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KAMAZ-5490: a new benchmark
In September, the start serial production of the new long-haul tractor KAMAZ-5490. According to all involved in this event, it will serve as a reference point from which a new era of production of commercial vehicles in Naberezhnye Chelny.
The fact that the company "KAMAZ" in the coming years should radically change the existing model range has been known for a long time. General Director of JSC "KAMAZ" Sergey Kogoghin has repeatedly stated that endlessly continue to modernize cars, designed in the 70's and 80's, to the modern requirements do not make sense. The consumer needs a truck, created by modern technology, the potential of which will develop a new family of vehicles for many years to come. For the staff of the company, this means one thing — the assembly line automobile trucks will go to its technical characteristics in no way inferior to European counterparts.
A distinctive feature of the new long-haul tractors — cab, which departs from the cab of the Mercedes-Benz family Axor. The modern design and streamlined shape significantly improved not only the aerodynamic characteristics of the KAMAZ truck, but its consumer properties. The height of the new cab — almost two meters! People in it can be easily moved in the full view. For the driver and passenger seats accommodate two beds. The seats are equipped with pneumatic system. In addition, a complete electronic systems included many that had never been in the trunk of the family of the last tractors. In particular, the car has air conditioning, cruise control, electric windows and an adjustable steering column. High roof has enabled the panel above the windshield place several roomy shelves. These improvements should increase the level of comfort in the interior of the new Kamaz.
My heart tractor while German: as the power unit used inline six-cylinder engine Mercedes-Benz OM457LA capacity of 428 hp, the requirements in Ekostandart "Euro-5". Further it can be replaced by the power unit KAMAZ production. In the transmission of the car used 16-speed ZF 16S 2221. Disc brakes, electronic EBS, ESP and ECAS made tractor safe vehicle movement.
Truck tractor KAMAZ-5490 — this is a significant technological breakthrough of "KAMAZ" in the production of vehicles for commercial transportation. According to Sergei Kogoghin in a recent interview, "RBC daily»: «Until recently, we in the segment of long-haul tractors were represented. Car 5490 — one of the ways to strengthen our position in the market. This product is one of the measures that will help to keep the position of "KAMAZ" in terms of the coming crisis. "
It is impossible not to agree with the head of "KAMAZ": thanks to new consumer features KAMAZ magistralnik able to represent the Russian car industry both domestically and abroad.
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package org.sgdk.resourcemanager.ui.panels.projectexplorer.modals;

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.sgdk.resourcemanager.entities.SGDKBackground;
import org.sgdk.resourcemanager.entities.SGDKElement;
import org.sgdk.resourcemanager.entities.SGDKFolder;
import org.sgdk.resourcemanager.entities.factory.SGDKEntityFactory;
import org.sgdk.resourcemanager.ui.ResourceManagerFrame;

public class CreateBackgroundDialog extends JDialog{

	/**
	 *
	 */

	private static final int minimizeWidth = 340;
	private static final int minimizeHeight = 220;

	private JTextField backgroundPathText = new JTextField();
	private JFileChooser backgroundPath = new JFileChooser(System.getProperty("user.home"));
	private JButton acceptButon = new JButton("Ok");
	private File[] selectedFiles = null;
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	public CreateBackgroundDialog(ResourceManagerFrame parent, SGDKElement parentNode) {
		super(parent, "New Background");
		parent.setEnabled(false);
		Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
		int screenWidth = new Long(Math.round(screenSize.getWidth())).intValue();
		int screenHeight = new Long(Math.round(screenSize.getHeight())).intValue();

		setBounds(new Rectangle(screenWidth/2 - minimizeWidth/2, screenHeight/2 - minimizeHeight/2, minimizeWidth, minimizeHeight));
		setResizable(false);
//		setAlwaysOnTop(true);

		addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent evt) {
				clean();
				parent.setEnabled(true);
			}
		});

		backgroundPath.addChoosableFileFilter(new FileFilter() {
			@Override
			public String getDescription() {
				return StringUtils.join(SGDKBackground.ValidFormat.values(), ", ");
			}

			@Override
			public boolean accept(File f) {
				return SGDKBackground.isValidFormat(f.getAbsolutePath()) || f.isDirectory();
			}
		});
		backgroundPath.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
		backgroundPath.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);

		setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
		GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();

		c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
		c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
		c.weightx = 1d/6d;
		c.weighty = 1d/2d;
		c.gridx = 0;
		c.gridy = 0;
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridheight = 1;
		add(new JLabel("Background Path: "), c);

		c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
		c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.LINE_START;
		c.weightx = 5d/6d;
		c.weighty = 1d/2d;
		c.gridx = 1;
		c.gridy = 0;
		c.gridwidth = 5;
		c.gridheight = 1;
		add(backgroundPathText, c);

		backgroundPathText.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
			@Override
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
				int returnVal = backgroundPath.showDialog(parent, "New Background");
				if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
					selectedFiles = backgroundPath.getSelectedFiles();
					String[] values = new String[selectedFiles.length];
					int i = 0;
					for(File f : selectedFiles) {
						values[i] = f.getAbsolutePath();
						i++;
					}
					backgroundPathText.setText(StringUtils.join(values, ","));
		        }
            }
		});

		c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
		c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.LINE_END;
		c.weightx = 1d/6d;
		c.weighty = 1d/2d;
		c.gridx = 5;
		c.gridy = 2;
		c.gridwidth = 1;
		c.gridheight = 1;
		add(acceptButon, c);

		acceptButon.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			@Override
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				boolean validForm = true;

				if(validForm && (backgroundPathText.getText() == null || backgroundPathText.getText().isEmpty())) {
					validForm = false;
					JPanel panel = new JPanel();
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(panel,
							 "Invalid Background File",
							 "Error",
					        JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				}

				if (validForm) {
					for(File f : selectedFiles) {
						SGDKBackground background = SGDKEntityFactory.createSGDKBackground(f.getAbsolutePath(), (SGDKFolder)parentNode);
						if(background != null) {
							parent.getProjectExplorer().getProjectExplorerTree().addElement(background, parentNode);
						}
					}

					clean();
					parent.setEnabled(true);
					setVisible(false);
				}
			}
		});

		setVisible(true);
	}

	protected void clean() {
		backgroundPathText.setText("");
	}

}

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Lempennage en T est une configuration particulière de l'empennage d'un avion (ou d'un planeur, d'un drone), dans laquelle le stabilisateur horizontal est installé au sommet de la dérive, au lieu d'être fixé directement sur le fuselage.

Avantages et inconvénients sur le plan aérodynamique

Aux très grands angles d'attaques, le plan horizontal peut se retrouver dans la zone d'ombre aérodynamique des ailes, dans cette situation de «  super-décrochage » l'avion devient incontrôlable, de nombreux accidents ont été provoqués par ce phénomène.

Avantages et inconvénients sur le plan structurel

Avantages et inconvénients sur le plan pratique

Liste (non-exhaustive) d'avions à empennage en T
 Airbus A400M Atlas.
 Antonov An-148.
 ATR 42 et 72.
 Bae 146 et Avro RJ.
 Tous les jets d'affaire de Bombardier : Bombardier Challenger 600, Bombardier Global Express etc.
 Boeing 727, premier avion de ligne à empennage en T.
 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet.
 Bombardier Q Series
 Une partie des Cessna Citation
 Dassault Falcon 10X.
 Douglas DC-9 et ses dérivés : McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Boeing 717.
 Tous les avions d'affaire de Gulfstream Aerospace.
 Handley Page Victor.
 Iliouchine Il-62
 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
 McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III.
 Piaggio P180 Avanti.
 Tupolev Tu-154.
 Vickers VC-10.

Outre les avions, c'est aussi une solution courante sur les planeurs, par exemple ceux de Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau et de Schempp-Hirth.

