mind and sport especially when the "sport" under consideration is chess. It is difficult to picture the game as a sport when the most physical activity it seems to require is moving the pieces across the board. Recently‚ though‚ the Olympic committee voted chess legal for competition in "The Games." This acknowledgment of chess as a sport by such a high council requires us to rethink our view of chess and athletics. Although chess does not appear to require as much activity as most recognizable
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The most Unusual Hobbies in the World. What is a hobby? Passion? Work? Holiday? Or all together? Hobby is what a person likes to do in his spare time. Many people spend a lot of time and money for their hobby‚ but for someone a hobby is like a profession. And it even become a way of making money. The human imagination is truly boundless: people come up with all kinds of ideas and they do not hesitate to put them into practice. Here are the examples of the most unusual hobbies in the world.
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watching it. Some of my favourite wrestlers are John Cena‚ The under Taker‚ Bretheart Hitman. They are really big stars in the world of wrestling. I have always had a dream to go to America and get a chance to watch it live. In our family also my grand father loves watching it so we usually watch all the matches together. I know many other games like tennis which I took training for but I don’t like it very much and hence i dont like playing it anymore. Swiming is another hobby of mine. Whenever
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SPEECH - “COOKING AS HOBBY” A very good morning to our respected lecturer’s‚ sir M. Kalidass‚ and my fellow friends. I am Nurin Jazlina. Today‚ I want to give a speech about “cooking as hobby”. By the way‚ let me explain the definition of hobby first. Hobby is something that one likes to do in one’s spare time. The Oxford Dictionary defines hobby as a favourite activity that a person does for pleasure and not as his or her regular business. In short‚ hobby is one’s favourite
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example‚ when you are around a group of chess players as a guy‚ you expect to get comfortable playing chess with other men even when you perceive yourself to be more comfortable around women than other men. This is consistent with the fact that the game of chess is known to be male-dominated. Many people are not going to care about your own needs and wants as a chess player and the moment that you mention anything outside of the usual group norms in chess club meetings‚ expect them to exert normative
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Hobbies Many people have hobbies some might have boring hobbies and others might have fun hobbies. Well today I am explaining my 6 favorite hobbies. Many people have different interests of what they like doing and what makes them happy. Without all these hobbies life would not be fun these things make me happy. One of my favorite hobbies is shopping‚ I love shopping! Shopping usually gets my mind off things! Its a great way for spare time. I usually shop with my friends but its better to shop with
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KEBANGSAAN TEMBAK‚ 09300 KUALA KETILTHEME : WORLD OF SELF‚ FAMILY AND FRIENDSTOPIC : FAVOURITE PASTIMEMY FAVOURITE HOBBY Good morning to all judges‚ teachers‚ fellow contestants andaudiences. I would grasp this honour today to tell about my favourite hobby.A hobby is a kind of amusement‚ an interesting pursuit which fruitfullyoccupies our leisure hours. There are many kinds of hobbies like collectingthings‚ games and sports‚ photography‚ painting‚ reading or even gardening.Hobbies may be constructive
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Hobbies One of the biggest problems of human kind is time. Although after retiring from their job people usually dedicate their time to an activity‚ which they enjoy. An activity that people enjoy doing in their free time is called a hobby. People in general have several hobbies‚ even if they think they have none‚ or no spare time at all. Some of them are fond of normal sports like: football‚ tennis‚ basketball‚ hockey or gymnastics; and some people like extreme sport‚ for instance
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Hobbies Preferred By The Women Can you imagine the women walking into each shop in the megamall and try every shoes‚ clothes‚ and handbags for 8 hours straight without even feeling tired? Even Haile Gebrselassie‚ world’s best long-distance runner can’t do that! According to the research done by a group of students from the University of Melbourne‚ women love to go shopping‚ grooming‚ go for a massage or spa‚ reading‚ singing‚ cooking‚ art &craft and so on. Despite being so passionate
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Chess is a Game‚ Not a Sport The debate about whether chess should be considered a sport is ongoing. However‚ I found little to support the stance that it is a sport in the course of my research. In the essay‚ “Chess‚ Imagination‚ and Perceptual Understanding‚” by Paul Coates‚ he states that‚ “[c]hess is sometimes referred to as a ‘mind-sport’. Yet‚ in obvious ways‚ chess is very unlike physical sports such as tennis and soccer; it doesn’t require the levels of fitness and athleticism necessary
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