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Digital DJ equipment and the Serato Scratch Live system

There was a time when learning how and becoming a DJ was a hard won professional decision. DJs had to create a collection, develop a following, do all their own marketing and most importantly learn about how to please a crowd with bumping beats that were reflective of the scene.

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Academic engagement of alumni at African universities for institutional sustainability

The work of Nkomo, Swartz, and Maja (2006) entitled: 'Within the Realm of Possibility": From Disadvantage to Development at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the North" states that African universities are facing "strategic dilemmas...in their quest for institutional sustainability…

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Social and political divisions in the pre-Revolutionary American colonies

The United States of America has a name that might be historically misleading. Though this year marks the two-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the current government of the country, the term "united" is still in some ways more of an ideal than a reality.

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Southwest Airlines' inspection violations and FAA regulatory reform

When Southwest Airlines reportedly flew dozens of airplanes for as long as 30 months past their required inspection dates, this infraction led to FAA changing the way it supervises inspectors.

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John Wesley Powell's linguistic classification of Native American tribes

Contrary to some citizens of the West who considered the Indians to be savages, John Wesley Powell saw the Native Americans as people. Powell perceived these people as part of a culture that had experienced a long human history, a culture of people who had to struggle to survive.

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Adult literacy levels and barriers in African-American communities

The modern definition of literacy extends beyond reading and writing. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 defines it as "an individual's ability to read, write, speak in English, compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family...

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The conquest and colonization of Mexico's disruption and exploitation

Historians of colonial Mexico are continually faced with the dilemma of what to emphasize; the resilience of indigenous culture or the disruption and exploitation that the conquest represented.

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Ethical and scientific implications of human embryonic stem cell research

Stem cell studies are on the very cutting edge of biological advancement and research. These undifferentiated cells have the potential to become any cell in the body, from a simple part of a hair follicle to a complex neuron.

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E-commerce strategy proposal for PZE Puzzles and competitors

The intent of this e-commerce proposal for PZE Puzzles is to first compare the e-commerce strategies of their three dominant competitors in the U.K. including Accolade Publishing, Clarity Media, and Puzzler.

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Electronic advertising in the global marketplace: strategy and channels

The contemporary trends in the business environment are more and more supportive of the annulment of barriers between markets. Instead of a multitude of markets one could almost speak about a global market where all the players are free to enter. The direct consequences of this aspect are two.

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