New Jersey udget
The state of New Jersey's 2013 budget, when analyzed in certain ways, creates many different reactions and relationships. The document itself is composed of many documents of smaller scope and lesser importance. A fragmented and divided budget, as presented by the state of New Jersey's government, while possibly confusing some of its readers, will also enlighten those who can look between the lines and find a picture of the many different figures and numbers. Accountants and those associated with creating budgets require great analytical and precise intellectual capabilities, however, the great thinkers in this field additionally have the abilities to cipher through this information and present a logical and cohesive argument that supports the data and relates it and reveals it to its intended audience.

The purpose of this essay is to analyze New Jersey's 2013 yearly budget. In order to successfully accomplish this task, it is necessary to…...

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Associated Press. N.J. Assembly Budget Committee to consider Christie's higher education plan.

NJ.com, April 23, 2012. Retrieved from  http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/nj_assembly_budget_committee_t.html 

Associated Press. Local officials want more energy tax money from NJ. Bloomberg Businessweek, April 17, 2012.

State of New Jersey Website. The Governor's FY 2013 BudgetBudget Summary. Governer Chris Christie. Retrieved from:  

New Jersey ChildSupport Program
New Jersey ChildSupport

Children of immigrant parents who do not have papers that authorize residency in the United States are vulnerable to losing support or receiving support erratically. In 2007, the Office of Immigration Statistics under the Department of Homeland Security estimated that over 11.8 million unauthorized immigrants were residing in the United States. American courts are increasingly confronting cases involving the custody of children where one of the parents is undocumented. This proposal is to establish an program that will function as an ombudsman to mixed-status divorced or unmarried parents for the purpose of establishing and maintaining child support payments. The program is adjunct to the New Jersey ChildSupport agency.

It is the intention of the program to support the work of ChildSupport by focusing on a segment of their target population that has proven hard to identify and hard to serve. By establishing an ombudsman program the…...

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Harrell, A. (1996). Evaluation strategies for human services programs: A guide for policymakers and providers. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.

McFarland, M.L. And Spangler, E.M. (2008). A parent's undocumented immigration status should not be considered under the best interest of the child standard. William Mitchell Law Review, 35.

Rennekamp, R. And Jacobs, C. (2001). Program Design. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

____. (2012). National Center for Children in Poverty. Mailman School of Public Health. New York, NY: Columbia University. Retrieved  http://www.nccp.org/topics/childpoverty.html

New Jersey Convention and Visitors Bureau. (2011) . About CVB. GoCentralJersey.com. Retrieved September 26, 2011 from: http://www.gocentraljersey.com/About-CVB/index.aspx
he CNJCVB website provides information on tourism and the hospitality industry in Central new Jersey. Over one million people visit Central New Jersey each year, and CNJVB is a vehicle providing access to those potential clients. CNJCVB offers multiple channels of exposure for its members with opportunities to promote hotel, restaurant and meeting space. Membership includes listing on the CNJCVB website, in the Visitor's Guide and e-newsletter, and inclusion in the automated online Request for proposal system which delivers potential clients to the hotel's office e-mail.

Hassanien, A. (2006). "Exploring hotel renovation in large hotels: a multiple case study," Structural Survey, 24(1), 41-64. doi: 10.1108/02630800610654414

While the nine case studies presented focus on five star hotels located in Egypt, the insights apply to hotel renovations in general. he study author approaches the subject of the…...

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This article summarizes the four basic types of hotel ownership: franchise, privately owned and operated, leased, and managed. The author also examines the pros and cons of each ownership model. She notes that while the privately owned and operated business model offers the most freedom for the owner, it also presents the biggest risk.

World Atlas. (2011). New Jersey Home. Retrieved September 26, 2011 from:  http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm 

The atlas provides New Jersey geography, map and travel information. The atlas offers information on weather, including seasonal temperature averages, and tourist attractions, including beaches, casinos, historical sites, and garden and mountain travel destinations. The website also provides links to city attractions, and convention and visitor bureaus.

Risk Management and Insurance -- New Jersey's Choice No-Fault Insurance
hat is no-fault insurance and what states have no-fault insurance?

No-fault insurance is very much what it sounds like it is: when a driver is insured with No-Fault insurance and has an accident, the insurance company pays for the damages no matter who is at fault. This eliminates the need for a driver whose car has been damaged by another driver to fight with the other driver's insurance company. There are twelve states that offer No-Fault insurance (including New Jersey). Choice No-Fault is very different.

Choice No-Fault insurance is offered in New Jersey, Kentucky and Pennsylvania; "Choice No-Fault" means that the automobile owner has a choice; he or she can go with the state's No-Fault policy, or go with traditional insurance. If the driver does go for traditional car insurance that means he or she can file a liability claim or sue another…...

