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FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship preparations are racing ahead
It’s only a few months to go and the 11th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship preparations are racing ahead… Gliding would be nothing without the amazing and supportive international community. Glider pilots from all around the world helped raise funds to allow two Ukrainian pilots to compete. The organising team has members from all over the UK working hard to make WWGC2022 a special event, and they have volunteers from as far afield as New Zealand coming along to help out at the championships. Director Liz Sparrow said “It’s great that we have women – and men – from so many gliding nations keen to be part of WWGC2022”. The…
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Outdoor sports in spring: Big things coming to Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness | Tulsa World Magazine
Spring is going to bring new life to the woodlands at Turkey Mountain, but that’s not the only thing that will emerge as warmer months arrive. The Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness trail system is undergoing an upgrade, and some of the new trails are already open. The River Parks Authority, working with Progressive Trail Designs to implement the Turkey Mountain Master Plan, has already opened 2 miles of new trails. That stretch of singletrack makes for excellent hiking and running, but also provides something long sought at the park: a welcoming stretch of trail for all levels of mountain bikers. Turkey Mountain is a mountain biking favorite, but most of…
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Tourism and Water Sports Market Global Analysis 2021-2028: Gray & Co, G Adventures, Nile Blue Tours, Adris Group, Air BnB, Balkan Holidays Ltd, Travel Egypt, Memphis Tours, TCS World Travel, DuVine, etc.
A thorough primary and secondary research on the Tourism and Water Sports market entails a broad spectrum of information effectively defining every aspect crucial to the business workflow and growth and development of the industry. The report encompasses a review of vast ranging factors and growth derivatives along with aspects representing the market metrics which includes the market size, share, and volume and the cost structure followed by a detailed overview of the historic evidences portraying the dissimilarity between the growth curve of the Tourism and Water Sports market within the current industry status and through the historic years with an emphasis on the future forecast estimations. Vendor Profiling: Global…
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With World Series in full swing, PETA asks baseball world to remove ‘bullpen’ from vocabulary
The term “bullpen” has been used in baseball since the sport really took hold around the late 1800s. In baseball, the bullpen refers to the area beyond the outfield wall where pitchers warm up. Starting pitchers can be seen warming up before games while relievers do their warmups during games as they get ready to substitute for whoever is on the mound. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jose Urquidy of the Houston Astros warms up in the bullpen prior to Game Two of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 27, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Elsa/Getty Images) Now, People for the…
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World Series Recalls Dusty Baker’s Relationship With Hank Aaron
HOUSTON — As Ralph Garr remembers it, the kid from Sacramento could have made it big in any sport. The Atlanta Braves chose Johnnie B. Baker Jr., known as Dusty, out of high school in the 26th round of the 1967 draft. They knew he had options, but they also had a secret weapon. “Dusty could have made the major leagues in football, basketball or baseball, and I don’t think he cared as much about baseball,” said Garr, a third-round draft choice that year. “But Dusty was drafted by the Braves, and Henry Aaron called his mother and said he’d take care of him.” Aaron was 33 years old and…
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A big name in the world of video games is starting a New Orleans studio, bringing high-paying jobs | Business News
New Orleans’ budding video-game sector is set for a big boost, with one of the industry’s most celebrated entrepreneurs starting a new gaming studio in the city with the promise of 75 local jobs paying an average of $100,000 a year each. There are few bigger names in digital gaming than Jeff Strain, who founded and sold two video-game companies over the last two decades, and who is starting his latest studio — Possibility Space — on Poydras Street in the Central Business District. The move is a coup for economic development agencies GNO Inc. and Louisiana Economic Development, which have courted Strain at his former base in Seattle for…
