ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: 'TRUE AND FAIR', OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION?

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Within the context of the financial scandals on Enron, Tyco et al, the accounting profession is under scrutiny as never before. More importantly, the basis of financial accounting, the standards and guidelines by which company accounts are both drawn up, and are validated are being questioned in that they appear to singularly fail to prevent and potentially aid and abet financial wrong-doing. As a result "truth in accounting" has become not simply a professional issue but a political one.

In this book, Anthony Rayman seeks to explain the failure of the conventional system of accounting and to propose an alternative system to promote the improvement of corporate governance in the market economy. It expertly explores the theoretical basis of generally accepted assumptions, and challenges the validity of the current accounting system.

This stimulating examination systematically critiques the existing system and will promote discussion and debate in both students and professionals. Accessibly written and expertly argued, this book will be of great interest to students, academics and professionals throughout the accounting arena.

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By means of a modified Delphi, the editors bring together nationally recognized leaders in the aging workforce arena. With these experts, we find the best minds in America identifying the most crucial issues facing our society as we strive for organizational excellence and prepare for the future with an increasingly aging workforce. These issues are identified: recruiting and retaining older workers; training older workers; career development for older workers; enhancing intergenerational relations; health and older workers; pensions and older workers; and redefining retirement. Each issue is then addressed from two perspectives. In most cases, the perspective of leaders in the field, such as expert consultants, leaders and professionals in professional organizations, acclaimed think tanks, and governmental agencies, is contrasted with the perspective of acclaimed academic scholars from fields such as psychology, sociology, law, and gerontology, among others. For each issue, the contributors present specific recommendations for building individual and collective excellence with an aging workforce. In the final chapter, the editors summarize and synthesize these contributions and present strategies that are most likely to result in systemic, organizational change.

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This book by one of the leaders in adaptive optics covers the fundamental theory and then describes in detail how this technology can be applied to large ground-based telescopes to compensate for the effects of atmospheric turbulence. It includes information on basic adaptive optics components and technology, and has chapters devoted to atmospheric turbulence, optical image structure, laser beacons, and overall system design. The chapter on system design is particularly detailed and includes performance estimation and optimization. Combining a clear discussion of physical principles with numerous real-world examples, this book will be a valuable resource for all graduate students and researchers in astronomy and optics.

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The book is a must for readers interested in adaptive optics.......2000-06-25

The book does an excellent job of describing the basic principles and the practice of adaptive optics for astronomical applications. The author was a pioneer in adaptive optics and in the 1970s he built the first system capable of compensating a large astronomical telescope at visible wavelengths. The book gives a good history of adaptive optics including an excellent bibliography. Wavefront sensors, correctors, laser beacons, and wavefront reconstruction and control systems are described. Current adaptive optics programs are described and future prospects are discussed. I had the good fortune of working with the author at the time the first adaptive optics system was built and the author conveys in this book the excitement we felt about adaptive optics at that time. While the book is very specialized and technical, and the number of readers who will enjoy the book is limited, if you are interested in adaptive optics the reading of this book is a must.

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Hate to disagree, but..........2005-04-11

...I found this book practically useless. Its summaries of the plays leave out major portions, the analyses are over-simplified, (even for high schoolers) and the "extras" are usually useless info about 20 year old film versions no one is interested in. It is funny, and at times provided an interesting tidbit or two, but for something meatier, REALLY read the sparknotes version free online or at Barnes and Noble.

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The book is not only informative, but so humorous, easy and fun to read. First part of the books which sets the stage for the plays and explores history, background and some on-going controversies about the authorship of the plays reads like an engaging spy novel.

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At the end of the book is an overview of Shakespeare's poems and sonnets.

Once, you're done with this book, you can move on to actually reading the entire Shakespeare's plays. You may find them more appetizing.

Better than Cliff's Notes!.......2003-01-08

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The first few chapters are devoted to Shakespeare's life, the who-was-Shakespeare-really? debate, his theaters, and some stuff about Elizabethan slang terms. Then it goes to the plays themselves. It gives background info on the time period and how it shaped the plays (for example, views on marriage for "Taming of the Shrew"), a cast list, a pretty good plot summary, and then some mild literary analysis.

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I read the book cover to cover and intend to use it as a reference as I read the plays. It sure helped destroy Shakespeare's pompous mystique for me!

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