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here used to be three museums in Berehovo (Beregszasz), one of which still exists. It's the Mineralogy museum, which has no analogues in Ukraine, except for Kyiv. In the Soviet era it was also called the secret museum, because the inhabitants were not wanted to know what kinds of deposits the region was rich in. It is only to be regretted, that the Mineralogy museum is still being closed for the public.
In 2001 Zakarpatpolymetaly – the gold mine – was reopened. This is a sample of gold bearing ore bodies from Berehovo, Muzhijevo and Kvasovo deposits. The annual output of fine gold in 2001 made up to 125 kilograms (275, 58 pounds). I think, with such an enterprise in the neighborhood, our town should be substantially more prosperous. There used to be a Museum of sports in Berehovo, too. Unfortunately it was destroyed in the Soviet times. Nina Hetsko-Lobova, an Olympic champion, is the resident of our town. Ivan Fircak-Kroton, a man of extraordinary strength well-known in Europe and overseas, was born in Bereg comitat.
Berehovo is over 900 years old, but it is proved that there had been settlements much earlier. According to the documents, Neanderthal men lived on this site 100,000-40,000 BC. Four stone tools as well as a fragment of a mammoth tooth were found in the nearby hills during excavations. But even Cro-Magnon man lived here about 40,000-10,000 BC on the site of the foothills close to the town. Stone tools were found as well as a helmet, which is now exhibited in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. The helmet was found by Theodore Lehoczky in 1900 and at present is an ornate relic of the Hungarian National Museum.
The lowland extending from Bahta (Bakta) to the river Borzsava is called the Valley of Love. Stone tools and pottery remains were found in the so-called 'Pretty Lady Hill'. These stone tools and earthenware from the Neolithic were found on the site of the hill. They are the tools of a Stone Age man. The finds are labeled in detail both in Hungarian and Ukrainian and so are the excavation sites on the maps. On the territory of the second brick & tile factory some finds from the Bronze Age were excavated. These are stone implements and a bracelet found on the same site. In some burial grounds 10 to30 similar pieces of the same weight had been found in a single grave. It was probably used as a currency at the time.
Kushtanovytsia Culture, 6-th century BC. On the territory of the local hospital the remains of a Roman settlement, which is not typical of Transcarpathia, had been excavated. A kiln recently discovered in one of the old buildings in Shevchenko street in which glazed tiles for making tile-stoves were made in the 15-th - 18-th centuries. Such tiles, built into the walls, served as resonators. It is widely known that Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches excel in acoustics, and it is mainly due to the technique of using tile and empty clay pots, or pitchers while constructing walls. This workshop was most probably destroyed on 17 June 1657, when the whole town was demolished by the Poles. Lyubomyrsky's troops burnt to ashes the Roman–Catholic Church and St Michael's chapel. The chapel has not been rebuilt since then. Joseph Kobaly, a historian and lecturer at the Hungarian Teacher Training College, started and led an expedition to discover the remains of St Michael's chapel in 2001. Presumably Prince Theodor Koryatovych, the lord of Mukachiv dominion in 1393-1414, was buried there. The foundation of the chapel was found 2, 6 feet deep in the ground. Four skeletons of children and a bronze needle were found. 200 m westward a burial ground with the remains of more than 200 people was found. Another burial ground was discovered while pipes were being laid down for the city sewerage system.
This museum was reopened with as many as 42 social-realistic exhibits on 30 March 2001 after 19 years of closure. Inhabitants from Berehovo and the vicinity have donated many of the exhibits that are currently displayed in the museum. Schoolchildren from the local schools were of great help in collecting materials. Seals, badges, medals and barber's kits were brought in. This is a suspender girdle from the 19century.
Some objects from the times of WWI & WWII. This stereoscope, was used for viewing three-dimension pictures, which were made a hundred of years ago.
These are cards and certificates from different times. Commemorative tablets, typical of Beregszasz and Bereg comitat, were kindly donated to the museum. Invitation cards in three languages: Czech, Hungarian and Ruthenian.
Grand balls were organized in the Noblemen's Casino. Sari Fedak's name is still vividly remembered among bridge players. You can see money, issued in Beregszasz in 1919 and 1920, only allowed for local circulation.
This is a one-thread sewing machine in perfect working condition from the pre-war times.
The building, you are presently in, is one of the oldest in Berehovo. It had been functioning as a Dominican Monastery from 1327 till 1576. It was totally destroyed in 1573 during the Reformation. For some time it was a fortress. It was rebuilt in 1629 by Gabor Bethlen.
Gabor Bethlen was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Hungary. Bereg Komitat came under Count Bethlen's authority after he signed a Peace Treaty with Ferdinand II in 1621. Gabor Bethlen was the Prince of Transylvania. He did a lot to make Beregszasz prosper: crafts and trade flourished, craftsmen from abroad were invited to settle in the town. Count Bethlen sponsored the education of talented young people from poor families abroad. He maintained his court in Beregszasz and built a castle in the city centre in 1629, which was called, and is still known as 'the Count's Court'. When the Hungarian gymnasium was reopened in 1991, it was named after Gabor Bethlen.
A war of independence started from Bereg komitat on 18 May 1703. Tarpa (now a village in Hungary) was the first spot, Mezovari and Beregszasz were the next. These three chairs survived from the times of Ferenc Rakoczi II. This is an exact replica of F. II Rakoczi's banner –a gift from Hungarian National Military Museum. Transcarpathian Ukrainians (Ruthenes) took a particularly active part in the insurrection of Ferenc Rakoczi II, which in its insipient stages resembled a social revolution. They formed a personal guard for the Prince and thus earned from him the title of 'most trustworthy people' (gens fidelissima). The Prince often visited Beregszasz in the years 1705 – 1709. This is what he would say: 'Beregszasz is my town and the most trusted people of mine are the Ruthenians'.
Transcarpathia has undergone no less than seventeen changes of political status in the flow of the twentieth century. Beregszasz belonged to Hungary till 1919, between 1919 and 1920 for several months (since 17 April – 15 October) it belonged to Romania. From 1920 to1938 - Czechoslovakia, 1938-1944 - Hungary, 1944-1991 - the Soviet Union, now it belongs to Ukraine. A joke tells of a visitor who, encountering and elderly resident of Berehovo, asks what he has seen of the world in his lifetime. "I was born in Austria-Hungary, I went to school in Czechoslovakia, I did my army service in Horthy's Hungary, followed by a spell in prison in the USSR. Now I am ending my days in independent Ukraine!" The visitor expresses surprise at how much of the world the old man has seen. " But no!'', he responds,'' I never left this town."
The International Day of Museums is on 18 May. We usually put on display a curiosity on this day. We discovered Sandor Petofi's first letter to his colleague, Janos Arany, on 2 May 2007. This is the copy of it, because the original is in a private collection in Berehovo. And there is a letter written by Andriy Brody (who served as a Prime Minister of Carpatho- Ukraine) to the Regent of Hungary, Miklos Horthy, which the addressee never received.
Carpatho-Ukraine was established on 11 October 1938 in the wake of the restructuring of Czechoslovakia brought on by the Munich Agreement. After being discredited as an agent of Hungary and arrested for treason Andriy Brody was replaced (26 October by Avhustyn Voloshyn). However, when he applied for new elections, he was accused of planning to annex the Rusin people to Hungary. Upon suspicion and denunciation he was arrested and without previous trial and disregarding his right of immunity, he was imprisoned in the Pankrac prison near Prague. He was released from there only when the Hungarians occupied Ruthenia. In May 2008 we stumbled upon the first flag of Beregszasz, which was thought to have been lost for 63 years. The following words are inscribed on it 'This flag is a present from women's section of Hungarian National Guard Association of Kecskemet. From 1939 till 1944 it was on display in the City Hall. Three local families had been hiding it since 1944. We are glad that Kecskemet is still a sister-town of Berehovo and we maintain lasting ties and fruitful cooperation so far.