Articles connexes
 Rectrice (plume)
 Dérive (empennage)
 Empennage en V

Références

Construction aéronautique
Aérodynamique appliquée à l'avion

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Jackson becomes Super Rugby tackle technique review officer
Former New Zealand Super rugby Referee Glen Jackson
Former Super rugby referee Glen Jackson has been appointed as the new Super Rugby tackle technique review officer after hanging up the whistle in January.
Player welfare and preventing dangerous high tackles remains a high priority for SANZAAR and World Rugby as the game looks to reduce the number of concussions that occur. Super Rugby will therefore feature a Tackle Technique Review Process trial in 2020 [as announced on 20/01/2020].
The five-time New Zealand Referee of the Year Jackson was the first Kiwi to both play and referee 100 first class fixtures and has had an on-field career that has spanned 25 years.
A former Maori All Black, and Chiefs first five eighth, Jackson began his rugby career in his home province of Bay of Plenty, he went on to play 60 matches for the Chiefs in Super Rugby before venturing north and making 159 appearances for Saracens in the Guinness Premiership.
During his successful career abroad, Jackson won the coveted Golden Boot award for most points scored in the premiership in 2006/07.
After retiring from playing rugby in 2010 he returned to New Zealand where he continued his transition into refereeing. He debuted with the whistle in New Zealand at a Heartland Championship fixture in 2010 and climbed the ranks quickly, officiating his first Super Rugby match in 2011. His first taste of international rugby refereeing was in 2012 when he took charge of the England v Fiji match at Twickenham in London.
Jackson's career includes refereeing 32 Test matches, 88 Super Rugby matches and 60 Mitre 10 Cup matches, including eight Ranfurly Shield fixtures.
To oversee the trial SANZAAR has appointed a tackle technique review officer. Former player and recently retired international referee Glen Jackson will begin work from Round 1. The 2018 New Zealand referee of the year, Jackson was the first Kiwi to play and referee 100 first-class matches.
Super Rugby CEO Andy Marinos stated, "The High Tackle Technique Review process will not impose any sanctions on Players. It is not designed to penalise the player in any way but to hopefully shine a light on poor technique that has been shown to increase the risk of significant injury and attempt to affect behavioural change via education and identification."
"We are extremely fortunate to have Glen take up this role. His career includes refereeing 32 international matches, 88 Super Rugby matches and 60 Mitre 10 Cup matches in New Zealand. He only recently retired as a referee and is ideally placed to act as the review officer for the law trial."
"Of course, those tackles deemed high and reckless or dangerous within any match will be treated under the existing laws of the game and will incur sanctions."
Research has shown that the majority of concussions are caused by tacklers who tackle with an upright body. SANZAAR is focusing on implementing a process that identifies high-risk upright tackles. The shadow trial will see SANZAAR looking at all tackles each round and identifying tackles in which the tackler is in an upright body position, and in the event it is deemed the tackler has shown poor technique in executing an upright tackle, a warning may be sent to the player and player's coach.
This process will be an educational process that will aim to educate players and coaches of high-risk behaviours by identifying poor tackle techniques and seeking to inform players of better choices they can make in the tackle zone.
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Q: error in densityplot mice- missing data example I have the following data:
dput(example)
structure(list(q1 = c(5, 22, 16, 24, 9, 20, 21, 16, 28, 28, 24,
25, 34, 22, 29, NA, 24, 13, 10, 17, 24, 21, 22, 35, 20, 25, 25,
23, 22, 20, 27, 22, 20, 23, 5, 21, 19, 17, 27, 20, 35, 35, 10,
16, 22, 34, 34, 23, 25, 23, 25, 30, 18, 21, 15, 23, 5, 35, 5,
30), q2 = c(5, 5, 24, 15, 5, 5, 26, 23, 24, 9, 24, 5, 15, 26,
30, 14, 14, 19, 11, 25, 20, 5, 14, 13, 11, 10, 13, 16, 16, 21,
10, 12, 20, 9, 15, 5, 13, 5, 30, 18, 12, 27, 10, 9, 20, 5, 9,
10, 11, 26, 22, 8, 6, 5, 15, 6, 5, 35, 10, 18), q3 = c(11, 22,
NA, 22, 6, 18, 30, 6, 26, NA, 17, 22, 33, 19, 22, 25, 23, 13,
13, 15, 16, 16, 23, 24, 6, 25, 27, 12, 25, 17, 28, 15, 20, 31,
5, 17, 17, 20, 24, 7, 35, 35, 10, 10, 20, 10, 31, 21, 16, 32,
25, 30, 10, 24, 15, 24, 5, 35, 9, 26), q4 = c(14, 15, 23, 21,
NA, 25, 30, 23, 28, 20, 25, 5, 35, 30, 19, 23, 30, 5, 23, 18,
30, 15, 30, 22, 8, 29, 35, 23, 23, 24, 25, 25, 20, 25, 5, 15,
34, 8, 32, 35, 35, 35, 10, 6, 21, 10, 24, 27, 10, 30, 35, 15,
6, 21, 15, 15, 5, 35, 19, 26), q5 = c(5, 18, 21, 19, 5, 6, 5,
29, 20, 23, 22, 5, 16, 22, 12, 13, 18, 5, 17, 15, 18, 16, 20,
8, 12, 19, 12, 23, 9, 16, 5, 29, 20, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 30, 22, 32,
35, 10, 13, 20, 13, 12, 16, 5, 24, 22, 17, 5, 20, 14, 5, 5, 35,
15, 16), q6 = c(15, 9, 25, 26, 6, 17, 28, 32, 26, 28, 24, 25,
11, 24, 31, 18, 19, 6, 20, 26, 29, 17, 21, 24, 7, 29, 17, 17,
14, 25, 24, 35, 24, 6, 16, 6, 9, 6, 38, 19, 30, 42, 12, 20, 27,
26, 25, 13, 9, 36, 27, 27, 7, 24, 22, 6, 16, 42, 14, 11)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-60L))

I then use mice:
*edit: forgot the complete line
library(mice)
imp <- mice(example,m=5,maxit=50,meth='pmm',seed=500)
example_i <- complete(imp,1)

But when trying to get a densityplot I get the following error:
 densityplot(imp)
Error in str2lang(x) : <text>:2:0: unexpected end of input
1: ~
   ^

My questions are:

*

*Is there something fundamentally wrong about my approach to impute missing data? (this is just a small example)

*Am I using properly the MICE arguments?

*What am I doing wrong with the density plot, as I have gotten it for all of the other scales I am working with?

A: Answer
You need to supply a formula to densityplot, otherwise it will plot all variables with > 2 missing values. Since you don't have any variables with 2 > missing values, and since densityplot doesn't expect that, it produces this cryptic error.

Example that works
example$q4[1:10] <- NA
imp <- mice(example, m = 5, maxit = 50, meth = "pmm", seed = 500)
densityplot(imp)
# equivalent: densityplot(imp, ~ q4)

Rationale
imp is of class mids, so you are calling densityplot.mids. Normally, densityplot.mids requires you to provide a formula (data argument), so that it knows which variables to plot (see ?densityplot.mids). If you want to plot q4, then the code is densityplot(imp, ~ q4).
Inside densityplot.mids, we see:
if (missing(data)) {
    vnames <- vnames[!allfactors & x$nmis > 2 & x$nmis <
        nrow(x$data) - 1]
    formula <- as.formula(paste("~", paste(vnames,
        collapse = "+", sep = ""), sep = ""))
}

If we use traceback() right after getting your error, then you will see that the last line above is the line that throws the error.
In the first line, you can see the condition xnmis > 2, which means that it will grab all the columns with more than 2 missing values. When no columns satisfy the conditions, then vnames will evaluate to character(0), and so the subsequent line yields as output ~, i.e. the code that you see in your error.
So, why does it give an error when there are too few missings? That's because densityplot plots a distribution, and plotting a distribution of 1 or 2 points is just not doable.

Suggestion
The package maintainers could improve the error by simply checking whether vnames has any content, and if not, they can throw an error that is informative. You may want to add this as an issue on Github if you think it is useful.

