text: The Ten Commandments Of Video Game Menus: Sinners And SaintsKirk Hamilton11/13/12 9:00pmFiled to: It is writtenmenusGame DesignUser InterfaceKotakucoreFb99EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink For lo, we did climb to the top of Video Game Mountain. We spoke with the burning GameCube, and we did return with The Ten Commandments of Video Game Menus. And they were good, even if the games weren't always. But our work has only just begun. With these new commandments, we must now turn to the difficult work of judging. Of the high-profile games that were released this fall, which are sinners and which are saints? Which games break the most commandments? There is only one way to tell: Dive into their menus and let our sword of justice flash. Advertisement Advertisement The games below were judged on their PC versions, with the exception of Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed III, neither of which are currently available on PC. Here we go.10. Thou Shalt Allow Players To Skip The Splash ScreensFor while players are no doubt excited about the Unreal Engine, Dolby Digital and Speedtree, they shall doubtless be less psyched about them after the hundredth time they watch the opening splash screens.Sinners: XCOM Dishonored Halo 4 Assassin's Creed III Need For Speed: Most Wanted - Technically. But the splash screen is so fast that it doesn't really matter. Sponsored Saints: Borderlands 2 Torchlight II Sleeping DogsSpecial Hell: Darksiders II - This game lets you skip the initial splash screens, but then buries the load-game screen behind another "press start" screen, and in between those, it inserts ads for downloadable content. Special Hell for you, Darksiders II. 9. Thou Shalt Make "Continue" The First Option In The Main MenuFor lo, many players art excited to play their game, and so they press the A button repeatedly to skip through the splash screens (provided thou art obeying commandment #10), and therefore shall likely press 'A' straight through the main menu. Advertisement Sinners: XCOM - No continue option at all, goes straight to "New Game" and doesn't even ask if that's what you want. Sleeping Dogs - New game above the continue option! How many different people do you think use my PC, United Front? At least your menu music is really good… Halo 4 - So close. But the "Resume Campaign" option takes you to another sub-menu, where you have to stroll to the right to actually resume your campaign. Settings to the right, activation button to the left, guys.Saints: Dishonored Borderlands 2 Torchlight II Assassin's Creed IIISpecial Hell: Darksiders II, for reasons listed above. Advertisement Special Heaven Need For Speed: Most Wanted - For having no opening menus at all, and throwing players directly into the game in the smoothest way possible, Most Wanted gets to the door of Video Game Menu Special Heaven. Too bad the rest of the menus are such a mess.8. Thou Shalt Not Place A Montage Video Before The Main MenuLooketh. We art all excited to play the game in question, but we already bought it, and there is no reason to play a hypey montage video before the menu even loads.Sinners: Darksiders II, for placing a long, narrated loading screen before letting anyone get to the menus. Advertisement Advertisement Saints: Need For Speed: Most Wanted Assassin's Creed III Dishonored XCOM Borderlands 2 Torchlight II7. Thou Shalt Automatically Save Settings Once They Are ChangedFor it is known that players like to tweak settings in the options menu, and shall become irate if they have to enter every menu twice to make sure that whatever settings they just implemented actually stuck. Again, this is known.Sinners: Darksiders II Sleeping Dogs Advertisement Saints: Assassin's Creed III Dishonored Borderlands 2 Torchlight IIPurgatory: XCOM - Makes you confirm your changes, but also makes it very clear that you need to do so. Need For Speed: Most Wanted - Similar to XCOM. 6. Thou Shalt Quit Reminding Us That The Game Auto-SavesWhile it is known that this is a requirement put in place by hardware manufacturers and publishers, it is also known that every single person who has ever played a video game is now aware that video games quick-save, and furthermore, if one were to turneth off the console in the middle of saving, it would somehow be detrimental to the system. Advertisement Advertisement Sinners: All of 'em. Life isn't fair.Saints: Torchlight II5. We All Shall Agree Where Everything GoesFor there are but a few basic types of menus, and we shall agree on what goes where. Subtitle toggling shall forever go under audio, not video video, not audio. (Okay, we art convinced.) Y-axis inversion shall forever go under controls, not gameplay. Difficulty and violence filters shall be placed under gameplay, however. PC games shall condense the "video" and "graphics" menus into one menu called "video," because we think we can all agreeth that we do not need two menus for video options and "graphics" is a silly term. Advertisement Sinners: XCOM - Subtitles is under "Interface," as is input device. "Video" and "Graphics" are separated into two tabs. Gameplay doesn't allow you to switch difficulties. Darksiders II Need For Speed: Most Wanted - What is going on in these menus?Saints: Halo 4 Assassin's Creed III Dishonored Sleeping Dogs Borderlands 2 Torchlight II4. Thou Shalt Giveth The Option To Invert The Y Axis Before The Game BeginsSinners: Darksiders II Advertisement Advertisement Saints: Assassin's Creed III Halo 4 Dishonored Sleeping Dogs Borderlands 2 XCOMN/A Need For Speed: Most Wanted3. Thou Shalt Agree To Use 'A' To Advance And 'B' To Go BackWhatever the menu or the function, the 'A' button shall move players one step forward, while the 'B' button shall move players one step back, eventually landing them in the main menu. Advertisement Sinners: XCOM Sleeping DogsSaints: Assassin's Creed III Darksiders II Halo 4 Dishonored Borderlands 22. Thou Shalt Not Bury The Map Behind More Than One (1) Level Of Menus. In Fact, Just Anchor The Map To The Select Button Because Come On AlreadyLo, it is understandable that there are a great many functions to assign to the various buttons on the controller, but the map is always one of the most important aspects of a game, and shall be easily accessible. Advertisement Advertisement Sinners: None!Saints: Need For Speed: Most Wanted Sleeping Dogs Darksiders II Borderlands II Torchlight II Assassin's Creed III - Though being tied to the select button is the only "saintly" thing about that godawful map.N/A Dishonored Halo 4 XCOM 1. Thou Shalt Always Allow The Player To Quit To DesktopIn every menu, there shall be one option called "Quit." Upon selecting that option, the player shalt be given one (1) pop-up menu that lets them either quit to the desktop (or dashboard) or to the main menu. Advertisement Sinners: Borderlands 2 Torchlight II Darksiders II Sleeping Dogs Assassin's Creed IIISaints: Need For Speed: Most Wanted Dishonored XCOM Advertisement Special Hell: Halo 4, for putting a loading screen between you and the main menu, and for not saving your progress if you quit to dash with the Xbox button.There you have it. What have I learned by running these games through the commandments. A few things: For starters, the opening montage video isn't as much of a problem as it used to be. Secondly, a lot of games still have issues letting you quit them easily. Third, most every game with a map has figured out that you have to tie it to the select button (I'm still sore about Red Dead Redemption on that front). Fourth, the commandment about the auto-save warning is totally unfair, but it's cool that PC games don't have to abide by it. And hey, since we just judged these games, let's give out some sort of award. Advertisement Special Spot In Video Game Menu Heaven:It's a split between Dishonored and Borderlands 2, both of which make it a cinch to tweak options on the fly, skip splash screens, and figure out where everything is. If only Borderlands 2 let you quit straight to desktop. Still, well done Gearbox and Arkane.The rest of you: You're getting better, but there's still work to do. And stop feeling sorry for yourself, Darksiders 2. Hopefully everyone learned a lesson from you, and can all focus on getting it right next time.The Ten Commandments Of Video Game MenusA good video game menu is like a good roadie: It stays out of the way. But still, far too many menus waste far too much of our time. People want to play games, not mess around in menus! We've gone up to the top of Video Game Mountain in search of answers, and have come down with ten rules all video... More »Reply99 repliesLeave a reply


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So what did everyone do today? Easter egg hunts, church, dinner with family and friends?