Beregszasz (Berehovo) is the only town in Ukraine where the majority of inhabitants are Hungarians. Till 1991 it was a closed territory (and so was almost the whole territory of Transcarpathian province). Non-residents had to apply for special passes to visit towns and villages situated in the borderline area. Many people, visiting Beregszasz (Berehovo), do not understand why are there both Ukrainian and Hungarian State Flags on the official buildings and institutions. Why are the street plates both in Ukrainian and Hungarian? We are not imitating any other museum, our intention is to investigate and learn more about the history of Bereg komitat.
The name of a man of extraordinary strength, Ivan Fircak-Kroton, has already been mentioned. This is his first identity card, issued prior to his marriage. He visited 64 countries. When he was on a boxing tour in the USA, he suffered a serious head injury from one of his American opponents. He was operated on and had a platinum plate installed, which had to be replaced in 10 years. But as he took part in a struggle for the independent Carpatho- Ukraine, he was not allowed to leave the country any more. In fact, he died of hunger. The authorities had forbidden his performances in big cities, such as Kiev, Moscow and Leningrad(now StPetersburg), and he was forced to earn his living by performing in small village clubs (but more often in the village squares).
The platinum plate was removed from his head only after his death. It is the first time these photos are on display. Ivan Fircak-Kroton could easily lift 1800 kilos(3 968,32 lbs). He could easily lift the steam engine up from the narrow gauge railway and put it back in its place. His automobile could pass over his neck. Once he entered a car shop in Germany and, after considering the prices, asked the owner: 'Why are these toys so expensive?' The offended owner remarked:' Mister, if you regard these cars as toys, take whichever you like and carry it out. If you do, you can keep the car.' Fircak put one of the cars on his back and was off. It is said that he would bend 8 inch size nails into the shape of hearts at his shows and distribute them among the public. The eldest son of I. Fircak was imprisoned for 15 years under Stalin for telling three anecdotes about 'the father of all nations', i.e. Joseph Stalin. Eventually, he was released after having spent 8 years in prison. When Ivan Fircak defeated an English champion, the latter committed suicide. He couldn't bear his defeat and jumped off from his room's balcony. This is Ivan Fircak's biography in Ukrainian and Hungarian.
Nina Lobova-Hetsko, an Olympic and World champion, has been living in Berehovo. She was the goalkeeper of the Soviet handball selection. It is thanks to her, that Hungary won the 1982 World Championship. She was the goalkeeper of the Hungarian selection at Vasas Club. She was among the most outstanding athletes who carried the Olympic flame in Kyiv in 2004.
After the 1848-1849 War of Independence a rapid development starts in the town of Beregszasz. The city enjoys several privileges. Taxes are abolished, crafts and trade flourishes, people come to settle here from far and wide.
On the wall you can see the photo of the first City Hall which looked like this till 1875.
Long ago people made use of natural materials only, so almost everything was made of flax and hemp. A swindle was of great use. The tow needed combing, so it was done with the help of flax-combes.
This bootstrap is a thing of great interest. It was used by bachelors to take off their top boots; those married did not have to use it: it was their wives' job to do that. No nails were used in making it. These are manglers (or wringers) with typical patterns. It is a churner. These are unfinished millstones. They were carved in the neighboring Nagyhegy. Here you can see a traveling potters' anvil, wrench and auger-stem. Skates that are easily fixed to any footware.
This is a unique weigh scale made by a local blacksmith out of a single spring. You can weigh 100 kilos with it, but if you turn it inside out and use the small crook – you would only be able to weigh about 26 kilos. You cannot find anywhere similar weigh scales in use nowadays.
This is the predecessor of the automatic washing machine, making linen tidy and clean without the use of Calgon.
These are mortars for crushing rock-salt.
The stocks were used as a means of punishment. People were put in the stocks with their hands in opposite direction.
This is a wafer-iron from 1191.This is the year when king Laszlo I was sanctified. In all probability, Holy Communion and sacrificing wafers in the Catholic faith have been observed and offered since then. Till 1820 the size of sacrificing wafers was like this, but some changes took place and they became smaller. In this wafer-iron four wafers can be made at a time: two big and two small. The priest would break big ones in two and place them in a bowl.
These are samples of homespun cloth with ornaments typical of Berehovo (Beregszasz) and the wider region.
Gray cattle of Hortobagy are considered to be the most massive in Europe. You can imagine how big it could have been if you add the missing horn to it, and the head of an ox.They weigh up to1400 kilos on average. Usually they were put into a yoke and made perfect draught oxen. The ground was marshy in the valleys of the rivers Latorca, Borzsa and Tisza till 1888 and no cattle, except for the gray cattle of Hortobagy, was able to pull the cart or the plough to cultivate the land.
This is a filler for black-pudding (or blood sausage) and a board for making farfalle.
Sari Fedak, one of the best remembered Hungarian female operetta stars, was also a native to Beregszasz. She was born to a family of a local doctor on October 26th 1879. No one could have even guessed what an unbelievably gorgeous fate was in store for the little girl. She was to become one of the most celebrated operetta singers, stage and screen actress not only in Hungary, but all over the world. Wherever she would perform, the house would always be sold out. Her family was well-to-do, the local intelligence often gathered in their house, which got the name of 'Fedak's castle'. The family appreciated the arts and music, Sari's mother played the piano very well and, as young Sari was growing, her mother would often accompany her daughter's singing. The audience would adore her, thousands of delighted admirers would follow her, women would envy her. But that was only to come later on…
We have a collection of more than 200 postcards of Sari Fedak. There is no similar collection elsewhere. The first automobile in Beregszasz belonged to Sari. Jeno Huszka, the famous Hungarian composer, wrote the music to his operetta Earl Bob in Beregszasz. In 1902 Endre Ady wrote a poem about Sari under the title Lotty's Colonels. Why is there a Cross next to Fedak's Castle? The borderline between the town of Beregszasz and the nearby villages in those times had stretched next to the Fedaks's real estate and Sari's father badly wanted to buy a plot from the local authorities. He was allowed to get a plot only on the condition that a streetcross be put within the plot. The Cross was erected by the family on 31 July 1904. Some details from S.Fedak's biography: she appeared on stage in 1901,and her first photo album was released in 1903. The first record of S. Fedak with the song I am Sari Fedak's Chambermaid composed by Imre Kalman was released in 1931. Songs and several pieces of music (namely 28) from Sari's repertoir survived and you can buy them on CD here in our museum.
People of 76 nationalities live in Transcarpathia. The indigenous people are the Ruthenians (or Rusins).
There are 4 wineries in Berehovo now, but the history of vinegrowing, orcharding and winemaking dates back to 1247. Berehovo was the first to organise an international Wine Festival in the oblast in 2000.These statutes are related to viticulture and date from 1470 through 1846.They were called 'mountain statutes', because they mostly concerned viticulture in the highlands of Beregszasz, Muzsaj, Bene and Kaszony. Filox epidemic breaks out in 1863 and destroys all the vineyards. Very little is known and spoken about Nandor Czeiner, the man who invented a new type of grafting, the greengrafting. Doctor Bertalan Linner, a famous surgeon, who had performed more than 27000 operations, is considered one the best selectionists. His family owned several vineyards and viticulture became one of his favourite pastime activities. Dr Linner selected a variety of rootstocks and raised or refined 140 types of vine: Royal leanka, Memory of Gizella, Pearl of Beregszasz, L-1 and L-6 among them. The rootstocks of vines from Beregszasz plantations were planted in Tokay and Matra (parts of the Hungarian Carpathians). At the 1936 Wine Fair oenologists of the time praised vintners from Beregszasz for distinctive quality of wine produced in our region and awarded them with this diploma, certifying they eventually won the competition.
The Berehovo winery, were the muscatel wine 'Rose of Transcarpatia' was produced and bottled, used to be a cellarage at the hunting castle of count Schonborn-Bucheim. In the Soviet era, if you were a lucky holder of a bottle of ' Rose of Transcarpathia', any door would open for you. The wines produced at this winery won 20 gold and 40 silver medals at different fairs and exhibitions.