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We Will Not Be Seeing Self Driving Cars on the Road, as Expected
By Space Coast Daily // September 14, 2020
covid dampers autonomous car technology
Once upon a time, self-driving cars were expected to be ready by 2020. Now that the year has come, it's been shown that technology isn't close to being prepared to release these autonomous cars.
With the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, companies that produce self-driving cars are coming into even more of a predicament: in order to test these cars on the roads, the cars need two or more people in them for safety reasons.
Due to the pandemic and social distancing rules, this requirement is currently not plausible.
Waymo, Google's self-driving car unit, stated that due to the pandemic, they have been set back by at least two months due to social distancing and getting new hardware shipped from other countries.
2020 was supposed to be the year of self-driving cars, but amidst a global pandemic, production is slower than ever.
The New York Times stated that due to the pandemic, "There have been layoffs at Zoox, at the autonomous trucking companies Ike and Kodiak Robotics, and at Velodyne Lidar, which makes the Lidar sensors that are an essential part of most autonomous driving. Lyft, which recently laid off or furloughed more than 1,000 employees, said its autonomous division was affected."
Self-driving car companies tend to have extremely high operating costs yet are not profiting anything right now. Self-driving car start-ups spend around $1.6 million per month on production costs.
Start-up company Voyage began to test it's new vehicles before the coronavirus pandemic. They tested them inside retirement communities in order to focus on areas lower in traffic.
Companies such as Voyage have created simulated tests yet have struggled due to such a high number of potential situations that are not always predictable. The New York Times quoted Voyage's vice president of engineering, Davide Bacchet.
"Simulation is not something you do in a vacuum, without any connection with the real world and real data. We can only progress to the point where the simulation is accurate," stated Bacchet.
"While self-driving cars are the way of the future, they are not safe enough for American roadways currently," explains attorney Bennett Schiller of Schiller Hamilton.
The company's chief executive, Oliver Cameron, stated that Voyage's self-driving car has been delayed for four months due to their inability to get necessary hardware and supplies from their supplier in China. Social distancing rules have made Voyage's progress difficult during the past few months.
"That was a clear moment in time where the whole industry went from being a bull market to a bear market," Mr. Cameron said. "COVID has taken us even further into the bear market."
Their cars were still making mistakes and their technology proved itself to still be years from being ready to sell.
There is currently no estimated date as to when self-driving cars will be ready for sale to the public.
The US Department of Transportation recently created a program that tracks data concerning the operations of these new autonomous cars.
However, this information may not even be able to give the public any hard data. Regulations vary from state to state concerning what companies must disclose in their operations. 29 states and DC have published regulations and acted upon enforcing them and the federal government does not currently have any federal regulations.
The Trump administration has drawn back any regulations, stating that regulations can negatively impact innovation. Autonomous vehicles will create a gap in the job industry that might not be fulfilled otherwise.
Demand for jobs related to self-driving cars could be up to 6x more than graduates expected. This new self-driving car industry is expected to create over 100,000 jobs in the next 10 years which includes 30,000 jobs for engineers.
The Boston Consulting Group and Detroit Mobility Lab predicted in 2019 that by 2030, over 10% of cars will be self-driving and 20% will be hybrid or battery powered.
In addition to engineering jobs, the new self-driving car market will create over 65,000 trade jobs.
The self-driving industry threatens the ride-hail service industry, as if the population is overrun by self-driving cars that take riders to their destination, the industry will lose thousands of jobs across the country because drivers will no longer be needed.
Recently, TuSimple, a self-driving truck company, has announced its plans for the first autonomous freight network.
TuSimple is one of the biggest companies currently working to create self-driving trucks for the purpose of automated shipping. The company is working with delivery companies such as UPS and food delivery service McLane and beginning to expand to collaborate with other services to compete with other competitors.
TuSimple has self-driving trucks on the road, currently with drivers behind the wheel, and hopes to be able to have trucks driving alone when safe to do so. The company is beginning its route throughout Texas in 2020 and 2021 and hopes to expand its route from Los Angeles, CA to Jacksonville Florida by 2023. TuSimple is currently operating 40 trucks with 10 more in the works for later this year.
Amazon recently has been in the process of purchasing autonomous vehicle company Zoox, which Amazon will most likely be paying over $1 billion for. Amazon CEO of global consumer told Wired Magazine that "Zoox is working to imagine, invent, and design a world-class autonomous ride-hailing experience."
Zoox is known for its technicality, secretiveness and ambition. Zoox has been working on a robotaxi for years to eventually have their own ride-hail service with their own vehicles.
Zoox released a prototype image of this vehicle two years ago that looks similar to a golf cart. Amazon has stated that they wanted to be Zoox to be the Amazon for transportation and made a statement that "We're acquiring Zoox to help bring their vision of autonomous ride-hailing to reality."
Amazon has been said to be a threat to ride-hail services such as Uber and Lyft with the company's purchase of Zoox. Uber announced in 2016 that they would purchase a six-month-old autonomous trucking start-up, Otto, for $680 million.


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Barbra Streisand Shaded Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born'
"I thought it was the wrong idea."
Christopher Luu
Christopher is a Southern California-based editor and has been with InStyle since 2018. He covers all things entertainment, celebrity, and culture.
Published on August 16, 2021 @ 06:25PM
Before "Shallow" and Lady Gaga's now-infamous viral "100 people in a room" quote, Barbra Streisand starred in the 1976 version of A Star Is Born as Esther Hoffman. In the past, Streisand had nothing but praise for the Oscar-winning project from Gaga and Bradley Cooper, but during an interview with Australia's The Project, she seemed to throw a little shade onto the 2018 flick, calling out its unoriginality — though fans will remember that Streisand's version was actually a remake of a 1954 film that starred Judy Garland and James Mason.
"At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyoncé. I thought, that's interesting. Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that was a great idea," Streisand said. "So, I was surprised when I saw how alike it was to the version that I did in 1976."
And while she did manage to promote her new album, Release Me 2, Streisand also noted that there was just something about the 2018 movie that felt off to her, mentioning that, at least for her, originality is more important than success.
"I thought it was the wrong idea, but, look, it was a big success, so I can't argue with success, but I don't care so much about success as I do originality," she finished.
Barbra Streisand Said Prince Charles Sneakily Sent Her Flowers "Before He Met Diana"
The Huffington Post notes that Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Alicia Keys, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Rihanna were all connected to the movie in some way or form before it ended up being the flick that we all know and love.
"I thought when it was going to be done [with Beyoncé] it was going to be very different and have a multiracial cast, and the music was going to be rap. But it's more like the movie I made," Streisand told Variety in 2018.
And Entertainment Weekly reported that Streisand actually visited the set of the film with her co-star, Kris Kristofferson. Cooper told EW that they duo "gave us a blessing" and Gaga added that she was "so, so kind."
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Jon Peters Said Barbra Streisand Was "Probably" the Love of His Life
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News Release 27-Jun-2016