I guess I'm not with the program, still calling them Easter eggs and not "spring eggs" or "spring bunny."
Today we had dinner with our friends/neighbors. It was so nice. She had everything decorated for Easter and had the traditional ham. The weather was finally warm and we ate the appetizers out on the lanai (screened in patio/enclosure for those living up north).
I especially enjoyed all her little Easter decorations, as somehow I moved my stuff that I had for years and still can't find it. I'm a traditionalist and loved my little Easter bunny stuff, little hand carved bunnies from Germany and other cute little things that I had since the kids were little. It felt awful to have an undecorated house for Easter (except for one big bunny on a stick that we had outside the house).
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Chelsea captain John Terry is doubtful for the club's busy holiday schedule after being ruled out of the Premier League trip to Aston Villa on Sunday.
Terry injured his knee against Liverpool last month in his first game back after serving a four-game ban and is still to feature under new manager Rafa Benitez.
The injury, which also ruled Terry out of the World Club Cup in Japan last week, is proving more complicated than first thought, Benitez told a news conference on Friday.
"The knee is quite complicated," Benitez said. "At least he's now on the pitch - that is positive news - but we cannot say, we cannot predict how long it will take."
"I hope so but I am not a doctor," added the Spaniard when asked whether Terry might return to face Norwich City on Boxing Day. "I cannot guarantee anything."


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U.S. News New Mexico HIV Funding in CrisisJune 2, 2004 In the next few weeks, New Mexico Health Secretary Patricia Montoya is
to consider a recommendation from the Public Health Division (PHD) that the
state join 11 others that have closed enrollment to new clients who cannot
afford HIV drugs or health insurance.
Adapted from:According to Don Torres, the state's AIDS director, New Mexico has 587 HIV/AIDS patients who receive 78 drugs through the Health Department. Even as the number of patients needing the drugs has continued to rise, the state has faced flat funding from the federal government. According to PHD Director Joyce Naseyowma-Chalan, 63 percent of the division's HIV money comes from the federal government. In part because patients lobbied for funds, New Mexico has had one of the nation's model HIV programs. But as improved drugs have kept patients alive longer, urgency about the matter has receded, said patient advocate Dana Rice. POZ Coalition has worked with Sen. Phil Griego (D-San Jose) to propose the Billy Griego Act to next year's Legislature. Named for the senator's brother who died of AIDS complications in 1987, the act would take HIV money from the general fund and put it in a designated pool. Gov. Bill Richardson has not reviewed the proposed legislation, said Jessica Sutin, his health-policy adviser. Associated Press 06.02.04 This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


text: NBC Wants iTunes to Block Pirated Content from iPodsmatt buchanan4/16/08 8:00pmFiled to: iTunesDigital DownloadsGadgetsNbcnbc universalPiracyPortable MediaHome EntertainmentiPhoneiPod76EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink NBC Universal Chief Digital Officer George Kliavkoff: "We'd love to be on iTunes. It has a great customer experience. We'd love to figure out a way to distribute our content on iTunes." Obviously NBC did, until they walked out. In order for them to come back, they want more money per show (still) to "reflect the full value of the product." And for iTunes to block you from loading pirated content onto your iPod. Sounds insane right? "If you look at studies about MP3 players, especially leading MP3 players and what portion of that content is pirated, and think about how that content gets onto that device, it has to go through a gatekeeping piece of software, which would be a convenient place to put some antipiracy measures. We are financially harmed every day by piracy. It results in us not being able to invest as much money in the next generation of film and TV products." What does that have to do with NBC selling shows through iTunes that would be appropriately locked down with DRM—thereby making money on those next-gen products? Ummm... we're not sure. Just don't count on seeing NBC Universal-produced TV shows back on iTunes for a while, since Apple's probably not gonna cave on pricing and definitely won't turn iTunes in a content filter/gatekeeper, 'cause that would kill the iPod. [Cnet via NewTeeVee]Reply76 repliesLeave a reply


text: The Red Cars route to downtown Los Angeles. The subway tunnel. Picture Los Angeles today, and most people summon up images of cars and freeways. But if you talk to people of a certain age who grew up in Los Angeles, and mention the words "red cars", you will hear about a time before the freeways, when a network of ... Read More »


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A black and white winter wedding
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I think a black and white wedding theme is utter perfection. It's timeless, classy and relatively straightforward to put together.
This wintry wedding discovered on Style Me Pretty is inspirational. What could be more sophisticated if you're having an evening reception than dressing your bridesmaids in a chic dark grey, with black shrugs? Black and grey might not be the first colour that springs to mind when you're considering your maids but you have to admit, it really works here.
The dark shades contrast beautifully with the bride's traditional white wedding dress and the whole look is tied together with the cream bouquets. Of course, a black and white wedding theme also lends itself beautifully to your wedding stationery and invitations. Just write in black ink on a quality stock card and you've a classic invitation. Use black ribbons as accents on white, or white ribbons on black.
Don't you just love these winter wedding flowers? Creamy white roses and orchids with winter berries adding a seasonal accent. And the groom's buttonhole is simple perfection against the black of his stylish tuxedo.
If you're planning a winter wedding you'll need something to keep you and your maids warm. A luxurious fur shrug like this one does the job beautifully, but you might like to consider coloured pashminas for your maids – and they'll love using them afterwards so they make a great gift too.
If you're looking for grey bridesmaid dresses, you'll find an extensive selection at Dessy – in full length, cocktail length and tea length styles with a variety of necklines. Here's a similar dress to the ones worn by the bridesmaids here.
You'll find the rest of this gorgeous black and white wedding on Style Me Pretty. Photography by Snap! Photography. Enjoy getting your monochrome inspiration!


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Surrey man honoured for bravery
A Surrey man has received a national honour for showing courage in a potentially risky situation.
Kevin Samuel Carras was on a tubing trip with friends on the Skagit River in Hope in July 2011 when one of his buddies became pinned by a log underwater.
Fighting the river's strong current, Carras managed to free his friend and tow him safely to shore.
He received a Medal of Bravery from Governor General of Canada David Johnston during a ceremony Thursday (April 24) in Ottawa.
Forty two Medals of Bravery were handed out, as well as one Star of Courage.
Created in 1972, the awards recognize people who have risked their lives to protect the lives of others. While the bravery medals are for "acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances," the courage star is for "acts of conspicuous courage in circumstances of great peril."


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As several other manufacturers are tempting consumers with money back offers on D-SLR purchases, Pentax UK doesn't want to be left out and is offering up to £100 cash back on its entry level SLR the *istDS. The promotion includes £50 for the *istDS body and the same amount for the smc Pentax DA 18-55mm lens. The *istDS is currently selling for £700 (RRP) body only or £799 with a 18-55mm lens. The offer is valid until May 31.
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Bringing High-End Digital Photography Another Step Closer For Photographers of All Abilities
31st March 2005 - Pentax is delighted to announce that its latest digital SLR, the *istDS, is, for a limited time only, available with up to £100 cashback. One of the markets smallest and lightest digital SLRs, the *istDS has won many plaudits since being introduced in November 2004. Lightweight, stylish, compact and yet packing all the functionality and optical excellence that you would expect from a Pentax, the sales promotion will see £100 cashback being offered on *ist DS with smc Pentax DA 18-55mm AL Lens and £50 cashback on *ist DS body only. The promotion runs from the 4th April 2005 through to the 31st May 2005 and can be redeemed at all participating retailers.
Despite its compact body, the *istDS assures outstanding image quality thanks to its 6.1 effective megapixels and Pentax-original image processing technology. It is designed to be compatible with Pentax's interchangeable lenses - both old and new - to meet a wide range of applications and maximise visual creativity. To further enhance consumer choice, Pentax recently released the camera in a sleek silver finish, alongside the existing black version.