When Carpathian Ruthenia was a constituent part of Czechoslovakia(1918-1939) special badges were designed for the mountain rangers with inscriptions in Czech and Hungarian. Here you can see one of them.
For a short period (1986-1987), Soviet Communist Party leader Andropov banned all kinds of alcohol beverages. A lot of vineyards were distroyed in Berehovo and the neighbouring settlements. Adult population was forced to join the all-union Antialcohol Society, and this is a certificate and an emblem given to each member of the society.
Here you can see some vintage instruments: a grafting knife, a knife for cutting grapeclusters, some secateurs and several keepsake winefestival programmes in Ukrainian and Hungarian.I have collected prize awarding wines from local winemakers: Urszta Janos, Paraszka Gyorgy, Sass Karoly, Varga Bela, Dancs Janos, Jakab Sandor and Tompa Tibor. You can have a look at the Wine Drinking Commandments( in Ukrainian and Hungarian).
Before World War I Transcarpathia consisted of 4komitats: Ung, Ugocsa, Maramaros and Bereg. Bereg komitat consisted of 313 settlements and was the largest. Bereg komitat was famous for its cast iron foundries. Iron stoves, different in size and shape, were widely used at the time in Frigyesfalvi foundry alone, more than 193 types were produced. The smallest foundry was in Janosi.
Bathy Anna, an opera singer famous all over the world, also comes from Beregszasz. You can see here the list of operas she performed in as well as her biography. The Embassy of Denmark is located in her former Budapest residence now.
There used to be a caolin plant in Beregszasz which was transformed into a ceramic plant in Soviet times. Unfortunately it was destroyed.
During World War II, once the legal government of Hungary was overthrownby the Germans, the ' Final Solution' of the Holocaust was also extended to Carpathian Ruthenia. The Jewish community of Transcarpathia was delivered over to the death camps by Horty's Hungary. 15,000 Jews from Berehovo were deported to Auschwitz. One of them – Hugo Gryn – miraculously survived two death marshes and
went to Britain after the war. He returned to Berehovo in 1989 with his daughter Naomi to make a film about his childhood. Towards the end of his life, Hugo devoted much time to combating ' the obscene attempts to play down the Jewish Holocaust as a fabrication perpetrated by the Jews themselves'. The book ' Chasing Shadows', written by Hugo and Naomi Gryn is an essential witness to the horrors of the 20th century. 60,000 people from Transcarpathia perished during WWII.
Here you can see the list of Transcarpathians, who fell victims to Stalinist reprisals. This is the poem A Prisoners' Song by an unknown author from Szolyva POW camp and A Prisoners' Prayer .
In 1943 the population of Beregszasz was 19,000 of whom 6,250 were Jews. More then 5 thousand of them perished. Gyula Richter, Holocaust survivor, who experienced the hell of 4 different concentration camps still lives in Berehovo. He says that he managed to survive the after-war years only thanks to the local soup kitchen.
Gyula Richter donated to the museum the blanket and the belt he had been using while he was in the concentration camps. The certificate in Hungarian is added. You can see the list of the soup-kitchen founders on this 500 kilo marble stab. Since 1830 till 1946 about 200 people daily were provided with bread and soup. This is a prayer book in wooden cover and a key to the Old Synagogue.Here is the list of 3,500 identified Holocaust victims. This is a tunnel lamp from the second brick&tile factory, which was the starting point of Holocaust in Transcarpathia. And this is an NKVD interrogation lamp and a KGB telephone.
These are secret NKVD and KGB documents concerning the 'liberation' of Transcarpathia and Berehovo. In October relocation of detachments took place in Beregszasz and then it was said that the Red Army liberated Beregszasz on the 26 October 1944. Three weeks later on 13 November a top secret document –Resolution #36 signed by Dmytry Ustinov appears which states that 15152 people from Transcarpathia were taken to different Soviet camps: 154 officers(132 Hungarian,
3 Czech, 3 Slovak, 16 Ruthenian); 7729 soldiers( 60 German, 7629 Hungarian); 7093 men liable for call up( 68 German, 7025 Hungarian); 176 policemen( 164 Hungarian, 1 German, 4 Ukrainian, 5 Ruthenian, 1 Slovak, 1 Romanian), that is a chase after people and weapons had started. 22951 people from Transcarpathia were taken to the Soviet military camps till 17 December 1944.
This is a copyof the above mentioned top secret document –Resolution# 0036.
These two men 'liberate' our town by bombing it. As a result 42 people die. The military,buried in Beregszasz during World War II, consisted
of 92 Hungarian and 60 German soldiers. This is the list of the deceased Hungarian soldiers . One of the pilots, Sergej Majko, was shot dead. This is his map. He was buried in the Square of Heroes among four tuja trees, and not where the epitaph is now. One of the streets in the city was renamed after him, but several years ago it got back its historical name – Kiserdo street. The other pilot, who happened to visit our town ten years ago, became indignant on that fact.
Transcarpathia was quickly brought under Soviet control. On 26 November 1944, a congress of people's committees of Transcarpathian Ukraine was organized in this theatre in Mukachiv which expressed its desire for the unification of Transcarpathia with the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. After World war II, in the month of June, a Treaty was signed between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union ceding Carpato-Rus to the Soviet Union. The newspapers wrote ' Carpato-Ukraine unified with its mother Soviet Ukraine forever'. This newspaper was issued on 30 June 1945 and cost 40 filler. Hungarian currency in the Soviet Ukraine? In 1946 Transcarpathia was incorporated into the USSR.
When we read the memoirs of the people who liberated Transcarpathia we may come across many contrasts. For example, one of the officers, a major, in order to receive an Alexander Nevsky order reported to Stalin: 'It took 4 hours to liberate Beregszasz, 573 officers and soldiers were taken prisoners, 32 carriages and 238 luggage vans'. It is an exaggeration,238 luggage vans each 52,5 feet long is impossible to place at Berehovo railway station.
There are many talented artists in Berehovo, but unfortunately there is no art gallery in the town. They are more popular abroad than in their native town. Therefore hall #4 is dedicated to the contemporary artists. Paintings of Jozsef Garanyi are on display here. He kindly presented 30 of his pictures to the city museum of Berehovo in 1986.In 1988 the museum was closed down and all Garanyi's works were passed to the District Authority Offices. There the paintings by Garanyi decorated the walls of the offices. Luckily, I stumbled upon a letter of Jozsef Garany in which he wrote ' I ask for one thing only that my paintings be put on display in an honorable place accessible to everyone'. I think I did my best to fulfill the request. 4 paintings by the Master were added to the existing collection. The works are done in different technique: oil, pastelle, pencil, aquarelle, coal and combined technique.
When Anna Horvat, an Honoured Art Worker, learned that we would reopen the museum on 30 March 2002, she presented 174 plaques to our institution.
Laszlo Muszka, an architect, artist and sculptor loved his father dearly. When his father died, he designed and cast in bronze a sculptural composition then fixed it to a 10 feet high marble obelisk. The obelisk was put by his father's grave. The vandals destroyed it: their plan was to seperate the 397 pound sculpture composition from the marble and sell it at the scrapyard. Fortunately they were prevented from doing that. This is the sculpture composition I spoke about. This man was the father of four children. He holds all his children in his left arm: one child, who was still-born is aside; his three sons are depicted together in a form of a swan symbolising the parental devotion, care and love. Each of the three boys got a university degree. Their father had to work hard in order to support them, so his hands are veiny; at times they had to endure privation - the apple in his right hand symbolises that. We are proud of our artists- Jozsef Garanyi and Laszlo Muszka.Regrettably, Anna Horvat passed away in 2005. Please, take a view of the paintings and sculptures. Then I would like to show you the photo gallery.
