"Hocus-Pocus Accounting" by Douglas R. Carmichael, Journal of Accountancy, October 1999; Vol. 188, Iss. 4; pg. 59, 5 pgs Abstract: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt decried what he termed "accounting hocus-pocus" and called for coordinated efforts to uncover it. He targeted the practice by some companies of improperly boosting reported earnings by manipulating the recognition of revenue. Among the most common methods of doing this are the bill-and-hold transaction and a long list of sham transaction involving
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(-- removed HTML --) Hocus Pocus (-- removed HTML --) is another utterly in-a-room-by-itself novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It is told through the variegated, extremely cynical lens of Eugene Debs Hartke, who expresses his outlook on humanity through a jumbled recounting of his life. Hartke skips back and forth between different epochs of his past—his childhood, his time serving in the Vietnam War, and his time spent at Tarkington College and afterward. His life is a giant puzzle, becoming more complete
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Three Vonnegut Novels It is only the dead who have seen the end of war. -Plato Vonnegut prides himself on writing novels with science fiction elements and three of his novels, Player Piano (PP), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (GB), and Hocus Pocus (HP) are prime examples of war and compassion. Vonnegut’s critique of war reveals that he considers compassion to be the most sacred aspect of human life. In Player Piano, the novel’s protagonist, Dr. Paul Proteus (PP 23) is forced to choose
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into their new meanings to fit today’s society. The original meaning of the word Hokey-Pokey was “a cheap kind of ice-cream sold by street vendors” (Hokey-Pokey). In the etymology of this word it was thought to have been altered from the word hocus-pocus
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Frightening Witches Yes, Halloween is fast coming. Soon those broom riding ladies with the pointed hats will be filling the skies. They are the most lasting symbols of this time through the years. Always considered ugly or evil they have always been feared. The main things which symbolize witches are broomsticks, cauldrons, and black cats. One of the witches which has always given me goose bumps is the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic “The Wizard of Oz”. I still can picture Dorothy and her
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Book Report Two: Paganism, an Introduction to Earth Centered Religions by the Higginbothams The Higginbothams’ book Paganism, an Introduction to Earth Centered Religions is a good explanatory book on not just what Paganism means and is but also about how it works. This book goes over the history and definition of not just the word, Paganism, but also give a bit of a synopsis and a little history of the different paths that are included in the umbrella term. I enjoyed the Scientific explanations
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sticky like adhesive Be cautious 'cause what I be on'll leave you with amnesia I break all the rules like Evel Knievel It's a spectacular show 'cause my heart pumps diesel So whatever you're saying, it don't entertain my ego I do this everyday, Hocus Pocus
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development costs. Today’s blog topic is my follow up to last week’s thoughts on seeing the unseen. Sometimes coming up with a concept seems like magic, but generally it is a result of a lot of research because seeing the unseen is more than hocus pocus. There are three components to examining a market and coming up with a successful concept: Economic Feasibility The economic feasibility is first looking at demographics and psychographics (sometimes values and lifestyles), some of which is
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I. Introduction In his foreword to a collection of the radio scripts of comedians Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. endorses these entertainers as somehow new and different—and relevant—since they draw their humor from the plight of the (American) Common Man. In the process, Vonnegut offers us an insight into his own writing, and the philosophies that inform it. “They aren’t like most other comedians’ jokes these days,” Vonnegut writes, aren’t rooted in show business and the
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well enjoy the daring time with his father. On the other hand in The Palmist, Lam’s skepticism of the palm reader, allows the reader to better understand the young boy’s intentions. Initially, the boy doesn’t know if he believes in the “all that hocus-pocus stuff” (Lam 80). The young boy’s discomfort with the palmist reveals his hesitation. Although uneasy about the palmist’s intentions, the palmist feels a certain connection towards the boy, saying he reminds him of his lost son. The more the palmist
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