Already very competitively priced at £700.00 (body only) and £799.99 (with smc 18-55mm DA lens), the cashback promotion effectively sees a further £100 pounds taken off the body plus lens package. In so doing, it serves to bring the power of digital SLR photography within further reach of those photographers who are looking to make the step up to the SLR format.
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Canucks Report - Salo ready for Sharks
by Staff Writer / Vancouver CanucksSalo |
The Canucks (22-19-6) head into Shark territory tonight to face off against the San Jose club (33-6-5) in the toughest road arena in the league. The Sharks have lost only once at home this season. Despite a recent losing streak the Canucks squad is determined to turn their game around.
Vancouver put up a strong effort the last time the two teams met earlier this month, keeping the game tied at 2-2, before the Sharks pulled ahead in the third to win the game 4-2. The team have not defeated San Jose in their previous six meetings.
The Canucks are close to being completely healthy as veteran defenceman Sami Salo returns tonight. Coming off Sunday's 6-5 shootout loss against Columbus, the Canucks were motivated by the significant progress of their play. The Sharks last game was a hard fought 6-5 victory over Detroit on January 17th.
Salo's return after missing 15 games with a fractured rib reunites Vancouver's top six d-men, brings experience to the blue line, and a powerful shot to the power play.
The Canucks record without Salo was 4-9-2 and they went 8-for-61 on the power play in his absence. His return to the lineup will also ease the burden on the other defencemen who have shouldered extra minutes during his recovery.
"One thing Sami does really well is he goes from offence to defence," said head coach Alain Vigneault. "One stride and one pass and it's out and we're attacking."
The Canucks look to head into the week-long All Star break on a positive note, turning their record around after dropping seven straight at home.
"I would have wanted a few more games going into the break, but at least I have a big challenge going against the best team in the NHL," said Salo. "I felt really good the last three or four days and there were no restrictions on me to say wait another day. That doesn't do anything for me except miss another game. I feel really confident and I'm looking forward to this game."
The Canucks are 10-4-1 this season when a defenceman scores and Vigneault expects his team to get on a winning streak as soon as the blueline regains their form and captain Roberto Luongo finds his rhythm.
"We're real close to getting the ball rolling our way here," said Vigneault. "We're going to have to be patient. I'm not sure how much longer, but I do see those guys' game coming along.
"When [Luongo] finds his groove, we're going to be in great shape."
Luongo will play his third game back tonight after missing 24 games with a groin injury, before heading to the All Star game in Montreal where he will share goaltending duties for the Western Conference team with Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Niklas Backstrom. Luongo hopes playing this weekend against the best players in the league will help elevate his game to the level it was at before his injury.
Winger Mason Raymond will be back in the mix tonight, taking Pavol Demitra's spot in the lineup, playing with Mats Sundin and Jannik Hansen. Demitra sustained a groin strain during Sunday's game that is not believed to be serious.
The expected offensive lines and defensive pairings for tonight's match up are as follows:
D.Sedin - H.Sedin - Pyatt
Raymond - Sundin - Hansen
Burrows - Kesler - Bernier
Hordichuk - Johnson - Wellwood
Ohlund - Salo
Mitchell - Bieksa
O'Brien - Edler
"I think we know we can beat San Jose," said Alex Burrows. "Every team in this league can beat anyone at any given time. We know that and we just have to go in there and do it. For sure, I think we're due against them."
The Canucks will face Claude Lemieux in his first game back in the NHL since retiring nearly six years ago. Lemieux, who has come out of retirement this season and signed with the Sharks AHL team, has won four Stanley Cups and a Conn Smythe trophy throughout his career. San Jose is missing a few injured players and recalled the veteran winger from the AHL's Worcester Sharks on Monday.
The puck drops tonight at 7:30pm PST and can be watched in Canada on TSN.
FANTASY HOCKEY: Check out Canucks Fantasy Hockey, a free online game that allows you to play against other Vancouver Canucks fans as you attempt to earn the most points during each of the Vancouver Canucks' regular season hockey games.


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Papa Roach vs. The Sammus Theory – Rocktagon
The Sammus Theory will return to the Rocktagon to face off against Papa Roach. Listen to the songs, cast your vote, and find out who wins Friday night during Nocturnal Emissions.
Papa Roach – "Leader of the Broken Hearts"
Found on the band's latest album The Connection.
The Sammus Theory – "Numb"
From the band's upcoming album Entitled Anonymous, which will be available starting April 23rd.
Cast your vote right here on the site, or call 1-888-900-WGBF. The deadline to vote is 9pm Friday!


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In 1874, STILL developed the osteopathic concept and defined the interdependence of the musculo-skeletal axis with the other organic systems.
Hippocrates - 460 BC - was the first to think that medicine should focus on readjusting the body's functions. It is then a question of paying attention to the causes rather than to the symptoms.
With his conception of osteopathy, Andrew Taylor STILL (1828 – 1917) made a contribution to this way of thinking looking at the patient holistically.
In 1874, STILL developed the osteopathic concept and defined the interdependence of the musculo-skeletal axis with the other organic systems.
The first school of osteopathy: "the American School of Osteopathy." opened in Kirksville in 1892.
In 1918, John Martin LITTLEJOHN (a former pupil of A.T. STILL) created the British School of Osteopathy in London.
In 1929, William G. SUTHERLAND (1873-1954) published an original proposition which led to the idea of cranial mobility.
In 1945 the President of the United States, Franklin D. ROOSEVELT accorded Osteopaths the same rights as those accorded to Doctors in medicine.
Having opened "the Ecole Française de l'Osteopathie" in Paris in 1955, Paul GENY, Thomas DUMMER and Margery BLOOMFIELD created the E.S.O. "European School of Osteopathy" in Maidstone (G.B.) with a course given in French which was to take in students from many countries for nearly 20 years.
Later, the dean CORNILLOT and the doctor Didier FELTESSE created a University Department of Osteopathy in the Faculty of Medicine at Bobigny.
The E.S.O. decided to discontinue its part-time French-speaking course in 1974.
The CSO, its sole French representative took over its duties in Paris and Toulouse from 1983.
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Meeting OsEAN for the exchange of Teachers and Students in Europe
This Wednesday, March 16, 2017, CSO Paris participated in a meeting of the OsEAN Group for the exchange program of Teachers and Students in Europe.
SEMI de PARIS 2017
The CSO and its Clinique Ostéopathique are partners of the SEMI of PARIS 25th edition.Teachers and students will be pleased to welcome participants for osteopathic care.
Since the academic year 2016-2017, CSO Paris students have had access to dissection.
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The date of the 2017-2018 academic year for the first year is Thursday, September 4 for bachelors and Thursday, September 28, 2017 for health professionals.
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The CSO will be pleased to welcome you wednesday 19 April, 2017, from 14 to 17 hours during the day of information about his teaching and professionalism.


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Edmond says
hello sir, can you please explain to me how you come up with the answer for question 4 under chapter 15 questions. When i do my calculations i get 14,400.
thank you.
John Moffat says
The are currently overdrawn 13,620.
A payment of 300 has been entered twice. When one of them is removed the overdraft will be lower.
The dishonoured cheque should have been credited which would increase the overdraft (they have wrongly debited which reduced the overdraft).So the correct answer is 13,620 – 300 + (2 x 1,080) = 15,480
Quốc Anh says
Could you explain about the question 1 a little bit?
I didn't understand why the amount of 12720 have to been plus to deposit because this amount 12720 is a minus number…
John Moffat says
The trainee accountant has prepared the reconciliation in the question, and has done it wrong.
Your job is to do it correctly and calculated the correct result.(You can find the correct answer at the end of the lecture notes).