Huge helium discovery 'safeguards future supply for MRI scanners'
Goldschmidt Conference
image: Tom Abraham-James (Founder and CEO of Helium One) collecting helium gas from a natural water and gas seep near Lake Eyasi, Tanzania, November, 2015. Bubbles just in view in the 'puddle' contain up to 10 percent helium. view more
Credit: Pete Barry 2015
Researchers have developed systematic search methods to discover one of the world's biggest helium gas fields, associated with volcanoes in the Tanzanian Rift Valley. This is the first time that helium has been found intentionally -previous finds were by accident- and opens the way for further large finds. This work is reported at the Goldschmidt conference in Yokohama, Japan.
Helium is essential for many modern technologies such as MRI scanners in medicine, nuclear energy, and is used in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Recent years have seen worries about the over-exploitation of this extremely limited, finite, valuable natural resource, with fears that supply could not be guaranteed into the medium to long-term future. In 2015, the British Medical Association expressed concern that helium supplies may have to be regulated.
Now a team from Oxford and Durham universities, jointly led by Professor Chris Ballentine and Professor Jon Gluyas has worked together with a helium exploration company, Helium One Ltd, to help uncover a huge helium resource in Tanzania.
The team applied methodologies used in oil exploration in their search for helium. Normally oil exploration takes into consideration a range of factors, such as the rocks sourcing the oil, and how the oil is released into underground reservoirs. Crucially, the team found that being close to a volcano may be key, as the volcanic activity acts as the releasing mechanism for helium gas.
According to researcher, Diveena Danabalan (Durham):
"We were able to show that volcanoes in the rift play an important role in the formation of viable helium reserves. Volcanic activity likely provides the heat necessary to release the helium accumulated in ancient crustal rocks, but the location needs to be just right. If the gas traps are located too close to a given volcano, they run the risk of helium being heavily diluted by volcanic gases such as carbon dioxide".
Professor Chris Ballentine (Oxford) added:
"By combining our understanding of helium geochemistry with seismic images of gas trapping structures, independent experts have calculated a probable resource of 54 Billion Cubic Feet (BCf)* in just one part of the rift valley. This is around the size of 600,000 Olympic sized swimming pools with helium gas. That's nearly seven times the total amount of helium consumed globally every year and enough to fill over 1.2 million medical MRI scanners when converted to liquid helium". While developing the technique in 2015, members of the same research group postulated significant helium resources in the Rocky Mountains.
"Now we understand the techniques, we anticipate more large helium finds", said Chris Ballentine, "This will help safeguard society's future helium needs".
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IKEA introduces FRNDRING a collection based on rice straw
IKEA introduces FÖRÄNDRING, a collection based on rice straw
Back in 2018, IKEA launched the 'Better Air Now' initiative with the aim to turn rice straws – a harvesting residue that contributes heavily to air pollution when burned – into raw material. The first results are the upcoming collection FÖRÄNDRING. The long-term ambition is to create a model for how to reduce air pollution in other crop burning regions of the world, which is why IKEA has joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.
Health effects due to air pollution is a growing and severe global concern. The situation in North India is one of the most alarming, where 9 of 10 of the world most polluted cities are situated. One peril is burning of rice straws, a residue from harvesting rice that widely aggravates pollution and smog. Through the 'Better Air Now' initiative, rice straws can instead become a new renewable material source for IKEA products. The long-term ambition for the 'Better Air Now' initiative is to include other parts of India and beyond and to create a model for how to reduce air pollution in other crop burning regions of the world. Therefore IKEA has now joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition as an actor in the Coalition's Agricultural Initiative.
The first results of this initiative can be seen in the upcoming collection FÖRÄNDRING and be in IKEA stores 2020, initially in India, Germany, Sweden, Poland and Spain.
FÖRÄNDRING means 'change' in Swedish and illustrates the desire to contribute to positive change; changing current habits where rice straw is being burnt as well as a change for the many people by contributing to better air.
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The Story Behind The Strand, New York's Most Famous Bookstore
New York City bookstore is a reader's dream.
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Kaitlin Gates · July 10, 2017
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The rise of technology and the internet brought us ebooks, or electronic versions of books you can read without visiting a bookstore or library. But while the number of Americans reading these ebooks is growing, printed books continue to remain more popular. While that might surprise most people, Fred Bass, the owner of the Strand bookstore in New York, would likely not be shocked.
The Strand turned 90 years old this year, along with Fred, whose father opened the store in 1927.
The Strand's Legacy
Benjamin Bass began the used bookstore with $300 of his own money and $300 from a friend. Eventually, it became the only store still left in what was "Book Row." This area of the city formerly spanned six blocks of 48 bookstores. Today, the Strand carries more than 2.5 million used, new and rare books and literary gifts.
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Fred says one key to the store's success was its surviving of the Great Depression,. Back then, his father's landlord let the store stay rent-free until he could repay the debt once the economy improved. In 1996, the Basses purchased the building. So the threat of losing it to landlords during a slump in the economy no longer exists.
Now, Fred and his daughter Nancy run the store with a more modern inventory (like tote bags, DVDs and clothing) that have likely helped it survive the 21st Century.
Enter The Strand's Rare Book Room
But back to the rare books for a second. Some of the books The Strand's collection quite impressive. Currently for sale (to name a few) is a first edition signed "Charlotte's Web" for $1,200 and a first edition copy of "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac for $900. According to Gothamist, however, the rarest book is a first edition copy of Ulysses, autographed by James Joyce for $40,000. The most expensive book purchased from the Rare Book Room? A second folio of Shakespeare's works for $100,000.
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Aside from the things offered for sale, the Strand also brings in authors for readings and Q&As. There's also Strand's "Books by the Foot" program that lets television and film producers rent books for their shows and movies. They've even created set dressings for "Saturday Night Live" and movies like "You've Got Mail"!
No one knows what the future holds, especially in this technology-driven world. However, the nostalgia of the bookstore keeps bringing visitors in. I already plan to visit New York City one day. Now the Strand officially joins my list of stops on that trip.
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Men and women who excelled in life but not limelight
1. Deepa Malik - She is a swimmer, biker and athlete. She is paralysed waist down. She is also a Limca book record holder. She has done 1700km drive at an altitude of 18000 feet. She also owns a restaurant. She has won a bronze medal in Women's Javelin.
2. Arunima Sonu Sinha - She is the first female amputee to climb Mt Everest. She was a national level volleyball player and was pushed by the thieves from a running train. As a result one of her legs had to be amputated below the knee. She was born in1988.
3. Preethi Srinivasan - At the age of 17, she led Tamil Nadu women's cricket team into the national championships. She is also a state-level gold winner in swimming. She met an accident at the age of 18. She was honoured with the Kalpana Chawla award for courage and enterprise from the Tamil Nadu.
4. Vaishali Salavkar - She is the first Indian blind chess player to participate in the 43rd world Olympiad in September 2018. She is an eight time national champion.
5. Colonel Sanders- He is the face behind million dollar fast-food company. he is the original founder of KFC. He franchised the company back in1952 at the age of 62.


