Essays on Hobby

Jeff Haden in his article tries to debunk the myth of following our passion. He said that it is easy to feel passionate about your goals until you are no longer passionate about it. People always confuse their hobby or interest with passion. According to him, a passion which can turn into a career is rare. I think the main them of the article is to enable one to differentiate passion from a hobby or a career option. He made the distinction between a job, a career, and a calling (Haden, 2012, paragraph 15). Jobs pay bills; careers are ...

Sometimes reality is not an effective medium by which to view the world. In such instances the human eye often looks beyond what is seen in order to reveal what is hidden in plain view, behind the known and mundane aspects that the world has to offer. In those moments it becomes obvious that no matter how mundane a thing is, no matter how commonplace it might seem, there is always something to be seen in the breaths between one click of the camera to the next. There is beauty throughout all aspects of the world, all one needs ...

Computer crime

The world has become impossible without computers. Nowadays it is a must to have at least one computer at home for your personal use and the other one at work. Information technologies are making significant changes in our society. Information has become a commodity that can be bought, sold or exchanged. This is the main reason why so many computer crimes appear. With every passing day we become more defenseless to malicious computer viruses and new computer hacking which are difficult to fight with. Hacking may cause a variety of damages to our society, especially to people`s personal ...

For many middle school teachers, the first day of school is the most exciting. It is a time to get to know all of the new students and explain what the year’s curriculum will be like. My interviewee, Mrs. Callister, says that she thoroughly enjoys getting to know her students through an old fashioned method of introduction. Everybody stands up, introduces themselves, and expresses one fact about themselves that they would like everybody to know. This can be a hobby they enjoy or a strange food that they love; it does not matter to Mrs. Callister as long as it is ...

The struggle for political power now - it is not a struggle of the party organizations or competition programs of their actions. It is a struggle of images, political images that create the rating, and image-makers, the press secretaries and the "stars" of show business, recruited at a time of political campaigns. The real personality and activity policies are needed only as an "information events", that is, serve as a kind of alibi for those who form the image. Replacing the actual political positions and actions, they ensure the success of the candidates, whose image, not a program or action, visualize and embody the ...

In what way do Otaku challenge or endorse the dominant social norms in Japan?

The term otaku became a crucial component of the Japanese culture. The notion is used in relation with individuals, who are obsessed with their hobbies. They are willing to spend a lot of time and money to support their interest. The otaku are often associated with computer geeks because usually the otaku’s hobbies are related to computer games and programming. Besides, the term is used to denote “nerds”. However, otaku may have different interests. The main feature of being an otaku is to be fond of any hobby and collect a huge amount of information about it. Initially, the term was ...

Article Summary

- The article of John Schwartz on The New York Times, entitled A Hobbyist Whose Workshop Sits among the Cypress Trees, talks about the wetland restoration efforts of Matt Conn in Iberia Parish, Louisiana (Schwartz).

- Matt, who works as an environmental consultant by day, purchased a wetland property from a farmer who planned to use it for planting sugarcane. Yet, the move of the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal and state-level bodies to classify the land as protected wetlands prompted the farmer to sell the property to Matt, since he wanted to avoid doing restoration work by himself (Schwartz).

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Academic challenges must be met with an open mind while remaining grounded in intense discipline and focus. In the Information Technology program I am studying the use of computer technology for the benefit of various industries. The beauty of Information Technology is the applicability it has to many areas of human endeavors including both business and art. The business side of the subject matter is designed to generate efficiency in industry and ultimately generate money by driving production at dizzying speeds. The artistic side of information technology seeks to tell stories of human significance to an ever-wider audience, and ...

Ans 1: In early 1960’s, Flare was only a small manufacturer of women’s perfume, and was moving up in the fragrance market from its existing 4th position. One of Flare’s greatest strength was its dominance in sales of fragrance through mass channels, mainly the market of prestige brands . The “Loveliest” brand held the company’s old-fashioned strength due to its widespread recognition. Flare targeted the women aged in the range of 34-65 years, and achieved to have a strong women customer base. The weakness of Flare’s position was due to the low sales in the high-end departmental ...

MEMORANDUM

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I have keenly assessed the memo recounting Sylvia Martinez’s current business activities. Sylvia operates a chain of dry cleaning stores within the Houston metro area. She is currently planning to do major renovations to two out of her five locations. Sylvia married Polino who is later employed by the dry cleaning business and pays the cost of Polino’s polo playing. She uses Polino’s polo playing as an opportunity to advertise her dry cleaning business by tagging the business logo on Polino’s polo uniforms and sandles. Sylvia also sells cleaning products alongside dry cleaning services. Sylvia ...