Hussain says
Well if bank had made a mistake . Will we correct it in bank reconciliation statement??? If yes so why would that be?? Bank reconciliation only explain the differences in both balances due to timing difference??
Hussain says
Please reply sir….
John Moffat says
It is better to ask in the Ask the Tutor Forum rather than as a comment on a lecture. With several hundred lectures it is simply not possible for me to check the comments under every one, every day!
If the bank has made a mistake you will tell the bank and have it corrected. Until then it will appear on the bank reconciliation statement otherwise it won't agree with the balance on the cash account (which is the whole point of the statement!).
Yahya says
Dr in bank statement is deduction
Cr in bank statement is addition
Dr in cash book is addition
Cr in cash book is deductionGreat!
John Moffat says
Yahya says
Thank you Mr John Moffat.
You said to start bank reconciliation with bank statement balance and end with the cash book balance.
Can I start with cash balance and end with bank statement balance as reversing the process of bank reconciliation?
Lisa says
got all the answers right. Thanks for your lecture
Hina says
Thankyou sir
Dinah says
Thank you so much for the lecture, it was very practical.
abigail says
Sir, you just made my day, I fought my facilitator several times in class just on this topic, but now I get it.
Thank you-
John Moffat says
I am pleased that you found it useful 🙂
Patricia says
Am facing a problem watching F3 video when open it F7 is coming as an error.What shoul i do.
Chandan says
I have a doubt. I want to know why lodgements are added to the balance. Aren't they supposed to be an expense to the company and therefore lead to a fall in the bank balance?
mansoor says
lodgements are payments that you receive from customers. therefore these are not expenses but is income.
enmost says
this excellent sir.Thank you
Okema24 says
Excellent vid! 🙂
mohasumuni says
Dear John.. i have one problem. i want to know, if there is a bank error when to add and when to deduct when making bank reconciliation. thanks
John Moffat says
It depends what the error was!
If the bank has taken money out of your account by mistake, then you need to increase the balance.
If the bank has put money into your account by mistake, then you need to reduce the balance.-
mohasumuni says
Thank you
nakeshia says
Allister is preparing a bank reconciliation at the end of January 2010. His bank statement shows a balance of $13,670 debit and he also ascertains the following:
(1) A direct debit of $2,890 has not been entered in the cash book.
(2) Cheques not yet presented amount to $1,700.
(3) $3,780 has been paid in to the bank but not yet credited to the bank statement.
(4) The ledger clerk has made an error when updating the cash book and recorded a payment of $270 as a receipt.
What was the balance on the cash book before any adjustments were made?
$1,350 debit $12,320 credit $8,160 credit $19,180 debit
(2 marks)Sir I'm really in need of your help with this question. Plz plz plz
John Moffat says
The bank statement show a DR, which means it is an overdraft.
Unnpresented cheques will make it more overdrawn and the 3780 not yet appeared will make it less overdrawn. So the correct balance is 11590 overdrawn.
So……. The correct balance on the cash account is 11590 credit.
Best is to write up a little cash account. You do not know the current balance before corrections and so this will be a missing figure. To correct, you will credit with 2890, and for the other mistake you will credit with 540 (270 was on the wrong side).
You know that the final balance is 11700 credit and so now you can calculate the missing figure.(The correct answer is 8160 credit)
mansoor says
how do we know the final balance is 11700?
John Moffat says
Sorry – I mistyped. The final balance is 11590 credit (as in the 4th line of my previous reply)
The rest of what I wrote is correct. -
mansoor says
thank u sir!
but i still am unclear:
i get the 11590 figure.
so, when you say credit 2980 and credit 540 i understand it to be as follows:
where am i lacking the understanding. 🙁
also when it says "a direct debit …" does it mean this money was taken out of the bank?
thank u for ur patience
John Moffat says
Don't forget that 11590 is the final balance – not the original balance.
So if the original balance is X, then X – 2890 – 540 = -11590
So X = – 11590 + 2890 + 540
arun007 says
Thank you Mr johnmoffat. i wonder why i went to pay such hefty amount for the f3 course..the pace my lecturer was going was amazing. i was not able to grasp a single thing and here your lecture.. i must say amazing and just amazing. in a single line you are breastfeeding..excellent
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mehnoor says
I'm from MRU as well 🙂 When are u taking the exams? 🙂
asma786 says
Hi Mr Johnmoffat you have been a great lecture so far , long live Mr John although im unable to view your lecture on my phone samsung SIII bt I really appreciate your effort and time given to us students all over the world without a single moneny . May God bless you.
mahoysam says
Can you pls help me with the below question:
At 31 January 2007, George's bank statement shows a credit balance of $1,500. In
comparing this with his cashbook, George has found the following:
• cheque payments amounting to $450 have not yet been presented at the bank
for payment
• bank charges of $20 have not been recorded in his cashbook
• cheque receipts amounting to $200 are not shown on the bank statement.
What amount should appear in George's statement of financial position for cash at
D $1,230According to your lecture and my understanding of bank recon the correct answer is D yet the answer given by them is B!!! Please do respond to me, I have posted a similar question in (allowance for receivable lecture) in which the naswer in my mock exam was different from what I learned in the lecture but no answer from opentuition, I need to clear that up as my exam is after tmr. Thanks!
biggles says
Hi Sir John – I also get answer $1250, answer B and I cant see where I'm wrong if your answer D is correct.
Please help – I'm doing my exam in 2 weeks
John Moffat says
biggles – it is not my answer. This was a question from his mock exam!
John Moffat says
The answer is B, and the reason is that the cheque receipts are lodgements/deposit not yet credited by the bank.
So…the bank reconciliation would show balance of 1500 less unpresented cheques 450 plus deposits not yet credited 200 = 1250. This would equal the correct balance on the cash book (although we cannot check the cash book because we do not know the current balance on the cash book)(Your other question was answered in March)
jjiaweii says
Why I got my answer is 1270. 1250 is the correct cash amount in financial statement, but George didn't record the rm20 due to error. The financial statement should show amount 1270 before correcting the error because the question didn't state he corrected it.
John Moffat says
Not at all! The statement of financial position has to show the correct figure, and he would have to correct it!
shonda says
totally get it 100%
rhwesley says
How to deal with an Overdraft in Bank reconciliations , how often is it tested and how important is it?
rhwesley says
@rhwesley, why do we add cheques deposited and not cleared when dealing with overdraft as per cashbook?
John Moffat says
@rhwesley, You are adding to a negative figure – it makes the overdraft less negative (i.e. a lower overdraft)
John Moffat says
@rhwesley, An overdraft is simply a negative bank balance – otherwise everything is the same. There are often overdrafts in questions because it is easy then to make silly mistakes (see test question 1 at the end of the chapter).
rhwesley says
how do we deal with overdrafts in bank reconciliations
waqas maitla says
Awesome tutor.
Awesome teaching style. -
annakr says
We entered 2100 in the cash account while it should have been 1200, therefore we've got an excess of £900 in the cash account, why do we debit the cash account (add another £900) instead of crediting the account with £900 in order to get the right figure i.e 1200. can you please explain? thanks
annakr says
@annakr, sorry just realised its a payment not money we received.
ibrahim23babayev says
I love unexpierenced accountants, they're lovely))
allamardneket4 says
u have to like this page to watch full lecture some time.
allamardneket4 says
are there no boys in the class? only girls give answers…
John Moffat says
@allamardneket4, the boys are more shy 🙂
allamardneket4 says
we want to see lecture also……:P
tauraiversatile says
brilliant i like that. all confusing matters in the exam were touched….thank you Opentuition for these wonderful lectures.
latty22 says
why is this lecture stuck halfway???
