New Jersey I. Government During the Revolutionary War in 1776‚ the first constitution of the state of New Jersey was written to create a government framework for the state. The constitution has been rewritten twice to address issues that arose with the original and subsequent versions. In the mid-1800s‚ New Jersey citizens wanted a more democratic form of state government so the 1844 constitution was drafted‚ providing for the separation of powers among the legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive
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THE SEARCH FOR A FORMAT In order to begin broadcasting news on the television‚ NBC had to find the perfect format that could easily be understood by the audience. They started by experimenting with the combination of the method used by radio stations and the method used by theatrical newsreels. The news-anchor would recite the news while music played in the background‚ complimenting photos‚ filmed events‚ and headlines that were displayed on the screen. This program was first used by NBC in 1940
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for news‚ in any form‚ to be a true reflection of reality‚ due to the many factors involved in the production of news. Human error‚ human interest and the fallacies of management all conspire to blur the line between truth and fiction. Potter (1998) stated that news is not something that happens; instead‚ news is what gets presented. We almost never see news events as they happen. Instead‚ we are shown the medias manufactured construction of the events. This essay aims to determine what news is‚
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Al-Jazeera – A new perspective? Since its birth as an independent TV station and new agency in 1996‚ Al-Jazeera has been viewed as a controversial‚ influential free-speaking news agency. A news agency uninfluenced by corporations‚ governments and so on. But why is Al-Jazeera so controversial? And is it really that different from BBC‚ CNN and other news agencies? Al-Jazeera was launched November 1st 1996‚ in Doha‚ Qatar‚ which still contains the headquarters. Its birth followed the closing of
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The key causes of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster are overconfidence bias‚ incompetence‚ poor decision making‚ and ignored warning signs. As years go by‚ good leaders continue to make bad decisions due to certain cognitive biases which inhibit us from viewing problems as they need to be seen; therefore‚ our minds distort information received and make miscalculations when processing the information (Mackin‚ 2010). Since BP was a very successful organization‚ it had grown overconfident in its projects
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HND CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION Unit 62 Television News Nassor Introduction NEWS Formats of TV News Programmes News Determining Factor Entertainment News Coverage Comparison References NEWS
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were unemployed‚ and many were starving. To solve this problem President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the New Deal to help the economy. The New Deal was a series of government programs designed to help get the nation out of the economic slump‚ and to save people from starving. Although there were many positive thing that came with the new deal there were also many negative things. The New Deal was not a success because it was unfair
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systems in America and how some are not safe and need to be replaced. This problem has been focused on the levee system in New Orleans. Many engineers and other people have asked the question whether or not the present levee system in New Orleans could withstand a huge wave or a direct hit from a powerful hurricane. These questions were answered when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane which isn’t even the most powerful. After the hurricane hit the levee system failed and
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The Society of New France There were many early expeditions from Europe to North America‚ most in search of a Northwest Passage that linked the Atlantic to the Pacific‚ thus leading to the wealth of Asia . These excursions alerted Europeans of the resources North America offered and this attraction of fish and furs stimulated annual voyages from Europe to reap the benefits of the New World. As appealing as this discovery was‚ Europeans considered this New World a harsh environment and
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The New World was discovered by Spain’s Christopher Columbus in 1492. Many believed that the settlement of the Spanish in the New World was the original settlement. For many years before the arrival of the Europeans‚ various tribes were scattered all throughout the Americas. There was an estimated 10‚000 people living in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. America was not a virgin wilderness for nearly 12‚000 years. The Spanish were the first to arrive in the New World. They
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