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Works Cited

Allstate. "No-Fault Car Insurance: Required and Optional." Retrieved February 10, 2015,

from 2012.http://www.allstate.com.

Insure.com. "The Most and Least Expensive States for Car Insurance." Retrieved February

10, 2015, from   2012.http://www.insure.com .

Police HR Comparison
Hazlet Township

http://hazletpba.com/

The Hazlet Township's police department does not have formal human resources or hiring policy published on a website. However, the police force in this area seems to have a strong labor union known as the Hazlet Township Police Benevolent Association (Hazlet Township P.B.A.). This organization was founded in 1969 and is very active in the local community. It is reasonable to believe that becoming a member of this union would be a prerequisite for finding employment in this department. The labor unions stated goals are as follows:

As a labor union, we are dedicated to being proactive concerning working conditions, salaries, benefits, and pensions. It is the union's duty to strive to protect the rights of the officers of the Hazlet Township Police Department according to our labor contract, department rules and regulations, and local, state, and federal law.

Holmedel Township

http://www.holmdelpolice.org/

The Holmedel Township does have a website for their…...

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NYC

 http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/careers/application_overview.shtml 

The NYC police department provides a comprehensive website that details their entire hiring process. The first step is the applicant processing division. If the candidate fills out the application with this department this there will be a medical exam and a character prescreening. If the candidate passes these hurdles then there will be a more comprehensive character investigation performed in which the department will investigate each person's character. After this step the candidates must also perform a written and verbal psychological exam to ensure they meet psychological standards. If the candidate passes these requirements then there will be a series of interviews in which a host of additional requirements will also be considered.

Public Infrastructure Asset Management:
Asset management has emerged as a valuable approach in the public infrastructure sector since it helps in achieving more value by using fewer resources. Public agencies are increasingly faced with the need to make decisions regarding infrastructure asset management in order to improve effectiveness. In essence, asset management is a framework that is widely accepted to seek and accomplish sustainable infrastructure. This process entails managing infrastructure capital assets to lessen the overall cost of owning and operating them while providing the desired levels of service. Therefore, asset management can basically be defined as managing a desired service level based on the intended purposes of assets at the lowest cost of the life-cycle ("Asset Management," 2012). As a result of the emergence of asset management, there are various approaches that can be taken by these agencies to enhance the effectiveness of their decisions about public infrastructure.

An example…...

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Sanchez, J.R., Goodwin, P.S. & Van Abs, D.J. 2010, Recommendations for Water Infrastructure

Management and Financing, The Clean Water Council of New Jersey, viewed 26 June 2014,

United States Environmental Protection Agency 2012, Asset Management, United States

Environmental Protection Agency, viewed 26 June 2014,

New Jersey's Budget Crisis
Matt Bai and David Leonhardt agree that the rising cost of state government and the lack of fiscal restraint on the part of local and state government leaders has lead us to the budget crisis that many states are facing in these uncertain economic times. There are three lessons to be learned from these two articles; local and state governments need to become more efficient, contracts negotiated with public employee unions need to be reasonable, realistic, and affordable, and American's need to lower their expectations of what the government is able to do with the resources available.

Matt Bai gives three reasons for New Jersey's current financial woes, first the state sends 40% of its annual budget to municipalities and school districts in order to compensate for the shortfall in revenue from local property taxes. Second, the state doesn't have the recourses to cover its pension obligations to…...

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Works Cited

Bai, Matt. "How Chris Christie Did His Homework." New York Times. 24 Februaary 2011. Magazine. 30 April 2011. <  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/magazine/27christie-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 >

Leonhardt, David. "Union Contracts, Not Pay, Are States' Problem." New York Times. 1 March 2011. Business Day. 30 April 2011.

By March 2, 1785, it was clear that New Jersey had begun to try to ban slavery, as the legislature enacted a law banning "foreign slave trade in the state" (p. 115). And in 1786, the New Jersey Society for the Abolition of Slavery was founded, although the citizens of Monmouth "were deeply divided" over whether or not slavery should be banned from the state.

Meantime, during the 1790s, several "gradual emancipation" bills were voted down in the New Jersey legislature, albeit (p. 124) "popular opinion and party newspapers cautiously shifted" towards an anti-slavery position. The citizens were clearly divided on the issue, as the author points out on page 125: Quakers opposed to slavery were accused by proslavery interests of "harboring pro-British attitudes" and were accused of "poisoning the minds of our slaves." Other extremists in the proslavery ranks pushed the notion that the Quakers antislavery movement was just a…...

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Reference

Hodges, Graham Russell (1997). Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North. Madison,

Wisconsin: Madison House.

