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The 1997 Million Dollar Sight and Sound Theater fire in Pennsylvania

The sight and sound theater, located in the Lancaster county of Pennsylvania suffered a loss of over $15 million when it caught on fire on January 28, 1997. It was supposedly the largest Christian theater in the country with 100 feet long main stage and a couple of 75-foot side stages.

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Persuasion and privacy in technical writing and internet commerce

People who are involved in technical writing should consider the importance of persuasion because technical writing's purpose is to persuade people that whatever they are recommending is "effective, legal, ethical, financially feasible, and safe" (Lay, Wahlstrom, Rude, Selfe & Selzer, 2000).

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How values, stakeholders and evidence shape food policy development

What are the forces that influence and shape policy and consider whether this influence is beneficial and/or detrimental to the policy development process and/or policy outcomes?

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Survey methodology for the Royal Bee fishing product market

Royal Bee system addresses a narrow niche: passionate fishermen who also have a physical handicap (although, as the case study has shown, this was extended to fishermen who had a physical handicap in the past, but no longer do).

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A review of five online mathematics education websites

Online field trip comprised of visits to five online locations. Each website was related to the teaching and understanding of mathematics. The contents of the sites included information for teachers, parents and students.

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Healthcare access denial and health outcomes for undocumented workers

One of the hot button issues that have been continually debated over the last several years is: the status of undocumented workers. Where, denying these individuals access from having health care services is a way of preventing abuses of various social service programs.

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Data forensics and recovery techniques for RAID systems

The design concept of integrating together a series of inexpensive disk drives in an array and using firmware-based algorithms and intelligence to make them compatible with one another so that device reliability increases significantly is called a RAID system.

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Saussure's theory of signs in Alice Munro's "Hold Me Fast"

Every aspect of communication with other individuals has to do with semiotics, but our actions also have to do with semiotics.

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Muhammad Yunus and solar energy solutions for poverty reduction

Nobel Laureate, Muhammad Yunus has been selected for 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award. An economics professor hailing from Bangladesh, Yunus is being recognized for the idea of micro-loans. He has found a creative way of utilizing solar power in a cost efficient way to serve the poor.

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Wind power integration and storage solutions for renewable energy grids

Wind has the potential of reforming UK's electricity requirements. According to a study presented by Poyry analysis, the wind power systems in the UK can be revamped significantly by 2030 without hampering the national grid or causing any energy shortages.

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