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Glyndebourne 1987, John Cox, dir
Strauss, Richard
Capriccio (1940-41)
Duration: 130 minutesA conversation piece for music
Libretto by Clemens Krauss (G,E,F,I)
Major roles: dramS,dramA,heldT,2Bar,B;
minor roles: S,2T,B; chorus: 4T,4B
On-stage: vln.vlc-hpd; backstage: string sextet.
Abbreviations (PDF).
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for all countries except Germany, Italy, Portugal, Danzig, and the former territories of the USSR.
World Premiere
Nationaltheater, Munich
Conductor: Clemens Krauss
Company: Bavarian State Opera
COUNTESS | Soprano |
COUNT | Baritone |
FLAMAND, a musician | Tenor |
OLIVIER, a poet | Baritone |
LA ROCHE, director of a theatre | Bass |
CLAIRON, an actress | Contralto |
M. TAUPE | Tenor |
ITALIAN SINGER | Soprano |
ITALIAN TENOR | Tenor |
MAJOR-DOMO | Bass |
8 servants | 4 Tenor, 4 Bass |
Young Dancer | Dancer |
Time and Place
A Château near Paris, about 1775
In the Countess Madeleine's château, the composer Flamand and the poet Olivier listen to a rehearsal of Flamand's newly written sextet. They are both in love with the Countess, and argue the relative merits of music and words. The theatre director La Roche, waking up from a nap, explains that without impresarios their efforts are but lifeless paper. They leave to rehearse Olivier's new play, written for the Countess's birthday the following day. The Count enters, teasing the Countess that she is identifying Flamand with her love of music, while she retaliates that his love of words mirrors his admiration for the actress Clairon. While the Count enjoys fleeting encounters, the Countess desires long-lasting love but cannot choose between Flamand and Olivier. Clairon arrives and she and the Count read the latest scene, culminating in a love sonnet, before leaving for the rehearsal in the theatre. Olivier declares to the Countess that the sonnet is intended for her but, to his horror, Flamand sets it to music and sings it. Olivier is summoned to make cuts to his play. Flamand declares his love and the Countess asks him to meet her in the library the following morning when her choice will be revealed. Refreshments are served while the guests are entertained by dancers and singers. La Roche describes his planned birthday entertainment, the allegorical Birth of Pallas Athene followed by the spectacular Fall of Carthage. He is mocked, but defends his faith in the theatre, challenging Flamand and Olivier to create masterpieces that speak to humanity's heart and soul. The Countess commissions them to collaborate on an opera, and the Count suggests the theme should be the events of that afternoon. The Count and Clairon leave for Paris with the theatre company. With moonlight streaming in through the windows, the Countess learns that Olivier as well as Flamand will meet her in the library to learn how the opera is to end. Torn between them, she sings the sonnet that represents their inseparability. She consults her image in the mirror to decide the opera's ending. The major-domo provides the answer: 'Dinner is served'.
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A stout cane of dense wood or practically anything that can be used as a club is a better defensive weapon than a knife.
If you swing with authority and they manage to block then you'll have likely disabled one of their arms. The pain of being struck with a heavy object is much greater than a more serious wound with a knife. Connect with the skull and they will be dazed, while a slash to the face may hurt and frighten, a cracked skull is far more likely to disable. A cane gives much greater reach than a knife and while you can block or divert a knife thrust with a cane, you aren't likely to divert a thrust or blow from a cane with a knife. I used to own a sword cane, but since this was as much a deadly weapon as a pistol would be, and probably illegal almost everywhere in the U. S., I gave it away. They used to sell a very neat small folding hatchet that would fit in a back pocket. I always wanted one of those. I have a folding pocket saw that opens with a flick of the wrist and locks securely, that would make some guesome and extremely painful slashing wounds. |
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I tend to dress to where I can always carry. But I also carry my Bear Grylls knife as well.
Having said that, I believe some of my 4" heels would be considered a weapon.... lol But I like to rely on a heightened sense of awareness to my surroundings and my brains first and foremost. Everything else I consider accessories. |
February 4, 2013, 01:16 PM | #32 |
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Not big on knives.
I just have my fists, elbows, feet, knees, and shins. I'm alright.
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a CRKT ripple folding knife always. pepper spray when we're bike riding, in case of aggressive dogs, rather discourage them than shoot them. People too for that matter.
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What do I carry?
Hands and feet mostly. Been in martial arts since college back in the '70s. I guess, this being Texas, I could pack my Blackjack knife. It's a 5.45 inch fixed blade fighter (they don't make it anymore.) See a fixed blade has many advantages over a folder and in Texas the legal limit is below 5 1/2 inch. Hence the 5.45 inch (measured with capers from tip to hilt.) And I might add pepper spray to that to. Deaf
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When I can't carry a gun what I carry is, less money than it would be worth someones time to steal. Though, I carry that when I do have a gun too.
Also, I guess a pocket knife - though the prospect of getting in a knife fight seems less appealing to me than throwing someone my wallet. Like a lot of other people have said, I think attitude's most important - just be a less appealing target than the guy a block behind you, and you'll be all set. This thread actually raised some questions for me. For those of you that carry multiple knives: Is the plan to use more than one at a time? Having been in a fight or two - though thankfully never one involving knives - it seems like keeping a hand free to grab your attacker with would be a good thing. It also seems like having something sharp attached to both hands at the same time is just asking to cut yourself. Or is the idea that if you have a knife in every pocket one will always be in reach? On that front, I just have a hard time imagining a place that I'd have better/faster access to than my front right pocket. Also I'd be worried that keeping a knife in the same pocket as my phone would risk scratching the screen. I'm trying hard to keep an open mind to the idea, I just can honestly say I've never felt the need to carry more than one knife - at least when I'm not hunting.
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Where I work at I am not allowed to carry even a pocket knife. Not even allowed to have one in my car. I carry my wits with me where I go. My gun never makes me feel more secure when I carry it. Bad things happen to people regardless of if they have a weapon or not. When I carry I act the same as if I were not carrying one at all. It keeps me from getting into situations, and from going places I would not have if I did not have it on me.
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I am sure those teachers and students at Sandy Hook didn't feel threatened either.
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(Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. |
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I used to have a .32 acp Davis Derringer that I carried when I couldn't carry a gun. As long as there wasn't a metal detector, I carried it. I just dropped it in my pocket and it disappeared. My keys and change in my other pocket made more of lump than it did. Then the Ruger LCP came out. I got one of those. I didn't feel quite so undergunned with it.
Of course, now that I am retired and seldom go anywhere I am not supposed to carry, I carry the LCP in a belt holster that looks like a large cell phone case and usually have my S&W Airweight .38 snub in my pocket.
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"Tactical pen". A lot of times it is all I carry when I can carry a gun.
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A little more info on my ask... I may be frequenting a state I do not have a ccw for (and likely could not get) and I will not be able to avoid areas that I would deem unsafe and that offer limited escape paths. Therefore I am looking for recommended weapons, beyond my brain, wits etc.. As previously said I am situationally aware and have some formal training and experience in these situations (mostly with handguns), I am an ex-marine and have had more then my share of bar room brawls and street fights. I know to look for every object I can possibly turn into a weapon, but having one in my grasp, that I am familiar with is beneficial. Certainly knives and pens rise to the top of my list, but I am no expert w either. Are there better ones then others? Specifically knives, I want something small, easily concealable that can be put into action quickly and effectively.
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I may have missed it (I just skimmed most of the answers), but it looks like no one has mentioned flashlights yet. I carry a knife and a flashlight at all times, and if I didn't have my gun with me that flashlight would be the first thing I pulled out.
My Surefire E2D Defender has crenellations designed to be used as an impact weapon, but to me the blinding effect of the super-bright beam (even in daylight) is more effective for self-defense than a knife or impact weapon.
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A mean right hook. It's quicker than any other weapon I own
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Generally, the only places I go where guns are not allowed, also do not allow knives.
