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		<title>Accountant&#8217;s Day 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Albrecht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is still November 10 up here in North Dakota.  That means it is still Accountant&#8217;s Day!
Did you get a chance to celebrate?  Professor Ed Scribner at New Mexico State University reminded his accounting theory students, and one brought a cake to class.  I&#8217;m on a diet, but I would break it for a slice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=profalbrecht.wordpress.com&blog=4705944&post=1900&subd=profalbrecht&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why is it so difficult?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Albrecht</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Complexity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corporate executives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial accounting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several controversies in financial reporting.   These are all either or, with no compromise available.   Here are a few just off the top of my head:

Which group is the primary beneficiary of financial reporting?  Investors or companies
How complex is financial reporting for either investors or companies?   Too complex or not too complex
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		<title>Toying With Plagiarists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Albrecht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accounting Ed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is not related to financial reporting issues, but it does relate to accounting education.
First, a little history.  Accounting professors tend to mostly have tests that require the regurgitation of factual content.  Questions are similar to:  Do you know this?  Do you know that?  Can you compute this accounting number? And so forth.  To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=profalbrecht.wordpress.com&blog=4705944&post=1874&subd=profalbrecht&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting Bumper Stickers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Albrecht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accounting humor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bumper stickers&#8211;gotta love em.  Combining wit, humor and sarcasm, they present truth in style.  Remember these all time favorites?


Here are some ideas for accounting bumper stickers:

Cure insomnia . . . sleep with an accountant
It&#8217;s accrual world
CPA:  I might be certified, but I&#8217;m not crazy.
I&#8217;m not a liability, just look at my assets
I love accounting
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