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Due to concerns over the safety of noodlers and sustainability of fish populations noodling is illegal in some states where it was once traditionally practiced.
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As of 2002 noodling was legal in some form in fourteen states sometimes with restrictions on the species or sizes of fish and on the specific methods that may be employed.
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A Renaissance fair or Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor gathering that aims to recreate a historical setting most often the English Renaissance for the amusement of its guests.
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Renaissance fairs generally include an abundance of costumed entertainers or fair goers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale and festival food.
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These Renaissance fairs are open to the public and typically commercial in nature; some are permanent theme parks while others are short term events in a fairground, winery or other large public or private spaces.
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Some Renaissance fair offer campgrounds for those who wish to stay more than one day.
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Many Renaissance fair are set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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Some Renaissance fair are set earlier during the reign of Henry VIII.
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A few Renaissance fair are set outside the era of the Renaissance and these may include earlier medieval periods or later periods such as 17th or 18th century pirates.
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Some Renaissance fairs engage in deliberate time travel by encouraging participants to wear costumes representing several eras in a broad time period.
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Renaissance fairs encourage visitors to enter into the spirit of things with costumes and audience participation.
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Many Renaissance fairs welcome fantasy elements such as wizards and elves.
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Renovation also called remodeling is the process of improving broken, damaged or outdated structures.
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Renovations are typically done on either commercial or residential buildings.
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Additionally renovation can refer to making something new or bringing something back to life and can apply in social contexts.
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Renovation can also be restoring something to a former better state as by cleaning, repairing or rebuilding.
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Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways.
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While this first race was not considered a road race the road cycling races began to pop up throughout Europe in the 1870s.
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Road cycling as a form of recreational activity as well as a way to commute began to gain traction shortly after these first road races.
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Since its origins millions of people have adopted road cycling.
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In 2020 it was estimated that about 44.5 million people worldwide participate in road cycling which is an increase of about five million people since 2019.
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Roller skating is the act of traveling on surfaces with roller skates.
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Roller skating is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation.
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Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating though it also takes place on streets, sidewalks and bike paths.
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Roller skating originated in the performing arts in the 18th century.
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Roller skating gained widespread popularity starting in the 1880s.
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Roller skating was very popular in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s then again in the 1970s when it was associated with disco music and roller discos.
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During the 1990s inline outdoor roller skating became popular.
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A safari is an overland journey to observe wild animals especially in Southeast Africa.
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The so called Big Five game animals of Africa lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo particularly form an important part of the safari market both for wildlife viewing and big game hunting.
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Scouting or Scout Movement is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking and sports.
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In 1907 Robert Baden Powell a Lieutenant General in the British Army held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England.
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In 2007 Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries.
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Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, snorkel and usually swimfins.
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In cooler waters a wetsuit may also be worn during snorkeling.
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The use of snorkeling equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with relatively little effort and to breathe while face down at the surface.
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Snorkeling is a popular recreational activity particularly at tropical resort locations.
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Snorkeling provides the opportunity to observe underwater life in a natural setting without the complicated equipment and training required for scuba diving.
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Snorkeling appeals to all ages because of how little effort is involved and is the basis of the two surface disciplines of the underwater sport of finswimming.
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Snorkeling is also used by scuba divers when on the surface in underwater sports such as underwater hockey and underwater rugby and as part of water based searches conducted by search and rescue teams.
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Sun tanning or tanning is the process whereby skin color is darkened or tanned.
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Sun tanning is most often a result of exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight or from artificial sources such as a tanning lamp found in indoor tanning beds.
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People who deliberately tan their skin by exposure to the sun engage in a passive recreational activity of sun bathing.
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Some people use chemical products which can produce a tanning effect without exposure to ultraviolet radiation known as sunless tanning.
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Tai chi sometimes called shadowboxing is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation.
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Tai chi has practitioners worldwide from Asia to the Americas.
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Tai chi practitioners such as Yang Chengfu and Sun Lutang in the early 20th Century promoted the art for its health benefits.
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Tai chi global following may be attributed to overall benefit to personal health.
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Many Tai chi forms are practiced both traditional and modern.
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Most Tai chi modern styles trace their development to the five traditional schools Chen, Yang, Wu or Hao, Wu and Sun and all trace their historical origins to Chen Village.
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Thru hiking or through hiking is the act of hiking an established long distance trail end to end continuously.
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Term thru hiking is most frequently used regarding trails in the United States such as the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail and the Continental Divide Trail.