The Comparison between the Business Startup Rate and Business Failure Rate in the UK and Brazil

The business has been found to add to the monetary development and advancement as a rule, and uniquely in higher pay nations. The perspective that national point of interest relies on upon business enterprise is stressed in strategy proclamations, activities and projects over the world, with training seen as a key empowering influence for installing venture over the populace. The part of the business is by all accounts developing, and a few creators now discuss the entrepreneurial economy(Morden, 1995, pp. 15 – 23).There is an unmistakable absence of examination in this field, particularly concerning business enterprise and the part of advanced ...

Abstract

The debate between the differences and similarities of American and Japanese cartoons continous to divide the world while trying to answer which one is the best. American cartoon supporters claim that American cartoons are better than its Japanese counterpart because of its content and brand of comedy. On the other hand, Japanese cartoons or anime fans would argue Japanese anime is better than American cartoons not just because of its more diverse storylines, but also because of its embodiment of Japanese society and realism in its entirety. This paper will discuss the differences and similarities of American and Japanese ...

English Composition I: Evaluation Essay

English Composition I: Evaluation Essay In the era when the world is facing the issue of deforestation and global warming, gardening as a hobby is surely quite rejuvenating as it goes on to bring life on earth. Gardening is definitely one of the most popular hobbies that are pursued by people all over the globe. Apart from providing the hobbyist with utmost happiness and satisfaction, the hobby of gardening has many important benefits. A close introspection about the matter in context would make it clear to one and all how gardening is useful and interesting as a hobby for any ...

Quite often people cannot cope with the press of modern life. They get tired of their everyday activities and want to bring some changes in their lives. A perfect solution to this problem is to find a certain hobby that will make them happy and bring a lot of positive emotions in their lives. Indeed, some people claim that life without a hobby is not a life at all. Any hobby may bring people positive emotions, the feelings of happiness and joy. It may help people to distract themselves from their everyday problems and simply to relax. In general, learning something new is ...

When we hear about knitting, our mind usually draws a picture of an old lady, resting in an arm-chair, knitting socks for her grandchildren. But it is not actually true. This hobby is enjoying a revival today and a lot of young people can create real masterpieces. The first sample of real knitting, cotton socks, was made in Egypt in the beginning of Common Era. In the 16th century in Paris knitting was considered man-only occupation (en.wikipedia.org). Later it spread in the country, where people could easily get all they needed for knitting. Since then knitting has gone in and out ...

I have always dreamt of learning all the languages of the world. Language is my passion and to learn these, therefore, is my hobby. However, my first tryst with learning a new language came only about two years back. The language I took a fancy to was Bengali (an Indian language). While learning new languages was always my hobby, I never really got a chance or rather incentive to learn any. I simply did not make any effort into learning a new language except just dreaming about learning them all one day! My first chance to learn a new language came simply because my ...

- Family Influences. Cultural mores have a lot to do with the ways in family life influences you as you grow up, and with later decisions in life. You can have all the differences of thought, opinion and behaviour from other members of your family, but you can seldom, if ever completely divorce your identity from them. Your family is a vital component of your identity, and it shapes your character, as much as your individual influence affects other members of your family. Though family values are more or less more or less universal across all cultures, various cultural elements ...

Introduction

Woodworking is the creation or building of objects out of wood. A person who engages in woodworking as a hobby can create objects as small as wooden toys or as big as gazebos. Pursuing woodworking as a hobby has economical, health, academic and social benefits. Woodworking is an economically beneficial hobby. There is a lot of unemployment worldwide and people who engage in hobbies such as woodworking, sawing, and gardening, among others can effectively use their skills to start businesses in line with their hobbies (Jackson & Day, 2001). Employers are also on the lookout for people who are passionate about their ...

Travelling is one of life’s events that one cannot do without it. Whether it is just for five minutes to get grocers or over ten hours to visit a relative, each one of us cannot avoid going around. Such an event can be more interesting especially if it becomes a hobby. Every time you feel bored or just have time for nothing, you think of where you can go out. Finding pleasure in seeing people go about their activities and the beautiful sceneries that nature gives is one of the best things that happen to me. Maybe it is just ...

My path to literacy started, unlike most others. Reading stories is my hobby and habit from my early childhood. In my childhood when I was unable to read, I always liked to hear stories from my parents and grandfather. When I started my school, I always liked to buy story books. My home environment is also a literacy rich. This adds more interest to literacy in my personality. There is a small library in my house as reading books were a hobby of my grandfather too. When I was a child, I had no permission to enter this library. I always liked to ...

