... terms of a co-recursion in which the similarity of properties is defined in terms ofthe similarity of arguments, andthe similarity of arguments is defined in terms ofthe similarity of properties ... x2) In the second clause we not know that the man is standing on the ladder he could be on the r o o f - and we not know what "the top" is the top of These facts fall out of recognizing the parallelism ... that the object the m a n ' s weight is acting on is the ladder, and hence that the man is on the ladder The third pair of arguments are both downward directions The final pair of arguments, x~ and...
... effect on the others that generates the faith ofthe other customers on the product, service Amongst thousands of message that customers receive daily, which of them gets the interest and then establish ... from the others’ behavior, suggestion It is very easily to understand According to the theory of behavior of Maslow, people have five levels of demand Out of them, it is the demand of safety ... theory of connected marketing In the name of space, the thesis studies the real status and problem within the project Vicongdong.vn of FPT Corporation Time for studying the content of thesis...
... notably in the Critique ofthe Power of Judgment While the ultimate end ofthe pure use of reason is the explicit topic ofthe first two sections ofthe “Canon of Pure Reason,” in the second of these ... cited in the order of their publication The first text is from the first section ( The Canon of Pure Reason”) ofthe second chapter ofthe “Transcendental Doctrine of Method,” which is the second, ... Social Authorityof Reason: The Ethical Commonwealth andthe Project of Perpetual Peace 87 Chapter Six: The Social Authorityof Reason andthe Culture(s) of Post-modernity 113 Chapter Seven: The...
... The Office ofthe Auditor The missions ofthe Office ofthe Auditor are assigned by the Hawaii State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits ofthe ... missions, the office conducts the following types of examinations: Financial audits attest to the fairness ofthe financial statements of agencies They examine the adequacy ofthe financial records and ... Management and Financial Audit ofthe Hawai`i Tourism Authority' s Major Contracts A Report to the Governor andthe Legislature ofthe State of Hawaii Conducted by The Auditor State of Hawaii and Nishihama...
... maintains offices on each ofthe major neighbor islands and around the world In the United States, the bureau maintains offices in Salinas, California; San Diego, California; Chicago, Illinois; and ... Specifically, theauthority could not justify the contracts it awarded and did not adequately monitor all contracts In 1993, the office conducted a Management and Financial Audit ofthe Hawai`i ... conventions and incentives from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2002 The contracts were judgmentally selected based on their economic significance to theauthorityandthe state economy and their high...
... if they exceeded their production goals Several HVCB employees received individual annual bonuses in excess of $25,000 Theauthority did not assess the appropriateness ofthe salary levels or the ... department, theauthority gave HVCB far more autonomy in establishing salaries and bonus and incentives programs Unlike the department contract, theauthority contract provided little oversight and no ... revealed that the actual mileage ofthe trip is only 6.6 miles HVCB’s corporate office approved the mileage reimbursement The same employee claimed 21 miles for a roundtrip from the Chicago office to...
... Our review oftheauthority s two major contracts with HVCB found that theauthority failed to adhere to these principles The contracts were poorly constructed, andauthority monitoring and enforcement ... not a state agency and hence not subject to the State Procurement Code Had the payments of $23,910 (under the university and HVCB agreement) and $24,000 (under the corporation and DBEDT agreement) ... 2: The Hawai`i Tourism Authority Enabled the Hawai`i Visitors & Convention Bureau to Exploit State Contract Funding and scope of services the vendor would provide andthe payment terms Another...
... Finally, the audit recommended that the board conduct thorough and formal annual evaluations of itself andtheauthority We found that theauthority has made some progress in adopting some of these ... May 2002, theauthority conducted a performance evaluation of HVCB The evaluation included input ofthe HVCB board, authority board, authority staff, and industry and community groups The evaluation ... presents the results ofthe financial audit ofthe Hawai`i Visitors & Convention Bureau (HVCB) as ofand for the year ended December 31, 2002 This chapter includes the independent auditors’ report and...
... number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities andthe disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date ofthe financial statements andthe ... disbanded and another was formed in 1902 as a joint committee ofthe Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu andthe Merchants Association In 1903, the Territorial Legislature recognized the importance of ... none ofthe reportable conditions described above is a material weakness This report is intended solely for the information and use ofthe Auditor, State of Hawai`i andthe board of directors and...
