Wiley CPA Examination Review Focus Notes, Accounting and Reporting, 2nd Edition

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Produced is an easy-to-read and carry spiral bound format, The second edition of Focus Notes, just published in July, is a four-volume paperback spiral-bound set of accounting notes that provides all the critical information that candidates need to pass the Uniform CPA Examination. This quick-review tool is the most effective way to complete test preparation. Its easy-to-use and covers all the basics needed to pass the exam! Packaged according to examination section, the notes include: terms; key criteria and concepts; definitions; memory boosters; summaries; key points worksheets; tax rules; schedules; and mnemonics, all presented in an easy-to-read style.

This handy guide makes the most of a candidate's valuable study time and lets them study anywhere they can carry a pocket-sized, spiral-bound book. It's easy-to-use and user-friendly:
* Convenient size and format
* Easy to remember mnemonics, definitions, and buzzwords
* Key rules and problem-solving techniques
* Study tips and worksheets
* Summaries and examples

Focus Notes for Accounting and Reporting include key information and core concepts in: Corporate Income Tax; Depreciation; Individual Tax Income; Taxation of Exempt Organizations; Filing and Tax Preparers; Taxation of Estates and Trusts; Property Dispositions; S Corporations; Partnership Taxation; Cost and Managerial Accounting; Governmental Accounting; Accounting for Nonprofit Entities, and more.

Wiley CPA Examination Focus Notes are also available for the other three sections of the CPA Exam: Auditing, Business Law and Professional Responsibilities, and Financial Accounting and Reporting

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Handy and very smart!.......2000-12-08

this series help us saving time and extra efforts to make flash cards. Up dated amount and regulations. Mnemonics and wordy is very easy to memorize. much gratitude. per gasb 34,New tax law updated.Thanks.

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Want to enter the world of supervision?.......2001-12-13

This is an ideal book to the person who wants to grab the basic principles of supervision. It is a good book to read before an examination.

I am satisfied with the book because of the way the material is presented. Case studies are good and help to understand the basics of supervision.

A good starting manual for students and managers in training.......2001-05-31

Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step Into Management is a very well written educational manual for current managers looking for a strategic edge and students currently involved in business related courses. I had to use this manual for an internship during my fall term of 2000 at Central Michigan University. The contains over 13 in depth chapters that classify as lite to moderate reading. The literature is well written by Mr. Elwood N. Chapman and Mr. Cliff Goodwin and is very capable of holding the readers interest and communicating the importance of proper management techniques in the workforce. The concepts contained in each chapter stress the importance of time management, communication skills, and the ability to train employees and solve problems under various conditions and constraints. At the end of each chapter are a series of essay questions that ask the reader to provide detailed management concepts and strategies through the material covered in the chapter. The questions are also well written and designed because they force the reader use ideas and concepts they develop for themselves after reading the material. I would recommend this book to students studying in the business field and anyone else that is looking to gain a positive and succesful edge in their current management position

Supervisor's Survival Kit, Ninth Edition

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Supervisor's Survival Kit, Ninth Edition
Elwood N. Chapman , and Cliff Goodwin
Manufacturer: Peason Custom Publishing / Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0536826889

Supervisor*s Survival Kit:your First Step Into Management

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Supervisor*s Survival Kit:your First Step Into Management
ELWOOD N. CHAPMAN, CLIFF GOODWIN
Manufacturer: Pearson Custom Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0536667144

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Supervisor*s Survival Kit: Your First Step Into Management
Cliff Goodwin Elwood N. Chapman
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIMYN4

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Over 6,900 courts are profiled in detail - where to locate (ie., address and telephone), search requirements, how records are indexed and maintained, search and copy costs, and modes of access including online and by phone or fax.

Examines all state courts handling felonies plus 1,000's of misdmeanor courts, all state courts handling civil claims over $2,500 and all probate courts.