Young Belgian star Geoffrey Hairemans so starstruck while training at Manchester United that he didn't even speak!
Belgian starlet Geoffrey Hairemans was so starstruck on trial with Manchester United that the 18-year-old didn't dare speak to the aces training alongside him.
The midfielder spent a week at Carrington last month after impressing for United's feeder club, Royal Antwerp.
Everton have also been tracking Hairemans, who has become a fixture in the Belgian second division club's side this season.
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The Surrealist Dinner is inspired in part by the Rothschild's lavish costume parties of the 1970s and the art of Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp and René Magritte.
Four hours of non- stop food and entertainment, starting at 5.30pm. Tear away from the clutches of the day-to-day and immerse yourself in the luscious sweet spot of your subconscious.


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Capital IDEA's mission is to lift working adults out of poverty and into living-wage careers through education and career advancement.
We envision a thriving Central Texas where non-traditional students have the opportunity to get an education, enter a skilled occupation, earn a living wage, and reach their full potential. At the same time, we aim to make it easier for our leading employers to stay, grow, and hire locally from a diverse pool of motivated workers properly trained for the best careers of today and the future.
Equity is integral to the mission, culture, and practices of Capital IDEA. Since our founding in 1998, we have acted on the principle of "all people, all together." While inequity leaves people behind, with a disproportionate impact on communities of color, we employ a diverse staff, 75% of whom are of color, to reach a diverse, low-income community. Our student body is 80% students of color. They represent a diversity of ages, religions, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities, all of whom it is our privilege to support and serve.
We stand committed to creating a more equitable Central Texas through equal access to higher education and employment, and by continuing our work of advocating for substantial and meaningful reforms to any system within our spheres of higher education and workforce development that perpetuates inequity.
History of Capital IDEA
Capital IDEA is an austin-based nonprofit that launched in 1998. We emerged from the shared goals of the local business community and Austin Interfaith (AI). AI is a multi-issue, multi-ethnic, nonpartisan social justice organization made up of congregations, schools, unions, associations, and nonprofits that work together to develop the leadership to address issues that affect the well-being of families in the community.
One such issue was the rising cost of living in Central Texas — pushing low-income families further away from the urban core, and further into debt and other desperate situations. At the same time, regional employers were having a hard time filling their workforce needs. Capital IDEA was formed to bridge this gap by using postsecondary education for non-traditional students as a pathway to career advancement and success.
In our more than two decades of service, Capital IDEA has grown with funding from the City of Austin and Travis County, as well as a growing number of corporate and philanthropic partners. The US Department of Labor, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Texas Legislature have funded programming.
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Alyssia Palacios-Woods is a community builder and non-profit leader with over a decade of experience supporting workforce development initiatives in Central Texas. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) dedicated to best practices in non-profit operations and fundraising. Prior to joining Capital IDEA, Alyssia served as the President & CEO of the Austin Young Chamber, where she championed regional collaboration, entrepreneurship, talent development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has been a member of the Opening Central Texas for Business Task Force for COVID-19 rebuilding, the Austin Homelessness Task Force, and the National YP Week Advisory Council. In 2019, Alyssia was recognized as an Austin Business Journal Profiles in Power Nominee. She received her bachelor's degree from St. Edward's University and her master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Previous board service includes the Austin Chamber of Commerce, Transit Forward, and Capital IDEA. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for The New Philanthropist.
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Eva Rios-Lleverino has been with Capital IDEA since its launch in 1998. She plays an instrumental role in leading the organization's programmatic operations and administration. Eva has more than 25 years of experience in the higher education and nonprofit sectors. She was selected as a McBee Fellow by the Austin Area Research Organization in 2014, and was named an Emerging Leader in 2012 through the Bank of America's Neighborhood Builders' Leadership Program. She is a 2007 graduate of the Hispanic Austin Leadership Class and a 2004 recipient of the Austin Business Journal's "Rising Star Award." She holds a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Texas A&M International University. Her passion for Capital IDEA's mission is centered on a desire to provide opportunities for people to have a better future and to see lives changed forever.
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Joan Calman joined Capital IDEA in 2012. As the Director of Finance, she is responsible for the financial health of the organization. Joan manages Capital IDEA's $5 million dollar budget. Her first priority is to ensure that the financial needs of the students are met which includes arranging and authorizing tuition, book, and student fee payments for approximately 800 students each semester. Joan has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Pace University and extensive experience in various areas of accounting. Her experience with non-profits began in 1997 when she went to work for the Austin Independent School District as a bookkeeper at what was previously known as Johnston High School. Besides working in accounting, Joan volunteers her accounting skills for various non-profit organizations.
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Joining the Capital IDEA team in the fall of 2017, Amy brings 19 years of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. After earning her Masters degree in Museum Studies, Amy began her career working for a philanthropic family foundation in Los Angeles, California. This exposure to philanthropy led Amy to an interest in using her skills to raise funds for nonprofit organizations. For the past decade, Amy has dedicated her career to the Austin nonprofit community, leading fundraising and communications efforts at the United Way for Greater Austin, Mission Capital, and the Central Texas Food Bank.
Our founding board members were reflective of the community and corporate engagement that developed our mission. They represented social justice stakeholders, as well as leading healthcare and technology names in the region and this continues to be true today.
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*Austin has seen the nation's second highest increase in suburban poverty since 2000.
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Donna Moody assumed her position as Director of Campus Security Services at Brock University in January of 2007 after a distinguished career with the Niagara Regional Police Service rising to the rank of Deputy Chief of Police. Born and raised in Niagara, the Director has served in every major Municipality within the Region and commanded Police Units of a wide diversity.
Director Moody is well known throughout the Policing Community, across the Province and with our American Policing neighbours.
Deputy Chief Moody is a graduate of Niagara College Law and Security and Police Foundations Program, Police Executive Leadership Course, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto, as well as the Criminal Justice Program at the University of Virginia. She is a graduate of the 175th Session of the U.S. Department of Justice F.B.I National Academy, Quantico, Virginia, USA and is a member of the OWLE (Ontario Women in Law Enforcement and the IAWP (International Association of Women Police). She has been the recipient of the International Association of Women Police Award, "Excellence in Performance" and the Ontario Women in Law Enforcement, "Heritage Award" for long serving commitment to Law Enforcement. She has been recognized for her contributions to both the Criminal Intelligence services of Ontario and the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada. She served in the past as Chair of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, Substance Abuse Committee.
Director Moody has sat as a member on several Community Boards within the Niagara Region and has co-chaired several fundraising initiatives. One of the highlights of her career was being the Chair of the Ontario Special Olympic Summer Games hosted by the Niagara Regional Police Service in 2005. Brock University was the Host site of the Athletes Village and the Walker Complex hosted a section of Athletic Events and Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The Director served for six years on the Board of Governors for Niagara College.
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December 18, 2020 by kurt
This article was published in the Spring 2019 issue of BostonMan magazine. Click here to read it on their website, or click here to see the PDF edition from the magazine itself. Hope you enjoy it.
It's not that the Boston nine haven't enjoyed considerable glory since, but the last day of the 2011 season was a tough one to swallow.
On September 28 of that year, Oriole Park at Camden Yards showcased the climax of an epic Red Sox collapse. It was a season when the Sox were expected to run away with the AL East, steamroll through the playoffs and win their third World Series in eight years. When the dust cleared in Baltimore, a 7-20 September crumbling saw the team missing October and letting go of a manager who ranks among the biggest titans in Boston sports history.
Game 162 in 2011 may have been a delight for baseball fans just about everywhere else in the country, but it was momentously awful for Boston fans, most of whom had endured enough frowning from the Baseball Gods for one lifetime.
But if the last few paragraphs were tough for you to read, maybe you can take some comfort in the Baltimore faithful having something to cheer about, in what continues to be a nightmarish era for them.
The revolutionary home of baseball in Baltimore is currently…and probably will be for at least another three to four years…the oldest in major league baseball to have never hosted a World Series. This is, for forty-something and older Orioles fans, something impossible to have conceived in the days of Palmer, Robinson, Murray, the young Ripken, and master button-pusher Earl Weaver.
The younger Orioles fan base…true loyalists who cannot fathom the concept of their team being competitive every season…has understandable antipathy for Red Sox fans that often take over their ballpark, especially in lean years. That's to say nothing of their exasperation at having to pay more for tickets for games against the Sox and Yankees.
So pull for the Red Sox like a good traveling fan. But at least let the locals know how great their ballpark is. They don't have much else these days.
