who argue that the total cost of complying with the law may exceed the tax generated. The IRS assessed $23.5 billion in net estate taxes in 2001, which compares with a total IRS budget of $8.7 billion. But the estate-tax system's costs go well beyond the amount the IRS collects. People spend money on estate-planning services to reduce the tax's impact, for example, and on life-insurance policies to help their heirs pay any tax that's owed. Just filing an estate tax return can be expensive, since the form can be complicated and a high number of returns get audited, requiring professional help. Alicia H. Munnell, a former Federal Reserve economist who served on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, estimated that the federal estate-tax system generates $1 in compliance costs for every $1 in tax revenue that's raised. The bottom line: It's pretty clear that collecting the estate tax is cost-effective for the government. Whether it's cost-effective for the rest of society is what's up for debate."
Estate tax deters individuals from investing money
Estate tax increases cost of capital
Estate tax raises interest rates on home loans. Estate Tax "Keeps interest rates on home loans and other major purchases higher than they should be."Heritage Foundation '96
Charity: Would eliminating estate tax reduce charitable giving?
Charitable givings would fall if estate tax banned Because deductions from the estate tax are offered for receipts of charitable donations, the estate tax is known to incentivize charitable givings during life and at death. As a result, some fear that the elimination of the Estate Tax would result in a reduction of charitable givings. A 2004 Congressional Budget Office report concluded that eliminating the estate tax would reduce overall charitable giving by 6-12 percent.[2]
Politics: Who supports estate tax or its repeal?
Republicans generally favor banning the Estate Tax. Beginning in the mid-1990s, Republicans began calling it the "Death Tax" because it proved more politically effective for their opposition to it."[3]
Key Republican Senators supporting repealing estate tax:
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Senate Finance Committee Chairman, was actively involved in the negotiations for Republicans on this issue as the debate proceeded through 2005 and 2006.[4]
Senator Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, "has been trying for more than a year to woo Democrats from conservative states [into opposition to the estate tax]", according to the NYTimes 6/7/06. In May of 2006, he brought to the floor a bill calling for the permanant repeal of the estate tax.[5]
Key Democratic Senators supporting repealing the estate tax:
Max Baucus (D-MT), ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee, had tried in early 2006 to forge a compromise deal with Senator Jon Kyle that "would deplete revenue by only $500 billion to $600 billion during that decade [instead of the $1 trillion that the Washington Post cited as the 2011-2021 cost of a repeal]"[6]
2004 mid-term elections gave rise to Republicans supporting ban. While in 2002 senators defeated similar legislation 54 to 44 (passage requires 60 votes), the chances in the Senate may have improved after the 2004 mid-terms because four new Senate Republicans had arrived and supported permanent repeal. It is unclear how the 2006 mid-terms will affect this calculation.[7]
Senate has consistently denied floor-voting on bills to repeal estate tax. In 2006, though, the Senate came close to ending debate through a vote of 57 to 43 (three shy of what was needed to end debate). Following the November, 2006 election, it would seem that the Democratic gains in the Senate would either make it less likely that such a majority would be reached and/or that any legislation that eventually reached the floor that called for banning the estate tax would actually be passed.
Dems consistently oppose repealing the Estate Tax: Because Democrats won a majority in both the House and the Senate in the 2006 elections, most agree that the probability that Congress will pass a bill banning the Estate Tax has been significantly reduced. Washington Post 5/31/06 - "...Almost all Democrats support [estate tax revisions] raising the threshold for eligibility to $3.5 million for an individual and $7 million for a couple."
Key Democratic Senators backing estate tax:
Charles Schumer (D-NY) has led negotiations for the Democrats in the Senate through 2004 and 2005.[8]
Republicans that have supported the estate tax or opposed its repeal:
John McCain of Arizona[9]
George V. Voinovich of Ohio[10]
Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island[11]
Olympia Snowe of Maine[12]
Susan M. Collins from Maine[13]
Robert F. Bennett of Utah[14]
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky[15]
The effect of the ban on the deficit is cited as the primary concern among Senators.[16]
Public opinion: Where does the American public stand?
A March, 2005 BNA Poll - A total of 35 percent of those polled favor complete elimination of the tax, 50 percent said its rate should be reduced, and 13 percent said the tax should remain the same, the poll concluded. While the vast majority support reductions of some kind, it is important to note that only 35% supported a complete repealing of the tax.
A 1999 poll by Worthlin Worldwide found 70 percent of voters favoring a phase-out of the estate tax. NCPA
A 2000 poll by the Pew Research Center found 71 percent of voters supporting elimination of the inheritance tax.NCPA
A 2001 CBS News/New York Times poll also found 71 percent of people opposing imposition of an estate tax at death. NCPA
Frank Luntz poll 2005 - A Republican that has fought for a estate tax ban for over a decade, polled in 2005 that more than 80 percent of American respondents called the taxation of inheritances "extreme." Roughly 64 percent said they favored "death tax" repeal. Support fell to a still-strong 56 percent when asked whether they favored repeal.[17]
See a The Political Uses of Public Opinion - Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal by Mayling Birney and Ian Shapiro Department of Political Science at Yale University March, 2005 It is a wealth of information that should be entered into this section in some way, although its core point relates to the ambiguity and volatility of the public positions on repealing the estate tax (which should be noted in this section too)
Evidence that public opinion shifted by 2006 to support for the Estate Tax: - The Washington Times 4/12/06 - "The Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities released a poll yesterday that it said proves that opinions have shifted and more people oppose the tax's being repealed. The poll of 910 persons, conducted by Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates Inc., found that when asked simply whether the estate tax should be repealed, reformed or left as is, 57 percent favored reform or leaving it alone, and 23 percent backed repealing it."
Activists: Where do the key players and organizations stand?
Farmers: Farmers began worrying about the effect of the estate tax on their passing on their wealth to their heirs in the mid-90s as the anti-Estate Tax movement picked up pace through that period.[18]
Small business owners: Samll business owners, like farmers, also began fretting about the Estate Tax in the mid-90s with the acceleration of the anti-Estate Tax movement.[19]
American Family Business Institute[20]
Prominent economists in support of banning the estate tax:
Ed Prescott[21]
Martin Feldstein[22]
Gary Becker[23]
Jeff Miron[24]
Deathtax.com
Heirs to the Mars Inc. fortune joined in 1992 with a number of other wealthy families, including Gallo wine and Campbell soup, to hire the law firm Patton Boggs LLP to lobby for estate tax repeal.[25]
60 Plus Association
Book "Death By A Thousand Cuts", by Michael Graetz and Yale political scientist Ian Shapiro chronicles the estate tax repeal movement. - "A law that constituted the blandest kind of common sense for most of the twentieth century was transformed, in the space of little more than a decade, into the supposed enemy of hardworking citizens all over this country."[26]
Warren Buffet (6/26/06) - He called on lawmakers to retain the estate tax after announcing that he would give 37 billion of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [27]
Bill Gates, Sr. supports the estate tax, calling it "fair tax" and saying that its repeal would concentrate power in the hands of the wealthy.[28]
OMB Watch opposes banning the Estate Tax, primarily on the basis of how much it projects it will costs (280 billion over through 2015, and "astronomically" more in the following decades).[29]
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