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The efforts in caving are usually published freely and publicly especially in the UK and other European countries although in the US these are generally private. | hobby |
Tanning hide into leather involves a process which permanently alters the protein structure of skin making it more durable and less susceptible to decomposition and coloring. | hobby |
The practice of foraging or gathering materials from plants and mushrooms is also considered separate from hunting. | hobby |
Machining is a part of the manufacture of many metal products, but it can also be used on other materials such as wood, plastic, ceramic, and composite material. | hobby |
Pottery is traditionally divided into three types earthenware, stoneware and porcelain and all three may be glazed and unglazed. | hobby |
Today chess is one of the world most popular games played by millions of people worldwide. | hobby |
Chess is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight by eight grid. | hobby |
Before blogging became popular digital communities took many forms including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, Byte Information Exchange and the early CompuServe, email lists and Bulletin Board Systems. | hobby |
Some of the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. | hobby |
An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman or draughtsman. | hobby |
DIY has been described as a self made culture one of designing, creating, customizing and repairing items or things without any special training. | hobby |
Speedrunning often involves following planned routes which may incorporate sequence breaking and can exploit glitches that allow sections to be skipped or completed more quickly than intended. | hobby |
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. | hobby |
In the beginning of the twentieth century mermaiding was sometimes referred to as water ballet but it is not currently a term that is commonly used. | hobby |
The kendama is the Japanese version of the classic cup and ball game and is also a variant of the French cup and ball game bilboquet. | hobby |
Kendama started to evolve when it came to Japan during the Edo period and since then the use of the toy has spread throughout the world. | hobby |
Museums use taxidermy as a method to record species including those that are extinct and threatened in the form of study skins and life size mounts. | hobby |
Taekwondo are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere with occasional use of weapons. | hobby |
In some cases chocolate confections are treated as a separate confectionery category as are sugar free versions of sugar confections. | hobby |
Caving also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems. | hobby |
Sometimes categorized as an extreme sport caving is not commonly considered as such by longtime enthusiasts who may dislike the term for its connotation of disregard for safety. | hobby |
In the most restrictive sense bonsai refers to miniaturized container grown trees adhering to Japanese tradition and principles. | hobby |
By contrast with other plant cultivation practices bonsai is not intended for production of food or for medicine. | hobby |
Dance is an art form consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value either improvised or purposefully selected. | hobby |
Dance itself has also become a sport for some with dancing competitions found across the world exhibiting various different styles and standards. | hobby |
Modern metalworking processes though diverse and specialized can be categorized into one of three broad areas known as forming, cutting or joining processes. | hobby |
Direct drive turntables are the type preferred by DJs and belt drive turntables are less expensive but they are not suitable for turntablism and DJing because the belt drive motor can be damaged by this type of manipulation. | hobby |
In postcrossing as of January 2019 more than one third of the combined total of postcards were sent from Germany, Russia and the United States. | hobby |
Engraving requires a degree of expertise to distinguish engravings from prints using other techniques such as etching in particular but also mezzotint and other techniques. | hobby |
In fact historians have described western views of the Tarot pack as the subject of the most successful propaganda campaign ever launched. | hobby |
Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin. | hobby |
Bonsai does not require genetically dwarfed trees but rather depends on growing small trees from regular stock and seeds. | hobby |
Clinical research does not show reiki to be effective as a treatment for any medical condition, including cancer, diabetic neuropathy, anxiety or depression therefore it should not replace conventional medical treatment. | hobby |
Sudoku first appeared in a US newspaper and then The Times London in 2004 thanks to the efforts of Wayne Gould who devised a computer program to rapidly produce unique puzzles. | hobby |
Mermaiding is both a profession and a hobby and professional mermaids will often swim in live, filmed or photographed productions or shows and can be hired for special events. | hobby |
Taxidermy is practiced primarily on vertebrates like mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and less commonly on amphibians but can also be done to larger insects and arachnids under some circumstances. | hobby |
End applications of pottery include tableware, decorative ware, sanitaryware and in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware. | hobby |
The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organisation and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete piece of work. | hobby |
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. | hobby |
Music may be performed or improvised using a vast range of instruments including the human voice. | hobby |
Pyrography or pyrogravure is the free handed art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. | hobby |
DIY has grown to become a social concept with people sharing ideas, designs, techniques, methods and finished projects with one another either online or in person. | hobby |
An entire false history and false interpretation of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists; and it is all but universally believed. | hobby |
Much of modern day machining is carried out by computer numerical control in which computers are used to control the movement and operation of the mills, lathes and other cutting machines. | hobby |
Photography is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing e.g.photolithography and business as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby and mass communication. | hobby |
Purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation for the viewer and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity for the grower. | hobby |
Instead bonsai practice focuses on long term cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a container. | hobby |
Supplies such as kits and fermentation tanks can be purchased locally at specialty stores or online for homebrewing and beer was brewed domestically for thousands of years before its commercial production although its legality has varied according to local regulation. | hobby |
A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert or other form of entertainment. | hobby |
Extensive decorative tattooing has also been part of the work of performance artists such as tattooed ladies. | hobby |
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. | hobby |