Evaluation of the benefits of pursuing the specific hobby of Role -Playing Games – Analysis and reflections upon both the positive and negative (if any) aspects of pursuing a hobby in general – Analysis and reflection upon the specific hobby of Role –Playing Games [The author’s name]

Abstract

This paper will present you with an analysis of the benefits of the specific hobby of Role – Playing Games. It will highlight the contribution of this hobby to the evolution of one’s personality emphasizing on the way these benefits can be enjoyed. Potential dangers of any will also be presented and ways ...

1.0 Introduction It is important to critically scan the macro environment before producing a product or expanding into new market or region. Moreover, the detailed analysis of the marketing strategies helps to correctly identify and target potential customers (Cant, Strydom, Jooste and Plessis 2009). This report will briefly discuss the macro environmental scan and marketing strategies which will be followed by detailed recommendations. 2.0 Product Description The product is the toy that will be especially launch for the occasion of Christmas and will be branded under the name of “Santa Christmas Spin”. The top will spin along ...

Early origins of folklore-knitting

Knitting is a popular art form that has been practiced and practiced by societies all over the world for ages. It originates from the human need for clothing to protect them from the weather elements. However, studies have shown that the term "knitting" was not in Europe language before the renaissance. Recently, knitting has become more of a hobby than a skill due to the mass production of clothing by industries. This art has been passed from one generation to the next from as early as the 3AD in Egypt when it was still a colony of the Roman Empire formed on two ...

Introduction

The problem of equality between men and women in the United States has been there since ancient times. After the Second World War, the panel of people who came together to find solutions the problems that resulted from the war was made up of men only (Torild 37). Efforts have been made to promote gender equality in the US. Legislations such as Title IV and allowing women to vote and join the military have enhanced equality. While some of the efforts and interventions by the government have enhanced equality between the men and women, certain social, cultural and structural ...

In Washington, the Supreme Court had ruled over a case (Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores) that was about a corporation that is family-owned to pay for insurance coverage for contraception for its female workers that is stated in the Affordable Care Act that actually violated the law that protects religious freedom. “The court ruled that corporations controlled by religious families cannot be required to pay for contraception coverage for their female workers” (Liptak, 2014, para. 3). The interesting aspect about this case is that the decision was actually in contrast to what many had expected as in many had virtually believed ...

The answer, no; only a correlational effect.

The answer, no; only a correlational effect.

Introduction

For years, people have been playing all sorts of video games and has fallen in love with playing the ones that they do play. There are some people who play video games use it as an outlet when they need to relieve stress, and there are others who do it because they simply love playing video games to waste time. Ironically, some parents are against their child playing video games because of the fact that it has been known to invoke feelings of violence that is basically not true. Video games are play ...

Ross Perot as a Leader

Many see the 61-year-old Texas billionaire Ross Perot as the saving grace to a nation of high unemployment, low literacy, and inept national leadership. With a credibility of $3 billion net worth, people hoped that he would run the government as efficiently as he had run his own businesses. In 1962, he founded Electronic Data Systems Corp with $1,000. He later sold it to General Motors for $ 2.5 billion and a seat on GM’s board. However, GM bought back his stake due to clashes with the chairman. Later, Hewlett-Packard acquired the company. He made another billion-dollar company called the Perot ...

Many people perceive dancing as something not so serious and easy to do. In reality, if one is passionately involved in any kind of dancing, they will know that the common point of view is not true at all. Moreover, professional dancing is a one step above than just being a hobby and involves a lot more commitment and motivation in order to achieve good results. Hip-hop is a style in music that not many people go into compared to Latin, for example. Choosing hip-hop as the style one wants to perform means that they are a fan and devoted to that kind of ...

Should the 1st amendment grant Hobby Lobby a religious exemption in its lawsuit at SCOTUS?

Hobby Lobby lawsuit is an exceptional case because it has corporatized the religious liberty. The 1st amendment should not grant Hobby Lobby a religious exemption in its lawsuit at SCOUTS. This is because of the fact that such liberty extends to the privileges, for-profit businesses and the rights, which have been associated since long with the religious non-profits and churches. But, as a matter of fact this change is the consequence of the deeper and persistent upsetting of the religious liberty law in America. The granting of the religious exemption means that the congressional intent is ignored, and the court has ...

As far back as I can remember, I have always been a female who always did the right thing when I was told to and sometimes even when I was not told to. When there was work to be done then I put everything on hold until that work was done, and it gave me a sense of accomplishment after the job was done. I have always been a huge believer in work first and play later, I never ever did it the other way around because I always knew that the consequences of play before work was severe. The thing is, ...