Yes, I keep telling people they were really good once.
Following a 115-loss season and a full commitment to a long overdue rebuild, the Birds aren't likely to fill up Oriole Park very often in 2019. Not even for Red Sox games.
So now is the time to take advantage and visit a beautiful ballpark where you could experience some reverse sticker shock after years of attending games at Fenway. Even to see the Sox in a venue where you'll be surrounded by your fellow Sox loving brethren, Camden Yards is a far less expensive outing…tickets for even the best seats will probably cost about a third of equivalent seats in Boston, great parking spots can be had for a double sawbuck or less, and even the food…well, okay, the food is still priced at a ballpark level. But you'll have money left over for it after you park.
If you're planning a weekend game in the summer months, it's probably best to get your pasteboards in advance…not because they're likely to sell out, but because you'll have more choices. There will likely be a third party markup for weekend games, and the Orioles website allows you to actually pick individual seats. But during the week, try the box office at the north end of the B&O warehouse…you should still have plenty of seats to choose from, and you'll save a chunk of change in online fees.
When your seat is half as comfortable as in the movie theater, you know you've made it.
Camden is one of those ballparks where fans say there aren't any bad seats, which is true, but that doesn't mean some aren't better than others. If you're splurging for those cushioned premium lower seats (and you should), the visitors' dugout is on the third base side. As is the straight ahead view of the impressive warehouse, Oriole Park's signature feature.
But while the lower concourse features great Baltimore-friendly eats like crab cakes, you'll also be as far as possible from Eutaw Street. So if you go this route, show up early and get your Eutaw stroll in to see the plates commemorating home runs that landed there, including two from David Ortiz. It's an essential in any Camden visit…along with your handshake and pit beef from Boog. Or your Rain Delay IPA at Dempsey's, if you remember the former O's catcher's rain delay antics at Fenway.
If your budget is limited, upper level seats at Oriole Park work just fine. They're closer to the field than in most ballparks, and are cheap even by baseball standards. (Bonus tip: the Orioles offer two free kids' tickets with every adult ticket purchase.) You'll have an outstanding panoramic view of both the field and the warehouse blending in with the Baltimore skyline, and the upper concourse features a fine view of the brick structure of downtown Baltimore in every direction, including M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens) across the street.
The Eutaw Street bleachers in center field…especially now that they've added a sit down bar there…are a popular spot for visiting fans too. But should you catch an Orioles home run ball, don't throw it back. That happened in a game in 2011. I'm not saying the Baseball Gods punished the Sox for that behavior, but I'm not saying they didn't either.
The Eutaw Street view of the Hilton.
With Baltimore being 400 miles from Boston, you'll probably be spending at least one night in town. There are plenty of upscale hotels in downtown Baltimore, including the impressive Hilton across the street from the Yard. Just know that unless you're staying at the Hilton or another hotel just a few footsteps away, you might not be comfortable walking to the ballpark, especially at night.
This is probably of no nevermind, since you have a plethora of parking options for Orioles games, from Orioles' lots east of the ballpark to surrounding garages downtown. None of the lots and garages in Baltimore are gouging in price the way you're used to at Fenway, but you will likely find a better deal near M&T Bank Stadium, especially if you don't mind walking a bit. Parking east of the ballpark also makes for a much easier in and out.
If you're not staying downtown, you also have the inexpensive and convenient Light Rail option…park for free along the route, and take the streetcar right to the entrance of the ballpark. It's not just a good deal cheaper, it spares you the considerable headache of driving in downtown Baltimore, where red light duration can be measured in eons and could even cost you an inning of baseball. You can also take the Light Rail directly from Penn Station, should you be using Amtrak.
This is what makes Baltimore baseball great.
Fenway Park features lobster poutine, lobster rolls, and lobster melts. Oriole Park has crab cakes, crab kettle chips, and crab waffle fries. Not a big adjustment for Massachusetts natives.
Yes, people rave about Boog's BBQ here and rightly so. Just know that Boog's amazing pit beef and turkey sandwiches aren't your only option. In the lower level concourse, you can find a baseball-sized crab cake (the Orioles tried about 50 recipes before hitting on the right one for it), kettle chips with crab meat piled on, or crab dip waffle fries that are worth grabbing a fork and sitting down to eat. And pile on some Old Bay at the condiment stands.
It's all great for a taste of Maryland, but don't forget about the eats and libations outside the ballpark too, especially across Washington Boulevard from the Left Field Gate. The pre-game watering hole tandem of Pickles Pub, Slider's and the Bullpen all offer dogs, sausages, burgers, and yes, crab cake sandwiches at prices much cheaper than inside. You can wrap this stuff and bring it in, incidentally. And like inside the ballpark, there will be enough Red Sox fans at the pre-game party that have your back. (Not that O's fans will give you any trouble.)
Speaking of libations…the establishments across the street continue to offer a brew that the Orioles amazingly do not sell inside the ballpark…National Bohemian, affectionately known as Natty Boh. How vital is the one-eyed Natty Boh logo to the Baltimore baseball experience? When this team was consistently good (yes, they really were once), it was the brand sold at Memorial Stadium…because the owner of the team happened to be the owner of National Bohemian.
You'd think the Orioles would respect that. Maybe someday. But for now get your Natty Boh on across the street and salute the…wait for it…"once proud Orioles franchise".
The Birds' two biggest fans.
One of the multitude of features the designers of Camden Yards got right was its location…in the heart of downtown Baltimore, just steps away from the beautiful Inner Harbor. Out of town visitors can enjoy a ballgame, a delightful pre- or post-game meal, and visit the top tourist attraction in the city in one day.
If you haven't yet crossed a Red Sox game at Oriole Park off your bucket list, 2019 is the year to do it.
A Name You Should Know
It's the warehouse. Chicks dig the warehouse.
On the website "This Great Game: The Online Book of Baseball History", former commissioner Bud Selig is quoted as saying that Baltimore's revolutionary ballpark "may be one of the two or three most powerful events in baseball history. It changed everything. It really did. I'm not sure people grasp the significance of it."
Selig is probably correct. Yet it's doubtful that it would have been the case without the prominence of the B&O Warehouse, however impressive a new ballpark otherwise might have been. The Warehouse gave Camden Yards a striking, standout visual element that was comparable to Fenway's Green Monster. It made a great venue into a phenomenal one.
Yet the man arguably most responsible for its preservation never received any official credit.
Eric Moss was an architecture student at Syracuse University who spent a year developing a model for Baltimore's ballpark that included the long, bulky, old brick structure…his design even featured the Warehouse as part of the playing field, suggesting that the Orioles would have to budget for window repairs.
His design was seen by one of the firms competing for the Oriole Park contract, Ayers Saint Gross. The firm actually brought Moss and his design to Baltimore. At the time, the warehouse was set to be demolished, an idea that had the backing of even the Orioles. Moss's design showed how the building could not only be preserved, but also be an integral component of the ballpark itself.
Moss's idea to build the ballpark around the warehouse survived…but Ayers Saint Gross lost the contract bid to HOK Sport, who ultimately designed not just Camden Yards, but dozens more sports venues in the wake of Camden's success.
Eric Moss's name is not on any of the official design documents. But he landed a nice career out of it. He is still today an architect at Ayers Saint Gross.
One Year To The Day
Damn, this guy could hit.
Every baseball fan remembers what happened at Camden Yards on September 6, 1995. Cal Ripken Jr. took the field for the 2,131st consecutive time, and single-handedly restored a country's love for a sport that had been badly damaged by its participants' greed. As the ballpark's history goes, it's not likely that anything short of an Orioles World Series victory could top the moment.
One year to the day later, longtime Orioles star Eddie Murray made September 6 extra special for Orioles fans, launching a home run into the center field seats following a rain delay that caused the early exit of several thousand fans. This wasn't just any home run, by the way…it was number 500 of Murray's storied career. He would finish with 504.
Murray and Ripken were arguably the two key members of the last Orioles team to reach the top of the baseball mountain. Both of them were relatively young stars in 1983, the year the Orioles took the crown against the Phillies. The two teammates and friends battled for the MVP all season, with Ripken taking the honors and Murray finishing a very strong second. (Carlton Fisk finished a distant third.) Neither would play for a World Series winner again in their careers.
Ripken credited Murray as one of the reasons he played in every single game for over 16 years. It was Murray, he said, that stressed to a young Ripken the importance of always being ready to play.
Today both players have statues and retired numbers 8 and 33 at Camden Yards, immortalizing their careers with the Birds…and the seat where Murray's 500th home run landed is now painted orange to commemorate the occasion.
The Peanut Church
Peanut bags – keeping churches maintained since 1992.
(photo courtesy of the Old Otterbein United Methodist Church)
As stated in this article, you can bring food and non-alcoholic drinks into Camden Yards. This lenient policy of the Orioles has been a great boon to nearby people of faith.
The Old Otterbein United Methodist Church, located near Conway Street adjacent to the ballpark, discovered in the early days of the new ballpark that Orioles fans would be happy to pay a dollar for a bag of peanuts rather than quadruple that price inside.
They've been selling peanuts to fans heading to Orioles games since the ballpark opened in 1992…and they've used the proceeds from peanuts and water sales to restore an organ, replace the roof, fix crumbling brick walls and repair the electrical and HVAC systems.
According to the church's website, "The best sales are always when the 'Yanks' and 'Red Sox' are in town." So when you buy peanuts from the Old Otterbein, you're not only saving money on everyone's favorite ballpark snack, you're helping a local house of worship maintain their home.
So there are some Baltimore natives that always will be happy to see you, even if you're wearing Red Sox gear.
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The Hard Is What Makes It Great – Fenway Park
December 7, 2020 by kurt