The editing process often begins with the author idea for the work itself, continuing as a collaboration between the author and the editor as the work is created. | hobby |
Filmmaking then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre production, shooting, sound recording, post production and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. | hobby |
Exchanges between the same two members only occur once although direct swaps between members happen they are not part of the official happenings on the postcrossing site | hobby |
As of January 2019 Postcrossing has over 750000 members in 212 countries who have registered and exchanged over 50 million postcards that traveled over 250 billion kilometers. | hobby |
Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions. | hobby |
Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in mapmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. | hobby |
Rapping also called rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing is known to be a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates rhyme, rhythmic speech and street vernacular. | hobby |
Eastern Slavs spread chess to the Kievan Rus and the Vikings carried the game as far as Iceland and England. | hobby |
Modern metalworking workshops typically known as machine shops hold a wide variety of specialized or general use machine tools capable of creating highly precise useful products. | hobby |
Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions originating before the Neolithic period. | hobby |
Pottery vessels that were discovered in Jiangxi China which date back to 18000 BC. | hobby |
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two dimensional surface. | hobby |
According to the synthesis model yoga is a synthesis of non Vedic and Vedic elements this model is favoured in Western scholarship. | hobby |
Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific musical genre such as classical or rock although there are singers with crossover success or singing in more than one genre. | hobby |
The challenges involved in caving vary according to the cave being visited in addition to the total absence of light beyond the entrance, negotiating pitches, squeezes, and water hazards can be difficult. | hobby |
Much pottery is purely utilitarian but some can also be regarded as ceramic art. | hobby |
A pottery article can be decorated before or after firing. | hobby |
Collecting is a childhood hobby for some people but for others a lifelong pursuit or something started in adulthood. | hobby |
Refinishing can apply to a variety of surfaces and materials such as wood, glass, metal, plastic and paint. | hobby |
In Britain when referring to wood or wooden furniture refinishing is commonly known as repolishing. | hobby |
The first universally recognized World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz claimed his title in 1886 Magnus Carlsen is the current World Champion. | hobby |
Fashion is a form of self expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body posture. | hobby |
Yoga philosophy became known as one of the six orthodox philosophical schools of Hinduism in the second half of the first millennium CE. | hobby |
Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification and rectification, which distinguishes it from classical electrical engineering, which only uses passive effects such as resistance, capacitance and inductance to control electric current flow. | hobby |
Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light sensitive material such as photographic film. | hobby |
The words candy in Canada and US, sweets in UK, Ireland and lollies Australia and New Zealand are common words for some of the most popular varieties of sugar confectionery. | hobby |
Rapping developed from the role of master of ceremonies at parties within the scene who would encourage and entertain guests between DJ sets which evolved into longer performances. | hobby |
Cosmetics designed to enhance or alter one appearance can be used to conceal blemishes, enhance one natural features, add color to a person face, or change the appearance of the face entirely to resemble a different person, creature or object. | hobby |
BJJ approaches self defense by emphasizing taking an opponent to the ground, gaining a dominant position and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds. | hobby |
Music often plays a key role in social activities, religious rituals, rite of passage ceremonies, celebrations and cultural activities. | hobby |
Bonsai typically focuses on a single tree or a group of trees of the same species, with a higher level of aesthetic refinement. | hobby |
The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. | hobby |
The pursuit capture and release or capture for food of fish is called fishing which is not commonly categorised as a form of hunting. | hobby |
Yoga continued to develop as a systematic study and practice during the fifth and sixth centuries BCE in ancient India ascetic and Śramaṇa movements. | hobby |
The highest concentration of Postcrossing members reside in Russia, Taiwan, the United States, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Finland and the Czech Republic each with over 20000 members. | hobby |
A performance is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task or function. | hobby |
The definition of pottery used by the ASTM International is all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed except technical, structural and refractory products. | hobby |
Each tarot suit has 14 cards ten pip cards numbering from one or Ace to ten, and four face cards King, Queen, Knight, and Jack, Knave, Page. | hobby |
Chess originated as chaturanga in ancient India and from there it made its way to Persia, the Byzantine empire and the Arab world. | hobby |
Cosplay grew out of the practice of fan costuming at science fiction conventions beginning with Morojo futuristic costumes created for the 1st World Science Fiction Convention held in New York City in 1939. | hobby |
Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon Do is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques with emphasis on head height kicks, spinning jump kick and fast kicking techniques. | hobby |
Tapestry is weft faced weaving in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work unlike most woven textiles where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. | hobby |
While scholars agree that music is defined by a few specific elements there is no consensus on their precise definitions. | hobby |
Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where individuals use raw and semi raw materials and parts to produce, transform or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment. | hobby |
In improvisation the drama does not pre exist the moment of performance performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience. | hobby |
In art history and archaeology especially of ancient and prehistoric periods pottery often means vessels only and sculpted figurines of the same material are called terracottas. | hobby |
The tarot is a pack of playing cards used from at least the mid 15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. | hobby |
Like the common playing cards tarot has four suits which vary by region French suits are used in western, central and eastern Europe, Latin suits in southern Europe. | hobby |
However not all video games are dependent on graphical outputs for example text adventure games and computer chess can be played through teletype printers. | hobby |
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