Abstract

On an annual basis, children are known to spend more of their time on television watching than any other activity. In fact, television viewing can be considered as a hobby of most children. The entertainment programs presented on television attract the attention of most children causes addiction to them. The question that one may ask is, “Does television watching have any health concern?” A positive relationship is believed to exist between television watching and rates of obesity. Although it is still not clear the reasons behind it, studies have shown that the two are directly related. The proposed study, therefore, ...

Wonderbar University

There is an old saying: Everybody needs a hobby. I began mine when I was quite young—around 5 or 6 years old. My mother gave me a handful of tumbled gemstones. I cherished all of them, especially my clear quartz. Many years later, I rediscovered my passion for gemstone collecting because I learnt of their “metaphysical properties.” I believe gemstone collecting augments spiritual practices such as meditation. I love to look through my vast collection of natural glass, rocks, and crystals to pick out which two I would like to hold for meditating today. This afternoon, I chose my labradorite ...

It is no secret that smoking tobacco seriously harms your health. Although there are fewer smokers since the release of the landmark publication about the negative health effects of tobacco use in Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States (1964) many people still continue to smoke. Why? People who smoke want to smoke and really do not care about the dangers to their health or to others through second-hand smoke. The pleasures of smoking far outweigh the risks for smokers. The futility of making all present and future smokers quit ...

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Last year, the American Psychological Association released a major review of papers devoted to video games, showing that play (including bloody shooters), "improve the ability of children to education, their health, and social skills." But all this stuff, compared with the findings obtained by the University of Ohio. They show that video games, among other things, can make a gamer racist. According to the study, white, who created the character in the game Black, behaved more brutally. It is assumed that after the game they perpetuate stereotypes that blacks are ...

A road trip can be defined as any journey by road, regardless of destination or stops en route. Characteristically, road trips in the contemporary society relates to long distances by automobile. Road tripping is typically about dreams; it encompasses dreaming on landscapes and cities and looking forward to exploring them. Road tripping and also entail hardships, paddling down rivers, slogging though thick canopies, confronting suspicious people, testing ones adaptability, exploring hostile places and anticipating for some kind of revelation. Both John Steinbeck and Dorothea Lange engaged in documenting what they saw on their road trip, one through books and ...

‘Charlie and the Chocolate factory’ is one of the famous novels of silver age. It is written by Roald Dahl (Dahl 02). He was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. His initial education was from England and then he started to work in Africa for the Shell Oil Company. After the ‘immense bash on head’, he started writing and during the World War II sustained as a RAF fighter pilot. He is considered as one of the most well known and most successful writers of children literature. Roald Dahl found the ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ as ...

This essay is written by William Golding, is a case in point when talking of classification of thinkers. Many people never ponder what William Golding expresses an analysis of his hobby through thinking (Golding 194). He spent a great time of his life developing the classifications and division of the different categories of thinkers. These were classified in to grade-one, two, and three thinking. The effectual use of categorization portrays how things that are very similar could be very different from some point of view. Golding depicts the first category of thinking and he named it grade-three thinking, which he says ...

Marketing Management

Executive Summary The battle between gadget suppliers has now moved in the living room, for capturing the viewers on providing a new television experience, through customized products that integrate customized cable TV, online chat, playing video games, using computer, and other smartphone related applications, etc. This trend, initiated by Apple Inc. has rapidly evolve, with many other strong competitors entering this market, challenging Apple to continue to innovate, while also adjusting its segmentation, positioning, targeted population and its marketing mix to gain more market share and continue to dominate this market domain. Vodafone entered the telecom market quite recently ...

Essay One: Games

The essay “Games” by Steven Johnson discusses how books are beneficial for young minds and argues that playing video games should not be considered entirely a bad activity, though reading should be promoted more as a hobby than gaming. Besides the bad effects that video games have, they also offer many benefits, and the author compares these benefits with reading books. Books and video games are both good in their own ways and both provide a different and unique experience altogether. The essay is easy to read and persuades the readers to think upon the ideas that the author discusses in the ...

Golding’s article “Thinking as a hobby” focuses on the idea of the complexity and development of thought. According Golding the art of thinking evolves from mere imagination, to reflection and then to understanding. Golding refers to these thinking patterns as grade three, grade two, and grade one thinking respectively. The author begins by talking about the life of a young boy in his early stages of schooling. The boy did not have much understanding of the world around him. The boy is at grade three thinking according to thinking levels created by Golding. His mentality focuses on seeing and imagining ...

