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Tag Archives: Recreation

15Apr/17

Brits find their marbles in World Championships

April 15, 2017Human InterestBritish and World Marbles Championship, Games of physical skill, Gaming, Germany, Glass art, Leisure, Marble, Recreation, Sports, Tinsley, Tinsley Green, West Sussex, Tolley, Toys, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

Johnson Jets win this year’s World Marbles Championship
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13Jul/15

French company designs face-to-face airplane seating plan

July 13, 2015InnovationAircraft cabin, Airline seat, Airline tickets, Architecture, Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Aviation, Business/Finance, Disaster/Accident, France, Human activities, Human Interest, NEXT MEDIA, NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY PLC, Recreation, Rooms, Rotundas, Shakespeare's Globe, the Globe and Mail, The Globe and Mail Inc., Zodiac Aerospacesmbale

France (Next Media) – A French manufacturer of aircraft passenger seats has filed a patent for a new seating design that would increase cabin capacity by having passengers face each other.
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06Jul/15

Wife carrying world championships held in Finland

July 6, 2015Human InterestAnnelise, Bulent Ceylan, Ceylan, Eero Pitkanen, Finland, Hasselhoff, Humans, Jared, Jared Hasselhoff, Marriage, Obstacle racing, Racing, Recreation, Sari Viljanen, Sonkajärvi, Sport in Finland, Sports, Viljanen, Ville Parviainen, Wife carrying, World Championshipsmbale

SONKAJÄRVI, FINLAND (REUTERS) – For brides who want to relive the joy of being carried over the threshold on their wedding night, they can!

The 20th annual Wife Carrying World Championship in central Finland featured 60 couples from 14 countries, drawing more than 8,000 spectators.
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14Mar/15

Mattel’s internet-connected Barbie doll alarms privacy advocates

March 14, 2015InternetBarbie, Business/Finance, Childhood, cloud-based technology, Doll, Entertainment, Fashion dolls, Internet privacy, Mattel, MATTEL INC., NEXT MEDIA, Recreation, SKY NEWS, Technology/Internet, Toys, Washington Postsmbale

(Next Media Online) – Toymaker, Mattel Inc., has announced an internet connected Barbie doll which features interactive conversation with its user. However, privacy advocates fear the doll’s cloud-based technology exposes children to eavesdropping by Mattel, or anyone with access to the company’s servers.
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