Bikeways: A New Jersey State Funded Program
State-run programs can run a gamut of interests and priorities, from those relating to the provision of welfare to those concerning the regulation of public utilities. ithin this extremely wide range of priorities, states have begun to take a direct part in improving both environmental and transportation issues. In the state of New Jersey, where these two issues generally intersect with a great deal of relevance, the Bikeways program is a state-funded and statewide endeavor designed to encourage and accommodate greater interest in biking as an alternative means to transportation and recreation.

Accordingly, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)(2011), describes a program in which state funding is dedicated to "constructing 1,000 new miles of dedicated bike paths (facilities that are physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier either within the highway right of way or within an independent…...

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Works Cited:

Andy, B. (2009). New Brunswick Bikeway Fatally Flawed. Walk Bike Jersey Blog.

Copeland, D. (2011). NJDOT announces grants of nearly $3 million for bikeway development around New Jersey. NJ.com.

Local Transportation Planning Assistance (LTPA). (2011). Bikeways Grant Program Handbook. New Jersey Department of Transportation.

New Jersey Shore (NJS). (2012). Jersey Biking. Newjerseyshore.com

Hate is in fact moving the modern society away from freedom and democracy, and it is imperative that remedial measures are taken immediately to combat this. (Shulman, 1997)
Some of the tools, other than legal options, can be education, and the promotion of social interaction between different groups. However, there are frequent criticisms of the law, stating that it is more 'reactive' than 'proactive', meaning that legal remedies are more often than not applied to actions that have already taken place, rather than preventing them, like for example, when a hate crime has already taken place, then the law can be applied. However, the law is far above being just a punitive measure to be taken whenever necessary; law, in the form of legal sanctions, or human rights laws, or laws meant for immigration, or the law made by a judge, also known as 'common law', is primarily meant to…...

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About ADL, Hate Crimes" Retrieved at   Accessed on 23 July, 2005http://www.adl.org/focus_sheets/focus_hate_crimes.asp .

Bell, Jeannine. "O Say! Can you see: Free expression by the light of fiery Crosses" Retrieved From www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/vol39_2/bell.pdf+the+words+of+a+criminal+statute+in+New+Jersey+that+penalizes+the+perpetrator+of+hate/bias+crimes.+&hl=en" Accessed on 22 July, 2005http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/vol39_2/bell.pdf.

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Bill of Rights in Action" (Summer, 1994) Retrieved at   Accessed on 22 July, 2005http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria10_3.html .

Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice" Retrieved at   Accessed on 22 July, 2005http://www.ccis.edu/online/schedule/syllabi/CJAD320B.pdf .

Camden, New Jersey is a city that symbolizes racial segregation and embodies the worst of American capitalism. In Camden, "poverty is a business," (Hedges and Sacco 88). George Norcross, aka "King George" -- is the de facto big man of Camden. Only, Norcross does not live in Camden, has no official elected position, and is white -- unlike the vast majority of Camden residents. Camden is not the typical white flight story, either. The history of Camden reveals potent trends in American urban geography, particularly the theme of how intersections between race, class, gender, and power entrench corruption in American society. One research question that can be elucidated through a deeper analysis of Chapter 2 in Hedges and Sacco's Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt would be how the people can reclaim their cities from the wanton destruction, alienation, and exploitation symbolized by the likes of King George.
King George and…...

Toms iver Township is a hub of the Jersey Shore. On October 29, 2012, "superstorm" Sandy hit the area, leaving widespread damage to property and infrastructure. A month after the storm hit, most of Toms iver homes are uninhabitable and businesses are far from returning to their "usual" operations. The mayor has been working closely with the state of New Jersey and federal agencies like FEMA, but requires the assistance of an experienced NGO like Acme Disaster Support Services (ADSS).
Goals of recovery include debris removal, restoration of infrastructure, essential services, and core structures, returning the community to a livable state as soon as possible so that residents and business owners may return, promoting resilience, and reducing future vulnerabilities. ADSS serves in a support and organizational role, focusing primarily on facilitating communication and coordinating recovery efforts and activities. While ADSS does not supply actual funding or resources, we will help the…...

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Campanella, T.J. (2006). Urban resilience and the recovery of New Orleans. Journal of the American Planning Association 72(2).

"Introduction to Sustainability." Chapter 1.

