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    Rap's History

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    Rap’s History Rap music began among the youth of South Bronx‚ New York in the mid 1970’s. Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early artists of this art form. Through their performances at clubs‚ rap gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success of rap was the song ‘Rapper ’s Delight’ by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. It helped bring rap music into the spotlight. The 1980’s saw the continued success of rap music with many artists such as Run DMC

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    History of the Prison

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    Introduction This research paper is on the history of the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons‚ the goal of rehabilitation‚ prison labor‚ changes in the prison system‚ rehab programs‚ population‚ housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this

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    History of the Swastika

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    Mallory Harris L. Trewick ENC 1102 22 March 2015 History of the Swastika Most people associate the swastika with Hitler‚ the Nazis‚ and the Holocaust. Because of this‚ it has become a symbol of hatred and violence. However‚ the symbol known as the swastika has been in existence for three thousand years‚ and a variety of cultures have used it in a variety of ways. The initial meaning of the symbol was a positive one‚ and some cultures looked at the symbol as a religious emblem‚ similar to a cross

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    Dhs History

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    DHS History and Development It was just over fifteen years ago‚ when the United States (US) experienced one of the most horrific terrorists’ attacks ever carried out. The events of September 11th‚ 2001‚ saw two planes fly into the twin towers of the World Trade Center‚ one plane fly into the Pentagon‚ and another plane headed for the White House which was thwarted by the heroic efforts of the passengers on board. The events of this day brought the US to its knees‚ with massive loss of life‚

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    History of Spreadsheet

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    A Brief History of Spreadsheets by D. J. Power Editor‚ DSSResources.COM Spreadsheets have been used by accountants for hundreds of years. Computerized or electronic spreadsheets are of much more recent origin. Information Systems oral history and some published newspaper and magazine stories celebrate Dan Bricklin as the "father" of the electronic spreadsheet. In 1978‚ Harvard Business School student‚ Daniel Bricklin‚ came up with the idea for an interactive visible calculator (see email from

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    Catapults: a History

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    Catapults: A History A catapult has been used all throughout history as a siege engine. A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. A catapult was one of the approximately 10 weapons used in siege warfare during an assault on a castle or fortification. Some other weapons used in both ancient and medieval siege warfare included the well known trebuchet‚ the classic battering ram‚ and the siege tower. All of these devices

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    A different history

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    A Different History By Sujata Bhatt In the poem ’A Different History’ Sujata Bhatt expresses her emotions in many different ways on the sensitive topic on how India became a British colonie. Bhatt starts with talking of the peaceful life as a god living in India with the example of saying "Great Pan is not dead;he simply emigrated to India.Here‚ the gods roam freely‚ " In this phrase Bhatt indirectly states that India is more peaceful for a god of nature (Pan) than it is in Greece which could

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    Police History

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    Police History L. Lynette Sweney CJA/214 Jeremy Leach Police History Law enforcement and policing within the United States is one of the components that go into the criminal justice system within the United States. Law enforcement along with the criminal and civil courts and the corrections sections such as jails all come together to establish the criminal justice system we follow today.

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    The History of Italy

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    is a country that has gone through many changes throughout its history. It has faced many obstacles but has remained nationalistic and eager for unification. The political history of Italy is quite extensive. The Greeks were the first to settle in Italy and established colonies in the southern part of the country and in Sicily. There was not a sense of political reality as much as there was a civilization (Windows on Italy- History). While the Greeks controlled the south the Gauls‚ or Celtic

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    History of Hrm

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    Running Header: History of human resource management History of human resource management Abstract Human resource management has always been a part of man’s life even before its name was suggested. This paper will discuss how human resource management has changed over the years. The paper will also discuss how the changes in workforce has effected the human resource management of today. The effects of globalization in today’s

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