So, odds are that if I can't carry a gun, the only weapon I will have will be something makeshift, such as a truck key in a closed fist, protruding between two fingers. But, as others have noted, I always have my mind, and I am reasonably good at empty handed tactics, too. |
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But yes, in LFI-1 class Mas Ayoob told us of court cases where they ruled a shod FOOT could be consider a deadly weapon when used to kick or stomp someone. Actually it's MY cooking that is deadly, not my wife's. Deaf
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On 13 March 2017 Japan disclosed plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War II. Beginning in May 2017, the Izumo helicopter carrier would visit Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and US naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July 2017.
On 25 March 2015 Japan took delivery of the largest Japanese warship since World War II. It is officially designated a "helicopter destroyer", even though it is as big as the aircraft carriers Japan used during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Defense Ministry does not plan to use the vessel for fighter aircraft. It says therefore the vessel is not considered to be an attack aircraft carrier, which the government says would be incompatible with its nonaggressive defense policy.
A ceremony was held at a pier in Yokohama City, near Tokyo, to mark the handover of the vessel from its manufacturer to the Maritime Self-Defense Force. "This vessel can serve in a wide range of roles, including peace keeping operations, and international disaster relief and aid," said Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming the vessel at the Japan United Marine shipyard in Yokohama, about 45 minutes south of Tokyo. The Izumo will be housed at the Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo.
On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb destroyed the city of Hiroshima. On 06 August 2013, 68 years later to the day, Japan formally unveiled to the public the first of its 22DDH Class helicopter escort, the Izumo, which is larger than any of the aircraft carriers that Japan employed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 22DDH Class helicopter destroyer is Japan's first aircraft carrier since the Great Pacific War. The designation 22DDH is short for helicopter destroyer project, Heisei Year 22. Heisei is the name of the reign of the current emperor. Each emperor's reign is named, i.e. Meiji, Showa, etc. Heisei 22 is the 22nd year of rule by Emperor Akihito. The 22 does not reference the displacement, and in any event Asian navies always disclose empty displacement instead of loaded or full displacement.
On 31 August 2009 it was reported that the JMOD FY2010 budget request included 116.6 billion Yen for a new 22DDH "helicopter destroyer" built to a design signficiantly larger than the 16DDH Hyuuga Class. After Yukio Hatoyama became prime minister in September 2009, new budget requests were submitted in October 2009 -- including 118.1 billion yen for the construction of a helicopter destroyer. The ship would eventually replace the destroyer Shirane, which was scheduled to be decommissioned in fiscal 2014. A request for the helicopter destroyer was first made for the fiscal 2010 budget when the Liberal Democratic Party was in control of government.
It is designed to be a vessel which is conscious of the Chinese Navy, and to support civil disaster relief operation and the United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (PKO). The planned helicopter destroyer will have a length some 25% greater than the 197 meter 16DDH Hyuuga. At 248 meters [813 feet] the 22DDH is comparable to the Italian Cavour of 244 meters [some reports claim 284 meters or 925 feet for the 22DDHH, but this seems to be wrong]. The full-length aircraft carrier type deck extends from the bow to the stern. The light displacement was reported as 19,500 tons, a 44% increase over the 16DDH, while the full loaded displacement is probably comparable to the 27,000 ton displacement of the Italian Cavour.
The "helicopter destroyer" looks like an aircraft carrier, which raised questions that it would violate Japan's pacifist Constitution. As in the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq, aircraft carriers have been a main maritime base of attack for the US military. In light of the constitutional ban in Article 9 on possessing "land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential," the government in 1988 issued a statement that said, "Because offensive aircraft carriers exceed the war potential needed for a minimum level of self-defense, possession of such ships is prohibited by the Constitution."
As of 2010 the MSDF possessed about 50 major surface combatants, including Small Destroyers [Frigates, Corvettes]. In line with the budget request for the helicopter destroyer, the decommissioning of four other destroyers in addition to the Shirane would be moved up and no replacement ships constructed. The total number of destroyers possessed by the MSDF would decrease, but one high-ranking officer said, "We hope to gain the understanding of the public by not only constructing the necessary ships, but also showing that we are ready to decrease equipment that can be eliminated."
"Helicopters are needed to seek out and keep an eye on submarines as well as to patrol surface ships from as far away as possible outside the range of enemy missiles," a ministry official said. "For those reasons, a large destroyer that can carry many helicopters is necessary." To allow up to five surveillance helicopters to land and take off simultaneously, the bridge of the new helicopter destroyer is on the starboard side to make room for an uninterrupted flight deck.
The new 22DDh is reported to have a capability to transport up to 4,000 people and 50 trucks. It would also be able to refuel other ships. According to the MoD, each of the 22DDH would accommodate nine helicopters simultaneously operating on flight deck [5 more than the 16DDH], and 14 helicopters in the hangar deck [3 more than the 16DDH]. The 22DDH would be fitted with two close-in weapon systems and two Sea RAM missile systems for air defence. The anti-submarine warfare armament includes a mobile decoy and floating acoustic jammer.
The main component of the MSDF fleet is its four destroyer flotillas, each with eight destroyers and eight helicopters. Those numbers were arrived at during the Cold War to counter Soviet submarines plying the waters around Japan. More recently, the Chinese navy has been strengthening its sea attack capabilities. Advanced Chinese destroyers carrying cruise missiles have been spotted near gas fields in the East China Sea.
Another reason for building the large helicopter destroyer is to respond to the expected increase in emergency assistance missions. Participation in international peacekeeping activities was upgraded to a primary task of the SDF, opening the path for more dispatches both in Japan and abroad. Such deployments would become much more efficient, as the new 22DDH helicopter destroyer would be capable of performing as a transport and supply ship. Not only will the helicopter destroyer be able to transport a large number of Ground SDF members and vehicles, but it could also provide fuel to other MSDF ships in its flotilla. That would eliminate the need for ships to drop anchor to refuel. The underway replenishment function is about half that of the existing supply ship.
Japanese officials said the ship would refuel other vessels, transport personnel and equipment, and conduct surveillance of surrounding waters. "Rather than constructing destroyers as destroyers and supply ships as supply ships, building ships that have multiple functions would lead to more efficient use of the budget," a high-ranking Japanese officer explained. "One reason the ship is so large is because we have included a number of functions in it."
A Defense Ministry official explained: "The ship would be a destroyer to transport personnel and supplies in response to major natural disasters in Japan and abroad as well as to carry aircraft necessary for continuous surveillance of waters around Japan. The ship will be incapable of having fighter jets land on and take-off from the deck, and we have no such intentions. It is not an offensive aircraft carrier."
The DDH22 is intended as a replacement to the decommissioning of Shirane-class destroyers, thereby reducing the size of MSDF's overall force. Furthermore, the ship lacks potential offensive capabilities, like a ski-jump ramp which would allow it to be deployed as a light aircraft carrier. The Defense Ministry has also specified the destroyer's mission scope and offensive limitations, insisting that "the ship will be incapable of having fighter jets land on and take-off from the deck".
The 22DDH could possibly use the F-35B carrier-based aircraft, and so might be considered as a light aircraft carrier. First, it is necessary to meet thermal performance of the deck, the condition of the weight of the aircraft carrier take-off and landing is light. Since laying an enhanced deck is possible, the thermal performance of the deck would not be a problem for Japan. The maximum take-off weight of the F-35B will reach 27 tons, but for take-off and landing of large carrier-based aircraft, this is also not an issue. The 22DDH could possibly accomodate 12 or more F-35B carrier-based aircraft. The F-35B fighter has a vertical takeoff and landing capability, so that even though the 22DDH is not equipped with a catapult, there is no problem operating the F-35B with flat deck withouth a ski-jump. The new "22DDH" is larger medium-sized regular aircraft carriers of the former Imperial Navy that attacked Pearl Harbor.
