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  2. Standing-room only - Wikipedia

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    The Little League World Series uses standing room and berm seating at its events, with its flagship venue, Howard J. Lamade Stadium, able to accommodate 12 times as many spectators on its berms (over 40,000) than it does in the 3,300-seat ballpark proper.

  3. Anechoic chamber - Wikipedia

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    Anechoic chamber. An anechoic chamber ( an-echoic meaning "non-reflective" or "without echoes") is a room designed to stop reflections or echoes of either sound or electromagnetic waves. They are also often isolated from energy entering from their surroundings. This combination means that a person or detector exclusively hears direct sounds (no ...

  4. Ames room - Wikipedia

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    Ames room. Photograph of two adults standing in an Ames room, apparently with a significant difference in size. An Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion. Likely influenced by the writings of Hermann Helmholtz, [1] it was invented by American scientist Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946, [2] and constructed in the following year.

  5. Don’t count on any more Trump tax cuts - AOL

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    Something will have to change, because the 2017 tax cuts for individuals expire at the end of 2025. If Congress does nothing, tax rates will return to the higher levels they were at before the ...

  6. Is Elin Hilderbrand Really Retiring? It’s Complicated. - AOL

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    “The pedigree on it is so immaculate,” she says, “and if you had said to me 15 years ago, ‘You’re going to have to wait 15 years [for one of your books to get adapted], but it’s going ...

  7. Room and pillar mining - Wikipedia

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    Room and pillar mining of gypsum was used in Iowa beginning in 1892, and was phased out of use in 1927 due to low recovery and development of technologies that made surface mining more practical, safe, and cost effective. More recently, the United States Gypsum Sperry mine, near Mediapolis, Iowa, opened in 1961. This room-and-pillar mine, 620 ...

  8. The It List summer guide: America's best outdoor music venues

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    Also, they hand out free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Not kidding. 🌎 Where: Shelburne, Vt. 🎟️ Capacity: 2,000. 🎸 Who’s playing: Guster, Train, Lake Street Dive, Joe Russo’s Almost ...

  9. Single-room occupancy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Single-room occupancy ( SRO) is a type of low-cost housing typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. [1] SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2] to ...