GASB Mission GASB is an organization whose main purpose is to improve and create accounting reporting standards or generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These standards make it easier for users to understand and use the financial records of both state and local governments. The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is funded and monitored by the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF). The GASB was created in 1984 to succeed the National Council on Governmental Accounting (NCGA)
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------------------------------------------------- Garden city movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ebenezer Howard ’s 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question ’Where will the people go? ’‚ the choices being ’Town ’‚ ’Country ’ or ’Town-Country ’ The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned‚ self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"‚ containing
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Pogrebin‚ "When men are oppressed‚ it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed‚ it’s tradition." (goodreads.com) Women’s roles have changed quite a bit since the olden days. Women have received more rights‚ such as‚ the right to vote. Women have also travelled into the work field and can now do jobs that were considered a “man’s” job. Also women have joined together and became activists. Roles of women have changed drastically over the last decades in order to get to where women are now; this can be seen
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Stanley Cohen (1973) suggests that the media depiction of anti-social behaviour helps to construct folk devils. Folk devils become the focus of public fears and anxieties. They are made to stand for wider problems and concerns and‚ in the process‚ become the figures who exemplify ‘what is wrong with society today’. Today’s folk devils might be the ‘yobs’‚ ‘hoodies’‚ ‘yobettes’ or ‘alco-yobs’ referred to in newspaper headlines. In Cohen’s original study they were the ‘mods’ and ‘rockers’‚ members
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How successfully did Disraeli deal with the Eastern Crisis 1875-1878? The Eastern Crisis initially began in 1875 due to Ottoman Turks breaking a promise made in the Treat of Paris in 1856‚ when they proceeded to persecute the Balkan Christians. This then resulted in a revolt in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Turks‚ which by 1876 has spread to Bulgaria. A treaty in 1876 attempted to reform the Turkish government‚ and was signed by Germany‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ France and Italy‚ but the treaty failed
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Ocean Park‚ situated on the southern side of Hong Kong Island‚ is Hong Kong’s premier educational theme park. The current park covers more than 870‚000 square metres of land and features a diverse selection of world-class marine attractions‚ thrill rides and shows divided between three areas: Lowland‚ Headland and Tai Shue Wan. Operated by the Ocean Park Corporation‚ a statutory board‚ it is a not-for-profit organization that aims to provide elements of entertainment‚ education and conservation at
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The National Mission for a Green India with a planned investment of $10.3 billion over the next 10 years can have a major developmental impact in more ways than one. Such a massive exercise can raise fresh natural capital that is so vital for the tens of millions of people who depend on degraded forests. It can meet the twin objectives of assigning forest land to tribal and other forest- dwelling communities to enable livelihoods‚ and relieving extractive pressures on core dense forests to aid conservation
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Kellen R. Goodwin January 22‚ 2013 The Mission Statement For the purpose of this assignment‚ we are to discuss the purpose behind a mission statement. In this discussion we are to include the reasoning for an organization to post a mission statement publically‚ cover whether or not we read or pay attention to mission statements‚ and finally discuss whether or not we could personally benefit from a mission statement. What is a mission statement? A mission statement defines what an organization
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Theme Park Engineering 1. An accurate descriptor on the demographics of guests Hong Kong Disneyland is a fantasy and romantic place. Couples and family are the main guests in the beginning. Now‚ mainland visitors also are main of Hong Kong Disneyland guest. There have a lot of characters from famous Disney stories ‚such as Mickey Mouse‚ Minnie Mouse‚ Princesses . Thus it can attract children. Especially for 12 years children‚ they love these characters very much. And the girls love
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Amusement parks INTRODUCTION Amusement and theme parks are terms for a group of entertainment attractions and rides and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground‚ usually providing attractions meant to cater specifically to certain age groups‚ as well as some that are aimed towards all ages. Amusement parks evolved in Europe from fairs and pleasure gardens which were created for
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