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Of course , part of the information content is the financial statements which management is responsible for preparing and for ensuring their compliance with generally accepted accounting principles . He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club , though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention ; an enigmatical personage , about whom little was known , except that he was a polished man of the world . Pension consultants help pension plans and their trustees navigate amongst the many money managers available , help them to identify and select among investment styles and options , and help to monitor their money managers on an ongoing basis . Perhaps the moral is that if you're an amateur , and you know in advance that you will never attain to professionalism , you should take care to avoid raising your standards - - the way I've always avoided developing a palate for fine wines so I wo n't drink my way into the poorhouse , moderate drinker though I am . And I believe that one of the positive developments of the last few years , engendered both by the exceptional level of regulatory activity and by the growing recognition of the potential global impact of regulation , has been the increased coordination between regulators across borders ( particularly between the United States and Europe ) and the recognition on both sides that , while disagreements may exist , it is nonetheless important to avoid surprises . It seemed to me that the dancing provided a commentary on the music , instead of just following it , except at the very end , in the last four measures , where the figures leading up to the final cadence were matched by great , travelling lifts that made it seem as if the music had been made for the dance instead of the other way around . While physical sticky notes are useful with hard-copy documents , electronic sticky notes are more efficient and provide a natural and familiar means by which to add and share comments on PDF documents without obscuring their content . This is the third year that I have had the privilege of participating in this program , and I 'd like to recognize some of the people who have worked so hard on this program to make it a success . " Apparently if you do n't give up and walk out in the middle of class , you've done well . Though I am a composer not a choreographer , I must say that the process gets very tedious over a period of time , especially when compared to choreographing on one 's own body , which is instantly responsive to your ideas . Even jazz and modern choreographers demand that women wear pointe shoes even though the steps are from a different idiom . We forget that they are athletes and that like other athletes they use equipment . That 's where it gets tricky because none of the data is in an electronic format that allows for an easy comparison , not to mention that the numbers are often not comparable anyway because of different methodologies and classifications . Some are small one-person operations , while others are large organizations employing hundreds of staff . While such an explosion would likely make for some great news , it 's likely that it would be customers who ultimately paid the price in convenience . There are areas that some of us never see in our day to day work , and when we do , the easiest and quickest thing to do is to search out the expert in our office or in our audit firm for the answer . While the proxy proposal does not affect foreign private issuers , Securities Offering Reform could have profound positive impacts for those issuers , which I will discuss in a few minutes . So , the five items I've discussed are the simplest things I can think of to ensure that financial statements and related disclosure are complete , accurate , and relevant for users : learn to use technology better , do n't forget education , reduce complexity , use judgment , and reduce disclosure overload . For me it arose from three things : the consciousness that we were dancing gracefully and yet with dignity , as though we were kings ; the awareness of being in touch with history and a tradition going back so many centuries ; and the pleasure of motion : the serene and noble exaltation of a good adage and , in allegro , bounding about the studio and flying through the air .