| A.
R. Kakhsaz Company
an accountancy corporation
Member
American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
International associates:
Tavana & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Toronto, Canada
Tel.416-229-2221
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•ARE MEN
IDIOTS? / Are they inherently inferior? Men could become losers
in a global economy that values mental power over might. Here are
the facts: More newborn males die than females (5 to 4). Sudden
infant death syndrome is one and a half times as common in boys as in
girls. Boys are three to four times as likely to be autistic or
intellectually impaired. Boys are three times as likely to have
Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder. Mental and retardation
afflicts one and a half times as many boys as girls. Dyslexia is
diagnosed two to three times as often in boys as girls. Boys ages
15-19 are five times as likely to die in a homicide. Men are 16
times as likely as women to be color blind. Men suffer hearing loss
at twice the rate of women. The male hormone testosterone is linked
to elevations of LDL, the bad cholesterol, as well as declines in HDL, the
good cholesterol. Stroke, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and
accidents - all among the top causes of death - kill men at a higher rate
than women. •PROGRAMMER: "A person who
fixes a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't
understand."
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•FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1850s : Hispanic
births in California now account for over half of deliveries.
•AMERICAN MEN typically die almost six years before women
do. By the age of 100, women outnumber men eight to one.
•MORE ON BOYS AND GIRLS:
|
Boys |
Girls |
| Average reading scores,
4th-graders (maximum 500) |
212 |
222 |
| Average math scores,
12th-graders (maximum 500) |
303 |
299 |
| High school seniors involved
in: |
|
|
| Student government |
19% |
27% |
| Music / Performing Arts |
35% |
46% |
| Yearbook / Newspaper |
21% |
29% |
| Academic clubs |
28% |
36% |
| Athletic teams |
63% |
49% |
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|
|
| Diagnosed learning
disabilities |
73% |
27% |
| Diagnosed emotionally
disturbed |
76% |
24% |
| On prescription stimulant
drug |
4% |
1% |
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•California's Proposition 13 is in jeopardy ?
Warren Buffett, the billionaire financial adviser to Arnold
Schwarzenegger's campaign for California governor, strongly suggests
that the state's property taxes need to be higher. His home in
Omaha, Nebraska, he said, is valued at $500,000 and his current
property tax bill on it is $14,401. But his other home in
Laguna Beach, California is valued at $4 million with annual
property taxes of just $2,264. "You can draw certain
conclusions from that," said Mr. Buffett. Proposition 13
has limited property-tax increases in California to 2% a year since
1978.
•the Generalist, a one-page monthly
publication of the accounting firm of A. R. Kakhsaz Company,
is in its ninth year of providing information, presented fairly and
accurately, from sources we can depend upon and trust.
•Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) said she
was at a total loss to reply to the following actual
letter:
Dear Abby:
I am a twenty-three-year-old liberated woman
who has been on the pill for two years. It's getting
expensive, and I think my boyfriend should share half of the cost,
but I don't know him well enough to discuss money with him.
•IRAQ HAS STARTED EXPORTING OIL, produced after the
U.S.-led invasion. The buyers are BP, ChevronTexico and
Shell. The monthly cost of U.S. troops in Iraq id $4 Billion.
•A SET BACK FOR OCEAN-RESEARCH EFFORTS: The world's
deepest-diving sub disappeared in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
•CELL PHONES DISTRACT DRIVERS even if hands-free
phones are used.
•LEARN A MODERN
CHINESE PHRASE:
That's not
right.......
"Sum
Ting Wong."
•TAX FILINGS AND REFUNDS: Of the 124.1 million year-2002
individual income-tax returns filed with the IRS through the end of
June, more than 95 million taxpayers have received refunds averaging
$2,000 for a total of $187.1 billion.
WE SEE
MORE IN NUMBERS than just numbers…
Ali R. Kakhsaz, CPA, MAcc
www.arkpca.com
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