As it has already been mentioned, Beregszasz belonged to Hungary from 1938 till 1944. After the First Vienna Arbitration on 9 November 1938 the city was allocated to Hungary. This day is reflected in 100 pictures in our museum. A film about the events of 1938-1941 was made by Hungarian war reporters. The original copy of the film was taken to Australia in 1944. I managed to obtain a copy of it and you may have a look at the start of World War II from a different point of view. I would also like to translate it into Russian. The war of independence started from this building and the Market square in front of it. In the top right picture you can see the Market square.Poultry was sold from baskets and there is a folk song about it: Beware, oh, coach men For holes are in baskets Spring out will your peacocks Just in a moment! Trees are planted and a map of Hungary is made of stones and flowers in Rakoczi square with a following inscription: I believe in the resurrection of Hungary. This period didn't last long.The Soviets arrive and erect a monument to Stalin in Market square. Now there is a monument to Virgin Mary. To the left in the upper row you can see 56 reproductions of our predecessors from 900
to 1900. Beregszasz in pre-war times. These are fragments of streets, parks and squares. I think life in Beregszasz differed a lot from what the Soviet propaganda said about us .
I have been collecting Soviet currency for several reasons. I have got 84 pounds of money and I can do many things with it: buy, sell, change, etc. But first of all I would like to set an example to young people to collect anything – it is much better than cigarettes, drugs, alcohol or one-armed bandits.
I would like to show you every item put on display, because they say it is better to see than to hear.What changes took place in Beregszasz since 1900?
How could a Market place be transformed into the Soviet War Dead Memorial? In the
first picture you can see a busy bazaar. There is cattle fair every second week. This church has burnt down to ashes in 2 hours time. The Hungarian Army marshes in. The scouts make a flowerbed and install the National flag there ; the girl scouts salute. In 1931-1940 the Market place is turned into a park. In 1941 the Hungarian War Dead Memorial is erected. Very soon the Memorial is destroyed by the Soviets and the Soviet
War Dead Memorial is erected there; presumably 16 Soviet soldiers were buried there. I
think a dead soldier is not a foe but a hero, and if there are Soviet heroes elsewhere why
shouldn't there be Hungarian heroes or heroes of other nationalities in our town. I have restored the tombs of two Hungarian soldiers on the territory of the Catholic cemetery.
After long search I found and got in touch with the bride of one of the soldiers and with the daughter of another. The daughter came to her father's grave 57 years after his death.
With the help of Hungarian Government I could place crosses on the graves of Hungarian
war dead soldiers and officers on 19 June 2006. It is the second park of of such type in Ukraine.In 2005 crosses were placed on the tombs of the 114 war dead Hungarian soldiers and officers in Uzhhorod( Ungvar).
The Grand Royal was considered buildings one of the best buildings in the city., but in
the Soviet era it was simply an average canteen.
It was the city architect Samuel Mehes who designed the building of the Noblemen's Casino. In Czech period the roof was removed and an extra floor was added.
The Verke was wider than nowadays and there used to be a landing place for boats
in front of the Casino. In 1937 the Verke was transformed into a 1,37 mile long canal.
Regrettably its pollution exceeds the permissible level about 5 – 6,000 times.
Bertalan Linner did 40,000 operations. Joseph Stalin was one of his patients. This hospital was built by the Czechs in 1936.This bust was set up in the hospital park in 2005.
Endre Korlath is inaugurated as Governor of Bereg komitat. The inauguration of Endre Korlath in 35 photos. Later he becomes a member of parliament.
Festive procession to celebrate the name-day of Miklos Horthy on 6. December, 1938. There is an inscription on the first banner: 'In commemoration of the return Godollo Reformed Women Club'.A 92 year old woman took care of the first flag of Bergszasz; she could have been punished for hiding it in Soviet times if it had been disclosed.
6250 Jews lived in Beregszasz and there were 6 synagogues, 4 baths and a ritual bathhouse. This synagogue was rebuilt into a concrete monster to mark the 50-th anniversary of the Soviet Union. 15 stipes symbolize 15 Soviet republics. A monument to Lenin is erected to mark his 100th birthday. The monument is dismounted and replaced by this fountain. Thaks God, that tripe has been removed from the city centre. This was the brief visual history of Bergszasz.
From the unpublished manuscripts we have written a series of articles on the history of castles and fortresses of Bereg komitat.
This exhibition could have been called: 'The Devils Year' or 'The Reformation of the Fire Station'.
More than 500 photos are exhibited here. Let me draw your attention to some of them. With this collection of photos we would like to honour all Hungarian martyrs ever.
The first car of Sari Fedak with the winery in the background.
Look-out tower in Nagyhegy.
This is the railway station in Borzsa plain.
The Czech Army peacefully marshes out at night on 8 november 1938.In 100 photographs you can see the 9th of November 1938, when the Hungarian Army marches in. The change of statehood takes place without a single shot. I think,that is a real democracy!
Let me introduce some paintings by Transcarpathian artists donated to the museum. This is a picture by Andras Kutlan. Two pictures by Katalin Kadas. Both Ferenc Haba and his wife worked as teachers of Art at the Hungarian Royal Gymnasium.They donated several paintings to the Roman Catholic Church. Judit Kaszab, the British Royal Family's portrait painter, is a native of Beregszasz; she is the most popular artist in Australia.
Many famous people come from Beregszasz and this is the only museum in Ukraine that is concerned with Hungarian identity so I would like visually introduce those people to you.
As to Elections-2004 I want to tell you the following: we are not angry with anyone, and we do not forget either. You can see some poems and quotations on the walls...and if it is not your shirt don't put it on.
There is a guest-book you can have a look at and, if you want to support the museum, there is a money-box.
If there are any questions I will answer them willingly. Thank you for your attention.


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How to WIN at Chuck E. Cheese's
At my age the whole magical magicness of Chuck E. Cheese's has worn off; there's not a whole lot of 'cool' about a rat that eats pizza nowadays. I really have no use going there anymore unless it's to supervise kids for some party. I have a lot of knowledge about some of the more common games they have there and how to cheat the system, however. I figured if this information is no good to me anymore then I should pass it down to those who still enjoy playing games there. Even if you don't need this information, it's a fun read.
Ski-Ball is a classic. Every arcade in the history of arcades has Ski-Ball. If it doesn't, then it's not an arcade. It's probably a Dillards or Sears you've mistakenly walked into. Common mistake I assume. Ski-Ball takes some skill, but you can nail the 900,000 mark and get the current jackpot easily. You're expecting me to say "walk up the ball ramp" but we all know once more than 20 or so pounds are sensed on the ball ramp the game shuts itself off…
So how do you get all the way up to the top of the game to shove a ball in? Well, the railings of the games (the left side dispenses tickets, the right dispenses balls) don't have pressure sensors, so if you climb up on that and walk up, placing your feet on the sides, you can get to the very top and shove every ball into the 100,000 hole. Simple as that. Just make sure no one sees you.
Or, if you do not want to risk getting caught since walking up a Ski-Ball game is pretty obvious and loud, see if you can squeeze yourself between the game on the far left or far right and do the same.
Hot Shot Basketball (That Shoe-shaped Basketball Game)
Every location may or may not have this game. It's a large shoe that's a basketball game for kids. If there's not one, see if there is an equivalent, a short basketball game you can easily stand next to. If it's against the wall and you can't stand beside it, this will not work. You also must be tall enough to fit your hand into the hoop.
The game doesn't know the difference between a ball and a slice of pizza. It keeps score when something crosses in front of its light sensor. This should be a basketball, but the game won't know if oh… your hand was rapidly waving across it. Start the game, and just stand next to it waving your hand across the sensor in the hoop. Every 3 "baskets" = 1 ticket unless they've messed with the score or set a maximum number of tickets. If you can wave about six times a second, that's 2 tickets every second. If the game lasts about 90 seconds… 2 x 90 = 180. If you can wave really fast, you can easily score upwards of 250 per game.