Katz, A. (2012). One month after Sandy: Where the storm came ashore. Time. Nov 29, 2012. Retrieved online:  http://nation.time.com/2012/11/29/one-month-after-sandy-where-the-storm-came-ashore/ 

Mission (2015). Retrieved online:  http://FedExcares.com/learn/disaster_readiness_relief_and_recovery

ri Venkateswara Temple (NJ)
The issue of religion and tolerance, like racism, has always been a contentious one in the United tates. This is particularly true of the non-Western, non-mainstream religions, such as Hinduism and other Indian religious directions. Part of the reason for this is that Hindu immigration to the country began only in small amounts, while other immigrants deluged U.. borders (Wikipedia, 2006). This resulted in a fair degree of distrust and misconception towards Hindu adherents. Nevertheless, when the Immigration and Nationality ervices (IN) Act was passed in 1965, the Hindu population began to increase in number, enjoyed greater equality, and also attracted scholarly attention. From the Hindu point-of-view, the concern is to remain attached to traditional and religious values while living in and integrating with a Western society (Prentiss, 2006). This, together with their fairly new status of legally validated equality, has resulted in an increasing amount of…...

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Sources

Hindu American Temple and Cultural Center. 2005-2006. http://www.venkateswara.org/

India News. Temples in the United States. Sept. 13, 2006.  http://indiaenews.com/2006-08/17026-53-hindu-temples-united-states.htm 

Linderman, Michael. Profile, Sri Venkateswara Temple. 2002.  http://www.pluralism.org/research/profiles/display.php?profile=68064 

Nirmalani, Rashmi. Religious Movements: Hinduism. 2001.  http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/hinduism.html

Windshield Survey of Diabetes in the Asian-Indian Community in Plainsboro, New Jersey: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
As the home to the second-largest population of Asian-Indians in the United States today (the first is another nearby small community, Edison, New Jersey) (Sahney, 2010). Out of a population of around 23,500, 16.97% of the residents of Plainsboro (or about 4,000) describe themselves as having Indian ancestry (Sahney, 2010). Although Plainsboro enjoys a high standard of living, a desirable community environment and state-of-the-art medical facilities, it is reasonable to suggest that some of the Asian-Indian population in this community remain marginalized due to an inability to afford these state-of-the-art health care services and the potential for cross-cultural differences in views about health care may further exacerbate this lack of access.

A growing body of evidence also indicates that Asian-Indians are among the highest-risk populations for developing diabetes, making this community an especially important target for…...

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About Plainsboro. (2015). Township of Plainsboro. Retrieved from boronj.com/content/about-plainsboro.http://www.plains

Anderson, E. N. (2014). Everyone eats: Understanding food and culture. New York: New York University Press.

Brooks, J. (2004, July 26). NLC membership offers many benefits to cities, towns. Nation's Cities Weekly, 27(30), 8.

Chandras, K. V. & Eddy, J. P. (1999, Winter). Counseling Asian-Americans: Implications for training. Education, 120(2), 239.

Employment at Will Policy: Exceptions to the ule
The notion of 'at will' employment reflects the fact that by law employees can be fired from any job for any cause, good or bad, depending on the whim of the employer, barring a written employment contract (Muhl 2001:3). There are specific exceptions to this policy which vary from state to state. But in the case of John, the employee who posted a rant on his Facebook page, there are a number of NJ state precedents of allowing employers to fire employees for posts made on social media. A garbage collector in Maplewood, N.J. was fired for complaining on his public Facebook page about having to clean up "after a two-day concert, blaming the mess on liberals who rant about green living and then pollute the parks, and launched a tirade against Obama, gays and liberal politics" (McDonnell 2014).

Also, in the case of…...

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Can potential employers ask for my Facebook password? (2015). Nolo. Retrieved from:

 http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-potential-employers-ask-facebook-password.html 

McDonnell, S. (2014). Like it or not, employees can say what they want on social media.

Philadelphia Technology Review. Retrieved from:

While people often lump the American colonies together, there were significant differences between the New England colonies, Middle colonies, and Southern colonies. These differences were not only geographical, but also based in who had the grants for the colonies, their favor in the British government, and who eventually settled in the lands. These differences initially impacted how successful the American colonies were and how prosperous they would become. They eventually impacted industrialization and, in many ways, could be cited as one of the root causes of the eventual American Civil War and even some of....

Key Events Preceding the Wall Street Crash of 1929:
1. Post-World War I Economic Boom (1918-1929):
Unprecedented economic growth fueled by wartime production and consumer spending.
Rapid expansion of industries such as automobiles, construction, and manufacturing.
High levels of speculation and investment in the stock market.
2. Easy Credit and Speculation (1920s):
Federal Reserve's expansionary monetary policy made credit widely available.
Brokers encouraged investors to buy stocks on margin (borrowing money).
Speculation became rampant, with stocks being bought and sold rapidly for quick profits.
3. Stock Market Bubble and Overvaluation (1927-1929):
Stock prices soared to record highs, fueled by speculation and easy credit.
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