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Megan DurisinGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the largest U.S. tiremaker, rose the most in almost a year after posting second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
Shares of the Akron, Ohio-based manufacturer climbed 8.9 percent to $18.56 in New York, the biggest one-day gain since July 31, 2012 and highest closing price since May 2011. The company has gained 34 percent this year, compared with an 18 percent increase in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Goodyear reported second-quarter net income of $188 million, more than double the $92 million reported in the year-earlier period and a company record for the quarter. Profit per share, excluding one-time items, was 76 cents, exceeding the 48-cent average of seven analysts' estimates. The company had record operating profit in North America and Asia.
The tiremaker posted "the highest-quality beat we've seen from Goodyear in a long time," Itay Michaeli, an analyst with Citigroup Inc. who rates the shares a buy, wrote in a report. "Our initial view is that Goodyear delivered on all fronts, and then some."
Goodyear's North American unit had operating income of $204 million, an 8.5 percent increase from a year earlier while revenue declined 10 percent and tire shipments slid 3.9 percent. The unit benefited from lower raw material costs and other expenses, according to the statement. The Asia unit's operating income surged 28 percent to $91 million.
"The steady delivery of improved results in North America has been remarkable in such a low-volume environment," Chief Financial Officer Darren Wells said on a conference call.
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When Shopping for Tires Meant Buying a Christmas Album
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 04:00 PM
Those ubiquitous Christmas CDs parked at cash registers didn't begin with Starbucks.
As music buyers of a certain age will remember, there was a time when these impulse purchases were tied to whitewalls, not white vanilla mochas. During the 1960s and '70s, the Goodyear and Firestone tire companies peddled annual Christmas albums in their stores, usually for a dollar each, to customers who waited to get their tires changed or wheels aligned.
The LPs were assembled by major labels like RCA and Columbia, and included performers like Leonard Bernstein, George Szell, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Stan Getz, Isaac Stern and Mahalia Jackson.
Lately, nostalgia-fueled Internet discussions have emerged around the merits and availability of these old LPs. A scan of eBay and Amazon turns up dozens of original Firestone and Goodyear LPs for sale. Part of their allure is about scarcity: these albums never made the jump to the CD or download format.
David Feinauer is the co-owner of Christmas LPs to CD, a seven-year-old family business near Cincinnati, OH that transfers old LPs to CD and MP3 formats and sells them for between $20 and $35. He said that the tire companies' albums are consistently his top sellers, often because they contained songs not available elsewhere.
"We have people who will buy particular ones because there's one song they want," he said, noting how Goodyear's "Great Songs of Christmas Vol. 8" featured a rare Tony Bennett version of "What Child is This."
Feinauer said the tire company LPs were the brainchild of Stanley Arnold, a music industry consultant who approached Goodyear in 1961 with the idea of a "premium record," as it was called. At first the company was skeptical, but in the first year, Columbia did 100,000 pressings of the first release for mid November. By Thanksgiving they were sold out. The next year they sold 200,000 copies. Customers were limited one per visit.
By 1966, Goodyear sold 15 million albums, according to a Billboard report. "A great deal of special recording is commissioned for such an album," Arnold told the publication. "Recording teams were sent to England to record Barbra Streisand and Pablo Casals was flown in from Puerto Rico to participate."
Classical highlights from the 10-volume Goodyear series included Isaac Stern's "Ave Maria," Andre Previn's "The Holly and the Ivy" and Eileen Farrell's "Conventry Carol." Firestone often specialized in opera singers like Franco Corelli (singing "Oh Holy Night") and Roberta Peters ("Ave Maria").
Firestone was apparently less skilled at branding. "A lot of them have absolutely no marks on the record or jacket that say Firestone," said Feinauer. "It was only on the shrink wrap."
The series featured a mix of secular and sacred Christmas pieces, and remarkably, always had both classical and non-classical artists. They had run their course by the mid 1970s.
"It's the memories," Feinauer said of their appeal. "I'm surprised by how many people not only say, 'I enjoyed it,' but 'I want to share this with my children and grandchildren.'"
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My mother has volume 5 of the Goodyear series, and still plays it; it's been part of Christmas for as long as I can remember. Strangely, we almost never play the B side; I'm surprised the A side hasn't worn completely through by now!
My father worked part time for Firestone and brought the Firestone Volume 3 home one Christmas (green cover). I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. It's still my favorite Christmas album. I bought the CD from the source listed in article. Love this album and the fact that it reminds me of Daddy.
As recently as about 10 years ago Firestone produced a Christmas CD they sold in stores.
My Parents had some of these LPs (definitely the 3 pictured here) and i played those babies to DEATH growing up in the early 70's. I have no idea what happened to them or any of their albums (they've been in their current house for a little over 10 years and they did have a "moving sale")... :(
Growing up, we had albums three and four of Goodyear's "The Great Songs of Christmas", and volumes two and four of Firestone's "Your Favorite Christmas Carols"/"Your Favorite Christmas Music".
Where can I find a copy of a Christmas album called (Christmas Is) by Columbia sold by Good year?
We had the Firestone series of records. I still have the set on vinyl and listen to it every Christmas season. They take me back to our home in Florida when I was growing up. This was a well-written article.
My family had 1 or 2 of the Firestone albums. But now I'm in the process of collecting the whole series from the Goodwill. Found vols 2-7 so far! I see I can buy vol 1 on the internet for $19. Nope! I want to pay the same price my Dad paid, $1.00 which is what the Goodwill charges for albums. Most are in pretty good shape to! So the search continues...
I've never heard of the tire company Xmas albums, but I have quite a few Xmas music albums from the Singer Sewing Machine Co. I don't know if they were just regional, as we had a Singer plant in Elizabeth for a good many years and I haven't seen any listed anywhere. I'm glad to learn of the tire company albums, I collect odd and old vinyl, esp. Xmas.
I've never heard of the tire company xmas albums, but I have quite a few xmas albums put out by the Singer Sewing Machine Co. I'm not sure if they were just regional, as there was a Singer plant in Elizabeth way back when, but I haven't seen them listed anywhere.
I was just trying to explain to a younger friend the other day how it is that I know so many Christmas songs. My mother walked into the local Firestone dealer every year and bought the Christmas album!
Actully, it was a 2 disc set, 4 sides, a lovely mix of choral and instrumental music, sacred and secular. I think that sides 1 and 3 were mixed, while side 3 was all choral and side 4 was all instrumental.
We didn't have the tire company albums, but we did have something called "A Christmas Festival" that was the featured selection by the Columbia Record Club. My sister and I used to decorate our Christmas tree to that 4 disc set!
Oops. That was "Wexford Carol," not "Sussex Carol," that was on the Firestone Julie Andrews Christmas LP mentioned above.
I have vol. 5 of the Firestone series, all Julie Andrews. This LP was a revelation because it was the first time I heard carols - "Sussex Carol," "Irish Carol," and "The Bells of Christmas" - other than the ones generally familiar to a kid in mid-20th c. America.
This is a little off the topic of promotional LP's, but there's another Christmas LP I associate with the late 60's - the Roger Wagner Chorale's "A Christmas Festival." Not only did it introduce me to music of the Renaissance - Gabrieli(s) and Palestrina - but also to lovely, more contemporary works for Christmas by Flor Peeters and Daniel Pinkham.
My earliest Christmas music memories are from the Firestone LP, our family owned several...I went on to scratch them but not before they were played (lovingly) over and over and over.....thank you for this wonderful memory!
Every December, Mom would walk in the house with the latest editions. Some great music on these relics.
Ah, that brings back memories. I remember "Carols and Candlelight" with Stan Getz doing "Moonlight in Vermont." And something by Doris Day. Anyone remember the albums by JC Penny's too? Now that was the shizzle.