It was a great privilege to contribute this piece about one of my favorite ballparks to the debut issue of BostonMan Magazine, which was released in the fall of 2018. You can read the article on BostonMan's website, or click here to see the PDF from the magazine.
It wasn't easy to conceive an angle about Fenway that would be new to Boston sports fans, but every Red Sox fan that read it loved it, which made me very happy. I hope you enjoy it.
Baseball As It Is Meant To Be Watched.
"The Hard Is What Makes It Great."
The venerable home of the Red Sox has survived not only a relentless ballpark boom, but a new wave of disregard even for relatively new venues. There's a reason for it that few people outside of Boston understand.
By the time you read this, there may be another World Series about to take place in the ballpark that has sat in Beantown for over a century. The Red Sox have, after all, shown a palpable disregard for supposed curses in the last decade and a half.
When you think about it, it's no small miracle that Fenway Park is still standing. Lately, you don't even have to think about it all that much. As ballpark architecture changes at a dizzying rate, Fenway insistently puts its foot down, asserting its unassailable right to continue hosting the world's greatest game. It remains the immovable object that triumphs over the irresistible force.
Over the last three decades, as municipalities and teams realized there were billions to be made in corporate suites, some romantic and profoundly historic temples of baseball met with the wrecking ball. Most distressingly, even Tiger Stadium, old Yankee Stadium and Comiskey Park were unceremoniously felled by baseball economics. It's hard to imagine it now, but there indeed was a time when Fenway was in the crosshairs too…and the idea of replacing it had plenty of support.
Turner Field in Atlanta. Great ballpark, but you didn't have long to knock it off your list.
In recent years, the discarding of venues considered shiny by Fenway standards makes it even more remarkable that the ballpark continues to defy its demolition. Teams are now departing from delightful and appealing baseball homes that most fans remember opening. Turner Field in Atlanta lasted just 20 seasons as the home of the Braves, magnificent Globe Life Park in Arlington will be replaced in 2020 after just 26 seasons, and the Diamondbacks have begun the process of exiting Chase Field in Phoenix, another ballpark just 20 seasons old.
Think about that. The Metrodome outlived these outstanding ballparks.
The sports venue boom, one could easily argue, is now completely out of control. For absurd reasons, at least the publicly stated ones, teams are tossing aside perfectly nice baseball settings. The Braves actually cited "traffic" as a problem with Turner Field, as if it's somehow possible to smoothly shoehorn 20,000 cars into any parking lot on earth in the space of a couple of hours. (Spoiler alert: the traffic at SunTrust Park is far worse. At least Turner Field had a viable public transit option.)
It's not all that difficult anymore to conceive that Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the venue that started all of this, could itself be threatened with extinction in the not too distant future. As perfect for baseball as Camden is, the Orioles can't even give away tickets these days…and they're literally doing just that.
Sure, they haven't been in the Series since the Reagan Administration. But they revolutionized ballparks at least.
The stunning ballpark creations that arose in response to the phenomenal success of the architectural wonder in Baltimore have been warmly received by spectators. This is especially true in places like Philadelphia, where fans sat in a concrete donut designed for football for 33 seasons. Citizens Bank Park is, by any fathomable measure, a superior venue to Veterans Stadium.
Many of the new ballparks were designed with the charm, or more correctly, the "old time features" of places like Fenway, like neighborhood-necessitated dimensions and distinctive visual landmarks…but without the small seats, grossly insufficient leg room (did people really top out at five-foot-four in 1912?), obstructed views, and fuming in 3 MPH traffic to find exorbitantly priced parking.
With all due respect to Camden Yards, which truly was executed flawlessly, the modern amenities babble is exactly where all of the new venues miss the point.
The home of the Red Sox was never meant to be a place where millennials gather for craft beer tasting, or where patrons sample gourmet sushi from an executive chef, or where fans loudly cheer a mascot race. It's not that Fenway doesn't have extras geared to folks that are less than fanatical about baseball. It does. But they're not emphasized here. There is nowhere near the outreach to "casual fans" at Fenway like there is in nearly every other ballpark in America.
Yes, believe it or not, that packed to the gills train you were just on is the easiest way to get here.
Fenway Park is difficult. It's the most challenging ballpark in baseball, both to get into and to get to. Most games sell out and require fans to pay an overinflated secondary market rate, seek out skilled haggler scalpers or wait in a long line on game day. Parking is scarce and costly, with cars even placed on top of one another in smaller garages. Trains leading to Kenmore station are stuffed well beyond capacity with sweaty fans.
Choosing the wrong seat at Fenway can lead to the annoying experience of a support pole blocking a portion of the field from view. A fan's only alternative, at least at that price, is a distant outfield seat in the glaring sun. Oh, and those Grandstand seats? Flimsy wooden chairs, just 15 inches wide, with an inch wide armrest to share with your neighbor. You must be kidding.
For all of the reverence for Fenway Park from baseball fans everywhere, no one would tolerate a newer facility with so many ridiculous flaws. Yet that grand old girl in Boston with the huge green wall in left field remains at the top of so many fans' bucket list destinations. A ballpark that, on fan experience alone, is utterly inferior to nearly every other venue in professional baseball is filled to capacity every night.
Not even the strikingly beautiful structures in Pittsburgh and San Francisco could ever hope to achieve that. It's a charm that a less dedicated baseball fan, accustomed to cushioned seats and easy parking, would consider a detriment.
An atmosphere where everyone's your amigo!
In A League Of Their Own, Tom Hanks has the perfect response to Geena Davis finally succumbing to how difficult the game of baseball is: "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."
This place isn't for amateurs. Fenway Park is literally designed to weed out the casual fan. If you don't love Red Sox baseball enough to endure that cramped, stiff seat with no view of right field, you don't have to go. Not to worry. Someone will take your place…and that someone is exactly the kind of fan baseball needs more of anyway.
Why else on earth would fans tolerate extortionately priced tickets and parking, uncomfortable seats with blocked views, and far too many outfield seats in 2018? Why do Red Sox fans not only put up with all of this, but even sing collectively and enthusiastically about how good times never seemed so good?
Because Red Sox fans get baseball.
They get the incomparable thrill of investing their heart in a baseball team, and seeing a game winning hit bounce off of that green wall.
No problem, we'll wait.
Maybe that simplifies it too much. Try this.
See if you can find someone who was there to witness Ted Williams' 502-foot smash that landed in a seat now painted red to commemorate the occasion. Actually, that might be difficult, given that it happened in 1946. Maybe you'd have better luck finding someone who was in the ballpark when Carlton Fisk's home run ball clanged off of the foul pole. That was only in 1975.
Still having trouble? Then try finding someone who was present when Big Papi's game winner cleared the fence in the 12th, after journeyman first baseman Kevin Millar had duly warned everyone against allowing a Red Sox victory that night. That shouldn't be impossible.
Found someone? Great. Ask them how much they paid for their ticket, or where they parked, or what the entertainment was between innings.
Chances are good the answers won't be high on the list of what they remember most about the experience.
When they make a Lego figure of you, you've done ok.
Baseball's history is a long, ongoing, and endlessly gripping page turner full of otherworldly moments. Nowhere is this more true than in Boston, from the devastating heartbreaks of an 86-year hex to the beyond spectacular glory of 2004. As Big Papi's hit sailed over the fence and the Sox escaped the jaws of elimination, setting in motion the greatest comeback in sports history, no one in a partially obstructed seat that night would have traded the inconvenience to have missed it.
The Sox fans that overcame the considerable challenges to be inside Fenway Park on those fateful historic days considered it unquestionably worth the aggravation. Just as they continue to do by the millions every summer.
All the obstructions, expensive parking, crowded trains, and no great need for any ballgame sustenance other than a hot dog on mushy white bread. It all makes the point that no retractable roof, amenity-laden facility for baseball could ever make. For all of its flaws, because of its flaws, Fenway Park is absolutely everything a ballpark should be.
An eternal reminder that baseball, Red Sox baseball, is worth it.
"Hey, I can't see the guy in front of me!"
You CAN Avoid (Or At Least Minimize) The Obstructed View
Just because the support poles and their obstructed views keep out less dedicated fans doesn't mean you have to endure them. There is actually a website called "Precise Seating" dedicated to providing the lowdown on every single seat in Fenway Park. It's a fantastic resource for Sox fans.
With Precise Seating, you can put in all the information about a seat…section, row, and seat number…and the website will give the seat a 1-10 rating based on various factors: the view, distance from home plate and from the field, even shelter from rain. If there is an obstruction, the site will tell you what percentage of the field is blocked and whether you'll be unable to see any of the bases or pitcher's mound.
For example, say you're looking at Grandstand Section 15, Row 5, Seat 1. Precise Seating will show you the obstruction, and how you won't be able to see first or second base. They feature an actual photo from the seat, and being five rows from the pole it's not too terribly bad, but if you have other choices you may want to look for another spot.
Precise Seating is a valuable tool, especially when searching around low numbered rows in the Grandstand. But if you don't have access to it…say, when you're patronizing a scalper…just remember a few things:
Or you could just sit in front of the poles.
Low rows in the Grandstand are the biggest risk, since the support pole is usually along the first or second row. If you're going to try it, go for a seat number between 5-12, where you could not only be safe but you may land a great seat for the price. If you're in a higher row, in most cases the obstruction isn't too bad if you're between seats 5-10.
Also, keep in mind that there are support poles in the high rows too, usually in Row 18 or 19. If you go for a seat this high, again, avoid low or high numbered seats. You won't be able to see scoreboard this high up, incidentally, but there are TVs showing replays of the action.
One last thing: there are no support poles blocking views in Sections 19 and 21, on either side of home plate. Check those first!
