European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Consumer watch can t sleep counting sheep does work by Gayle Young United press International Ere s something to mull Over White lying awake Al nigh i has medical science come up Wilh a belter Way to cure insomnia than counting sheep counting sheep actually does work said Stephen Giro Franks. Director of technology at the sleep Disorda a clinic at the Columbia presbyterian medical Center it gets your mind off whatever is worrying you he said. Anything Hal does that is elective Bui. Over the past decade scientists who study sleep disorders have coma up with a few More developments that might Lull wide awake people into Blissful slumber. We have come up Wilh better patterns better ways of  said or. Richard h. Boozam professor of psychology at Northwestern University. There Are Lorms of insomnia caused by dangerous medical condemns such As breathing and muscle disorders that Joll a Sleeper awake periodically during the night. But boo2lin and psychologists like him have spent years studying people who either cannot gel to sleep when they go to bed at night or who Wake up in the Middle of the night and then cannot go Back to sleep doctors Call these two Lorms of insomnia sleep initiating disorder and sleep maintenance disorder respectively. Most people suffer from one or the other at some Point in their lives usually alter a particularly stressful event such As a death in the family or Job loss. But Many suffer recurring bouts of insomnia for years with the disorders getting progressively worse As they age the elderly Are especially vulnerable Giro Frank said but when you re older you Don t need As much sleep As when you re  doctors said both sleep maintenance and sleep initiating disorders Are caused biochemically by stimulants such As Halleine drugs or stress that prevent the body from allowing its Normal rhythm of sleeping and waking. The first couple of hours Are your deepest sleep then it gels lighter people normally Wake up periodically and immediately All Bach to sleep. If something is stimulating though you Mill Wake up and slay awake he said sleeping pills which work by depressing nerve stimuli combat Short term insomnia doctors said. But the body builds up an immunity to the drugs within two weeks rendering them All but useless to chronic insomniacs. For these night owls doctors said getting the proper amount of sleep becomes a Mailer of psychology and diet. Boo Liri who has conducted dozens of studies on insomnia at Northwestern came up with a treatment regimen several years ago that doctors said is generally successful first Cut out caffeine in the hours before you go to bad Boot in said. That includes chocolate and  Bui he mid into milk must also Deal Wilh some of the psychological As Well As chemical reasons for their sleeplessness. Boo tin said Hia studies have shown insomniacs tend to spend Loo much time in bed. They work there read there watch to there he said. The bed in t for sleep it s for work and  boo tin said these types of insomniacs can offer sleep the entire night on a Couch or in a strange bed. They Don t associate their own Beds with sleep a. Said. When they Are in a new environment then they sleep with few  so boo Lin s Basic line of advice to insomniacs is seemingly contradictory. Gel out of bed he said. And stay out of it until you Are ready to go to sleep boo tin said chronic insomniacs should set up a schedule of steeping and waking and stick to it even on the weekends. A said they should spend their outside of the bedroom until they Are a Berlin hotel which offered Guetty sheep i plc9 of tipping Pill May have hem on right me. Ready to sleep. T they get into bed and cannot sleep they should get up again. Ii they Wake up in the Middle of the night and cannot return to sleep they should get up again. Doctors also said insomniacs should learn Basic relaxation techniques designed to relax heir Muscles and Clear their minds of the worrying thoughts that cause adrenaline to flow. Like counting sheep that s one Way to do  boo tin said. Is the tax Cut a myth by John Cunniff associated press ave we really Cut taxes Hava we really simplified them As the rhetoric fades and really lakes locus those questions Are Likely to be asked by Many taxpayers some of whom will find their returns More Complex than before and More costly too. Much of the increase is a consequence of higher capital gains taxes which can offset lower Basic lax rates. Millions of taxpayers who sell stocks or real estate will find themselves with higher taxes instead. Some who paid a 15 percent capital gains rate this year will find for example thai they face a 28 percent rate in 1987. And because some states also charge taxes on capital gains that s not the full Tab. A new yorker who paid 26 percent capital gains this year might incur a 40 percent combined Rale in 19b7. And the spread might be similar in other Stales if they raise their own capital gains Rale. Other taxpayer might find themselves qualifying for a stiffer alternative minimum tax designed to Snag those who use perfectly legitimate Means to reduce their taxes below acceptable Levels. What specifically is the alternative minimum lax let Arthur Andersen a co., the big accounting firm Lake a slab at that one. This is what it told the american association of individual investors in a guide prepared for them ii is difficult if not impossible to explain adequately a concept As Complex a the alternative minimum tax in the limited space of this both. It is at least As difficult to do so in terms that Are consistent with the simple non technical approach to year end planning for which this says investment adviser Martin Sass Don t believe the jargon about this being a tax simplification act he explained to a meeting o the Young presidents organization last week that the act s stringent alternative minimum lax calculations phase ins phase outs floors and ceilings make ii very  while the direct tax Impact on individuals might be of overriding importance to them they might have overlooked something that might Hurt badly in the Long run. Some lax people already Call it the invisible tax hike. The invisible tax hike is the increased business costs that almost surety will land Back in the laps of individuals. Critics of the new Law maintain that there is no Way individuals can effectively Iran afer tax Bills to business. Congress tried to do it of course by shifting to the corporate sector about $120 billion of taxes Over the next five years. But says the tax foundation such action risks a slowdown in business and More unemployment. Many tax analysts insist in fact that there is really no Way at Al to shift the aggregate tax Burden from individuals to business since business is merely the Way in which society gets and spends its Money the tax Buck they contend ends Wilh the individual taxpayer no matter what evasive tactics Are employed l jrf61136 " a a bed at1emp at Varting taxes to bus Ness from individuals was simply a or election attempt at diverting attention from reality and in the lax world reality is usually higher taxes hot a blvd ri5e3 wealthy client about such malt Era this is whal reality has in store Tor because budget deficit culling measures have or act of " the stars and stripes saturday november �. 1986 a