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Examples of thru hiking include Te Araroa in New Zealand, the Camino de Santiago in Spain and France, the Via Francigena in France and Italy.
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Examples of thru hiking include the Great Divide Trail in Canada and Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal all of which are over 1000 km in length.
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Trails most associated with thru hiking often take several weeks or months to complete but any completed end to end trail is technically a thru hike.
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Thru hiking also usually involves backpacking and camping though not always.
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Section hiking refers to hiking a long distance trail one section at a time.
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Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations.
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Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means with or without luggage and can be one way or round trip.
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Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements as in the case of tourism.
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Urban exploration often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof and tunnel hacking is the exploration of manmade structures usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the manmade environment.
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Photography and historical interest or documentation are heavily featured in the urban exploration hobby sometimes involving trespassing onto private property.
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Urban exploration is also called draining, urban spelunking, urban rock climbing, urban caving, building hacking or mousing.
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Draining is a specific form of urban exploration where storm drains or sewers are explored.
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The urban exploration activity presents various risks including physical danger and if done illegally or without permission the possibility of arrest and punishment.
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Some activities associated with urban exploration violate local or regional laws and certain broadly interpreted anti terrorism laws or can be considered trespassing or invasion of privacy.
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A vacation or holiday is either a leave of absence from a regular job or an instance of leisure travel away from home.
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People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances or for specific festivals or celebrations.
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Vacations are often spent with friends or family.
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Vacations may include a specific trip or journey usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism.
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A person may take a longer vacation break from work such as a sabbatical, gap year or career break.
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The concept of taking a vacation is a recent invention and has developed through the last two centuries.
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However the modern concept of vacation was led by a later religious movement encouraging spiritual retreat and recreation.
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The notion of breaking from work periodically or vacation took root among the middle and working class.
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Vegetable farming is the growing of vegetables for human consumption.
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The practice of vegetable farming probably started in several parts of the world over ten thousand years ago.
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The practice of vegetable farming families growing vegetables for their own consumption or to trade locally.
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At first manual labour was used for vegetable farming but in time livestock were domesticated and the ground could be turned by the plough.
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More recently mechanisation has revolutionised vegetable farming with nearly all processes being able to be performed by machine.
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Vegetable farming specialist producers grow the particular crops that do well in their locality.
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New methods of vegetable farming such as aquaponics, raised beds and cultivation under glass are used.
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Marketing ofvegetable farming can be done locally in farmer or traditional markets or pick your own operations or farmers can contract their whole crops to wholesalers, canners or retailers.
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Videography is the process of capturing moving images on electronic media like videotape, direct to disk recording or solid state storage and even streaming media.
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The term videography includes methods of video production and post production.
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Videography used to be considered the video equivalent of cinematography.
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Advent of digital video recording in the late 20th century blurred the distinction between videography and cinematography as in both intermediary mechanism became the same.
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Nowadays any video work could be called videography whereas commercial motion picture production would be called cinematography.
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A videographer is a person who works in the field of videography or video production.
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Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service.
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In volunteering many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work such as medicine, education or emergency rescue.
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Others in volunteering serve on an as needed basis such as in response to a natural disaster.
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The Great Depression saw one of the first large scale nationwide efforts to coordinate volunteering for a specific need.
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Examples of sports include cricket, tennis, badminton, golf, bowling, bowls, croquet, pool, snooker, darts, curling, bodybuilding, swimming, diving, , sprinting, gymnastics and rowing.
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Examples of sports include basketball, volleyball, baseball, handball, softball, field hockey, women's lacrosse, netball, korfball, Floorball, walking football, Squash, polo, ultimate, bandy, dodgeball and underwater hockey.
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Examples of contact sports are roller derby, association football, slamball, rugby league , rugby union , American football, Canadian football, water polo, lacrosse, kabaddi, hurling, Quidditch, shinty, Australian rules football, ice hockey, wheelchair rugby and Gaelic football.
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The governing bodies of the following sports are recognized by the IOC Cheerleading, Chess, Cricket, Dancespor, Floorball, Karate, Korfball, Motorcycle racing.
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Most popular sports are both spectator and participant, for example association football, basketball, cricket, volleyball, golf, rugby and tennis.
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Clay pigeon shooting.
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Cross country skiing a form of travel on skis that is equivalent to running or hiking in snow.
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1st World Deaf Ice Hockey and Curling Championships.
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