A feast for the eyes at the ballpark. For less!
The Lansdowne Street Sausages
Part of the classic charm of Fenway Park is the sausage hawkers that surround the place…fans can get a decent sized tube of meat on a submarine roll for a few bucks less than what it would cost inside the park. You are indeed allowed to wrap them up and bring them into the game, if you can find some way to keep them warm while waiting in line.
Since most fans arrive at the ballpark from the Kenmore T station, the sausage vendors on Lansdowne Street are the most popular, being the first to emerge into view. They look similar, but there are differences between them. Here are a few fan favorites and what makes them special:
The Sausage Guy – Near the entrance to Cask 'N Flagon tavern is a small blue kiosk run by a gentleman named David Littlefield. The Sausage Guy's website (yes, he has one) lists some of his stats: two frostbitten fingers from serving in the cold, a torn rotator cuff and three cortisone shots to his left elbow.
The Sausage Guy serves up good-sized sweet Italian sausage sandwiches with onions and peppers. It's a pretty decent value and you can order the sausage on the website.
A chicken teriyaki from the Sausage Connection, with "Inner Beauty" hot sauce. Trust me on this one.
The Sausage Connection – The Sausage Connection is the yellow stand located near the Game Day ticket sales line. Not only do they serve up a mean sandwich of sausage, peppers and onions, they offer chicken teriyaki and steak tip sandwiches too.
What makes the Sausage Connection special in a sea of similar looking sausage vendors is their hot sauces, including the popular "Inner Beauty", a tasty mustard-style sauce that will truly test your ability to handle the heat.
The Original Che-Chi's – Che-Chi's is the red stand further down on Lansdowne, and they have similar offerings like sausages, dogs and chicken. Che-Chi's has their own secret hot sauce, which is a smoky BBQ-style sauce.
Che-Chi's is also a tad more affordable than the rest; the sandwiches are a buck or two cheaper and they have soda specials.
Remember, you can bring them inside…
This is the easy part.
Alternate Transit Routes
Whether one drives to Fenway Park or uses the T, neither is a particularly pleasant method of transit. Driving to Fenway Park involves lengthy delays and hefty parking charges, but standing in a packed train car isn't always the most fun ride either.
If you want to try something out of the ordinary, the excellent Fenway Park E-Guide offers some methods of transportation that you might not have considered and their merits:
Commuter Rail – On the Framingham/Worcester Line, Yawkey Station is just 500 feet from the ballpark, near Boston Beer Works. Parking lots this close often cost $50 and up. The ride is far less crowded, the seats are more plentiful and more comfortable, and the MBTA usually runs extra trains on game days.
The best part about this option is that you can book your parking at 100 Clarendon Street through the red Sox website very affordably, hop on the Commuter Rail from nearby Back Bay station, and go one inexpensive stop to the ballpark. Even with two or three people in the car, it's still far cheaper than Fenway lot prices with just as much walking, and exiting from the garage is a snap afterwards.
Take The "E" Train – Most fans follow the advice on signs at stations that include transfers to the Green Line, the subway line that carries fans to Fenway: use any train except the "E", which veers in another direction before stopping at Kenmore station.
This leaves the E trains far less crowded, and it's not a total wash in getting to the ballpark: the Prudential and Symphony stations are maybe a 15-minute walk from Fenway. Many fans park at the Prudential garage to save a few dollars; using the E will spare you the Fenway crowds on the other trains.
And if you're not up for that walk, you can hire someone to cycle you there in a rickshaw:
It's obvious these guys are cool.
Boston Pedicab – The Boston Pedicab rickshaws can often be found around Fenway before and after games. You can find them all around downtown Boston too, especially at the Pru Center where people use them to ride to Sox games. They're cyclists that pedal you to your destination for free; they subsist entirely on tips. Be generous. It's a great way to avoid the traffic while enjoying a fine view of the city.
If you can't find one, you can call Boston Pedicabs and they'll send one out for you.
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Camden Yards Food: Boog's BBQ, Dempsey's + Bring Your Own
May 23, 2020 by kurt
So I had this big mess of Camden Yards food posts that went everywhere, and Google didn't seem to like any of them. So I figured I'd combine them all, and just make them one nice big post about Camden Yards food. Enjoy!
Boog's BBQ + Eutaw Street Food at Camden Yards
When first-timers visit Oriole Park at Camden Yards, they're almost universally told to "try Boog's BBQ." The smoke wafting from the tent on Eutaw Street has been a feature of Camden Yards since its opening in 1992.
Long lines form at Boog's BBQ stand, especially on high attendance nights. Fans get their picture taken with the large first baseman from the Orioles' salad days, order a sandwich or platter of pit beef or turkey, enhance it at a banging condiments stand, and either sit at a Eutaw Street picnic table to eat or watch batting practice.
(Please note friends…I published this in 2018, and food in ballparks changes a lot, so I apologize for any inaccuracies. I am currently working on a retool and hope to have this content updated.)
Not hard to see why it's so popular.
The pit beef is recommended most by online reviewers, but the turkey sandwich is pretty good too, and the platters with slaw and beans offer decent value; you likely won't be hungry afterward. One Orioles employee suggested to me to bring your own bread and get your sandwich "naked" to get more meat on your plate. Worth the effort.
Try to get to Boog's BBQ early, if you don't want to miss any of the game.
True Birds fans know that Rick Dempsey was good enough to have beer named after him.
Dempsey's, named for 1983 World Series MVP Rick Dempsey, is a restaurant built into the warehouse. It features brick walls, O's memorabilia, and beer taps with craft brews like Rain Delay IPA (click here to see why Dempsey is associated with rain delays).
The menu is pub-style and includes appetizers like crab cakes and rock fish tacos, and the main menu is mostly burgers and sandwiches, like the Dempsey Club. There's also the "Walk-Off": a Roma sausage in a pretzel roll with Old Bay crab dip. Save money and appetite for that one.
If you want to try Dempsey's and not miss any of the game, you have to get to a Eutaw Street entrance as soon as the gates open. Long lines form very quickly, especially on high attendance nights.
Don't miss Rick's poetic dedication to Memorial Stadium inside.
OK I give, where's the mustard?
Elsewhere on Eutaw are a few of the unique food stands at Camden Yards. There's the Bud & Burgers and Stuggy's Gourmet Hot Dogs at the north end, where you can order unusual burgers and dogs (the crab mac and cheese dog is very popular) in case a simple dog doesn't wow you.
There's also a Eutaw Street Market in the warehouse where you can find grab and go items, and at the south end is a Eutaw Street Gyro Grill. You may lament the disappearance of the "other" BBQ stand, but the gyros and spinach pies are pretty good. Besides, Boog's BBQ is plenty BBQ enough.
More Oriole Park Food Options – Crab Stuff!
Oriole Park is still in Maryland last time I looked, so crab stuff is pretty popular. Here are three more favorite Camden Yards food options of mine, just because I love Old Bay…
The Old Bay addition makes it Orioles colors!
1) Crab Dip Waffle Fries. This is a pretty big go-to item for Orioles fans. If you're familiar with the Chick-Fil-A waffle fries (and who isn't?), they're like them, but topped with Maryland crab dip sauce, and you can shake on some Old Bay seasoning at a condiment stand.
Get them at Old Bay Seafood, Freestate Fries or the Flying Dog stands, and get a fork and napkins…you'll thank me.
Check out those scallions!
2) The Crab Chipper. The Chipper stand has become one of the more popular Camden Yards food options – and this Crab Chipper features kettle chips (or pork rinds!) topped with crab meat, white cheddar, green onions and Old Bay…so they're, you know, kind of like fancy nachos.
It's a decent quantity of food too, especially if you get them in a souvenir helmet. Way salty though, so grab a drink with it…
The Official State Fish of Maryland.
3) The Old Bay Seafood Crab Cake. I remember in the early days of Oriole Park watching a friend of mine shell out $4 for a crab cake the size of a golf ball. This was before ballparks were known for food options. Hope he enjoyed it.
Today the crab cakes may be more expensive, but they're now appropriately baseball-sized and much tastier – the Orioles had a chef sample 50 local crab cakes (!) to come up with a recipe for this delicacy. (Hopefully not at once.) The Old Bay stands are in the lower and upper concourses.
There you go…three crab-tasty Camden Yards food options. But you can go cheap here as well.
Can You Bring Food Into Camden Yards?
The short answer is yes, you can…the Orioles allow a 16*16*8 soft-sided bag or cooler, so long as it doesn't contain alcohol or potential projectiles.
But the best part of this money-saving tip is the possibilities you have with the numerous outside vendors…so here are three tips on where you can find cheap outside grub to bring into the Yard.
Inside the ballpark, it costs more without the roll.
1) Pickles Pub/Slider's/The Bullpen. I'm not sure which of these three corner pubs sets up all of the tents and outdoor grills and full bars, but I expect it's all of them. The three establishments are across the street from the ballpark on Washington Street, and the entire area gets packed with pre- and post-game partiers.
You can get a hefty dog, sausage, burger, or crab cake sandwich here for much less than you'd pay inside the ballpark, of course, and there are tables with people selling peanuts, pistachios and bottled water too.
Best part? Have a cheap Natty Boh while you're filling your goody bag…since you can't get cheap beer OR Natty Boh inside the ballpark.
With so many combinations, there's sure to be one for you!
2) Vendors On Howard And Conway Streets. There are a plethora of vendors with grills selling dogs, sausages and chicken sandwiches, and they'll offer you a nice deal if you're willing to haggle and offer to buy more at a discount.
As with the vendors near Pickles Pub, on Conway Street, you can also buy much cheaper gear and souvenirs. This is ideal for people arriving by Light Rail…the vendors are right there across the street.
Photo courtesy of the Old Otterbein United Methodist Church. They said I could use it.
3) The Peanut Church. The Old Otterbein United Methodist Church is nicknamed the "Peanut Church"…they've been selling fresh bags of roasted peanuts cheaply since Camden Yards opened in 1992, and they've used the profits to maintain the church with a new roof and painting and such. If you're a person of faith you'll probably think it's a cool thing. It's on Conway Street, and if you're coming from the Inner Harbor you can't miss it.
Finally, there's a Jimmy John's and a Chipotle just steps away, if you want bring food into Camden Yards from someone familiar. But that's kinda boring.
So there you go…some food options at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Enjoy, and let me know when you'll be there.
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