Cyclone is that dorky game where you put the token in and try to hit the buzzer to stop the light on the "Jackpot" space, the one between two neon gates. The light will go around and around the circumference of the table, and you press "HIT" when it lights up the Jackpot spot. The game is damn near impossible, but there is a lock on the game that prevents jackpots from being paid.
By default, this lock is set to unlock when the jackpot is 250 or higher. This may or may not apply to other locations, but most managers will not alter the default settings of the games. Wait until everyone else jacks the total up to 250 or higher, then try to play it. It doesn't matter how great your timing is, it will not land on jackpot unless the default 250 limit is breached.
Big Wheel (The Token Payoff Machine)
This is the game where you shoot tokens onto a moving ferris wheel or onto the metal in front of it so the pushing arm might knock some tokens into the hopper for you to take and use elsewhere. Some versions of this game do not pay off in tokens and instead tickets, but either way this tip will still help.
It may seem obvious that there's a tilt sensor in the game, but that only works if the game is plugged in. Kick the cord out of the wall and carefully tilt the machine forward so the tokens carelessly slide forward and into the hopper. Plug the machine back in, act like nothing at all happened, and take your bounty.
There are a few other games I know of but if I recall correctly most of them are not in service anymore. If I happen to see some of these still around I'll post a sequel to this.
– Dracophile

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High Tech U
Our High Tech U (HTU) is a three-day program for high school students who want to know more about careers in the tech industry. Students put science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) skills to use during hands-on workshops led by industry volunteers.
All workshops are activity-based and taught by tech professionals:
- Light up the room with an experiment facilitated by an engineer
- Make your own wafer with a manufacturing engineer
- Launch hacky sacks with quality engineers to see the importance of statistics
- Become a human calculator to see how logic gates work
- Interview with a tech recruiter or manager to learn how to get the job you want
- Flex your teamwork skills to solve a real-world problem
In addition to seeing the connection between STEM classes and tech careers, students hear from industry professionals about their school-to-work journeys.
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Servis for searching different transport connections in Czech Republic: http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz
Check this presentation for more travelling tips and how to look up connections.
In Prague (from the Airport to the centre)
Public transportation in Prague – tickets, fares, actual information http://www.dpp.cz/en/
To Main Railway Station (Hlavní nádraží)
Var. 1 Airport Express - direct bus from airport to main train station, more about service here
Var. 2. Bus number 119 to metro station Dejvická (metro line A), use metro to station Muzeum – transfer to line C, get off at Hlavní nádraží station
Trains goes every hour in hh:33 min (eg. 13:33, 14:33, 15:33…) Usually from platform number 7
Journey to Budejovice by train takes aprox. 2h 40 minutes – it is also the last stop of the train usually
The trains goes through stations:
|Praha hl.n.
|Prague Main train station
|it is about 5 min from Main train station
|Benešov u Prahy
|about 40 minutes from Prague
|this station is about 1 h from Budejovice
|Veselí n.Lužnicí
|this station is about 30 min from Budejovice
|České Budějovice
|Final stop
To Na Knížecí Bus Station (Student Agency Bus Service click to buy ticket)
Var. 1. Bus number 100 to station "Zličín" (metro line B), use metro and get off station "Anděl", go to "Na Knížecí" bus station
Var. 2. Bus number 179 to "Nové Butovice" (metro line B), use metro and get off station "Anděl", go to "Na Knížecí" bus station
Var. 3. Bus number 119 to metro station Dejvická (metro line A), use metro to station "Můstek" – transfer to line B, get off at "Anděl" station, go to "Na Knížecí" bus station
From this station is regular Student Agency bus servis and also buses from ČSAD.
To Roztyly Bus Station (Other bus companies services)
Bus number 119 to metro station Dejvická (metro line A), use metro to station "Muzeum", transfer to metro line C, go to station Roztyly.
Map of possible ways how to get from Airport into the center of Prague and to connecting buses or trains to České Budějovice:
To České Budějovice (Flixbus – click to buy ticket)
The German bus company Flixbus offers bus routes in Germany, Czech Republic and neighbouring countries and provides ecologically friendly and cheap bus lines also to České Budějovice.
You can buy a ticket from Flixbus travel agency here.
In České Budějovice:
– The bus station and the railway station in České Budějovice are located nearly in the same place near by Mercury shopping centre. There is a stop of the trolley-bus
No. 3, which brings you to the station Jihočeská univerzita. This trolley-bus goes every five or ten minutes during day. You will buy 20 minute-ticket (13 CZK) from yellow ticket machines. (It is enough for a journey from the bus or railway station to the station Jihočeská univerzita.)
Other tickets
- 60-minute ticket – 16 CZK
- 24-hour ticket – 50 CZK
- 30-minute ticket from the driver – 25 CZK
You can also buy SMS tickets (Czech SIM card is necessary):
- 30-minute ticket – 25 CZK
- 24-hour ticket – 70 CZK
How to buy SMS-ticket?
- Write BUD (for 30-minute ticket) or BUD24 (for 24-hour ticket)
- Send it to 90206
- You receive your SMS-ticket in 2 minutes
For public transport you can also buy more days-tickets. For student it costs:
- 7-day ticket- 57 CZK
- 15-day ticket- 107 CZK
- 30- day ticket- 190 CZK
- 90-day ticket- 510 CZK
- If you travel without a ticket and an inspector will catch you, you will pay a 1000 CZK fine!
- A taxi to Jihočeská univerzita costs 150 – 200 CZK from the railway or bus station. You can also reach the campus in 30 minutes by foot, walking through the city centre.
Scheme of public transportation of Ceske Budejovice here.


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Shed at Christie's
"Shed" featured a wide-range of artists—works from established types like Richard Phillips, Harif Guzman, and Nicole Wittenberg were shown alongside pieces from younger artists like Nick Farhi and Logan Criley (who showed an incredible surreal painting that I couldn't stop staring at/nearly spilled rum on). The mix meant there was something for everyone, and thus it attracted an enormous crowd, impressive for a summer art show in the city. Aren't the usual Christie's types all in the Hamptons?
In addition to curating the show, Westly, a former assistant to Jeff Koons, showed a large graphic painting. We are friends so I am biased, but see for yourself: his work is very beautiful. "It's really easy to get divided into these different cliques," he said of the show. "So I was thinking about all these different divisions between people, whether it's culturally, ethnically, racially, and how those can all be brought together under 'the shed.' That's where the idea for the show came from, thinking about all these different artists and artworks that could really work together, and also kind of wanting to speak to this diversity of all these different types of artists in New York."
As previously stated, "Shed" was a one-night-only affair. But if there are any collectors reading this who are looking for some kids to invest in, the show's lineup is probably a good place to start.


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So you want to give your new bricks more character. This is something that is easy to do. Watch this video tutorial for a five minute fix and your new bricks will look just like your old bricks in no time.
Step 1:
If you want to lighten the bricks, here is a great trade secret. Just take some milk or yoghurt and brush it onto the brickwork. Leave it to dry and it will instantly age the bricks.
Step 2:Alternatively, if you'd like to darken the bricks so they blend in with existing brickwork, here is a simple trick. You can mix either chimney soot or mud with some water and brush it straight onto the brickwork. Leave it to dry naturally and voila, your bricks have immediate character.


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This opinion is part of a wider package of four EESC opinions on the future of the European economy (Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union and Euro area economic policy, Capital Markets Union and The future of EU finances). The package of opinions underscores the need for a common sense of purpose in the Union governance, which goes far beyond technical approaches and measures, and is first and foremost a matter of political will and a common perspective. Against this background the Committee advocates the exploration of tools to improve economic governance in the EMU, for instance by creating a permanent Euro Finance Minister, while ensuring full democratic accountability. Bundling competences would enhance coherence of EMU policies.
