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SmartPros published comments from Mitch Freedman Dec. 5 regarding the importance of safekeeping vital records ... The Dec. 4 CPA Technology Advisor profiled Tony Ganze and noted his associates Karen Stuart, Bill Suh and Jeremy Witt ... In the Dec. 4 Sacramento Bee, Ed Melia discussed the tax advantages of community property in regards to the sale of a house ... The December issue of the Journal of Accountancy featured articles in which several members were interviewed: Jim Rotter and Michael Jones discussed succession planning, and Lyne Noella and Barbara Bond talked about direct marketing. The same issue carried an article co-authored by Greg Regan about software revenue recognition ... David Cieslak discussed software trends in the special publication The Year Ahead: 2008, which was issued in December ... Wendee Shinsato's and Irene Altman's earning of the Forbes Awards for achieving the highest CPA exam scores during the past year was reported by SmartPros Nov. 30 ... Mitch Freedman offered tax tips in a Nov. 28 KABC-TV (Los Angeles) interview that promoted CalCPA's tax hotline on that station, which occurred the following day. Participating in the hotline besides Freedman were Vee Cristobal, David Flamer, Tim Good, Rob Seltzer, Ida Yarbrough, Ariel Drachenberg, Steve Duben, Allan Entous, Ryan Wong, Lior Temkin and Martin Kapp. Cristobal, Flamer, Good, Seltzer and Yarbrough were interviewed on the air during the hotline ... The Nov. 26 San Jose Mercury News profiled Eric Childs ... The Nov. 24 broadcast of the cable program "Voice of...