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Detailed contact information, though search hints outdated.......1999-07-08

This is a thorough, easy to follow guide with accurate contact information for each court and is displayed well. Some information however is outdated as to what information is allowed public access. This arena changes frequently and the book was published in '98. I'd buy a 1999 edition in a hearbeat.

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This book is a historical-epistemological study of one the most consequential idea of early modern celestial mechanics: Robert Hooke's proposal to "compoun[d] the celestial motions of the planets of a direct motion by the tangent & an attractive motion towards a central body," a proposal which Isaac Newton adopted and realized in his Principia.

Hooke's Programme was revolutionary both cosmologically and mathematically. It presented "the celestial motions," the proverbial symbol of stability and immutability, as a process of continuous change, and prescribed only parameters of rectilinear motions and rectilinear attractions for calculating their closed curved orbits. Yet the traces of Hooke's construction of his Programme for the heavens lead through his investigations in such earthly disciplines as microscopy, practical optics and horology, and the mathematical tools developed by Newton to accomplish it appear no less local and goal-oriented than Hooke's lenses and springs.

This transgression of the boundaries between the theoretical, experimental and technological realms is reminiscent of Hooke's own free excursions in and out of the circles occupied by gentlemen-philosophers, university mathematicians, instrument makers, technicians and servants. It presents an opportunity to examine the social and epistemological distinctions, relations and hierarchies between those realms and their inhabitants, and compels a critical assessment of the philosophical categories they embody.

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A great intellectual adventure.......2004-03-22

In this marvelously written, well-documented book, Ofer Gal presents a philosophico-historical account of one of the greatest intellectual adventures in the history of science. Gal follows the tense correspondence between these two great men, Hook and Newton, tells the fascinating story of their social relationships - a story of class and prestige, competition and envy, mathematics and experimentation - and offers a philosophical analysis of the events, a pragmatic analysis which sheds a new light, a new sympathetic light, on Hook's role in this drama. For anyone who is interested in the history of science, or, quite simply, in science in general, this is a must read.

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Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current developments in this rapidly developing field that falls between the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, and chemistry. With invited reviews written by leading international researchers, as well as regular thematic issues, each volume presents new results and provides a single vehicle for following progress in this interdisciplinary area.

The intention of this volume, as with the previous volume in this series is to present the latest developments in the field of energy deposition as it is actually viewed by many of the major researchers working in this area. It is not possible to incorporate all of the important players and all of the topics related to energy deposition in the limited space available; however the editors have tried to present the state of the art as it is now.

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When, why, and how early humans began to eat meat are three of the most fundamental unresolved questions in the study of human origins. Before 2.5 million years ago the presence and importance of meat in the hominid diet is unknown. After stone tools appear in the fossil record it seems clear that meat was eaten in increasing quantities, but whether it was obtained through hunting or scavenging remains a topic of intense debate. This book takes a novel and strongly interdisciplinary approach to the role of meat in the early hominid diet, inviting well-known researchers who study the human fossil record, modern hunter-gatherers, and nonhuman primates to contribute chapters to a volume that integrates these three perspectives. Stanford's research has been on the ecology of hunting by wild chimpanzees. Bunn is an archaeologist who has worked on both the fossil record and modern foraging people. This will be a reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses of meat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. There is currently no other book, nor has there ever been, that occupies the niche this book will create for itself.

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"Love said, come taste my meate...".......2003-02-07