Upravno sodelovanje
The EESC welcomes the Investment Plan for Europe as a step in the right direction, which however faces serious questions about the Plan's size and timescale, the high degree of leverage expected and the potential flow of suitable projects. The Plan proposes that contributions to the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) from Member States will not be included in budget deficit calculations and this is to be welcomed, but it begs the question as to why ongoing strategic public infrastructure expenditures are not treated in the same way. Strategic public investment which underpins present and future economic development should be incentivised by a more benign European fiscal framework.
The EESC endorses the aims of the Commission proposals in the area of the CCCTB and recommends the greatest efforts be made to pursue the CCCTB by consensus. The Committee recognizes that the Commission relaunched the CCCTB proposal both with the objective to aid the single market and to combat aggressive tax planning, attributing income where the value is created.
The EESC is in favour of creating a Pan-European personal pension product – PEPP but is unclear as to whether the investment arising from this initiative will remain within the EU and on the impact on labour mobility across the EU. Every effort, by way of tax relief, should be provided to encourage as many workers as possible to take up personal pension products. The EESC emphasises the need for consumer protection and risk mitigation for savers during the course of their working lives and on retirement. The EESC also underlines the importance of the role of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) in monitoring the market and national supervisory regimes with a view to achieving convergence and consistency across the EU especially regarding the governance structure for PEPPs within any provider.
The EESC is of the opinion that persisting imbalances as well as the creation of trust and confidence across Europe require more effective and democratic economic governance, notably in the Eurozone. It has become clear that the current system of rules underpinning the EU, and particularly the euro area, has created confusion on the legal, institutional and democratic fronts. A new approach is therefore needed. With this in mind, the Committee presents its contribution to the new five presidents' report which will propose next steps on better economic governance to the European Council in June. The EESC contribution summarises the different stages and puts forward institutional proposals and preparatory initiatives regarding the completion of the political pillar of the Economic and Monetary Union.
Preparing for Next Steps on Better Economic Governance in the Euro Area - presentation by Baudouin Regout (European commission)
Completing Political Union: How the Euro-Union could work - presentation by Ulrike Guérot (The European Democracy Lab, European School of Governance, Berlin)
The political and institutional aspects of further euro area integration - presentation by Elmar Brok (European Parliament)
The political and institutional aspects of further EMU area integration - presentation by Bernard Snoy (ELEC)
The political and institutional aspects of further euro area integration - presentation by Johannes Lindner (ECB)
The EESC welcomes the Commission proposal for a Council Directive to improve double taxation dispute resolution mechanisms in the EU. Double taxation is one of the biggest tax obstacles to the Single Market. There is an urgent need for mechanisms ensuring that cases of double taxation are resolved more quickly and more decisively when they arise between Member States. Therefore it is urgent to implement this proposal.
The EESC appreciates the proposed roadmap for completing the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) but its support is not full and enthusiastic, since a number of social, political and economic issues, highlighted in our previous opinions, were not taken into consideration. The completion of the EMU requires first of all strong political commitment, efficient governance and better use of the available finances, in order to actually cope with both risk reduction and risk sharing among Member States. For these reasons the EESC underlines that the principles of responsibility and solidarity at EU level should go hand in hand.
The EESC welcomes the Proposal for a Directive presented by the European Commission, through which the Commission is continuing to implement the measures included in the action plan to strengthen the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion. Information on advance tax rulings and advance pricing arrangements is very important and can help the Member States to trace artificial transactions. The EESC recommends that the Member States make efforts to ensure that the provisions of the proposal for a directive are transposed correctly.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission, as a matter of policy, disclaims responsibility for any private publication or statement by any of its employees. The views expressed herein are those of Mr. Herdman and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the Commission's staff.
Jim and Amy, thank you for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be back at this podium.
Some of you may be old enough to remember that I spoke at this conference 3 times in the early 1980s. Twice I spoke as a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Chief Accountant's Office and another time as a member of a panel discussing a rule-making proposal I helped draft as a member of the staff. That proposal, which would have required disclosure of interim segment information, was considered "revolutionary" at the time. Ultimately, it crashed and burned, unfortunately, around the time of the conference. Now, of course, similar requirements are embedded in FASB Statement 131, issued in 1997.
I guess you could sum it up this way. Basically, every 20 years, I speak at this conference, and then 15 years later the profession adopts my proposals! I guess the point of my story is, if you're not planning to be practicing accounting in 15 years, this is probably a good time to go return phone calls!
Given my past experience, I never expected to speak at this conference again, let alone as Chief Accountant-and I am sure that none of you expected it either. It is a great honor and privilege and it is an excellent opportunity both to embrace the strength of the SEC as an agency and to help lead it through a period of innovative change as it strives to advance investors' interests.
Before I move on, let me remind you that the views I express here today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the Commission's staff. That disclaimer applies to all members of the staff who are speaking at this conference.
I have now been on the job for a couple of months and that time has provided me the opportunity to check and refine the perceptions and observations I developed during the last 17 years since leaving the SEC. One thing that has remained constant is the opportunity to work closely with incredibly talented people on the staff who are dedicated to protecting investors.
I began my career as a professional accountant 32 years ago this month. And while I spent almost all of that time with one firm, there were two hiatuses that were enormously instructive. In addition to my 2 years as a PAF, I spent two years as a corporate controller of a public company. I have worked with countless professionals on various "sides of the desk" and I have deep respect for your efforts to produce credible financial reporting. I know that it is in your interest to do so for a variety of reasons, just as I know that the outcome is in the public's interest.
Let me start by discussing how I intend to carry out the mission of the Office of the Chief Accountant.
There is no question that the unique power of the SEC enables it to have a profound influence on accounting and financial disclosure. I am firmly convinced that proactive use of that power can lead to great things. However, we must be judicious in its use.
I believe that the Office of the Chief Accountant should work with the leaders of the accounting profession-as they coordinate the profession's activities and give it direction. The SEC has a unique position out on the front line by virtue of its legislative authority, regulatory review and enforcement activities.
And, I believe that the intelligence gained from those activities should be very valuable to domestic and international standard setters, including their implementation groups like the EITF, as they set their agendas.
Through its oversight role, the SEC has the ability to interact with the various standard setters, which may be especially important if they start heading in divergent directions. This coordination is particularly important as we work towards global convergence of accounting standards.
I also recognize that the SEC must be careful how it weighs in, to provide guidance in a respectful manner and to not dictate the way at every turn or the outcome. To do otherwise undermines the significant contributions of all involved. Now that you have a sense of my modus operandi, let's talk more about my plans.
I want to discuss with you a three-point plan for the SEC, the corporate community, the accounting profession, and private sector standard-setting bodies to work together to advance, not just protect, the interests of investors.
Why do I make that distinction? As you all know, we at the SEC are sworn to protect investors. And doing so can include a wide variety of actions. I believe that by taking a proactive, inclusive approach we can do better than that we can actually make investors better off by providing them with higher quality and more timely information. To do that means that we at the SEC adopt Chairman Pitt's philosophy that government is a service industry. It means that you all have roles to play, as well. And, with that said, here are the three points:
Now, to point 1working together to get it right the first time. Over the years, one of the things that has truly distinguished the SEC as an agency has been the willingness and ability of its staff to provide interpretative guidance. We want to enhance that process!
In the area of accounting, the method of interpretation that first comes to mind is the pre-clearance process. Many of you are aware of and have utilized the pre-clearance processin which you discuss an anticipated event, a planned transaction or other accounting matter with the staff. You ask us to concur withand hope that we will respond that we do not object toyour proposed accounting.
Pre-clearing accounting issues is not a new idea. The staff originally asked registrants to pre-clear novel or unusual accounting issues in footnote 4 of SAB 57. Ironically, that footnote appears in a staff accounting bulletin of which I was a principal author. I believed in it then and I continue to believe in it today!
Of course, other vehicles for obtaining guidance are available, such as the EITF, but that takes time since it only meets every other month and registrants and their auditors must deal in "real-time."