I still have many of them that I inherited from my Father. They were a large part of our holiday celebration when I was a child.
I remember my dad going around to all the tire stores collecting all the albums each year, they were ly soundtrack for Christmas day; they were as much a Christmas tradition as the search for the head truck, there were few Hesses in the Delaware Valley in the 60s and early 70s, and the trips to the department stores in downtown Philly.
The Goodyear and Firestone Christmas albums are a part of Christmas tradition for most of us. My dad worked for Uniroyal (former US Rubber) in Manhattan. As a young child, I can remember each Christmas season when dad arrived home from work with copy of the latest year's Christmas album. We were all excited year after year. They were treasured competitor's gifts then and a treasure to our listening pleasure still today.
If you have any of these albums and remember them as a child, pull them out and have an old fashioned Christmas. Enjoy the memories!
I have a a few of the original LP's and play them each Holiday Season.
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Prince Harry's arrival in Las Vegas after the Olympics last month spurred interest among Britons even before photos of his game of strip billiards were published by the gossip site TMZ.
The British travel company Virgin Holidays reported a 30 percent increase in inquiries about vacation packages after Prince Harry flew there to unwind after the Games. He swiftly returned to Buckingham Palace on Aug. 22 for what the press said was a rebuke after the photos appeared.
He wasn't the only one celebrating there. More than a quarter of British athletes polled by British Airways said they were going to the United States, with Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla., among the top choices, after the Games.
Before photos of Prince Harry surfaced, the British triathlete Helen Jenkins said in the British Airways news release that she was planning a trip to Las Vegas.
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Digital scrapbooking has taken the scrapbooking world by storm. Although I'm not a digital scrapbooker, I have not failed to appreciate the beauty (and cost-effectiveness!) of digital scrapbooking. Perhaps, one day, I can combine traditional and digital scrapbooking in my layouts but for now, let us drool over Rhonna Farrer's amazing layouts. Due to feedback from the readers of the blog, Rhonna is our featured scrapbooker for the month of September 2005.
Rhonna Farrer loves to create! She has been designing and creating for the past 15 years. With her degree in Art, 7 years ago, she began working in the Greeting Card Industry, designing greeting cards, gift bags, wrap & items. In 2003, she took that love for her art & family combining it with digital scrapbooking. In 2004, she was inducted into Creating Keepsakes' Hall of Fame, & began designing her own scrapbook line with Autumn Leaves, called 'Dreamy'. She is the lead artist in Designing With Digital, a beautiful idea book from Autumn Leaves' Designing With Series.
She has also contributed in Designing With Stamping & will be seen in other books as well. She has just been brought on as the Creative Editor for Digital Scrapbooking Magazine, the only magazine devoted to digital scrapbooking. She enjoys working on the design team for Two Peas in a Bucket as a Garden Girl & also designing digital kits to uplift & inspire digital scrapbookers. Rhonna's passion to create continues with her family & art.
1. How and when did you discover scrapbooking?
I have been scrapping in one way or another for years…But, it wasn't until the fall of 2003 that I delved into the world of digital scrapping. I had experience in Photoshop and realized I could catch up on my scrapbooking a lot faster if I just did it digitally…come to find out, there were others doing it, too.
2. Did you cross over from paper-based to digital scrapbooking?
I only did a little paper scrapping before, nothing I really loved. I didn't love scrapbooking until I found digital.
3. Who/What encouraged you?
My Family.
4. What are your top 5 favourite digital kits, editing software, printer? Things you cannot live without?
Photoshop CS2, my brushes, Epson photo printer, artistic inkject printers and my brushes!
5. What is your favourite scrapbook/layout technique and why?
Brush work. I seriously can't create without them. I use brush work in everything I do. It's opened a whole new world for me.
6. How do you do your layouts? Do you do them chronologically, by events or special occasions or what you feel like doing at the time?
I create my layouts depending on the mood I'm in. It's a very emotional thing for me, as well as a creative outlet. I love sharing my feelings with my family through my page, expressing thoughts, reliving memories.
7. How do you start a layout? How long does it take you to finish one?
I start out with my photos. I look at the colors, the expressions and figure out what I want my family to remember about that certain person, the moment, the emotions, the story, then I'll work from there. It will usually take me about 30 minutes – 2 hours depending on how labor intensive it is.
8. Where do you get your ideas and inspiration for your layouts and journaling?
My family. The world around me. Magazines. Art work. TV commercials. Ads. Store displays. Fashion. Interior design. Everywhere. Journaling is usually just what my heart talking to those I'm creating the page for…I write like I talk.
9. What is your favourite scrapbook album/layout and why?
The album I did for my Mom called…."I've learned…." It's very emotional for me. I took about 35 sayings/quotes she shared with us about what she's learned. Some are funny. Some are touching. Others are inspiring. I illustrated the entire book with each member of our family: my siblings and their kids. So, now we have an entire book filled with words of wisdom from our Mom and Grandma. It's become a true legacy and I'm thankful for my mother for inspiring us with her words for generations to come.
10. How do you store your layouts? Do you print them or store them into CDs?
i have them on CDs and I also have them printed out in albums. I just love seeing the pages, sharing the pages.
11. What do you think is the future of digital scrapbooking? Where will it lead? Will it take over paper-based scrapbooking as a 'cheaper' option to scrapbooking?
NO. I don't think it will ever 'take over' traditional scrapbooking mainly because people will always love the supplies, handling and creating with them. But, there is a whole new generation that is computer savvy. They catch on to computers/technology so quickly. It's second nature to them so, it's natural for them to take up scrapbookign on the computer. There is/will be a whole different audience for digital scrapbooking and I'm seeing a lot of 'hybrid' or mixed scrapbooking going on, too. People love
to use their computers in scrapbooking, whether it's 1% or 100%. I am just thrilled to be a part of something so huge as this…it's exploding!
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Turkey Elections: Ethnic Armenians to favor Kurd as presidential candidate
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Armenianow – In upcoming presidential elections in Turkey Armenians will probably support a Kurdish candidate, however some votes of the Armenian community will go to the current Prime Minister.
On August 10, the first nationwide presidential elections will take place in Turkey and Justice and Development party president, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also a joint representative of two big oppositional parties – Democratic-republican and National movement party joint candidate, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, as well as Kurdish forces representative, Democratic Party head Selahetdin Demirtas will participate in the elections.
According to turkologist Gevorg Petrosyan, the favorite to win in the elections will be PM Erdogan and his main competition will be Ihsanoglu, the turkologist does not consider Demirtashi as a serious candidate.
In Turkey, a country with a population of 77 million, 50-60,000 Armenian community will not form a serious factor, nevertheless, following the media we can assume that Demirtashi enjoys most popularity among the Armenian community, Erdogan also competes with him, because strong Armenian organizations, structures have close ties with the government.
"Generally we must mention the fact that during the Erdogan rule certain positive steps have been done in the Armenian community. Demirtas is a favorite for being a Kurd, he has built his political career on the basis of relationships with ethnic, religious minorities, and he also builds his election campaign on the basis of relations between Armenians and other ethnic minorities.
Ihsanoglu is a new name, he is a new politician, and the political parties represented by him have anti-Armenian spirit, that's why he will get less support from the Armenian community," the turkologist said, adding that Erdogan refrains from speaking about Armenians, Armenia and Armenian Genocide, because his main electorate is formed of the middle class which is not positively positioned toward Armenia. According to Petrosyan, Ihsanoglu is a defender of Turkish denial policy; he speaks of Armenians only when asked, while Demirtas has based his campaign on the talk about Armenians and Armenian Genocide.
However, Petrosyan said that with the change of the government we should not expect much change, according to the turkologist, the state must undergo basic global changes, which would bring to the admission of the Genocide.


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