"Love said, come taste my meate,
So I did sit and eate." John Donne's verse has endeared itself to countless undergraduates, not least through suspicion of a triple-entendre (at the very least). Be that as it may, the book under review is about ordinary eating of ordinary meat, specifically wild mammal meat. It supports the traditional consensus view that humans evolved from a mostly-vegetarian ape-like ancestor with a small brain, with the evolution of sociability, intelligence, and cooperation being due in large part to the exigencies of meat-eating. Meat is good food for the growing brain, among other things, but hunting--in an animal lacking fangs and claws--tends to require a great deal of cooperation. (In fact, even such fanged creatures as lions and wolves depend on exquisite cooperation within complex social systems.) Humans evolved in Africa, which seems less well endowed with easily exploited vegetable foods than some other continents, forcing more dependence on hunting and scavenging. The present book summarizes the enormous recent advances in our understanding of human evolution. A combination of archaeology, nutrition studies, and comparative studies of other primates have provided new proofs for the old model. It looks as if humans progressed (if that is the word) from near-vegetarians two million years ago to people who, at the dawn of agriculture 10,000 or 12,000 years ago, were eating anywhere from 10% to nearly 100% animal foods--average perhaps 20%. Neither the view of humans as natural vegetarians nor the view of humans as savage "killer apes" can be supported.
The book suffers from two flaws: first, over-reliance on a very few contemporary hunter-gatherer groups--especially the Hadza, who hunt with bows and metal-tipped poisoned arrows. These are a far cry from the crude stone tools of early hominids. Second, the authors seem a bit unclear on whether human advance was due more to meat as a food, or hunting as an activity, or omnivorous foraging (with hunting as only one part). I vote for the last alternative. We have evidence enough to make it reasonably clear that human skills in finding and processing vegetable food went right along with improvements in hunting. By widening their ethnographic net, the authors would have had to deal with hunter-gatherers who relied overwhelmingly on vegetable foods, often cooperatively produced, harvested, and/or processed. The Australian aboriginals and the Native Americans of what is now the western US come to mind.
The serious student of human foodways should definitely read this book! And the less serious meat-lover can revel in shoving it under the noses of those vegetarians who insist that theirs is the "natural" way.

The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior

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Steak, sex and society
Weak Hypothesis From Berkely Graduate
Great little book
A Weak Little Book
Well-written overview with intriguing hypothesis

The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior
Craig B. Stanford
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Binding: Paperback

General | Evolution | Science | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0691088888

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Most evolutionary biologists agree that what makes humans unique among animals is our brainpower. But why--and how--did we evolve our oversized brains? Craig Stanford dusts off the old "Man the Hunter" theory, roundly criticized as replete with bad (and sexist) assumptions, and finds a thick, juicy, postmodern steak at the heart of it. He argues, "The origins of human intelligence are linked to the acquisition of meat, especially through the cognitive capacities necessary for the strategic sharing of meat with fellow group members."

Stanford studied the great apes, especially chimpanzees, and came to the conclusion that among primates, meat is a valuable commodity both nutritionally and socially. Although many other foods are nutritionally desirable, meat is unique in its social desirability, and for males, it represents power:

Underlying the nutritional aspect of getting meat, part of the social fabric of the community is revealed in the dominance displays, the tolerated theft, and the bartered meat for sexual access. The end of the hunt is often only the beginning of a whole other arena of social interaction.

In Stanford's view, females play a crucial role in keeping groups together and cementing individual relationships. Meat plays an important role in the way males fit in to a society, and the ability of males to get meat readily may very well explain their societal dominance. These conclusions are not liable to be nearly so controversial as the way Stanford gathered his data--he drew broad parallels between chimps and modern hunter-gatherer societies. Stanford also admits that a lack of fossil evidence supporting his meat/brain link is problematic. The Hunting Apes is an interesting look at what is likely the worthwhile center of a discredited evolutionary theory. --Therese Littleton

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What makes humans unique? What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today? Most scientists agree that the key to our success is the unusually large size of our brains. Our large brains gave us our exceptional thinking capacity and led to humans' other distinctive characteristics, including advanced communication, tool use, and walking on two legs. Or was it the other way around? Did the challenges faced by early humans push the species toward communication, tool use, and walking and, in doing so, drive the evolutionary engine toward a large brain? In this provocative new book, Craig Stanford presents an intriguing alternative to this puzzling question--an alternative grounded in recent, groundbreaking scientific observation. According to Stanford, what made humans unique was meat. Or, rather, the desire for meat, the eating of meat, the hunting of meat, and the sharing of meat.