We understand that registrants have to deal with issues on a real-time basis in order to issue their financial statements on a timely basis and to get deals done. Auditors also must deal with issues on a real-time basis to complete their reviews and audits. And we understand that talking to the staff takes time. So here is what we are going to do to enhance our ability to work with you.
First of all, we are revising our process for dealing with registrants. The PAFs will describe the changes in more detail later. However, I will pull a little rank and share a few highlights.
I don't know what has happened over the years, but I have been back for 2 months and only recently have I had a couple of requests to meet face to face with a registrant on an accounting issue that arose in the review and comment or pre-clearance process. I hope it's not something I said! Seriously, I want you all to know we welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss issues freely.
The process of writing back and forth can be important to "getting all of the facts," but it has diminishing returns. A face-to-face meeting can accelerate the understanding and resolution of your accounting issues.
When you come in, we may not always agree with you. But I promise two things:
Despite my enthusiasm for the pre-clearance process, I realize it is not utopia. As I mentioned earlier, you must work in real time. You need an answer and we must protect investors. Furthermore, as the recent report by the GAO on our procedures for dealing with registrant matters points out, our pre-clearance conclusions often are not publicized.
So, we are going to try something new-something that I have advocated to my predecessors for at least the last 10 years. And that is that after we address issues that reasonably would apply to more than a minimal number of other registrants, we will refer them to the EITF for their consideration.
We will make those decisions based on our judgment, which also will be informed by the frequency of similar questions and consideration of the overall environment (for example, accounting for troubled debt restructurings in today's economy).
Of course, there are pros and cons to this approach. Let me share a couple of hypothetical outcomes:
I strongly believe that it can work. And I believe the November 2001 EITF meeting gave a flavor, or preview, of how it will work.
For example, as discussed in that meeting, we asked that the EITF address the effect on consolidation accounting of surrendering voting rights. Recently, we have had to answer several questions in this area and are hopeful that the EITF can build a model that results in consistent, high quality, transparent financial reporting.
In another example, the FASB staff decided to make a staff announcement on a derivatives question that we had dealt with on a specific registrant basis. Our analysis revealed a diversity in practice. We talked the matter over with the FASB staff and they decided to make a staff announcement that we think will resolve the inconsistency.
Now let me talk about the responsibilities of registrants and auditors when working together with the SEC staff to get it right the first time.
As has been said before, we encourage registrants to pre-clear with us novel and unusual accounting questions. When you do so, please follow our protocol and send us a clear and comprehensive submission. The submission should explain the business purpose of the transaction, accounting alternatives considered, and the reasons for your proposed accounting treatment.
If you elect to pre-clear an issue with us, you should discuss it with your auditors, including their national office technical experts, before coming in to see us. We will want their insight prior to giving you an answer. Often times, their technical experts can provide you with an appropriate answer.
Do your best to think of the related questions we inevitably must consider and provide us with your thoughts on those issues as well. For example, we recently received an industry paper arguing that the intangibles fundamental to their business should be afforded an indefinite life that results in no amortization under new FASB Statement 142.
It was an excellent paper. It thoroughly explained the facts, including the historical impact of the governmental and regulatory environment in which the industry operates. In other words, it was compelling! Well, almost.
It did not tell us anything about how impairment would be evaluated. Since objective impairment testing is fundamental to an appropriate application of Statements 141 and 142, we must consider those issues as well. And while we can deal with that situation by asking questions, it slows things down.
We have updated our protocol to include this idea of addressing the follow-on questions, and we are going to ask you to include your proposed disclosure as part of your submission.
As I mentioned before, once a particular practice is accepted, many view it as a precedent, so transparent disclosure is essential to ensure inappropriate analogies do not get started. And, even more important, quality disclosure is key for investors.
In addition, when you submit your issue to the staff, we would like you to tell us about your audit committee's views about your proposed accounting treatment.
The second of my three points is working to improve the effectiveness of standard-setting. As I stated at the outset, the SEC staff is on the front line of financial reporting by virtue of our day-to-day activities. From that vantage point, we will sometimes see issues that look to us like they require a broader resolution in the form of new or revised standards. Chief Accountants at the SEC have made formal recommendations to the FASB on such issues in the past, such as Mike Sutton with the accounting for business combinations, and Clarence Sampson with measuring financial instruments at fair value. And, in a speech last summer, my predecessor urged the Board to produce guidance for consolidation of special purpose entities.
Some find it controversial when this is done formally, because the SEC is sometimes seen as "dictating FASB's agenda." But such involvement with agendas of standard-setters is an important part of our job, and I intend to work hard to keep open lines of communication with the standard-setters.
Let me give you an example. With over 50% of SEC enforcement cases being related to revenue recognition, there is a clear need for broad-based principles. The FASB is considering adding such a project to its agenda and, as Ed Jenkins knows I encourage it to do so.
Once standard setters have added projects to their agendas, they incur an obligation to get the job done in a quality, timely and operational manner.
Standard-setting is a very difficult business. Standard-setters must consider the interests of and input from many constituencies as they strive to ensure companies provide investors with transparent, neutral information about their performance. That is why groups like the FASB and IASB operate in an open forum subject to a full comment process.
I think standard-setters should keep one word in mind as they develop standards-balance. This includes avoiding complexity while providing sufficient implementation guidance to ensure comparability among companies and ensuring that relevant information is reliable. We all play a part in this effort and need to realize that for the product as a whole to be its best we will not always get our favorite rule or exception.
And lastly, in this Internet age, speed to completion is a key attribute for standard-setters.
Another issue facing standard-setters is the need for convergence of domestic and international accounting standards. Converging accounting standards is critical to a continued, efficient expansion of our global capital markets. Standard-setters should be cognizant of the effects on international accounting as they carry out their activities in the future, and I hope that convergence becomes a more near-term objective. Time does not permit a full discussion of my views on international accounting today, but it will be a major focus for the Chief Accountant's Office.
With the continuing pressure to increase the efficiency of our global markets, there is plenty of work ahead for the standard setters and I look forward to working with them.
The first time I spoke with Chairman Pitt about my coming to the SEC we compared notes about our priorities. As you might expect by virtue of the fact that I am here today, we found much in common. And near the top of both lists was a commitment to address concerns that there has been rule making by speeches!
As I mentioned earlier, the GAO recently reviewed the operations of the Office of the Chief Accountant in dealing with registrant matters. One of the criticisms was the communication of our views through speeches. A suggestion that arose as part of that report was that our speeches be codified if we were going to expect registrants to follow them.
Our accounting literature is now so voluminous that it literally fills rooms. Can you imagine adding 250 or so speech topics to this volume? Suffice it to say, we have considered the suggestion and decided that it is not realistic.
With that said, I recognize that a speech posted to the website offers a quick and effective means of communication about how the staff concluded on a particular fact pattern, which can be helpful for many of you to know. However, such speeches can cause confusion as well.
First, the speeches are hard to keep track ofeven in today's Internet age. Second, many of the speeches are old and out of date and an effective means for updating them does not exist. Most deal with specific questions that sometimes are analogized to inappropriately. And sometimes they can bump up against ingrained practice and raise questions about an adequate notice and comment process. Too much emphasis on these speeches can undermine GAAP and our private sector standard-setting activities.
So, we are doing something different this year and the PAFs will fill you in on the details, including telling you what we are doing with the old speeches that have been on our website. We'll stick to rulemaking by rulemaking
And, to go back to the subject of the volume of accounting literature, I think that the FASB's consideration of a project on codification and simplification of GAAP affords an excellent opportunity to balance operationality and conceptuality.
Now let's turn to point 3-working together to modernize financial reporting and disclosure.
Our existing system of financial reporting and disclosure was developed back in the 1930s and is showing its age. During the last 70 years, technology has advanced to a point where computers and the Internet are a part of our everyday lives. But relatively few changes have been made to the Commission's rules regarding what financial information is disseminated and how it is communicated. As a result, it seems like no better time exists than now to consider modernizing the system. So, we will take a fresh look, one that is no-holds barred in terms of being open to new ideas. Let me give you a flavor for some of the issues:
Let me give you an example of how an initiative for modernizing financial reporting and disclosure might work.