... Responses ofthe Affected Agencies Comments on Agency Responses We transmitted drafts of this report to the Board of Directors ofthe Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, theauthority s executive director, and ... dispute the actions taken by the authority, particularly in the last year ofthe contract period, but stand by our statements We made some minor changes to the draft report for the purposes of accuracy ... commitments The board chair and executive director also noted their concern about the serious nature of some of our findings and indicated that they would take immediate action to address them Actions...
... Office ofthe Auditor The missions ofthe Office ofthe Auditor are assigned by the Hawai‘i State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits ofthe ... missions, the office conducts the following types of examinations: Financial audits attest to the fairness ofthe financial statements of agencies They examine the adequacy ofthe financial records and ... are referred to the Office ofthe Auditor for an assessment ofthe social and financial impact ofthe proposed measure Analyses of proposed special funds and existing trust and revolving funds...
... action and implementation strategies consistent with the framework ofthe TSP.” The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority s Major Contractors include HVCB, HTJ, SMG, andthe NFL The major contractors, the Hawai‘i ... the same month as the Tokyo office On March 1, 2007, theauthority board of directors extended the term ofthe marketing contract with HTJ for another four years (2008-2011) The funding provided ... of tourism; and • Submitting an annual report on its activities and expenditures, including descriptions and evaluations of programs funded, to the Legislature andthe governor To carry out these...
... engagement ofthe HVCB This audit was conducted according to the Office ofthe Auditor’s Manual of Guides and generally accepted government auditing standards Those standards require that we plan and ... (HTJ), and SMG, the operator and marketer ofthe Hawai‘i Convention Center Without a strategic plan of its own that maps out the long-term goals and processes to assess the accomplishments of its ... industry have ebbed and flowed with the tides of global events In the last five years, theauthority has allocated to the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau, Hawai‘i Tourism Japan, and SMG, nearly...
... ofthe contractor’s efforts Theauthority solicits selected stakeholders’ opinion for the third piece ofthe 360-degree evaluation Theauthority compiles, with the contractor’s help, a list of ... five ofthe 12 months of 2007 While these discrepancies were not significant in amount, their frequency and pervasiveness raise doubts about the reliability ofthe financial information and HTA’s ... strategic plan in 2004 Authority officials claim that they not want to micro-manage their contractors Further, they contend that responsible staff is “on top” ofthe contractors and constantly monitoring...
... involve the provision of goods and services Contractual agreements between the center and its clients specify the discounts, as well as the goods and services SMG will provide before and during ... $100,000, and banners, which can cost more than $17,000 While these types of expenditures can be readily reconciled with the use of public funds or the intent ofthe marketing flexibility fund, others ... is adamant that the value ofthe members’ uncompensated services and industry practices justify these expenditures Theauthority s chief administrative officer concurred, judging the council “cost-effective,”...
... solely that of a brand marketer as suggested in the response Theauthority has a dual role as lead agency for the development ofthe state-wide Hawai‘i Tourism Strategic Plan and that of an active ... in its plans, contracts, or reports to the public andthe Legislature to provide a meaningful before and after comparison ofthe effect of its deployment of state resources We discuss this issue ... tracks the success of programs in generating the desire to travel to Hawai‘i.” Because of factors beyond its control, the HTA “selected consideration and intention to travel to Hawaiʻi as the...
... favours the idea of originality andthe foregrounding ofthe artist’s personal interrogation of his medium, film, and style, and his discovery (or rediscovery) ofthe aesthetic possibilities of cinema ... Here, the notion ofauthenticity melts away very quickly and problematises the related discussions of control andthe auteur Two points arise: first, in any case, there is no question ofthe auteur’s ... analysis ofthe three most recent projects in his oeuvre, this thesis will examine the notions of control, authenticity, and auteurship in von Trier’s post-Dogme theory and praxis The films are The...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The ... testimony both to the warlike character ofthe Greeks and to their feeling of cultural unity, the cities ofthe Amphictyonic League of Delphi agreed that, in the event of war, the combatant states...