Based on new insights into the behavior of chimps and other great apes, our now extinct human ancestors, and existing hunting and gathering societies, Stanford shows the remarkable role that meat has played in these societies. Perhaps because it provides a highly concentrated source of protein--essential for the development and health of the brain--meat is craved by many primates, including humans. This craving has given meat genuine power--the power to cause males to form hunting parties and organize entire cultures around hunting. And it has given men the power to manipulate and control women in these cultures. Stanford argues that the skills developed and required for successful hunting and especially the sharing of meat spurred the explosion of human brain size over the past 200,000 years. He then turns his attention to the ways meat is shared within primate and human societies to argue that this all-important activity has had profound effects on basic social structures that are still felt today.

Sure to spark a lively debate, Stanford's argument takes the form of an extended essay on human origins. The book's small format, helpful illustrations, and moderate tone will appeal to all readers interested in those fundamental questions about what makes us human.

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Steak, sex and society.......2001-08-26

With a wealth of primate research supporting his thesis, Stanford argues that meat is an essential element in human evolution. Although not the older and simpler "Killer Ape" hypothesis of some years ago, Stanford sees meat hunting and consumption as the foundation of human society. Meat also acted as a basis in developing the resource voracious human brain and associated communication skills we developed. Among those primates who consume meat, its acquisition remains a male-dominated activity. However, instead of resulting in inexorably male-dominating societies, meat distribution and consumption results in complex negotiation patterns in which females play significant, if not equal roles. This concept suggests humans must seriously reassess their role in Nature. Urging that humanity's lineage is far from linear, he presents a good overview of recent studies. Although the number of definitive fossils is meager, they still demonstrate that our primate roots are not in doubt. The struggle by researchers to properly place humans within the larger animal community has been stoutly resisted by many, both scholars and the lay public alike. Feminist anthropologists, in particular, have striven to displace the male dominated academic group with excessive roles of females in various primate cultures. Some have stretched the idea to the point of seeing females as the true source of language, nutritional foods and even tool making. Stanford addresses these suggestions as mostly unrealistic. Instead, he notes how meat plays a major role in mating scenarios, granting females an active role in selection. Acquiring meat may be accomplished through various strategies, from opportunistic scavenging to actively seeking prey. The true hunter, he contends, must develop a sophisticated array of skills in pursuing meat - prey location, stealth, communication, and the tools able to kill and process. Once obtained, the distribution of the kill becomes an essential element in societal arrangement. He reviews many forms social structures have taken, from selfish monopolization of the kill to the hunter himself receiving but limited return for his effort. What the hunter does gain in all societies is respect and recognition of the group. For Stanford, this is but one indication of the diversity encountered in all primate societies, human and otherwise. The only universal is the hierarchical structure resulting from the hunting role. While hierarchy is the norm, dominance doesn't necessarily follow. In this study, Stanford examines the many social structures primates have developed. These range from nearly solitary, such as the orang-utan, to both male-male and male-female bonding strategies. These elements are essential to understanding the roots of human societal structures. As an example, in primate societies, in contrast to many other animals, it is the female who migrates from the natal group. Stanford doesn't follow this to suggest that dowries and bride-bargaining derive from this behavior, but the inference is clear. Indeed, part of the value of this book is his restriction to biological patterns. One need only accept that humans are included in the primate community. Stanford's book may raise some hackles, but it's far too important an idea to dismiss lightly. He's a skilled enough writer not to get bogged down in a pedantic rendition of the evidence or his conclusions. With the large number of works on the vagaries of human evolution appearing in recent years, finding worthwhile books can be a daunting task. Rest assured that The Hunting Apes is worth your attention and investment. Future research may modify it slightly, but is unlikely to supplant it.

Weak Hypothesis From Berkely Graduate.......2000-11-02

This book by Craig Stanford started to show some real information toward a hypothesis than lost all track. It lead to be a dull and redundant essay. It lacks logical sense in scientfic theory and has a biased theme. I would suggest another book most likely a book by Jane Goodall.