Seven or eight years ago, the SEC worked with Ray Groves to flesh out ideas he had to simplify financial statement disclosures and MD&A so that reasonably informed investors would find them time-efficient to use. Mr. Groves found that the volume of disclosure in MD&A had increased exponentially, and in the complex world in which we live, that has continued to be the case.
Working together with the SEC staff led to a proposal for abbreviated financial information, which would consist of "condensed financial statements" and abbreviated footnotes, and would be sent to shareholders with annual meeting proxy statements. Full disclosure would be maintained in Form 10-K. This proposal was not unlike the FEI and Deloitte & Touche initiatives in the early to mid-1980's that advocated a summary annual report.
Unfortunately, there was not much support for this initiative. (I know the feeling). Some in the business community saw it as being only additive, and others did not like it as they saw it as somehow jeopardizing GAAP, or depriving ordinary investors of the full product. Legal advisors were concerned that the approach might lead to more liability.
But now, with new technologies, investors might be able to start with summarized financial statements and footnotes and, if they want, hyperlink to the more detailed underlying information. The power of technology and the Internet has proven to enable assimilation of as much or as little information on a topic as the user wants.
Analysts still would get all the details they get today, but companies would be responsible for doing their own simplification, which would be available to all investors simultaneously.
This project is in its infancy and a lot of hard work lies ahead. The next step for the staff likely would be to put together, for consideration by the Commission, a thought leadership piece to sort out the issues and gather public input, which likely would be in the form of a concept release. Naturally, part of that process would include getting our arms around what has been done (for example, the efforts by the FASB and AICPA to explore a new business reporting model) and the various projects currently underway, such as IASB's project on reporting financial performance. These efforts of the private sector standard setters, the profession, and the SEC will need to be coordinated.
I do not know how this project will ultimately turn out. But I do know that we will not throw out the current system, and we will be very sensitive to costs and benefits. We think there is much to be gained from harnessing better use of technology in terms of both delivery and design. And by doing so, investors win!
Now, as with many new ideas, this may be simpler to envision than to implement, and forming the project details, getting input, conceptualizing, and getting more input will be a prodigious task.
To help us move forward with this massive and crucial undertaking, I am pleased to announce that Robert Bayless has agreed to join the Office of the Chief Accountant as my Special Advisor to work on these tasks.
You all know Robert as a tireless, brilliant and eloquent member of the SEC staff for many years. Robert and I both look forward to working with you on this initiative.
You will be hearing much more about these ideas in upcoming months, and hopefully by the time of this conference next year, the staff will be up here with others, talking about concrete steps in our initiative to modernize financial reporting and disclosure.
Now it's time to turn to the here and now. No speech by the Chief Accountant of the SEC at this time of year, in a year such as this one, would be complete without some comments about the issues raised by the economy. The year 2001 has been a terrible one for our economy. We've just learned from the experts in such matters that our country has been in a recession since March. And, of course, the economic consequences of the terrible atrocities of September 11th have been particularly severe for certain industries. When the topic is negative news, it's especially important to apply the myriad of applicable accounting and disclosure requirements, including MD&A, that others from the SEC staff will be reminding you about over the next two days.
Tough economic conditions also exacerbate the challenges faced by auditors. The need for due professional care and skepticism are never higher. And it has been a long time since our last recession, so many of you have not recently thought through these types of issues. Or perhaps when this last occurred some of you were in positions in your firm where more senior people had the responsibilities to make tough calls on issues such as going concern modifications of your reports. If so, now it's your turn!
To help you get it right the first time, the Professional Issues Task Force of the AICPA's SEC Practice Section, the profession's self-regulatory body, recently issued Practice Alert 2001-2, "Audit Considerations in Times of Economic Uncertainty." I won't repeat what the Practice Alert says; I do urge each of you to read it, think about what it says, and apply it in each of your upcoming audits. And make sure your staff reads it, too.
Lastly, I want to comment on the Cautionary Advice release the SEC issued two days ago regarding the use of so-called "pro forma" financial information in earnings press releases. The tough economic times seem to have accelerated the trend toward companies releasing quarterly earnings on a basis other than GAAP. And, there were concerns that under certain circumstances pro forma information can mislead investors. So, the staff recommended, and the Commission agreed, that action should be taken before the next deluge of quarterly reporting.
The release makes several points:
If the SEC staff finds instances where these types of disclosures would mislead investors, I am sure we will recommend appropriate enforcement action.
So, in a nutshell, be careful about making a non-GAAP presentation. If you decide to do so, get it right the first time! And if you don't get it right...well, I think you get the picture.
Finally, no speech by the Chief Accountant this year should conclude without some remarks about the events of the last few weeks. The stunning collapse of a Fortune 10 company in such a short period of time gives pause to all of us who care about financial reporting-and about its customers-the investors. As has been widely publicized, the SEC is investigating the Enron matter. So, neither I nor any other staff member is allowed to comment on any of the specifics.
However, here is what I can say: Not only is the collapse of Enron in and of itself stunning, but it comes on top of several other widely publicized problems and restatements. One has to conclude that there is a threat to the confidence in our system of financial reporting and our capital markets. In the coming weeks and months, we will learn more about what really happened. But, improvements cannot wait until a full analysis of all of the facts is completed.
In that regard, I commend the 5 largest firms and the AICPA for their announcements on Tuesday describing their initiatives that are designed to improve financial disclosure and audit performance in the near term. In light of those actions, it is clear that the profession recognized the need to move forward in a positive way.
The profession is planning to provide guidance for this reporting season to enhance disclosures and improve auditing coupled with additional rule-making that would provide longer term solutions. This guidance would strive to build on the recommendations of the Panel on Audit Effectiveness. It would include guidance for company managements and audit committees on deterring fraud. We at the SEC stand ready to facilitate those efforts.
The fact that the 5 largest firms and the AICPA are working together to improve auditing is realistic and positive. I encourage the profession to think more expansively about what can be done in this area, just as they will be thinking about needed improvements in self-regulation.
In the meantime, here is something that I encourage preparers and auditors to think carefully about during this year's upcoming reporting season: Look carefully at your accounting policies and identify the top 3 or 4 or 5 that require significant judgment or involve complex estimation process to apply. Think hard about the sufficiency of the disclosures -not just about the policies themselves-but also about the explanatory information of the amounts included in the financial statements that is subject to those judgments and estimates. Ask yourself whether investors know enough about the impact of those judgments and estimates on the financial statements. Then challenge yourself to improve these disclosures in either the financial statements or in MD&A. Appropriate, transparent disclosure is the most effective way to mitigate the potential for negative surprises and to advance the interests of investors.
I would be happy to take questions.


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广州画廊遭遇寒流 盼抱团取暖, Private Economic News, December 5, 2012
The Current Future of the Chinese Art Market, interview C.L. Mattoli, Oil Painting Collection & Appreciation, October 2012 (PDF, in Chinese)
The art of rebalancing, China Economic Review, September 20, 2012
Leona Craig Art Gallery on Guangzhou TV, September 19,2012
艺术无处不在的东山口就像美国的SOHU艺术区, So. Met. Daily, August 14, 2012
Art is about People, In the Red Magazine, June 2012
一位美国专家的油画艺术投资经, Oil Painting Collection, July 2012
Xinhepu, New Culture Phenomena, Modern Weekly, June 23, 2012
潘鹤经典之作《舵手》估价300万元, June 3, 2012
L﹒C艺廊:与居民和谐相处 Shenzhen Daily News. April 20, 2012
最具理想色彩奖:广州东涞艺术中心, Xin Kuai Bao, April 22, 2012
Tang Hai Guo: Contemporary Chinese Social Commentary Art beyond Icons of the Cultural Revolution PR Log April 13, 2012
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