Abstract

Use and possession of firearms by civilians has come under a lot of controversy and scrutiny owing to the increasingly frequent incidents of mass murders and shootings by civilians with personal or illicitly acquired firearms. This has led to a ban of firearms in the United States. This essay discusses this issue and provides arguments against this administrative ban on firearms, suggesting how allowing use of firearms may be useful socially.

Firearms should not Become Illegal

Introduction On April 14, 2010 the United States administration took a step towards banning an elaborate list of fire arms for civilians that included an array of semi-automatic and heavy ...

ACCOUNTING

Memorandum RE: Zavala, Julio and Clara This memo includes a brief summary of the Julio Zavala information pertaining to tax law, a brief discussion of the tax issues that arise and examples of court cases that are likely to have an influence on the tax status of Zavala, his wife and son. Julio Zavala is married (Clara) and they have one adult son (Robin). Due to medical issues Robin lives at home with his parents. Zavala was able to retire from his day job (9am to 5pm) because he has enough money to do so. He has enough ...

RE: Mr. and Mrs. Julio Zavala I have reviewed the memo regarding the requests of Julio and Clara Zavala regarding their taxes. The couple is married. He has enough money at his disposal that he was able to quit his 9 to 5 job and travel extensively. Here is a summary of the four main tax issues according to the information you provided. The first issue to consider is whether or not Julio Zavala’s expenditures can be considered as tax deductions. These trips were combination of work objectives and leisure activities to entertain his potential clients who are ...

Finding a good friend nowadays is not an easy task to accomplish. Some people say that in order to get on well with somebody you need to have many interests in common and some similar goals in life. Others believe that you can only make real friends with someone in case you supplement each other and differ a lot in interests, hobbies and life targets. I strongly believe that everything in the world should be based on some kind of harmony – real friends should keep the balance between things they both like and are interested in and things they are different ...

Believe it or not, the present world is mushrooming with information and knowledge revolution. In this era of knowledge sharing and information explosion, the role of change and transformation due to the evolution of internet in in all walks of life has revolutionized the society and life of the people. No matter what we do and where we go, there is a tangible impact of internet on every layer of life. And this is a challenge before us to adjust or customize our style of action and reaction to suit the need of the situations or circumstances. But, the domain of ...

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Woolly Pockets Shared Qualities Ground Bed Hangs easily Eco-friendly Laid in the ground Self-watering facility Rely on watering Needs to be watered Good drainage Both can survive low and medium rainfall Flooding problems due to rain Enhances both indoor and outdoor spaces

Can only be done outdoors and enhances outside spaces Modular & Portable

Cannot be moved Less maintenance

Regular maintenance

Thesis statement: - Gardening is a common hobby and more awareness and interest is developing in people now. In this essay I would like ...

The Nature of the Marketing Problem

Promoting the business was the major problem that the new airline had to overcome if it had to achieve success in its operations. Other than the need to hire an advertising agency to handle publicity and public relations issues, Southwest Airlines was yet to evaluate and/or conduct an analysis of the Texas airline industry. Analysis of the image of each independent career with respect to the quality of their advertising and promotional effects became an overriding issue for Southwest Airline. While the Company needed to come up with a detailed and innovative marketing strategy, designing the ideal personality description model ...

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1. Describe what the hobby is: My hobby is travelling. Especially I like travelling to my home country to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2. How did you pick up this hobby: When my dad was sick, I had to travel to my home country quite often to look after him, since then, irrespectively of sad memories that my father’s illness brought me, I started to enjoy travelling in general. 3. What about the hobby do you enjoy most: the most import thing about travelling to my home country is seeing my family, especially my dad. Since ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...

If one takes a precise look at all the professions he/ she will definitely notice that they are all intertwined with each other in one way or another. Undoubtedly, each and every profession is unique in its own way; every profession requires certain skills and knowledge, as well as strength, patience or resilience. First and foremost, it should be stated that almost all the jobs require communication with people, and even such professions as a medical employee and a baker, being absolutely different at the first glance, are very similar at the same time. At the moment, being a student, I am ...

Long time ago when the colonizers were still the force behind every move in the world, the native people had no say on how to carry on with their lives of property. Everything at that time belonged to the colonizers. Our ancestors lived a state of unrest and no one could even dare gossip about their presences since they had spies in almost every village and locality. If someone, dared to utter a word those whites will sprint from nowhere descending on an individual mercilessly. The ancestors described the situation at that time as being in hell. The colonizers were not ...