Great little book.......2000-02-15

I found Hunting Apes to be a superbly written summary of current debates in human evolution. Stanford makes a case for meat-sharing's supremacy that may or may not be true, but even if his theory were someday disproved, this book would stand as an excellent piece of readable science.

A Weak Little Book.......2000-01-16

This is not a work of fiction, so the reader's response should not be "Did I like it?" but "What did I learn?" The answer is, little. (I should qualify that by saying I have read quite a bit on this topic.) Stanford presents little that cannot be found elsewhere, more incisively. Every time you think he is going to say something, he shies off. In fact, I think there is only one sentence in the whole book: "While women may collect most hunter-gatherer protein, we should not ignore the fact that men are able to use meat for their own selfish and manipulative political ends." (p212) This is new?

I was taken aback by Stanford's approach. "This has yet to be shown. But the notion that a high-quality diet frees the metabolism of an evolving hominid to develop a larger and larger brain is extremely appealing because it would explain both the trend toward greater encephalization and toward more meat in the diet of the evolution of the human lineage (p50-51)." Appealing? (Also, I never knew that evolution had a diet.) "Surely bonobos and gorillas ought to make use of such a valuable resource whenever possible." (p95) Come on, you guys, get with it, what's the matter with you, why don't you eat hamburgers, like God intended us to? I wish Stanford would just come out and say, "Eating meat is good for you, because I was raised on an American diet with plenty of meat, and I know what I want to hear and what you want to hear. Therefore, I am going to prove that eating meat is good for you, and what's more, it's good for all of us. Dumb gorillas, don't know a valuable resource when they see one!" Stanford's method reminds me of the half joking advice to young scholars: "Put forth your hypothesis, examine all the evidence, and throw away everything that does not agree with your hypothesis." I was also aware that academics prefer not to give credit to Ardrey's African Genesis, which effectively kicked off evolutionary psychology. Nonetheless, I was surprised to read on page 182 that "In their search for evidence that modern people operate on a cognitive plane shaped by a long history of natural selection, evolutionary psychologists have erred in their level of analysis. There is no reason to consider the cognitive domains by which we respond to our social environment to be uniquely human." I thought that was the whole point of evolutionary psychology, that our congnitive domains are NOT uniquely human.

In short, if you wish to learn something, I suggest you read The Wisdom of the Bones by Walker and Shipman, Moral Animal by Wright, Lemur's Legacy by Russell, or any one of a large number of books that are more tightly reasoned than this one.

Well-written overview with intriguing hypothesis.......1999-12-22

I found this book very well written, easy to read and full of substantial information. This was a new topic for me, and I particularly found the contrasting information about hunting vs. scavenging was interesting. While the book is certainly about "hunting," it really isn't -- it's more about the politics behind meat, and about the move from being scavengers. Actually, the information about scavenging was most valuable.

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If you don't understand how a woman could love her sister dearly yet still want to wring her neck, then you were probably an only child.

"Mom Loves Me Best" (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister) humorously exposes all the intricacies and intrigue shared between sisters, the only beings on earth who share family history, the same DNA, similar bone structure, and contempt for insufferable Aunt Gertie. Author Linda Sunshine's razor-sharp wit and humor reveals all aspects of sister relationships, from birth order and sibling rivalries to reasons why your sister's grass is always greener and her carpet's always cleaner.

The book includes tests for determining whether you're a good sister and tips for improving your relationship, getting your piece of action at the dinner table, and 14 surefire ways to drive your sister crazy. "Mom Loves Me Best" is a hilarious and knowing exposé that ponders the age-old question: If she wasn't your sister, would she be your friend?

Linda includes loads of personal anecdotal ammunition. After all, she wrote this book for her sister, Susan, whom she loves, despite telling her to drop dead often enough when they were kids.

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funny and true.......2006-11-03

This book is a great gift if you are the older sister giving it to the younger. It offers funny stories that you can surely relate to.

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